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Scoops: The BBC's Most Shocking Interviews from Prince Andrew to Steven Seagal

Scoops: The BBC's Most Shocking Interviews from Prince Andrew to Steven Seagal

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Sam McAlister is a former BBC Newsnight producer who secured the 2019 interview with Prince Andrew, which was described as "a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion." She is a trained barrister, single mum, and master of persuasion. In her former BBC colleagues' words, she was the "booker extraordinaire" responsible for many of Newsnight's exclusives over the past decade. Scoops is a major motion picture featuring Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper, Keeley Hawes, and Rufus Sewell, which gives a backstage pass to the most unforgettable journalism of our times.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 04 May 2023
Publisher: Oneworld Publications


Lorraine Kelly hailed "Riveting" and the "Sunday Telegraph" called it "Behind every great interview is a great booker – Sam McAlister is one of the unsung heroes of television news." Piers Morgan described her as "a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing a tsunami, triggering a nuclear explosion." McAlister is a woman who has achieved many things, including being the first in her family to go to university, a trained barrister, a single mum, and a master of persuasion. In her former BBC colleagues' words, she was the "booker extraordinaire, responsible for many of Newsnight's exclusives over the past decade, including Stormy Daniels, Sean Spicer, Brigitte Höss, Steven Seagal, Mel Greig, and Julian Assange." After twelve years producing content for Newsnight, McAlister reflects with candour on her experience, sharing not just the secrets of how the best news gets made but also the changes to the BBC, the future of "mainstream media in the age of clickbait," and the role of power and privilege in shaping our media landscape. Now a major motion picture featuring Gillian Anderson, Billie Piper, Keeley Hawes, and Rufus Sewell, Scoops is a backstage pass to the most unforgettable journalism of our times.

Weight: 254g
Dimension: 128 x 197 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780861545360

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