A VERY English Scandal is in danger of becoming a "Very Welsh Scandal" as Montgomeryshire MP,. Glyn Davies has blasted the BBC about the portrayal of Lord Hooson in the drama that was aired over the weekend.

The drama centres on the trial of former Liberal Party Leader, Jeremy Thorpe in 1979.

Thorpe, portrayed by Hugh Grant in the drama was accused and acquitted following the trial of plotting to kill his former gay lover, Norman Scott, in 1975.

If the relationship which went back to the 1950s had been made public, it would have destroyed Jeremy Thorpe's political career, as at the time homosexuality was illegal.

Emlyn Hooson, who was a Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire from 1962 to 1979 was a leading figure in the party at the time the scandal surfaced in the mid 1970s.

Mr Davies believes the portrayal of Lord Hooson who died in 2012 is inaccurate but the BBC say they have presented a "fair portrayal of the events."

As well as being a politician, Lord Hooson had a successful legal career as a Barrister and then a judge, originally from Denbighshire in North Wales he settled in Llanidloes

Glyn Davies MP said: "The portrayal of Lord Hooson in ‘A Very English Scandal’ as a conniving, selfish and rather underhand politician is totally inaccurate, and is certainly not representative of the man I remember and became very good friends with.”

“Undoubtedly the programme makers have used some artistic license in attempting to paint Jeremy Thorpe in a rather more sympathetic light to how he has been portrayed in the past, but it seems very unfair that this comes at the cost of a true representation of the late Lord Hooson, who was an MP who fought so hard to protect the interests of Montgomeryshire, and to champion the constituency across the UK.

“My experience of Lord Hooson, and I am sure of everyone within Montgomeryshire who knew him, is that of an extremely well-liked, talented and respected politician – very much the opposite of how he is portrayed within the programme.”

A spokesperson for the BBC said: ""Russell T Davies’ scripts are based on John Preston’s book of the same name and additional research.

"The BBC always follows strict editorial policy guidelines in order to deliver a programme that presents a fair portrayal of events."

Russell T Davies from Swansea, who shot to fame by rebooting Dr Who in 2005, has spoken about the script in the Radio Times.

He said that the events surrounding the scandal were all re-checked as the BBC follow an editorial policy of double sourcing everything.

He also pointed to the fact that no-one sued John Preston's book but Mr Davies did say that he "imagined" the conversations between the characters which is "his job as a script writer."

The final episode of the drama will be shown on Sunday at 9pm. and the first two episodes are available on iPlayer.