Traffik (1989 British television miniseries)

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Traffik is a 1989 British television miniseries that explores the international heroin trade through interwoven storylines, later inspiring the Oscar-winning film "Traffic" (2000).

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instanceOf British television series
television miniseries
awardReceived BAFTA Television Award for Best Drama Series
surface form: BAFTA TV Award for Best Drama Series

International Emmy Award for Best Drama Series
surface form: International Emmy Award for Drama Series
basedOn international heroin trade
castMember Bill Paterson
Fritz Müller-Scherz
George Antoni
George Kukura
Jamal Shah
Christopher Ryan
surface form: Jonathan Ryan

Julia Ormond
Keith Allen
Lindsay Duncan
Neil Pearson
Talat Hussain
Tilo Prückner NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Clive Tickner
composer Tim Souster
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Simon Moore
director Alastair Reid
executiveProducer Sally Head
filmingLocation Germany
Pakistan
United Kingdom
follows international heroin trade
genre crime drama
drama
political drama
inspiredWork Traffic (2000 film)
notableFor depiction of global heroin supply chain
inspiring the film Traffic (2000)
numberOfEpisodes 6
numberOfSeasons 1
originalChannel Channel 4
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Channel 4
originalReleaseDate 1989
originalReleaseYear 1989
producer Brian Eastman
productionCompany Zenith Productions
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 55 minutes
setting Germany
Pakistan
United Kingdom
subject drug trafficking
heroin trade
organized crime
writer Simon Moore

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Traffic basedOn Traffik (1989 British television miniseries)
subject surface form: Traffic (2000 film)
Traffic (2000 film) basedOn Traffik (1989 British television miniseries)
Traffic (2000 American crime drama film) basedOn Traffik (1989 British television miniseries)
Marshall Herskovitz notableWork Traffik (1989 British television miniseries)
this entity surface form: Traffic (TV miniseries)
Marshall Herskovitz wrote Traffik (1989 British television miniseries)
this entity surface form: Traffic (TV miniseries)