Discovering TV

1. A Very English Scandal

BBC One, Sunday, 9pm

New three-part series written by Russell T Davies. This non-fiction drama recounts the affair of Liberal Party leader Jeremy Thorpe and stablehand Norman Scott in the late 1960s, when homosexuality remained a crime. As Thorpe’s political career and ambitions ascend, Scott becomes a secret he is desperate to hide, a situation which spirals into blackmail and a murder conspiracy. Davies always guarantees a bingeable ...