Sky today confirms\u00a0the commission of The Wargame,\u00a0a\u00a0landmark\u00a0four-part\u00a0series\u00a0where constructed documentary meets propulsive drama,\u00a0based\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0award-winning\u00a0Sky News podcast of the same name.<\/p>\n
Produced by The Garden, part of ITV Studios,\u00a0(Attack on London: Hunt for the 7\/7 Bombers, 24 Hours in Police Custody), The\u00a0Wargame takes viewers beyond the news cycle and\u00a0behind closed doors\u00a0into\u00a0a sealed\u00a0COBR-style\u00a0crisis\u00a0room\u00a0where\u00a0real-world\u00a0senior\u00a0politicians, military leaders and intelligence chiefs\u00a0are challenged\u00a0to\u00a0confront a high-stakes\u00a0scenario:\u00a0a Russian attack on\u00a0UK soil.<\/p>\n
An\u00a0impressive cross-party cast of highly experienced public figures\u00a0must\u00a0navigate this crisis, including Michael Gove, Nicola Sturgeon, Penny Mordaunt, Sayeeda Warsi, Harriet Harman, Jim Murphy, Ayesha Hazarika, General Sir Richard Barrons, Kim Darroch, Christopher Steele, Lord\u00a0George\u00a0Robertson and Anthony Scaramucci.\u00a0Opposing them, a team of Russia experts, led by Keir Giles.<\/p>\n
Set six months in the future, this\u00a0gripping\u00a0simulation has been\u00a0developed\u00a0in conjunction with leading academics, military and\u00a0defence\u00a0experts, including Sky News\u2019 Security and\u00a0Defence\u00a0Editor Deborah Haynes,\u00a0to replicate the pressure of political decision-making at the highest level.<\/p>\n
Rolling news bulletins, social media footage, military and intelligence reports and unexpected interventions throw up a series of minute-by-minute dilemmas, forcing\u00a0the \u2018Cabinet\u2019 to\u00a0grapple\u00a0with decisions that\u00a0could\u00a0affect us all.\u00a0A provocative stress test on our leaders, our\u00a0institutions\u00a0and the country itself,\u202fthis unmissable event television will\u00a0prompt\u00a0us all to engage with our new geopolitical reality.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0core\u00a0cast of The Wargame, including their roles in the scenario,\u00a0are\u00a0as follows:<\/p>\n
Leadership\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prime Minister\u00a0–\u00a0The Rt Hon. the Lord Gove\u00a0PCDeputy Prime Minister –\u00a0The Rt Hon. Nicola Sturgeon\u00a0PCDefence Secretary –\u00a0The Rt Hon. Dame Penny Mordaunt DBE\u00a0PC\u00a0Home Secretary – The Rt Hon. the Baroness Harman KC\u00a0PCForeign Secretary – The Rt Hon. Jim Murphy PCAttorney General –\u00a0The Rt Hon. the Baroness Warsi\u00a0PCDirector of Communications –\u00a0The Baroness Hazarika MBEChief of Defence Staff –\u00a0General Sir Richard Barrons KCB CBENational Security Adviser –\u00a0The Rt Hon. the Lord Kim Darroch KCMGIntelligence Chief –\u00a0Christopher Steele<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sky today confirms\u00a0the commission of The Wargame,\u00a0a\u00a0landmark\u00a0four-part\u00a0series\u00a0where constructed documentary meets propulsive drama,\u00a0based\u00a0on\u00a0the\u00a0award-winning\u00a0Sky News podcast of the same name.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-650369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}