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Emily Maitlis, one of the most respected British news broadcasters of the past two decades and the notorious Prince Andrew Newsnight interviewer, is to deliver this year’s prestigious James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh Television Festival.

Scoop, the Netflix film chronicling Prince Andrew‘s humbling interview on the BBC, has enjoyed a relatively regal reception from British audiences.

Prince Andrew's shocking comments during his infamous Newsnight interview with Emily Maitlis left everyone, including the staff working behind the scenes, stunned. The Duke of York made some extraordinary claims in the 2019 TV exclusive, from his inability to sweat to denying he had slept with Virginia Giuffre because he was at Pizza Express in Woking at the time.

Ellie Leach fans have been left in tears and feeling 'so proud' of the star after she appeared on ITVBe reality show Drama Queens. The new series follows the lives of nine actresses from three of the country's biggest soaps: Coronation Street, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks.

Emily Maitlis has finally spoken out about the Netflix film 'Scoop', which dramatises her headline-making interview with Prince Andrew, but she's made a surprising confession she hasn't actually watched the controversial movie yet. The streaming giant dropped the film on Friday, and it's been getting mixed reactions.The flick stars Gillian Anderson, 55, as Emily, 53, while Rufus Sewell, 56, steps into the shoes of Prince Andrew, 64.

drama “Scoop” hit Netflix on Friday.The film is a fictionalized portrayal of BBC reporter Emily Maitlis (played by Gillian Anderson), who interviewed Andrew for a “Nightsnight” segment in 2019 about his friendship with dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.Andrew was seen out and about at Windsor Castle riding his horse during his outing. He wore a helmet, gloves, a sweater and an olive jacket to brave the cold weather.Rufus Sewell plays Andrew in “Scoop,” while Keeley Hawes was cast as the royal’s private secretary Amanda Thirsk and Billie Piper as TV producer Sam McAlister.The movie also reveals how Maitlis booked the disastrous interview, which showed Andrew sweating as he denied that he had sexual relations with Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts when she was a teenager in the early 2000s.In 2022, Andrew was stripped of his royal and military titles by his late mother, Queen Elizabeth, after Roberts brought forward a lawsuit against him and claimed he sexually abused her.

Scoop ( Friday, April 5), centers on Prince Andrew's first sit-down interview about his friendship with convicted sex offender, the late financier, (which later resulted in him stepping down from official royal duties), but the more profound story here is how it happened.That's where Anderson comes in. She plays BBC Newsnight anchor and journalist, Emily Maitlis, who conducted the infamous 2019 interview after months of tenacious work by her producer, Sam McAlister (played by Billie Piper), to secure the booking.“I remember hearing about the interview, but I hadn't seen it right [away],” Anderson tells me over Zoom from her New York hotel room.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix‘s dramatization of the BBC’s bombshell Prince Andrew interview is proving to be one of the streamer’s most discussed debuts in some time, but one person has largely kept her silence.

When Prince Andrew submitted to being interviewed by Emily Maitlis for Newsnight, it made blockbuster viewing. Now Netflix’s Scoop brings the behind-the-scenes story to life and it’s even more compelling. Based on the book by former Newsnight editor Sam McAlister, Scoop looks at how Sam (played by Billie Piper) secured the royal chat for presenter Emily Maitlis (Gillian Anderson), who went on to quiz the prince on his relationship with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and allegations of sexual assault against him by Virginia Giuffre.

Spotlight”).Running time: 102 minutes. Rated TV-14. On Netflix April 5.Or neither.That murky middle is seen in “Scoop,” a Dollar Store “Frost/Nixon” about Prince Andrew’s 2019 interview with the BBC in the wake of Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking scandal.Director Philip Martin’s film is not poorly made, per se, but its efforts to make the exciting behind-the-scenes scramble to get the Duke of York on TV are for naught.

Guy Lodge Film Critic It’s no great slight to “Scoop” to say that it’s no more compelling than the real-life news broadcast on which it pivots. It’s also no less compelling than said broadcast, which was, after all, a doozy: the 2019 episode of “BBC Newsnight” in which anchor Emily Maitlis interviewed Prince Andrew about his friendship with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Billie Piper has opened up ahead of the release of the Netflix film Scoop on 5 April.The film, which is based on Sam McAlister's book Scoops: Behind The Scenes of the BBC's Most Shocking Interviews, tells the inside story of Prince Andrew's infamous Newsnight interview.The Duke of York's sit-down talk with journalist Emily Maitlis made headlines for all the wrong reasons as he addressed his association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein.The interview – which was later dubbed a 'car crash' – featured many memorable moments, including mentions of his inability to sweat, a trip to a Pizza Express in Woking and the Duke's tendency to be “too honourable”.The star-studded cast sees Billie as producer Sam McAlister, Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew, and Gillian Anderson as journalist Emily Maitlis. Ahead of the movie's release on 5 April, Billie has opened up. Speaking about the Duke of York's interview and this new adaptation of it, the former Doctor Who star told Grazia: "What we saw is the car crash.

