The Beautiful Lie (TV series)
| The Beautiful Lie | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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. It is directed by Glendyn Ivin and Peter Salmon and produced by Endemol Australia's John Edwards and Imogen Banks. It premiered on Sunday 18 October 2015 at 8:30pm. Screenwriter Alice Bell made the decision to turn Anna and Xander into sports stars to heighten the transgression of a wife leaving her husband.