TV review: The Wire was brilliant and We Own This City is just as good

It's a gripper from the first episode — if you ever wonder where the Black Lives Matter movement came from, watch 10 minutes of We Own This City and you’ll get it (you might even join the movement)

We Own This City is a real-life story, pivoting on eight officers from the Baltimore Police Department’s Gun Trace Task Force

The Wire was brilliant, but it’s a daunting five seasons with strong Baltimore (USA) accents if you haven’t seen it.

Not to worry — We Own This City (Sky Atlantic and NOW TV app) is just as good. It’s the same writer (David Simon) looking at policing and gangs in the same city (Baltimore) and the accents aren’t as hard. In fairness, that’s probably because The Wire started a trend of realistic accents and we’re used to putting in the work to understand them.