BBC Diana Panorama probe appoints ex-judge to lead investigation

The BBC has appointed one of Britain's most decorated former judges 'to get to the truth' about whether Martin Bashir conned Princess Diana into their notorious 1995 Panorama interview - and if his bosses covered any dirty tricks up. The BBC approved Lord Dyson's appointment this afternoon after new Director General Tim Davie ordered an independent inquiry into allegations Mr Bashir fed Diana a string of lies and smears to obtain his 1995 exclusive interview with her. Retired judge Lord Dyson will run the independent inquiry into whether Martin Bashir used dirty tricks to con Princess Diana into the 1995 Panorama interview. Mr Bashir won a Bafta for the show Diana, Princess of Wales, during her world exclusive Panorama interview with Bashir for the BBC, November 20 1995 The five key areas the BBC inquiry into the Martin Bashir scandal will cover Lord Dyson has been asked to investigate and report back on five key areas. In February 1996 Bashir was feted at the Royal Television Society's annual journalism awards ceremony for the interview that made headlines around the world Top British retired judge chosen to lead BBC's Bashir inquiry once called Boris Johnson a risk-taker who 'chances his arm' in love child case Lord Dyson was Master of the Rolls - the name Britain's top Court of Appeal judge - for four years until he retired in October 2016.