We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance.

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The Thriller album is still the biggest album of all time. That is still returning huge royalty cheques.

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I don't think his life has been in any way disfigured by the film. The film did disclose some difficult facts.

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Each story we approach in the same way, with curiosity and interest and determination to get behind the image.

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It was not possible to broadcast any of that because of an agreement between Jackson and the family. Our legal advice was that we could not broadcast it.

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He was very concerned about his children potentially being kidnapped or attached, and that's why they were covered up. When he went to Berlin zoo, there were 200 photographers.

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The first time I ask him, have you had your cheekbones raised, have you had your nose changed? He denied it all. I was asking him to compare his face with what it looked like years ago.

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This was almost two hours of factual documentary. In our audience ratings, barely no one left the programme. The whole of his life is so fascinating and people kept watching for that reason.

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