The Wargame
Set in a fictional near-future, it simulates how the UK government might respond to a Russian attack on British soil. Real former politicians, military leaders, and intelligence officials - including Michael Gove, Nicola Sturgeon, and Penny Mordaunt - play key government roles in a COBR-style crisis room. Blending documentary and drama, the series aims to give viewers an inside look at high-level decision-making… From TMDB
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The Wargame is a 2026 war & politics drama TV series, starring Michael Gove, Nicola Sturgeon and Penny Mordaunt.
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- posts span Oct 11, 2023 to Oct 17, 2026
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In The Guardian review of the show, Lucy Mangan describes the show as "enjoyably terrifying" and "mind-warping". While noting the shows depiction of hybrid warfare, social media disinformation and crisis management, Mangan argues that its primary value lies in watching real-world politicians undergo a high-stakes trial on camera. She dismisses Michael Gove, Nicola Sturgeon and Harriet Harman as stiff, self-conscious and unconvincing, while praising Penny Mordaunt, Jim Murphy and Richard Barrons as decisive and charismatic. Mangan is particularly harsh on Nicola Sturgeon, describing her as an "alternately whining and furious goblin". James Jackson of The Times describes The Wargame as a…
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60 of 78 · most liked first#TBT to this from 2012 in honour of Michael Gove starring as an invasion-battling leader in Sky's new show The Wargame. If you don't know what or who this comic is about... just count yourself lucky and scroll on, no worries.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Lessons observed" from behind the scenes at Sky's "The Wargame" series playing out Russian coercion of the UK. Formerly defence-sceptical politicians learned a lot: now the rest of them need to get the message. www.ft.com/content/65da...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wargame premieres on Sky tonight. It’s a docudrama, putting recent British politicians and practitioners in an attack from Russia. I’m happy to have contributed to the Russia part of the show.
neutral · AI labelView post →Just finished the last episode of The Wargame. Pretty sobering ending - Russia definitely got the better of the exchange, even if the game finishes mid-war. An excellent way of bringing the dangers of our present age to a wider public, not least the UK's very limited response options.
positive · AI labelView post →Oh, but there are more interesting options as well 😁 Head over to Sky News/Tortoise 'The Wargame' to hear some interesting options. Gibraltar enters the stage in episode 2, but I'm not going to spoil anything more 😎
neutral · AI labelView post →Sky TV are airing ‘The Wargame’ this week. In it I play the role of British Intelligence Chief. Please watch the show which addresses the growing threat to us from Putin’s Russia and underlines how unprepared we are to combat it. Enjoy ‘The Wargame’ and learn from it but ‘don’t have nightmares’.
neutral · AI labelView post →🚨Out today - episodes 3 & 4 of The Wargame podcast. In the scenario, Russia has just launched an armed attack on the UK. How will our fictional British government respond? Episode 3: Where’s the War Book? Episode 4: Ultimatum podfollow.com/thewargame
neutral · AI labelView post →I would very much like them to bring back the Wargame Series, just so I can add to my collection!😁
positive · AI labelView post →Out now, The Wargame, a podcast series that simulates a Russian attack on the UK. We imagine it's October 2025 Russia deploys a task force of ships, jets & submarines to the North Atlantic. The UK is in missile range. The PM calls an emergency Cobra meeting. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
neutral · AI labelView post →You might think The Wargame is a reality TV show where you get to see Michael Gove pretending to be PM. But that’s the bait. It could have been funded by the MoD. www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-s...
neutral · AI labelView post →🚨The final episode of The Wargame is out now: After another attack by Russia, our fictional British government faces a terrifying choice. The home secretary asks: “We have the nuclear deterrent. In what circumstances would we use it prime minister?" podfollow.com/thewargame
neutral · AI labelView post →It's been great seeing our @zoegrunewald.bsky.social on the TV for the new Sky series The Wargame. Thankfully, it's not real and neither is the job title!
neutral · AI labelView post →www.thenational.scot/news/2621396... Nicola Sturgeon to play deputy prime minister in new Sky TV show The former SNP chief will appear in The Wargame alongside ex Tory MP Michael Gove, who is playing the role of prime minister in a fictional cross-party cabinet.
neutral · AI labelView post →Thursday night: Hammersmith, London, for the live show rounding off Sky's "The Wargame" series playing out how Russia could coerce the UK. Friday morning: Hereford Cathedral, for the Hereford Military History Festival with @elisabethbraw.bsky.social & co. www.herefordmilitaryhistoryfestival.com
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wargame Archaeology series continues today, as @fredserval.bsky.social, @armchairdragoons.bsky.social, and I discuss the many deaths of wargaming. You should come! youtube.com/live/Dy6j0Nd...
