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A scandal which took the British political elite by storm is set to be given a ‘MeToo’ twist as the BBC<\/a> retells the story through a ‘female gaze’.<\/p>\n

The Profumo scandal originated in 1961 from a brief affair between John Profumo and would-be model Christine Keeler.<\/p>\n

Directed by an all-female team, The Trial of Christine Keeler will give voice to the character of the 19-year-old, as well as to that of wife Valerie Hobson, exploring how she supported her husband through the scandal.<\/p>\n

The cast has described the adaptation as being fit for the ‘TimesUp and MeToo movements’, giving the female leads their ‘own voice’.<\/p>\n

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One of the first episodes of the show will portray the moment John Profumo first met Christine Keeler. Sophie Cookson plays Keeler (centre) and Emilia Fox plays Hobson (left)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hobson (left) was thought to have known that her husband (right) was having an affair<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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christine Keeler, key figure in the Profumo Scandal which rocked the government, wearing a swimsuit as she relaxes on a sun lounger, 1963<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Emilia Fox plays Hobson, who at the start of the marriage to her husband, was in many respects more famous than him.<\/p>\n

She had previously held roles in shows such as The King and I and stuck by her husband after he confessed to the affair with Keeler, which contributed to the fall of Harold Macmillan’s government in 1963.<\/p>\n

Hobson appears in every episode of the series and a source told the Telegraph that you ‘really see the measure of the woman’ in the dramatisation.<\/p>\n

The significant role will show Hobson ‘hadn’t been stupid’, she knew her husband was having affairs but still stayed with him.<\/p>\n

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Society osteopath Stephen Ward (pictured above) also features in the show, he was an integral part of the scandal, he is played by James Norton<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Valerie<\/div>\n

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Valerie Hobson, the former film star, with her husband the former British War Minister John Profumo in May 1959<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Emilia<\/div>\n

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Emilia Fox (pictured above) plays Hobson who will be portrayed to have an ‘affinity’ for Keller<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Hobson will also be portrayed to have an ‘affinity’ for Keller and the source added that ‘she saw she was a young woman and felt she was vilified by the press’.<\/p>\n

Early episodes of the show will show the first meeting between Keeler, who is played by Sophie Cookson and Profumo, played by Ben Miles.<\/p>\n

He first noticed her as she emerges naked from a pool at Cliveden, where Hobson had also been in attendance, supposedly calling for the teenager to have been given a towel.<\/p>\n

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Sophie Cookson and Christine Keeler (1942-2017). The Kingsman actress is to play the model in a new drama about the Profumo affair for BBC One<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The scandal cost Profumo his political career. He is pictured above with his wife <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Cookson said the drama will show a ‘vivid and complex woman, who has previously, it seems, been reduced and misunderstood’.<\/p>\n

After the first meeting Keeler and Profumo went on to have an affair, while she also had a relationship with Soviet agent Yevgeny Ivanov.<\/p>\n

This is while osteopath Stephen Ward also features in the show, he was an integral part of the scandal, he is played by James Norton.<\/p>\n

He previous stated: ‘It’s imperative we go and look back at these moments in history in light of the recalibration with the TimesUp and MeToo movements’.<\/p>\n

Producer Rebecca Ferguson said she was determined to secure a female director. ‘I wanted [Andrea Harkin] from the get-go,’ she explains.<\/p>\n

‘It’s not that men can’t direct women, but there is a definite distinction between the male and female gaze. Andrea has brought an intimacy and poetry to this’, she told Television Business International<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The show is set to be part of the BBC One Christmas schedule which will also showcase a Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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