People could not tell me and Billie Piper apart on Scoop set, Sam McAlister says

Sam McAlister and Billie Piper attend the world premiere of Scoop (Ian West/PA)

The producer who secured a Newsnight interview with the Duke of York, Sam McAlister, has said that people could not tell her apart from Billie Piper on the set of Netflix drama Scoop.

The film, based on McAlister’s memoir, documents the “high-stakes negotiations with Buckingham Palace” through to the BBC’s headline-making interview with Andrew about his relationship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.