The Media Show
Episodes
Is campaigner-funded journalism really journalism?
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Who can afford investigative journalism? And should we care about who pays for it? This week Unearthed, the journalism team of Greenpeace, revealed a ...
Plotting the future of history on TV
25 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The historian Dan Snow claims that traditional TV channels have neglected history programmes and has launched HistoryHit.TV, a new subscription servic...
Privacy, liberty and Cliff Richard
18 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Cliff Richard has won an initial £210,000 in damages from the BBC after a judge ruled that coverage of a police raid on his home in 2014 was a "v...
Will the BBC ever solve its pay problem?
11 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC has published its Annual Report which includes a list of its highest paid stars. The top 12 earners are all men despite the outcry that follow...
How to win in sports journalism
04 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
England's World Cup success is a boon for the media but where's the line between journalist and fan? Amol Rajan is joined by Jess Brammar, Head of New...
Seymour Hersh - extended interview
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Seymour Hersh is considered to be one of America's greatest investigative journalists
What makes a reporter?
27 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What does it take to be a reporter - and how should editors get the best out of them? Amol Rajan is joined by Seymour Hersh, Pulitzer Prize winning jo...
The Media Show Revolutions: News
20 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the first of a series of programmes exploring the media revolution, how the news industry is changing. Amol Rajan is joined by Fran Unsworth, the B...
How to keep your exclusive, exclusive
13 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Observer and The Sunday Times both ran front pages alleging Russian links to Arron Banks, the businessman who helped fund the Leave.EU campaign. T...
Why isn't all TV like Love Island?
06 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Amol Rajan is joined by Sarah Tyekiff, Head of Non-Scripted Programming at Lime Pictures and a former ITV producer of Love Island, Lord Puttnam, Richa...
The staged death of a Russian journalist
01 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Amol Rajan is joined by Ben Smith, BuzzFeed editor in chief, Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News International Editor, and Les Hinton, former publisher of ...
The Evolution of Radio
23 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Digital radio has become more popular than listening over FM and AM in the UK for the first time. Meanwhile, technology companies like Amazon and Spot...
Rise of the media robots
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why media companies are investing in artificial intelligence. Also in the programme, reporting the Royal wedding and Killing Eve, the BBC drama that i...
Journalism fights back!
10 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The publishers finding new markets for news. Andrea Catherwood is joined by Tim Dixon, editor of The Paper for Honiton, Jasper Jackson, digital editor...
Silicon Valley v Westminster
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Zuckerberg has been threatened with a summons by Parliament if he fails to accept an invitation to answer questions from the DCMS select committe...
When a story becomes big news
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The Guardian had been reporting on residency problems faced by some Caribbean-born UK residents for 6 months before the story was picked up by other m...
The ethics of reporting from Syria
18 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How journalists work in a war-zone. Amol Rajan is joined by Robert Fisk, The Independent's Middle East correspondent, and Jeremy Bowen, BBC Middle Eas...
The Age of Zuckerberg
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How the media lives in the shadow of big tech: Amol Rajan is joined by Farrah Storr, Cosmopolitan editor, Terri White, editor in chief Empire and Pilo...
How Porno conquered podcasts
04 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Once synonymous with the kitchen table, podcasts are now big business. The likes of Spotify and Amazon all produce their own podcasts and some adverti...
BONUS Richard Gingras of Google News and Mark Thompson of The New York Times
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Google has launched a new feature called Subscribe with Google that will allow users to buy subscriptions from participating news sites. Could this ap...
Who owns our data?
28 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Internet users everywhere are worried about their personal data. There are concerns that a few companies have become extremely rich off the back of it...
How Carole Cadwalladr exposed Facebook
21 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Carole Cadwalladr is The Observer journalist whose reporting on Cambridge Analytica triggered a crisis at Facebook. She tells Andrea Catherwood how sh...
George Osborne and the economics of free news
14 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The editor of The Evening Standard explains his business strategy. Also, will Russian media companies face sanction from the UK government? Amol Rajan...
Reporting the case of the Russian spy
07 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A former Russian double agent and his daughter were found unconscious in the centre of Salisbury; how should journalists approach a high profile story...
The importance of being social
28 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why political parties and advertisers crave influence on social media. Amol Rajan is joined by Isabel Hardman, assistant editor of The Spectator, Crai...
Is Jeremy Corbyn at war with the press?
21 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jeremy Corbyn has called claims in some newspapers about his involvement with a Czech diplomat in the 1980s "nonsense" and has released a video messag...
Trinity Mirror CEO Simon Fox on buying the Express, Star and OK
14 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Trinity Mirror CEO Simon Fox on taking over the Express, Star and OK magazine.Times deputy editor Emma Tucker on how it put together its Oxfam abuse s...
