\u201cDepicted from a unique female viewpoint, that of the undercover officer codenamed \u201cLizzie James\u201d (played by Niamh Algar), Deceit examines the complicated and toxic sexual politics of the early \u201890s, the police\u2019s obsession with the wrong man and the devastating impact on all involved,\u201d she writes.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith twists and turns as surprising as the fictional undercover stories in Line of Duty<\/a>, I had no doubt this real story would keep viewers gripped.\u201d<\/p>\n Read on for everything you need to know about the upcoming Channel 4 drama Deceit.<\/p>\n The four-part drama series Deceit is coming soon to Channel 4 and All 4, but we don\u2019t know exactly when. We\u2019ll keep this page updated with any news about a release date.<\/p> The undercover officer codenamed \u201cLizzie James\u201d is played by Niamh Algar, while Colin Stagg is played by Sion Daniel Young\u00a0(Keeping Faith).<\/p>\n Other key characters in the drama are the young Detective Inspector leading the case, Keith Pedder (Harry Treadaway), who engages the nation\u2019s most famous criminal pro\ufb01ler, Paul Britton (Eddie Marsan).<\/p>\n Meanwhile \u201cLizzie\u2019s\u201d confidant Baz is played by\u00a0Nathaniel Martello-White (I Hate Suzie, Small Axe: Mangrove)<\/p>\n Yes, Deceit is inspired by a real-life undercover honeytrap operation, known at the time as Operation Edzell, which was at the heart of the high-pressure investigation into the devastating murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992.<\/p>\n According to the official Channel 4 synopsis, the drama portrays \u201cthe complicated and toxic sexual politics of the early \u201890s and the police\u2019s obsession with the wrong man.\u201d \u201cDeceit enters a dysfunctional world, where a female undercover officer, codename \u2018Lizzie James\u2019, is asked to become sexual bait for a suspected killer\u201d.<\/p>\n As writer Emilia di Girolamo writes in\u00a0RadioTimes.com<\/strong>:\u00a0\u201cIn summer 1992, a young woman, Rachel Nickell, was brutally murdered in front of her two-year-old son on Wimbledon Common. Her killer, Robert Napper, had long-standing mental health issues rooted in the trauma of his own childhood, which are believed to have culminated in more than a hundred violent sexual attacks on women and three horrific murders.<\/p>\n \u201cCatastrophic and systematic police failings meant Napper escaped detection numerous times and when he killed Rachel, another innocent man, Colin Stagg, became the sole focus of the police investigation leaving Napper free to attack and kill Samantha Bissett and her young daughter Jazmine.\u201d<\/p>\n You can watch the Channel 4 trailer for Deceit here:<\/p>\n\n Deceit is coming soon to Channel 4 and All 4<\/b>. 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