The Trial of Christine Keeler season 1

BBC One
Dec 29, 2019

BBC One
Dec 29, 2019

Summary 19-year-old Christine Keeler (Sophie Cookson) is at the center of what would become known as "The Profumo Affair," that ensnares her friend Dr. Stephen Ward (James Norton), who introduced her to married War Minister John Profumo (Ben Miles) in this six-part limited series written by Amanda Coe. [Premiered originally in the UK on the B...

BBC One
Dec 29, 2019

BBC One
Dec 29, 2019

The Trial of Christine Keeler

Season 1

Season Premiere: Dec 29, 2019

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Episode 1 • Dec 29, 2019 • 1 h

Episode #1.1

Episode 2 • Dec 30, 2019 • 58 m

Episode #1.2

Christine is pressured to sell her story to the newspapers, but powerful forces are beginning to form against her.

Episode 3 • Jan 5, 2020 • 59 m

Episode #1.3

Arrogantly determined to brazen things out, John Profumo tells a deliberate lie in the House of Commons.

Episode 4 • Jan 12, 2020 • 1 h

Episode #1.4

Stephen Ward realizes that his powerful friends no longer want to know him, and he finds himself facing trial.

Episode 5 • Jan 19, 2020 • 59 m

Episode #1.5

The trial of Stephen Ward causes a national sensation, and he is unable to stop himself being made a scapegoat.

Episode 6 • Jan 26, 2020 • 59 m

Episode #1.6

With Stephen dead by his own hand, Christine must face the wrath of the British establishment - and it's out to get her.

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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Generally Favorable Based on 4 Critic Reviews

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The Times

Dec 9, 2020

This doesn't have the wit and verve of that production [A Very English Scandal], but it does have two terrific actors in the roles of Keeler (Sophie Cookson is magnetic) and Mandy Rice-Davies (Ellie Bamber, recently Cosette in Les Misérables). ... I did like much of Amanda Coe's script, which dropped occasional gems and evoked the dry wit of Rice-Davies.

By Carol Midgley FULL REVIEW

The Guardian

Dec 9, 2020

If The Trial doesn’t quite reach the dizzying heights of last year’s A Very English Scandal, about the 70s equivalent of Keeler and its fallout, it remains a furiously fast, fun ride which doesn’t let the deeper, darker issues fall from its grasp.

By Lucy Mangan FULL REVIEW

IndieWire

Dec 9, 2020

If only more of this show had the visual and narrative daring to take what it posits as a Trial of the Decade and push beyond what’s a matter of public record. But as it is, it still harnesses the innate momentum of the scandal that preceded it and spins a tale that becomes a canvas for whatever you want to bring to help fill in.

By Steve Greene FULL REVIEW

The Independent

Dec 9, 2020

With six hour-long episodes to play with, The Trial of Christine Keeler has space to develop its characters beyond the headlines, and for Coe to tease out subtexts about racism, sexism, and nuclear anxiety alongside the central theme of powerful men abusing their positions.

By Ed Cumming FULL REVIEW

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Top Cast

Sophie Cookson

Christine Keeler

James Norton

Stephen Ward

Ellie Bamber

Mandy Rice-Davies

Emilia Fox

Valerie Profumo

Ben Miles

John Profumo

Michael Maloney

Bill Astor

Sam Troughton

DS John Burrows

Anthony Welsh

Aloysius 'Lucky' Gordon

Jack Greenlees

Paul Mann

Chloe Harris

Paula

Rosalind Halstead

Bronwen

Anton Lesser

Michael Eddowes

Nathan Stewart-Jarrett

Johnny Edgecombe

Sam Crane

Alan

Amanda Drew

Julie

Dorian Lough

Len

Charlene Boyd

Ronna Ricardo

Aidan McArdle

Roger Hollis

Tim McInnerny

Redmayne

Danny Webb

George Wigg

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