Steve Coogan and Tom Burke lead new Netflix drama

Steve Coogan and Tom Burke will lead a new Netflix drama called ‘Legends’.

Netflix say: In the early ’90s, 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.

Written and created by Forsyth, Legends is directed by Brady Hood (Top Boy, Great Expectations), who is handling Episodes 1-4, and Julian Holmes (Reacher, The Boys), who is directing Episodes 5-6. 

The cast also includes Hayley Squires (Beau Is Afraid, I, Daniel Blake), Tom Hughes (The English, Victoria) and Charlotte Ritchie (You, Ghosts).