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White Lies

White Lies
★ 6.3/10•2024•16•Drama•Crime
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Are you ready for the truth?

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.

Darrel Bristow-Bovey · Writer

StatusEnded
LanguageEN
First Air DateMar 7, 2024

Episodes

Episode 1 - Tabula RasaE145m

Tabula Rasa

A wealthy businessman is murdered in his Bishopscourt house, his wife is bludgeoned into a coma, and his children become prime suspects. His estranged sister, Edie, tries to clear their names, but her first attempt at finding a suspect backfires.

Mar 7, 2024

Episode 2 - Hide In Plain SightE250m

Hide In Plain Sight

Edie’s attempts to find a witness to the murder place her in peril high on a mountainside, and she learns some information she doesn’t like at all. Daniel is abducted by masked assailants at gunpoint.

Mar 14, 2024

Episode 3 - I Believe The Children Are Our FutureE350m

I Believe The Children Are Our Future

Forty Bell nearly loses his life rescuing Daniel from a drug gang, and Edie’s tentative closeness with her nephew is shattered when she makes a shocking discovery at a Bishopscourt sex party.

Mar 21, 2024

Episode 4 - The Sense Of An EndingE449m

The Sense Of An Ending

A violent invasion of Andrew McKenzie’s memorial shakes up the community, bringing new suspects to light, and Edie learns things about her brother that she doesn’t want to know.

Mar 28, 2024

Episode 5 - You Gotta Know When To Hold 'EmE551m

You Gotta Know When To Hold 'Em

When a gun is found at the high school, a new suspect is arrested, but Edie’s investigation into Andrew’s business partner leads her down a different pathway and leaves her fighting for her life.

Apr 4, 2024

Episode 6 - Calm Before The StormE650m

Calm Before The Storm

Daniel places himself and Jaime in danger with an ill-advised statement to the media, and a murderer breaks into the McKenzie home. Forty rides into the jaws of terrible danger, and Olivia McKenzie wakes from her coma.

Apr 11, 2024

Episode 7 - Teach Them Well And Let Them Lead The WayE752m

Teach Them Well And Let Them Lead The Way

Matters accelerate towards a resolution as Forty barely escapes Zone 41 with his life, one of the children reveal a hidden side of their personality, and the killer reveals himself to Edie.

Apr 18, 2024

Episode 8 - Forget It, Jake. It's BishopscourtE851m

Forget It, Jake. It's Bishopscourt

A killer has been found but Edie is not convinced that the full story has come to light. She reveals a secret and makes a genuinely shocking discovery, and is left with the most difficult decision of her life.

Apr 25, 2024

Actors

Natalie Dormer

Natalie Dormer

Edie Hansen

Brendon Daniels

Brendon Daniels

Detective Fortune 'Forty' Bell

Daniel Schultz

Daniel Schultz

Daniel McKenzie

Morgan Santo

Morgan Santo

Jaime McKenzie

Langley Kirkwood

Langley Kirkwood

Andrew McKenzie

Caely-Jo Levy

Caely-Jo Levy

Olivia McKenzie

Daniel Janks

Daniel Janks

Avi Kapilevitch

Warrick Grier

Warrick Grier

Werner Weber

Athenkosi Mfamela

Peri Zondo

Chi Mhende

Chi Mhende

Pearl

Lee Roodt

Magiet

Ivangely Joubert

Young Edie Hansen

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