Editing Martin Bashir

{{short description|British journalist (born 1963)}}
{{for|the former MSNBC show|Martin Bashir (TV program)}}
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| birth_place        = [[London]], England
| education          = [[University of Winchester|King Alfred's College of Higher Education]]<br />[[King's College London]]
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*Journalist 
*news anchor
*musician}}
| years_active       = 1986–2021
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| genre             = [[Reggae]]}}
| spouse             = Deborah Bashir
| children           = 3
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* "[[An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales]]"
* ''[[Living with Michael Jackson]]''}}
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'''Martin Henry Bashir''' (born 19 January 1963) is a British former journalist.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Disgraced BBC journalist Martin Bashir hits back at Prince William over Princess Diana interview|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/disgraced-bbc-journalist-martin-bashir-hits-back-at-prince-william-over-princess-diana-interview/TPF4I76SELBN2AKO62SYFOLZHE/|access-date=2021-05-25|website=[[The New Zealand Herald]] |date=22 May 2021 |language=en-NZ}}</ref> He was a presenter on British and American television and for the BBC's ''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|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 gain it.<ref name="Dyson-Inquiry">{{cite news|last1=Mendick|first1=Robert|last2=Yorke|first2=Harry|last3=Ward|first3=Victoria|title=Princess Diana interview probe to find BBC's Martin Bashir guilty of deceit |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/05/19/princess-diana-interview-probe-find-bbcs-martin-bashir-guilty/|date=19 May 2021|access-date=19 May 2021|work=The Telegraph}}{{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="BBC20210615">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-57481098|title=Ex-BBC boss Tony Hall: Wrong not to sack Bashir after Diana interview|work=[[BBC News]] |date=15 June 2021|access-date=18 September 2021}}</ref>

Bashir worked for the [[BBC]] from 1986 to 1999 on programmes including ''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]'' before joining [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]. He presented the [[Living with Michael Jackson|2003 ITV documentary]] about [[Michael Jackson]]. From 2004 to 2016, he worked in New York—first as an anchor for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[Nightline]],'' then as a political commentator for [[MSNBC]], hosting his own programme, ''[[Martin Bashir (TV program)|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]].<ref name="CarterNYT12052013">{{cite news |last=Carter |first=Bill |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/business/media/martin-bashir-resigns-from-msnbc-over-palin-comments.html |title=Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC Over Palin Comments |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 December 2013 }}{{subscription required}}</ref> 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|Earl Spencer]], for Bashir's use of faked bank statements to secure his 1995 ''Panorama'' interview with her.<ref name="STimes20201101">{{Cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/bbc-says-sorry-to-dianas-brother-earl-spencer-for-interview-deceit-ghfjqbbbx|title=BBC says sorry to Diana's brother Earl Spencer for interview 'deceit'|work=The Sunday Times|last=Urwin|first=Rosamund|date=1 November 2020|access-date=7 November 2020|quote=Spencer is understood to have told Davie that he has records of all his meetings and conversations with Bashir. These are alleged to show that Bashir told Diana fantastical stories to win her trust and that he used the fake bank statements to garner his first meeting with her.}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Former Justice of the Supreme Court [[John Dyson, Lord Dyson|Lord Dyson]] conducted an independent inquiry<ref name="Gdn20201119">{{cite news|last=Waterson|first=Jim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/nov/18/bbc-appoints-ex-judge-to-investigate-martin-bashir-princess-diana-intervew|title=Prince William welcomes BBC's investigation into Diana interview|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=19 November 2020|access-date=19 November 2020}}</ref><ref name=RTE2020-11-18-01a>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/uk/2020/1118/1179010-bbc-diana-interview-investigation/|title=BBC announces investigation into 1995 Diana interview|publisher=[[RTÉ]]|agency=[[Agence France-Presse]]|date=18 November 2020|access-date=18 November 2020}}</ref> 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."<ref name="Dyson-Inquiry" /><ref>{{citation|title=Report of The Dyson Investigation by The Right Honourable Lord Dyson|page=124|section=313.v}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Booth|first1=William|title=BBC reporter used 'deceitful behaviour' to secure 1995 Princess Diana interview, investigation concludes|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/princess-diana-martin-bashir/2021/05/20/21513188-b973-11eb-bc4a-62849cf6cca9_story.html|date=20 May 2021|access-date=20 May 2021|quote=The former judge found that Bashir carried out a sophisticated ruse and lied to his bosses about it, and that the BBC, having been alerted to his behavior, mostly papered over it and sought to evade scrutiny on the topic.|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> Bashir resigned from the BBC in May 2021, citing health reasons.<ref name=resignation/><ref>{{cite news|last=March|first=Ally|url=https://people.com/royals/martin-bashir-leaving-bbc-ahead-of-inquiry-report-on-princess-diana-interview/|title=Martin Bashir Quits BBC as Network Prepares to Release Report on His 1995 Princess Diana Interview|work=People|date=15 May 2021|access-date=21 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57141697 |title=Martin Bashir's TV career, from Diana interview to Dyson report|work=BBC|quote=We now of course have the Dyson report. We didn't have it then. He has resigned from the BBC. There has been no pay off.
|date=21 May 2021|access-date=22 May 2021}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Bashir was born and raised in [[Wandsworth]], [[London]], to liberal Muslim parents from [[Pakistan]]. He converted to [[Christianity]] in his teens. His father served in the Royal Navy during [[World War II]].<ref name=RT>{{cite news |last1=Ling|first1=Thomas|last2=Bashir|first2=Martin|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/bbcs-religion-editor-martin-bashir-why-christianity-is-still-relevant-this-easter/|title=BBC's religion editor Martin Bashir: Why Christianity is still relevant this Easter |work=Radio Times |date=1 April 2018 |access-date=16 May 2021 |quote=My parents came to Britain from Pakistan in 1951, my father having served with the Royal Navy throughout the Second World War. They would describe themselves as liberal Muslims, firmly embracing of British culture, and did not insist upon attendance at a mosque beyond my tenth birthday.}}</ref><ref name="STimes20201108">{{cite news|last1=Allen-Mills|first1=Tony|last2=Hellen|first2=Nicholas|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/martin-bashir-dianas-interviewer-was-elusive-contradictory-and-a-target-of-hostility-2vjrqlzl0|title=Martin Bashir, Diana's interviewer, was elusive, contradictory and a target of hostility|work=The Sunday Times|date=8 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}} {{subscription required}}</ref> Bashir was educated at the boys' state comprehensive [[Wandsworth School]], [[University of Winchester|King Alfred's College of Higher Education, Winchester]], studying English and History from 1982 to 1985 (at the time, degrees at King Alfred's were approved by the Council for National Academic Awards), and at [[King's College London]], where he completed a master's degree in [[theology]].<ref>{{cite news |url =https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/apr/25/how-did-the-martin-bashir-i-knew-become-tvs-anti-hero|first =Jonathan|last =Maitland|title =How did the Martin Bashir I knew become TV's anti-hero?|newspaper =[[The Guardian]] |date =25 April 2021}}</ref>

