Sophie Cookson ("ace Agent" and "Gypsy") will star in the new BBC drama "trial of Christine Keeler" and in the famous 1960s British "disaster" model and party girl Christine Keeler, who was involved in Britain's most famous cold war sex scandal, the Provumo incident, when British Army Secretary John Provumo was attracted to her. It is widely said that Provumo "saw a 19-year-old girl coming out of the pool at a party, and he could not take his eyes away from his wife." After it was revealed that Profumo was having an affair with Keeler, he initially denied it to the House of Commons and later admitted to lying. In addition, Keeler was revealed to be having an affair with Eugene Ivanov, the Soviet Naval Commissioner in Britain. The incident soon became a global scandal. The play, which will be written by "Apple Orchard" screenwriter Amanda Coe, will be filmed in Bristol, England, and broadcast next year, with a total of six episodes.
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