{"id":45210,"date":"2024-02-05T12:32:12","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T11:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1986195"},"modified":"2024-02-05T12:37:52","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T11:37:52","slug":"gillian-anderson-doctor-whos-billie-piper-in-first-look-prince-andrew-drama-scoop","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/gillian-anderson-doctor-whos-billie-piper-in-first-look-prince-andrew-drama-scoop\/","title":{"rendered":"Gillian Anderson, Doctor Who\u2019s Billie Piper in first look Prince Andrew drama Scoop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The film is &#8220;inspired&#8221; by Prince Andrew&#8217;s infamous 2019 Newsnight interview. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Patrick Cremona\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 05 February 2024 at 11:32 AM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p>Netflix has released a handful of first-look stills from upcoming film Scoop, which the streamer says is \u201cinspired\u201d by Prince Andrew\u2019s infamous 2019 Newsnight interview.<\/p>\n<p>The film \u2013 which does not yet have a release date \u2013 stars Rufus Sewell as Andrew and Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis, both of whom can be seen in the new images.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, other stills show Billie Piper as Sam McAlister, the Newsnight guest booker who secured the interview, and Keeley Hawes as Amanda Thirsk, the former private secretary to Prince Andrew.<\/p>\n<p>The film was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/billie-piper-gillian-anderson-newsnight-movie-newsupdate\/\">first announced in early 2023<\/a> and is based on McAlister\u2019s memoir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Scoops-Shocking-Interviews-Prince-Andrew\/dp\/0861545362\/?tag=radtim0b-21&amp;ascsubtag=radiotimes-0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored noopener noreferrer\">Scoops<\/a>: Behind the Scenes of the BBC\u2019s Most Shocking Interviews.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Your first look at Scoop. A new film inspired by Prince Andrew&#8217;s infamous Newsnight interview. Starring Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e5zX8mdDnd\">pic.twitter.com\/e5zX8mdDnd<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Netflix (@netflix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/netflix\/status\/1754429657674383498?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It promises to tell the story of the women who broke through the Buckingham Palace establishment to secure the interview of the decade \u201cthat led to the catastrophic fall from grace of the Queen\u2019s \u2018favourite son'\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The synopsis continues: \u201cScoop is the insider account of the inner workings of the Palace and the BBC, twin bastions of the British establishment.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpotlighting the journalists whose tenacity and guts broke through the highest of ceilings \u2013 and into the inner sanctum and calculations of a man with everything to lose.\u201d<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\" data-count=\"1154\" data-paragraphs-left=\"7\">\n<p>When the film was announced, McAlister said it was \u201cbeyond [her] wildest dreams\u201d to be working with the \u201cextraordinary cast\u201d, and added that watching Piper play her would \u201cbe a pinch myself moment\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The cast for Scoop also includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/comedy\/sex-education-season-4-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sex Education<\/a>\u2018s Connor Swindells as British photojournalist Jae Donnelly and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/vigil-season-2-release-date\/\">Vigil<\/a>\u2018s Romola Garai as then-Newsnight editor Esme Wren.<\/p>\n<p>There are also roles for\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/the-crown-season-6-release-date\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Crown<\/a>\u2018s Lia Williams as BBC\u2019s director of news and current affairs Fran Unsworth, New Tricks star Amanda Redman as McAlister\u2019s mother Netta and Wolf Hall\u2019s Charity Wakefield as HRH Princess Beatrice.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"headline post-header__title post-header__title--headline-layout\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/best-films-uk-february-2024\/\">Best films released in the UK this month: February 2024<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"heading-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/henry-cavill-argylle-james-bond-turned-11-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">Henry Cavill says Argylle is like James Bond \u201cturned up to 11\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Scoop is not the only dramatisation of the infamous interview that will make its way to streaming, with a TV series titled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/very-royal-scandal-michael-sheen-ruth-wilson-newsupdate\/\">A Very Royal Scandal<\/a> coming to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/technology\/amazon-prime-video-uk-cost\/\">Prime Video<\/a> at an as yet unspecified date.<\/p>\n<p>The three-parter will star\u00a0Michael Sheen (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/fantasy\/good-omens-douglas-mackinnon-exit-newsupdate\/\">Good Omens<\/a>) as Prince Andrew and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/movies\/ruth-wilson-luther-return-possibility-newsupdate\/\">Ruth Wilson<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/drama\/woman-in-the-wall-ruth-wilson-luther-alice-exclusive-newsupdate\/\">The Woman in the Wall<\/a>) as Maitlis, and follows the latter\u2019s \u201cprofessional and personal journey as a Newsnight journalist, leading up to her acclaimed interview\u201d.<\/p>\n<script src=\"https:\/\/cdn.greenvideo.io\/players\/gv.js\" data-license-key=\"f0cf5e3e9068d9a4affa36d5c8962eaf1a0662ba\"\/> <div style=\"width:50%;min-height:100vh;overflow:hidden;aspect-ratio:16\/9;position:relative;\"> <style><![CDATA[ .gvtext1, .gvtext2 { animation-duration: 5s; 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