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Traffik

198953m / epDrama · Crime

First aired

June 22, 1989

7.6

TMDB Score

76% match · 21 votes

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S01 · E01

The Farmer

Miniseries · Jun 22, 1989 · 52m

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E01Playing

The Farmer

Jun 22, 1989 · 52m

E02▶

The Addict

Jun 26, 1989 · 52m

E03▶

The Criminal

Jul 3, 1989 · 52m

E04▶

The Chemist

Jul 10, 1989 · 52m

E05▶

The Politician

Jul 17, 1989 · 52m

E06▶

The Courier

Jul 24, 1989 · 52m

In Hamburg, a popular young German businessman is arrested and accused of being a drugs trafficker. His British wife, Helen, is faced with social and financial ruin and decides to take the family's future into her own hands. Jack Lithgow, a minister at the British Home Office, is responsible for overseeing a new aid agreement with Pakistan to reduce production of opium there. He visits Pakistan on a fact-finding mission and is approached by Fazal, a local farmer who complains bitterly that the aid and promised grants never reach the local communities. The story in Pakistan follows Fazal and other farmers once their illegal poppy fields have been discovered.

About the Series

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Synopsis

Traffik is a 1989 British television serial about the illegal drugs trade. Its three stories are interwoven, with arcs told from the perspectives of Afghan and Pakistani growers and manufacturers, German dealers, and British users. It was nominated for six BAFTA Awards, winning three. It also won an International Emmy Award for best drama. The 2000 crime drama film Traffic, directed by Steven Soderbergh, was based on this television serial. In turn, the 2004 American television miniseries Traffic was based on both versions.

CreatorSimon Moore