What to stream this week: Steve Coogan’s cracking Netflix crime drama, plus five more picks
This week's streaming highlights include Steve Coogan's new Netflix crime drama, Legends, along with several other notable picks. Legends presents a British twist on the crime genre, focusing on undercover agents infiltrating drug syndicates in the 1990s. The show is inspired by real events and features a mix of humor and tension throughout its six episodes.
- ▪Legends is a new Netflix series starring Steve Coogan as Don Clarke.
- ▪The show is set in the early 1990s and revolves around undercover investigations into drug syndicates.
- ▪It is loosely based on the memoir of Guy Stanton, who worked undercover for Customs.
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