"A Very English Scandal" Coming To BBC One (UK)
Hugh Grant plays Jeremy Thorpe and Ben Whishaw plays his lover Norman Scott in the upcoming mini-series on BBC One (UK) directed by Stephen Frears and written by Russell T. Davies. Series is about the British political and sex scandal in the 1970s that ended the career of Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal Party and Member of Parliament for North Devon. The scandal arose from allegations by Norman Scott, that he and Thorpe had shared a homosexual relationship in the early 1960s.