Bashir was one of five children, one of whom suffered from [[muscular dystrophy]] and died in 1991.<ref name="STimes20201108" /> Bashir attributed his decisions in life to his late brother, including his appearance on ''[[The X Factor: Celebrity]]''. Bashir said in 2019, "Every time I have faced a challenge I have heard him whispering saying, 'What excuse do you have? You have no excuse.'"<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jeffries |first1=Mark |title=Martin Bashir on heartbreaking death that made him do Celebrity X Factor |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/martin-bashir-opens-up-heartbreaking-20555471 |website=The Mirror |date=10 October 2019 |access-date=5 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191205101444/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/martin-bashir-opens-up-heartbreaking-20555471 |archive-date=5 December 2019}}</ref>

==Career==
===BBC and ITV===
Bashir was a freelance sports journalist before joining the BBC in 1986.<ref name="STimes20201108" /> He worked for the BBC until 1999, on programmes including ''[[Songs of Praise]]'', ''Public Eye'' and ''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]''. For ''Panorama'', he interviewed [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] in [[An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales|a 1995 edition]].<ref name=resignation/>

In 1999 he joined [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]], working on [[List of ITV journalists and newsreaders|special documentary programmes]] and features for ''[[Tonight with Trevor McDonald]]''.<ref name=resignation/>

===ABC===
In 2004, Bashir moved to New York, where he worked for [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], co-anchoring their current affairs show ''[[Nightline]]''; along with [[Cynthia McFadden]] and [[Terry Moran]], he took over ''Nightline'' from [[Ted Koppel]] in 2005.

In 2008, while working as a reporter for ''Nightline'', Bashir was suspended from [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] after making remarks in a speech at the [[Asian American Journalists Association]] convention in Chicago that were described as "[[Off-color humor|crude]] and [[Sexism|sexist]]".<ref name="CarterNYT12052013"/><ref name="KurtzFOX12052013">{{cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |date=5 December 2013 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/exclusive-martin-bashir-out-at-msnbc-over-palin-slur-was-previously-suspended/ |title=EXCLUSIVE: Martin Bashir, out at MSNBC over Palin slur, was previously suspended |publisher=Fox News |access-date=5 December 2013}}</ref> He said, "I'm happy to be in the midst of so many Asian babes. I'm happy that the podium covers me from the waist down."<ref name="KurtzFOX12052013"/> He continued and said a speech should be "like a dress on a beautiful woman – long enough to cover the important parts and short enough to keep your interest – like my colleague Juju's",<ref name="KurtzFOX12052013"/> referring to his ABC News colleague [[Juju Chang]], a reporter for ''[[20/20 (U.S. TV series)|20/20]]''.<ref name="KurtzFOX12052013"/> ABC News suspended him.<ref name="KurtzFOX12052013"/> He wrote an apology to the journalists association which stated, "Upon reflection, it was a tasteless remark that I now bitterly regret. I … hope that the continuing work of the organization will not be harmed or undermined by my moment of stupidity."<ref name="KurtzFOX12052013"/>

===MSNBC===
In August 2010, Bashir left ABC for [[MSNBC]], where he served as a political commentator and occasional substitute host for [[Lawrence O'Donnell]], hosted his own programme, ''[[Martin Bashir (TV program)|Martin Bashir]]'',<ref name="TVGuide.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.tvguide.com/News/Martin-Bashir-MSNBC-1020865.aspx|title=Nightline's Martin Bashir Headed to MSNBC, Dateline|publisher=TVGuide.com}}</ref> and was a correspondent for [[NBC]]'s ''[[Dateline NBC]]''. 

