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The Media Show: Reporting the Predator at Harrods

Behind the scenes on the new 大象传媒 expos茅 of the billionaire Mohamed Al Fayed, 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 the 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 last year and this month the 大象传媒 has released a new investigation that portrays him in a very different light. Erica Gornall, director of 鈥淎l-Fayed: Predator at Harrods鈥, and Henry Porter, former UK editor of Vanity Fair, discuss the story.

The US election is now just week away and the competition for viewers among the TV networks is ferocious. CNN 鈥 led by its British boss Mark Thompson - thinks they may have a secret weapon for Saturday nights; a US version of 鈥淗ave I Got News For You鈥. Jimmy Mulville of Hat Trick Productions, is the brains behind it. Nayeema Raza, co-host of Semafor's Mixed Signals podcast, gives her verdict.

Saad Mohseni co-founded the Moby Group, Afghanistan鈥檚 largest media company. Despite the Taliban being back in power, his TV channel, TOLO, still broadcasts news and educational programmes - and uses female anchors.

Producer: Simon Richardson
Assistant producer: Flora McWilliam

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