McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by Misha Glenny[1]
Directed by
James Watkins
Starring
James Norton
David Strathairn
Juliet Rylance
Merab Ninidze
Aleksey Serebryakov
Maria Shukshina
Angel Woodland
David Dencik
Oshri Cohen
Sofia Lebedeva
Caio Blat
Kirill Pirogov
Nawazuddin Siddiqui
Karel Roden
Composers
Tom Hodge Franz Kirmann
Country of origin
United Kingdom United States
No. of series
1
No. of episodes
8
Production
Executive producers
Nick Marston Dixie Linder Ben Hall Robyn Slovo Matthew Read Hossein Amini James Watkins Misha Glenny
Producer
Paul Ritchie
Production company
Cuba Pictures
Original release
Network
BBC One (UK) AMC (USA)
Release
1 January (2018-01-01) – 11 February 2018 (2018-02-11)
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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 (2008).[1] 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.[2][3] It premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 1 January 2018,[4] and in the United States on AMC on 26 February 2018.[5][6]
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^Haring, Bruce (13 January 2018). "AMC Sets 'McMafia' Premiere, Season Starts For 'Fear,' 'Badlands,' and 'James Cameron's Sci-Fi Story' – TCA". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
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December 14, 1993) is a Russian actress. She has had roles in BBC One drama McMafia, Netflix series Vikings: Valhalla, and Apple TV+ film Tetris. Born in Obninsk...
is an English actress and producer, known for her roles in The Knick, McMafia and Perry Mason. She is the daughter of composer Claire van Kampen and...
published three books about Central and Eastern Europe.[citation needed] In McMafia (2008), he wrote that international organised crime could account for 15%...
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refer to UWOs as "McMafia laws" after the McMafia crime drama series on British television and Misha Glenny's original book McMafia: A Journey Through...
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starred in two Emmy-nominated series, Sacred Games (2019) and the British McMafia. List of awards and nominations received by Nawazuddin Siddiqui Siddiqui...
Rotterdam Film Festival. Deshpande made her digital debut with BBC One's McMafia, directed by James Watkins, in January 2018. She was also seen in the Netflix...
appeared in Channel 4 drama Shamed. In 2018, Marsay appeared in the BBC/AMC's McMafia, with James Norton. In November, Marsay appeared in A Private War alongside...
actor. He was known for Hindi films like Jab We Met, Lage Raho Munnabhai, McMafia and Jack Irish. Pradhan was born into a Hindu family in Nagpur in 1936...
Jewish (Polish-Jewish) descent. In 2018 she played Tanya in the BBC drama McMafia. She plays Rochel, an Ashkenazi love interest of a Sephardic Israeli, in...
uninvolving." In 2018, Amini began writing for television, with the crime series McMafia and The Alienist. On 27 September 2019, it was announced that Amini will...
from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2012. Glenny, Misha McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld. House of Anansi Press...
playwright, screenwriter and actor. He has contributed to programmes such as McMafia, City of Vice and Case Histories. He grew up in Hornsea, East Yorkshire...
January 8, 2019. "Further casting announced for epic new BBC One drama McMafia". BBC. November 15, 2016. David Strathairn at IMDb David Strathairn at...
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November 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2020. Cramb, Auslan (22 August 2014). "The McMafia: Is there a mob in Aberdeen?". Daily Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved...
release in India". Screen. Retrieved 12 March 2020. Glenny, Misha (2008). McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld. Vintage Books. ISBN 9781400044115...
credits include Dear Masha Berezina [ru] (2004), Take me with You (2008) and McMafia (2018). She hosted the show Wait for Me on Channel One Russia and was a...
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