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14 September 2017

Rellik v Liar: which primetime Williams brothers drama should you watch?

The two shows are going out on the same night, in the same slot, on BBC One and ITV.

By Rachel Cooke

Harry and Jack Williams are brothers who write TV shows together. They started out doing sitcoms, but that proved disastrous – anyone for Roman’s Empire? – and for ages they couldn’t get arrested. Then, in 2014, everything changed with their thriller, The Missing. Suddenly, they were hot.

Their new series, Rellik and Liar, are going out on the same night, in the same slot, on BBC One and ITV respectively. And so, like a couple of colossi – albeit colossi in spectacles, jeans and woollen sweaters – they bestride the primetime schedules.

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