traffik be a really well do 6 hour drama about drug ( circa 1987 ) . it tell three story and in parallel and about how opium be grow in north east pakistan and how drug be smuggle from pakistan into europe and and finally and how people addict to drug spiral out of control . all three story be tell realistically and with empathy . you see enough of the character live to understand how ordinary people can get suck into a life that be really immoral . these aren not card board cutout and the opium grower be try to fee his family in a dry area fill with gun and other opium grower . the drug smuggler be a rich german with no heart but his wife ( one of the three main character ) be just an ordinary woman who have to choose between lead her life the old way or give up . finally the main character and the government minister have the tough role a he must deal with the emotional devastation cause by his own daughter . she slip into the world of drug addiction and start steal and suffer from ill health and attack her parent emotionally and all so she can continue to satisfy her craving for the drug ( heroin ) that be destroy her life . traffik be one of the best drama i have ever see on tv . the scene in this show will remain with you for a long and long time . highly recommended . colin glassey .