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Arc is home to premium cinematic audio drama series: sharp, funny, and emotionally honest stories about the moments that change us.

Series 1 is People Who Knew Me (2023): Emily Morris uses 9/11 to fake her own death and run away to start a new life in California as Connie Prynne. Starring Rosamund Pike, Hugh Laurie, Kyle Soller, Isabella Sermon and Alfred Enoch. Written by Daniella Isaacs, adapted from the book by Kim Hooper.

Series 2 is Intimacy (2026): Intimacy coordinator Liza Simmons gets her big break when offered a job on a major movie, only to discover that the director is a person from her past who ruined her life. Starring Lena Headey, Hannah Waddingham, Alison Steadman, Thaddea Graham, Matthew Broome and Tom Goodman-Hill.

Both series are Merman productions, with executive producer Sharon Horgan.

People Who Knew Me

Liza is summoned to an emergency meeting with the producers. As power shifts behind the scenes, she faces a decision that could end her job on the film.

In 'Intimacy' Episode 8: 
Lena Headey as Liza
Tom Goodman-Hill as Gary
Maisie Williams as Bunny
Alison Steadman as Mum
Thaddea Graham as Kate
Matthew Broome as Alex

Additional voices were: 
Dempsey Bovell, Tom Glenister, Alice Hoskyns, Mark Kilcawley, James Nicolaou, Paul Panting, Finlay Paul, Nigel Pilkington, Josh Singh Sian, Sam Stafford, Sarah Whitehouse

Based on an original idea by: Erika Lust
Executive Produced by: Sharon Horgan, Faye Dorn
Executive Producer for the BBC: Dylan Haskins
Assistant Commissioner for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna
Written, created and directed by: Lena Headey
Consultant Audio Director: Celia De Wolff
Series Produced by: Emma Morgan
Story Produced by: Maddie Beautyman and Megan Heverin
Production Manager: Archan Mohile
Production Coordinator: Marlene Beauquis Smith
Production Runner: Tobias Davies
Script Assistants: Liis Miik and Jo Troy
Casting Director: Lauren Evans
Intimacy Coordinator: Robbie Taylor Hunt
Recorded at: Sound Node
Sound Designer: Martin Schulz
Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Daniel Jaramillo
Recording Engineers: David Crane and Giancarlo Granata
Music and Score composed by: Max Perryment
Merman Television Managing Director: Rebecca Parkinson
Merman Finance Director: Jackie Sidey
Merman Television Head of Production: Amanda Wasey
Merman Television Finance Manager: Gemma Wilson
Legal and Business Affairs: Mark Rogers and Georges Villeneau
Artwork Photography: Stevan Keane
Behind the Scenes: Michas Vanni

Intimacy: 8. Gag Order

A cast day off turns into a boozy gathering where boundaries slip, tensions flare, and Liza is forced into a confrontation that changes everything.

In 'Intimacy' Episode 7:
Lena Headey as Liza
Alison Steadman as Mum
Thaddea Graham as Kate
Simon Kassianides as Nico
Maisie Williams as Bunny
Matthew Broome as Alex

Additional voices were:
Tom Glenister, Mark Kilcawley, James Nicolaou, Paul Panting, Finlay Paul, Nigel Pilkington, Josh Singh Sian, Sam Stafford
 
Based on an original idea by: Erika Lust
Executive Produced by: Sharon Horgan, Faye Dorn
Executive Producer for the BBC: Dylan Haskins
Assistant Commissioner for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna
Written, created and directed by: Lena Headey
Consultant Audio Director: Celia De Wolff
Series Produced by: Emma Morgan
Story Produced by: Maddie Beautyman and Megan Heverin
Production Manager: Archan Mohile
Production Coordinator: Marlene Beauquis Smith
Production Runner: Tobias Davies
Script Assistants: Liis Miik and Jo Troy
Casting Director: Lauren Evans
Intimacy Coordinator: Robbie Taylor Hunt
Recorded at: Sound Node
Sound Designer: Martin Schulz
Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Daniel Jaramillo
Recording Engineers: David Crane and Giancarlo Granata
Music and Score composed by: Max Perryment
Merman Television Managing Director: Rebecca Parkinson
Merman Finance Director: Jackie Sidey
Merman Television Head of Production: Amanda Wasey
Merman Television Finance Manager: Gemma Wilson
Legal and Business Affairs: Mark Rogers and Georges Villeneau
Artwork Photography: Stevan Keane
Behind the Scenes: Michas Vanni

