ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Princess Latifa, who attempted to flee her home country in 2018. However, she was captured and brought back to Dubai from international waters. In 2019, a family court in the UK ruled that Sheikh Mohammed had ordered the abduction of Princess Latifa, who was publicly seen only once since, in December 2018 during the visit of former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson.The Missing Princess was released in 2021, after BBC Panorama received a video message secretly recorded by Latifa bint Mohammed Al Maktoum from her bathroom in 2018. The messages were sent by Princess Latifa's friends, who were not able to get in touch with her for a long time. The Princess accused her father, Sheikh Mohammed, of holding her "hostage". She also gave details of her abduction, where she was drugged and brought back by Emirati soldiers on a boat and then a private jet. Saying that she feared for her life, Latifa complained about being tired in the solitary confinement without any medical and legal assistance. Release of the documentary prompted the United Nations to intervene in the matter, where the organization questioned the United Arab Emirates about Princess Latifa and asked for a proof that she is alive. Programme influenced by security services In December 2011, it was revealed that former BBC Director General Sir Ian Trethowan had met in 1981 with the chiefs of MI5 and the Secret Intelligence Service about an episode of Panorama dealing with the security services. He showed a video recording of the original programme to Bernard Sheldon, legal adviser to MI5, who suggested cuts to the programme. Trethowan asked the head of BBC News to reduce the programme to half its length, including the cuts suggested by MI5. Scheduling The scheduling of Panorama has, since the 1980s, often been a subject of media debate and controversy, due to the duties of the BBC to provide both, on the one hand, entertaining programming that appeals to a mass audience, and on the other serious journalism that might have a narrower audience. In February 1985, with the programme being watched by an average audience of just 3.5 million viewers, Controller of BBC One Michael Grade moved the programme from its traditional prime time 8.10 pm slot on Monday evenings back to 9.30 pm, after the Nine O'Clock News. Despite many protests about