The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies: Season 1

2023

Created by Penelope Skinner, Ginny Skinner
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5 episodes
Thriller
BBC

Darkly comic thriller series from the BBC, following two very different women who become trapped in a love triangle with... More

Darkly comic thriller series from the BBC, following two very different women who become trapped in a love triangle with an eccentric and celebrated 'ecopreneur', who may or may not be trying to destroy them.

Stars In Fabric's Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Rebekah Staton (The Midwich Cuckoos series) and Alistair Petrie (Why Didn't They Ask Evans?).

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Where to watch The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies: Season 1

The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies:... More Season 1 is available to stream in the United Kingdom now on Apple TV Store and BBC iPlayer.

The Following Events are Based on a Pack of Lies: Season 1 episodes

Episode 1

Alice invested thousands in Robbie’s dodgy property scam before he... More disappeared. When she sees him again for the first time in 15 years, she’s determined to get to the truth.

Episode 2

Alice befriends Cheryl as a way to get close to... More Rob. Rob continues to charm Cheryl and, as she begins to fall for him, he cleverly aligns himself with her charitable trust.

Episode 3

Alice discovers new evidence in her case against Rob, which... More unbeknownst to her forces Rob’s hand. Cheryl is driven into a rash decision that will have life-long implications.

Episode 4

Alice hopes she’s found a way to get justice, but... More the system is rigged against her. Cheryl’s scholarship suffers a loss that she struggles to put right.

Episode 5

Cheryl and Alice discover that in order to challenge Rob,... More they have to stop playing by the rules. But will they be forced to give away too much of their own humanity to stop him?