Deceit
2021•N-14•1 Seasons•4 Episodes•6.2•Ended
DramaCrime
The true story of a controversial honeytrap at the heart of the 1992 police investigation into the murder of a young mother in London. Examining the complicated and toxic sexual politics of the early ‘90s and the police’s obsession with the wrong man, Deceit enters a dysfunctional world, where a female undercover officer, codename ‘Lizzie James’, is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer.
Creator
Emilia di Girolamo
Network
Channel 4
Origin
US, GB
Cast
Niamh Algar
Lizzie James
Sion Daniel Young
Colin Stagg
Harry Treadaway
Keith Pedder
Eddie Marsan
Paul Britton
Rochenda Sandall
Lucy
Nathaniel Martello-White
Baz
Charlie Carter
DC Martin Long
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