‘Eye-opening stuff’

- Sunday Mirror

‘The film relies on riveting testimonies’

- The Sunday Times

‘Rather shocking documentary’ and ‘The callousness of some of the betrayals revealed here is breathtaking’

- Daily Mail

‘Most compelling is the analysis of psychological flaws’

- The Guardian

‘These are well told stories. This documentary does much to challenge the pervasive cliché of lonely with low self-esteem being easy prey for suave conmen’

- The Telegraph

‘This startling documentary’

- Daily Mail

‘Extraordinary and well told’

- Radio Times

‘Critic’s Choice’

- Daily Express, The Sunday Times, Sunday Mirror

‘What to watch’

- The Daily Telegraph & Today’s Highlights Sunday Telegraph

‘Pick of the Day’

- The Guardian, Daily Mail, The Sun, The Observer

The Betrayers

1 x 60'

UK Premiere 9pm, 2nd July 2013 on ITV1

The Betrayers tells the stories of people who have suffered the ultimate betrayal at the hands of someone they love and trust. From false identities to fake terminal illnesses we find out how intelligent and sensible victims can fall for a seemingly incredible web of lies and discover whether serial fraudsters are driven by criminal greed or psychological flaws.

David Checkley, labelled ‘the man with the golden tongue’ swindled over 30 women out of hundreds of thousands of pounds to fund a luxury lifestyle.

Public school-educated unemployed ex-convict Alistair Stewart posed as a millionaire banker and lavishly romanced a Harvard educated property broker whilst conning her out of her million dollar savings.

The family of a dying man were targeted by friend Beth Hood who faked cancer for her own gain and Paul Dable, defrauded his own parents before setting light to the family home with everyone inside.

We all like to think we can spot a liar and that it would be impossible for people to fool us but the gripping direct testimony in The Betrayers tells a different story…

 

Executive Producer: Paul Hamann

Editor: Paul Dosaj

Composer: Andy Cowton

Narrator: Reece Shearsmith

 

Distributed by: ITV Studios Global Entertainment

http://www.itvstudiosge.com/ 

 

Distribution Title: Betrayal

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