Matt Hancock's manifesto
07 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The government has ordered a review of how it could help Britain's newspaper industry. Amol Rajan is joined by Matt Hancock, the Secretary of State fo...
BBC's problem with pay
31 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC has admitted to overpaying some male journalists compared to their female colleagues. How will it fix the problem and is it endemic in the med...
Murdoch fights back
24 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rupert Murdoch has proposed that Facebook pay a "carriage fee" to publishers in exchange for distributing their news articles. Amol Rajan is joined by...
Facebook's algorithm change and why you should care
17 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook has announced it will change how its news feed works. Posts from friends and family will take priority over content from media companies. Adw...
When journalists burn their sources
10 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What can journalism learn from Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff's blockbuster account of life inside President Trump's White House? How does a reporter pe...
The battle for Christmas
03 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Christmas has traditionally been a big event for broadcasters. But this year, how did British TV channels perform in the age of Netflix and Amazon? Al...
Who wants to be a TV format millionaire?
27 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
British TV producers are responsible for some of the world's most popular shows. What is the secret to creating a hit format? Amol Rajan gets advice f...
Peston's Brexit confession and BBC religious coverage
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Robert Peston found fame for his string of scoops during the financial crisis of 2007. In his new book WTF he admits to how he voted in the EU referen...
End of the Age of Murdoch?
13 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Walt Disney is rumoured to be finalising a $60bn takeover of the entertainment assets of 21st Century Fox. Brian Wieser is an analyst for Pivotal Rese...
The Guardian's Kath Viner, Spin doctors v broadcasters, Channel 4 News editor Ben De Pear
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Katharine Viner, the editor-in-chief of Guardian News and Media, discusses the newspaper's financial and digital future with Media Show presenter Amol...
The Royal Family and critical journalism
29 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Prince Harry is getting married and newspapers have devoted dozens of pages to the story. But do British journalists abandon their principles when it ...
The power of the crowd
22 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Paperchase has apologised for a promotion offered in the Daily Mail. The stationery retailer backtracked after being targeted on social media by campa...
Russia and the information wars
15 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Vladimir Putin has been accused by the UK government of weaponising information to sow discord in the West. Amol Rajan is joined by Dmitry Linnik, for...
Scoops from Paradise
08 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Paradise Papers are 13.4 million leaked financial documents. A German newspaper got hold of them and then farmed out the legwork to a global netwo...
How BuzzFeed exposed Kevin Spacey
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix have suspended filming of their hit TV series House of Cards. The decision follows allegations now engulfing the show's lead actor Kevin Space...
How to save regional newspapers
25 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Johnston Press is one of the UK's largest publishers, whose titles include The Scotsman, Yorkshire Post and the i. Chief executive Ashley Highfield di...
Malta journalist murdered: Daphne Caruana Galizia
18 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated by a car bomb this week. She was renowned for challenging corruption on the i...
Could the media have exposed Harvey Weinstein earlier?
11 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein stands accused of years of sexual misconduct. Weinstein denies all allegations of non-consensual sex. But coul...
Celebrities and interview copy control
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Clare Balding has denied claims that she demanded approval of a Saga Magazine interview.
What's wrong with the BBC?
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the inaugural Steve Hewlett Lecture at the Royal Television Society, Nick Robinson argues how the BBC should respond to the popularity of hyper-par...
Is Twitter turning journalists into vultures?
20 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Theresa May has called for tech firms to do more to tackle online extremism. Meanwhile in Germany new legislation is due to come into force next month...
RTS Cambridge Convention special
13 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
How does the UK retain its position as one of the world's leading producers of TV? A special edition of The Media Show recorded at the Royal Televisio...
Coleen Rooney and the paparazzi, Classic FM at 25, Panorama secret filming
06 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Coleen Rooney has appealed for photographers to stop following her in the wake of her husband's drink driving arrest. George Bamby, a paparazzi photog...
30/08/2017
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As tensions continue to mount on the Korean peninsula, is now the right time for the BBC to be launching a new radio service aimed at North Koreans? J...
23/08/2017
23 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Martin Lewis, founder of MoneySavingExpert.com, claims that Facebook has "dire controls" over who can buy adverts and that as a consequence his brand ...
Test Match Special and Josh Krichefski of MediaCom UK
16 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
If you're a company or a brand who wants to reach millions of people, you can go to the likes of Google and Facebook and they'll do it for you. So wha...
Media titan John Malone, newspapers 'ripping' content, and online moderation
09 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Malone has been called the "swamp alligator", the "cable cowboy" and "Darth Vader". He's worth several billion dollars and he's one of the few pe...
