Gripping drama about an undercover police officer who infiltrates the Manchester underworld to investigate a brutal murder, and his method of getting to know what's happening is to seduce the gang leader's sexy wife
Acting
Amanda Donohoe vamps like her rent depends on it.
Production
Manchester never looked this grimy and seductive.

Director
Diarmuid Lawrence
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This ITV production was part of a wave of 'erotic thrillers' flooding British television in the mid-90s, riding the Basic Instinct wave on a TV budget.
Colin Salmon was years away from Resident Evil and Arrow fame; this was his 'gritty leading man' phase that never quite launched.