'It was quite hard to keep a poker face': Newsnight producer on Prince Andrew interview

The producer who secured Emily Maitlis’s infamous Newsnight interview with the Duke of York has said ‘it was hard to keep a poker face’ while Andrew was speaking (BBC/PA)

The producer who secured the infamous Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew has said “it was hard to keep a poker face” while Andrew was speaking.

The story of how Sam McAlister secured the interview about Andrew’s friendship with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is told in the new Netflix film Scoop, based on her memoir.