An exploration of London during winter in 1962 when the nation is gripped by the Cuban Missile Crisis and a series of sex and spy scandals have rocked the British government.

The shooting leads to court proceedings against Christine's former lover, Johnny, and brings press attention for Christine and Mandy; Christine gets recognized by a tabloid journalist.

Christine finds herself a pariah in both London society and its West Indian communities; she has moved out of Stephen Ward's Marylebone flat, but her stalker, "Lucky" Gordon, is still on the prowl.

Christine returns from Spain as front page news and is put up in a hotel by a newspaper; affair rumors are silenced by Profumo's denial in Parliament.

At London's Old Bailey in the summer of 1963, Stephen Ward awaits the trial of the decade; Christine and Mandy's statements against him cause them to appear for the prosecution.

Christine is on tenterhooks as Stephen's life hangs in the balance and his judgement comes from the Old Bailey; Christine's lie about "Lucky" Gordon comes back to haunt her.