On the 14th August 2014 the BBC broadcasted an exclusive story of British singer Cliff Richard’s home being searched by police. In this episode we discuss how South Yorkshire Police complied with the demands of an ambitious journalist, and how privacy rights were forgotten in the process. We study court documents of the privacy trial and uncover some bizarre and shocking details of what happened in the lead up to the BBC's aerial coverage of Richard's home. Was all of this in the public interest? Should the public know if a member of the rich and famous are being investigated for a serious crime?

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