Director: Philip Martin
Newsrooms rarely get the cinematic treatment they deserve, and this 2024 British drama, built around one real booking coup, makes the case that journalism itself can carry a thriller's tension.
What is Scoop! about?
Set inside a struggling television newsroom, the story follows a producer determined to land an interview nobody expects to happen, chasing leads through back channels while colleagues doubt the plan will ever come together. As the booking edges closer to reality, the film shifts its attention to the reporter who will actually sit across from the subject, tracking the preparation, nerves, and quiet negotiations that shape a single, high-stakes conversation. Rather than building toward a twist, the tension comes from watching professionals maneuver around competing egos, workplace politics, and a subject whose cooperation could vanish at any moment.
Cast & crew
Gillian Anderson takes the lead as the interviewer at the center of the booking, playing precision and composure against mounting pressure, while Billie Piper carries much of the film's momentum as the producer chasing the story from the ground up. Rufus Sewell, Keeley Hawes, and Romola Garai fill out a newsroom populated by sharp, competing personalities, with Connor Swindells and Richard Goulding rounding out the supporting cast.
Context & significance
Director Philip Martin, known for tightly wound political drama, keeps the pacing brisk and the camera close, favoring newsroom corridors and cramped offices over anything glossy. The film draws its tension from a real, widely covered booking rather than invented stakes, which lets it skip exposition and move straight into the mechanics of landing and preparing for an interview. At just under two hours, the pacing stays tight throughout.
Where & how to watch
This title is available on K-Time with a Persian dub and Farsi subtitles, on a platform built specifically around Farsi-language streaming for viewers outside Iran. Watching requires signing into a free K-Time account, though this page — synopsis, cast background, and context — remains open to read without one.