The Trial of Christine Keeler

6 x 60 minute episodes for BBC One
Transmission date: December 2019

Production Credits

Directors: Andrea Harkin, Leanne Welham
Writers: Amanda Coe
Executive Producers: Robert Bernstein, Ayela Butt, Amanda Coe, Douglas Rae, Lucy Richer, Kate Triggs
Producer: Rebecca Fergusson

Cast

Sophie Cookson
James Norton
Ellie Bamber
Ben Miles
Emilia Fox

Synopsis

The Trial of Christine Keeler tells the story of the iconic 1960s ‘Profumo Affair’ - the cover-up of an affair between a British Minister and model Christine Keeler that threatened to bring down the government. The series puts Christine's perspective front and centre from when she first met War Minister John Profumo at 19 to the events of the scandal that shocked the world.