McMafia is a BBC television eight-part drama series created by Hossein Amini and James Watkins and directed by James Watkins. It was inspired by the non-fiction book, McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (2008) by journalist Misha Glenny.[2] It stars James Norton as Alex Godman, the British-raised son of a Russian mafia boss. Living in London, Alex's father is trying to escape from organised crime.