Welsh actor Michael Sheen can be seen embodying Britain's Prince Andrew in first-look images from Prime Video’s A Very Royal Scandal. The three-episode series, premiering next month, depicts Emily Maitlis’s headline-making Newsnight interview with Andrew over his friendship with paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein. Advertisement Playing former BBC journalist Maitlis is Luther actress Ruth Wilson, who can be seen sitting opposite Sheen for the interview, which took place at Buckingham Palace.
Michael Sheen as the Duke of York (Prime Video/PA) A further still shows Good Omens actor Sheen, 55, in character, smiling while giving a speech. Advertisement Wilson, 42, sports Maitlis’s signature blonde bob in another, sitting alongside The Sixth Commandment actor Eanna Hardwicke as BBC Newsnight editor Stewart Maclean. The cast also includes The Thick Of It actress Joanna Scanlan as Andrew’s ex-private secretary Amanda Thirsk, Victoria actor Alex Jennings as the late Queen’s private secretary Sir Edward Young, and My Mad Fat Diary star Claire Rushbrook as Sarah, Duchess of York.
Advertisement The drama “follows the action of Maitlis and Prince Andrew in the lead-up to the interview, the ground-breaking event itself and the many questions left in its wake that would change their lives forever”, Prime Video said. Advertisement Ruth Wilson (centre) as Emily Maitlis (Prime Video/PA) Maitlis, who left Newsnight to host The News Agents podcast with fellow former BBC journalis.