A Very English Scandal

A Very English Scandal

2018
★★★★☆ 7.0/10
📺 1 Season
🎬 3 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 60 min/episode
Drama
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.

Where to Watch (US)

Stream

Amazon Prime Video
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Seasons

Season 1
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.

Crew

Producer
Graham Broadbent, Peter Czernin, Diarmuid McKeown

Network

BBC One

Production

Blueprint Television, BBC

Keywords

based on novel or bookscandalbritish politicslgbtolder man younger man relationship1960spolitical scandalcloseted homosexual