The brilliant Ben Whishaw stars in a three-part adaptation of John Preston’s novel centring on one of the biggest scandals in British politics. A Very English Scandal centres around British MP and leader of the Liberal party Jeremy Thorpe (Hugh Grant) who was tried and acquitted of plotting to murder his former lover Norman Scott. Scott had been threatening to expose his relationship with Thorpe at a time shortlyafter homosexuality was decriminalised in Britain.
Desperate to conceal his secret in order to keep his political career intact, Thorpe set in motion a plan of deception and lies that ultimately culminated in his arrest for conspiracy to murder.
A Very English Scandal will air in May 2018 on BBC One.