The Wargame podcast: What if Russia attacked the UK

A year in the making, but recorded in just one day, The Wargame is a new five-part podcast series from Sky News and Tortoise.

It simulates a Russian attack on the UK.

Here, we reveal footage of the action as our fictional government of former ministers and military chiefs are pitched against an imaginary Kremlin.

They gather for a Cobra emergency meeting in a “bunker”, with maps, mocked-up news reports and video calls to a pretend US Secretary of State and the head of NATO.

The scenario is described as very low likelihood but high impact.
That means a low chance of it happening but catastrophic consequences if it did.

The podcast explores the reality of the threat that Vladimir Putin's Russia could pose to Britain, its people and normal, everyday life.

What we have created is the kind of wargame that’s genuinely tested inside government.

The main difference is that nothing in this version is classified.

Russia knows our weaknesses – but do you?

The Wargame, from Sky News and Tortoise. Listen, wherever you get your podcasts.