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DC Holly Morten

Holly is one of a new generation of police officers that make up London鈥檚 thin blue line: a Millennial who grew up in the age of the internet.

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A world of text messages, emojis, search histories and social media. A world of no personal boundaries. For her, the war on terror is not a battle, it is a permanent state of being.

Holly did not join the force out of idealism; she wears the badge because she’s really good at it. She blitzed through police training college at the top of her class, and after a brief stint in Special Crimes, she was hand-picked to join London’s elite Counter-Terrorism Special Unit.

As ’s partner, she quickly learns that recruiting and handling informants is not as simple as win or lose. To manage an informant is to engage in a battle of human emotions.

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The cast, including Bel Powley and Nabhaan Rizwan, answer some burning questions.