diff --git a/app/models/topical_event.rb b/app/models/topical_event.rb
index cfaab63a0..7b735567c 100644
--- a/app/models/topical_event.rb
+++ b/app/models/topical_event.rb
@@ -23,23 +23,23 @@ def image_url
     @content_item.content_item_data.dig("details", "image", "url")
   end
 
-  def image_alt_text
-    @content_item.content_item_data.dig("details", "image", "alt_text")
+  def image_medium_resolution_url
+    @content_item.content_item_data.dig("details", "image", "medium_resolution_url")
+  end
+
+  def image_high_resolution_url
+    @content_item.content_item_data.dig("details", "image", "high_resolution_url")
   end
 
   def image_srcset
-    [
-      { url: sized_image_url(960), size: "960w" },
-      { url: sized_image_url(712), size: "712w" },
-      { url: sized_image_url(630), size: "630w" },
-      { url: sized_image_url(465), size: "465w" },
-      { url: sized_image_url(300), size: "300w" },
-      { url: sized_image_url(216), size: "216w" },
-    ]
-  end
-
-  def sized_image_url(width)
-    image_url.gsub("/s300_", "/s#{width}_")
+    set = {}
+    set[image_medium_resolution_url] = "2x" if image_medium_resolution_url
+    set[image_high_resolution_url] = "3x" if image_high_resolution_url
+    set
+  end
+
+  def image_alt_text
+    @content_item.content_item_data.dig("details", "image", "alt_text")
   end
 
   def body
diff --git a/app/views/topical_events/show.html.erb b/app/views/topical_events/show.html.erb
index eedd941be..ff219a31d 100644
--- a/app/views/topical_events/show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/topical_events/show.html.erb
@@ -58,7 +58,13 @@
 
     <% if @topical_event.image_url %>
       <div class="topical-events__image">
-      <%= image_tag(@topical_event.image_url, alt: @topical_event.image_alt_text, srcset: { @topical_event.image_srcset[2][:url] => "2x", @topical_event.image_srcset[0][:url] => "3x",}) %>
+      <%=
+        if @topical_event.image_srcset.any?
+          image_tag(@topical_event.image_url, alt: @topical_event.image_alt_text, srcset: @topical_event.image_srcset)
+        else
+          image_tag(@topical_event.image_url, alt: @topical_event.image_alt_text)
+        end
+      %>
       </div>
     <% end %>
 
diff --git a/spec/features/topical_event_spec.rb b/spec/features/topical_event_spec.rb
index c65f723f2..e719f6d72 100644
--- a/spec/features/topical_event_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/topical_event_spec.rb
@@ -30,6 +30,19 @@
     expect(page).to have_css("img[src='https://www.gov.uk/some-image.png'][alt='Text describing the image']")
   end
 
+  it "includes image srcset for various image sizes" do
+    visit base_path
+    expect(page).to have_css("img[srcset='https://www.gov.uk/some-medium-image.png 2x, https://www.gov.uk/some-high-image.png 3x']")
+  end
+
+  context "when the image has no variants" do
+    let(:content_item) { fetch_fixture("topical_event_with_no_image_variants") }
+    it "omits srcset if there are no higher res image sizes" do
+      visit base_path
+      expect(page).not_to have_css("img[srcset]")
+    end
+  end
+
   it "sets the body text" do
     visit base_path
     expect(page).to have_text(content_item.dig("details", "body"))
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/content_store/topical_event.json b/spec/fixtures/content_store/topical_event.json
index 293f6f73c..56ed33de4 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/content_store/topical_event.json
+++ b/spec/fixtures/content_store/topical_event.json
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
     "body": "This is a very important topical event.",
     "image": {
       "url": "https://www.gov.uk/some-image.png",
+      "medium_resolution_url": "https://www.gov.uk/some-medium-image.png",
+      "high_resolution_url": "https://www.gov.uk/some-high-image.png",
       "alt_text": "Text describing the image"
     },
     "end_date": "2016-04-28T00:00:00+00:00",
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/content_store/topical_event_with_no_image_variants.json b/spec/fixtures/content_store/topical_event_with_no_image_variants.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..293f6f73c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/fixtures/content_store/topical_event_with_no_image_variants.json
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{
+  "base_path": "/government/topical-events/something-very-topical",
+  "title": "Something very topical",
+  "description": "This event is happening soon",
+  "links": {
+    "organisations": [
+      {
+        "content_id": "very-topical-id",
+        "title": "Department of topical affairs",
+        "base_path": "government/organisations/department-for-topical-affairs",
+        "details": {
+          "logo": {
+            "crest": "single-identity"
+          },
+          "brand": "department-for-topical-affairs"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+        "content_id": "emphasised-topical-id",
+        "title": "Department of emphasised topical affairs",
+        "base_path": "government/organisations/department-for-emphasised-topical-affairs",
+        "details": {
+          "logo": {
+            "crest": "single-identity"
+          },
+          "brand": "department-for-emphasised-topical-affairs"
+       }
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "details": {
+    "about_page_link_text": "Read more about this event",
+    "body": "This is a very important topical event.",
+    "image": {
+      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/some-image.png",
+      "alt_text": "Text describing the image"
+    },
+    "end_date": "2016-04-28T00:00:00+00:00",
+    "emphasised_organisations": ["emphasised-topical-id"],
+    "ordered_featured_documents": [
+      {
+        "href": "https://www.gov.uk/somewhere",
+        "image": {
+          "url": "https://www.gov.uk/someimage.png",
+          "alt_text": "Alt text for the image"
+        },
+        "title": "A document related to this event",
+        "summary": "Very interesting document content. However this goes over the 160 character limit so when displayed this should be truncated in order to display the content neatly on the page."
+      }
+    ],
+    "social_media_links": [
+      {
+        "href": "https://www.facebook.com/a-topical-event",
+        "title": "Facebook",
+        "service_type": "facebook"
+      },
+      {
+        "href": "https://www.twitter.com/a-topical-event",
+        "title": "Twitter",
+        "service_type": "twitter"
+      }
+    ]
+  }
+}