The Beautiful Lie (TV series)

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The Beautiful Lie
Genre Drama
Written byAlice Bell
Jonathan Gavin
Blake Ayshford
Directed by Glendyn Ivin
Peter Salmon
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducersJohn Edwards
Imogen Banks
Running time60 minutes
Production company Endemol Australia
Original release
Network ABC
Release18 October (2015-10-18) 
22 November 2015 (2015-11-22)

The Beautiful Lie is an Australian television drama that aired on ABC. The six-part series is a contemporary re-imagining of Leo Tolstoy's classic 1877 novel Anna Karenina . [1] It is directed by Glendyn Ivin and Peter Salmon and produced by Endemol Australia's John Edwards and Imogen Banks. [2] It premiered on Sunday 18 October 2015 at 8:30pm. [3] Screenwriter Alice Bell made the decision to turn Anna and Xander into sports stars to heighten the transgression of a wife leaving her husband. [4]

Contents

Cast

Main / regular

Supporting

Episodes

Series 1 (2015)

No.
(overall)
No.
(series)
TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air dateRuntimeViewership
(millions)
11"Episode 1"Glendyn IvinAlice Bell18 October 2015 (2015-10-18)55 mins0.54 [5]
22"Episode 2"Glendyn IvinAlice Bell25 October 2015 (2015-10-25)54 mins0.435 [6]
33"Episode 3"Glendyn IvinJonathan Gavin1 November 2015 (2015-11-01)58 mins0.381 [7]
44"Episode 4" Peter Salmon Alice Bell8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)57 mins0.433 [8]
55"Episode 5" Peter Salmon Jonathan Gavin15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)58 mins0.414 [9]
66"Episode 6" Peter Salmon Alice Bell22 November 2015 (2015-11-22) [10] 56 mins [10] 0.425 [11]

Reception

Melinda Houston found that the changes in society since Anna Karenina made Anna's decision to cheat on her husband seem immature rather than tragic. [12] Michael Idato regards The Beautiful Lie as being superbly cast. [13]

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