McMafia

*McMafia*
McMafia
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Hossein Amini; James Watkins
Based on	McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld; by ; Misha Glenny
Directed by	James Watkins
Starring	James Norton; David Strathairn; Juliet Rylance; Merab Ninidze; Aleksey Serebryakov; Maria Shukshina; Angel Woodland; David Dencik; Oshri Cohen; Sofia Lebedeva; Caio Blat; Kirill Pirogov; Nawazuddin Siddiqui; Karel Roden;
Composers	Tom Hodge; Franz Kirmann
Country of origin	United Kingdom; United States
No. of series	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Nick Marston; Dixie Linder; Ben Hall; Robyn Slovo; Matthew Read; Hossein Amini; James Watkins; Misha Glenny
Producer	Paul Ritchie
Production company	Cuba Pictures
Original release
Network	BBC One (UK); AMC (USA)
Release	1 January –; 11 February 2018

McMafia is a British crime drama television series created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins, and directed by Watkins. It is inspired by the book McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld by journalist Misha Glenny (2008). The series stars James Norton as Alex Godman, the British-raised son of a Russian mafia boss living in London whose father is trying to escape from the world of organised crime. It is co-produced by BBC, AMC Networks, and Cuba Pictures. It premiered in the United Kingdom on BBC One on 1 January 2018, and in the United States on AMC on 26 February 2018. The series was canceled after one season.