Charlie Brooks leads Lie with Me back to Channel 5 when the marital thriller returns on Monday, July 06, 2026 at 9pm. The series is being scheduled on consecutive days, with the finale set for Thursday, July 09, 2026, giving viewers a short run rather than a loose repeat.
Brooks plays Anna, a woman who moves to Australia with her husband after his infidelity threatens their marriage. She resumes her career in the series, while the couple hire a young live-in nanny to help with their two small children.
Jake Fallmont's warning
Jake sets the tone early in the trailer: “We came here to make a new start. New country, new life. Put all that bad stuff behind us.” That line lands as the cleanest setup for the series’ return, because the show is built around a fresh start that never stays clean for long.
Jason Herbison created and executive produced Lie with Me, and he also wrote Heat. He has said, “I want the audience to be entertained. But also think about some of the issues presented. Many people can relate to being in a relationship that isn’t healthy for them and finding the way out isn’t always easy.”
Becky Hart in the house
Phoebe Roberts plays Becky Hart, the local girl who is described as anything but the innocent stranger she pretends to be. The decision to invite Becky into the home has deadly consequences, which is the series’ sharpest turn and the part that separates it from a standard domestic thriller.
Her arrival puts Anna’s attempt at a reset under pressure from inside the house, not from outside it. That is the practical hook for viewers returning to the series on Channel 5: this is a compact run with a fixed ending, and the danger is already embedded in the setup.
From 2021 to July 2026
Lie with Me first aired in 2021 and was called With Intent in the US. Charlie Brooks, best known for playing Janine Butcher in EastEnders between 1999 and 2022, anchors the series in a role that pushes her away from soap theatrics and into a tighter, more controlled thriller mode.
Brooks also has credits in The Hack, Wired, and Bleak House, but Lie with Me is the one getting the clearest scheduling push here. The short consecutive-day run means viewers do not need to wait long for the payoff: once it starts on July 06, the story is designed to close four days later.
For viewers of Channel 5, the useful takeaway is simple: if they want the full story, they need to start on Monday, July 06, 2026 at 9pm and stay with it through Thursday, July 09, 2026. A thriller built around a marriage, a nanny, and one dangerous invitation works best when it moves fast, and this run does exactly that.