neutral · AI labelView post →The response to the Wargame Archa... er, WARGAMES UNEARTHED video has been very strong. As such, the series will continue, and I plan to step up the content quality with a substantial look at mechanics for the game featured in Episode 2. Stay tuned, I got an auction to win first.
neutral · AI labelView post →> The head of the army says the UK's political leaders are about to start a "frank conversation" with the public about the need to prepare for war. > > > > General Sir Roly Walker said every citizen will be asked to make sacrifices and to play their part in the defence of the nation. > > > > He was speaking very bluntly to troops during a visit to Catterick Garrison in North Yorkshire this week. > > > > The comments were captured on camera by British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS).…
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wargame really is astonishing TV The social media clips that paint the wider picture are extraordinarily good. Possibly the scariest TV show since Threads.
positive · AI labelView post →Listened to The Wargame podcast, pleased they made it into a series. When saw Gove was PM shouting at TV “you facts did more than most to strip UK ability to defend itself, bastards”. All info used is from publicly available sources. It’s frightening.
positive · AI labelView post →I could easily imagine he had his ex-girlfriend set up for child porn possession. He would know how. After a two year relationship with her and an acrimonious split she might well pose a threat to him. He is pure corruption in human form. I am watching Sky's 'The Wargame' series where Gove is PM👀
neutral · AI labelView post →From a "show that wargames a fictional crisis in real time" point of view, the Sky show The Wargame sounds very unappealing. Not just because it "stars" Ayesha Hazarika among others, but because the wiki has these words: "Gove will star as Prime Minister".
negative · AI labelView post →My review of Sky’s The Wargame. It’s not really about how Michael Gove would govern in a crisis. It’s propaganda - maybe prescient, but propaganda nonetheless. www.thenewworld.co.uk/ros-taylor-s...
negative · AI labelView post →Yesterday’s column for @dailymirrornews.bsky.social on 9/11, taking part in new Sky show The Wargame & the Bayeux Tapestry
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wargame podcast was excellent. I’m not really a podcast guy, but this one drew me in and kept me coming back. Honestly gripping, and, coupled with the strategic defence review, shows that we’re stuffed until we get the courage to make big spending decisions. Just make it a TV series already!
positive · AI labelView post →This is "Gunner, Heat, PC!" I'm talking about here. But I'm glad Eugen doesn't make the chat open up by default in Warno, cause in the Wargame series you'd open up the game and immediately be hit in the face by someone with a steam tag of "Erich Honecker" liberally throwing around slurs.
neutral · AI labelView post →I just finished the brilliant and chilling The Wargame mini podcast series by Deborah Haynes. Highly recommended! open.spotify.com/episode/24V3...
positive · AI labelView post →I’ve been listening to The Wargame on the way in to work. Genuinely fascinating and terrifying in equal measure. We’re pretty much doomed. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
positive · AI labelView post →Just saw a trailer for the new show The Wargame, starring Nicola Sturgeon and Michael Gove. Cringiest cringe I’ve ever seen.
negative · AI labelView post →Very excited to be part of this new show The Wargame. Starts tonight on SkyTV & NOW 9pm.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sky announces immersive documentary series #TheWargame, with Michael Gove in the role of Prime Minister and Nicola Sturgeon as his Deputy. More details: www.tvzoneuk.com/post/thewarg...
neutral · AI labelView post →The trajectory of the Wargame series makes me sad the boardgame-like, surprisingly clear and elegant RUSE never got a proper spiritual sequel by Eugen, despite its engine being used in every subsequent release of the studio.
neutral · AI labelView post →“The Wargame” is a thrilling podcast where former British ministers sit around a table pretending to hold the line against military aggression from the russian navy while Trumpstein blocks any NATO support. 🎧 Smart, tense, uncomfortably close to real life. podcasts.apple.com/nl/podcast/t...
positive · AI labelView post →The Wargame show is just that Stephen Collins cartoon where Gove tells Cameron he can fight the aliens, but for 4 hours.
negative · AI labelView post →"You know how on The Traitors you might get someone on there who lies about their job in the real world? That’s sort of how it feels when Michael Gove acts as the prime minister." Wrote a review of Sky's The Wargame, which features Gove, Sturgeon and more playing D&D only it's war with Russia.
positive · AI labelView post →There is a series called "The Wargame" being aired on Sky TV UK. It walks through a hypothetical attack by Russia on the UK. It also includes a realistic response from the U.S, in siding with Russia and failing to trigger article 5. Not sure if it is broadcast in the U.S, but if so , worth a watch
positive · AI labelView post →#Vikings game on the TV, #Patriots game on the laptop, and both heavily promoting Sky's new The Wargame mini-series "what if Russia attacked?" thing in the breaks. Always disconcerting to see Penny Mordaunt on the screen. #NFL #Wargame #TheWargame
neutral · AI labelView post →What the fuck are they thinking with that The Wargame show
negative · AI labelView post →To be fair, the series that Sky did last year on war simulation (the Wargame), was fascinating listening. It included Ben Wallace, Amber Rudd, and Jack Straw as well as General Sir Richard Barrons & Mark Sidwell.
