'A Very English Scandal' Series 2 Will Focus On First Public 'Slut-Shaming' Case
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The first spin-off of the award-winning drama A Very English Scandal will explore the sex scandal of the Duchess of Argyll.
Executive producer Dominic Treadwell-Collins told the Radio Times that the miniseries would initially focus on the first woman to be publicly 'slut shamed' in 1963..
He said the Golden Globe-winning miniseries would be developed into a franchise like US show American Crime Story.
The divorce of Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, and the 11th Duke of Argyll was widely reported on media when a list emerged of some 88 men she had slept with.
Dominic explained: "We're going to focus on the very public divorce from her second husband.
"He went through her private desk and found a list of all the men she'd slept with, as well as three polaroid photos of her wearing only her pearls and giving a bl*w j*b to a man whose head was out of the picture."
Presiding judge Lord Wheatley said the evidence established that the Duchess 'was a completely promiscuous woman whose sexual appetite could only be satisfied with a number of men'.
The original BBC series A Very English Scandal starred Hugh Grant as Liberal party leader Jeremy Thorpe who attempted to cover an affair with ex-lover Norman Josiffe, played by Ben Whishaw, in the late 1970s.
Asked if the original series writer Russell T Davies would return to pen the new series, Dominic said no but explained that Russell would be involved in future stories.
He told Radio Times: "I'm talking to Russell about another story because we have a few more ideas in development.
"But for a feminist scandal, I need a female writer."
It's reported that Sarah Phelps, who is famously known for her work on Eastenders, has been asked to write the drama.