People Who Knew Me - Intimacy: 5. Supriza Liza

Episode Date: August 5, 2026

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 RubyAdditional 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

You're about to listen to Intimacy, the latest series of ARC. This episode contains strong language and sexual content. Intimacy, episode 5. On rehearsal, please. Eyes on this, Gary. Camera set. Set. And action.

Niza, I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I tried. I delayed as much. Listen, listen, don't apologize. My mother is... Niza. Oh, here we go.

The human root canal. Wow, I can't really... Shh. Oh, sorry, yes. Yes, okay, to explain the rules. I have to be quiet. Yes, your mom was really desperate to say, though. Yeah, you should have just waited, Mom.

Yeah. Oh. Oh. Oh. That was like a hug from a wet lettuce. Yeah. How's Ruby, Mom? Oh, she sends her love to her favorite absent parents.

Oh, of course. Wow. Shh, mum. Oh, look at that. They're both naked. Oh, my God, look at him. Oh, those hips. Shh, shh, shh.

Yeah. Um, how does all this work then? It's a closed set, Mom. That's why everyone's naked. So you're going to have to leave with Kate now. Off you go. I can hear talking. I can't do this if there's a distraction.

Yeah, can cut. Yes, cut. What the... That's the one. And there? Well, who's this? I'm sorry we weren't expecting visitors. Um, Margaret Florence.

What? That's not your name. Dear Margaret Florence, I, I'm afraid you will have to leave. Oh, yes, of course. Oh, darling, I'm not here to interrupt greatness. All be on camera. Liar, she'd give her left long to be on camera. Liza, my dear. Get around now, you're breaking your own rules.

Yep. Ah, lovely to meet you, Margaret. Still not her name. Alex, I need you over here. Oh, wow. Isn't he charming? I'll just... I'll put her in a cart of the hotel. Thank you.

Is there a pool? What, to look at or get in, mum? Well, I wasn't fortunate enough. To have swimming lessons at school, yeah, I know. Yeah, I just like fiddling in the shallow bit. Oh, lovely, lovely. Why do you follow me? Margaret Florence, we shall fiddle in the shallow and this way. Oh, darling.

Thank you. I was so excited to be here. It's wonderful. So excited about you. I feel at home on set. Oh, yeah. Did you try it? Don't encourage her Kate. Jesus, she'll never leave. I need her to leave. Just get in, get out. Don't engage in the wind up. Fingers crossed. She's napping after fiddling it up in the shallow end. On the bed, Nurse Ratchet in a Tiger Prince swimming costume. Let me see if I can make it to the bathroom. Tiptoe. Oh, from this angle, she looks like she could possess a maternal bone. She's holding my t-shirt.

I think she's smiling. Oh, God, I'll have to share the bed with her. It's a wonder of return. Oh, God, it was a long day. Where will I sleep? There's only one bed. Did she read my mind? Because there's only meant to be me in it.

I said no to a visit, Mom. You said no to Ruby because she has school. I don't have school. Really? Look, this job is a lot. And I don't have time to look after you, Margaret Florence. I'm on holiday. I can be anyone I like.

And someone once told me I look like Anne Margaret. Yep. Let me put you on speaker. I've got my period. Oh, do you have stuff at your dad's? I had a very late menopause. You will be fertile for a while, Ruby. Oh, lucky.

Stop talking. People with interesting things to say, talk a lot. Yeah, I have a you with a you hug, that's all. Oh, I miss you, Ruby. I'd love to hug you. Um, I have to go to this drinks thing, but I love you. I love you too, Mum. Bye, Grant.

Bye, darling. Right, I'm going to go and be nice and charming. I applaud your determination, Lerner. but charming. I wouldn't describe you as a charmer by nature. Gary, however, yeah, that is charm. Oh, Gary is a pig.

Liza! What? You have no idea what you're talking about. See? Charmless. Look, I should come to the party. I know how to have fun. No, you stay here. You just don't want your fun and charming mother

getting all the attention. Dear Lord, please have you. help me. I do not want to go to prison for matricide. Oh, here we go. Mom, oh God, you are. Why don't you just stay here, take that wet swimming costume off my bed and don't touch the mini bar. I'll be right back. We choose our parents. Do we? What? What, we all meet up as fetuses and hang out in a room somewhere, drinking tiny flat whites and filling in forms. Sharp. Whoever you are that started that absolute bollocks, here's the truth, we shag someone, and sometimes a baby happens.

I don't think any baby goes, oh, please let me be born to these two inebriated idiots. But then three months later, it becomes apparent that you are, in fact, pregnant. There is only one way out, and that is through. Just get it over with. Yep. You picked up? Where's your mum?

I try to call her. Do you have a work trip? Why is there sarcasm in that question? Because you work trip a lot, and you have another baby on the way. I'm aware. You should probably figure out how to be there more, you know, for the kid. New moms need help. She's not picking up.

Well, her phone doesn't work. She still thinks it's 20 quid a second to connect to the motherland. Well, I need her. Well, we could reverse hostage her. You heavily discount my loan, and I'll send you childcare. You're not funny. Well, she's definitely not going to look after your next kid in case you... Hopefully, Eliza.

Have you told Ruby yet she's about to be usurped? She's here for a week. I was staying her welcome by six days. Just tell Ruby. Hi, I'm here for the party. Ah, the party is this way. Pool side. Ah, parishto.

