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The UK’s Home Secretary Priti Patel has not ruled out criminal prosecutions over the interview and cover-up, as Martin Bashir breaks his silence.

The Panorama fallout continues, with a backlash to a defiant defence by the presenter and criticism from Diana's former biographer

The first colleague to confront Martin Bashir over the famous TV tell-all says the BBC should offer more than a “generic apology”.

One senior government figure closely involved in weekend discussions with the BBC said that while governance rules had changed and been improved since 1995, it would not be enough for ministers simply to step back and say it is now a different and improved institution. “When you have a future king of England attacking in a pretty strong fashion the state-owned broadcaster, then the government needs to be seen to be taking that seriously,” a government minister said. “While there is now stronger internal management than there was then and stronger external regulation, there is a...

On November 14, 1995, I was on a Panorama assignment in Wales when I heard on my portable radio the news that Martin Bashir had secured a world-wide scoop. I had no mobile on me so I got off the train at the next station and phoned him from a call box to offer my sincere congratulations. Bashir’s magnificent coup, an interview with Princess Diana, led to nothing but high praise from all of us reporters and producers on the show. We bathed in the glory, we all grew ten feet tall. The adrenaline and the champagne flowed, for a short time at least.