Scoop review – Rufus Sewell and Billie Piper shine in Prince Andrew drama

Television director Philip Martin (The Crown) brings a nervy unease to Scoop, a journalistic procedural about the incendiary Newsnight interview in which Emily Maitlis (Gillian Anderson) handed HRH his crown jewels on a silver platter. It’s a film about tenacious female journalists striving to bring a man to account for his actions, and in this, there’s an obvious parallel with Maria Schrader’s She Said, about two New York Times reporters’ quest to break the Harvey Weinstein story. But the picture is also perceptive on the dynamics of a newsroom under duress, with Billie Piper terrific as Sam McAlister, the straight-talking producer who managed to land the interview to end all royal interviews.