Miniseries · Netflix
Legends
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Tom Burke
Guy
6 eps
Steve Coogan
Don
6 eps
Hayley Squires
Kate
6 eps
Aml Ameen
Bailey
6 eps
Jasmine Blackborow
Erin
6 eps
Tom Hughes
Carter
6 eps
Gerald Kyd
Mylonas
6 eps
Charlotte Ritchie
Sophie
6 eps
Kem Hassan
Aziz
6 eps
Mario Assi
Zaaza
6 eps
Con O'Neill
Arthur Goodwin
6 eps
Johnny Harris
Eddie McKee
5 eps
Joshua Samuels
Zeki
4 eps
Tuncay Gunes
Denis
2 eps
Murat Erkek
Yusuf
2 eps
Paris Benjamin
Zahra
2 eps
Tom Christian
Pete
2 eps
Numan Acar
Hakan
1 eps
Joe Blakemore
Gav
1 eps
Cecily Cleeve
Lily
1 eps
Jack Cunningham-Nuttall
Cameron
1 eps
Darren Clarke
Norrie
1 eps
Iris Li
Rosa
1 eps
Paul Popplewell
1 eps
Sal Yusuf
Mehmet
1 eps
Joshua Barry
Tommy
1 eps
Amelia Isaac Jones
Jade
1 eps
Stephen Agnew
Ralph
1 eps
Youssef Tounzi
Jawed
1 eps
Jamie Maclachlan
1 eps
Sue Jenkins
Jan
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Legends actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Legends reads strongest on Bingeability, Serialized and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
As drugs flood the streets of '90s Britain, a team of civil servants is thrust undercover to topple the gangs behind it.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 6 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Miniseries
20266 episodes
8.2IMDbIn the early 1990s, Her Majesty’s Customs and Excise was losing its battle with illegal drug smuggling across Britain’s borders. In a top-secret operation, a small team of Customs employees were sent undercover with new identities and told to infiltrate Britain’s most dangerous drug gangs.
Best episode · S01E01 Could You Offer More?
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Could You Offer More?
As drug deaths surge in '90s Britain, the government turns to a veteran customs investigator to recruit a novice unit for an unprecedented covert mission.
- Directed by Brady Hood
- Written by Neil Forsyth
S01E03
This Is Liverpool
A volatile alliance puts Guy at the heart of a high-risk smuggling deal. The Legends in Liverpool embark on a surveillance mission that ends in trouble.
- Directed by Brady Hood
- Written by Neil Forsyth
S01E04
The War on Drugs
Cracks start to appear in both gangs as tensions, pressure and paranoia run high. Kate looks to exploit a possible weakness in Carter's armour.
- Directed by Brady Hood
- Written by Neil Forsyth
S01E06
Legends Never Die
Betrayal, distrust and ambition put the entire mission — and the Legends — at risk. Can they stop an unprecedented heroin shipment from reaching Britain?
- Directed by Julian Holmes
- Written by Neil Forsyth
S01E02
Alliance
Customs recruit Guy faces tests that threaten to blow his cover. Meanwhile, the team in Liverpool chase the scent of a suspicious bakery.
- Directed by Brady Hood
- Written by Neil Forsyth
S01E05
Old Kings
While Kate chases a murky trail of corruption, a potential meeting with a feared drug lord sends Guy, Bailey and Don on a dangerous overseas mission.
- Directed by Julian Holmes
- Written by Neil Forsyth
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
Could You Offer More?
- Directed by Brady Hood
- Written by Neil Forsyth
S01E06
Legends Never Die
- Directed by Julian Holmes
- Written by Neil Forsyth
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Charlie LeechProducer
- Neil ForsythExecutive Producer
- Richard BradleyExecutive Producer
- Ben FarrellExecutive Producer
Writing
- Neil ForsythWriter
Direction
- Julian HolmesDirector
- Brady HoodDirector
Cinematography
- Jan JonaeusDirector of Photography
- Dan AthertonDirector of Photography
Music
- Sion TreforOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
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