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The channel’s viewers will be able to enjoy the three episodes of this miniseries that is part of the special #SacaTuLadoInglés. Thus, on Sunday, April 21 throughout the day Paramount Network broadcasts British cinema and on Monday, April 22 at 8.15 pm, before ‘A Very English Scandal’, premieres the series ‘Sherlock’, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.
Although homosexuality was no longer a crime, it was an obstacle to becoming prime minister. Desperate to hide his homosexuality and thus avoid failing in his political career, Thorpe sees only one way out… The trial against Jeremy Thorpe changed politics forever, revealing to the British people the darkest secrets of the state and what some politicians are capable of doing to prevent them from coming to light.
Thus, ‘A Very English Scandal’, one of the leading series of the last edition of the Golden Globes having topped the nominations and winning the award for Best Supporting Actor in a Series (Ben Whishaw), is once again reaffirmed as one of the favorite series of the critics after the recent announcement of the nominations for the BAFTA TV awards where they compete for 12 awards.

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Hugh Grant – PARAMOUNT / Video: Watch the trailer for «A Very English Scandal,» the gay drama based on true events «A Very English Scandal,» the gay drama that shook British politicsParamount premieres the miniseries starring Hugh Grant and directed by Stephen FrearsMADRID.
Amazon, Frears claims he made it for a «traditional» network like the BBC. «I don’t know anything about the platforms, I’ve read about them in the papers, but I’ve never seen Netflix. I like going to the movies, I’m of an age,» says Frears, austere in his explanations (or is it the British irony?). Although he is in top form as a filmmaker, he also sees himself as «quite old» to talk about #MeToo and the rise of the series. «In the end, what matters is that there is good material. I’m only concerned with telling the story well,» he says.

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Based on a true story and adapted from John Preston’s book, this miniseries presents three episodes that involve difficult and hard topics, but portrayed in a masterful way that makes you lose focus of that complexity and allows you to enjoy it from beginning to end in its three hours of duration.
The first scene already alerts the audience to the subject that will be treated as a scandal and plot in this miniseries. In a restaurant, two upper class politicians, between strategies and plans to root their careers in the Liberal Party, confess openly, but in a low voice, their flirtation with the same sex in a United Kingdom of the mid-sixties where homosexuality was a crime.
One of them, Hugh Grant (Bridget Jones’s Diary) as Jeremy Thorpe, in one of the best roles he’s ever seen outside of traditional romantic comedies, ends up admitting at the end of the dinner to his best friend (Alex Jennigns) that it’s not just an inclination, but that he’s gay.

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Although homosexuality was no longer a crime, it was an obstacle to becoming Prime Minister. Desperate to hide his homosexuality and thus avoid failing in his political career, Thorpe sees only one way out… The trial of Jeremy Thorpe changed politics forever, revealing to the British people the darkest secrets of the state and what some politicians are capable of doing to prevent them from coming to light.
Thus, ‘A Very English Scandal’, one of the leading series of the last edition of the Golden Globes having topped the nominations and winning the award for «Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Limited Series or TV-movie» (Ben Whishaw), is once again reaffirmed as one of the favorite series of the critics after the recent announcement of the nominations for the BAFTA TV awards where they compete for 12 awards.