- Jul 10, 2003
- 25,857
Excellent Drama and one of those where the truth is stranger than fiction. I'd forgotten so much about the case, but do remember the judges summing up which Peter Cook did superbly.
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[TV] Anyone watching that jeremy Thorpe drama
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Bevendean Hillbilly
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I absolutely love this drama.
The whole bizarre episode is just amazing. Hugh Grant is clearly loving camping this up to the max. What a great job he's doing.
I read the BBC background piece last night..it all happened...all of it.
The whole bizarre episode is just amazing. Hugh Grant is clearly loving camping this up to the max. What a great job he's doing.
I read the BBC background piece last night..it all happened...all of it.
Mo Gosfield
Well-known member
- Aug 11, 2010
- 6,284
I doubt it, after spending many years invading other people's privacy as a paparazzi photographer.
BrightonCottager
Well-known member
As we were singing to Villa on Saturday,
"He's posher than Will,
He's posher than Will,
We've got Hugh Grant,
He's posher than Will."
"He's posher than Will,
He's posher than Will,
We've got Hugh Grant,
He's posher than Will."
vegster
Sanity Clause
- May 5, 2008
- 27,894
This is a sentence I would never have agreed with 20 years ago. ..... but do now.. An amazing acting performance, very impressed.
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
Watching the 2nd episode now. Hugh Grant really is excellent. Neil from the Inbetweeners is very good too!
But I mean the comical way that the murder is portrayed - almost light-heartedly
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
Norman Scott is still living. The police finally closed the case in 2015, thinking Newton had died, but it appears he's still alive too.
Claims that police altered the evidence of another person being hired to kill Mr Scott before Newton, a small-time air pilot, were unearthed by BBC Panorama journalist Tom Mangold in 2014, the year Mr Thorpe died.
Dennis Meighan said he was approached by associates of Mr Thorpe, and Newton, to carry out the murder.
This led to Gwent Police reopening the investigation, but after they concluded Newton was dead, the Crown Prosecution Service told Mr Scott no further action would be taken.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44336859
Claims that police altered the evidence of another person being hired to kill Mr Scott before Newton, a small-time air pilot, were unearthed by BBC Panorama journalist Tom Mangold in 2014, the year Mr Thorpe died.
Dennis Meighan said he was approached by associates of Mr Thorpe, and Newton, to carry out the murder.
This led to Gwent Police reopening the investigation, but after they concluded Newton was dead, the Crown Prosecution Service told Mr Scott no further action would be taken.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-44336859
Icy Gull
Back on the rollercoaster
- Jul 5, 2003
- 72,015
It does seem to come close to lapsing into farce on occasions (especially the hit man episode), enjoying it though and agree with the comment about Hugh Grant
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,324
I read the book it is based on last year, a great read.
The book was written like a novel so I suspect a few things have tweaked from the truth to make the story flow.
The only problem I have with the series is where they try and make Thorpe a bit more of a sympathetic character.
He was obviously a complete #### of the highest order.
Nothing I've read really explains who exactly had the National Insurance card and why Scott wasn't simply issued a new one.
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The book was written like a novel so I suspect a few things have tweaked from the truth to make the story flow.
The only problem I have with the series is where they try and make Thorpe a bit more of a sympathetic character.
He was obviously a complete #### of the highest order.
Nothing I've read really explains who exactly had the National Insurance card and why Scott wasn't simply issued a new one.
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clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,324
Interesting article.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...legacy-law-new-statesman-jury-service-secrecy
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https://www.theguardian.com/comment...legacy-law-new-statesman-jury-service-secrecy
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The Birdman
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- Jun 27, 2012
- 13,911
The BBC Four doc by Tom Mangold (that was stopped from being broadcast in 1979 after the acquittal of Thorpe) is on at 10pm tonight.
If you want a sneak preview then some clips and Mangold's research were first shared in this Radio 4 doc in 2014. (listen to it on the iPlayer Radio app. i think it doesn't work via the website oddly)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04wz633
If you want a sneak preview then some clips and Mangold's research were first shared in this Radio 4 doc in 2014. (listen to it on the iPlayer Radio app. i think it doesn't work via the website oddly)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04wz633
clapham_gull
Legacy Fan
- Aug 20, 2003
- 25,324
Weakest episode unfortunately. Why did they leave Newton (the bloke who fired the gun) out of the trial ?
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Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The latest BBC article mentions he is still alive, and can still be tried.
KZNSeagull
Well-known member
He had already been tried, found guilty, been to prison and then sold his story to the press, which resulted in the Thorpe trial. I think that's correct anyway
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