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Emily Maitlis was a journalist and a newsreader on Newsnight.
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In 2021, Emily Maitlis interviewed Jack Robertson after he allegedly "stood up to the invaders on behalf of us all" and became known as the saviour of humanity. She later presented the interview on Newsnight. (TV: Revolution of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Revolution of the Daleks (TV story)"])
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In 2010, Emily Maitlis interviewed future US president Donald Trump for BBC Two's Donald Trump: All American Billionaire.[1] A promotional photo from this interview featuring Maitlis and Trump was used in the 2017 television episode The Lie of the Land [+]Loading...["The Lie of the Land (TV story)"], to depict Trump on the Monks' propaganda machine, with Maitlis cropped out.
Maitlis was originally planned to appear in The Power of Three [+]Loading...["The Power of Three (TV story)"] as a fictionalised version of herself reporting on the Year of the Slow Invasion for Newsnight. Her lines instead went to Sophie Raworth.[2][3]