How BBC managers kept the board in the dark about Diana interview

We were seen as a 'bunch of wallies' by the likes of Tony Hall, says Richard Eyre, an ex-board member An atmosphere of "total contempt" coloured all dealings of BBC managers with their board of governors in 1995, as journalist Martin Bashir and his Panorama bosses were cooking up their covert interview with Diana, Princess of Wales, according to Sir Richard Eyre, who sat on the BBC board at the time. It led to a complete lack of communication about the controversial programme, which has, two and...