[shakermaker]

It's not even a matter of debate, it's fact. Had the commissioners binned the tapes, fifty people maximum would have known the event had taken place. They didn't. They allowed the programme to be aired - even though Sachs told them not to air it - and the following weeks gutter rags displayed pictures of his grandaughter in the buff with sordid tales of sexual adventures with Brand.

But yes, of course, the people who commissioned the airing of the programme are only partly to blame.