
Tapping the Wire

Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission to explain what makes The Wire the best cop show ever made.
Long-time Wire fan Charlie Brooker takes a journey to the mean streets of Baltimore to meet the cast and crew of the series, and undertakes a mission to explain what makes The Wire the best cop show ever made.
Utterly unnecessary and horribly banal. At least here since people can rate the actual show this has the low rating it deserves. did not need this show filtered through the lens of Charles Booker and its themes regurgitated as a desperate plea for people to watch. Its insecure and does the show a disservice by being so needy. Gets a half star for Melvin Williams' line "I know more about murder than you know about that camera," which is the only time this thing approaches anything real,
Utterly unnecessary and horribly banal. At least here since people can rate the actual show this has the low rating it deserves. did not need this show filtered through the lens of Charles Booker and its themes regurgitated as a desperate plea for people to watch. Its insecure and does the show a disservice by being so needy. Gets a half star for Melvin Williams' line "I know more about murder than you know about that camera," which is the only time this thing approaches anything real,