| 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. |
| Name | Character | Episodes |
|---|---|---|
| Eddie Marsan | Paul Britton | 4 |
| Niamh Algar | Lizzie James | 4 |
| Rochenda Sandall | Lucy | 4 |
| Harry Treadaway | Keith Pedder | 4 |
| Nathaniel Martello-White | Baz | 4 |