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Popular BBC crime drama 'is axed after just one series' following shocking affair between the two lead stars
The five-part TV show aired in February last year and followed a corrupt police detective, who attempts to get out from under the thumb of a powerful criminal.
Speaking to The Sun, a TV insider said: 'Better did good business, averaging almost four million viewers an episode, and there was an appetite to learn more about the tangled lives of McHugh and Slack. The offscreen drama overshadowed the series itself, after star Andrew Buchan, 45, struck up a romance with Leila Farzad, 42, leaving his wife of 11 years Amy Nuttall'heartbroken'. After being left devastated by her husband's alleged infidelity, Amy apparently wanted to take the power back after the betrayal, while also claiming that Andrew and Leila have already parted ways.
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