Genre: Anthology, Courtroom drama, Legal thriller, Political thriller, Psychological thriller.
Developed by David E. Kelley, Melissa James Gibson
Based on Anatomy of a Scandal
by Sarah Vaughan
Starring: Sienna Miller, Michelle Dockery, Rupert Friend, Naomi Scott, Joshua McGuire & Josette Simon.
Music by Johan Söderqvist
Executive Producers: David E. Kelley, S. J. Clarkson, Melissa James Gibson, Liza Chasin, Bruna Papandrea, Allie Goss, Sarah Vaughan.
Producer: Mark Kinsella
Cinematography: Balazs Bolygo
Editors: Liana Del Giudice, Mary Finlay
Production Company: David E. Kelley Productions, 3dot Productions, Made Up Stories, Endeavor Content, Anonymous Content
Distributor: Netflix Streaming Services
Plot: Sophie’s privileged life as the wife of powerful politician James unravels when scandalous secrets surface — and he stands accused of a shocking crime.
This Anatomy of a Scandal Limited series was great.
Pros: From the start this series make you invested in the scandal that make you tune in to see what’s going too happened. Hands up to the performances from Sienna Miller and Rupert Friend as well everyone else in the story & there were a lot of twist & turns happened towards the last 3 episodes.
Cons: I took breaks in-between days instead of binge watching in just one day.
Casts & Characters:
Main:
- Sienna Miller as Sophie Whitehouse, James’s wife
- Hannah Dodd portrays a young Sophie Whitehouse
- Michelle Dockery as Kate Woodcroft QC, prosecution counsel tasked with James’s case
- Nancy Farino portrays a young Kate Woodcroft, then named Holly Berry
- Rupert Friend as James Whitehouse MP, Home Office minister and close friend to the Prime Minister
- Ben Radcliffe portrays a young James Whitehouse
- Naomi Scott as Olivia Lytton, parliamentary researcher on James’s staff, who has an affair with him and later accuses him of rape
- Joshua McGuire as Chris Clarke, Downing Street communications chief
- Josette Simon as Angela Regan QC, James’s defense counsel
Recurring:
- Jonathan Firth as Richard, Kate’s married former pupil master, with whom she is having an affair
- Sebastian Selwood as Finn Whitehouse, Sophie and James’s son
- Amelie Bea-Smith as Emily Whitehouse, Sophie and James’s daughter
- Geoffrey Streatfeild as Tom Southern MP, the Prime Minister
- Jake Simmance portrays a young Tom Southern
- Violet Verigo as Krystyna, the Whitehouses’ Russian au pair
- Liz White as Ali, a schoolteacher and Kate’s best friend
- Tom Turner as John Vestey
- Jonathan Coy as Aled Luckhurst, the judge of James’s rape case
- Kudzai Sitima as Maggie, Kate’s pupil
Guest:
- Richard McCabe as Brian Taylor
- Rosalie Craig as Lucy
- Anna Madeley as Ellie Frisk, a friend of Sophie’s
- Edmund Kingsley as Mark Frisk, Ellie’s husband
- Maggie Steed as Sybil Murray, one of James’s constituents
- Luka Sheppard as Alec Fisher, a classmate of James and Tom at Oxford
- Jane How as Madame Speaker
- Clive Francis as Lawrence Hughes-Davies MP
- Adrian Lukis as Aitkin, Leader of the Opposition
- Kathryn Wilder as Kitty Ledger, Olivia’s friend and co-worker
- Phoebe Nicholls as Tuppence Whitehouse, James’s mother
I highly recommend watching this limited series only on Netflix.
Rating: 8 out of 10 Stars
Ryan Balkwill:
Resident TV reviewer,
Level Best Art Café.