Scoop is a Netflix drama made to give viewers an inside look at the women who managed to secure the biggest scoop of the decade, breaking through the Buckingham Palace establishment and securing an interview with under-fire Prince Andrew. It features Billie Piper as McAlister, Keeley Hawes as Amanda Thirsk, Prince Andrew’s ex-private secretary, and Romola Garai as Esme Wren, who was in charge of Newsnight during the interview. Peter Moffat, known for his work on BBC One drama Silk, penned the script. The infamous BBC interview was widely seen as a disaster for the Royal Family and severely damaged King Charles’ brothers reputation. The Netflix film, titled ‘Scoop’, is based on Sam McAlister’s book “Scoops: Behind the Scenes of the BBC’s Most Shocking Interviews”. In the controversial interview, the Duke of York firmly denied having sexual relations with Virginia Giuffre when she was 17, claiming he was at Pizza Express in Woking on the alleged day of the incident. He has since paid a financial settlement to Ms Giuffre, effectively ending a civil case against him in the US.
