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Summary
The ending of Netflix’sScooponly reveals part of the history when it comes to the downfall of Prince Andrew ( Rufus Sewell ) following his disastrousNewsnightreview . Based on the bookScoops : Behind the Scenes of the BBC ’s Most Shocking Interviewsby Sam McAlister , the Modern Netflix movie tells the story of how the current affairs computer program secured an exclusive sit - down with Prince Andrew to discuss his tie toconvicted sex wrongdoer Jeffrey Epsteinand his confederate Ghislaine Maxwell . Told predominantly from the view of interview booking agent Sam McAlister ( Billie Piper),Scoopdepicts the various meetings between McAlister and Buckingham Palace in the lead - up to the recording .
Scoop ’s telling castdo a great job of embodying the central figures involved in ensure the sole interview with Prince Andrew . By covering the lead - up , the recording , and the aftermath , Scoopreveals how Prince Andrew ’s hubris ultimately led to his ruination and removal from royal duty . Five years after the audience aired , Prince Andrew is no longer a serve member of the Royal Family , with many ofAndrew ’s privileges revoked by King Charles III , including access to the very room in Buckingham Palace whereScooptakes position .
The notorious interview between Prince Andrew and the BBC news program program Newsnight is being adapted for Gillian Anderson ’s new Netflix pic , Scoop .
What Happened To Prince Andrew After Scoop’s Ending
The Duke of York stepped down from public life four days after Newsnight aired.
Rather than putting distance between Prince Andrew and Jeffrey Epstein , the consultation had the opposite effect . In a 2023 infotainment calledSecrets of Prince Andrew , Emily Maitlis say ( viaVanity Fair ) that " Whenever the BBC and the royal stag conform to , someone always gets fired , I did n’t bear it to be him . " As depicted inScoop ’s closing moments , the Duke of York announced that he was suspending his public duty " for the forseeable future " on November 20th , 2019 , four days after the audience aired . Four day after that , it was confirm that the Prince would mistreat by from all 230 of his patronages .
Despite Prince Andrew ’s insistence that he would collaborate with the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell ’s sex trafficking offense , theDuke of York was accused of " zero co - operation"in early 2020 . In August 2021,Reutersquoted a source that said Prince Andrew was a " individual of interest group " in the Epstein and Maxwell investigation . Earlier that same calendar month , Virginia Giuffre - the adolescent in the photograph with Andrew - file a polite case against him . That typesetter’s case was finally settled out of lawcourt in 2022 , with Prince Andrew agree to pay up a cover sum of $ 16.3 million to Giuffre and her Greek valerian , Speak Out , Act , Reclaim .
How Newsnight’s Prince Andrew Interview Became A Success For BBC
The original broadcast was Newsnight’s highest-rated program.
In 2020 , the BBC ’s Head of News Fran Unsworth announced astray - reaching budget cut to the pot ’s news teams , and an estimated 450 job losses . For striking purposes , Scoopbrings the threat to the BBC ’s news program beforehand to 2019 , to hammer home the importance of practiced news media . It means thatScoopcan ending with a stirring speech from Esme Wren ( Romola Garai ) about holding the powerful to account . While there ’s some creative license here , it ’s rightful thatNewsnight ’s Prince Andrew interview was an enormous success for the BBC .
Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal : The Newsnight Interviewwas watched by 1.7 million viewers when it broadcast on BBC2 on Saturday , November 16th , 2019 . These were record - breaking ratings forNewsnight , and it does n’t even lead off to cover the worldwide impact of the interview . As seen inScoop , the interview went viral on societal medium , with Prince Andrew ’s bizarre claims about his inability to sweat , and his reference to the Pizza Express eating house mountain range generating countless satirical memes .
The conniption where Sam sees the audience blown up on to the screens at Piccadilly Circus is pure invention , give that they ’re handed over to big brands for advertising . However , it ’s originative stenography to get across how Prince Andrew ’s disastrousNewsnightinterview went global . As well as being a rating succeeder theNewsnightinterview also won several prizes at the2020 Royal Television Society Journalism Awards :
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Scoop tries its hardest to be the next Spotlight , and though its field of study is just as timely and the carrying out all strong , it comes up short .
Why Amanda Thirsk Was Held Responsible For Prince Andrew’s Newsnight Interview
When Prince Andrew mistreat down from public life history , his private secretaire , Amanda Thirsk ( Keeley Hawes ) was tell she would also have to leave her occupation . Although never confirm publically by Buckingham Palace , it ’s widely suggested by the tabloid press thatAmanda Thirsk was " sacked"for convincing Prince Andrew to do theNewsnightinterview . InScoop , Thirsk is lay out as a fairly naive digit , who seems in thrall to to the Duke of York . The bit in which Amanda tells Andrew to just be himself is evidence that the Prince ’s private secretary ’s view of his character is in knifelike demarcation to the perception of others .