In January 2013, Bashir was criticised for misleading viewers by airing an edited clip of Neil Heslin, whose son was killed at the [[Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting]], testifying in court. Heslin asked his audience if there was one person in the room who could provide a reason why carrying an assault weapon was necessary: 'Heslin paused for five seconds and looked around him. No one else spoke. "Not one person can answer that question," he said.Then, someone in the audience shouted: "The Second Amendment shall not be infringed."'<ref name="House-MSNBC">{{cite web|url=https://www.thehour.com/entertainment/article/MSNBC-criticized-for-editing-of-gun-hearing-video-8128473.php|title=MSNBC criticized for editing of gun hearing video|work=The Hour|first=David|last=Bauderap|date=31 January 2013|accessdate=7 July 2022}}</ref> Bashir's edited companion footage included neither Heslin's interrogation of the audience nor the period of silence, allowing Bashir to describe the clip as "a father's grief interrupted by the cries of a [[heckler]]."<ref name="House-MSNBC" /> The edited footage also omitted Heslin's remarks on respecting different opinions. MSNBC later aired an unedited video of the testimony, inviting viewers to decide for themselves whether the response to Heslin's challenge was "heckling" or not.<ref name="House-MSNBC" />

On 15 November 2013, Bashir criticised Sarah Palin for comments that she made comparing the [[National debt of the United States|U.S. federal debt]] to [[slavery]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/msnbc-not-commenting-on-whether-further-action-contemplated-against-bashir/2013/11/19/ee3df924-518e-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20131120033018/http://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/tv/msnbc-not-commenting-on-whether-further-action-contemplated-against-bashir/2013/11/19/ee3df924-518e-11e3-9ee6-2580086d8254_story.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 November 2013 |title=MSNBC not commenting on whether further action contemplated against Bashir |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[Washington Post]] |date=19 November 2013 }}</ref> Bashir attempted to counter Palin's comparison by referencing the punishment of slaves described by slave overseer [[Thomas Thistlewood]], specifically a punishment called "[[Derby's dose]]", and concluded by saying "if anyone truly qualified for a dose of discipline from Thomas Thistlewood, she would be the outstanding candidate".<ref>{{cite news|last=Williams|first=Rob|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/martin-bashir-says-sarah-palin-is-an-idiot-and-suggests-someone-should-defecate-in-her-mouth-8946426.html|title=Martin Bashir says Sarah Palin is an 'idiot' and suggests someone should defecate in her mouth|work=[[The Independent]]|date=18 November 2013}}</ref><ref name="ByersPolitico12022013" /> On 18 November, he apologised, stating among other things: "My words were wholly unacceptable. They were neither accurate, nor fair. They were unworthy of anyone who would claim to have an interest in politics."<ref name="ByersPolitico12022013"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Coscarelli |first=Joe |url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2013/11/martin-bashir-sarah-palin-slavery-shit-video.html |title=MSNBC Host Sorry for Saying Disgusting Thing About Sarah Palin's Mouth |magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |date=18 November 2013 }}</ref> On 2 December, Bashir was suspended by the network; he resigned two days later,<ref name="CarterNYT12052013"/><ref name="Mediaite12042013">{{cite news |last=Christopher |first=Tommy |url=http://www.mediaite.com/tv/martin-bashir-resigns-from-msnbc/ |title=Martin Bashir Resigns From MSNBC |website=[[Mediaite]] |date=4 December 2013 }}</ref><ref name="ByersPolitico12022013">{{cite web |last=Byers |first=Dylan |url=http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2013/12/msnbcs-martin-bashir-on-vacation-after-sarah-palin-178643.html |title=MSNBC's Martin Bashir 'on vacation' after Sarah Palin remarks |work=Politico |date=2 December 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mediabistro.com/tvnewser/martin-bashir-out-at-msnbc_b204502|title=Martin Bashir Out at MSNBC|last=Airens|first=Chris|date=4 December 2013|publisher=[[TVNewser]]|access-date=4 December 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kurtz |first=Howard |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/martin-bashir-quits-at-msnbc-over-palin-slur/ |title=Martin Bashir quits at MSNBC over Palin slur |publisher=Fox News |date=4 December 2013 }}</ref> issuing a statement saying: "I deeply regret what was said, will endeavour to work hard at making constructive contributions in the future and will always have a deep appreciation for our viewers."<ref name="Mediaite12042013"/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/princess-diana-made-him-sarah-palin-destroyed-him-the-rise-and-fall-of-martin-bashir-8986790.html|title=Princess Diana made him, Sarah Palin destroyed him: the rise and fall|work=[[The Independent]]|date=6 December 2013 |access-date=16 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206002839/https://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/Martin-Bashir-Resigns-from-MSNBC-After-Sarah-5035281.php |archive-date=6 December 2013|last=Ross|first=Robyn|title=Martin Bashir Resigns from MSNBC After Sarah Palin Scandal|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/entertainment/tv/tvguide/article/Martin-Bashir-Resigns-from-MSNBC-After-Sarah-5035281.php|website=SeattlePI.Com/TV Guide|access-date=19 November 2022|date=3 December 2013}}</ref>

