The fact-based drama is a feminist retelling of the police investigation into the murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992, and told from the perspective of \u2018Lizzie James\u2019, an undercover officer asked to try to trap the main suspect in the case into giving himself up.<\/p>\n
\u201cTrue crime can be quite misogynistic in that it doesn\u2019t often embrace the female perspective, with the women usually victims,\u201d Channel 4\u2019s Head of Drama Caroline Hollick told RadioTimes.com<\/a>\u00a0and other press.<\/p>\n \u201cBut that\u2019s where Deceit is so different from other true crime you see on other [TV] channels; Emilia [di Girolamo]\u2019s incredibly powerful sense of the importance of the female voice in this show really made it stand out.\u201d<\/p>\n In a recent exclusive column for RadioTimes.com<\/a>, series writer Emilia di Girolamo explained how Deceit challenges the narrative around a real-life honeytrap operation<\/a>, Operation Edzell, which went catastrophically wrong.<\/p>\n \u201cDepicted from a unique female viewpoint, that of the undercover officer codenamed \u2018Lizzie James\u2019 (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 Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press, actress Niamh Algar described the \u201cfamiliar\u201d everyday sexism that her character Sadie\/\u2019Lizzie\u2019 encounters throughout the four-parter, which is set against the backdrop of \u201990s lad culture.<\/p> She referred to a scene in episode one, in which her character\u2019s work on an undercover operation was overlooked, while her male colleague received commendation. In the scene, she and her female colleague (played by Line of Duty<\/a>\u00a0star\u00a0Rochenda Sandall) share a loaded glance.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s interesting to watch it back,\u201d Algar said. \u201cAnd Emilia [di Girolamo] has created this\u2026 amazing scene at the start [of the series] where you see, it\u2019s almost like Sadie being introduced as the officer \u2013 as the detective \u2013 and the subtext between Sadie and Rochenda [Sandall]\u2019s character kind of speaks volumes.<\/p>\n \u201cThey don\u2019t need to say one piece of dialogue but every woman I think watching it will understand what that feeling is. And it\u2019s the power of not having to say anything but also having lived through that and still living through it. I think what this [show] does, is it showcases the sexism that women are under and the pressures that they\u2019re under.\u201d<\/p>\n The four-part drama series Deceit begins on Friday 13th August at 9pm on Channel 4. 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