A Very English Scandal (2018)

Directed by

Stephen Frears

Genre

comedy drama, historical drama, LGBT-related television series

Country

United Kingdom

Length

1 season, 3 episodes

Rated

TV-14

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 179 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A British politician tries to cover up a long-running affair with a younger man. The story follows the events leading to their scandal becoming public.

wrytensedarkly comicslow-burnpolitically chargedmelancholicunderstatedcharacter-driven

What happens

A Very English Scandal is a 2018 British three-part historical drama created and written by Russell T Davies, based on John Preston's 2016 book of the same name. It is a dramatisation of the 1976–1979 Thorpe affair and 18 years of events leading up to it. The producers followed up A Very English Scandal in 2021 with the series A Very British Scandal, about the Argyll divorce case. On November 20, 2023, it was announced Blueprint would produce a third Scandal series, A Very Royal Scandal, based on the infamous Prince Andrew interview with Emily Maitlis. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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