In Summer 1961, at a party held on the Cliveden estate of Lord Astor, Minister for War John Profumo met, and subsequently had a brief affair with, a call-girl by the name of Christine Keeler, who had also been seeing a Soviet diplomat. The rumours circulated throughout the following year, but the Fourth Estate was less inclined in those days to disturb the privacy of those at the top of the tree. Eventually, the story made the papers, and Profumo made a statement to the Commons, denying impropriety over his relationship with Keeler. Three months later he was back, confessing that he had misled the House, and he resigned as an MP. But that was only the start of it.
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Christine Keeler
Also in
The Keeler Affair
Off the Chain
Muriel Gray
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Also in
Inside No. 9
Byrne About Byrne
Peter Orton
Andy Lipman
Richard Gibb
Alfred Denning
Also in
World in Action
Chris Morphet
Johnny Edgecombe
Jon Silverside
Robert Llewellyn
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Red Dwarf
MirrorMask
Mandy Rice-Davies
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Absolute Beginners
Quintin Hogg
Peter Orton Director · Andy Lipman Writer Richard Gibb Cinematographer
First release September 8, 1989 · Produced in United Kingdom · Production Channel Four Films
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Channel 4 Television
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Channel Four Films
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United Kingdom
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English
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English
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United Kingdom · September 8, 1989
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