Foster film 'is Ozzy meets Jacko'

Fraudster Peter Foster last night condemned a BBC documentary about his life with Cherie Blair's friend Carole Caplin as 'tasteless, tacky, tabloid trash'.

Its editing was misleading and it did not represent the facts, he said, adding: 'It's disrespectful to Tony and Cherie and also Carole and myself. What we have here is, if you like, the Osbournes meets Wacko Jacko.'

The BBC went ahead with its broadcast of The Conman, His Lover And The Prime Minister's Wife last night after Mr Foster abandoned a legal bid to stop it.

His solicitor, David Janes, said 'insuperable procedural difficulties' led to the decision to give up trying to obtain an injunction.

He added that Mr Foster, the Australian conman who helped Mrs Blair buy two Bristol flats at knock-down prices, would tell his version of events in his autobiography - due out this summer - if he felt the film unbalanced.

The full truth of Mrs Blair's relationship with her 'lifestyle guru' Ms Caplin had yet to come out, Mr Foster claimed in the film.

Ms Caplin had secrets which could sink the Prime Minister and his wife, he warned.

Tony Blair was apparently seen leaving a message on Ms Caplin's answerphone and she took calls she claimed were from Mrs Blair. Ms Caplin's friend Lynne Alleway was invited to make the film during the so-called Cheriegate scandal.