this evening, he takes on the role of former leader of the liberal party, jeremy thorpe, in bbc one'sl scandals of the ‘705. charlie went to meet him and the show‘s director, stephen frears. think of the bigger picture. if you we re think of the bigger picture. if you were set on that committee and steer it correctly then one day, you could claim the ancient barony of four. wouldn't that be marvellous?” suppose it would, yes. it would be elevating, darling. elevated! everyone who knewjeremy thorpe said he was real charming, a matter about him, people warmed to him as a politician and a person. but there isa politician and a person. but there is a sinister side to the way he behaved. all the people who i spoke to who knew him, some said jeremy was lovely and very charming and wouldn't hurt a fly. others said he was a monster. one and they all agreed on was that he was very ambitious, narcissistic and capable of being quite ruthless. he was a type, oxbridge, who used to show up at my parents are parties when i was at my parents are parties when i was a teenager. remember that time. very

your father did not defend jeremy thorpe. you got to know them.e rolling stones come over? what was it like? was it like? secrecy, we couldn't tell friends or anybody. anybody. in the world, they weren't so famous that it was sort of mind boggling. that it was sort of mind boggling. and one day this film i am involved in will be on the screens, i think. in will be on the screens, i think. this has been threatened for a long time, is it going to happen? time, is it going to happen? a script, which is fantastic, so we are very nearly there. are very nearly there. the after— micro trial party, marianne was there. marianne was there. so glamorous, i got to see a lot of her! got to see a lot of her! also tried a lot of famous cases, including ira cases. including ira cases. home was bombed in wimbledon, you took a call. took a call. parents had been killed, and did i have any comments? have any comments? comments, i didn't know what had happened. happened. journalists, i have come across a lot of them, and 99. lot of them, and 99. have a job to do, and