A Very English Scandal

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British television series television miniseries

A Very English Scandal is a British television miniseries that dramatizes the real-life 1970s political scandal involving Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and an alleged conspiracy to murder his former lover.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
A Very English Scandal (book) 1
Thorpe affair 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British television series ⓘ
television miniseries ⓘ
authorOfSourceMaterial John Preston ⓘ
awardReceived BAFTA TV Award for Best Supporting Actor ⓘ
awardReceivedBy Ben Whishaw ⓘ
basedOn A Very English Scandal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A Very English Scandal (book)

Jeremy Thorpe scandal ⓘ
real events ⓘ
characterActorRelationship Ben Whishaw ⓘ
surface form: Ben Whishaw as Norman Scott

Hugh Grant ⓘ
surface form: Hugh Grant as Jeremy Thorpe
composer Murray Gold ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
depicts British politics ⓘ
Liberal Party (UK) ⓘ
attempted murder plot ⓘ
director Stephen Frears ⓘ
distributionFormat streaming ⓘ
executiveProducer Dominic Treadwell-Collins ⓘ
Graham Broadbent ⓘ
Pete Czernin ⓘ
filmingLocation England ⓘ
firstAired 2018 ⓘ
firstAiredOnChannel BBC One ⓘ
genre biographical drama ⓘ
crime drama ⓘ
drama ⓘ
hasTheme homosexuality ⓘ
political scandal ⓘ
public image and private life ⓘ
mainCharacter Jeremy Thorpe ⓘ
Norman Scott ⓘ
mainSubject Jeremy Thorpe scandal ⓘ
nominatedFor Golden Globe Award ⓘ
surface form: Golden Globe Awards

Primetime Emmy Awards ⓘ
numberOfEpisodes 3 ⓘ
numberOfSeries 1 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork Amazon Prime Video ⓘ
BBC One ⓘ
portrayedBy Ben Whishaw ⓘ
Hugh Grant ⓘ
producer Dan Winch ⓘ
productionCompany BBC ⓘ
Blueprint Pictures ⓘ
releasePlatform television ⓘ
runningTimePerEpisode approximately 55 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Russell T Davies ⓘ
settingPeriod 1960s ⓘ
1970s ⓘ

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A Very English Scandal → basedOn → A Very English Scandal self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Very English Scandal (book)
Jeremy Thorpe → notableEvent → A Very English Scandal ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thorpe affair
Eve Myles → notableWork → A Very English Scandal ⓘ
Russell T Davies → notableWork → A Very English Scandal ⓘ
Stephen Russell Davies → notableWork → A Very English Scandal ⓘ