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Quiz
Why this pick
Another sharply paced British fact-based miniseries, blending absurdity, class-conscious satire and courtroom tension around public spectacle and private self-preservation.
A FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOKTHE SERIES
SERIES2018 0h 56m / episode GBR
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
It is the late 1960s, homosexuality has only just been decriminalised, and Jeremy Thorpe, the leader of the Liberal party, has a secret he is desperate to hide.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Ben Whishaw
Norman Scott
Hugh Grant
Jeremy Thorpe
Alex Jennings
Peter Bessell
Patricia Hodge
Ursula Thorpe
Naomi Battrick
Diana Stainton
Andrew French
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Morgan Watkins
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