“Now we know about the shocking way that the interview was obtained I have decided that the BBC will never show the programme again; nor will we license it in whole or part to other broadcasters. It does of course remain part of the historical record and there may be occasions in the future when it will be justified for the BBC to use short extracts for journalistic purposes, but these will be few and far between and will need to be agreed at Executive Committee level and set in the full context of what we now know about the way the interview was obtained. I would urge others to exercise similar restraint.”
BBC DG Tim Davie this morning.
The full interview was first shown in 1995, repeated twice on a 'Diana Weekend' on BBC Choice in 2000, and shown on BBC2 in 2005.
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