"A Very British Scandal' to Premiere on Prime Video in April

Prime Video has set an official premiere date for A Very British Scandal, the anthology sequel series that serves as a follow-up to the award-winning A Very English Scandal and tells the story of another infamous U.K. sex scandal. (This one just happens to take place in Scotland, hence the title change.)

The first series was written by Russell T. Davies (Doctor Who), starred Hugh Grant (The Undoing) and Ben Whishaw (No Time to Die), and its story centered on the scandal surrounding 1970s Liberal leader Jeremy Thorpe. The new season, written by Sarah Phelps (The Pale Horse), stars Claire Foy (The Crown) and Paul Bettany (WandaVision) and will follow the story of the 1963 Argyll v Argyll case, one of the most notorious, extraordinary, and brutal legal fights of the 20th century.

The scandalous divorce of Ian Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll, and his wife, Margaret Campbell, Duchess of Argyll, sparked a massive media frenzy at the time. During the proceedings, there were accusations of everything from forgery and theft to bribery and violence. Intimate details of Margaret's private life and rumors of her many alleged affairs were splashed across the front pages of U.K. tabloids. She was even given the nickname of the "Dirty Duchess". But she refused to be cowed by the constant hounding of reporters or shamed into silence about her husband's equally terrible deeds.  (He eventually won the case by leaking nude photos of his wife to the press, in one of the earliest public examples of the phenomenon we now know as "revenge porn".

The series trailer highlights the deeply toxic nature of the Argyll's relationship, their cruelty toward one another, Ian's drinking problem, and their growing financial woes.