Scoopsuggests that Amanda Thirsk genuinely believed that Prince Andrew ’s winning personality and charisma would shine under the tough questioning of Emily Maitlis . This percept is largely stake up by those who were there , admit the real - aliveness Sam McAlister . TheNewsnightinterview booker toldJoe Marler ’s Things People Dothat someone at the Palace - Thirsk inScoop ’s reading of events - told her that she think Prince Andrew was " marvelous " in his interview . As seen in the movie , Thirsk was repeatedly advised against doing the audience , but pushed forward anyway , at long last losing her job in the aftermath .
Queen Elizabeth & Buckingham Palace’s Reaction To Prince Andrew’s Interview Explained
“She trusts my judgement…”
As it ’s free-base on Sam McAlister ’s singing of case , Scoopdoesn’t go beyond Prince Andrew ’s office , take a crap it hard to discern just how Queen Elizabeth II and Buckingham Palace feel about theNewsnightinterview . ThoughScoopbears some resemblance toThe Crown , the Queen is never sport on screen , and is generally refer to as " Mummy " by Prince Andrew . Seeking permission from his female parent , Andrew simply tells Amanda that she intrust his judgement . It ’s an odd moment , considering that Prince Andrew ’s judgment is exactly what got him into trouble in the first place .
ThroughoutScoop , the BBC are wait for Buckingham Palace to forestall the interview from happening , and yet the Royal edict never make out . It ’s entirely possible thatAndrew ’s berth as the Queen ’s deary sonblinded the Monarch to the damaging repercussions of the interview . However , the Queen ’s duty was also to protect the public figure of the Royal Family , which , if fleet action had not been fill , could have been irreparably damage by the fallout from Prince Andrew’sNewsnightinterview .
An upcoming Netflix motion-picture show revolve around an consequential moment in the history of the regal family that The Crown never got the chance to describe .
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Why Sam McAlister Was So Important For The Prince Andrew Interview
“Men like him like to be heard…”
Sam McAlister tenaciously pursued an interview opportunity with Prince Andrew even before Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on gender trafficking charges . By build a human relationship with Amanda Thirsk , Sam was able to win over her that the Prince did n’t require a sympathetic interviewer , he needed a chance to speak for himself . There are some torturing scenes throughoutScoopthat depict Prince Andrew incapable of understand the elbow room as his mouth fuck off the better of him . One of the most jaw - dropping moments inScoopis when he jokes about his links to notorious sex wrongdoer Jimmy Savile during a meeting with Sam and Emily .
Scoopsuggests that Sam , alongside Emily Maitlis ' whippet Moody , revolutionize the journalist ’s approach shot to interviewing Prince Andrew . ab initio act on a more disputative glide path , Emily is advance to give Prince Andrew more room to talk . As Sam explains , men like the Duke of York " like to be hear " , which root on Emily ’s foresighted break during theNewsnightinterview . These farseeing pauses allow Andrew to keep talking , getting himself tied in sozzled and close knots as he struggles to fight back his indefensible friendly relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell .
How Monica Lewinsky Inspired Emily Maitlis
She felt like Bill Clinton was let off the hook.
In a crucial moment during the rehearsal scenes inScoop , Sam asks Emily what she want to gain ground from her interview with Prince Andrew . Surprisingly , Emily givesBill Clinton and Monica Lewinskyas an answer to Sam ’s inquiry . When Esme point out that Clinton and Lewinsky ’s affair was consensual , unlike the abuses confide by Epstein , Maitlis play up that there was still an insult of power in the White House . TheNewsnightjournalist did interview former US President Bill Clinton , and conceive that she let him off the hook , a story that the real - life Emily Maitlis expands upon in her 2019 memoirAirhead .
Bill Clinton was another notable name in the Jeffrey Epstein data file ( viaBBC ) , so the name - drop inScoopis a pointed one . By instantly confronting Prince Andrew about his links to Jeffrey Epstein and the Duke ’s aver intimate wrongful conduct with Virginia Giuffre when she was a minor , Scoopsuggests that Emily Maitlis is atone for her too - harmonic Clinton interview . Maitlis ' motivation is a powerful one , that connect intoScoop ’s wider story about the importance of journalists holding powerful men to account for their ill-usage .
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inhale by real events , Scoop is the privileged chronicle of the unyielding news media that landed an earthshattering interview - Prince Andrew ’s ill-famed BBC Newsnight appearance . From the tenseness of manufacturer Sam McAlister ’s high stakes negotiation with Buckingham Palace , all the room to Emily Maitlis ’ jaw dropping , forensic showdown with the Prince , Scoop take us inside the story , with the women who would stop at nothing to get it . To get an interview this big , you have to be bold .
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