===BBC religious affairs correspondent===
In late 2016, Bashir returned to [[BBC News]] as religious affairs correspondent, succeeding [[Caroline Wyatt]] in the post.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37474803|title=Martin Bashir appointed BBC religious affairs correspondent|date=26 September 2016|publisher=[[BBC News]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Mayhew|first=Freddy|url=http://www.pressgazette.co.uk/martin-bashir-returns-to-bbc-news-as-religious-affairs-correspondent|title=Martin Bashir returns to BBC News as religious affairs correspondent|work=Press Gazette|date=26 September 2016|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> He left the BBC on 14 May 2021 after a period of ill health and shortly before the publication of a report from an inquiry into his [[An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales|1995 interview]] with [[Diana, Princess of Wales]].<ref name=resignation/><ref>{{cite news |first1=Rob |last1=Picheta |first2=Rob |last2=Iddiols |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/15/media/martin-bashir-diana-interview-investigation-gbr-scli-intl/index.html |title=BBC journalist quits as investigation into his landmark Princess Diana interview wraps up |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=15 May 2021 |access-date=16 May 2021 }}</ref>

==Interviews==
===Princess of Wales interview===
{{Main|An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales}}
In November 1995, Bashir interviewed [[Diana, Princess of Wales]] about her failed marriage to the [[Charles III|Prince of Wales]] for the [[BBC]]'s ''[[Panorama (British TV programme)|Panorama]]'' programme.<ref>{{cite web|title=Transcript of the BBC1 Panorama interview with the Princess of Wales|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/politics97/diana/panorama.html|work=Great Interviews of the 20th century|publisher=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=3 October 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Neophyte reporter makes journalistic coup|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=F5MVAAAAIBAJ&pg=3998,2764955&dq=martin-bashir&hl=en|access-date=3 October 2010|newspaper=Manila Standard|date=18 November 1995}}</ref> The programme was seen by nearly 23 million viewers in the UK.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54793572|title=Princess Diana's brother demands BBC inquiry over Panorama interview|work=[[BBC News]] |date=4 November 2020|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref> At the time, the BBC hailed it as the scoop of a generation.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/03/why-is-princess-dianas-panorama-interview-back-in-the-news|title=Why is Princess Diana's Panorama interview back in the news?|work=[[The Guardian]] |last=Davies|first=Caroline|date=3 November 2020|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="NYT20201111">{{cite news|last=Kwai|first=Isabella|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/11/world/europe/bbc-martin-bashir-diana-interview.html|title=BBC Orders Inquiry Into Diana Interview After Claim Princess Was Misled|work=The New York Times|date=11 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>  The interview was an international sensation, and catapulted Bashir, a little-known reporter for a BBC investigative programme, to global fame.

Five months later, two reporters for the ''Mail On Sunday'' broke the story that Bashir had secured the interview using falsified documents to manipulate the princess's family. Nick Fielding and Jason Lewis wrote that Bashir approached Diana's brother [[Charles Spencer, 9th Earl Spencer|The Earl Spencer]] with bank statements which he said were proof that Spencer's former head of security, Alan Waller, secretly received money from a tabloid newspaper, presumably to spy on Spencer and his family.<ref>"Diana's BBC Man And Fake Bank Statements," by Nick Fielding and Jason Lewis, ''Mail On Sunday'', April 7, 1996</ref>
 
A BBC freelance graphic designer named Matt Wiessler told the ''Mail on Sunday'' that he had created the bank statements in about nine hours on Bashir's orders, and Bashir had used them to win the trust of the Spencer family and connect, through Charles Spencer, to Diana. Wiessler said he was told the documents would be used as filming props. When he began to suspect they were used to deceive the Spencers, he spoke to Fielding and Lewis.<ref name="NYT20201111"/>

The article, which called Bashir's deception "an extraordinary breach of BBC journalistic ethics,"<ref>"Diana's BBC Man And Fake Bank Statements," by Nick Fielding and Jason Lewis, ''Mail On Sunday'', April 7, 1996</ref> prompted the BBC to announce an internal investigation headed by BBC news chief [[Tony Hall, Baron Hall of Birkenhead|Tony Hall]].  Hall interviewed neither Wiessler nor Spencer himself, and the BBC quickly announced that it was clearing Bashir of all wrongdoing because the fake documents—which it did not deny had been created—were not used to secure the interview.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tobitt|first=Charlotte|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/mail-on-sunday-journalists-who-exposed-martin-bashir-diana-fakery-24-years-ago-say-story-was-ignored/|title=Mail on Sunday journalists who exposed Martin Bashir Diana fakery 24 years ago say story was ignored|work=Press Gazette|date=11 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>

According to internal BBC documents that came to light later, Hall said that Bashir was “an honest man” who was “deeply remorseful”. By contrast, he punished  Wiessler by cancelling the designer's contract with the BBC. Hall later became the BBC's director-general.

