Originally posted by Stunsworth
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What has surprised me is the notion that Profumo was actually rich - which seems to have been the case, having had a large legacy from his father, who was involved in insurance businesses.
It also appears that he did good work after stepping down as an MP, and was able to carry on without significant paid work as a volunteer, presumably due to his inherited wealth.
I do wonder whether 6 expisodes are/were really necessary to throw slightly more light on this rather unhappy affair. I think it could have been compressed to two. The Jeremy Thorpe series a year or so back got through another scandal with presumably less padding. I get the feeling that broadcasting companies are comissioning series based on history, and the details could be written down in a few pages, and read in a very short time - but then people don't read books any more, do they?
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