Season 1 • Episode 8
LatestLee gets a visit from his lawyer and the police. They want him to give evidence against Paul Brown, the policeman who put him inside.
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.
Acting
Lennie James before Walking Dead fame, absolutely devastating.
Writing
Robert Jones makes prison life feel uncomfortably intimate.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Beat The Office, Doctor Who AND State of Play for the 2004 BAFTA — then basically vanished into streaming oblivion. British TV, everybody.
This was Lennie James proving he could carry a series years before Morgan became everyone's problematic fave. The industry slept on it, you shouldn't.
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