In 2020, 25 years after the famous interview, ITV aired a documentary about the case examining Bashir's manipulations and the BBC's response. In the programme, Wiessler said that work dried up for him after the 1996 inquiry cleared Bashir, and that he (Wiessler) had been made the [[scapegoat]].<ref name="BBC20201110">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-54886395|title=Princess Diana interview: Designer Matt Wiessler 'angry' at BBC treatment|work=[[BBC News]] |date=10 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>

The documentary reignited the controversy, and BBC director-general [[Tim Davie]] apologised to Earl Spencer,<ref>{{cite news|last=Tobitt|first=Charlotte|url=https://pressgazette.co.uk/mail-on-sunday-journalists-who-exposed-martin-bashir-diana-fakery-24-years-ago-say-story-was-ignored/|title=Mail on Sunday journalists who exposed Martin Bashir Diana fakery 24 years ago say story was ignored|work=[[Press Gazette]]|date=11 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> who rejected the apology and demanded an inquiry.<ref name="Gdn20201104">{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/04/diana-brother-earl-spencer-demands-inquiry-deceit-bbc-interview|title=Diana's brother demands inquiry over 'deceit' that led to BBC interview|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Waterson|first=Jim|date=4 November 2020|access-date=7 November 2020}}</ref> “I knew that Martin Bashir used fake bank statements and other dishonesty to get my sister to do the interview,” he said, adding that the BBC had not only known of Bashir's manipulation, but had “covered it up.” Spencer told Davie he had records of all his contacts with Bashir which apparently implied the journalist gave the princess false information to gain her trust.<ref name="STimes20201101" /> He said that Bashir made false and defamatory claims about senior members of the royal family and, were it not for the faked documents, he would not have introduced Bashir to his sister. Davie announced on <!-- "on Monday", date as indicated. -->9 November that the BBC was commissioning an independent inquiry.<ref name="Grade comments">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54872352|title=Princess Diana interview: 'Dark cloud over BBC journalism' says Lord Grade|work=[[BBC News]] |date=9 November 2020|access-date=9 November 2020}}</ref> [[Michael Grade]], a former BBC chairman, said that the allegations left "a very dark cloud hanging over BBC journalism".<ref name="NYT20201111" /><ref name="Grade comments" />

At the time of the revelations, Bashir was seriously ill,<ref name="BBC20201110" /> which the BBC said had required a full investigation to be postponed.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Parveen|first1=Nazia|last2=Waterson|first2=Jim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2020/nov/03/princess-diana-brother-charles-spencer-calls-for-bbc-inquiry-into-faked-bank-statements|title=Martin Bashir to face questions over Diana interview when he recovers from Covid|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=3 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>

On 13 November 2020, it was reported that the BBC had found the note from the Princess of Wales which cleared Bashir of pressuring her to give the interview.<ref>{{cite news|last=Waterson|first=Jim|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2020/nov/13/bbc-finds-princess-diana-note-clearing-martin-bashir-wrongdoing|title=BBC finds Princess Diana's lost note that it says clears Martin Bashir|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=13 November 2020|access-date=14 November 2020}}</ref> Former BBC royal correspondent [[Jennie Bond]] wrote in ''[[The Sunday Times]]'' that the princess told Bond, in a private meeting in late 1996, that she did not regret the interview. Diana said she feared a [[Gag order|gagging order]] in her imminent divorce settlement, and that the interview might be her only chance to speak openly.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bond|first=Jennie|url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/royal-family/article/jennie-bond-on-princess-diana-just-between-us-and-these-four-walls-she-bared-her-soul-to-me-first-0drprghrn|title=Jennie Bond on Princess Diana: just between us and these four walls, she bared her soul to me first|work=The Sunday Times|date=15 November 2020|access-date=15 November 2020}} {{subscription required}}</ref>

On 18 November 2020, the BBC announced an independent investigation into how the interview was obtained, to be headed by former [[Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom|Supreme Court judge]] [[John Dyson, Lord Dyson|John Dyson]].<ref name="Gdn20201119" /><ref name=RTE2020-11-18-01a /> 

