Breaking Bad
2008 · Drama · Crime
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TV series / 2021
L'Imposture
Episode directors
Niall MacCormick
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Niamh AlgarLizzie James
Sion Daniel YoungColin Stagg
Harry TreadawayKeith Pedder
Eddie MarsanPaul Britton
Rochenda SandallLucy
Nathaniel Martello-WhiteBaz
Charlie CarterDC Martin Long
Anna TierneySamantha Bisset
Anya CookeYoung Napper's Sister
Karl FarrerUniformed Police Officer (uncredited)
Mike WoodPolice Officer
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