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Now the political scandal is being dramatised onscreen in BBC One's six-part series The Trial of Christine Keeler, starring Sophie Cookson, Ellie Bamber, Ben Miles and James Norton. Here's...
- Flora Carr
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Dec 23, 2019 · Published: 23 December 2019. Screenwriter Amanda Coe explains what drew her to the story of the 1961 affair between John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative...
- What Was The Profumo Affair?
- What Happened to Christine Keeler?
- What Happened to John Profumo?
- What Happened to Stephen Ward?
- When Is The Trial of Christine Keeler on TV?
The Profumo affair refers to the scandal surrounding the War Secretary’s extra-marital affair with Keeler after they were introduced to one another by socialite Ward. Keeler was living with Ward platonically and working at Soho nightclub Murray’s. During Keeler’s brief relationship with Profumo, she was said to have also been romantically involved ...
Keeler was sentenced to nine months in prison for obstruction of justice and perjury. However, she was released after only serving four and a half months. Following her release, she went on to get married twice and have two children. She lived alone and featured in a Channel 4 discussion programme, and in Bryan Ferry’s promotional video for his tra...
After resigning from his position, Profumo worked as a volunteer at charity Toynbee Hall where he later became its chief fundraiser. Due to his charity work, the former politician was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in 1975. Profumo died in 2006 at the age of 91.
Ward was convicted of living off Keeler and another woman’s immoral earnings, but he did not live to hear the verdict – he took a fatal overdose the night before the judge finished summing up his case and the jury delivered his verdict. He died three days later.
The Trial of Christine Keelerairs every Sunday at 9pm on BBC One. The episodes are available to watch on BBC iPlayer.
Dec 30, 2019 · The scandal forced Profumo out of office and out of parliament, precipitated Macmillan’s resignation, and led to the death of an osteopath, Stephen Ward, who had introduced Profumo to Keeler. The...
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- Olivia Petter,Harry Cockburn
The Trial of Christine Keeler. When 19-year-old model Christine finds herself in a love triangle with a spy and a minister, the whole establishment comes tumbling down. The story that shocked...
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Dec 30, 2019 · It is now dramatised, in minute detail, in a six-part BBC series The Trial of Christine Keeler by screenwriter and novelist Amanda Coe. Sophie Cookson stars as Keeler, Ben Miles plays...
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Dec 29, 2019 · The BBC's new six-part drama on the real-life scandal stars Sophie Cookson, Ben Miles and James Norton.
