Editing Traffik (section)

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{{Infobox television
| writer                   = [[Simon Moore (writer)|Simon Moore]]
| director                 = [[Alastair Reid (director)|Alastair Reid]]
| country                  = United Kingdom
| language                 = English
| num_series               = 1
| num_episodes             = 6
| company                  = [[Carnival Films]]
| network                  = [[Channel 4]]
| first_aired              = {{Start date|1989|06|22|df=y}}
| last_aired               = {{End date|1989|07|24|df=y}}
| starring                 = *[[Bill Paterson (actor)|Bill Paterson]]
*[[Julia Ormond]]
*[[Juraj Kukura]]
*[[Lindsay Duncan]]
*Fritz Müller-Scherz
*[[Tilo Prückner]]
*[[Faryal Gohar]]
*[[Jamal Shah]]
*[[Talat Hussain (actor)|Talat Hussain]]
}}
'''''Traffik''''' is a 1989 British television serial about an [[illegal drug trade]]. Its three stories are interwoven, with [[Story arc|arcs]] told from the perspectives of [[Opium production in Afghanistan|Afghan]] and [[Pakistan]]i growers, dealers and manufacturers, [[Crime in Germany|German dealers]], and [[Substance abuse#UK|British users]]. It was nominated for six [[BAFTA Award]]s, winning four, including for [[British Academy Television Award for Best Drama Series|Best Drama Series or Serial]]. It also won an [[Emmy Award#International Emmys|International Emmy Award]] for best drama. The 2000 crime drama film ''[[Traffic (2000 film)|Traffic]]'', directed by [[Steven Soderbergh]], was based on the miniseries. In turn, the 2004 American television miniseries ''[[Traffic (miniseries)|Traffic]]'' was based on both versions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-sep-27-ca-secondlook27-story.html|title='Traffik,' British miniseries|first=Dennis|last=Lim|date=27 September 2009|work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name="Tzioumakis2012">{{cite book|author=Yannis Tzioumakis|title=Unknown|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmk3BQAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|date=7 March 2012|publisher=Edinburgh University Press|isbn=978-0-7486-6453-5|page=142}}</ref>