In terms of Irish actors that are doing excellent work, Westmeath's Niamh Algar has built up one hell of a CV.
Having recently worked on likes of Wrath Of Man, The Virtues, Raised by Wolves and Calm with Horses, Algar's star is most definitely on the rise and she's also receiving excellent reviews for her performance in Censor too.
However, in her next role, she'll be playing a central role in an adaptation that examines the biggest investigation in the Metropolitan Police's history.
ln 'Deceit,' audiences will learn more about the controversial honeytrap at the heart of the high-pressure investigation into the devastating murder of Rachel Nickell in 1992.
As the synopsis states, the gripping four-part drama will examine, '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.
'Five months on from the crime, The Met Police are still no closer to capturing the man they’re convinced is responsible. First identified through a BBC Crimewatch appeal, the evidence points to Colin Stagg (Sion Daniel Young – The Left Behind, Keeping Faith).
'The media feed a national obsession, covering every detail of the case and demanding justice. The police are determined to catch the man who, in their eyes, is guilty before he kills again. In desperation, the relatively young Detective Inspector leading the case, Keith Pedder (Harry Treadaway – The Crown, Star Trek: Picard), engages the nation’s most famous criminal profiler, Paul Britton (Eddie Marsan – Ray Donovan, Vice), to help devise a bold undercover operation which will see an attractive, young female officer start a relationship with an innocent man, Colin Stagg.'
With access to previously unheard audio, video and written materials, Deceit includes scenes of verbatim dialogue as part of a fictionalised retelling of events, taking viewers behind the scenes of one of the UK’s most flawed and controversial police investigations.
The first episode of Deceit airs on Channel 4 on Friday, 13 August at 9pm.
