Britain’s Channel 4 announce satirical Prince Andrew musical
Britain’s Channel 4 network has announced they will be producing a satirical musical with Prince Andrew at the centre.
The UK broadcaster said the 60 minute musical satire will detail the fall of the disgraced royal and his disastrous 2019 interview discussing his ties with late child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
The BBC Newsnight interview, widely regarded as a public relations catastrophe for the Duke of York, will be "re-imagined” as part of the program, but with a sarcastic twist.
Comedian Kieran Hodgson will lead a cast of comics in Prince Andrew: The Musical, a program described as a "satirical send-up of the life and times" of the duke set to a musical score.
The show will be part of a 40th anniversary season of shows called Truth or Dare for Channel 4, which launched in 1982.
It has not yet been announced exactly when it will air.
At the time of the interview, critics tore into Prince Andrew for his lack of empathy for the abused victims of Epstein, who killed himself in prison in August 2019.
Ever since the interview, the Duke of York has remained embroiled in controversy surrounding his potential involvement with Epstein.
As a result, he was stripped of his military titles and his use of "his royal highness" in early 2022.
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