Ordinary Lies

[Caran]

Any thoughts on last nights showing of this. I enjoyed it, but I felt on edge a lot of the time.

[sherrardk]

I think it will all tie up (some how) in the last episode.

[trt]

I really enjoyed it, and thought how the hell is he going to get out of telling everybody that his wife was dead.

His acting was good.

[Caran]

I agree the acting was very good. I would have liked to have seen the scene where he confessed though.

[Buenchico]

I didn't see it but,based upon the Telegraph review, the plotline seems to be better suited to a comedy than to a drama:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11477949/Ordinary-Lies-episode-one-review.html

[Caran]

Definitely not a comedy. Kept me on my toes all the way through.

[jakep]

Enjoyed it here too. I found it odd that I sympathised with the main character, actually gasped out loud when he was found out, as what he did was so wrong.

[Ken4155]

Heard Sally Lindsay interviewed on Radio 2 and she said that Jason Manford had attended same drama school as her before he turned to stand-up - so you would expect a modicum of acting talent. And, let's face it, that's all it was.

[chaptazbru2]

I thought it was excellent and loved it. Jason Manford is a good actor and I'm looking forward to the rest of them. Did anyone notice 'Tina' from Corrie ?

[gingejbee]

For those who aren't aware of the "construction" of this series....each episode is a self-contained drama featuring one of the staff of the car showroom. There are, however, references to past and future episodes/characters in each episode....so you'll need to watch the whole series to make it all "gel".

[Supermike]

The writer was one of the writers for the excellent Clocking Off" series and I thought it followed a lot of that format, but not so believable.

[pips1]

There was a fair bit of 'Corrie influence' regarding the actors as the girl Marty had the one night stand with was Liz McDonalds daughter in real life.

[sherrardk]

The one who caught him out was also off Corrie.

[Prudie]

I don't usually watch this kind of stuff but it really held my attention. I personally found it leaned more to comedy than drama and think it didn't really know which it was meant to be. I'll certainly watch the next episode.