2025-03-02
27 分钟Welcome to Intelligence Squared where great minds meet.
I'm producer Mia Sorrenti.
On the Show Today, Sam McAllister, the BAFTA and Emmy nominated producer and author of Scoops behind the scenes of the BBC's most shocking interviews.
Sam McAllister is the woman who secured the now infamous Newsnight interview with Prince Andrew when he claimed to Emily Maitlis that he was in a Pizza Express in Woking on the night that Virginia Giuffre alleges he slept with her.
This was the broadcast which set public opinion alight and from which many have supposed the Royal family will never quite recover.
Sam joined us recently on stage at the Kiln Theatre in London to discuss the behind the scenes drama of the most notorious interviews in television journalism and the challenges of navigating truth, power, celebrity and accountability in today's media landscape.
She was joined in conversation by award winning journalist, broadcaster and documentary filmmaker Jenny Kleeman.
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Now let's join our host Jenny Kleeman with more.
Hello, thank you so much for having me.
Welcome to this Intelligence squared event.
Sam McAllister on scandals, scoops and of course the Prince Andrew interview.
I am Jenny Kleeman and I'm going to give Sam an introduction.
Although I'm sure you all know who she is.
She is a BAFTA and Emmy nominated interviews producer on BBC2's flagship news program Newsnight.
She was there from 2010 to 2021 where she negotiated head to head interviews with with Silicon Valley CEOs, world leaders and Hollywood superstars.
She led year long negotiations for the groundbreaking interview with Prince Andrew on his involvement with Jeffrey Epstein and of course her book which is here and also on sale outside Scoops behind the scenes of the BBC's most shocking interviews has been adapted into an Emmy nominated major motion picture for Netflix to starring Gillian Anderson, Billy Piper, Keely Hawes and Rufus Sewell.
We are going to have a bit of a chat for the next 45 minutes or so and then you will have a chance to ask some questions.