positive · AI labelView post →I've never played the Wargame. But I am a big fan of the Dawn of War series, I did play some Only War where I played as a Guardsman who REALLY wanted to be a Sister of Battle, and I've been digging Darktide. Though sadge my Zealot can't cosplay as a Sister of Battle.))
neutral · AI labelView post →Your 'game show' concerns continue - C4 new show The Wargame with Gove, Sturgeon, Mordaunt, etc.
neutral · AI labelView post →Anyone worried about Russia, and they should be, should check out the Wargame podcast, which highlights how fucked we’d be if Russia attacked with Trump in the White House news.sky.com/story/the-wa...
positive · AI labelView post →Definitely worth listening to the Wargame Podcast on this: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
positive · AI labelView post →Let’s Talk Architecture - DAC (I cannot recommend this series highly enough, plus it counts as CPD) Intrigue, Tunnel 29 - BBC (incredible true story, couldn’t stop listening) The Wargame - Sky News / Tortoise Media Loads of good politics podcasts too, if that’s your thing.
neutral · AI labelView post →I don't often recommend things to the internet, but the podcast "The Wargame" co-produced by Tortoise and Sky News is simultaneously fantastically produced and dread-inspiring. What if... https://pod.link/1547225334
positive · AI labelView post →Just finished Sky News' magnificent 'The Wargame' podcast. Hosted by Deborah Haynes, the series brilliantly imagines how Whitehall could respond to a direct Russian attack. There are countless dilemmas, limited options and a reliance on unreliable allies. news.sky.com/story/the-wa...
positive · AI labelView post →Honest gripe about the Wargame series in regard to logistics: So once I commit logistics units to the field, I can't send them off the field to establish an MSR to my FOBs? Come on.
negative · AI labelView post →(2/2) ... politeness. Not sure if it's available in the states, but there's a miniseries called The Wargame on Sky at the moment here and it's based on a podcast from a year or so ago. Essentially scenario is Russia has a pop at Britain and the US declines to show up.
neutral · AI labelView post →The Wargame must be the most terrifying show I have watched for some time. One that will keep me awake at night for sure…
positive · AI labelView post →I watched The Wargame so you don’t have to (unless you’re keen on dark comedy). My latest for @jacobinmag.bsky.social.
neutral · AI labelView post →I agree completely. The clip they showed was very real and the reaction of Gogglebox reviewers demonstrated how much they believe Russia wants to attack us, which I guess would be a reflection of folk who watch The Wargame series. Any excuse (Thatcher like) to deflect from current social issues too.
neutral · AI labelView post →Perhaps the UK could bore Russia into submission during a future conflict by making them watch The Wargame, a lifeless reality show devoid of tension.
negative · AI labelView post →I’ll be on Times Radio with Deborah Haynes from Sky News from 2.45ish to talk about our new series, The Wargame.
neutral · AI labelView post →news.sky.com/story/the-wa... The Wargame: New Sky News and Tortoise Media podcast series simulates a Russian attack on UK | World News | Sky News
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the Sky series “The Wargame” and I’m staggered at how incompetent the politicians are; they miss huge clues, react too late and with the wrong thing and misinterpret the obvious signs. Jeez. If this is the quality of person making decisions, we have been living on luck for decades.
negative · AI labelView post →Source: @defencegeek on X RT @PolitlcsUK: 🚨 NEW: Russia says it would use nuclear weapons against the UK if its territory were struck after a hypothetical scenario on the Sky TV show The Wargame https://x.com/DefenceGeek/status/2104862656247296172
neutral · AI labelView post →Just started watching The Wargame series , and tried really hard to watch it without prejudice towards the politicians involved. But Jim Murphy, OMG dude never ever go anywhere near foreign policy ever again.
negative · AI labelView post →I have to say, I enjoyed watching #TheWargame. The warning that it contained scenes which “some viewers might find distressing” hardly prepared me for people calling Michael Gove “Prime Minister” though. My take away is this though: who was the real enemy, Russia or its ally, the United States?
positive · AI labelView post →Won't be watching any further episodes, though I did enjoy The Mooch channeling Rubio. #TheWargame
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching episode one of #TheWargame. What could have been a really interesting and engaging hypothetical scenario is ruined by the insertion of social media as the prime focus of the narrative.
negative · AI labelView post →What The Wargame Reveals About Britain’s Nuclear-Crisis Planning The Wargame is a reality show that simulates a Russian attack on Britain, with politicians playing the prime minister and deputy PM. Thi... https://121820.xyz/article/the-wargame-uk-nuclear-crisis-simulation-explained #Entertainment
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