Episode guide
Traffik: Miniseries
6 episodes · first aired Jun 20, 1989
Traces three intersecting lives involved in the international drug trade: Jack Lithgow, a British government minister who finds the scourge of heroin striking too close to home; Helen Rosshalde, who embarks on a daring survival strategy after her husbands' arrest; and Fazal, a Pakistani peasant in the employ of a menacing drug lord.
- 1 The Farmer Jun 22, 1989 · 52m In Hamburg, a popular young German businessman is arrested and accused of being a drugs trafficker. His British wife, Helen, is faced with social and financial ruin and decides to take the…
- 2 The Addict Jun 26, 1989 · 52m Jack Lithgow returns to Britain from Pakistan to find that his daughter, Caroline, has been arrested on heroin charges after a student party. Jack confines her to the family home and…
- 3 The Criminal Jul 3, 1989 · 52m Kurt, a German casino owner who financed Karl's heroin business, is hounding Helen. When she says she can't return the money he kidnaps one of her children. Desperate, Helen goes to…
- 4 The Chemist Jul 10, 1989 · 52m Jack Lithgow is still under heavy pressure from his job at the Home Office, but worse, his daughter takes a drugs overdose and is hospitalised. He books her into an expensive residential…
- 5 The Politician Jul 17, 1989 · 52m Jack returns to Pakistan to sign the aid agreement. Encouraged by the lawyer Roquia, he presses further, demanding specific arrests before he will sign. His political pressure on the…
- 6 The Courier Jul 24, 1989 · 52m On his return to Britain, Jack is immediately sacked for his extraordinary behaviour in Pakistan. Not only this, but his wife has moved out, and Caroline has run away from the…