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A Very British Scandal (TV Miniseries)

A Very British Scandal

2021

Anne Sewitsky

Paul Bettany, Claire Foy, Julia Davis, Phoebe Nicholls ...

6.2

788

TV Series. Drama The story of events surrounding the notorious divorce of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll during the 1960s.

	Media	Author	Review
		Amber Dowling Variety	"A well-paced romp in which the action never lingers but it also never quite digs as deep as you’d hope"
		Daniel Fienberg The Hollywood Reporter	"[It] is mostly just sad and glum, reflective of a decision not to overly sensationalize its tabloid-friendly tale. There’s a lot to admire in that, while at the same time feeling like 'A Very British Scandal' drags a bit"
		Lucy Mangan The Guardian	"'A Very British Scandal', with its lean, mean script and its refusal to reinvent the duchess as an icon of the [feminist] movement, is the very best and fairest tribute that could be given her (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Allison Keene Paste Magazine	"Despite excellent casts and one (british scandal) being based on a true story, neither series has lived up to this potential. They each take themselves very, very seriously"
		Katie Rosseinsky London Evening Standard	"[Foy] and the cast are operating at the top of their game, and the end result is a savage delight - I only wish it was twice as long (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Anita Singh Telegraph	"A poor attempt at redeeming a truly unlikeable person (...) I know more about the case than I did before, so in that sense it works as a piece of history (...) But the period tropes are lazy (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"
		Carol Midgley The Times	"Foy reigns supreme in a story of sex, lies and unhappy aristocrats (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"
		Abby Robinson Radio Times	"A sophisticated piece of television that delivers in every department (...) In lesser pairs of hands, the rendering of the Duke and Duchess could have teetered into something rather clownish (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"
		Charlotte Manning Metro	"It’s difficult not to grow a slight fondness for the duchess by the end of episode one (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"
		Marah Eakin The Playlist	"It’s well shot, well-acted, and Scotland looks lovely, but the show doesn’t really tell us anything about life in ‘50s and ‘60s Britain that we couldn’t have already guessed"
		Joel Keller Decider	"'A Very British Scandal' benefits from fine performances and a scandalous story that touches both on early feminism and salacious scandal."
		Peter Martin Screen Anarchy	"Splendidly written, directed, produced and performed, 'A Very British Scandal' left me seething with contempt for those in power who don't know what to do with it"

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