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The Trial of Christine Keeler.

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Calendargirl Mon 30-Dec-19 13:45:00

This started last night. It’s on again tonight, not sure how many episodes there will be.
I enjoyed it, the Profumo Affair was in the news when I was about 8 or 9, went over my head then obviously, but remember my parents were shocked that she was carrying on with the Minister for War and a Russian at the same time.
Not sure about Ben Miles’ appearance as Profumo, he looked a bit scary I thought. James Norton seemed an authentic Stephen Ward.

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MawB Mon 27-Jan-20 21:42:42

Wasn’t that Ernest Marples?

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oldgimmer1 Mon 27-Jan-20 21:45:57

Yes-Marples.

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Anniebach Mon 27-Jan-20 22:16:30

Ernest Marples ? mmmmmm

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Grandma2213 Tue 28-Jan-20 00:39:54

I find it quite frightening that papers could be sealed till 2046. What on earth are they trying to hide? I have tried to watch the series with an open mind and looking back there are things I did and accepted in those days that I could never tolerate now. Times and attitudes do change and we now do have more sympathy for how these girls were manipulated. The sadness is that it still seems to be going on and those in power continue to be protected. The occasional scandal and court case pops up in the name of openness but how much is still brushed under the carpet?

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oldgimmer1 Tue 28-Jan-20 12:36:34

I found Tom Mangold's docu far more interesting than the bloody dramatisation, particularly as he was close to Ward himself.

I felt (and some would disagree, no doubt), that there was too much emphasis on portraying the girls, and particularly CK, as victims and in do doing lost a lost of the nuance of what actually happened.

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Blinko Tue 28-Jan-20 14:55:46

Marples was of course Minister for Transport when the M1 was built. The construction company was, if memory serves, Marples-Ridgway. EM always maintained it was his wife's company. So no conflict of interest there, then...

What a piece of work!

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