The Beautiful Lie (TV series)
The Beautiful Lie is an Australian television drama that airs on ABC. The six-part series is a contemporary re-imagining of Leo Tolstoy's classic 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
- Sarah Snook as Anna Ivin
- Rodger Corser as Xander Ivin
- Sophie Lowe as Kitty Ballantyne
- Celia Pacquola as Dolly Faraday
- Daniel Henshall as Kingsley Faraday
- Benedict Samuel as Skeet Du Pont
- Catherine McClements as Tess Du Pont
- Alexander England as Peter Levin
- Dan Wyllie as Nick Levin
- Robert Menzies as Phillip Ballantyne
- Gina Riley as Catherine Ballantyne
Supporting Cast
- Marlon Williams as Dylan
- Sheena Reyes as Nat
- Lewis Fletcher as Kasper Ivin
- Kate Jenkinson as Helen
Episodes
Series 1 (2015)
| No. (overall) |
No. (series) |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Runtime | Viewership (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | Glendyn Ivin | Alice Bell | 18 October 2015 | 55 mins | 0.54[5] |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | Glendyn Ivin | Alice Bell | 25 October 2015 | 54 mins | 0.435[6] |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | Glendyn Ivin | Jonathan Gavin | 1 November 2015 | 58 mins | 0.381[7] |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | Peter Salmon | Alice Bell | 8 November 2015 | 57 mins | 0.433[8] |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | Peter Salmon | Jonathan Gavin | 15 November 2015 | 58 mins | 0.414[9] |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | Peter Salmon | Alice Bell | 22 November 2015[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
- The Beautiful Lie at the Internet Movie Database
- "The Beautiful Lie" ABC TV website
References
- ↑ "Sarah Snook leads The Beautiful Lie cast – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ "Classy cast for ABC TV's The Beautiful Lie". if.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ "No Cookies | Daily Telegraph". dailytelegraph.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ "Nocookies | The Australian". theaustralian.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ "Nine takes Sunday with The Block – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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- ↑ "Rugby World Cup draws early morning crowd – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ "Season high for The Block as Nine wins Sunday – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ "TEN telemovie scores amid night of news & sport – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- 1 2 "The Beautiful Lie : ABC TV". ABC TV (Australia). 1 November 2015. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
- ↑ "Nine sings on Sunday, Seven close behind. – TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ "The Beautiful Lie is a luscious TV drama based on Tolstoy's Anna Karenina". smh.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
- ↑ "TV reviews: The Beautiful Lie embraces Anna Karenina with a passion". smh.com.au. Retrieved 28 July 2016.
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