On 4 March 2021, the [[Metropolitan Police]] announced that they would not begin a criminal investigation into the allegations after a "detailed assessment" and consultation with the Metropolitan police lawyers, independent counsel and the Crown Prosecution Service.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/mar/04/police-rule-out-inquiry-into-martin-bashirs-1995-diana-interview|title=Police rule out inquiry into Martin Bashir's 1995 Diana interview|work=[[The Guardian]] |last=Rawlinson|first=Kevin|date=4 March 2021|access-date=6 March 2021}}</ref> Later that month Bashir told the BBC inquiry that he was not responsible for spreading smears about the royal family to convince the princess to sit for the interview, and it was probably Diana herself who was the source of those claims.<ref name="Telegraph-Smears">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/19/princess-diana-source-smears-accused-claims-martin-bashir/|title=Princess Diana is the source of 'smears' I am accused of, claims Martin Bashir|work=The Telegraph|first=Robert|last=Mendick|date=19 March 2021|access-date=21 March 2021}}</ref> Among the smears were allegations of [[Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex|Prince Edward]] being treated for AIDS, the Queen suffering from cardiac problems and her intention to abdicate, and that the Prince of Wales was having an affair with his children's nanny, [[Tiggy Legge-Bourke]].<ref name="Telegraph-Smears"/> Bashir argued that bringing up such allegations in front of Diana would have exposed him as a "complete fantasist" and narrowed down the chance of doing any interviews with her.<ref name="Telegraph-Smears"/> He added that Diana had revealed to him that she spoke with mystics and clairvoyants, who could have been sources of the false information she received.<ref name="Telegraph-Smears"/>

In May 2021, Dyson's inquiry found Bashir guilty of using "deceitful methods" and breaching BBC editorial conduct to obtain the interview.<ref name="Dyson-Inquiry"/> The Dyson report maintained that Bashir was "unreliable", "devious" and "dishonest".<ref name="BBC20210615" /> After the conclusion of the inquiry, with which the BBC said that Bashir had co-operated fully, a broadcast of ''Panorama'' dedicated to the interview and the inquiry was scheduled for 17 May 2021, but was postponed when Bashir resigned.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Princess Diana: BBC postpones Panorama film on interview with Martin Bashir |last=Lee |first=Dulcie |work=[[BBC News]] |date=16 May 2021 |url= https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57135567}}</ref>

The Metropolitan Police stated: "Following the publication of Lord Dyson's report we will assess its contents to ensure there is no significant new evidence."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Martin Bashir's Diana interview: PM 'concerned' by inquiry report as police to assess findings|url=https://news.sky.com/story/martin-bashirs-diana-interview-police-to-assess-report-for-significant-new-evidence-12312427|access-date=2021-05-22|website=Sky News|language=en}}</ref> In September 2021, they announced that they would not launch a criminal investigation into the interview.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/princess-diana-no-criminal-investigation-into-martin-bashirs-panorama-interview-say-police-12408806|title=Princess Diana: No criminal investigation into Martin Bashir's Panorama interview, say police|work=Sky News|first=Rebecca|last=Speare-Cole|date=15 September 2021|accessdate=15 September 2021}}</ref>

In July 2022 the BBC apologised to the ex-nanny in the High Court, and agreed to pay an undisclosed amount of damages, thought to be in the region of £200,000,<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/tiggy-legge-bourke-williams-former-nanny-wins-200-000-for-bbc-smears-7nchcmtfd | title=Tiggy Legge-Bourke: William's former nanny wins £200,000 for BBC smears }}</ref> over the unfounded claims that she had had an affair with the Prince of Wales.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62250479|title=BBC to pay damages to former royal nanny Tiggy Legge-Bourke|work=[[BBC News]] |date=21 July 2022 }}</ref>

===Michael Jackson interviews===
In 2003, while working at ITV, Bashir conducted a series of interviews with American singer [[Michael Jackson]] for the documentary ''[[Living with Michael Jackson]]'', part of the ''Tonight with Trevor McDonald'' series for ITV. The interviews were arranged through Jackson's friend, [[Uri Geller]]. Bashir followed the singer for eight months.<ref name="Gdn200320030122">{{cite news|last = Wells|first = Matt|url = https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/jan/22/broadcasting.g2 |title = Talk to me | work = [[The Guardian]]| date = 22 January 2003|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> However, Bashir's colleagues have claimed that he secured the Jackson interview only after promising him they would plan a trip for Jackson to [[Africa]] to visit children with [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]], accompanied by [[Kofi Annan]], then [[Secretary-General of the United Nations|UN Secretary-General]]; when this was put to Bashir, while under [[oath]] in a [[Judiciary of California|California court]], he refused to answer.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Heffer|first=Simon|date=10 November 2020|title=Martin Bashir's dirty tricks were an open secret – yet the BBC tolerated them|work=The Daily Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/0/martin-bashirs-dirty-tricks-open-secret-yet-bbc-tolerated/|access-date=12 November 2020|issn=0307-1235}}</ref>

After the broadcast, which was seen by 14 million in the UK and 38 million in the US, Jackson complained to the [[Independent Television Commission]] and the [[Broadcasting Standards Commission]], accusing Bashir of [[yellow journalism]]. Jackson and his personal cameraman released a rebuttal interview, which showed Bashir complimenting Jackson for the "spiritual" quality of the [[Neverland Ranch]]. After Jackson's death in 2009, Dieter Wiesner, Jackson's manager from 1996 to 2003, said of Jackson's response to Bashir's documentary:
{{cquote|It broke him. It killed him. He took a long time to die, but it started that night. Previously the drugs were a crutch, but after that they became a necessity.<ref name="telegraph.co.uk">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5704635/Former-manager-unveils-scale-of-Michael-Jacksons-drug-use.html |title=Former manager unveils scale of Michael Jackson's drug use |access-date=12 November 2020|date=1 July 2009 |work=The Daily Telegraph|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107234309/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/michael-jackson/5704635/Former-manager-unveils-scale-of-Michael-Jacksons-drug-use.html |archive-date=7 November 2020 }} <!-- Article published on a Wednesday. --></ref>
}}

