BBC One的3集迷你剧《英式丑闻 A Very English Scandal》根据Jeremy Thorpe的真人真事所改篇。在60年代末英国才刚刚对同性恋除罪化，而当时作为自由党领袖，以及百年来英国政党中最年轻的领袖，Jeremy Thorpe（Hugh Grant饰）隐藏着一个秘密 – 他有一个前同性恋人 Norman Scott（Ben Whishaw饰）。
只要Norman Scott还活着，这对Jeremy Thorpe来说都是威胁，因此他策划谋杀前度，但最终不但不成事，还被对方指控意图谋杀。此事令Jeremy Thorpe成为首位因谋杀案而受审判的英国政治家，更被公众得知他的同志身份；最终Jeremy Thorpe虽然被判无罪，但也结束了政治生涯。
该剧由Stephen Frears执导﹑Russell T. Davies负责执笔。

每天早上，我的母亲总是先于我醒来，她会先准备好我的午餐，然后出门。
每天傍晚，我的母亲会在外面吃过晚餐之后才回家，静静地梳洗完毕后就又回到属于她的房间，打开收音机关上房门，在晚上九点睡去。
我们生活在相同的空间里，但几十年来，我们就像是同个屋檐下的陌生人，唯一的交集是她为我准备的吃食，我们之间没有嘘寒问暖、没有母女间的心里话、没有“我爱你”。
当我注视着她，我知道在那震耳欲聋的沉默之下，藏着让她难以面对、无法言说的秘密。我知道在紧闭的双唇背后，是令她窒息且摆脱不去的耻辱。
这天，我终于鼓起勇气与她开启对话，但我真的准备去好面对她将给出的答案了吗？
我们又是否都能够好好面对那些已经被埋藏许久的过去？

Andy’s father knows that his son is gay but, determined to conform to social conventions, he urges him to find a lesbian who is willing to marry him. Cherry has already entered into a bogus marriage, but now her parents expect their only daughter to provide them with a grandchild so that they can finally put an end to their neighbours’ gossiping. In China, gay men and lesbians are under enormous pressure to spare their parents the perceived shame of having an unmarried child without offspring. Homosexuality may no longer be illegal, but understanding for a life lived outside traditional heterosexual norms is rare.
Director Sophie Luvarà sensitively accompanies Andy and Cherry in their often absurd attempts to do the right thing: bogus gay-lesbian marriage markets, agencies for surrogate mothers, price lists for the adoption of newborns and their constantly carping parents who will simply not let up. Both Cherry and Andy succeed in carving out a little piece of freedom. But they also know that their personal coming out will, in turn, force their parents into a closet, since they do not want to acknowledge their children’s homosexuality in public.