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Traffik miniseries

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Original title

Traffik

Year

1989

Running time

315 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Alastair Reid

Screenwriter

Simon Moore

Cast

Music

Tim Souster

Cinematography

Clive Tickner

Producer

Carnival Film & Television, channel 4, Picture Partnership

Genre

TV Series. Drama | Crime. Drugs. TV Miniseries

Synopsis

TV mini-series. 6 episodes. The Hamburg police arrest an international businessman, charging him with smuggling heroin from Pakistan. While he's on trial, his trophy wife, a former Olympic swimmer, discovers steely ruthlessness within herself. In Pakistan, the British home minister tours the poppy-eradication project and returns to London to find that his daughter is a heroin addict. While trying to save her, and helped by a crusading attorney, he learns the limits of government policy. Fazal, a peasant burned off his land where he farmed poppies, goes to Karachi and works for Tarik Butt, a murderous drug lord. Fazal's frankness and sense of worth are his strength and his liability. Stories cross and collide.

Awards: 1990: BAFTA TV Awards: 4 Awards, including Best miniserie Drama. 6 Nom.

1989: BAFTA TV Awards: Best TV Series - Drama & Best Sound. 4 Nom.

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