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The Fake Sheikh

And journalists had to be more careful, only I don’t think Mazher Mahmoodgot that memo

and journalists had to be more careful, only I don’t think Mazher Mahmood
got that memo

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and journalists had to be more careful,
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only I don’t think Mazher Mahmood got that memo.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
24
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:04
Uploaded
Apr 30, 2025
Season
1
Episode
3
Genres
documentary, drama

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Movie Summary

Maverick British reporter Mazher Mahmood, whose exposés generated headlines by his use of false identities to ensnare royals, sports stars, politicians, celebrities and members of the public.
S01 • E03 In the Sun, he was trying to re-establish himself - The Fake Sheikh 00:11
In the Sun, he was trying to re-establish himself
S01 • E01 Maz played on this caricature - The Fake Sheikh 00:06
Maz played on this caricature
S01 • E02 B, it was cheap, shoddy, shitty journalism. - The Fake Sheikh 00:04
B, it was cheap, shoddy, shitty journalism.
S01 • E02 But Glenn Mulcaire brought in so many stories at a really low cost. - The Fake Sheikh 00:06
But Glenn Mulcaire brought in so many stories at a really lo...
S01 • E02 And because that was so successful, we didn’t need Mazher anymore. - The Fake Sheikh 00:06
And because that was so successful, we didn’t need Mazher an...
S01 • E03 When Mazher joined the Sun on Sunday - The Fake Sheikh 00:20
When Mazher joined the Sun on Sunday
S01 • E02 The tabloid world, it was high pressure, high stress. - The Fake Sheikh 00:04
The tabloid world, it was high pressure, high stress.
S01 • E02 You were only as good as your last story - The Fake Sheikh 00:07
You were only as good as your last story
S01 • E02 He would have been expected to produce big stories - The Fake Sheikh 00:12
He would have been expected to produce big stories
S01 • E01 People are going to think that this never happened, but it did. - The Fake Sheikh 00:06
People are going to think that this never happened, but it d...
S01 • E02 Mazher had to up his game to prove that his old school techniques - The Fake Sheikh 00:09
Mazher had to up his game to prove that his old school techn...
S01 • E01 Strange as it may sound, - The Fake Sheikh 00:07
Strange as it may sound,
S01 • E03 She was a TV personality - The Fake Sheikh 00:08
She was a TV personality
S01 • E03 She was on our screens every Saturday night, - The Fake Sheikh 00:05
She was on our screens every Saturday night,
S01 • E02 In 2002, I was a Detective Inspector - The Fake Sheikh 00:07
In 2002, I was a Detective Inspector
S01 • E03 I thought she was great, and my daughter did and still does like N-Dubz, - The Fake Sheikh 00:07
I thought she was great, and my daughter did and still does ...
S01 • E01 I'd done time in prison for fraud, - The Fake Sheikh 00:08
I'd done time in prison for fraud,
S01 • E02 Mazher Mahmood told us they had an undercover informant - The Fake Sheikh 00:10
Mazher Mahmood told us they had an undercover informant
S01 • E03 But show business can be cutthroat. - The Fake Sheikh 00:04
But show business can be cutthroat.
S01 • E01 He wasn't called the Fake Sheikh then, he was Mazher Mahmood, - The Fake Sheikh 00:07
He wasn't called the Fake Sheikh then, he was Mazher Ma...