The Lying Game
Season 1
"The Lying Game - The Great Pretenders" - about individuals who are not entirely satisfied with themselves and feel that they need to borrow persona from others, preferably known persons.
Where to Watch The Lying Game • Season 1
4 Episodes
- The Great PretendersE1
The Great PretendersThe first programme delves into the minds of real-life tricksters or to find out the truth about lies. They include a man who lived a lie as film director Stanley Kubrick, a compulsive scam merchant who posed as a football club's financial saviour and a con man on the run from the police. - Natural Born FibbersE2
Natural Born FibbersThis week's programme questions if rules are there to be observed - or to remind people not to get caught. Steve Forte is a card shark who now works as a consultant for the casinos. He demonstrates how a skilled card player can cut exactly the right number of cards to get a particular card into his hand. Sid Chaney is a pensioner who would get credit cards from the banks, run up huge bills, then 'kill off' the person in whose name he got the cards. But even though the banks caught up with him, he's never been found guilty in a court case, as the banks don't want the publicity. - All's Fair in Love and WorkE3
All's Fair in Love and WorkIn "All's Fair in Love and Work" it's about lying at work and to get work. Like Steve Tomkinson who inflated his qualifications and got a job as First Officer on a ship. Rio Verano is a male escort, a profession which requires a certain amount of lying. Michel van Rijn is an art dealer. "If you are not corrupt in the art world, there's no way you can survive." - Reasons to be DeceitfulE4
Reasons to be DeceitfulThis week's programme looks at liars with a mission. Whether it's saving a marriage or changing the world, the individuals in tonight's episode lie because the ends justify the means. Angus Deayton introduces four very different people who feel they have right on their side, including a woman who acted as a spy and lived a double life of espionage with her husband and an undercover investigator who justifies his secret filming techniques to expose crimes. Includes a look at a dating service for married people, run by Charlotte Graham. And Stephen Whittle is a trans-man, back when it wasn't trendy.