Gillian Anderson is hitting the red carpet for the world premiere of her new Netflix movie!

Billie Piper’s character can be seen telling Rufus Sewell, in character as the Duke of York, that he is referred to as ‘Randy Andy’ in public discourse in a new trailer for Netflix film Scoop.

Scoop is coming soon to Netflix, and they just released a full-length trailer for the movie!

Full trailer for Prince Andrew feature Scoop has landed.

K.J. Yossman “The Crown” may have ended last year, but Netflix has another royal drama in store. The streamer has released the first trailer for “Scoop,” its feature-length dramatization of Prince Andrew‘s toe-curling interview with “Newsnight” anchor Emily Maitlis.

Disgraced Prince Andrew is in the spotlight in an upcoming Netflix movie. Called “Scoop,” the movie is a dramatization of Andrew’s notorious November 2019 BBC interview about his links to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died in August that same year of an apparent suicide.

Gillian Anderson bears an uncanny resemblance to Emily Maitlis in the first teaser for the Netflix drama about her explosive interview with the Duke of York.

Netflix‘s dramatization of Prince Andrew‘s infamous Newsnight interview has taken its next step with launch of first trailer. Scroll down to watch.

Netflix’s movie Scoop finally has its first trailer, and you’re going to want to see it!

Billie Piper and her long-term boyfriend Johnny Lloyd reportedly called it quits last year.The former Doctor Who actress and the Tribes frontman, who share a five year old daughter, Tallulah, had been together for eight years. It's said that the lockdown periods were challenging for them, leading to a re-evaluation of their relationship before they decided to part ways. Over the years, Billie and Johnny kept their love life out of the spotlight, but Johnny once shared his feelings about Billie with Event magazine, saying: "She's made my life better in so many ways and I just feel I now know who I am, I know what I can do, I know where I want to be.

K.J. Yossman One of the most stunning revelations in A&E’s “Secrets of Prince Andrew,” which aired on Aug.

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Royal interviewer Emily Maitlis has spoken of her infamous scandalous interview with Prince Andrew and the aftermath which saw the Duke of York being stripped off his royal patronages and military ties.

Prince Andrew sought permission from the late Queen to be questioned about his association with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein, TV presenter Emily Maitlis has claimed. The Duke of York, 63, came under intense scrutiny following his disastrous BBC Newsnight interview in 2019 over allegations that Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre was trafficked to have sex with the royal when she was 17. In a new two-part Channel 4 documentary, Andrew – The Problem Prince, former BBC journalist Ms Maitlis said the negative implications of the interview “dawned” on the Queen “before they dawned on him”.

Naman Ramachandran U.K. broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned a documentary on Prince Andrew as part of its programming around the coronation of his brother, King Charles III. Andrew’s disastrous 2019 interview with then “Newsnight” anchor Emily Maitlis was widely mocked and condemned and proved to be the catalyst in Andrew’s banishment from public life. In the new two-part documentary “Andrew – The Problem Prince” (working title) from Channel 4 and A&E, Maitlis speaks in detail about the interview. The documentary uses archive footage, interviews with BBC producer Sam McAlister and exclusive access to palace insiders, to uncover the inside story of the interview and unravel the scandal that led to his fall from grace.

Princess Beatrice is to be played by actress Charity Wakefield in the new Netflix film about Prince Andrew’s car crash BBC interview. The upcoming film - called Scoop - is based on a book by producer Sam McAlister, who negotiated and secured the explosive Newsnight booking.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s movie about the BBC’s bombshell 2019 interview with Prince Andrew has rounded out its cast after going into production last month.

Grab your popcorn. Netflix is making a movie about the famous interview that led Prince Andrew to step back from his duties as a working member of the royal family.

Big acting names such as Gillian Anderson, Keeley Hawes, Billie Piper and Rufus Sewell have been announced as the cast of the Netflix drama based on Prince Andrew's disastrous Newsnight interview, it has been reported.

Production has begun on Netflix’s Scoop, the feature project that provides an inside account of the road to BBC Newsnight’s bombshell 2019 interview with Prince Andrew about his friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Gillian Anderson has joined the investigative drama as Emily Maitlis, the former lead presenter of Newsnight who conducted the now infamous exchange. Rufus Sewell will play the disgraced royal.

her old BBC ally.  The broadcaster and her former guest booker, Sam McAlister, secured the infamous Newsnight special with the Duke of York in which he discussed his relationship with the late disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. Maitlis, 51, has now partnered with the company Blueprint Pictures to develop a scripted drama of the 2019 interview at Buckingham Palace, The Times report.

The two women responsible for persuading Prince Andrew to sit down on camera and give his now-notorious interview explaining his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein are now in competition to bring the behind-the-screen events to film.

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