BBC Newsnight
Rufus Sewell and Gillian Anderson to go head to head as Prince Andrew and Emily Maitlis in Netflix's Scoop
Gillian Anderson will star as Newsnight presenter Emily Maitlis who, in 2019, interviewed Prince Andrew on the programme about his involvement in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal. Rufus Sewell will play Prince Andrew in the appearance which would go onto make headlines around the world.
What lies ahead for Newsnight's new chief Esme Wren
Speculation that BBC Two’s Newsnight might be axed was firmly squashed in February, when Sky News head of politics, business and specialist journalism, Esme Wren, was appointed editor of the flagship show.
Doubts about its future had re-emerged last autumn with the introduction of Nick Ferrari and Emma Barnett’s ITV series, After the News, and the announcement that Newsnight editor Ian Katz was leaving for Channel 4 to become its director of programmes.
Newsnight's Emily Maitlis remembers the Trump campaign trail
“I remember on the day of the [Trump] election thinking there is not a news organisation, or periodical that won’t be covering this on the front page.”
The RTS Network Presenter of the Year nominee has spent the year hot-footing it across America in pursuit of the new president.
“I didn’t call it for Trump,” she confesses. “I started in Texas following Ted Cruz. I went down to Florida, I followed Marco Rubio. I knew each of the candidates before we got to Trump.”
Watch Kirsty Wark in conversation
Kirsty Wark is one of the UK's finest broadcasters and has worked in TV and radio since 1976.
She spoke to a packed Lowry Theatre in Salford about her life and career, and about some of her more controversial interviews.