Netflix has announced the cast of new Neil Forsyth (The Gold, Guilt) thriller, Legends, produced by Tannadice Pictures.
Inspired by one of the most remarkable criminal investigations ever conducted, the story follows a group of British Customs employees sent undercover to infiltrate some of the country’s most dangerous criminal drug gangs.
The cast includes Tom Burke (Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, The Souvenir); Steve Coogan (Philomena, The Reckoning);m Hayley Squires (Beau Is Afraid, I, Daniel Blake); Aml Ameen (A Man in Full, Rustin); Jasmine Blackborow (The Gentlemen, Marie Antoinette); Douglas Hodge (G20, Joker); Tom Hughes (The English, Victoria); Johnny Harris (A Gentleman in Moscow, Great Expectations); Gerald Kyd (The Assassin, Love Rat) and Charlotte Ritchie (YOU, Ghosts)
In the early 1990s, Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise was losing its battle with illegal drug smuggling across Britain’s borders. The solution was extraordinary. In a top-secret operation, a small team of Customs employees were sent undercover. Their task – to infiltrate Britain’s most dangerous drug gangs. But these were not trained spies. They were normal men and women, plucked from ordinary lives around the UK, put through a basic training regime and tasked with building new identities in the criminal underworld. These identities were called Legends.
The writer and creator of the 6×60 drama is Neil Forsyth and it will be directed by Brady Hood (Top Boy, Great Expectations) and Julian Holmes (Reacher, The Boys).
Exec producers are Ben Farrell (The Gold, Feel Good) & Neil Forsyth for Tannadice, and Richard Bradley for Lion Television. Series producer is Charlie Leech (The Gold, Lovesick).
Tom Burke – Credit © Rhys Frampton; Hayley Squires – Credit © Pip; Steve Coogan – Credit © Thomas Laisne
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