The Deal

Based on a true story of a British television crew that travelled to Colombia to film a fake documentary about drug trafficking In one scene shot in the directors hotel room an actor played the part of a character whom the filmmakers passed off as Cali Cartels Number Three They claimed they had risked their lives to get the interview One sequence also shows a man pretending to swallow capsules of heroine and transporting them to London in his stomach This phoney TV documentary is an international smash hit When a London daily discovers that the whole thing is a hoax a team of British journalists are sent out to Colombia to cover the story Their report unleashes a scandal that shakes the very foundations of television in the UK