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2002 Certificate 18
  • Rated:
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From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy-winning mini-series 'The Corner', this unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and .. Read more

Starring Dominic West, Sonja Sohn, John Doman, Idris Elba
Director Brad Anderson, Daniel Attias
Genres Drama, Television

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Wire, The - Season 1

From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy-winning mini-series 'The Corner', this unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance, where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn.

Episodes comprise:

1. The Target
2. The Detail
3. The Buys
4. Old Cases
5. The Pager
6. The Wire
7. One Arrest
8. Lessons
9. Game Day
10. The Cost
11. The Hunt
12. Cleaning Up
13. Sentencing

Starring Dominic West, Sonja Sohn, John Doman, Idris Elba, Frankie Faison, Wood Harris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce, Lance Reddick
Director Brad Anderson, Daniel Attias
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 12 hrs
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama, Television
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 11 Apr 2005
Production year: 2002
Format DVD

Wire, The - Season 1 (5 discs) (2002)

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  • Critics' reviews (2) of Wire, The - Season 1

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  • A superb police drama, already described in the US as the best show on TV

    • The Independent
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

  • A fast paced, addictive thrill

    • The Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006

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  • 197 out of 217 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

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    I ordered this series on DVD when the Sopranos finished and I was feeling quite bereft. Someone said if you like Sopranos, you'll love this so I had high hopes but never got past the first disc. A bit of humour would have livened it up but I just found it tedious.

      • A customer from Lancashire
      • Posted 01 Jan 2008 14:15

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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    This is one where the hype is justified

    The Wire, which ran for five seasons on HBO in the US, has been almost invisible in the UK because it was shown by an obscure cable network. Somehow it developed a following of devoted fans who all said it was not only the best thing on TV, but probably the best thing ever.

    Not knowing much more about it, apart from some sort of link with 'Homicide: Life on the Street' (I think the writer?) - also set in Baltimore and for me the best cop show ever - I have just started watching series 1 on DVD and have that smug sort of feeling you have when you know you have 60 hours of pure viewing ecstacy in front of you.

    Yes, the Wire is brilliant, in every way.

    The plot - about the police investigation into a drug crime lord who has got away with about 10 murders - builds and untwines itself bit by bit, keeping you hooked and eager for more. The cops not only struggle against the bad guys but against the jealousy, inefficency and incompetence of the powers that be on their own side and lack of funding (they have to write up reports on manual typewriters).

    The language is really strong (if you dislike that sort of thing - but if it doesn't bother you, you will enjoy the scene where McNulty and Bunk do their crime scene investigation bit muttering no words but F*** and variations).

    Apart from that I can't think of any reason why not to recommend this to any sentient human being.

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