McMafia’s James Norton and The Crown’s Ben Miles are set to star in BBC One drama The Trial of Christine Keeler.
Kingsman: The Secret Service star Sophie Cookson plays Keeler, the 19-year old who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, while Norton stars as Stephen Ward, the society osteopath who drew her into the in-crowd.
Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals) plays Welsh model and Keeler friend Mandy Rice-Davies. Ben Miles (The Crown) plays Profumo and Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) stars as Valerie Profumo. Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Angels in America) plays Johnny Edgecombe, a jazz promoter, whose involvement with Keeler inadvertently alerted authorities to the Profumo Affair, and Anthony Welsh (Black Mirror) plays jazz singer Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon.
It is produced by Fleming producer Ecosse Films and Kate Triggs’ Great Meadow Productions.
The six-part drama, which is set to air in 2019, takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair,...
Kingsman: The Secret Service star Sophie Cookson plays Keeler, the 19-year old who was involved in a relationship with John Profumo, while Norton stars as Stephen Ward, the society osteopath who drew her into the in-crowd.
Ellie Bamber (Nocturnal Animals) plays Welsh model and Keeler friend Mandy Rice-Davies. Ben Miles (The Crown) plays Profumo and Emilia Fox (Silent Witness) stars as Valerie Profumo. Nathan Stewart-Jarrett (Angels in America) plays Johnny Edgecombe, a jazz promoter, whose involvement with Keeler inadvertently alerted authorities to the Profumo Affair, and Anthony Welsh (Black Mirror) plays jazz singer Aloysius “Lucky” Gordon.
It is produced by Fleming producer Ecosse Films and Kate Triggs’ Great Meadow Productions.
The six-part drama, which is set to air in 2019, takes a look at the infamous Profumo Affair,...
- 12/5/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
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