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What if Russia attacks the UK? Watch Q&A with team behind Wargame podcast as final episode released

As the final episode of The Wargame is released, the team behind the podcast - which follows a fictional Russian attack on the UK - have answered listeners' qustions. Watch below.

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The Wargame Q&A
  • Sky News security and defence editor Deborah Haynes, who wrote and presented the podcast, and Dr Rob Johnson of Oxford University, who devised the wargame, answer your questions
  • Watch in the stream at the top of the page
  • Listen to all episodes of The Wargame
Listen: All the episodes of The Wargame

The final episode of the The Wargame, a podcast series by Sky News and Tortoise Media, was released today.

Sky News' security and defence editor Deborah Haynes writes and presents the series, which imagines what would happen if Russia attacked the UK and tried to break up NATO in this new Trump-era world.

Here are all the episodes, in one place.

Episode one introduces the scenario and our experienced cast. Listen to False Flag below:

In episode two, The Wargame escalates - with the UK finding itself under attack.

Episode three chronicles how the UK responds, as well as its efforts to get allies to help. 

And in the latest episode, there's a chilling ultimatum...

And in the final episode, a choice is made...

The big names tested in The Wargame

The scenario presented in The Wargame is designed to test Britain's defences and national resilience at a time of mounting tensions with Russia. It also explores the reliability - or otherwise - of key allies like the United States in a crisis.

A top team of former government ministers and military and security chiefs took part in the podcast, which was written and presented by security and defence editor Deborah Haynes.

Here's a list of the key cast members:

  • Sir Ben Wallace, a former Conservative defence secretary, plays the prime minister; 
  • Jack Straw, a former senior Labour politician, resumes his old job as foreign secretary; 
  • Amber Rudd steps back into her former role as home secretary;
  • Jim Murphy, Scottish secretary under Gordon Brown, takes the position of chancellor;
  • James Heappey, a former armed forces minister, plays the defence secretary;
  • Lord Mark Sedwill is the national security adviser - a position he held for real under both Theresa May and Boris Johnson;
  • General Sir Richard Barrons, one of the leaders of a recently published major defence review, plays the role of chief of the defence staff, the UK's top military officer;
  • Baroness Helena Kennedy, a barrister and expert on human rights law, appears as attorney general; and...
  • Lieutenant General Sir David Capewell resumes his former role as chief of joint operations, the UK's warfighting commander.
What if Russia attacked the UK? Submit your questions for the creators of The Wargame

Russia attacks the UK, panic ensues and government ministers and military chiefs assemble in the war room - what happens next?

The Wargame, a podcast series by Sky News and Tortoise Media, takes you into the heart of this imaginary crisis, pitting a fictional British government played by ex-top politicians against an imagined Kremlin.

Today, to mark the release of the final episode, we're running a Q&A at 3pm with security and defence editor Deborah Haynes, who writes and presents the series.

She'll be joined by Dr Rob Johnson, director of the Changing Character of War Centre at Oxford University, who devised the game with her.

You can submit your questions for them both using the form at the top of this page.

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