Episode 1
Politician Jeremy Thorpe begins a whirlwind affair with a stable hand, Norman Scott. But when the relationship turns sour, Norman becomes a secret Jeremy is desperate to hide.
Series Synopsis - Adapted from John Preston鈥檚 book 鈥淎 Very English Scandal: Sex, Lies and a Murder Plot at the Heart of the Establishment鈥 by Russell T Davies (Dr Who, Queer As Folk, Cucumber) and directed by Stephen Frears (Florence Foster Jenkins, Philomena, Dangerous Liaisons), starring Hugh Grant as Jeremy Thorpe and Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott. A Very English Scandal is the shocking true story of the first British politician to stand trial for conspiracy to murder. It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been decriminalized, and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party and the youngest leader of any British political party in a hundred years, has a secret he's desperate to hide. As long as Norman Scott, his vociferous ex-lover is around, Thorpe's brilliant career is at risk, and eventually Thorpe can see only one way to silence Scott for good. The trial of Jeremy Thorpe changed politics forever as the British public discovered the darkest secrets of the Establishment and the lengths they鈥檇 go to conceal them.
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Writer | Russell T Davies |
Jeremy Thorpe | Hugh Grant |
Norman Scott | Ben Whishaw |
Peter Bessell | Alex Jennings |
Lord Arran | David Bamber |
Emlyn Hooson | Jason Watkins |
Ursula Thorpe | Patricia Hodge |
Messenger | Chris Ashby |
Sergeant-at-arms | Andrew French |
Norman Van de Water | Nicholas Blane |
Diana Stainton | Naomi Battrick |
Leo Abse | Anthony O'Donnell |
Lord Kilmuir | John Bett |
Countess of Arran | Susan Wooldridge |
Returning Officer | Nick Malinowski |
Mike Steele | Morgan Watkins |
大象传媒 Radio Interviewer | Ben Moor |
Lyn | Michelle Fox |
Luke Mackenzie | Daryl McCormack |
Caroline Allpass | Alice Orr-Ewing |
Author | John Preston |
Director | Stephen Frears |
Producer | Dan Winch |
Executive Producer | Russell T Davies |
Executive Producer | Diarmuid McKeown |
Executive Producer | Graham Broadbent |
Executive Producer | Peter Czernin |
Executive Producer | Dominic Treadwell-Collins |
Executive Producer | Lucy Richer |
Executive Producer | Stephen Frears |
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