The Wire: Season 4 (2006)

USA

Television Series

Creator: David Simon

Cast: Aidan Gillen, Clarke Peters, Wendell Pierce, Andre Royo, Jim True-Frost, Robert Wisdom, Seth Gilliam, Domenick Lombardozzi, Reg E. Cathey, Chad L. Coleman, Jamie Hector, Glynn Turman, J.D. Williams, Michael K. Williams, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Robert F. Chew, Jermaine Crawford, Dan DeLuca, Method Man, Sandi McCree, Julito McCullum, S. Robert Morgan, Felicia Pearson, Tristan Wilds, Delaney Williams

The focus of this sprawling, multi-stranded, and very human if decidedly depressing fourth season shifts from cops ‘n’ crims to kids and politicos, covering both a fascinating mayoral election fight and taking a heartbreaking look at the schooling of the city’s poorest children, further emphasising the political box ticking and statistic smudging that forever gets in the way of any genuine progress or good work. Iain.Stott