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The Beautiful Lie

2015 • Australian Broadcasting Corporation
5.0
18 reviews
MA15+
Rating
Eligible

Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Episode 1
10/18/15
Anna flies home from a family holiday to help 'save' her brother Kingsley's marriage. Kingsley's wife, Dolly has just found out he has been having an affair with their live in nanny Gabriela and is threatening to leave him and take the children. While Dolly's sister Kitty has just become engaged to music producer Skeet and wastes no time in telling everybody she knows. She hastily plans an engagement party, much to the surprise of her parents Catherine and
Phillip.
2 Episode 2
10/25/15
Anna can't shake what happened with Skeet. He's calling her. And then he texts, What are we going to do? She attempts to focus her affections on her husband Xander but finds it difficult. She tries to block Skeet from her mind, but can't. She sneaks out to meet him, she just can't resist him.
3 Episode 3
11/1/15
Anna lies and tells Xander the affair is over but she continues to sneak away to see Skeet whenever she can. Xander is paranoid so he checks Anna's phone and whereabouts all the time, he hates the man he's
turning into. But when he sees Skeet sneaking out of their house, Xander is furious, he demands Anna move out. She goes to Skeet's house for the first time and is completely enchanted. It's magical and she
manages to forget for one brief moment that the rest of her life is in pieces.
4 Episode 4
11/8/15
Anna is six months pregnant with Skeet's baby and is already packing her hospital bag, she has a bad feeling about the birth and is convinced the baby is going to come early. Skeet has been recording an
ethereal young singer named Theresa and Anna can't help but be jealous of her.
5 Episode 5
11/15/15
Peter and Kitty's wedding preparations have begun, they have decided to have a not wedding to be held at Dolly's country house and they would like their guests to all wear white. Kingsley invites Anna to the not wedding so she can see Kasper. Despite Skeet's warnings, Anna makes plans to attend. She thinks the wedding might also provide the opportunity to reaffirm her place in the family.
6 Episode 6
11/22/15
Anna and Skeet have moved to the country. Anna wants to bring Kasper home with her but he refuses to go. She is forced to return without her son. Anna finds herself home alone with the baby more and more as Skeet makes any excuse to be back in the city. Anna is convinced he is having an affair with Theresa and that he doesn't love her anymore. The more clingy Anna becomes, the more distant Skeet is. Their relationship begins to spiral.

About this show

Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is the greatest ever relationship drama. The Beautiful Lie is an Australian reimagining of this story set in contemporary middle class life, exploring love and all that goes with it; family and fidelity, seduction, commitment, jealousy, envy, obligation and mad passion. Love that saves and love that destroys.

Ratings and reviews

5.0
18 reviews
Peter Franki
August 29, 2016
Plot, script, scenery and direction are excellent. I'm no cinema aficionado, but I have been glued to the screen since the first viewing via the qantas app. Purchased HD version as soon as I got home -- only disappointment is that it doesn't have subtitles!
Michelle Palmer
June 15, 2021
The beautiful lie