‘The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies’ Is More Than a BBC Con Man Drama, Says Producer
variety.comK.J. Yossman “The Following Events Are Based on a Pack of Lies,” the new BBC drama from transatlantic production company Sister, is deeper than your run-of-the-mill con-man drama.
Created by sisters Penelope and Ginny Skinner, the five-part series stars “Sex Education” head Alistair Petrie as perennially successful con artist Rob.
But when his former wife Alice (Rebekah Staton) joins forces with his current mark Cheryl (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), Rob quickly loses control of the situation.
Control, in “Pack of Lies,” is a key theme. “Penny and Ginny had been really interested in how there is a crossover and a pattern of behaviours that you see in con cases and in domestic abuse cases,” says Sister executive producer Lydia Hampson. “Coercive control, gaslighting, elements of narcissism.” The show, which airs in the U.K.
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