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A Very English Scandal
2018 · 1 season, 3 episodes · 60m episodes · Drama · BBC One · United Kingdom · Rated TV-14 (US)
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.
Based on the novel by
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1960sbased on novel or bookbritish politicscloseted homosexuallgbtolder man younger man relationshippolitical scandalscandal
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