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Quick Info

Rating

7.1/10

Release2018

Seasons1

Episodes3

StatusEnded

Networks

BBC One

Production

Blueprint Television

BBC

TV Show

A Very English Scandal

7.1

2018

Drama

Synopsis

It's the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been legalised and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he's desperate to hide.

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