The Trial of Christine Keeler.

As a schoolboy we were very familiar with The Christine Keeler affair and a great many lewd jokes circulated at the time.
She was of course demonized unjustly it was the men manipulating her and the other girls involved that were the real villains. Profumo was a fool and the security services were caught napping but I don’t think there was a credible security risk. If CK had been a trained Russian spy, damage would have been done, she wasn’t more than an ordinary escort.

Watched the TV program for 20 mins, won’t bother to watch more

I really cannot see why people are now still watching that.
It was a very long time ago.

I remember the fuss but there have been far worse "scandles" since then. I find it odd that the media is still interested in that.

I am really enjoying this drama. I love the clothes and hairstyles of the girls and i am enjoying the way the men in 'charge' are just soooo stupid and think they can do as they please without regard for the young girls they are doing it too. Even though it backfired on CK it high lighted that those of the 'establishment' are not as perfect as once thought. I believe it is also the case today, look at the scandals around Boris which have suddenly disappeared from the news.

It was strangely boring. I watched last night's episode but found my mind wandering off or I was fiddling with my phone etc. I don't know why the pace is so desperately slow.

I missed Episode 1, but watched Episode 2 tonight.

I remember the 'Profumo Affair' well. I was about 16 at the time, I think, and worked in a 'government establishment' in London (have to be careful what I say here). Our boss was fired because he, too, was caught up in this scandal. He wasn't a public figure - never named in the press - and I wonder how many other men were actually involved ...? I think that this scandal spread much wider than the public was ever told. I wonder if that will all come out in this programme ...? (I doubt it!)

He is very creepy. I hate the way he calls her 'little baby'.

Ive thought the drama was good. I find the Dr creepy. Think Scandal was better though. I was only a baby when all this was going on.

I was a physically and mentally very immature 15 year old and remember it well. What has struck me about the series is how young she actually was. I remember thinking of her as a mature and stunning looking woman. I can also remember that photo of her naked, sitting astride a chair which I thought was absolutely beautiful. As for the politicians I think my parents believed that was fairly typical of their behaviour and as I have aged I'm not sure that my opinions have changed much!

as to degrees of responsibility, freedom of choice etc, I have read that the brain is not fully formed esp in terms of judgment until age about 24-25. acc to neuro-psychologists.
don't suppose its gone backwards in the last 60 yrs.

Yes she did. Maybe she just appeared older than her years to my sixteen year old self.

Yes, Mandy R-D was chocolate box pretty
I didn't say Christine K was beautiful, just that she had a certain something which set her apart from other pretty girls.

If they announced that the series concludes next week, it must have been an error, as it’s a six parter. I really don’t see how they’re going to string this one out for another four hours. It was pretty slow tonight.

I always thought it was the other way round. Christine Keeler had a plain, dare I say almost seedy, look about her whereas Mandy Rice Davies was chocolate box pretty.

Oh yes, the actress is lovely. But CK was something else. She had glamour.

The actress is a lovely girl, very attractive.

However, Christine Keeler had a je-ne-sais-quoi which set her apart from other pretty girls.

I can’t say I was impressed by it.
I was just too young to remember it all being in the papers, but my sister does and she says that CK was exploited.
The film “Scandal” was very good. The soundtrack brilliant. I’ve been singing along to Dusty all day !
Christine Keeler was much more beautiful than the actress playing her in this, I think.

No, I didn't see the film perhaps I should watch out for it on tv; I can't get engrossed in this tv version.

Christine Keeler was a young woman who had been sexually exploited from a young age and who continued to be exploited by these men. The general public, naively as it turned out, expected government ministers and the like to be fine, upstanding people. They were shocked by Profumo's behaviour but it appears that much of the blame was laid at a young woman's door.

I didn't find the first episode particularly engaging or enlightening and I found the portrayal of Profumo, Keeler and Rice-Davies fairly superficial. I haven't seen the second episode yet.

I didn't see the film Scandal - did anyone else ,and do you think it was better? (I love the Dusty Springfield/Pet Shop Boys record "Nothing has been proved").

I think it is in six episodes, Bluebelle!

I thought tonight’s episode was far better than the first one. I found the first episode a bit confusing due to the jumping backwards and forwards in time.
I was at boarding school when the scandal broke and was probably too young anyway to fully understand what it was about but I remember the school stopped the delivery of newspapers until the court case was over!

That’s exactly how I feel callistamon

Yes, they said that the final episode is next Sunday.
I don't know how they could string it out much longer.

I think that watching the story unfold all those years ago was far more interesting than this dramatisation.

I found tonight’s episode it pretty boring to be honest

That is what I do not understand- at the start it said that there would be 6 episodes but at the end of tonight's episode it said that the concluding episode would be this Sunday.

There will be 6 episodes apparently.