Intimacy: 7. Hiatus Day

An incident on set forces Liza to step in and halt filming. As she tries to uncover what is really happening, she begins to question who she can trust.

In 'Intimacy' Episode 6:
Lena Headey as Liza
Simon Kassianides as Nico
Alison Steadman as Mum
Thaddea Graham as Kate
Tom Goodman-Hill as Gary
Maisie Williams as Bunny
Matthew Broome as Alex
Tia Bannon as Ruby

Additional voices were: 
Tom Glenister, Mark Kilcawley, James Nicolaou, Paul Panting, Finlay Paul, Nigel Pilkington, Josh Singh Sian, Sam Stafford
 
Based on an original idea by: Erika Lust
Executive Produced by: Sharon Horgan, Faye Dorn
Executive Producer for the BBC: Dylan Haskins
Assistant Commissioner for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna
Written, created and directed by: Lena Headey
Consultant Audio Director: Celia De Wolff
Series Produced by: Emma Morgan
Story Produced by: Maddie Beautyman and Megan Heverin
Production Manager: Archan Mohile
Production Coordinator: Marlene Beauquis Smith
Production Runner: Tobias Davies
Script Assistants: Liis Miik and Jo Troy
Casting Director: Lauren Evans
Intimacy Coordinator: Robbie Taylor Hunt
Recorded at: Sound Node
Sound Designer: Martin Schulz
Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Daniel Jaramillo
Recording Engineers: David Crane and Giancarlo Granata
Music and Score composed by: Max Perryment
Merman Television Managing Director: Rebecca Parkinson
Merman Finance Director: Jackie Sidey
Merman Television Head of Production: Amanda Wasey
Merman Television Finance Manager: Gemma Wilson
Legal and Business Affairs: Mark Rogers and Georges Villeneau
Artwork Photography: Stevan Keane
Behind the Scenes: Michas Vanni

Intimacy: 6. Lady C's Fever Dream

Liza’s carefully controlled world is disrupted when an unexpected family arrival clashes with filming, leading to chaos and an awkward producer’s party.

In 'Intimacy' Episode 5 :
Lena Headey as Liza 
Thaddea Graham as Kate 
Alison Steadman as Mum
Tom Goodman-Hill as Gary
Matthew Broome as Alex
Maisie Williams as Bunny
Tia Bannon as Ruby

Additional voices were: 
Tom Glenister, Mark Kilcawley, James Nicolaou, Paul Panting, Finlay Paul, Nigel Pilkington, Josh Singh Sian, Sam Stafford
 
Based on an original idea by: Erika Lust
Executive Produced by: Sharon Horgan, Faye Dorn
Executive Producer for the BBC: Dylan Haskins
Assistant Commissioner for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna
Written, created and directed by: Lena Headey
Consultant Audio Director: Celia De Wolff
Series Produced by: Emma Morgan
Story Produced by: Maddie Beautyman and Megan Heverin
Production Manager: Archan Mohile
Production Coordinator: Marlene Beauquis Smith
Production Runner: Tobias Davies
Script Assistants: Liis Miik and Jo Troy
Casting Director: Lauren Evans
Intimacy Coordinator: Robbie Taylor Hunt
Recorded at: Sound Node
Sound Designer: Martin Schulz
Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Daniel Jaramillo
Recording Engineers: David Crane and Giancarlo Granata
Music and Score composed by: Max Perryment
Merman Television Managing Director: Rebecca Parkinson
Merman Finance Director: Jackie Sidey
Merman Television Head of Production: Amanda Wasey
Merman Television Finance Manager: Gemma Wilson
Legal and Business Affairs: Mark Rogers and Georges Villeneau
Artwork Photography: Stevan Keane
Behind the Scenes: Michas Vanni

Intimacy: 5. Supriza Liza

An early call to set brings Liza and Gary into a tense rehearsal that blurs boundaries. When a surprise visitor arrives, Liza is thrown further off balance.

