The case of the headless man is certainly an interesting scandal especially for the news media and very much so at the time it happened. However, to make it into a three part series it needed more than this offered.
All three episodes where very well made with fine performances, costumes and and locations. Unfortunately, neither of the main characters were likeable so you could not get behind or feel sorry for either. Both the Duchess and the Duke were spoilt and moneyed liars and could have easily been made into comic caricatures.
All this meant that over three hours the narrative had to get behind this. It had to be revealing. Unfortunately, it wasn't. I already knew a little of the case and therefore would have liked to have some modern and new intimations about the main questions arising from the trial such as who might the headless man have been, were there other such photos or was this the only man she got before the camera and if so why him? Also, what did 'V' actually stand for.
With regards The Duke we never found out whether he did have an affair with his mother-in-law or anyone else.
Unlike the previous 'A Very British Scandal' about the Jeremy Thorpe / Norman Scott trial which did answer the majority of the questions this didn't and wasn't enough of a story to keep the interest for 3 hours.
All three episodes where very well made with fine performances, costumes and and locations. Unfortunately, neither of the main characters were likeable so you could not get behind or feel sorry for either. Both the Duchess and the Duke were spoilt and moneyed liars and could have easily been made into comic caricatures.
All this meant that over three hours the narrative had to get behind this. It had to be revealing. Unfortunately, it wasn't. I already knew a little of the case and therefore would have liked to have some modern and new intimations about the main questions arising from the trial such as who might the headless man have been, were there other such photos or was this the only man she got before the camera and if so why him? Also, what did 'V' actually stand for.
With regards The Duke we never found out whether he did have an affair with his mother-in-law or anyone else.
Unlike the previous 'A Very British Scandal' about the Jeremy Thorpe / Norman Scott trial which did answer the majority of the questions this didn't and wasn't enough of a story to keep the interest for 3 hours.