‘Right now, there is not a great deal of trust in the police’: why TV is filled with bent coppers
When I was recovering at home after a brief stint in hospital in 2021, I spent weeks watching British crime dramas. I became adept at telling the red-herrings from the genuine clues, and the wrong ’uns from the unfairly accused. I didn’t care that these shows were often formulaic. In fact, that was part of the appeal.
Increasingly, that formula includes the bent copper. This week, BBC One aired the finale of its latest contribution to the medium-budget crime mini-drama canon. Leila Farzad stars as DI Lou Slack, a corrupt Yorkshire detective in search of redemption after becoming involved in the world of organised crime. , another BBC One offering that is now on iPlayer, follows DI Rachel Carey (Holly Grainger), who finds herself battling corrupt police, politicians and MI5 agents, as
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