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Michael Gove to Play the Prime Minister in New Sky Show Alongside Nicola Sturgeon
The four-part series will test a cross-party cabinet of former politicians and experts as they respond to a fictional Russian attack on UK soil.
- Sky will air a new four-part political series this September titled The Wargame, featuring a fictional cross-party cabinet responding to a simulated Russian attack on UK soil.
- Produced by The Garden as part of ITV Studios, the series adapts the original Sky News podcast into a visceral TV format to challenge political and military minds under threat of war.
- Former Conservative MP Michael Gove leads the fictional government as prime minister, joined by former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon as deputy prime minister and Dame Penny Mordaunt as defence secretary.
- The cabinet also includes Labour Baroness Harriet Harman as home secretary, former Labour MP Jim Murphy as foreign secretary, and former diplomat Lord Kim Darroch as national security adviser.
- British writer Keir Giles leads a team of Russia experts opposing the fictional cabinet, while Anthony Scaramucci plays US secretary of state and Lord George Robertson serves as Nato secretary general.
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A new Sky TV show will see politicians navigate a fictional war scenario and respond to a simulated threat of Russian aggression.
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