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June 28, 2022updated 30 Sep 2022 11:28am

BBC pays out to Panorama journalist labelled ‘troublemaker’ over Martin Bashir whistleblowing

By Charlotte Tobitt

Update: BBC pledges never to air or license Martin Bashir’s Princess Diana interview again after latest damages payout

The BBC has apologised and agreed to pay a “significant sum” to a former Panorama journalist who alerted the broadcaster to suspicions over the way Martin Bashir secured his 1995 interview with Princess Diana.

Mark Killick (pictured) was labelled a troublemaker and forced off Panorama for raising concerns, with managers claiming he was leaking information about the programme he had worked on for seven years because he was jealous he had not been on the team that produced the world-famous interview.

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