McMafia is a British crime drama television series created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins, and directed by Watkins. It is inspired by the book McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by journalist Misha Glenny. The series stars James Norton as Alex Godman, the British-raised son of a Russian mafia boss living in London whose father is trying to escape from the world of organised crime. It is co-produced by BBC, AMC Networks, and Cuba Pictures. It premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 1 January 2018, and in the United States on AMC on 26 February 2018. BBC One recommissioned the programme for an eight-chapter second series.
Genre | Crime drama |
Created by | Hossein Amini, James Watkins |
Based on | McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld, by, Misha Glenny |
Directed by | James Watkins |
Starring | James Norton, David Strathairn, Juliet Rylance, Merab Ninidze, Aleksey Serebryakov, Maria Shukshina, Faye Marsay, David Dencik, Oshri Cohen, Sofia Lebedeva, Caio Blat, Kirill Pirogov, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Karel Roden |
Composer(s) | Tom Hodge, Franz Kirmann |
Country of origin | United Kingdom, United States |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Executive producer(s) | Nick Marston, Dixie Linder, Ben Hall, Robyn Slovo, Matthew Read, Hossein Amini, James Watkins, Misha Glenny |
Producer(s) | Paul Ritchie |
Production company(s) | Cuba Pictures |
Distributor | BBC Worldwide (UK), AMC Networks (U.S.) |
Original network | BBC One (UK), AMC (USA) |
Picture format | 16:9 1080i |
Audio format | Stereo |
Giới thiệu về McMafia
Co-production between the BBC and AMC revolving around a British-raised son of Russian mafia exiles who built a life to bury the shadow of his past before being sucked back in due to a murder that unearths his family's past.
Thành tựu & Danh hiệu của McMafia
The series was inspired by the 2008 non-fiction book McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by journalist Misha Glenny. It would premiere on AMC on February 26, 2018.
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