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Tapping the Wire

  • TV Movie
  • 2007
  • 25m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
130
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Tapping the Wire (2007)
Documentary

Charlie Brooker talks to the cast of The Wire, and to Baltimore natives, to find out what makes the show so special.Charlie Brooker talks to the cast of The Wire, and to Baltimore natives, to find out what makes the show so special.Charlie Brooker talks to the cast of The Wire, and to Baltimore natives, to find out what makes the show so special.

  • Director
    • Steven Hore
  • Writers
    • Charlie Brooker
    • Steven Hore
  • Stars
    • Charlie Brooker
    • Nick Hornby
    • Peter Serafinowicz
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    130
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Steven Hore
    • Writers
      • Charlie Brooker
      • Steven Hore
    • Stars
      • Charlie Brooker
      • Nick Hornby
      • Peter Serafinowicz
    • 1User review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro

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    Top Cast15

    Charlie Brooker
    Charlie Brooker
    • Self - Presenter
    Nick Hornby
    Nick Hornby
    • Self
    Peter Serafinowicz
    Peter Serafinowicz
    • Self
    Alexei Sayle
    Alexei Sayle
    • Self
    Graham Linehan
    Graham Linehan
    • Self
    Rick Hite
    • Self
    • (as Lt. Col. Rick Hite)
    Diablo
    • Self
    Dominic West
    Dominic West
    • Self
    Aidan Gillen
    Aidan Gillen
    • Self
    Idris Elba
    Idris Elba
    • Self
    David Simon
    David Simon
    • Self
    Clarke Peters
    Clarke Peters
    • Self
    Melvin Williams
    • Self
    Juan Donovan Bell
    Juan Donovan Bell
    • Self
    Marshall Jefferies
    • Self
    • Director
      • Steven Hore
    • Writers
      • Charlie Brooker
      • Steven Hore
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Did you know

    • Quotes
      • [first lines]
      • Charlie Brooker: If you're anything like me, you're probably sick to the back arse of people telling you about some fantastic American TV series they've gotten into. Banging on and on about how Curb Your Feet Under Sopranos or whatever is "such a searing work of bloody genius, yeah?" that if you don't watch it, you might as well hurl yourself under the nearest bus for crimes against cultural sanity. Trouble is, who has time to watch all these "searing works of bloody genius"? There's just too many of them. You'd die of old age first with your brittle, wizened, disgusting old person's fingers desperately trying to open that 250 episode box set. Fortunately, there is a simple solution: only watch one of them. The best one, which is without a shadow of a doubt, The Wire.
    • Connections
      Features The Wire (2002)
    • Soundtracks
      Smell it
      Performed by Diablo
      Written by Damian Lamont Champ, Juan Donovan Bell, Jamal Roberts
      Produced by Juan Donovan Bell and Jamal Roberts
      Courtesy of Darkroom Enterprises LLC

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    Details

    • Release date
      • July 2007 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Production company
      • Zeppotron
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    • Runtime
      • 25m
    • Color
      • Color

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