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Lenny Blue (2000)

Lenny Blue poster
Original title
Tough Love
Directed by
David Drury
Genre
drama, crime, thriller
Country
United Kingdom
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective goes undercover to investigate corruption in his own police unit. He also chases a drug dealer while trying to stay loyal to his boss.

tensegrittysuspensefuldarkslow-burnbleakemotionalserious

What happens

Lenny Blue is a British television crime drama series first broadcast on ITV between 1 October 2000 and 2 July 2002, under the title of Tough Love. Two series were broadcast, each starring Ray Winstone as protagonist DC Lenny Milton, an officer tasked by the IPCC to go undercover to investigate claims of corruption against his boss, Mike Love (Adrian Dunbar). The series also follows his dogged pursuit of drug dealer Barry Hindes (David Hayman). The first series was released on VHS only on 1 July 2002, having never been released on DVD. The second series was released on DVD on 15 October 2008. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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