Deceit - Miniserie (2021) (UK-import)
This gripping new drama examines the honeytrap at the heart of the investigation into the murder of Rachel Nickell, a young mother, brutally attacked in front of her two-year-old son on Wimbledon Common in London in 1992. Fuelled by incessant media headlines and public interest, there is a climate of fear and a national obsession with catching the killer before he strikes again. Under enormous pressure Criminal Profiler Paul Britton (Eddie Marsan, The Pact ) and Detective Inspector Keith Pedder (Harry Treadaway, Penny Dreadful) devise a unique and dangerous undercover operation fronted by an ambitious female officer, Sadie Byrne (Niamh Algar, The Virtues), tasked with forming a relationship with the prime suspect, Colin Stagg (Sion Daniel Young, Keeping Faith). Also starring Rochenda Sandall (Criminal: UK) and Nathaniel Martello-White (Small Axe).