Johnston Press job cuts; Police chief anger at tech giants; Sir Alan Moses, chairman of IPSO
26 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Johnston Press has announced that some journalists working on its weekly Scottish titles are going to be made redundant. Paul Holleran is the NUJ's or...
Inside Russia Today...
05 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
RT, the news network funded by the Russian government, says it provides an alternative to the mainstream media. Critics say that it is Kremlin propaga...
Middle East Eye, The Atlantic, Mumsnet move into TV
28 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Saudi Arabia and her allies have demanded that Qatar shuts down a number of media outlets as a condition of ending the crisis in the region. David Hea...
Fleet Street's influence on British politics
14 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Have Britain's newspapers lost their influence on British politics? Is the unexpected general election result evidence that the key battleground was n...
CNN boss Tony Maddox, VR news, The&Partnership founder Johnny Hornby
07 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
CNN has been accused of staging a Muslim protest after the London Bridge attack. Tony Maddox, head of CNN International, tells Amol Rajan that the cla...
Political Interviews and Social Media, Court Reporting
31 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Has social media reaction changed how journalists conduct political interviews? Amol Rajan is joined by Jon Snow of Channel 4 News and James O'Brien o...
Information commissioner, White House leaks, iPlayer
17 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Information Commissioner has announced she is opening a formal investigation into the use of data analytics for political purposes. Elizabeth Denh...
Turkish media crackdown; Reuters on trust; Fix Radio for builders
03 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest crackdown on the media, the Turkish government has blocked access to Wikipedia citing a law that allows it to ban websites for the prote...
General Election coverage; Le Monde and fake news; Channel 4 out of London
19 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The announcement of a snap general election came as a shock to almost everyone. How will broadcasters and publishers cover the event at such short not...
12/04/2017
12 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sean Spicer, Press Secretary for Donald Trump, has been forced to apologise after trying to compare President Assad with Hitler. Sir Craig Oliver, who...
05/04/2017
05 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ofcom has taken over regulation of the BBC and has published proposals as to how the corporation's TV and radio channels should be distinct from the c...
Westminster attack and the media response, Tyler Brule on Monocle
29 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Topical programme about the fast-changing media world.
Nicholas Coleridge; BBC Brexit coverage; Osborne, Lebedev and the Evening Standard
22 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Nicholas Coleridge has been Managing Director of Conde Nast UK and President of Conde Nast International for the last 25 years. They publish well over...
Katie Hopkins on libel law; David Abraham leaving Channel 4; The Daily Mail
15 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Food writer Jack Munroe has won damages in a libel action against columnist and radio host Katie Hopkins. Andrea Catherwood asks Katie Hopkins about w...
Impartiality duty, Fox-Sky merger, BBC archive
08 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Woman's Hour presenter Jenni Murray wrote an article in the Sunday Times questioning the claim of transgender women to be real women. The article spar...
Press regulation compromise, Trump versus the media, ITV's The Nightly Show
01 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Damian Collins MP, the chair of the Culture, Media and Sport committee, tells us about his potential "alternative path" for press regulation. We hear ...
A celebration of Steve Hewlett, presenter of The Media Show
22 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Catherwood presents a celebration of the work of Steve Hewlett, the founding presenter of The Media Show, Steve Hewlett. She is joined by Andre...
Secrecy and whistleblowing, Times Literary Supplement editor Stig Abell, Radio style guides
15 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Law Commission has opened consultations on proposals to update the Official Secrets Act - something it says is necessary in the light of new techn...
David Beckham and reputation management, Curbing abuse on Twitter, The Guardian
08 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We look at what David Beckham's coverage this week tells us about PR, newspapers and reputation management. Andrea Catherwood speaks to Sara Mansooria...
Sarah Sands, new Editor of Today; the PM's press pack; editors and politicians
01 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Sands, the newly appointed editor of Today talks about her plans for the flagship Radio 4 news programme. An investigation by Newsnight has clai...
James Harding on claims of BBC bias against Trump. Plus Sky and iconic news photos
25 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daily Telegraph columnist Charles Moore has accused the BBC of bias in the way it covers Donald Trump. He says that news staff within the corporation ...
Theresa May and US Vogue, Fake news in Germany, Covering Northern Ireland
18 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Theresa May is set to appear on the front cover Of American Vogue, what does her choice of media outlet say about the brand she's building? Andrea Cat...
Sir David Clementi named for BBC Chair; Donald Trump: fake news and good journalism
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
The Edinburgh TV Festival and ITN have hosted a debate on Fake News and the Fallout, where Brian Stelter of CNN outlined his attempts to uphold journa...
David Blunkett on press regulation; TV ratings and the battle for Saturday night
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett talks to David Blunkett, a victim of phone hacking about the future of press regulation. With the government currently consulting on whe...
