Sandra James-Young features as Regina across all five episodes of the highly acclaimed, BBCOne thriller series.

The lengthy titled show tells the dark tale of two women and a con man. 

The series, from sibling writers Penelope and Ginny Skinner, follows Alice (Rebekah Staton), his ex-wife, who spots Rob years after he told her he was popping out for chow mein and never returned. Brutal breakup technique aside, he also took with him all her money and her parent’s retirement fund.

She sees him on a street in Oxford, now claiming to be an academic and “disruption exploration” pioneer, giving lectures on his time at the north pole to gaggles of well-meaning environmental enthusiasts. While Alice seeks revenge on the man who ruined her life, another life is in danger as successful author Cheryl Harker (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) is slowly being caught in his web.

Though Cheryl has confidence, legions of fans and a home where gargantuan jewel-toned rooms are lined with heavy silk curtains and opulent crushed-velvet sofas, Rob spots in her a critical vulnerability. Having recently lost her husband to dementia, she is ripe to be swept up by a morally bankrupt man who says all the right things. And though we may want to scream at Cheryl to be smarter and spot that she’s being conned, ultimately … this guy is good at his job.