Initial Research: Breaking Bad
Release Date: 20 January 2008
Creator: Vince Gilligan
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn
When chemistry teacher Walter White is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer he decides he has nothing to lose. He lives with his teenage son, who has cerebral palsy, and his wife, in New Mexico. Determined to ensure that his family will have a secure future, Walt embarks on a career of drugs and crime. He proves to be remarkably proficient in this new world as he begins manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with one of his former students. The series tracks the impacts of a fatal diagnosis on a regular, hard working man, and explores how a fatal diagnosis affects his morality and transforms him into a major player of the drug trade. (iMBD)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Certification: UK:15 (most episodes) / UK:12 (one episode) / UK:18 (some episodes) / USA:TV-14 (edited version) / USA:TV-MA (original rating)
Production Co: High Bridge Productions, Gran Via Productions, Sony Pictures Television
Creator: Vince Gilligan
Stars: Bryan Cranston, Aaron Paul, Anna Gunn
When chemistry teacher Walter White is diagnosed with terminal lung cancer he decides he has nothing to lose. He lives with his teenage son, who has cerebral palsy, and his wife, in New Mexico. Determined to ensure that his family will have a secure future, Walt embarks on a career of drugs and crime. He proves to be remarkably proficient in this new world as he begins manufacturing and selling methamphetamine with one of his former students. The series tracks the impacts of a fatal diagnosis on a regular, hard working man, and explores how a fatal diagnosis affects his morality and transforms him into a major player of the drug trade. (iMBD)
Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Certification: UK:15 (most episodes) / UK:12 (one episode) / UK:18 (some episodes) / USA:TV-14 (edited version) / USA:TV-MA (original rating)
Production Co: High Bridge Productions, Gran Via Productions, Sony Pictures Television