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Deceit

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.

2021 |1 Season  | 47m |  Drama, Crime

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Cast

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Niamh Algar

Lizzie James

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Sion Daniel Young

Colin Stagg

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Harry Treadaway

Keith Pedder

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Eddie Marsan

Paul Britton

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Rochenda Sandall

Lucy

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Nathaniel Martello-White

Baz

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Creator

Emilia di Girolamo

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

Channel 4