Family-run Whitney drugs gang jailed in Liverpool

One-Minute Read Wed 23 Nov 2011, AT 09:16

Seven members of Whitney clan jailed along with associates as The Wire becomes real on Merseyside

Dominic West Iago Othello

Dominic West’s Yorkshire Iago blows critics away

News Wed 21 Sep 2011, AT 14:43

The Wire star returns to his hometown of Sheffield to star in a highly praised production of Othello

Dominic West and Fred West

Wire star Dominic West to play Fred West

News Wed 19 Jan 2011, AT 11:52

Jimmy McNulty actor bears spooky resemblance to the Cromwell Street killer

David and Samantha Cameron

Cameron claims he won Sam from Wire star West

News Tue 27 Apr 2010, AT 17:17

Cameron says Dominic West also fancied Samantha but boasts ‘I won!’

Wendell Pierce in Treme

Treme - the biggest thing on HBO since The Wire

News Mon 12 Apr 2010, AT 12:52

What they’re saying about David Simon’s new series, set in post-Katrina New Orleans

The Wire and Midsomer Murders

Baltimore mayor’s attack on Grayling is a hoax

News Fri 28 Aug 2009, AT 17:58

Labour blogger dupes news media in Britain and the US with a fake row over ‘The Wire’

Alastair Campbell

Campbell attacks Tories over The Wire comment

News Wed 26 Aug 2009, AT 15:39

Former spin doctor claims Conservative policy is being led by pop-culture references to TV shows

Russell Crowe and Dominic West

Wire star West slams foreigners for stealing roles

News Mon 6 Jul 2009, AT 11:38

English actor Dominic West, who plays an Irish-American cop in cult show The Wire, attacks Russell Crowe, Johnny Depp and Renee Zellweger

Idris Elba, Beyonce Knowles and Ali Larter in Obsessed

Idris Elba’s first bad move

News Fri 29 May 2009, AT 08:13

‘The Wire’ star gets bunny-boiled for his appearance in the knock-off thriller ‘Obsessed’

Idris Elba

The Wire star Idris Elba mooted as first black Bond

News Tue 5 May 2009, AT 13:16

Bond blogs are abuzz with the idea that the British actor, currently starring alongside Beyonce in Obsessed, should be next to play 007

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