Reporting the Predator at Harrods
Behind the scenes on the ±«Óãtv exposé of billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed. Also, the battle for viewers on late night TV in America, and the man running a TV network in Afghanistan.
Mohamed Al Fayed was the flamboyant billionaire whose investments once included luxury department store Harrods and a Premier League football club. He was the father of Dodi, who was killed alongside Princess Diana in 1997. Fayed died in 2023, and the ±«Óãtv has released an investigation that portrays him in a very different light. Erica Gornall, director of Al Fayed: Predator at Harrods, and Henry Porter, former UK editor of Vanity Fair, discuss the story.
In the run-up to the US election, the competition for viewers among the TV networks is ferocious. CNN - led by its British boss Mark Thompson - thinks they may have a secret weapon for Saturday nights; a US version of Have I Got News For You. Jimmy Mulville of Hat Trick Productions is the brains behind it, and Nayeema Raza, co-host of Semafor's Mixed Signals podcast, gives her verdict.
Saad Mohseni co-founded the Moby Group, Afghanistan's largest media company. Despite the Taliban being back in power, his TV channel, TOLO, still broadcasts news and educational programmes - and uses female anchors.
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