Who conducted the famous Panorama interview with Princess Diana in 1995?
Panorama (TV programme) mescaline under medical supervision. The resulting programme was never broadcast, though the footage and transcripts were later released. "Panorama" broadcast a famous hoax film about the harvesting of the spaghetti crop on April Fool's Day, 1957. Broadcast on 4 May 1955, Malcolm Muggeridge talked with Salvador Dalí, the Spanish surrealist artist. Arguably the most famous "Panorama" programme of all was the 1995 interview of Diana, Princess of Wales by Martin Bashir, which occurred after her separation, when she openly discussed the rumours about her personal life. The programme's filming and planning was subject to extreme secrecy, with Richard James Ayre,
Diana, Princess of Wales called them "the Germans". She believed that Diana was a "victim of her own poor judgment" as she lost social privilege by doing the "Panorama" interview. Some observers characterised her as a manipulative person. It was also alleged by some people that the Princess and her former father-in-law, Prince Philip, had a relationship filled with tension; however, other observers said that their letters provided no sign of friction between them. Author Anne Applebaum believed that Diana has not had any impact on public opinions posthumously; an idea supported by Jonathan Freedland of "The Guardian" who also noted in his article