Tapping the Wire
Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission to explain what makes The Wire the best cop show ever made.
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Charlie Brooker
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Nick Hornby
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Peter Serafinowicz
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Alexei Sayle
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Graham Linehan
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Dominic West
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Aidan Gillen
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Idris Elba
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David Simon
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Clarke Peters
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Lance Reddick
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John Doman
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Deirdre Lovejoy
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Wendell Pierce
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Sonja Sohn
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Seth Gilliam
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Andre Royo
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Frankie Faison
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Jamie Hector
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Felicia Pearson
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