Riviera

BFBS Extra, Wednesday 12th July, 8.15pm UK

Living on the French Riviera with a billionaire husband isn’t all it is cracked up to be, judging by Julia Stiles’ character in new  drama, Riviera. Julia stars as an American art curator called Georgia Clios, who heads off to the French Riviera with her super-rich husband Constantine, a businessman and philanthropist. But after entering a very glamorous world of designer clothes and extravagant parties, Georgia’s life is blown apart when Constantine is seemingly killed in an explosion on board a luxury yacht.

With Constantine presumed dead, a grief stricken Georgia begins a journey that uncovers the “grit beneath the gloss” of her apparently perfect life. Along the way, she finds herself mourning with Constantine’s elegant ex-wife Irina, who had three kids with him during their marriage. Soon the mystery behind what happened on the yacht begins to unravel, and so does Georgia’s life. It’s not long before she starts to uncover some very dark truths about her husband....