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Traffik

TV series

Traffik

7.6/ 10· 211989315 min1 season · 6 episodes
DramaCrime

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.

Created by
Alastair Reid

Seasons and episodes

1 season · 6 episodes

Ended
Season 1

Season 1

6 episodesJune 22, 1989
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  1. 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,

  2. S1 E2

    The Addict

    Jun 26, 198952 min

    Jack Lithgow returns to Britain from Pakistan to find that his daughter, Caroline, has been arrested on heroin charges after a student party. Jack confines her to the family home and watches her night and day until he thinks she's off the d

  3. S1 E3

    The Criminal

    Jul 3, 198952 min

    Kurt, a German casino owner who financed Karl's heroin business, is hounding Helen. When she says she can't return the money he kidnaps one of her children. Desperate, Helen goes to Britain, where she gets a short-term loan from a corrupt f

  4. S1 E4

    The Chemist

    Jul 10, 198952 min

    Jack Lithgow is still under heavy pressure from his job at the Home Office, but worse, his daughter takes a drugs overdose and is hospitalised. He books her into an expensive residential clinic to try and get her off heroin. Fazal accompan

  5. S1 E5

    The Politician

    Jul 17, 198952 min

    Jack returns to Pakistan to sign the aid agreement. Encouraged by the lawyer Roquia, he presses further, demanding specific arrests before he will sign. His political pressure on the authorities to take more action against known traffickers

  6. S1 E6

    The Courier

    Jul 24, 198952 min

    On his return to Britain, Jack is immediately sacked for his extraordinary behaviour in Pakistan. Not only this, but his wife has moved out, and Caroline has run away from the rehabilitation clinic. In Germany, Ulli believes he has trapped

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How many seasons of Traffik are there?
Traffik has 1 season and 6 episodes. Status: Ended.
Will there be a new season of Traffik?
Traffik has ended; no new episodes are scheduled. The final episode aired on July 24, 1989.
Who stars in Traffik?
Traffik stars Bill Paterson, Lindsay Duncan, Jamal Shah, Vincenzo Benestante, Talat Hussain.

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