Ep.66 What a scoop!

You will have heard about the BBC Newnight interview with Prince Andrew - it was a seismic scoop that reverberated around the world.But how did it happen? The answer is one woman: Sam McAlister. This is how she bagged the interview of the decade.Read all about it: https://www.hive.co.uk/Product/Sam-McAlister/Scoops--The-BBCs-Most-Shocking-Interviews-from-Prince-And/27025330https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtBS8COhhhMhttps://variety.com/2023/film/global/netflix-prince-andrew-film-scoop-gillian-anderson-rufus-sewell-1235514568/ Supported by Studio To Be.Hosted and produced: Maeve McClenaghan Audio production support: Chloe BehrensSound design and audio mixing: Alec CowanOriginal music: Claudia MezaTheme music: Dice muse Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to The Tip Off- the podcast where we take you behind the scenes of some of the best investigative journalism from recent years. Each episode we’ll be digging into an investigative scoop- hearing from the journalists behind the work as they tell us about the leads, the dead-ends and of course, the tip offs. There’ll be car chases, slammed doors, terrorist cells, meetings in dimly lit bars and cafes, wrangling with despotic regimes and much more. So if you’re curious about the fun, complicated detective work that goes into doing great investigative journalism- then this is the podcast for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.