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Scandal is a 1989 British historical drama film, directed by Michael Caton-Jones. It is a fictionalised account of the Profumo affair that rocked the government of British prime minister Harold Macmillan. It stars Joanne Whalley as Christine Keeler and John Hurt as Stephen Ward, personalities at the heart of the affair.
Around the end of 2010 and during 2011, it was disclosed in UK media that a number of undercover police officers had, as part of their 'false persona', entered into intimate relationships with members of targeted groups and in some cases proposed marriage or fathered children with protesters who were unaware their partner was a police officer in a role as part of their official duties.
Before creating Black Doves, Barton learned about a scandal in the United Kingdom involving what the press called “spy cops.” Under the noses of the UK’s top brass, a squad of roughly 140 ...
Mark Kennedy (born 7 July 1969), [1] undercover name Mark Stone, is a former London Metropolitan Police officer who, whilst attached to the police service's National Public Order Intelligence Unit, [2] (NPOIU) infiltrated many protest groups between 2003 and 2010 before he was unmasked by political activists as an undercover policeman [3] on 21 October 2010 [4] and his identity was confirmed ...
Barton told Radio Times that Black Doves was inspired by Britain’s spy cop scandal, but it’s not explicitly based on those events. He told the outlet that the reality was “really horrific ...
Deceit is a British four-part television drama miniseries, based on the true story of a controversial undercover operation carried out by the Metropolitan Police in 1992. Niamh Algar stars as the undercover police officer, codenamed "Lizzie James", who attempts to entrap a suspect in a murder investigation.
Critical reception for Undercover has been positive. [3] Alan White in the New Statesman wrote "Undercover compels the reader throughout, which is a testament to the investigative and writing skills of Evans and Lewis" and noted "the result is an example of the kind of classic, long-haul journalism that has, over recent years, produced scoops that have rattled the establishment, provoked ...
The scandal surrounding Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking "criminal enterprise" has Hollywood on its toes ahead of his trial, set to begin on May 5, 2025.The revelation turned a once beloved and ...