And the taxi driver just sat there patiently? Trial of Christine Keeler viewers are captivated by a VERY calm cabbie who waited for fare to carry out shooting before driving him away
- Producers were criticised for an unrealistic scene in the Profumo Affair series
- Christine Keeler’s ex lover fires six shots while a cabbie waits in the background
- Viewers took to Twitter to slam the bizarre final moments of the first episode
Viewers of the new BBC series based on the 1963 Profumo Affair have hit out at producers following an unrealistic scene between Christine Keeler and her ex lover.
In the final moments of the first episode, Johnny Edgecombe, an Antiguan jazz promoter and small time hustler, arrives in a black cab to win back Miss Keeler, who is hiding from him in a central London mews flat.
But when she ignores his desperate pleas, Edgecome fires five pistol shots at the door and one at the window – none of which is enough to disturb the driver waiting patiently for his fare in the background of the scene.
Viewers took to Twitter to slam the bizarre final moments of the first of six episodes
Sue wrote: ‘Why on earth did the taxi driver sit there waiting for Johnny to shoot up the place then drive him away, he could have been shot too?
Viewers took to Twitter to slam the bizarre final moments of the first of six episodes.
Sue wrote: ‘Why on earth did the taxi driver sit there waiting for Johnny to shoot up the place then drive him away, he could have been shot too?’
Oli wrote: ‘Taxi should have driven off when the gun came out!’
Maggie Cooper wrote: ‘And the taxi man waits patiently?’
‘How much extra on a taxi fare is waiting for a failed murder attempt?’ wrote another.
Another wrote: ‘A taxi driver calmly waiting for his passenger to stop shooting at people. Well he would, wouldn’t he? As someone once said…’
Another wrote: ‘A taxi driver calmly waiting for his passenger to stop shooting at people. Well he would, wouldn’t he? As someone once said…’
TV blogger Elliot Gonzalez wrote: ‘There’s no way that taxi driver would have waited.’
The 1963 Profumo affair caused a security furore at the height of the Cold War and led to the downfall of everyone involved, including society osteopath Stephen Ward, who killed himself after being convicted of living off immoral earnings.
Keeler herself was denounced as a ‘tart’ and moral deviant in a Britain yet to undergo the sexual revolution, and this reputation would haunt her for the rest of her life.