Discover the untold stories behind the biggest interviews of our time with Sam McAlister
Discover the untold stories behind the biggest interviews of our time with Sam McAlister
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Sam McAlister is a highly experienced BAFTA-nominated producer, speaker, and former barrister, known for her engaging storytelling and versatility in approach.
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Sam McAlister is a BAFTA-nominated interviews producer who has negotiated with everyone from Buckingham Palace to The White House, Tesla to Facebook. With skills honed over a decade in the BBC’s elite news programmes, notably BBC Newsnight, she is used to persuading reluctant individuals to participate in a news programme renowned for its rigour and bite.
Exclusives include, most famously, that interview with HRH Prince Andrew — but also Sheryl Sandberg, Prime Minister Trudeau, President Clinton, Prime Minister Netanyahu, Elon Musk, James Comey, Stormy Daniels, Julian Assange, Trevor Noah, Amy Schumer and Eric Schmidt.
Negotiation, strategy and public speaking have always been at the core of everything that Sam has done — from her time as a criminal defence barrister to her many public speaking and debating prizes, and her dealings with celebrities and governments.
She has extensive experience of keynote speaking– with everyone from banks to law firms, via CEOs and Embassies and has also chaired day long events, spoken on panels and hosted awards ceremonies.
Sam’s book Scoops: Behind the Scenes of BBC´s most Shocking Interviews was released in 2022. The book details the secrets of a former BBC producer who found her way to Buckingham Palace, giving a backstage pass to the most unforgettable journalism in our times. The book has been optioned for a documentary for Channel 4, and a film, with the acclaimed screen writer Peter Moffat. Both are scheduled for 2023. Sam’s book, “Scoops”, about her negotiations with Buckingham Palace, has now gone into production as a major movie for Netflix. Sam will be played by Billie Piper, with Gillian Anderson as Emily Maitlis, Rufus Sewell as Prince Andrew, and Keeley Hawes as his private secretary, Amanda Thirsk.
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I’ve had the pleasure of working with Sam twice now and both times she’s enthralled her audience. A combination of journalistic nous, insider knowledge and candid humanity makes her a compelling and engaging speaker. Look no further!
OMG – Sam was fantastic! What a woman! Her talk was brilliant, perfect for the audience, funny, interesting, engaging casual yet very professional. I loved how she tailored her talk to the audience, she nailed the brief and she instantly made a connection with everyone in the room, I didn’t get a chance to ask her the preprepared questions as there were so many from the floor. People were still asking questions as she was leaving, they couldn’t get enough of her! Amazing story delivered fantastically – I would love to invite her back again next year.
I’ve had the pleasure of working with Sam twice now and both times she’s enthralled her audience. A combination of journalistic nous, insider knowledge and candid humanity makes her a compelling and engaging speaker. Look no further!
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