McMafia Genre Thriller Created by Hossein Amini James Watkins Based on McMafia: A Journey Through the Global Criminal Underworld (2008) by Misha Glenny[1] Starring James Norton David Strathairn Aleksey Serebryakov Maria Shukshina Juliet Rylance Caio Blat Nawazuddin Siddiqui Composer(s) Tom Hodge Franz Kirmann Country of origin United Kingdom United States No. of series 1 No. of episodes 8 Production Executive producer(s) Nick Marston Dixie Linder Ben Hall Robyn Slovo Matthew Read Hossein Amini James Watkins Misha Glenny Producer(s) Paul Ritchie Production company(s) Cuba Pictures Distributor BBC Worldwide Release Original network BBC One AMC Picture format 16:9 1080i Audio format Stereo Original release 1 January 2018 (2018-01-01) External links Website