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The Wire

Drama: Crime

Critically acclaimed American crime drama series set in Baltimore

Critically acclaimed American crime drama series set in Baltimore, telling the story of inner-city drug culture as seen through the eyes of drug dealers and law enforcement. Created by David Simon

The Wire: Series 1

The Wire: Series 1: Episode 5: The Pager

Episode 5

Episode 5: The Pager

Series 1

The Pager

BBC Two - The Wire, Series 1, The Pager

The detail gets cloned pagers to get a jump on the Barksdale crew's plans.

Crime drama series. The detail gets cloned pagers to get a jump on the Barksdale crew's plans. Stringer teaches D'Angelo how to run his crew with cold, cynical efficiency.

Critically acclaimed drama series about drug dealers in West Baltimore and the police investigating them. 

The detail gets cloned pagers to get a jump on the Barksdale crew's plans, but has trouble cracking a code used by the gang. Stringer teaches D'Angelo how to run his crew with cold, cynical efficiency. Carver and Herc track down Bodie while Omar, the leader of the stickup crew, finds his confederates disappearing with alarming frequency.

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Critically acclaimed crime drama series telling the story of a single drugs investigation

Critically acclaimed crime drama series telling the story of a single drugs-and-murder police investigation from the point of view of the police and their targets

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