So you still haven’t seen The Wire? Probably the single best thing on a TV monitor since the genius that was Alan Bleasdale‘s G.B.H., and 21C television’s single best attempt at recreating the 19C novel.

It’s dense structure and tight plotting means it has to be watched night after night – not once a week – one box set at a time. Anyone interested in telling a story on TV – in drama, news or otherwise could learn from it.

It will at once restore your faith in audio-visual entertainment and make you gasp in astonishment that UK network television couldn’t find time to air it (especially given the number of Brit actors in it).

Here is the whole thing in one 5′ rap homage: