Sam McAlister is a BAFTA-nominated interview 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 programs, notably BBC Newsnight, she is accustomed to persuading reluctant individuals to participate in a news program renowned for its rigour and incisiveness.
Her exclusives include, most notably, an interview with HRH Prince Andrew, as well as interviews with 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. She has an insider's perspective on what these interviews reveal about leadership, reputation, and communication in the modern age. She knows how to avoid making critical mistakes and handle the media and its most brutal interrogators.