Prime Video has set the premiere date for historical drama A Very Royal Scandal, starring Michael Sheen and Ruth Wilson.
At last. The third installment of Prime Video’s “A Very… Scandal” anthology has a date.
A Very Royal Scandal premieres Thursday, September 19, in the US, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand, exclusively on Prime Video.
Starring Michael Sheen (Good Omens, Prodigal Son, Masters of Sex) as Prince Andrew and Ruth Wilson (Luther, The Affair, Jane Eyre) as Newsnight anchor Emily Maitlis, the new three-part historical drama is a retelling of the Prince’s disastrous interview with the BBC journalist.
(It’ll be interesting to see how it compares to the limited series Scoop, about the same subject, currently available for streaming on Netflix.)
A Very Royal Scandal centers on that singular interview of November 16, 2019, which sent shock waves around the globe and became a pivotal moment in British history. During the cringe-worthy hour, Emily Maitlis questioned Prince Andrew about the scandalous accusations he faced regarding his involvement with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the Prince’s alleged victim, Virginia Giuffre. The series follows the actions of Maitlis and Prince Andrew in the lead-up to the interview, the groundbreaking event itself, and the many questions left in its wake that would change both of their lives forever.
Costars include Joanna Scanlan (After Love, Notes on a Scandal) as Prince Andrew’s now-former top aide Amanda Thirsk; Alex Jennings (Your Christmas or Mine?) as Sir Edward Young, the (now-retired) Private Secretary to the Sovereign; Éanna Hardwicke (The Sixth Commandment) as Stewart Maclean, then-Deputy Editor of Newsnight; and Claire Rushbrook (Secrets & Lies) as Sarah Ferguson, Prince Andrew’s ex-wife.
A production of Blueprint Television for Amazon MGM Studios, distributed worldwide by Sony Pictures Television, A Very Royal Scandal was directed by Julian Jarrold (The Crown) and written by Jeremy Brock (Brideshead Revisited). Karen Thrussell, Graham Broadbent, Pete Czernin, Diarmuid McKeown, Jeremy Brock, Jarrold, and Maitlis serve as executive producers, with Josh Hyams as a producer.
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