Overview
- Sky confirmed The Lie That Exposed The Truth will debut on Sky Documentaries and NOW later this year.
- The three-part series, with 60-minute episodes, revisits Ellie Williams’ 2020 viral post and the 2023 conviction for lying.
- Producers say the film draws on a three-year investigation with survivor testimony and first interviews with Williams’ family.
- The series includes accounts from Barrow women who say agencies dismissed allegations of abuse by predominantly Asian men.
- It also examines how far-right groups used the case to stoke outrage and mistrust, building on Sky News’ Unreliable Witness reporting.