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The BBC East region started on 1st May 1959 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One East.

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Ordinary Lies

Drama

Drama following colleagues and friends as their small lies spiral out of control.

Ordinary people, extraordinary secrets. An all star cast, and a tangled web of deceit, humour and heartache. Delve deeper - everyone has something to hide.

Series 1

The BBC West region started on 1st September 1957 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One West.

BBC One West

The BBC South West region started on 20th April 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South West.

BBC One South West

The BBC South region started on 5th January 1961 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One South.

BBC One South

BBC One London

London

BBC One West Midlands

BBC One region covering Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire.

BBC One East Midlands

BBC One North West

The BBC North East & Cumbria region started in 1959 (tbc) as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One North East & Cumbria.

BBC One North East & Cumbria

BBC One Yorkshire

BBC One Oxfordshire

Formerly part of a wider BBC One South East region that included London and part of the South region. Separated from BBC One London 2001-09-03 following reorganisation of the South East region.

BBC One South East

BBC One Cambridgeshire

BBC One Channel Islands

BBC One Yorks & Lincs

BBC One Scotland

Scotland

BBC Northern Ireland region started on 19th April 1955 as part of the BBC Television Service, before becoming BBC One Northern Ireland.

BBC One Northern Ireland

BBC One Wales

Wales

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

BBC One HD

Simulcast of BBC One Scotland in high definition. From 14/01/2013

BBC One Scotland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Northern Ireland in high definition. From 24/10/2012

BBC One Northern Ireland HD

Simulcast of BBC One Wales in high definition. From 29/01/2013

BBC One Wales HD

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Jo Joyner

Jason Manford

Michelle Keegan

Mackenzie Crook

Sally Lindsay

George Bukhari

Rebecca Callard

Manjinder Virk

Cat Simmons

Cherrelle Skeete

Fisayo Akinade

Shazad Latif

Kris Mochrie

Erin Shanagher

Xander Rundle

Kamerson Cowan

Bethany Thompson

Theo Graham

Zariah Bailey

Jeff Alexander

Daniel Brocklehurst

John McKay

Tom Sherry

Nicola Shindler

Ordinary Lies: Series 1: Episode 1

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Episode 1

BBC One - Ordinary Lies, Series 1, Episode 1

In a desperate bid to save his job, Marty tells an unforgivable lie about his wife.

Drama. Marty McLean is on his final warning. In a desperate bid to save his job, he tells an unforgivable lie about his wife. How long can a lie like this remain a secret?

Marty is under huge pressure at work - he has timekeeping issues, he's not meeting his targets and with the downturn he has seen redundancies all around him. So when he gets called into a disciplinary meeting, he genuinely fears for his job. He's terrified. He gets a final written warning, last chance.

As sole breadwinner, he knows his family will go under if he loses his job, so when he oversleeps again, desperation leads him to tell an incredible lie that grows out of his control.

Ordinary Lies: Series 1

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Drama following the lives of an ordinary group of colleagues and friends as their seemingly small lies spiral out of control.

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