For those not in the know, The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies is a dark comedy-thriller that's now airing on BBC One and BBC iPlayer. This off-beat drama follows Alice Newman (Rebekah Staton), a woman whose life is flipped upside down when she miraculously crosses paths with the conman (her ex-husband) who walked out on her, leaving both Alice and her family penniless, fifteen years ago.
In the first episode, we see Alice start to unravel at the realization that Rob (Alistair Petrie) has returned and is now posing as an accomplished climate scientist affiliated with Oxford University. Instead of crumbling, though, she resolves to try and get to the bottom of his latest grift and begins following him around to gather evidence of what he's currently up to. Here's our The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies episode 1 recap.
