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A dramatisation of the botched 1990s murder investigation begins with a rookie cop going undercover. Plus: Paul Merton and Suki Webster continue their road trip. Here’s what to watch tonight

Updated: 0:50, 25 Jul 2021 FRAMED Colin Stagg has defended police — including the honeytrap cop who tried to nail him for Rachel Nickell’s murder. It comes ahead of a new Channel 4 TV drama, Deceit, which is scathing of the controversial operation. 2 Colin Stagg says he isnt angry at the detectives who wrongly tried to nail him for murderCredit: Rex Features Stagg, 58, says it is unfair on detectives who were “only doing their job”. The local eccentric was arrested and admitted sunbathi...

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Her face etched with despair, the anguished officer stumbles into the sea as the burden of her role in the investigation into the killing of Rachel Nickell bears down on her. These exclusive photographs were captured on the set of a forthcoming Channel 4 drama that will detail how an undercover officer – known only by the codename Lizzie James – befriended the main suspect to entice him into a ‘confession’. For five months, Lizzie, played by Irish actress Niamh Algar, 28, called and wr...