The Beautiful Lie
GenreDrama
Written byAlice Bell
Jonathan Gavin
Blake Ayshford
Directed byGlendyn Ivin
Peter Salmon
Country of originAustralia
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes6
Production
ProducersJohn Edwards
Imogen Banks
Running time60 minutes
Production companyEndemol Australia
Original release
NetworkABC
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 transgressiveness of a wife leaving her husband.[4]

Cast

Supporting cast

Episodes

Series 1 (2015)

No.
(overall) 		No.
(series) 		Title Directed by Written by Original air date Runtime Viewership
(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 SalmonAlice Bell8 November 2015 (2015-11-08)57 mins0.433[8]
55"Episode 5"Peter SalmonJonathan Gavin15 November 2015 (2015-11-15)58 mins0.414[9]
66"Episode 6"Peter SalmonAlice 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]

External links

References

  1. ^ "Sarah Snook leads The Beautiful Lie cast – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  2. ^ "Classy cast for ABC TV's The Beautiful Lie". if.com.au. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  3. ^ "The Beautiful Lie - Brace Yourself For The Sexiest TV Series of The Year". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 28 July 2016.[dead link]
  4. ^ "TV Drama The Beautiful Lie Transplants Tolstoy To Australia". The Australian. Retrieved 28 July 2016.[dead link]
  5. ^ "Nine takes Sunday with The Block – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  6. ^ "Triple threat in Nine's win on Sunday – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  7. ^ "Rugby World Cup draws early morning crowd – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  8. ^ "Season high for The Block as Nine wins Sunday – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  9. ^ "TEN telemovie scores amid night of news & sport – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  10. ^ a b "The Beautiful Lie : ABC TV". ABC TV (Australia). 1 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  11. ^ "Nine sings on Sunday, Seven close behind. – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  12. ^ "The Beautiful Lie is a luscious TV drama based on Tolstoy's Anna Karenina". smh.com.au. 8 October 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
  13. ^ "TV reviews: The Beautiful Lie embraces Anna Karenina with a passion". smh.com.au. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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