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In this episode, we follow Lembit Opik as he tries to take on the press after considering that his cheeky boy reputation may have cost him his seat in the last election; and Sheryl Gascoigne finally decides, after years of being told it was best to say nothing, that it is time to hit back.
Uri Geller pursues Britain's biggest tabloid and an American television network over allegations about his relationship with Michael Jackson. Geller finds the Americans, with their first amendment rights to free speech, a particularly challenging nut to crack.
Plus, former Metropolitan Police Commander Ali Dizaei questions whether repeated negative articles about him were always entirely fair and accurate.
Richard Donovan, an ultra marathon runner and businessman who organises extreme running events and adventures, takes on Forbes magazine after they wrote what he felt was a damning and inaccurate portrayal of his North Pole marathon. We also see a small north London mosque take on a large right-wing think tank after they published a report saying the mosque had sold extremist literature.
In this week's episode we follow science writer Simon Singh and his court battle with the British Chiropractic Association and family man Tristan Rogers who finds himself in hot water, having to defend comments he posted on an online property forum.
Cameras follow controversial and outspoken former MP George Galloway as he takes on the News of The World over phone hacking claims, in one of the biggest scandals to rock the British press in recent years.
We also follow model Danielle Lloyd when she does battle with Carphone Warehouse after she finds out extremely private pictures were stolen from her mobile phone and touted around the papers for thousands of pounds.
This episode finds out how a young Tamil refugee is able to fight for his reputation despite having no money to do so.
Once hailed as a hero in his community after he embarked on a lengthy hunger strike to highlight the civil war in Sri Lanka, he then went to zero and even received death threats after two of Britain's biggest tabloids said he'd faked it all by secretly eating burgers.
With the help of Britain's biggest libel firm in his corner, we follow his fight back.
