Al Fayed and the media, Have I Got News for You USA, TV news in Afghanistan
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Katie and Ros meet Erica Gornal, director of the BBC’s new investigation into serious sexual abuse allegations by Mohamed al Fayed. Jimmy Mulville, the exec behind the new US version of Have I Got News for You tell us about what makes Americans laugh and we learn what it takes to run Afghanistan’s biggest television channel, still operating under Taliban rule. Guests: Erica Gornall, Director, Al-Fayed: Predator at Harrods; Henry Porter, former UK Editor, Vanity Fair; Jimmy Mulville, Managing Director, Hat Trick Productions; Nayeema Raza, Co-host, Semafor's Mixed Signals podcast; Saad Mohseni, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Moby Group; Chris Blackhurst, Communications Advisor and former Editor of The Independent Presenters: Katie Razzall and Ros Atkins Producer: Simon Richardson Assistant Producer: Flora McWilliam
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