Season two on the way? SIX-part series Legends premiered on Netflix earlier this month and was met with positive reviews for its gripping realism and tense drama. It’s set in the early 1990s and ...

Working for HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) might seem dull — and it probably is, for the most part — but there is another, more gripping story behind the tedious bureaucracy of it all, one that’s never ...

“Legends” is now streaming on Netflix, and though it may seem too crazy to believe, there’s actually quite a bit of truth to this story. Created by Neil Forsyth, the 6-episode series takes place in ...

There’s something to be said about the use of restraint in a crime drama. Less chases and gunfights, a script not trying so hard to be funny… it all adds up to a show that demands attention, like the ...

This astounding true story, written by Neil Forsyth, asks the question: what if the A-Team was comprised entirely of disgruntled customs officers? Imagine The A-Team but instead of a band of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In the parlance of undercover operatives, a “legend” is the false identity one concocts to infiltrate a criminal network. “Your legend has to come from you, or it won’t work. Your legend has to be ...

New Netflix drama Legends comes from The Gold creator Neil Forsyth, who transports us back to the 1990s to tell the incredible true story of ordinary Customs workers who went undercover in dangerous ...

A star rating of 5 out of 5. It's not hard to work out how Neil Forsyth's new thriller got commissioned. Forsyth wrote The Gold, the BBC's excellent drama based on the aftermath of the 1983 ...

Two bodies open Neil Forsyth's Legends, the British crime import arriving on Netflix this week. The first belongs to a fifteen-year-old boy from a Liverpool council estate. The second is an Oxford ...

The “based on reality” disclaimer—or claimer—is usually intended as a bid for added true-crime cachet. So when the advisory “inspired by real events” appears at the beginning of “Legends,” a viewer ...