A Very English Scandal

Jesus Christ, David!

Two letters from you to Scott.

- and eat it in your room, hmm? - Yes, Papa.

But the last thing you wrote in that letter was, "I miss you".

describing his explicit relationship with her son...

Not the actor, obviously.

You'll need someone remarkable.

Get me another blanket, that one is so coarse.

that really is quite an achievement.

79 votes.

We'll be fine. It's all going to be fine.

M'lud, I'd like to ask the court on the half of my client,

was the start of a homosexual affair.

So you told no-one that the leader of the Liberals must be insane?

- Are you a drug addict? - No, I'm not.

That's very kind of you.

So he put the...

You also said that you were the son of the 4th Earl of Eldon.

"I am almost certain that his penis did not go into my anus,"

Moving on. I'd like to ask you about the time

...but I'm not sure which one's which.

- and I'd look like a coward. - That might be a risk worth taking.

The accused, a man of hitherto unblemished reputation,

You have seen this wretched Scott in the witness box.

until the verdict is reached.

The judge, in his summing up,

so I know what it's like.

Well, I would imagine...

Jeremy Thorpe, guilty or not guilty?

- Bravo! - Guilty as charged!

In their flying machines.

and got my National Insurance card,

Yah?

but she swerved into the opposite lane.

We thought some sort of memorial might be a good idea.

the one with the eggs.

She was a wonderful girl.

And then I wish Norman Scott to be killed.

Buddug said, "I bet he's an artist, like Toulouse-Lautrec,"

The nights...

Norman, you've struck lucky.

Thank you for coming all this way.

the story is quite alarming, Mr Scott.

He did visit me, yes.

when I married an actress, and I survived.

I've been very silly.

Jeremy says kill him in America.

It's astonishing, the hold he has over us.

and that something went wrong.

- for the North Devon constituency. - Thank you.

The man who wants his secret homosexual lover murdered.

It's a very, very long game and I'm playing it well.

There's a room above the stables.

Didsbury 4-6-5-6.

Well, I was told

Not until they're paid for. Ha!

If you fancied doing a few odd jobs,

Magic Carpet Company, Magic Carpet King.

- What for? - I can't stop.

What it means. It's best if you don't ask too many questions.

Oh, my God. What do I do?

Get out.

I can't be seen with anyone.

- [RINKA WHINES] - Are they aggressive, Great Danes?

Meet me at The Ritz, 12 o'clock.

SPLASHING

No, no, no, no. My fault, my fault. It's private.

You're very kind, sir, thank you. Jeremy. What's my name?

I certainly will. Hello, Mrs Tish.

Mr Van de Vater said the most terrible things to me, really,

Letters from the great and powerful.

As if a man like you would ever write to a man like me.

and they said, "That's not up to us," and I said, "Well..."

I said we could give him a bed for the night, hmm?

But it exists because of you. You facilitated it.

Is that what you are?

And remember...

The march begins, and this is our story. This is you and me. BRUCKNER SYMPHONY PLAYS

Yes, that's right. Good old Snooty. NORMAN CHUCKLES

"Yours affectionately, Jeremy."

That dressage school, whatever happened to that?

insists that you cease and desist from contacting him or...

Wouldn't that be nice? You called him my lover.

Well, I'll see what I can do. No, not you, it has to be Jeremy Thorpe!

got off the train... Yes, but what letters?

I do. She's working for me now. I've left her in charge.

Yes. Then I shall pick you up, eight o'clock sharp, tomorrow morning,

SHE KNOCKS AT DOOR

for God's sake. Give him something that connects us, officially?

You'll have to be very, very quick. I'm going ahead with it, into the lions' den.

It's the badgers. Badgers?

What puzzles me is that the heterosexual man is so relentless in

..the seventh Earl... Queer as springtime.

Thank you. Not at all.

that I shall lead a Liberal crusade!

Shall we say five? 5% it is.

Oh, it's good. It's very good.

I must say, what started as a dalliance has turned into something quite wonderful.

Hello. Daddy calling. Hello. Mr Thorpe! Hm? Ah.

I'm so... You did that on purpose. Not at all, no. You did.

right now!

It's disgusting.