Claire Foy will tell you she’s played her fair share of historical figures on both the big and small screens. From her Emmy and SAG Award-winning performance as Queen Elizabeth II in “The Crown” to Janet Armstrong in “First Man” to, more recently, Emily Richardson-Wain in “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain.” But the challenge of portraying the utterly complex Margaret Campbell, the Duchess of Argyll, in “A Very British Scandal” another matter entirely

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The daughter of a successful businessman, Campbell married Ian Douglas Campbell, 11th Duke of Argyll (Paul Bettany) in 1951.

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At this point, we’ve all probably seen enough TV shows and movies to convince us that marriage isn’t for everyone. That’s made especially clear in historical works, which often serve to remind viewers that, not that many years ago, marriage was an obligation and occasionally a nightmare. 

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That’s certainly the case in Amazon Prime Video’s new limited series “A Very British Scandal,” which will air on the BBC in the UK.

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2018’s “A Very English Scandal,” based on the 2016 book of the same name by John Preston, ended up a critical darling for BBC with lots of overseas appeal. Now, Blueprint Pictures is back for a new iteration of the miniseries, “A Very British Scandal,” with an all-new serial ripped straight from the British tabloids.

What’s the focus of the new series?

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In 2022, we’re about to witness one of the most brutal divorce battles in “A Very British Scandal.” 

As seen in the trailer for the limited series, “A Very British Scandal” tells the true story of the Duke and Duchess of Argyll (Paul Bettany and Claire Foy, respectively) as their marriage falls apart and their bitter divorce plays out in front of a worldwide audience.

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Back in 2018, “A Very English Scandal” was released and earned series stars Hugh Grant and Ben Whishaw a ton of acclaim and awards recognition. While that series doesn’t necessarily lend itself to a sequel, it appears that Amazon and BBC One have figured out how to make a follow-up, “A Very British Scandal.”

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According to Variety, Claire Foy and Paul Bettany have signed on to star in the upcoming limited series, “A Very British Scandal.” The series won’t follow the same characters and story of the previous show, but instead, will focus on the real-life divorce between the Duke (Bettany) and Duchess of Argyll (Foy), which devolved into one of the more brutal legal battles in recent memory.

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One by-product of the streaming revolution is that TV has become more international. The demand for content has led to foreign-language shows like “The Killing” or “Borgen” becoming international phenomena, as well as an increasing tolerance for subtitled drama in series like “Narcos” or “Sense8.” But English-language shows are always going to be the easiest to catch on, and the British TV industry has been the biggest beneficiary of that.

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