Insiders fear that a BBC Panorama investigation into the tactics used by Martin Bashir to secure his bombshell interview with Princess Diana may never be broadcast. Bosses at the Corporation insist that screening of the programme – commissioned to examine allegations that Mr Bashir lied to convince the Princess into agreeing to the 1995 encounter – has just been postponed. It is widely believed that both the Panorama programme and the Dyson report will contain criticism of Mr Bashir and managers at the BBC at the time of the interview. Why would the BBC put out a programme about the BBC after the Dyson report?' John Ware, the veteran reporter working on the new Panorama programme, last night declined to comment.

Source: Daily Mail May 15, 2021 22:32 UTC