TV Review: Lie To Me, Sky1, Thursday 2 July, 10pm

post from TV Scoop on 03 July 2009 08:15:51 AM. © TV Scoop

Ever since Hugh Laurie nipped across the pond to play House, a string of other leading British actors have put on their water wings in pursuit. America, it seems, just can't get enough of us Brits at the moment. But, like most Americans, they usually want to have their (very large) cake and eat it, exploiting our reserved professionalism then asking: "Now play it again ... as a New Yorker." What makes Lie To Me so good is the fact that Tim Roth is the same rough-edged Englishman we expect. His curmudgeonly ways and sarcasm jar with that sickly sweet gloss of American drama, making us feel altogether more at home.

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