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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | The first five minutes from tonight’s first episode

Posted on 21 July 2008 by Jonathan

OK, look, it’s not as if we haven’t been banging on about this for days now. The fifth and final series of The Wire, aka the greatest TV drama ever made, starts tonight on FX at 10pm. It’s brilliant. You … Continue reading →

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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | Who’s who in the new series

Posted on 21 July 2008 by Jonathan

As you may already have gathered from our previous posts, we’re more than a little bit excited about the fact that the new series of The Wire is starting tonight on FX at 10pm. To help you get in the … Continue reading →

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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | The prequels

Posted on 18 July 2008 by Jonathan

I’ve always been a fan of a good back-story and this trio of cute little prequels, cooked up by HBO as part of the publicity campaign for the fifth series when it aired in America earlier this year, are a … Continue reading →

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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | All hail The Wire’s No.1 fan, Mr Charlie Brooker

Posted on 18 July 2008 by Jonathan

No man has done more to spread the word about The Wire than Charlie Brooker. The Guardian columnist and presenter of the superlative BBC4 TV review show Screenwipe has been championing the show for years now, fighting a one-man battle … Continue reading →

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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | Those series-end montages in full

Posted on 17 July 2008 by Jonathan

Yesterday, as part of our week of posts building up to the start of the fifth series of The Wire on FX next Monday, we posted about the different versions of the Tom Waits song Down in the Hole that … Continue reading →

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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | A short clip from last night’s Culture Show interview with The Wire creator David Simon

Posted on 16 July 2008 by Jonathan

Didn’t heed our advice yesterday and watch Lauren Laverne’s interview with The Wire creator David Simon on last night’s Culture Show? Well, here’s little clip to give you a taste of what you missed. The original programme is still available … Continue reading →

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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | Which version of the opening credits is your favourite?

Posted on 16 July 2008 by Jonathan

As regular viewers of The Wire will know, each season’s opening credits sequence features a different version of the Tom Waits song Way Down In The Hole. So which one is the best? They’re all pretty splendid, but me and … Continue reading →

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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | 10 great moments from the first four series of The Wire

Posted on 15 July 2008 by Jonathan

Hopefully, those one-minute recaps we posted yesterday will have whetted your appetite for some more choice moments from The Wire. And so, with no further ado, here are 10 of our favourite scenes… Please feel free to let us know … Continue reading →

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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | Check out tonight’s Culture Show for an interview with The Wire creator David Simon

Posted on 15 July 2008 by Jonathan

The title pretty much says it all: David Simon, the creator The Wire, is interviewed on the excellent The Culture Show tonight (BBC2, 10pm). The programme is repeated on Thursday (BBC2, 11.20pm) and will also be available to view on … Continue reading →

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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | Everything you ever wanted to know about The Wire but were afraid to ask

Posted on 14 July 2008 by Jonathan
McNulty and Bunk in The Wire

The internet is awash with stuff on The Wire, but where to begin? For those of you with a bit of time on your hands, here’s a far from exhaustive reading list to keep you busy… Official sites The best … Continue reading →

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Countdown to series 5 of The Wire | The story so far

Posted on 14 July 2008 by Jonathan
The Wire | Marlo and his crew

If TV ratings bore any relation to the critical plaudits a show has received, then The Wire would be the most-watched programme in the world by a country mile (instead, mystifyingly, that title is currentlyheld by CSI). The ornate, intricately … Continue reading →

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