A Very English Scandal (2018)

05/20/2018 (GB) • 1h

Drama

Overview

It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been legalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he's desperate to hide.

Top Billed Cast

Hugh Grant

Jeremy Thorpe

3 Episodes

Ben Whishaw

Norman Scott

3 Episodes

Alex Jennings

Peter Bessell

3 Episodes

Monica Dolan

Marion Thorpe

3 Episodes

Jonathan Hyde

David Napley

3 Episodes

Jason Watkins

Emlyn Hooson

3 Episodes

Patricia Hodge

Ursula Thorpe

3 Episodes

Naomi Battrick

Diana Stainton

3 Episodes

David Bamber

Lord Arran

3 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

2018 | 3 Episodes

The shocking true story of the first British politician to stand trial for conspiracy to murder. Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant), the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he's desperate to hide. His ex-lover Norman Scott (Ben Whishaw) is putting Thorpe's brilliant political career at risk so Thorpe schemes and deceives until he realizes there’s only one way to silence Scott for good.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

based on novel or book

scandal

british politics

lgbt

older man younger man relationship

1960s

political scandal

closeted homosexual

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