THE TRIAL OF CHRISTINE KEELER

GuaSayangMelaka · Post time 5-1-2020 12:03 AM

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The Trial of Christine Keeler is a British television series based on the chain of events surrounding the Profumo affair in the 1960s.The six-part series premiered on BBC One in the United Kingdom on 29 December 2019.The series was adapted by screenwriter Amanda Coe and stars Sophie Cookson, James Norton, Ellie Bamber, Ben Miles, Visar Vishka, Emilia Fox, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Anthony Welsh. Keshet International handled the distribution rights internationally whilst Endeavor Content handled the distribution rights in the US.

No. in series	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	UK viewers (millions)
1	"Episode 1"	Andrea Harkin	Amanda Coe	29 December 2019	TBD
Keeler, along with Rice-Davies, is already known to MI5 through her association with Stephen Ward, who arranged sex parties for his friends in high political office, Soviet diplomats and businessmen. Keeler comes to the attention of the police when her boyfriend, Johnny Edgecombe, uses a pistol in the street. Journalists also looking for a rumoured scandal involving John Profumo make her an offer.
2	"Episode 2"	Andrea Harkin	Amanda Coe	30 December 2019	TBD
Eugene Ivanov leaves the country, having been recalled by the Soviet government after they sense an upcoming scandal. Keeler gives evidence against Edgecombe at his pre-trial hearing. Keeler is encouraged against Ward's wishes to sell her story to the Mirror group of newspapers, Rice-Davies having already done so. Keeler is shocked to find the press know that she had tried and failed as a 16-year-old to abort her baby early in her pregnancy. Her son Peter, who Keeler gave birth to prematurely when she was 17, lived for only six days. Keeler lies by denying that Peter's father was black. Profumo denies everything and expects Ward to sort it out, but Ward's world is falling apart after Keeler's revelations in the press. Keeler suspects that Ward is a spy, and his home is burgled and papers taken.
3	"Episode 3"	Andrea Harkin	Amanda Coe	5 January 2020	TBD
4	"Episode 4"	Andrea Harkin	Amanda Coe	12 January 2020	TBD

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Trial_of_Christine_Keeler

GuaSayangMelaka · Post time 5-1-2020 12:05 AM

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John Profumo in 1960, at his desk as Secretary of State for War

The Profumo affair was a British political scandal that originated with a brief sexual relationship in 1961, between John Profumo, the Secretary of State for War in Harold Macmillan's Conservative government, and Christine Keeler, a 19-year-old would-be model. In March 1963, Profumo's denial of any impropriety, in a personal statement[n 1] to the House of Commons, was refuted a few months later with his admission of the truth. He resigned from the government and from Parliament. The repercussions of the affair severely damaged Macmillan's self-confidence, and he resigned as Prime Minister on health grounds in October 1963. The reputation of the Conservative Party was damaged by the scandal, which may have contributed to its defeat by the Labour Party in the 1964 general election.

When the Profumo–Keeler affair was first revealed, public interest was heightened by reports that Keeler may have been simultaneously involved with Captain Yevgeny Ivanov, a Soviet naval attaché, thereby creating a possible security risk. Keeler knew both Profumo and Ivanov through her friendship with Stephen Ward, an osteopath and socialite who had taken her under his wing. The exposure of the affair generated rumours of other scandals and drew official attention to the activities of Ward, who was charged with a series of immorality offences. Perceiving himself as a scapegoat for the misdeeds of others, Ward took a fatal overdose during the final stages of his trial, which found him guilty of living off the immoral earnings of Keeler and her friend Mandy Rice-Davies.

An inquiry into the affair by a senior judge, Lord Denning, indicated that there had been no breaches of security arising from the Ivanov connection, although Denning's report was later condemned as superficial and unsatisfactory. Profumo subsequently sought private atonement as a volunteer worker at Toynbee Hall, an East London charitable trust.

Keeler found it difficult to escape the negative image attached to her by press, law, and Parliament throughout the Profumo affair. In various, sometimes contradictory accounts, she challenged Denning's conclusions relating to security issues.

Ward's conviction has been described by analysts as an act of Establishment revenge, rather than service of justice. In January 2014, his case was under review by the Criminal Cases Review Commission, with the possibility of a later reference to the Court of Appeal. Dramatisations of the Profumo affair have been shown on stage and screen. Profumo died in 2006; Keeler in 2017.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Profumo_affair