Ben Zand with two masked men in a kitchen, one holding a wad of cash
2026

THE BAFTA NOMINATED KINGPINS, COMING THURSDAY ON ZANDLAND

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synopsis

Out Thursday 5 November, 1pm ET / 6pm UK, on YouTube and Zandland.

Ben Zand goes inside the mind of a British drug lord. In a small English town, a man Ben calls Mr M runs a class A wholesale operation out of an ordinary terraced house. He talks Ben through his business like he’s running a cash and carry.

This is KINGPINS by ZANDLAND, a BAFTA nominated, Broadcast Digital Awards winning three-part series where Ben Zand embeds himself with notorious criminal Kingpins in Mexico, the UK and Lebanon.

awards
  • WinnerBroadcast Digital Awards, 2026
  • NominatedBAFTA, 2024
credits

Executive Producers Ben Zand and Josh Reynolds Directed by Lucy Johnstone Produced by Flaminia Giambalvo Edited by Rory Murphy Production Manager Fiona Clark Production Coordinator Grace Evans

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