The Wargame: RECAP as Nicola Sturgeon stars in fake Russian invasion Sky docudrama
The former first minister plays the deputy prime minister in the Sky docudrama.
Welcome to The Scotsman’s live blog on The Wargame episode one starring Nicola Sturgeon.
The former SNP leader acts as deputy prime minister in a fake Russian invasion.
Acting as No2 to former Tory cabinet minister Michael Gove, the former first minister navigates war as part of a fictional cross-party cabinet.
It also stars former Scottish Labour leader and Scottish Secretary Jim Murphy as foreign secretary and Coatbridge’s Labour Baroness Ayesha Hazarika as director of communications.
Former Conservative MP Dame Penny Mordaunt is defence secretary, Labour’s Baroness Harriet Harman is home secretary and Tory Baroness Sayeeda Warsi is attorney general.
Retired British Army general Sir Richard Barrons is chief of defence staff, former diplomat Lord Kim Darroch is national security adviser, and former MI6 intelligence officer Christopher Steele is intelligence chief.
They will be opposed by a team of Russia experts, led by British writer Keir Giles.
There will also be international roles with Anthony Scaramucci playing the US secretary of state and former Scottish Labour MP Lord George Robertson as Nato secretary general.
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