Enjoy. Back to the pressing question. If we do, in fact, choose our parents, I'd like an emotional re-reel. refund please and Ruby probably deserves a dad refund, emotional diamond. Fun fact, diamonds are unmatched in their hardness due to a rigid crystal lattice. Hey, hello. Hi. Where's your mum? Oh, I locked her in the room. Did you leave her water at least? Yeah, I'm a biscuit, I'm not a monster. Oh, our big dog producer, peep. He's always late, thinks it marks his dominance. God, he looks like a human twiglet. Look at all the men, pulled towards the perceived power hub.

Pete, the yeasty snack. They all gaze up at him. Here we go, bad lip read. Oh, Pete, so majestic at five foot four, the hotel light behind you like a halo. I'd like to gently tickle your micro balls and gently brush your taint. Don't try to deny the feeling. Let's make films forever. Films that men can enjoy.

Yes, get. Gary, let's do that. Women can be silent and naked, and we can kill some of them. In a sexy way, blood piling in their clavicles, just the peak of a breast, and our hero standing. No, no, towering above her. A single tear? Yes.

Yes, to signify his emotional depth. Woo-hoo! Let's circle, jerk. And see. Gary! How's Alex doing? He's doing a great job. A little nervous.

this today. Don't fuck it up. I wouldn't. Not on my watch. On purpose. Gary, May. Cheers to the lighting team. Best sparks on the island. Aw, idiots. Not one of them shaggable. Ah, well, there are women who think that they're shaggable.

Because they have money. Money and a dick. It's all it takes for some woman. Then you find yourself pregnant? Oh no, never. Well, pregnant? Never been. Never want, never will.

Solid mantra. I mean, okay, like, can you imagine, like, if you were a parent, would you even remember to feed your kid? I mean, it's a... I mean, doing this job. It's not the greatest career to pursue if you want a big, healthy home life. Like, we're all just babies bumping along in the travelling circus. Like, oh no, we have to go away for months.

We look at us. Creating these tight families for a fleeting moment. Getting attached but not too dependent. Emotional grifters. Not exactly the prescribed parent material. Did you have that speech prepared? No. I just wanted to cleanse my dirty soul.

I, uh... In fact, I am a parent. Oh, well, that is a surprising revelation. Why? Well, aforementioned job choice, for one. Well, I was in this before, so it's normal. Yeah. Yeah, yeah, no, of course. I mean, there are exceptions.

So where is your kid? Is it a boy? Ruby. She's 14. She's with her dad, currently. Oh, lovely. Well, at least she's a dad. He's there to help.

Yes. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Big old helper. Here, have you seen a... have you seen Bunny? Uh, no, let's go find her. She might need rescuing from the power dicks.

Liza! Surprise, Liza. What? No, are you drunk? No! The mini bar was locked, so here I am. But I'll get a key for it. Let's go back to the room. My favourite intimacy coordinator's mother. Have you ever worked?

Ever worked in the biz you have a face for camera. Oh, funny, you should say that, Gary. I wanted to be an actress, who ultimately you sacrifice a lot as a mother. But there's still time for me to become a vespian. Nope, there's no time. Oh, just because you didn't make it Liza, doesn't mean someone else shouldn't give it a go.

I could push her in the pool. She's so close. You should be funny. Yeah. You're like. her, mom. Ask her about acting. She'll tell you the truth. Bitterness is a very unattractive quality, Liza. Oh, great burn, mom. Sarcasm is also highly unappealing. You just have to be more relaxed, Liza. Be lying. I've been saying that. Just chill. You don't have to take it all so

seriously. Just one quick shove. She was always a little tightly wound, hypervigilant. That's what The therapist said after the incident on that film, what was the... Whoops. Oh, good Lord. Margaret. Here, try and paddle towards me. You look like a mermaid. Intimacy, episode five.

Lena Heidi as Liza. Thadier Graham as Kate. Alison Stedman as Mum. Tom Goodman Hill as Gary. Matthew Broom as Alex. Maisie Williams as Bunny. Tia Bannon as Ruby. Additional voices by Tom Blenester.

Mark Kilcali James Nicolao Paul Panting Finley Paul Nigel Pilkington Josh Singh Sion Sam Stafford Based on an original idea

by Erica Lust Executive produced by Sharon Horgan and Fay Dorn Executive producer for the BBC Dylan Haskins Assistant Commissioner for the BBC Lorraine Bukafuna

Written, created and directed by Lena Heady with additional direction by Celia de Wolf Series produced by Emma Morgan. Story produced by Maddie Budeman and Megan Heberin. Production manager, Archon Mohele. Production coordinator Marlene Boke Smith.

Production runner, Dubaiis Davies. Script assistants, Lee Smick and Joe Troy. Casting director, Lauren Evans. Intimacy coordinator, Robbie Taylor Hunt. Audio production and post-production by Sound Node. Sound designer, Martin Shultz. Supervising sound editor and... Mixer, Daniel Haramizio, recording engineers David Crane and Giancarlo Granata.

Music and score composed by Max Periment. For a full list of credits, go to the episode description. For further support on any of the issues raised in this series, go to BBC.com.uk forward slash actionline. Intimacy is a Merman Television Scotland production for BBC Sounds.