Traffik

Drama

Crime

1989

1 Season

Series

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Episode Guide

June 22, 1989 - July 24, 1989Season 1 of Traffik has 6 episodes.

Season 1 Episodes

S1 E1: The Farmer

Jun 22, 198952 min

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.

Series info

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.

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Ratings

IMDB: 8.4TMDB: 7.8

Age Rating

TV-14(Parents Strongly Cautioned)

Original Language

English

Release Date

June 22, 1989

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