A Very English Scandal (2018 miniseries)

***A Very English Scandal*** is a British television comedy-drama series. The three-part 2018 serial is based on John Preston's 2016 book of the same name. It is a dramatisation of the 1976–1979 Jeremy Thorpe scandal and more than 15 years of events leading up to it.

The producers followed up *A Very English Scandal* in 2021 with the series *A Very British Scandal*, about the Argyll divorce case.

## Cast

* Hugh Grant - Jeremy Thorpe
* Ben Whishaw - Norman Scott
* Alex Jennings - Peter Bessell
* Patricia Hodge - Ursula Thorpe
* Paul Hilton - David Holmes
* Naomi Battrick - Diana Stainton
* Andrew French - Sergeant at Arms
* Morgan Watkins - Mike Steele
* Monica Dolan - Marion Thorpe
* Jason Watkins - Emlyn Hooson
* Blake Harrison - Andrew 'Gino' Newton
* Alice Orr-Ewing - Caroline Allpass
* Flora Montgomery - Diane Kelly
* Michele Dotrice - Edna Friendship
* Nick Malinowski - Returning Officer
* Rhys Parry Jones - John Le Mesurier
* Dyfan Dwyfor - George Deakin
* Caleb Roberts - Daniel Badwah
* Marianne Oldham - Stella Levy
* Arabella Neale - Jeremy's Secretary
* Chris Grahamson - Minehead Constable
* Chris Ashby - Messenger
* Patrick Barlow - Captain Myers
* Nicholas Blane - Norman Van De Vater
* Lucy Briggs-Owen - Sue Scott
* Jonathan Hyde - David Napley
* Anthony O'Donnell - Leo Abse
* John Bett - Lord Kilmuir
* Paul Sloss - Stuart Kuttner
* David Bamber - Lord Arran
* Brett Allen - Anthony Johnson
* Eve Myles - Gwen Parry-Jones
* Susan Wooldridge - Countess of Arran
* Steffan Rhodri - D.C.S Michael Challes
* Peter F. Gardiner - David Steel
* Michael Culkin - Reginald Maudling
* Ben Moor - BBC Radio Interviewer
* David Palmstrom - Welsh Policeman
* Michelle Fox - Lyn
* Alex Murdoch - Minehead Magistrate
* Daryl McCormack - Luke Mackenzie
* Joshua Richards - Manchester Policeman
* Adrian Scarborough - George Carman QC
* Nicola Goodchild - New Returning Officer
* Nigel Hastings - Stable Owner
* Patrick Marber - Peter Taylor QC
* Fisayo Akinade - Clive Otunde
* Paul Freeman - Sir Joseph Cantley
* Pablo Raybould - Auctioneer
* Jasmyn Banks - Bridget
* Zina Badran - Clerk of the Court
* Charlotte Lucas - Janet Lawrence
* Rhys Meredith - Gareth Williams
* Daniel Weyman - BBC TV Reporter
* Beth Tuckey - Celia Kettle-Williams
* Shyko Amos - Bronte Bisama
* Tim Hudson - Ted Lethaby
* Tim Chipping - Prison Guard
* Dannie Pye - Ken
* Anthony Kaye - Tall Man
* Matthew Marcelis - Young Policeman
* Norman Scott - Himself
* Stephen Samson - Member of Parliament
* Karl Farrer - DS Davey Greenough
* Miroslav Zaruba - Police Officer
* Michael Haydon - Lawyer
* Tahir Burhan
* Laraine Dix - Legal Adviser
* James Thomas Scott - Police Station Desk Sergeant

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Jonathan Addis - John Pardoe MP (uncredited)
* David J Biscoe - DI Robert Huntley (uncredited)
* Gintare Beinoraviciute - Party Guest (uncredited)
* Martin Bratanov - Photographer (uncredited)
* Christopher Carrico - Auberon Waugh (uncredited)
* Michael Cobb - Crowd Member (uncredited)
* Tom Girvin - Partygoer (uncredited)
* Keith Hide - J.J. Blaine of Special Branch (uncredited)
* Phelim Kelly - Reporter (uncredited)
* Jude North - Partygoer 'smalls' (uncredited)
* Graeme Peacock - Partygoer (uncredited)
* Richard Price - Party Member (uncredited)
* Andrew Reed - Liberal Party Supporter (uncredited)
* Robert Ryan - Political Supporter (uncredited)
* Christian Wolf-La'Moy - Political Candidate (uncredited)