97% on Rotten Tomatoes (69 reviews); Metacritic 84 (universal acclaim, 17 critics). RogerEbert.com called it a must-see and Stephen Frears's best work in over a decade; Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw are described as performances the season will be remembered for.
Renewal: A self-contained three-episode miniseries based on John Preston's book. Amazon Prime Video subsequently commissioned A Very British Scandal (2021) with the same format but different subject. (BBC)
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| Season | Released | BollyMeter | Critics | Audience | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 12018 · 3 eps | 20 May 2018 | 8.8 | 97% | 6.2/10 | MUST-WATCH |
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The opening episode establishes Thorpe's power and the furtive, doomed shape of the affair with Norman Scott. Davies plays it partly as establishment comedy - the rituals of the Liberal Party, the closed world of the Commons - and partly as a portrait of a man who has learned to perform innocence so well he has almost stopped noticing the reality.
Full episode review →The trial episode, in which Thorpe faces the full public reckoning. Grant gives the series its defining performance in a man stripped of every defence except the establishment's residual willingness to protect its own. The finale lands with the particular chill of a true story that has no satisfying resolution.
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