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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]
The Beautiful Lie | |
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Genre | Drama |
Written by | Alice Bell Jonathan Gavin Blake Ayshford |
Directed by | Glendyn Ivin Peter Salmon |
Country of origin | Australia |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 6 |
Production | |
Producers | John Edwards Imogen Banks |
Running time | 60 minutes |
Production company | Endemol Australia |
Original release | |
Network | ABC |
Release | 18 October – 22 November 2015 |
No. (overall) |
No. (series) |
Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Runtime | Viewership (millions) |
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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] |
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]
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