{"id":15424,"date":"2020-11-30T10:49:39","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T15:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev2.worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-commissioned-new-princess-diana-doc\/"},"modified":"2020-11-30T13:26:58","modified_gmt":"2020-11-30T18:26:58","slug":"blink-films-commissioned-for-new-princess-diana-doc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-commissioned-for-new-princess-diana-doc\/","title":{"rendered":"Blink Films Commissioned for New Princess Diana Doc"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has commissioned from Blink Films the fast-turnaround documentary special <em>The Diana Interview: The Truth Behind the Scandal<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The doc will explore the fallout following the producer\u2019s\u00a0<em>Diana: The Truth Behind the Interview<\/em>, which led to the BBC setting up an independent inquiry into the methods used to obtain Princess Diana\u2019s 1995 <em>Panorama<\/em> interview. Examining the scandal around the program and providing further revelations from Freedom of Information (FOI) requests and royal insiders, the new program will feature Diana\u2019s former Private Secretary Patrick Jephson, among others.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Jephson, who reveals the personal impact on him from the allegations made by Martin Bashir to Diana that he was being paid to spy on her by MI5, <em>The Diana Interview: The Truth Behind the Scandal<\/em> includes interviews with graphic artist Matt Wiessler, royal biographer Andrew Morton and veteran <em>Panorama<\/em> reporter Tom Mangold, who talks about the concerns he expressed at the time to the program\u2019s editor and other senior BBC staff.<\/p>\n<p>Dan Chambers, creative director of Blink Films, said: \u201cThe enormous interest and subsequent BBC reaction to <em>Diana: The Truth Behind the Interview<\/em> is a testament to the dogged research by our team. This new film, exploring the truth about the scandal, moves the story on further with new revelations, reflections and interviews with those directly affected at the time and by the fallout over the last month.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Channel 4 has commissioned from Blink Films the fast-turnaround documentary special The Diana Interview: The Truth Behind the Scandal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1033,"featured_media":15428,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[291,289,5246],"class_list":["post-15424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-blink-films","tag-channel-4","tag-the-diana-interview-the-truth-behind-the-scandal","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Blink Films Commissioned for New Princess Diana Doc - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-commissioned-for-new-princess-diana-doc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Blink Films Commissioned for New Princess Diana Doc - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Channel 4 has commissioned from Blink Films the fast-turnaround documentary special The Diana Interview: The Truth Behind the Scandal.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-commissioned-for-new-princess-diana-doc\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-11-30T15:49:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-11-30T18:26:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/11\/blink-films-logo.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"210\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Chelsea Regan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-commissioned-for-new-princess-diana-doc\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-commissioned-for-new-princess-diana-doc\/\",\"name\":\"Blink Films Commissioned for New Princess Diana Doc - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2020-11-30T15:49:39+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-11-30T18:26:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-commissioned-for-new-princess-diana-doc\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-commissioned-for-new-princess-diana-doc\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/blink-films-commissioned-for-new-princess-diana-doc\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Blink Films Commissioned for New Princess Diana Doc\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/2a2c6d8fb3c7c8b4220b8877ecffb79a\",\"name\":\"Chelsea Regan\",\"description\":\"Chelsea Regan is the managing editor of World Screen. 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