What happens during Christine’s trial?

Christine initially wants to plead not guilty to all charges, but her lawyer persuades her that pleading guilty to some of them will give him a better chance of arguing that she shouldn’t serve any jail time.

When Christine’s dad Colin (Neil Morrissey) reappears after years away, Christine’s lawyer Jeremy Hutchinson sees an opportunity to talk about Christine’s childhood and her search for a father figure.

Hutchinson tells the court that Christine became “the plaything of assorted men”.

“This girl has been condemned on all sides,” he says. “Held accountable for the downfall of a great minister. No one seems to have taken into account that Christine Keeler has barely left childhood.

“Any wrong she has done pales into insignificance tallied against the many wrongs committed against her.”

Hutchinson goes on to argue that Stephen corrupted Christine, and was able to do so because of her vulnerability because of the life she lived.

The judge sentences Christine to nine months in jail, and Hutchinson tells her that with good behaviour she’ll be out in six, but Christine seems more upset about the way Hutchinson used Stephen than she is about the jail time.

What’s going on while Christine is in jail?

While Christine scrubs floors and tries to get through her time in prison, on the outside her friends and acquaintances are moving on with their lives.

Profumo tries to find a job at Toynbee Hall in east London, but ends up becoming a volunteer for the charity, scrubbing floors (the irony!) and looking after elderly people.

Mandy releases a single, which she sends to Christine, but Christine promptly throws the record in the bin.

A worse betrayal comes from Christine’s father, who ends up speaking to reporters about his daughter.

The Trial Of Christine Keeler episode 6: what happened to Christine, Stephen and Profumo in real life?