Amazon Studios and BBC One have unveiled the first look images of their upcoming star studded limited series ‘A Very British Scandal’. Coming from the makers of award-winning ‘A Very American Scandal’, Blueprint Pictures, ‘A Very British Scandal’ written by Sarah Phelps (‘The Pale Horse’, ‘Dublin Murders’) is the story of one of the most notorious, extraordinary and brutal legal cases of the 20th century.
‘A Very British Scandal’ stars Claire Foy (‘The Crown’, ‘Wolf Hall’) as Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, Paul Bettany (‘WandaVision’, ‘Uncle Frank’, ‘Avengers: Infinity War’) as Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and Julia Davis (‘Nighty Night’, ‘Gavin & Stacey’) as Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava.
As per Prime Video, the limited series focuses on the divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll. Famed for her charisma, beauty, and style, Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, dominated the front pages as the divorce exposed accusations of forgery, theft, violence, drug-taking, bribery, and an explicit Polaroid picture that was to haunt her for the rest of her life.
‘A Very British Scandal’ turns this scandal inside out in order to explore the social and political climate of post-war Britain, looking at attitudes towards women, and asking whether institutional misogyny was widespread at the time. As her contemporaries, the press, and the judiciary sought to vilify her, Margaret kept her head held high with bravery and resilience, refusing to go quietly as she was betrayed by her friends and publicly shamed by a society that revelled in her fall from grace.
Directed by Anne Sewitsky and produced by Chris Ballantyne, ‘A Very British Scandal’ will consist of three one hour episodes and also stars Amanda Drew (‘The Trial of Christine Keeler,’ ‘Trust’), Richard McCabe (‘Poldark’, ‘Harlots’), Phoebe Nicholls (‘The Elephant Man’, ‘Fortitude’), Camilla Rutherford (‘Phantom Thread’, ‘Fleming’), Timothy Renouf (‘Afterlife of the Party’, ‘The Laureate’), Sophia Myles (‘A Discovery of Witches’, ‘Spooks’), Sophie Ward (‘The Moonstone’, ‘Land Girls’), Tim Steed (‘The Death of Stalin’, ‘Cruella’), Katherine Manners (‘Press’, ‘War & Peace’), Richard Goulding (‘The Crown’, ‘The Murders at White House Farm’), Jonathan Aris (‘Sherlock’, ‘The Night Manager’), Oliver Chris (‘Trying’, ‘King Charles III’), Nicholas Rowe (‘Roadkill’, ‘Young Sherlock Holmes’), and Miles Jupp (‘The Durrells’, ‘Rev.’).
Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Diarmuid McKeown, and Delyth Scudamore for Blueprint Pictures, Lucy Richer for the BBC, Sarah Phelps, Anne Sewitsky, Claire Foy, Kate Triggs, and Dominic Treadwell-Collins serve as the executive producers for the series that was commissioned by Piers Wenger, director of BBC Drama and Charlotte Moore, BBC chief content officer.
Shot in U.K., ‘A Very British Scandal’ will come soon to BBC One and BBC iPlayer in the UK and will be available on Amazon Prime Video later in the U.S., Canada, Australia and New Zealand. No update about the limited series’s global release has yet been revealed by Amazon Prime Video.
Check out the first look images here
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