Scoop

Scoop (2024)

One interview can change everything.

Inspired by real events, this fictional dramatization gives an insider account of how the women of Newsnight secured Prince Andrew's infamous interview.

Date of release
2024-03-27
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (269)
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Drama
Director
Philip Martin

Casting

Interesting facts

Scoop is a 2024 British biographical drama film directed by Philip Martin, starring Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Billie Piper, and Rufus Sewell. It is a dramatic retelling of the process of securing and filming the 2019 BBC television interview of the then Prince Andrew, Duke of York by presenter and journalist Emily Maitlis and the production team at the BBC Two news and current affairs programme Newsnight. The screenplay by Peter Moffat and Geoff Bussetil is adapted from the 2022 book Scoops by former Newsnight editor Sam McAlister.

Production

An adaptation of former Newsnight producer Sam McAlister's 2022 book Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews by Peter Moffat for The Lighthouse Film & Television and Voltage TV was announced in July 2022.

Principal photography commenced in early 2023. Shots of Anderson in costume as Maitlis on set were revealed online in late February 2023.

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