Traffik

The story

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.

The seasons

Season 1 Miniseries 1989 · 6 episodes Season details＋

June 20, 1989

Traces three intersecting lives involved in the international drug trade: Jack Lithgow, a British government minister who finds the scourge of heroin striking too close to home; Helen Rosshalde, who embarks on a daring survival strategy after her husbands' arrest; and Fazal, a Pakistani peasant in the employ of a menacing drug lord.

Cast

B Bill PatersonJack Lithgow L Lindsay DuncanHelen Rosshalde J Jamal ShahFazal V Vincenzo BenestanteDomenquez T Talat HussainTariq Butt F Fritz Müller-ScherzDetective Ulli G George KukuraKarl Rosshalde I Ismat Shah JahanSabira R Raahi RazaKhushal R Roohi RazaNaseem J Julia OrmondCaroline Lithgow L Linda BassettRachel Lithgow

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T Tilo PrücknerDetective Dieter P Peter LakenmacherLedesert F Faryal GoharRoomana S Shelley GoldfarbLisa R Regina PresslerPublic Prosecutor R Rahhat Shah KazmiDilshad J Jennifer Susan HibbertLotte A Anthony PfriemJohann W Wolfgang RauWerner S Sarah MortimerMargaret U Utz RichterPresiding Judge P Peter BourkeHenderson R Ronan VibertLee S Shabaz DurraniLal B Behroze SabzwariGhani H Holger MahlichPrulager W Werner SchwuchowKilmer T Tony MathewsWallace J Jonathan Docker-DrysdaleLynch B Bernard AdenaCaptain P Philip MiddlemissTony S Sharron BowerDoctor Y Yousuf KamalJaved Ahmed N Nicolas ChagrinGaillard M Mumtaz Ali ShahIhsan Ullah D Daniel FlynnWinwood D Donald HoathThomas P Peter HughesHarris J Jestyn PhillipsMatthews P Paul StaceyDennis M Michael BertenshawTyler K Knut HinzKurt K Karl-Friedrich GersterVoss L Latif KapadiaJudge M Michael MüllerRay J Jean RimmerDoctor A Arabella WeirSelina S Shah Murad AlianiRiaz F Farooq KhanServant I Ian StewartGrandfather K Karl-Heinz von HasselUwe B Bakhtiar AhmadMacmoud K Khalid AnamShabaz K Ken SharrockCustoms and Excise Officer P Peter SnowTV Presenter T Tariq RahimPathan D David McAlisterLynnot M Martin MilmanRogers H Henning SchlüterOld Policeman E Erla ProlliusCustoms Officer G Gordon HoneycombeNewsreader