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Review

This, the third video release of the British television crime drama series features Helen Mirren as a vice police investigator who uncovers a world of male prostitution, murder and abuse. David Thewlis stars as the main suspect, a villainous opportunist who haunts the city's train stations recruiting wayward boys into a life of petty crime and prostitution. A riveting, groundbreaking and compulsively watchable drama that, although it doesn't paint a positive picture of gay lifestyles, doesn't succumb to homophobia or exploitation -- a rare achievement for such a contentious subject. In fact, with its unflinching themes of pedophilia, teenage prostitution, gay policemen and child pornography, it's a surprise this TV crime drama was ever produced. Helen Mirren stars as a London police detective who finds herself drawn into the nefarious underworld of sex-for-sale and kiddie porn when she investigates the murder of a 15-year-old male prostitute.