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Better

TV·2023–2023·BBC iPlayer·Drama, Crime·58m·6.1·Created by Jonathan Brackley, Sam Vincent

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Better is a thrilling redemption story set in Leeds, using the landscape of the city and surrounding countryside as a backdrop to what becomes an epic battle for one woman's soul.

After a family tragedy is narrowly averted, a corrupt police detective undergoes a painful moral awakening and decides to put right 20 years of wrongdoing - but satisfying her newfound conscience won't be straightforward. She slowly realises that her redemption will only be complete once she brings down the powerful gangster she has worked for all this time, a man she helped rise to power, and has come to love like a brother.

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Leila FarzadLeila FarzadLou SlackLucy BlackLucy BlackDCI Sandy MosbyOlivia NakintuOlivia NakintuDC Esther OkoyeCarolin StoltzCarolin StoltzAlma McHughAndrew BuchanAndrew BuchanCol McHughSamuel Edward-CookSamuel Edward-CookCeri DaviesGavin SpokesGavin SpokesDI Phil CowperMark MoneroMark MoneroCurtis 'Lord' Roy

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