County Lines
5.0/5
Critic Rating
This powerful and highly personal series investigates how criminal networks systematically exploit vulnerable young people, transforming them from ordinary schoolchildren into drug dealers through manipulation, violence, and trauma. An estimated 50,000 children in Britain have been groomed into county lines drug trafficking, yet their stories remain largely hidden.
Critic Reviews
Score: 5
Miranda Sawyer • The Guardian • Nov 30, 2024
"Radio 4’s County Lines series opens hard. The sound of the series is unusual: there are moments of silence, clever use of music and noise, a sort of deadened aural atmosphere. Far from bang-it-out news analysis. There’s horror inside these stories and the sound makes us feel it."
