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Netflix Sets May 7 Premiere for True-Crime Drama Legends

The series dramatizes a covert 1990s HM Customs operation that sent untrained staff undercover into major drug gangs.

Overview

  • Following Thursday's trailer and first-look release, Netflix said the six-episode limited series will debut on May 7.
  • Writer-creator Neil Forsyth leads the project with directors Brady Hood and Julian Holmes and producers Tannadice Pictures and Lion Television.
  • Tom Burke plays Guy, a frustrated Heathrow bag inspector who goes undercover, and Steve Coogan plays Don, the operations chief who mentors the team.
  • The drama is inspired by a real plan that pulled everyday customs employees into undercover roles after basic training and tasked them with building new 'legends,' or cover identities.
  • Set in early 1990s Britain during a heroin crisis, the show explores the personal cost of living a fabricated identity and highlights a little-known chapter of law enforcement.