- HD 1080
- Runtime: 47m.
- Status: Ended
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- Languages: en
- Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
- Director: Niall MacCormick
- Stars: Niamh Algar, Sion Daniel Young, Harry Treadaway, Eddie Marsan, Rochenda Sandall
- keywords: london, england, detective, investigation, murder, 1990s
- Production_studio: Story Films, All3Media, Channel 4 Television
- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 4
- First air date: 2021-08-13
- Last air date: 2021-08-13
- providers: MZ Choice Amazon Channel, Mhz Choice
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.