Bashir later said during ABC's coverage of Jackson's death:
{{cquote|I think it's worth remembering he was probably, singly, the greatest dancer and musician the world has ever seen. Certainly, when I made the documentary, there was a small part of that which contained a controversy concerning his relationship with other young people. But the truth is that he was never convicted of any crime, I never saw any wrongdoing myself and whilst his lifestyle may have been a bit unorthodox, I don't believe it was criminal and I think the world has now lost the greatest entertainer it's probably ever known.<ref name=greatest>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/MeEEODRn6Ik Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110917131826/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeEEODRn6Ik&gl=US&hl=en&amp;has_verified=1 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeEEODRn6Ik|title=Bashir: The Greatest Entertainer Has Died|last=ABC News|date=25 June 2009|access-date=26 March 2018|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref>}}

===Other interviews and programmes===
In 2003, Bashir presented a documentary titled ''Major Fraud'' detailing the story of [[British Army]] major [[Charles Ingram]], who attempted to cheat his way to the prize money in an unbroadcast episode of ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants To Be a Millionaire?]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Milmo|first=Cahal|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/millionaire-quiz-company-to-make-film-of-fraud-case-116137.html|title='Millionaire' quiz company to make film of fraud case|work=The Independent|date=22 April 2003|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> The original programme featuring Ingram, recorded in September 2001, was withheld from broadcast because the production team quickly became suspicious.<ref>{{cite news|last=Rosseinsky|first=Katie|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/stayingin/tvfilm/watch-charles-ingram-who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-episode-cheating-a4414281.html|title=What happened to Charles Ingram's infamous ''Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?'' episode?|work=Evening Standard|date=14 April 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> The documentary had a larger audience than Bashir's interview with Michael Jackson.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wells|first=Matt|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2003/apr/23/broadcasting.uknews|title=Millions tune in to fraud show|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=23 April 2003|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref>

In December 2004, Bashir interviewed [[Victor Conte]], the controversial founder of [[Bay Area Laboratory Co-operative|BALCO]], on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''[[20/20 (US television series)|20/20]]'' programme, in which Conte admitted to running doping programmes involved in breaking [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] records, and in which Conte claimed: "The whole history of the games is just full of corruption, cover-up, performance-enhancing drug use."<ref>{{Cite web|date=2004-12-05|title=How drugs shattered America's Olympic dreams|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/dec/05/sport.media|access-date=2021-03-29|website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref>

Bashir also conducted interviews with public figures including [[Louise Woodward]], the five suspects in the [[Stephen Lawrence]] case, [[Michael Barrymore]], [[Jeffrey Archer]], [[Joanne Lees]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Minelle|first=Bethany|url=https://news.sky.com/story/who-is-martin-bashir-the-bbc-journalist-at-the-heart-of-the-princess-diana-interview-scandal-12128355|title=Who is Martin Bashir? The BBC journalist at the heart of the Princess Diana interview scandal|work=Sky News|date=10 November 2020|access-date=12 November 2020}}</ref> and [[George Best]].<ref name=resignation>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-57120603 |publisher=[[BBC News]] |title=Martin Bashir: BBC religion editor leaves the corporation |date=14 May 2021 |access-date=16 May 2021 }}</ref>

==Honours==
Bashir and producer Mike Robinson received the [[BAFTA Award]] for Best Talk Show at the [[1996 British Academy Television Awards]] for their work on the interview with Diana for ''Panorama''.<ref name='BAFTA'>{{cite web|title=BAFTA Television: Talk Show in 1996|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/1996/television/talk-show|publisher=[[British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]|access-date=23 November 2020}}</ref> Bashir also won the Factual or Science Based Programme of the Year from the [[Television and Radio Industries Club]], TV Journalist of the Year from the [[Broadcasting Press Guild]], and Journalist of the Year from the [[Royal Television Society]] for the Diana interview.<ref name='Alamy'>{{cite web|title=Martin Bashir TRIC Awards|url=https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-martin-bashir-tric-awards-105817270.html|publisher=Alamy|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123193117/https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-martin-bashir-tric-awards-105817270.html|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=23 November 2020}}</ref><ref name='BPG'>{{cite web|title=BPG TV & Radio Awards 1996|date=31 December 2007|url=http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/bpg-awards/1996-2/|publisher=[[Broadcasting Press Guild]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123194031/http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/bpg-awards/1996-2/|access-date=23 November 2020|archive-date=23 November 2020}}</ref><ref name="Taraborrelli2009">{{cite book|author=J. Randy Taraborrelli|title=Michael Jackson: The Magic, the Madness, the Whole Story|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7EkwuCFnE28C&pg=PT484|date=2 July 2009|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-0-330-51415-6|pages=484–}}</ref>

