The BBC has released a trailer for its three-part drama A Very English Scandal. Based on John Preston’s book of the same name, the series is directed by Stephen Frears and stars Hugh Grant as politician Jeremy Thorpe alongside Ben Whishaw, Monica Dolan, Alex Jennings, and Jonathan Hyde; watch it here…
It is 1960s England, homosexuality is illegal and the politician Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant) begins a whirlwind affair with a young stable hand, Norman Scott (Ben Whishaw). But when the relationship turns sour and Jeremy’s career goes from strength to strength, Norman becomes a secret that Jeremy is desperate to hide.
In 1967, Jeremy becomes the leader of the Liberal Party and the youngest leader of any British political party in a hundred years, but as long as his ex-lover Norman is around, his brilliant career is at risk. Behind the oak-panelled doors of Parliament, Jeremy turns to his friends for decisive action. He can see only one way to silence him for good.
