The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies | |
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Created by | Penelope Skinner Ginny Skinner |
Screenplay by | Penelope Skinner Ginny Skinner |
Directed by | Robbie McKillop Nicole Charles |
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Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Original language | English |
No. of series | 1 |
No. of episodes | 5 |
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Producer | Georgie Fallon |
Running time | 56 minutes |
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Original release | |
Network | BBC One |
Release | 29 August 2023 present | –
The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies is a British television drama series.
Cheryl (Jean-Baptiste) and Alice (Staton) are two women without too much in common, but they do inadvertently share the same conman (Petrie).[1]
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]
In April 2022, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Alistair Petrie and Rebekah Staton were confirmed as the lead roles in the series.[4]
Filming took place in St Aldate's in Oxford in April 2022.[5]
The series was included in the BBC One scheduled drama and first aired on 29 August 2023.[6]