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Charlotte Williams - Well, He Would, Wouldn't He?

Duration: 1 hour

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 Extra

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In 1963, at the tender age of 18, Mandy Rice-Davies found herself at the centre of one of the most sensational scandals of the 20th century.

She was a witness in the trial of Stephen Ward who was charged with living off the earnings of prostitutes. At the age of 16 Mandy had run away to London and become a dancer at Murray's Club in the West End, where she'd met Christine Keeler and society osteopath, Stephen.

Soon she was mixing with London's elite and living as Peter Rachman's mistress. But when there was a shooting incident at Stephen's flat, and news broke of Christine's secret affair with Government Minister John Profumo, events began to spiral out of control.

Fifty years later, Mandy looks back at those events and the impact they've had on her life.

Mandy (Younger) …. Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Christine Keeler …. Lindsey Marshall
'Pops' Murray .... Stephen Marzella
Johnny Edgecombe .… Anthony Courier
Eugene Ivanov …. Alex Dower
Lord Astor …. Adrian Schiller
Stephen Ward / Griffiths Jones / Peter Rachman …. Ewan Bailey

Written by Charlotte Williams.

Contributor: Mandy Rice-Davies

Director: Kate McAll

A BBC/Cymru Wales production first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2013. Show less

Contributors

Mandy (younger):
Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Christine Keeler:
Lyndsey Marshal
'Pops' Murray:
Stephen Marzella
Stephen Ward:
Ewan Bailey
Peter Rachman:
Ewan Bailey
Lord Astor:
Adrian Schiller
Eugene Ivanov:
Alex Dower
Johnny Edgecombe:
Anthony Courier
Director:
Kate McAll

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