In 'Intimacy' Episode 4:
Lena Headey as Liza 
Alison Steadman as Mum
Hannah Waddingham as Lou
Tia Bannon as Ruby
Simon Kassianides as Nico
Thaddea Graham as Kate
Tom Goodman-Hill as Gary
Matthew Broome as Alex
Maisie Williams as Bunny

Additional voices were: 
Tom Glenister, Mark Kilcawley, James Nicolaou, Paul Panting, Finlay Paul, Nigel Pilkington, Josh Singh Sian, Sam Stafford
 
Based on an original idea by: Erika Lust
Executive Produced by: Sharon Horgan, Faye Dorn
Executive Producer for the BBC: Dylan Haskins
Assistant Commissioner for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna
Written, created and directed by: Lena Headey
Consultant Audio Director: Celia De Wolff
Series Produced by: Emma Morgan
Story Produced by: Maddie Beautyman and Megan Heverin
Production Manager: Archan Mohile
Production Coordinator: Marlene Beauquis Smith
Production Runner: Tobias Davies
Script Assistants: Liis Miik and Jo Troy
Casting Director: Lauren Evans
Intimacy Coordinator: Robbie Taylor Hunt
Recorded at: Sound Node
Sound Designer: Martin Schulz
Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Daniel Jaramillo
Recording Engineers: David Crane and Giancarlo Granata
Music and Score composed by: Max Perryment
Merman Television Managing Director: Rebecca Parkinson
Merman Finance Director: Jackie Sidey
Merman Television Head of Production: Amanda Wasey
Merman Television Finance Manager: Gemma Wilson
Legal and Business Affairs: Mark Rogers and Georges Villeneau
Artwork Photography: Stevan Keane
Behind the Scenes: Michas Vanni

Intimacy: 4. Safe Sex Santa

Liza works with the crew to build a safe space for intimate scenes. Gary appears supportive, but over dinner he reveals a very different set of expectations.

In 'Intimacy' Episode 3: 
Lena Headey as Liza 
Maisie Williams as Bunny 
Thaddea Graham as Kate
Tom Goodman-Hill as Gary
Matthew Broome as Alex
Hannah Waddingham as Lou

Additional voices were: 
Tom Glenister, Mark Kilcawley, James Nicolaou, Paul Panting, Finlay Paul, Nigel Pilkington, Josh, Singh Sian, Sam Stafford
 
Based on an original idea by: Erika Lust
Executive Produced by: Sharon Horgan, Faye Dorn
Executive Producer for the BBC: Dylan Haskins
Assistant Commissioner for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna
Written, created and directed by: Lena Headey
Consultant Audio Director: Celia De Wolff
Series Produced by: Emma Morgan
Story Produced by: Maddie Beautyman and Megan Heverin
Production Manager: Archan Mohile
Production Coordinator: Marlene Beauquis Smith
Production Runner: Tobias Davies
Script Assistants: Liis Miik and Jo Troy
Casting Director: Lauren Evans
Intimacy Coordinator: Robbie Taylor Hunt
Recorded at: Sound Node
Sound Designer: Martin Schulz
Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Daniel Jaramillo
Recording Engineers: David Crane and Giancarlo Granata
Music and Score composed by: Max Perryment
Merman Television Managing Director: Rebecca Parkinson
Merman Finance Director: Jackie Sidey
Merman Television Head of Production: Amanda Wasey
Merman Television Finance Manager: Gemma Wilson
Legal and Business Affairs: Mark Rogers and Georges Villeneau
Artwork Photography: Stevan Keane
Behind the Scenes: Michas Vanni

Intimacy: 3. Note To Self, Find Sharks

Intimacy coordinator Liza arrives on set and meets the cast of a provocative new adaptation. As she starts work, she must quickly establish boundaries but old tensions resurface.

