Scandal (1989 film) "I never felt sorrier for them in my life". Scandal (1989 film) Scandal is a 1989 British drama film, 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. The film was screened in competition at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. The theme song "Nothing Has Been Proved" was written and produced by Pet Shop Boys and sung by Dusty Springfield. An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and
David Profumo 1978 and at Shrewsbury School from 1978 to 1979. He then became part-time lecturer of English at King's College London, from 1981 to 1983 and Deputy Editor of "Fiction" Magazine from 1982 to 1984. He was a columnist for the "Daily Telegraph" from 1987 to 1995. Profumo was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature in 1995. Profumo married BBC Television producer Helen Fraser, daughter of Alasdair Fraser, on 22 March 1979 at St Marylebone Parish Church, Marylebone, London. His son and heir is Alexander James Profumo. Profumo's 2006 family memoir, "Bringing the House Down", covered the scandal