Homicide: Life on the Street coming to Sky and NOW after huge anticipation
Homicide: Life on the Street coming to Sky and NOW after huge anticipation
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Exclusive: The police show, considered even better than ‘The Wire’, will finally be available to watch in the UK. TV fans rejoice – a classic series that’s been unavailable in the UK for decades is finally arriving on screens after huge anticipation.
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The Independent can exclusively reveal that Homicide: Life on the Street will be added to Sky and NOW next month following a pivotal deal with Freemantle. Homicide: Life on the Street is one of the most acclaimed police dramas in TV history, and is credited with revolutionising the genre across seven seasons and 122 episodes that aired from 1993 to 1999.
The show heralded the start of the Golden Age of Television, which saw a rise in prestige releases on the small screen, including The Sopranos and The Wire. Over the years, the show has been called “one of the most gripping” of all time, with Vulture branding it “the best cop show” to have ever graced TV screens. Assessing the show in 2022, The Independent said: “Aficionados rate this show even better than The Wire”/.
Created by Paul Attanasio, the series, which was inspired by real-life cases, follows the rigorous detective work of Baltimore’s homicide division. David Simon, who created The Wire, is the author of Homicide’s source material,A Year on the Killing Streets, which was based on the time Simon spent with the police department while working as a reporter at The Baltimore Sun.
