"Scoop" on Netflix tells the extraordinary inside story of Prince Andrew’s disastrous 2019 Newsnight interview with the BBC’s Emily Maitlis.
Starring Keeley Hawes, Rufus Sewell, Gillian Anderson, and Billie Piper, the one-off drama takes us behind the scenes of the now notorious TV exchange to shine a spotlight on the women that broke through the Buckingham Palace establishment to secure the scoop of the decade.
Directed by The Crown’s Philip Martin, Scoop has been adapted from Newsnight producer Sam McAlister’s book, Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews(opens in new tab), in which she reveals what happened behind the scenes of the interview, which resulted in the catastrophic fall from grace of The Queen’s ‘favorite' son.
In the interview in November 2019, the prince discussed his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and sought to clear his name over accusations of sexual assault made against him by one of Epstein’s victims, Virginia Guiffre.
Gillian Anderson will star as Emily Maitlis, Newsnight’s former lead presenter who conducted the now infamous TV interview. Keeley Hawes plays Amanda Thirsk, the former Private Secretary to Prince Andrew, while Rufus Sewell plays the disgraced royal. Billie Piper plays Sam McAlister, who negotiated and secured the bombshell booking.
Taken from: What to Watch