Scoops, scandals and sackings: Piers Morgan's life story - A Media Show Special
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Scoops, scandals and sackings: Piers Morgan dishes the dirt on his childhood master plan to become Britain's most talked about journalist and his rapi...
The bid for Sky; Christmas TV; BBC Monitoring
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
SKY takeover: Beyond the prominent arguments, what are legal and regulatory hurdles that the 20th Century Fox bid has to clear? And, how does the situ...
Murdoch, Fox and Sky; Eve Pollard; Value of newspapers
14 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Joining us to discuss 20th Century Fox's proposed takeover of Sky are Mathew Horsman, Director of Mediatique, David Elstein, former head of programmin...
Trump and New York Times, the next Chair of the BBC board
07 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Former Controller of Radio 4 and current BBC trustee Mark Damazer talks about the plans for the BBC's new unitary board, the appointments process for ...
Diversity at the BBC, Yousra Elbagir, Hugo Rifkind
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What's the BBC doing to retain BAME employee and improve diversity at the most senior levels? Marcus Ryder, discusses why he recently left the BBC. An...
Tom Mangold, Channel 4, Luxury magazines
23 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Catherwood looks at why some luxury magazines appear to be in good health despite the troubles faced by the wider print market. Farrah Storr, E...
The Grand Tour, US journalism, BBC World Service expansion
16 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett is joined by Andy Wilman, Executive Producer of 'The Grand Tour' to discuss Clarkson, Hammond and May and the new show for Amazon Prime....
How the media reported on Trump, TV advertising, Sound Women
09 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Paddy O'Connell looks at Trump's victory in the US presidential election - one that much of the mainstream media failed to predict. Emily Bell and Jam...
Piers Morgan on Trump; Ted Sarandos of Netflix on The Crown; Press regulation
02 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
With polls suggesting Donald Trump's prospects in next week's US presidential election have improved, Piers Morgan discusses where he thinks the media...
Dean Baquet of the New York Times, Impress press regulator, AT&T - Time Warner merger
26 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times executive editor Dean Baquet on covering Donald Trump, the future of newspapers and making digital pay.Impress becomes the first offici...
Caitlin Moran on Raised By Wolves, John Whittingdale on James Purnell, What Is Twitter Worth?
19 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday MPs debated the Draft BBC Charter, former Culture Secretary John Whittingdale joins us to discuss his concerns about the recent appointment ...
Will Young leaves Strictly, IPSO review, Sky
12 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett talks to Sir Joseph Pilling about his review of press regulator, the Independent Press Standards Organisation. And, to discuss the repor...
Craig Oliver, Daily Mail, 'A World Without Down's Syndrome'
05 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Craig Oliver was a senior editorial figure at the BBC before he was was David Cameron's Director of Communications. He discusses how he thinks he BBC ...
Sam Allardyce, Future of online journalism, STV - news for Scottish viewers
29 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Catherwood looks at the journalism behind the Daily Telegraph's ten month undercover investigation into Sam Allardyce which led to him leaving ...
How to cover politics; BBC shows out to tender; BBC Draft Charter
22 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett speaks to Bal Samra, BBC Commercial Director about putting TV shows out to competitive tender - and how the BBC works with independent p...
Turkish journalist Can Dundar, John Whittingdale on the BBC draft charter, Phone hacking
14 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Andrea Catherwood talks to former Culture Secretary John Whittingdale about the hunt for a new Chair of the BBC Board following Rona Fairhead's decisi...
John Hardie, CEO of ITN, Keith Vaz and public interest journalism, The Archers as a brand, Reporting on Taylor Swift
07 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett talks to ITN's CEO John Hardie about his strategy to boost ITN productions and the future of ITN News. Was the Sunday Mirror's story mak...
Mark Thompson; Is TV failing young audiences; Autumn schedules
31 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett talks to Mark Thompson, President and CEO of the New York Times and former Director General of the BBC, about his new book 'Enough Said'...
Olympics v Brexit coverage, Diversity monitoring, Gawker closes, New series Gangland
25 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The start of this summer witnessed some of the most significant political events in recent history, with media headlines about Brexit dominating every...
Covering Trump, BBC sitcom season, Vice's new TV channel
17 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
New York Times media columnist, Jim Rutenberg, has described how journalists who disagree with Donald Trump now face a dilemma in terms of their impar...
Reporting statistics, Detecting iPlayer use, The New European
10 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC Trust has published an independent impartiality review looking at the BBC's reporting of statistics in its news and current affairs. It's foun...
Naming terrorists; Naked Attraction; Facebook results
03 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Following the recent spate of terrorist attacks in France and Germany, and widespread reporting on these atrocities, some media outlets, including the...