Netflix Sets April Premiere for Prince Andrew Interview Drama 'Scoop'

Apparently, 2024 is shaping up to be the year of Prince Andrew, whether any of us want it to be or not. Two of the biggest streamers in the industry are prepping dramas based on the infamous 2019 BBC Newsnight interview that saw Queen Elizabeth's third son disastrously attempt to explain away his "friendship" with the American financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Prime Video announced that the next installment of their Scandal-themed anthology series, titled A Very Royal Scandal, will tackle the story, with Michael Sheen (Good Omens) and Ruth Wilson (The Woman in the Wall) in the lead roles. But Netflix will get there first with Scoop, a buzzy prestige drama that is set to arrive in April.

Titled Prince Andrew & the Epstein Scandal, the original interview aired on BBC Two on November 19, 2019. Though Andrew is reported to have initially believed the interview went well before it was broadcast, it was a disaster in which he contradicted previously released statements and made multiple glaring gaffes. During the conversation, he failed to show any remorse for his friendship with Epstein, could not explain why he continued to associate with him following his convictions for sexual offenses related to underage girls, or express basic sympathy for any of his victims. Andrew also awkwardly attempted to refute allegations that he himself had a sexual relationship with a young girl who had been trafficked by Epstein. And in doing so, he deployed a truly bizarre range of excuses, including that he had been at a party at a Pizza Express in Woking on the night the encounter with his alleged victim Virginia Giuffre was supposed to have taken place. (He also claimed he had a rare condition that meant he couldn't sweat, among other things.)