Netflixs popular new thriller was inspired by a disturbing real-life scandal involving Londons Metropolitan Police.
Read on to find out the disturbing true story that inspired NetflixsBlack Doves.
What isBlack Dovesabout?
Keira Knightley stars in ‘Black Doves’.Credit:Netflix
But Helen is far more than the society grand dame she displays.
Helen is also engaging in an affair with fellow politico Jason (Andrew Koji).
Is the threat coming from external forces, or from within the Black Doves itself?
Keira Knightley and Andrew Buchan.Ludovic Robert/Netflix
How does the Black Doves organization operate in the show?
They possess no loyalty to the U.K. nor any other nation.
They answer only to whomever is paying them to do to whatever dirty work needs to be done.
Keira Knightley.Netflix
Together, they head up the Black Doves London offices.
IsBlack Dovesbased on a true story?
Barton toldRadio TimesthatBlack Doveswas inspired by Britains spy cop scandal, but its not explicitly based on those events.
Ben Whishaw.Netflix
That was really part of, I think, the inspiration for it as well.
What is Britains ‘spy cop scandal’?
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The spy cops were a top-secret subsection of Londons Metropolitan police force.
Activist Helen Steele, one of the inspirations for Knightley’s character.Ken McKay/ITV/Shutterstock
Often, this was known of and even encouraged by their bosses.
Jacqui said the revelationabsolutely ruined her life, as she genuinely believed Lambert was her soulmate.
Lambert later admitted he knew Jacqui would never have consented to their relationship if she knew his true identity.
Andrew Koji in ‘Black Doves’.Netflix
Dines infiltrated London Greenpeace, which at the time was run by noted activist Helen Steel.
She would eventually become a key figure in the investigation, which is known asthe Undercover Policing Inquiry.
Steel is one of two women to speak publicly about the trauma of the officers deception.
Mortons reference toRadio Timesabout that environmental group implies Knightleys character was inspired in part by Steel.
Throughout their two-year romantic relationship, she knew him by a false name that of a deceased infant.
Steelspent years searching for him, perThe Guardian, during which time she discovered his true identity.
Finally, in 2016, she tracked him down andhe apologized to her,BBCreported.
What has been the fallout of the spy cops scandal?
The plaintiffs were eventually awarded a combined settlementestimated to be around 3 million,The Telegraphreported.
These [relationships] should never have happened.
They were a gross violation of personal dignity and integrity.
Black Dovesis streaming on Netflix.
