Netflix presents the cast of a new criminal drama that includes Call The Midwife and Strike Stars

Netflix has announced a new high -risk drama with an stacked cast of big names

Netflix has presented the cast full of stars for its next dramatic series of high octane, Legends.

The six -part series, written and conceived by Neil Forsyth of Gold Fame, is inspired by one of the most extraordinary criminal investigations in history.

The plot revolves around a group of British customs officers, who are assigned the discouraging task of penetrating the most infamous drug cartels in the country.

The official synopsis for the program says: “At the beginning of the 90s, the customs and special taxes of His Majesty were losing his battle with the illegal smuggling of drugs at the borders of Great Britain.

“The solution was extraordinary. In a high secret operation, a small team of customs employees was sent undercover. His task, to infiltrate the most dangerous drug gangs of Great Britain.”

The summary concludes: “But these were not trained spies. They were normal men and women, expelled from common lives throughout the United Kingdom, passed a basic training regime and were responsible for building new identities in the criminal underworld. These identities were called legends.”

The series has an impressive alignment that includes Charlotte Ritchie by Call The Midwife, Tom Burke from Strike and Tom Hughes de Victoria.

The set is completed by Steve Coogan of The Reckoning, Hayley Squires by Daniel Blake, Aml Amen de Rustin, Jasmine Blackborow of The Gentlemen, Douglas Hodge de Joker, Gerald Kyd of The Assassin and Johnny Harris of great expectations, reports of the great expectations, reports of great expectations. Surrey Live.

Boy Brady Hood’s best filmmaker will direct the first four episodes of the new and exciting series, with Julian Holmes from Reacher taking charge of the final two parts.

The project is being produced by Forsyth, Ben Farrell and Richard Bradley, while Charlie Leech takes the reins as producer of the series. A launch date has not yet been confirmed.

The creator of the series, Forsyth could barely contain his enthusiasm, saying: “I am very excited to be able to tell this incredible story, along with everyone in Tannadice Pictures.

“I think Legends is a fascinating, exciting and unknown British story that deserves to be told in its entirety. I am delighted that Netflix agreed. “

Mona Qureshi, director of content of the United Kingdom in Netflix, added: “As Neil’s gold fans, we immediately excited us the perspective of the extraordinary history of legends in their hands.

“Transporting Great Britain of the 1990s, where the government was losing its battle in what was a global war against drugs, Neil’s scripts present us a set of convincing characters, whose unexpected trips about the dangerous labyrinth of the hunched operations promise a full and full of action that is in the best tradition of the stories of crimes of the United Kingdom. Life in the life of life in life Netflix. “

Legends still does not have a launch date