How much better is The Wire? We asked Brian from Prospect to find out
Prospect has just published an essay by screenwriter Peter Jukes, asking why British TV can’t replicate The Wire. It’s a deceptively simple question. The Wire (and associated long-form US TV dramas) have been universally lauded, and the format has been repeated enough times (The Sopranos, Big Love, Mad Men, etc)...
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