Martin Bashir interviewing Michael Jackson

Martin Bashir (born January 19, 1963 (1963-01-19) (age 44), in London) is a British journalist of Pakistani descent. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 123 KB)Martin Bashir interviewing Michael Bashir Template:Tv-screenshot File links The following pages link to this file: Martin Bashir 2005 trial of Michael Jackson Living with Michael Jackson ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 123 KB)Martin Bashir interviewing Michael Bashir Template:Tv-screenshot File links The following pages link to this file: Martin Bashir 2005 trial of Michael Jackson Living with Michael Jackson ... January 19 is the 19th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...

Bashir came to wide prominence in 1995 when he interviewed (for the BBC's Panorama programme) Diana, Princess of Wales about her failed marriage to the Prince of Wales. Since then he has conducted interviews with, amongst others, Louise Woodward, the five suspects in the Stephen Lawrence case, Michael Barrymore, Jeffrey Archer, Major Charles Ingram, and Joanne Lees. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Panorama is a long-running current affairs documentary series on BBC television, launched on 11 November 1953 and focusing on investigative journalism. ... Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances;[2] née Spencer; 1 July 1961 – 31 August 1997) was the first wife of Charles, Prince of Wales. ... The Prince Charles, Prince of Wales (Charles Philip Arthur George[2]; born 14 November 1948), is the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. ... Louise Woodward (born 28 February 1978, Cheshire, England) was a British au pair convicted, at the age of 19, of the involuntary manslaughter of 8-month-old Matthew Eappen in Newton, Massachusetts. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Michael Ciaran Parker (born May 4, 1952 in Bermondsey, London), is an English comedian, actor, and entertainer better known by his stage name Michael Barrymore. ... Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born 15 April 1940) is a British best-selling author and politician. ... Diana and Charles Ingram. ... Joanne Lees Joanne Lees, (born September 25, 1975 in Huddersfield), is a British woman, notable for being the girlfriend of Peter Falconio at the time of his disappearance on a remote stretch of highway near Barrow Creek in outback Northern Territory, Australia on July 14, 2001. ...

In his 2003 dialogue with Michael Jackson, titled Living with Michael Jackson critics contend the documentary was yellow journalism as Bashir edited the tapes in a sensational manner that only presented Jackson in an unflattering light. After seeing the edited version of the interview, Jackson released a rebuttal interview, filmed by his personal cameraman. Living with Michael Jackson was watched by 14 million viewers in the UK. When it was aired in the U.S., the furor over insinuations of paedophilia began a series of events that led to Michael Jackson being tried for molesting a boy who appeared in the film. Jackson was acquitted. Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Michael Joseph Jackson (August 29, 1958), commonly known as MJ as well as the King of Pop, is an American musician, entertainer, and pop icon whose successful career and controversial personal life have been a part of pop culture for the last three decades. ... Living with Michael Jackson was a Granada Television documentary, in which British journalist Martin Bashir interviewed Michael Jackson over a period of 8 months, from the middle of 2002 to January 2003. ... Nasty little printers devils spew forth from the Hoe press in this Puck cartoon of Nov. ... In law, rebuttal is a form of evidence that is presented to contradict or nullify other evidence that has been presented by an adverse party. ...

Bashir was born in London and grew up in Wandsworth. He was educated at King Alfred's College of Higher Education, Winchester (since 2004 the University of Winchester), studying English & History from 1982-85, and at King's College London [2]. He still keeps a house in Winchester. He started work as a journalist in 1986. He worked for the BBC until 1999 on programmes including Songs of Praise, Public Eye and Panorama and then he joined ITV, working on special documentary programmes and features for Tonight with Trevor McDonald. Bashir has also appeared in the film Mike Bassett: England Manager, where he played himself. He is a devout Christian^[1]. The University of Winchester is a university in Winchester in the United Kingdom. ... Mascot Reggie the lion Affiliations University of London Russell Group Golden Triangle Website http://www. ... Songs of Praise is a BBC television programme based around traditional Christian hymns. ... Panorama is a long-running current affairs documentary series on BBC television, launched on 11 November 1953 and focusing on investigative journalism. ... Independent Television (generally known as ITV but also as ITV Network or Channel 3) is a public service network of British commercial television broadcasters, set up under the Independent Television Authority (ITA) to provide competition to the BBC. ITV is the oldest commercial television network in the UK. Since 1990... Tonight is the name of a British television newsmagazine, anchored by Sir Trevor McDonald and produced by the ITV network since 1999. ...

In May 2003, he was voted the 5th worst Briton in Channel 4's poll of the 100 Worst Britons, just behind Margaret Thatcher and Jade Goody. Channel 4 is a public-service British television station, broadcast to all areas of the United Kingdom (and also the Republic of Ireland), which began transmissions in 1982. ... 100 Worst Britons We Love to Hate is one in a series of 100 Greatest. ... Margaret Hilda Thatcher, Baroness Thatcher, LG, OM, PC (born October 13, 1925), former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, in office from 1979 to 1990. ... Jade Goody (born 5 June 1981) is a British reality television celebrity who gained notoriety for appearing in Big Brother as well as releasing a chain of products and television shows. ...

Currently, Bashir serves as a correspondent for ABC's 20/20. Bashir also became one of the three full-time anchors of Nightline following Ted Koppel's last broadcast in November 2005. The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... 20/20 is an American television newsmagazine broadcast on ABC since June 6, 1978. ... Nightline is a late-night hard and soft news program broadcast by ABC in the United States, and has a franchised formula to other networks and stations elsewhere in the world. ... Photo by Bob DAmico/ABC Ted Koppel, anchor of the ABC News program Nightline. ...

References

1. ^ Talk To Me, The Guardian, 22 Jan 2003, from [1] (retrieved 2 Feb 2007)

External links

• Martin Bashir at the Internet Movie Database
• ABC News Bio
• CNN: Michael Jackson statement on Martin Bashir interview
• Johns Hopkins University Newsletter on Bashir's Michael Jackson documentary