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  | The Wire: Complete Season 1 Box Set (5 Discs) (HBO)£16.99 Free DeliveryRRP: £49.99 | You save: £33.00 (66%) Temporarily out of stock. This item will be dispatched as soon as it arrives. |
From David Simon, creator and co-writer of HBO's triple Emmy-winning mini-series 'The Corner', this unvarnished, highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug and murder investigation in Baltimore. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance, where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn.
Episodes comprise:
1. The Target
2. The Detail
3. The Buys
4. Old Cases
5. The Pager
6. The Wire
7. One Arrest
8. Lessons
9. Game Day
10. The Cost
11. The Hunt
12. Cleaning Up
13. Sentencing
Average rating (17 reviews)
An absolute must see... McNulty is God
pembrs | 14/05/2008 | See all pembrs' reviews (1) »
I love this show. The first series is quality television of the very highest order (although my favourite is still the second series).
It mightnt be everyone's cup of tea because you do need to sit and actually watch it properly.
It isnt action packed like 24 or Prison Break. If i could compare its structure to any other show it would be the Sopranos. It is funny, realistic, thought provoking and violent when needed and the actors in it are all perfectly cast. Another HBO hit.
The people who get it will adore it.
I have watched all five seasons and am gutted they arent making anymore.
Buy this!
Very addictive
LandoMalak | 25/04/2008 | See all LandoMalak's reviews (2) »
I borrowed this and watched it in less than a week I was that addicted, I could have watched it all sooner but I didn't want to watch it all until I had season two. I was amazed at how quickly I remembered all the characters after just a few episodes. I have seen the first three seasons of this on dvd and the third has been my favourite so far which is amazing given the quality of this first season and season two. Everybody will have their own favourite season though.
Only two seasons left for me then, and I will be a bit upset when I see and hear the end credits of season five because this is a show that I could watch and watch it's that good in my opinion, but all great things must come to end. The Wire is at the very least as good as anything I have seen this decade.
Sublime TV (No, i'm not Charlie Brooker!)
psychicdave | 02/04/2008 | See all psychicdave's reviews (3) »
A hugely rewarding TV show, slow burning quality drama that sucks you in to the story. Infinitely superior to any U.K police dramas.
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Wood Harris, Dominic West, Lance Reddick, Sonja Sohn, Wendell Pierce, Idris Elba, J.D. Williams, Andre Royo, Seth Gilliam, Leo Fitzpatrick, Peter Gerety, Domenick Lombardozzi, Hassan Johnson & Hassan Johnson | |
18 years and over | |
2002 | |
English - Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo | |
12 hours (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
