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Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Release ‘The Wire’ 20th Anniversary Series

The Wire 20th Anniversary

Is the greatest show ever released? It just might be.

Celebrating its on June 2nd, The Wire: The Complete Series is available on Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

From the drug-infested streets of West Baltimore to the corruption of City Hall, THE WIRE chronicles the tribulations of a post-industrial American city. Viewed from the perspectives of both the police and their targets, the award-winning series captures a world where easy distinctions between good and evil, and crime and punishment, are challenged at every turn.

Bonus material includes four behind-the-scenes documentaries, 22 audio commentaries with the cast and crew, three prequels that explore life before The Wire and a glimpse of the Paley Centre for Media's Wire reunion.

The show made stars of the UK's own (Tomb Raider) and Idris Elba (Luther), THE WIRE also stars Lance Reddick (John Wick), five-time Emmy Award-Nominee Michael Kenneth Williams (HBO's Boardwalk Empire), Sonja Sohn (Star Trek: Discover), Wendell Pierce (Selma), John Doman (Mystic River), Deirdre Lovejoy (The Blacklist), Seth Gilliam (The Walking Dead), Domenick Lombardozzi (Cold Pursuit), BAFTA Award-Nominee Clarke Peters (Da 5 Bloods), Andre Royo (The Spectacular Now), Jim True-Frost (Affliction), Frankie Faison (Do The Right Thing), Corey Parker Robinson (The Red Road), Delaney Williams (Blue Bloods) and J.D. Williams (HBO's Oz).