A quirky drama filmed on the streets of Oxford is now being shown on BBC TV.
Star Wars actor Alistair Petrie takes the lead role in The Following Events Are Based On A Pack Of Lies.
He is supported by Marianne Jean-Baptiste, from Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies, Romola Garai, who starred in the BBC's Emma, Rebekah Staton from Raised by Wolves, and Sir Derek Jacobi.
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The five-part drama, now showing on BBC One and iPlayer, is "a dark, funny, and unpredictable thriller" about three characters trapped in a triangle of epic proportions, according to the BBC.
Well-known Oxford locations are featured, including the Bodleian Library, the Sheldonian Theatre and Blackwell's bookshop.
Mr Petrie, who has previously appeared in Sex Education, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and The Night Manager, was spotted filming scenes for the drama in April last year. 
Baptiste plays Cheryl, a bestselling fantasy author who, recently bereaved, now lives alone with her toy poodle, Goblin.
Rob (Petrie) is an eccentric and celebrated ecopreneur who may or may not be trying to destroy them both.
Rebekah Staton said: "From the moment I read the script I connected with Alice’s journey, the feeling of being a woman in her 40s, who doesn’t feel that she’s shown yet what she’s fully capable of.
"I connected with her vulnerability and when I read about that early relationship with Rob and how it had made Alice feel, I connected to the idea that you hope that person is going to be able to look after you, and in Alice’s case he disappears completely and abandons her with more problems than she had when she met him."
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BBC Publicity said: "Above all, this is also the story of an unexpected friendship between two very different women and the power they’ll discover when they raise their voices in joyous rage.
"As they finally find the courage and self-belief to take charge, the con is on to try and take a predator down."
It is the first original series to be written by sisters Penelope Skinner (Fresh Meat, Linda, Briony Hatch - a graphic novel) and Ginny Skinner (Briony Hatch - a graphic novel).
Jo McClellan, commissioning editor for BBC Drama, said: "Penny and Ginny have written an incredibly fun show which highlights how susceptible we all are to the modern fraudster, how they are everywhere and hiding in plain sight.”
The series started being screened on Tuesday, August 29 at 9pm and is running weekly and on iPlayer.
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