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Buried

TV·2003–2003·1 season, 8 episodes·Channel 4·Drama, Crime, Documentary·43m·Created by Robert Jones, Jimmy Gardner

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Buried is a British television drama series, produced by World Productions for Channel 4 and originally screened in 2003. The programme starred Lennie James as Lee Kingley, who is serving a long prison sentence in order to protect a member of his family from a violent criminal. Critically well-received, the programme won the Best Drama Series category at the British Academy Television Awards in 2004.

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Episodes by season

Season018Episodes2003AiredSeason avg
  1. S01E01Episode 1January 14, 2003Staff and prisoners at HMP Mandrake meet new inmate Lee Kingley, who has been sentenced to ten years for GBH and a firearms offence.
  2. S01E02Episode 2January 21, 2003Ronaldo returns to D wing, having recovered from a stabbing and claiming not to remember who attacked him. Patty has been transferred for s
  3. S01E03Episode 3January 28, 2003Lee's fearsome brother Troy arrives on the wing. Lee is happy to spend time with him, but reluctant to get involved with the drug dealing a
  4. S01E04Episode 4February 4, 2003With his brother Troy 'ghosted', Lee is top dog on the wing. However, his reputation is endangered when a rumour goes round that Kappa, his
  5. S01E05Episode 5February 11, 2003Russo receives a tip off that an officer is bringing drugs onto D wing. He orders Nick to lean on a renowned grass, Collit, in order to fin
  6. S01E06Episode 6February 18, 2003Female officer DD retaliates when she is assaulted by an angry prisoner, who then makes a complaint against her. She is ordered to go and s
  7. S01E07Episode 7February 25, 2003Lee returns from segregation noticeably more reserved. Shiel is now top dog and Lee is happy to let him run the wing, until he attempts to
  8. S01E08Episode 8March 4, 2003Lee gets a visit from his lawyer and the police. They want him to give evidence against Paul Brown, the policeman who put him inside.

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