Martin Bashir set up a money-spinning private company called ‘Panoramic Productions Ltd’ in the year of his BBC Panorama scoop with Princess Diana. It made more than £200,000 last year – on top of his BBC salary – it can be revealed. The under-fire journalist appears to use Panoramic Productions to reap outside earnings, including lucrative … Read more
Prince William was ‘absolutely livid’ at Princess Diana after being ‘teased at school’ over her Panorama interview -and he and Prince Harry are ‘closely following developments in Martin Bashir story’, sources tell Vanity Fair Prince William, 38, was ‘absolutely livid’ with Princess Diana over Panorama Diana’s friend Simone Simmons said Duke was ‘teased at school’ … Read more
My name is Matthew Wiessler and I worked for BBC News and Current Affairs as a graphic designer between October 1985 and October 1995. In October 1995 I was asked to reconstruct some documents by Mr Martin Bashir, a reporter on Panorama. Reconstructing documents was not unusual as I had previously been asked to ‘reconstruct’ … Read more
Martin Bashir ‘helped’ Princess Diana phrase an ‘appropriate answer’ when discussing her infidelity during that controversial 1995 interview, an eye-opening new ITV documentary has claimed. The second-part of The Diana Interview: Revenge Of A Princess, which airs on Tuesday at 9pm, alleges that the Princess of Wales received guidance from the interviewer in how to … Read more
The BBC’s new director-general has promised to ‘get to the truth’ behind Princess Diana’s Panorama interview. Tim Davie’s vow came as former chairman Lord Grade said there was ‘a very dark cloud’ hanging over the corporation, following sensational claims about how journalist Martin Bashir secured Diana’s trust. He is said to have played on the … Read more
PAUL THOMAS on… the Martin Bashir scandal By Paul Thomas For The Daily Mail Published: 02:26 GMT, 10 November 2020 | Updated: 02:26 GMT, 10 November 2020 Advertisement To order a print of this Paul Thomas cartoon or one by Pugh, visit Mailpictures.newsprints.co.uk or call 0191 6030 178 Share or comment on this article:
The BBC has said it will hold a full independent investigation into how it secured the bombshell Princess Diana interview aired on Panorama in 1995. The broadcaster confirmed that an external probe would examine how journalist Martin Bashir landed the famous chat with the Princess, in which she spoke candidly about her marriage. The announcement … Read more
The revelations by Charles Spencer of the cruel lies told to his sister Diana by the BBC’s Martin Bashir in the autumn of 1995 have solved a mystery in our household. My wife Rosa Monckton was one of the Princess’s closest friends — that year, Diana became a godmother to our daughter Domenica — and … Read more
A devastating insight into how the BBC mishandled its sensational Princess Diana interview can be revealed today. An extraordinary cache of internal documents exposes how the back-slapping of top brass over their world exclusive gave way to panic – and an arrogant dismissal of the complaints over the 1995 broadcast. The never-seen-before dossier shows Panorama reporter … Read more
The BBC has revealed it will investigate Earl Spencer’s claim journalist Martin Bashir used ‘false bank statements’ to convince his sister Princess Diana to do a Panorama interview – but it may take a while because Bashir is currently unwell with Covid. Princess Diana sent shockwaves through the monarchy when she told the BBC ‘well … Read more