The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies

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The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies
Created byPenelope Skinner
Ginny Skinner
Screenplay byPenelope Skinner
Ginny Skinner
Directed byRobbie McKillop
Nicole Charles
Starring
Country of originUnited Kingdom
Original languageEnglish
No. of series1
No. of episodes5
Production
Executive producers
  • Naomi de Pear
  • Lydia Hampson
  • Alice Tyler
  • Penelope Skinner
  • Ginny Skinner
  • Jo McClellan
ProducerGeorgie Fallon
Running time56 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network BBC One
Release29 August 2023 (2023-08-29) 
present

The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies is a BBC One television series.

Contents

Synopsis

Cheryl (Jean-Baptiste) and Alice (Staton) are two women without too much in common, but they do inadvertently share the same conman (Petrie). [1]

Cast

Production

The series is created and written by Penelope Skinner and Ginny Skinner. It was commissioned by the BBC in August 2020. [2] Robbie McKillop and Nicole Charles both direct episodes on the series. It is produced by BBC Studios with Sister. Georgie Fallon is producer on the project. The series is executive produced by Naomi de Pear, Lydia Hampson, Alice Tyler, Penelope Skinner and Ginny Skinner and Jo McClellan. [3]

Casting

In April 2022, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alistair Petrie and Rebekah Staton were confirmed as the lead roles in the series. [4]

Filming

Filming took place in St Aldate's in Oxford in April 2022. [5]

Broadcast

The series was included in the BBC One scheduled drama and first aired on 29 August 2023. [6]

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