Tomorrow
21:00
BBC ONE
29 December
2019
Series 1
Episode 1 of 6
London,
winter 1962. Britain is gripped by the Cuban Missile Crisis, and a series of
sex and spy scandals have rocked the British government. Short of money,
working-class model Christine Keeler has returned to stage-dancing in Soho’s
famous cabaret clubs. Christine lives with her West Indian boyfriend Johnny in
a racially tense Notting Hill, and confides in her best friend Mandy
Rice-Davies.
It has been
over a year since Christine’s secret affair with the married, middle-aged
Conservative minister of war, John Profumo. But now Christine is shaken by
violent harassment by a West Indian stalker, ‘Lucky’ Gordon, and when Johnny
fails to protect her, she considers refuge with her mentor, socialite Dr
Stephen Ward. However, Ward is under MI5 surveillance for entertaining a
handsome Russian diplomat, and amid delusions of grandeur, he tries to use his
establishment links to secure emergency nuclear talks between the US and
Russia.
At the same
time, Profumo tries to raise his profile to mark the end of UK conscription,
and Christine recalls the beginnings of their infamous affair: the fateful
weekend they met at twilight by a country manor swimming pool.
The Trial
of Christine Keeler is an upcoming British television series based on the chain
of events surrounding the Profumo affair in the 1960s. It was ordered to series
in October 2017. The series will be adapted by screenwriter Amanda Coe and
will star Sophie Cookson, James Norton, Ellie Bamber, Ben Miles, Visar Vishka,
Emilia Fox, Nathan Stewart-Jarrett and Anthony Welsh. Keshet International will
handle the distribution rights internationally whilst Endeavor Content will
hand the distribution rights in the US. The series is due to be broadcast on
BBC One, in the United Kingdom from 29 December 2019.
Sophie
Cookson as Christine Keeler, a model and a showgirl who becomes entangled in a
scandal at age 21, after a series of events involving her two ex-boyfriends
Johnny Edgecombe and Lucky Gordon, in combination with MI5's secret service
intrigues, combine to publicly reveal two of Keeler's affairs from two years
before when she was 19. The two concerned Keeler affairs were both with married
men, with Soviet Union naval attaché Yevgeny Ivanov, and with Secretary of
State for War, John Profumo, at the height of the Cold War.
James
Norton as Stephen Ward, an osteopath who introduces John Profumo to Christine
Keeler.
Ellie
Bamber as Mandy Rice-Davies, A model, a showgirl and friend of Christine Keeler.
Ben Miles
as John Profumo, a Conservative MP and Secretary of State for War who is
plunged into a scandal after his affair with Christine Keeler is exposed.
Emilia Fox
as Valerie Hobson Profumo, the actress wife of John Profumo.
Nathan
Stewart-Jarrett as Johnny Edgecombe, a jazz promoter whose involvement with
Christine Keeler inadvertently alerted authorities to the Profumo affair.
Anthony
Welsh as Lucky Gordon, a jazz singer who comes to public attention due to his
involvement with Christine Keeler.
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