In 'Intimacy' Episode 2 : 
Lena Headey as Liza 
Hannah Waddingham as Lou
Thaddea Graham as Kate
Maisie Williams as Bunny 
Matthew Broome as Alex 
Tia Bannon as Ruby 
Alison Steadman as Mum 
Tom Goodman-Hill as Gary 

Additional voices were: 
Dempsey Bovell, Tom Glenister, Mark Kilcawley, James Nicolaou, Paul Panting, Finlay Paul, Nigel Pilkington, Josh Singh Sian, Sam Stafford
 
Based on an original idea by: Erika Lust
Executive Produced by: Sharon Horgan, Faye Dorn
Executive Producer for the BBC: Dylan Haskins
Assistant Commissioner for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna
Written, created and directed by: Lena Headey
Consultant Audio Director: Celia De Wolff
Series Produced by: Emma Morgan
Story Produced by: Maddie Beautyman and Megan Heverin
Production Manager: Archan Mohile
Production Coordinator: Marlene Beauquis Smith
Production Runner: Tobias Davies
Script Assistants: Liis Miik and Jo Troy
Casting Director: Lauren Evans
Intimacy Coordinator: Robbie Taylor Hunt
Recorded at: Sound Node
Sound Designer: Martin Schulz
Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Daniel Jaramillo
Recording Engineers: David Crane and Giancarlo Granata
Music and Score composed by: Max Perryment
Merman Television Managing Director: Rebecca Parkinson
Merman Finance Director: Jackie Sidey
Merman Television Head of Production: Amanda Wasey
Merman Television Finance Manager: Gemma Wilson
Legal and Business Affairs: Mark Rogers and Georges Villeneau
Artwork Photography: Stevan Keane
Behind the Scenes: Michas Vanni

Intimacy: 2. I Like Being Naked

Intimacy coordinator Liza Simmons lands a major film job on a Greek island shoot. When she finds out who the director is, a shared past resurfaces that could derail everything.

In 'Intimacy' Episode 1: 
Lena Headey as Liza
Tia Bannon as Ruby 
Hannah Waddingham as Lou
Alison Steadman as Mum
Simon Kassianides as Rob 
Thaddea Graham as Kate 
Tom Goodman-Hill as Gary 

Additional voices were:
Dempsey Bovell, Tom Glenister, Finlay Paul, Nigel Pilkington, Sam Stafford, Sarah Whitehouse

Based on an original idea by: Erika Lust
Executive Produced by: Sharon Horgan, Faye Dorn
Executive Producer for the BBC: Dylan Haskins
Assistant Commissioner for BBC: Lorraine Okuefuna
Written, created and directed by: Lena Headey
Consultant Audio Director: Celia De Wolff
Series Produced by: Emma Morgan
Story Produced by: Maddie Beautyman and Megan Heverin
Production Manager: Archan Mohile
Production Coordinator: Marlene Beauquis Smith
Production Runner: Tobias Davies
Script Assistants: Liis Miik and Jo Troy
Casting Director: Lauren Evans
Intimacy Coordinator: Robbie Taylor Hunt
Recorded at: Sound Node
Sound Designer: Martin Schulz
Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Daniel Jaramillo
Recording Engineers: David Crane and Giancarlo Granata
Music and Score composed by: Max Perryment
Merman Television Managing Director: Rebecca Parkinson
Merman Finance Director: Jackie Sidey
Merman Television Head of Production: Amanda Wasey
Merman Television Finance Manager: Gemma Wilson
Legal and Business Affairs: Mark Rogers and Georges Villeneau
Artwork Photography: Stevan Keane
Behind the Scenes: Michas Vanni

Intimacy: 1. Did You Just Dribble On Me?

