A trained criminal defence barrister, and ‘Booker Extraordinaire’ she has had a backstage pass to the most unforgettable journalism of our times. Sam McAlister is the Producer who negotiated many of the Newsnight seminal exclusives that shaped and captivated public conversation over the past decade. SCOOP is the insider account of the inner workings of the Palace and the BBC, twin bastions of the British Establishment, spotlighting the journalists whose tenacity and guts broke through the highest of ceilings – and into the inner sanctum and calculations of a man with everything to lose. From navigating Palace vetoes, to breaking through to Prince Andrew’s inner circle, the high stakes negotiations and intensity of rehearsal – to the jaw dropping interview itself. Here’s the official synopsis: The inside track of the women that broke through the Buckingham Palace establishment to secure the scoop of the decade that led to the catastrophic fall from grace of The Queen’s ‘Favourite son’. The project will be directed Emmy and BAFTA winner Philip Martin (The Crown, Prime Suspect, Wallander). Billie Piper ( I Hate Suzie) stars as Sam McAlister, who negotiated and secured the bombshell booking. Keeley Hawes ( Bodyguard) stars as Amanda Thirsk, former Private Secretary to Prince Andrew. Gillian Anderson joins the as Emily Maitlis, Newsnight’s former lead presenter who conducted the now infamous television exchange. The flagship new magazine show for the BBC and if anyone who has seen this notorious interviews, it was a PR failure on how not The film will be based on former Newsnight Producer Sam McAlister’s memoir Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews. The thrilling behind the scenes account of the ‘ news interview of the decade’, the fall from grace of Prince Andrew. Netflix have announced they have acquired the rights to Scoop.
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