In May 2021, after the conclusion of the [[An Interview with HRH The Princess of Wales#Independent inquiry and outcome|Dyson inquiry]] that found Bashir guilty of deceit in obtaining the interview with Diana, the BBC decided to return the BAFTA Award.<ref name="BBC-note">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-57189371 |title=Martin Bashir: Inquiry criticises BBC over 'deceitful' Diana interview |first= Francesca |last=Gillett|work=BBC |date=20 May 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/bbc-return-bafta-princess-diana-lord-dyson-1234761012/ |title=BBC To Return BAFTA After Inquiry Savages Fakery Used To Secure Princess Diana Interview |first= Jake|last= Kanter|date=20 May 2021 }}</ref>

==Other activities==
Bashir had a role as himself in the 2001 satirical comedy film ''[[Mike Bassett: England Manager]]''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Smith| first= Neil| title= Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001)| url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2001/09/21/mike_bassett_2001_review.shtml | date = 27 September 2001| website= [[BBC Online]]| accessdate= 21 May 2021 }}</ref>

He plays the bass guitar.<ref>{{cite web|title=Martin Bashir|date=31 March 2011 |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42359476|publisher=NBC Universal|access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref> He released a [[reggae]] album, ''Bass Lion'', on 26 October 2010.<ref name=NYMAG>{{cite news|last=Salisbury|first=Vanita|title=Martin Bashir Can't Stand the Cost of Cat Boarding|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2012/02/martin-bashirs-21-questions.html|access-date=2 December 2013|work=New York|date=15 February 2012}}</ref> <!-- In October 2019, he began competing in ''[[The X Factor: Celebrity]]''.{{cn|date=May 2021}} -->

==Portrayal==
Bashir has been portrayed by [[Prasanna Puwanarajah]] in both ''[[Diana (2013 film)|Diana]]'' and ''[[The Crown (season 5)|The Crown]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-28 |title=Kantara's Magic |url=https://openthemagazine.com/cinema/kantaras-magic/ |access-date=2022-10-30 |website=Open The Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Bashir is fluent in [[Urdu]].<ref name="STimes20201108" /> He converted from [[Islam]] to [[Christianity]] in his late teens after attending a church in south London,<ref name=RT/><ref>{{Cite news|last= Ling|first=Thomas|date=1 April 2018|title=Martin Bashir suffering from brain tumour|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2093917/Martin-Bashir-suffering-from-brain-tumour.html|access-date=19 November 2020|work=Radio Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last= FURDYK|first=BRENT|date=1 April 2018|title=The Untold Truth Of Martin Bashir|url=https://www.nickiswift.com/273556/the-untold-truth-of-martin-bashir/|access-date=19 November 2020|work=Nicki Swiftt}}</ref> and identifies as a committed Christian, having been interested in Christianity as a child.<ref name="Gdn200320030122" /> While in New York he sometimes visits [[Redeemer Presbyterian Church (New York City)|Redeemer Presbyterian Church]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.redeemer.com/visit/25th_anniversary/25th_anniversary_weekend_schedule/|title=25th Anniversary weekend|work=Redeemer Presbyterian Church website|date=18 September 2014|access-date=10 November 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121041645/http://www.redeemer.com/visit/25th_anniversary/25th_anniversary_weekend_schedule/|archive-date=21 November 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://theweek.com/articles/444634/how-american-christians-stop-being-bullies-start-winning-converts |title=How American Christians can stop being bullies and start winning converts|last=Merritt|first=Jonathan|work=The Week|date=13 August 2014|access-date=10 November 2015}}</ref>

He and his wife, Deborah, have three children.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Gemma |last=Strong |url=https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/2020102299491/martin-bashir-seriously-ill-coronavirus-complications/ |title=Martin Bashir is 'seriously unwell' from COVID-19 complications |magazine=Hello |date=22 October 2020 |access-date=16 May 2021 }}</ref> In 2008, he was diagnosed with a [[brain tumour]] affecting his [[pituitary gland]],<ref>{{Cite news|last=Davis|first=Rob|date=7 June 2008|title=Martin Bashir suffering from brain tumour|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2093917/Martin-Bashir-suffering-from-brain-tumour.html|access-date=19 November 2020|work=The Telegraph}}<!-- Unproven assumption, hence not changed to TST. Date stamp 07 June 2008 @ 23:39 pm suggests the article must have been published in the Sunday title. --></ref> was reported to be "seriously unwell" with the [[COVID-19|coronavirus]] in October 2020,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-54639674|title=Martin Bashir: BBC journalist 'seriously unwell' from Covid|work=[[BBC News]] |date=22 October 2020|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref> and reportedly underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery in late 2020 and further surgical procedures in spring 2021.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.sky.com/story/bbc-investigating-as-seriously-unwell-martin-bashir-photographed-after-visiting-takeaway-12128061|title=BBC investigates Princess Diana claims as 'seriously unwell' Martin Bashir photographed|work=Sky News|date=9 November 2020|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Edmonds|first=Lizzie|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/martin-bashir-quit-bbc-diana-panorama-interview-investigation-b935266.html|title=Martin Bashir leaves BBC amid investigation into Diana interview|work=Evening Standard|date=15 May 2021|access-date=19 September 2021}}</ref>

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