A Very English Scandal
Created by Russell T Davies, John Preston
On BBC One
A taut, paranoid political thriller about a closeted public figure whose secret threatens to destroy him, built on the tension between public facade and private desperation.
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.
Essence
Ensemble
Hugh Grant
Jeremy Thorpe
Ben Whishaw
Norman Scott
Alex Jennings
Peter Bessell
Monica Dolan
Marion Thorpe
Jonathan Hyde
David Napley
Blake Harrison
Andrew 'Gino' Newton
Paul Hilton
David Holmes
Jason Watkins
Emlyn Hooson
Michele Dotrice
Edna Friendship
Patricia Hodge
Ursula Thorpe
Naomi Battrick
Diana Stainton
David Bamber
Lord Arran
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