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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.

Channel4 trailer for brand new drama Deceit

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Niamh Algar

Lizzie James

Sion Daniel Young

Colin Stagg

Harry Treadaway

Keith Pedder

Eddie Marsan

Paul Britton

Rochenda Sandall

Lucy

Nathaniel Martello-White

Baz

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