WITH the scandal over Prince Andrew’s links to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex quitting royal duties, the Windsors have been pretty embattled of late.
Now a new Channel 4 documentary is to revisit another crisis from 25 years ago — Princess Diana’s bombshell interview with Panorama about her marriage to Prince Charles.
The four-part show is due to be screened this autumn and looks at several problems that have beset the family.
The impact of the famous talk with Martin Bashir will be explored in detail.
A TV insider said: “The documentary intends to look at the years leading up to the controversial interview, and the aftermath of discussing her relationship to the heir to the throne.
“It’s obviously timed to coincide with the anniversary of the Panorama programme, not to mention airing just as Netflix drama, The Crown, also delves behind the scenes of Charles and Di’s marriage.
“The show will make for particularly uncomfortable viewing for the royals and couldn’t have come at a more difficult time for them.”
Diana gave her interview on November 20, 1995, and referred to the affair that Charles had with Camilla Parker Bowles, who is now the Duchess of Cornwall after marrying Prince Charles in 2005.
The princess revealed to Martin that they had struggled because “there were three of us in this marriage — so it was a bit crowded”.
Diana also revealed on TV that although she would never be Queen if she divorced Charles, she hoped she would be “a queen in people’s hearts”.
Just nine months later they did divorce and she lost her HRH status before being killed in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
Their troubled marriage, which began with a spectacular royal wedding in 1981, is also explored in the fourth season of Netflix’s The Crown, in which Josh O’Connor plays Charles and Emma Corrin takes on the role of Diana.
THE stars of Line Of Duty are usually all about unmasking bent coppers in Organised Crime Groups, or OCGs.
But this week Martin Compston, Vicky McClure and Adrian Dunbar were embroiled in another cover-up, led by the BBC1 show’s creator Jed Mercurio.
The writer, who is a former medic, enlisted their support to encourage people to wear face masks and help combat coronavirus.
He tweeted an picture of them with their multi-coloured face coverings, with the message: “Now OCG stands for #ObserveCoViDGuide lines.
“#LineofDuty says #WearAMask to prevent people around you catching the Coronavirus, helping to shield the vulnerable and protect the NHS.”
MASTERCHEF judge GRregg Wallace has found marital bliss, claiming he never rows with his wife Anna.
He told Loose Women: “I’ve hit the jackpot.
“The couple of times I’ve lost my temper, it hasn’t been with Anna.”
FANS of BBC1 drama series Luther are in luck because the brooding detective is gearing up for a return – albeit on the big screen.
Leading man Idris Elba has revealed he is finalising a deal to create a movie starring DCI John Luther.
During an interview for his new Sky comedy, In The Long Run, the actor made a tiny gap between his thumb and index finger, and said: “We’re this close to making a film.”
In The Long Run is set in Eighties Hackney, London, and starts on July 22. It is loosely based on Idris’s childhood.
His co-star Kellie Shirley praised it for being realistic.
She said: “There isn’t anything else like this on the screen.
“It shows real life and what a mixing pot it is.”
WHAT? Mrs America, BBC2, Wednesday 9pm.
WHY? New series with a star-studded cast, including Cate Blanchett, tells the tale of the Equal Rights Amendment in America where women fought to have the same status as men.
ALAN Titchmarsh is being paid £100,000 to present a ten-part series on ITV called Love Your Weekend.
The show, to be screened this autumn, is similar to the format of his Love Your Garden series.
A TV insider said: “During lockdown his show Grow Your Own At Home was a massive success.
“Bosses wanted to lock him in as quickly as possible and secured a deal for this new show later this year.
“ITV want to keep him on their channel for as long as they can. Love Your Weekend incorporates arts and crafts as well as gardening, and will have celebrity guests and experts popping up.”
Alan is not the only star who has been given the go-ahead for more airtime on ITV this year.
Celebrity chef Ainsley Harriott has landed a ten-parter called The Food We Love.
The new series will involve him creating dishes in a studio with other chefs, along with a famous special guest every week.
And Good Morning Britain regulars Alex Beresford and Ranvir Singh have been given a Sunday morning magazine-style show called All Around Britain.
The hour-long programme will come from a different location each week, celebrating the towns and cities and their cultures.
THE producers of 2018 thriller Bodyguard, starring Richard Madden, are launching their new drama The Diplomat on Alibi.
The series is set in Barcelona and follows the UK consulate as it tries to protect British nationals in trouble.
FOR the first time BBC, ITV and Channels 4 and 5 will come together to screen the same broadcast.
The stations – which are among 21 in total airing the short programme – will show Our Stories at 8.58pm tomorrow night.
The two-minute special promotes the power of television, with snippets of everything from iconic soaps to comedies such as Fleabag and Derry Girls.
It also includes clips from across the UK as it celebrates the importance of public service broadcasting.
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