The Beautiful Lie (TV series)

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)
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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 transgression of a wife leaving her husband.[4]

  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]