The Wire - Complete Seasons 1-5 (DVD)

Includes every episode from mini-series The Wire One of television's most critically acclaimed programmes, The Wire challenges viewers with a "cop show" unlike anything on air. Universally lauded, The Guardian claimed that 'you either love The Wire or you haven't seen it yet' - now there is no excuse with the release of this complete box-set. The HBO series addresses the seedy side of Baltimore's finest looking into money, drugs, politics and murder. Told from the point of view of both the police and their targets, the series captures a universe of subterfuge and surveillance, where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn. A study on urban life in one of America's toughest cities, each season of The Wire has focused on a different aspect of Baltimore, starting with the police force and the drug trade, then moving on to City Hall, the education system and concluding with the media. Over the course of five seasons, David Simon has endeavoured to build a city. It is a groundbreaking, complex and political look at the streets of America, detailed and fiercely intelligent
there is no other show like it on TV.

Season 1: Three episode audio commentaries with writer/creator David Simon, director Clarke Johnson and writer George Pelecano
Season 2: Episode audio commentaries
Season 3: Q&A with David Simons and Creative Team, courtesy of the museum of Television & Radio.
Conversation with David Simons at Eugene Lang College, The new School for Liberal Arts.
Five Audio Commentaries with Creator David Simons, Director Joe Chappelle, Writer Richard Price and George Pelecanos, and Producers Karen L. Thorson and Nina K. Noble.
Season 4: An Hour-Long Behind-The-Scenes Documentary In Two Parts: 'It's All Connected' and The Game Is Real
Six Audio Commentaries With Creator David Simon, Cast And Crew
Season 5: Six episode audio commentaries
The Wire - The Last Word
The Wire odyssey