Intimacy coordinator Liza Simmons is very good at her job. She is a safe space, a warrior for consent, the person actors rely on when scenes get complicated. Her personal life, however, is anything but safe.

A former actor and divorced single mum, Liza is drowning in debt to her ex-husband Michael and barely holding things together. So, when her agent offers her a job on a glossy, big-budget modern adaptation of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, shooting on a Greek island, she has no choice but to say yes.

It should be a dream job, but Liza arrives on set only to discover that the director is a person from her past who ruined her life. What happened between them begins to infiltrate Liza’s present and future.

On set, Liza is tasked with guiding two young actors through increasingly intimate, emotionally charged scenes. Bunny, a rising star hungry for validation. Alex, a nepo baby with something to prove. But as Liza tries to toe the line between performance and reality, she begins to suspect the real drama is happening off camera. Because the director Gary does not play by the rules. And neither, it turns out, does anyone else.

Outside of the production, Liza is being pulled in every direction. Her ex-husband is escalating demands from home. Her teenage daughter Ruby needs her. And then, without warning, a big part of Liza’s personal life arrives on set, blowing her carefully controlled world wide open.

What starts as a high-end production quickly turns into something far more volatile. Boundaries are crossed. Power shifts. Secrets begin to surface. And Liza finds herself increasingly isolated amongst a crew who misunderstand her role and question her authority on set.

An unexpected “hiatus day” gives the cast and crew permission to let loose. But instead of release, it only accelerates the chaos. Old histories resurface. Accusations are made. But when Liza finally confronts Gary about what really happened between them in the past, their conversation is not as private as she thinks.

As the shoot begins to unravel, Liza is forced into an impossible position. And when everything finally spills out into the open, she discovers the biggest risk is not losing the job, but what she could lose in herself, if she stays silent.

A Merman Television Scotland production

Intimacy: Trailer

In this bonus episode of People Who Knew Me, Writer and Director Daniella Isaacs revisits the series and its existential themes with cast members Rosamund Pike, Kyle Soller and Isabella Sermon. They discuss what captivated them about the story of Emily faking her own death in 9/11, their own experience with truth and lies, and how this fuelled their performance.

Credits
Connie / Emily - ROSAMUND PIKE
Drew - KYLE SOLLER
Claire - ISABELLA SERMON
Hosted by Daniella Isaacs

Series adapted from the original novel and Consulting Produced by Kim Hooper
Produced by Joshua Buckingham
Executive Produced by Faye Dorn, Clelia Mountford, Sharon Horgan, Kira Carstensen, Seicha Turnbull and Brenna Rae Eckerson
Executive Producer for eOne Jacqueline Sacerio
Co-Executive Producer - Carey Nelson Burch Leo
Executive Producer for the BBC Dylan Haskins
Assistant Commisioner for the BBC Lorraine Okuefuna
Additional Commissioning support – Natasha Johansson and Harry Robinson
Assistant Producer Louise Graham
Casting Director Lauren Evans
Bonus episode Audio Recording & Post-Production by Soundcatchers
Bonus Episode Sound Recordist Paul Cameron
Bonus Episode Sound Editor & Mix Oliver Beard
Music composed by Max Perryment
Head of Production Rebecca Kerley
Production Accountant Lianna Meering
Finance Director Jackie Sidey
Legal and Business Affairs Georges Villeneau and Susan Cooke at Media Wizards

Additional thanks to: Emily Peska, Caitlin Stegemoller, Sam Woolf, Charly Clive, Ellie White, Ellen Robertson, Kate Phillips, Ed Davis, Ciaràn Owens, Jonathan Schey and Charlotte Ritchie.

Intimacy: 7. Hiatus Day

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