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Martin Bashir
Born 1963-01-19 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK
Martin Henry Bashir (born 19 January 1963) is a British former journalist. He was a presenter on British and American television and for the BBC's Panorama programme, for which he gained an interview with Diana, Princess of Wales under false pretences in 1995. Although the interview was much heralded at the time, it was later determined that he used forgery and deception to secure it. Bashir worked for the BBC from 1986 to 1999 on programmes including Panorama before joining ITV. He presented the 2003 ITV documentary about Michael Jackson. From 2004 to 2016, he worked in New York—first as an anchor for ABC's Nightline, then as a political commentator for MSNBC, hosting his own programme, Martin Bashir, and a correspondent for NBC's Dateline NBC. He resigned from MSNBC in December 2013 after making "ill-judged" comments about former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin. In 2016, he returned to the BBC as a religious affairs correspondent. In 2020, the BBC's director general Tim Davie apologised to the princess's brother, Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer, for Bashir's use of faked bank statements to secure his 1995 Panorama interview with her. Former Justice of the Supreme Court Lord Dyson conducted an independent inquiry and concluded that Bashir had commissioned fake statements to deceive Earl Spencer to gain access to Diana, and in so doing had "acted inappropriately and in serious breach of the 1993 edition of the Producers' Guidelines on straight dealing." Bashir resigned from the BBC in May 2021, citing health reasons. Description above from the Wikipedia article Martin Bashir, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting credits
NRThe legendary journey of Michael Jackson, from his early days with the Jackson 5 to his breakthrough albums and live concerts.
Michael Jackson: A Life in Music
2026
7.7Footage from the game show "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" is examined to reveal how a contestant almost cheated his way to the jackpot.
Major Fraud
2003
5.4Martin Bashir conducts a rare interview with Michael Jackson and is given unprecedented access to the reclusive performer's private life over a span of eight months, from May 2002 to January 2003.
Living with Michael Jackson
2003
6.2Before his death in 2009, Michael Jackson was the biggest pop star on the planet. But his private life was marred by allegations of child sex abuse. Experts in body language, speech and forensic psychology explore whether he was "faking it" on camera.
Michael Jackson: Faking It
2023
A devastating terrorist strike wipes out much of Saudi Arabia's oil production; the same day a trader of Saudi origin disappears from English investment bank Sun First Credit (SFCB). Managers soon discover the missing trader, Samir Badr, has built up crippling debts, multiplied a hundred-fold by the attacks in Saudi. SFCB, once the toast of the city, suddenly heads for bankruptcy, taking a whole raft of other banks down with it. The resulting market crash and banking crisis will push Britain and the US into a 21st century recession. Will Britain be able to recover?
The Man Who Broke Britain
2004
7.0After England's football (soccer) manager has a heart attack, Mike Bassett is hired as the new manager and promptly announces the team will win the World Cup.
Mike Bassett: England Manager
2001
5.0This programme reconstructs the many layers of facial cosmetic surgery that Michael Jackson had over the course of his lifetime and asks what the 'King of Pop' would have looked like if he had had none.
The 10 Faces of Michael Jackson
2015
7.0A TV documentary released as a rebuttal to Living with Michael Jackson, in which the British journalist Martin Bashir interviewed the American singer Michael Jackson from May 2002 to January 2003.
The Michael Jackson Interview: The Footage You Were Never Meant to See
2003
8.0Twenty years after the tragic 1997 death of Princess Diana in Paris, this ABC special provides new perspective on her final days. Host Martin Bashir, who revealingly interviewed Diana in 1995, takes viewers inside her final months and days. "The last 48 hours of her life, we tell that story in fairly careful detail. There are some phone calls that take place, there are some things that happen that I think are something of a revelation," Bashir said. The documentary also looks at the prior years of Diana's life.
The Last 100 Days of Diana
2017