Swithin Posted May 17, 2018 Share Posted May 17, 2018 A Very English Scandal is a new BBC mini-series about Jeremy Thorpe, who was leader of the Liberal Party. A closeted gay married to a woman, Thorpe got into trouble. He was accused of hiring a hit man to murder his boyfriend. In the new series, Hugh Grant plays Thorpe; Ben Whishaw plays Norman Scott, the boyfriend. I remember hearing about the story as it unfolded. Sadly, the dog gets shot. I'm looking forward to seeing this. The trailer looks great. I don't think I'll be in the UK until late July. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggDTJc470Co http://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-05-17/a-very-english-scandal-how-we-told-the-story-of-disgraced-politician-jeremy-thorpe/ 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 Interesting. Though shouldn't they have called it 'A Veddy English Scandal'..? 2 Link to post Share on other sites
DougieB Posted May 18, 2018 Share Posted May 18, 2018 I don't remember the scandal, but this looks amazing. I wonder how long it will take to show up on BBC America. I'm so glad that Hugh Grant isn't letting his legacy as a cute young thing stop him from aging into roles like this. Loved him in Florence Foster Jenkins. And it seems to be a side of Ben Whishaw I haven't seen before. Not looking forward to the dog getting shot, but I definitely won't miss this one. 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Jlewis Posted May 19, 2018 Share Posted May 19, 2018 I did watch the backstory documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ck9hZGV59Q We can debate whether Jeremy Thorpe purposely wanted to kill Norman Scott or just scare him, although the poor Great Dane still lost his life, but it just demonstrates the awful lengths politicians go to hide their sex lives. Sort of like the Stormy business today. What makes it all tragic is that it was less necessary to hide everything in middle 1970s than in 1960-61 because homosexuality was no longer illegal in the UK and it was not like he was some "family values" conservative. He was with the liberal party and fought for racial rights in regards to South Africa, among other social liberal causes. 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted May 20, 2018 Author Share Posted May 20, 2018 (edited) A Very English Scandal review: funny and confident – like Jeremy Thorpe “Tell him not to talk. And not to write to my mother describing acts of **** sex under any circumstances whatsoever.” Ah, the perils of taking a younger lover. So malleable in some ways (“Hop on to all fours, there’s a good chap. That always works best, don’t you think?”) and so thoroughly wayward in others. https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/may/20/a-very-english-scandal-review-funny-and-confident-like-jeremy-thorpe Edited May 21, 2018 by TCMModerator1 Edited for Language 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
rayban Posted May 21, 2018 Share Posted May 21, 2018 I am really looking forward to this mini-series. Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted May 21, 2018 Author Share Posted May 21, 2018 Just so you all know, although I didn't spell out the kind of sex referred to in my post with the Guardian review, I did make it clear, using three letters and an asterisk, so as not to spell it out. It seems odd that my edited word had to be totally obliterated by the Mod. Here's the quote in question, which is from the Guardian review. It's actually a quote from the show. “Tell him not to talk. And not to write to my mother describing acts of **** sex under any circumstances whatsoever.” I guess maybe the Moderator in question is Mary Whitehouse, who campaigned against any mention of gay sex in the theatre, or on the BBC. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DougieB Posted May 22, 2018 Share Posted May 22, 2018 13 hours ago, Swithin said: Just so you all know, although I didn't spell out the kind of sex referred to in my post with the Guardian review, I did make it clear, using three letters and an asterisk, so as not to spell it out. It seems odd that my edited word had to be totally obliterated by the Mod. Here's the quote in question, which is from the Guardian review. It's actually a quote from the show. “Tell him not to talk. And not to write to my mother describing acts of **** sex under any circumstances whatsoever.” I guess maybe the Moderator in question is Mary Whitehouse, who campaigned against any mention of gay sex in the theatre, or on the BBC. There's more than one kind of sex??? That's just wrong. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted May 29, 2018 Author Share Posted May 29, 2018 Review, second of three episodes: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/05/27/english-scandal-episode-two-review-ben-whishaw-delight-raucous/ 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted November 23, 2018 Author Share Posted November 23, 2018 Just flew back from London and saw A Very English Scandal on the BA flight home. Excellent three-part dramatization of real events, written by the great Russell T. Davies, who gave us the original UK Queer as Folk. Try to see A Very English Scandal, it's fascinating and extremely well acted by Hugh Grant, Ben Whishaw, and Alex Jennings. Here's the trailer again. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
rayban Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 BBC America isn't listing it. Link to post Share on other sites
Swithin Posted November 24, 2018 Author Share Posted November 24, 2018 7 hours ago, rayban said: BBC America isn't listing it. I find BBC America isn't worth much. I had hopes when it was created, but the programming is worthless. Later today, they have 11 back to back episodes of The X-Files, followed by the movie Alien. Who needs that from them? I think the good BBC stuff is going to Amazon and other similar services, which I don't subscribe to. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07D3DWWG7/?ref=dvm_us_dl_sl_go_ast_AVES_AMe1|c_279798636172_m_uLzt4UzN-dc_s__&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_-yu2Pjs3gIVS__jBx0m5g1ZEAAYASAAEgKeTfD_BwE 1 Link to post Share on other sites
TopBilled Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Try Britbox. It's my favorite streaming service. Current and classic programs from the BBC and ITV. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DougieB Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 BBC America showed London Spy so I was hoping it would do the same for A Very English Scandal. I still check periodically, so maybe it will still show up. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
rayban Posted November 28, 2018 Share Posted November 28, 2018 Let's hope. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
rayban Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Might "A Very English Scandal" be available On Demand? Link to post Share on other sites
DougieB Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 On 3/18/2019 at 6:35 PM, rayban said: Might "A Very English Scandal" be available On Demand? It's available with Amazon Prime. I finally saw it there and there are terrific performances all around. Also Man in Orange Shirt, for anyone who missed that. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
rayban Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 35 minutes ago, DougieB said: It's available with Amazon Prime. I finally saw it there and there are terrific performances all around. Also Man in Orange Shirt, for anyone who missed that. "The Man in the Orange Shirt" is one of the great gay love stories. Both of the actors, so deeply in love, are memorable. Link to post Share on other sites
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