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TV BIZ M-Net and Quizzical Pictures start production on another international co-production with Fremantle in early March, titled White Lies. Stars Natalie Dormer and Brendon Daniels as investigative journalist Edie Hansen and Detective Forty Bell who lock horns when Edie's estranged brother gets murdered at his luxury home in Bishopscourt, Cape Town. >>


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TVSA Team
02 Mar 2023 19:11




This is the synopsis:

Set in the wealthy neighbourhood of Bishopscourt, Cape Town, investigative journalist Edie Hansen gets caught up in the ugly underbelly that lies beneath the picturesque beauty of the city, dragging her back to a turbulent past.
 
Following her estranged brother’s murder in his luxury home, Edie’s world plunges deeper into chaos when her brother’s teenage children become prime suspects for the crime.

As Edie investigates, she finds herself at loggerheads with veteran detective Forty Bell, and grapples with the crumbling local police force, a corrupt political system, and the secretive world of extreme Cape wealth.

And the credits:

Other cast members include:

Langley Kirkwood, 

Morgan Santo,

Daniel Schultz, 

Jane de Wet, 

Katlego Lebogang, 

Robert Hobbs and 

Athenkosi Mfamela.

It's created by Sean Steinberg, written by Darrel Bristow-Bovey and described as an urgent exploration of race and privilege, inequality and identity centering round a strong female protagonist and diverse characters - all entangled in a riveting murder mystery.

Harriet Gavshon and Nimrod Geva are producing for Quizzical Pictures, 

Darrel Bristow-Bovey and Natalie Dormer are executively producing and,

Julie Hodge is producing for Fremantle.

Lead director is John Trengove (Hopeville, Swartwater, Hard Copy, The Wound), with these three directors joining him: 

Thati Pele (Lerato), 

Catharine Cooke (Reyka, Legacy, iNumber Number) and,

Christiaan Olwagen (Poppie Nongena, Kanarie).
 

TVSA Team
02 Mar 2023 19:15


Flash fact >>

Reyka was also a co-production between M-Net, Quizzical Pictures and Fremantle.

Timone
06 Mar 2023 16:20

Great leads.  
MNet always delivers with these original miniseries.

 

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