Legends centres around the world of drug dealers, sending their product all around the UK during the ’80s, when Thatcher is Prime Minster, yet it opens with N-Trance’s Set You Free, released in 1995, some FIVE YEARS after she was forced out for being crap.
That said, they still have working phone boxes… Anyhoo, the more important issue is that some kids are taking to heroin at parties, and not making it through the night, including the daughter of a Cabinet minister.
The milk snatcher claims she’s going to crack down on heroin dealing, so it’s time for a different way of tackling things. Various customs officers are shown being very bored with their job, but there’s a chance for something new, and they’ll get three weeks of training, before they even get to find out what the job entails. In fact, it’s all very hush-hush, and you can’t even phone home during the training… so that would be E.T. screwed.
After learning how to pick locks, and even being tested to buy drugs in an actual nightclub, the plan is a criminal investigation infiltrating the most dangerous drug gangs, the ‘Legends’ being the individuals’ cover stories when they go undercover, but get in too deep, and there’s always the risk that the bad guys will figure out who you really are, and turn that to their advantage, especially if you have others close to you.
You could ask why would anyone go for a job that’s so dangerous? After all, it’s very cloak-and-dagger, with plenty of metaphorical cloaks, and real guns pointing all over the place rather than daggers. Either way, it would be no use to me, as Guy’s told to report for duty at 6am! Way too early for me!
Overall, Legends is a solid and gritty piece of work – even throwing in humour at times, with a great cast and superb performances, first from Steve Coogan (Saipan) as Head of Operations Don Clark, who’s recruited a number of people including Guy (Tom Burke – Living) and Kate (Hayley Squires – Adult Material), plus Tom Hughes (Protection) as dealer head-honcho Carter. Plus, if you get the job, you can also recruit others if you need additional workforce.
Back to the music, though, and later, we get Stone Roses’ Made of Stone and Depeche Mode’s Personal Jesus, which at least came out during her domination, but given that rich bad guys will drive new cars, one shows an E-reg number plate, which will have come out between August 1987 and July 1988, so that shows the music has a bit of artistic licence.
Thanks to our friends at Netflix for the screener prior to release.
Legends is on Netflix from today.
It’s not yet available to pre-order on Blu-ray or DVD, but when it is, it will be listed on the New DVD, Blu-ray, 3D and 4K releases UK page.
Check out the trailer below:
Detailed specs:
Cert: 
Running time: 50-65 minutes per episode (6 episodes)
Release date: May 7th 2026
Studio: Netflix
Format: 2.39:1
Series Directors: Brady Hood, Julian Holmes
Producer: Charlie Leech
Writer/Creator: Neil Forsyth
Music: Sion Trefor
Cast:
Guy: Tom Burke
Don Clark: Steve Coogan
Carter: Tom Hughes
Kate: Hayley Squires
Sophie: Charlotte Ritchie
Angus Blake: Douglas Hodge
Mylonas: Gerald Kyd
Pete: Tom Christian
Zahra: Paris Benjamin
Yusuf: Murat Erkek
Denis: Tuncay Gunes
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