Love and Other Lies: 1. Romance
Limelight
BBC
4.4 • 698 Ratings
🗓️ 12 February 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Josie ..... Jessica Gunning Larry ..... Paul Ready Tyler ..... Anthony J. Abraham Aiden ..... Ed Coleman Emma ..... Kitty O'Sullivan Nick ..... Josh Bryant-Jones
Writer ..... Sarah Cartwright Script Producer ..... Anne Isger Technical Producers ..... Peter Ringrose & Alison Craig Composer ..... Alexandra Hamilton-Ayres Director ..... Sally Avens
When an online flirtation turns bad, Josie goes from being titillated to terrified. Her dream of romance turning into the nightmare of sextortion. Soon she is embroiled in a web of deceit which can barely hold together her suburban life. A rollercoaster of a comic thriller.
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts. |
| 0:13.2 | Love and Other Lies by Sarah Cartwright. |
| 0:18.3 | Episode one, Romance. |
| 0:30.2 | I know that if they find out, the first thing people will say is that I'm a stupid woman. |
| 0:32.8 | That I should have seen it coming. |
| 0:34.7 | It is so good to hear from you. |
| 0:38.0 | I've been thinking about you ever since our last call. |
| 0:35.0 | What time is it there, sweetheart? I'm picturing where you are right now. I'm not wearing any underwear. I can't keep going without you. I just wish you were here in front of me. Is it you? Are you there? I just want to believe this is all the dream. I'm so sorry. It's like a dream. Oh God, I didn't mean for anyone to die. I didn't mean for |
| 0:55.4 | this to happen, please. I didn't see it coming. If we go back a bit, you'll understand. To before I knew |
| 1:05.8 | the mess I was in. Here, I'm lying in bed. |
| 1:12.5 | Everything is fine. |
| 1:14.2 | My husband is in bed next to me. |
| 1:16.3 | I'm staring at his sleeping face, waiting to feel annoyed. |
| 1:21.5 | Oh, oh, what? |
| 1:25.2 | You okay? |
| 1:26.6 | What's happening? |
| 1:31.2 | You were snoring. Oh, that hurt. |
| 1:33.1 | Know what today is? |
| 1:42.3 | Of course I do. It's the departmental meeting. And I could have done with another 20 minutes sleep. |
| 1:46.2 | It's our 10-year anniversary. |
| 1:49.0 | And it's like any other morning. |
| 1:50.6 | I'm checking on my daughter, |
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