Pack of Lies

Television

CREATED / WRITTEN BY
PENELOPE SKINNER
GINNY SKINNER
EXECUTIVE PRODUCED BY
Naomi de Pear
Lydia Hampson
Alice Tyler
PENELOPE SKINNER
GINNY SKINNER
PRODUCED BY
GEORGIE FALLON
DIRECTED BY
ROBBIE MCKILLOP
NICOLE CHARLES
STARRING
Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Alistair Petrie
Rebekah Staton
Romola Garai
Derek Jacobi
Julian Barratt
Karl Johnson
Ellie Haddington
Broadcast
BBC One
RELEASE DATE
29 August 2023
RUN TIME
5 x 60 mins (300 min) (entire series)
PRODUCTION PARTNERS
SISTER
Distribution By
BBC Studios

Full Title: The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies

This is the story of two very different women and the conman they have in common; a dark, funny, and unpredictable thriller about three remarkable characters trapped in a triangle of epic proportions.

Alice is a formidable PA, a single mother, and a lifelong Madonna fan. Caroline is a bestselling fantasy author who, recently bereaved, now lives alone with her toy poodle, Goblin. Rob is an eccentric and celebrated ecopreneur… who may or may not be trying to destroy them both.

This is a story about lies and artifice, about our weakness for self-deception, and about the rapid ascent of the modern fraudster. Why do ‘respectable’ psychopaths rise to the top? Why does a posh man in a suit still seem so plausible compared to a working-class single mum in a pink plastic rain mac? And if you can’t beat them, is joining them really so bad?

Above all, this is also the story of an unexpected friendship between two very different women and the power they’ll discover if they can make their voices heard...