The Media Show
Episodes
Local TV's first casualty; Class action against Facebook; Reporting suicide
13 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The company which was awarded the licence to run Local TV for Birmingham has gone into administration. City TV, trading as BLTV, was awarded the licen...
New laws for bloggers; the impartiality of reporters; radio presenters working for free
06 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Public council meetings in England can now be filmed and tweeted about, following the introduction of new legislation. Local government secretary Eric...
30/07/2014
01 Aug 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A House of Lords report says that The European Court of Justice's demand for internet search engines to respect individuals', "right to be forgotten" ...
MH17 and Gaza reporting, Al Jazeera English journalist Sue Turton, Murdoch's media moves
23 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
For rolling news services, there are tough choices to make in the newsroom over how to cover the MH17 disaster and the conflict in Gaza - which story ...
BBC commissions up for grabs; IMPRESS regulation plans; Immigration Street
16 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Director General of the BBC, Tony Hall, has announced plans that have been described as a, "historical moment", for BBC production. He wants to sc...
'Magaluf Girl' coverage, White Dee, the reporting of historic child sex abuse allegations
09 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A viral video of public sex acts filmed in a Magaluf nightclub recently emerged in the mainstream media. The coverage has prompted some commentators t...
Diversity, Changes to Radio 5 Live and Facebook Controlling Emotions
02 Jul 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Radio 5 Live has announced that three of their main presenters - Richard Bacon, Victoria Derbyshire and Shelagh Fogarty - are to leave the station in ...
Hacking trial special
25 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The former News of the World editor Andy Coulson has been found guilty of conspiracy to hack phones. His predecessor Rebekah Brooks has been cleared o...
Sports commentary, ABC chief, the internet and print, Peter Jukes
18 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC has received 445 complaints from viewers about Phil Neville's BBC One commentary on England's World Cup match against Italy. The former Manche...
BBC Radio cuts; Richard Ingrams; Sun special row
11 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC is to cut 65 jobs in its radio division, the director of BBC Radio Helen Boaden told staff yesterday. BBC Radio needs to save £38m by 2016/17...
Google privacy; Peter Greste trial; FIFA; Newsweek
04 Jun 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Google has taken the first steps to meet a European Court of Justice ruling that people can request links to information about them be taken off searc...
New Chair of IPSO; the Duchess's bottom.
28 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Sir Alan Moses, the newly appointed Chair of the new press regulator, has today announced the board members that will make up the Independent Press St...
TalkTalk TV's Dido Harding; being a female news editor; 'sex-swap' headlines
21 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Chief Executive of TalkTalk Dido Harding on becoming the UK's fastest growing TV business.Tough at the top? Steve Hewlett speaks to three female UK n...
Election debates; women directors; 'Sky Europe' talks; all3media chairman
14 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The UK company behind programmes including Skins, Midsomer Murders and the Gadget Show has been sold to US media giants Discovery and Liberty Global. ...
Patten & Paxman depart; Channel 5 sold; Sunday Herald says 'yes'
07 May 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Lord Patten has stood down from his role as chairman of the BBC Trust due to ill health. The former cabinet minister who took the job in 2011, has pre...
BBC Trust's review of News; Lachlan Murdoch
30 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A BBC Trust review into the corporation's news and current affairs output says t it needs to do more to make an impact. The report found that audience...
Royal video; FT rejects IPSO; Documentaries on adoption; Peter Greste update
23 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Financial Times newspaper has said it will not be joining IPSO, the Independent Press Standards Organisation. It's announced it will regulate itse...
Pistorius TV; Sunday tabloids; BBC commissioning; Mirror front page
16 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Oscar Pistorius trial has grabbed TV audiences around the world. Three remote controlled cameras in the court room have provided compellingly dram...
Maria Miller goes; watching TV online; reporters harassing public?
09 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Following Maria Miller's resignation, Sajid Javid is the new secretary of state for culture, media and sport. What impact did Maria Miller have on the...
Local TV in Norwich and London; Johnston Press; Mail on Sunday's Scoop of the Year
02 Apr 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Local TV's come to Norwich and London, in the shape of Mustard TV and London Live. They are two very different stations, with Mustard TV being closer ...
Future of arts TV; Turkey attempts Twitter ban; the Peter Greste campaign
26 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday, the BBC director general, Tony Hall, announced what he called "the greatest commitment to arts for a generation" with the launch of BBC Art...
Lenny Henry at the Baftas; Decriminalizing licence fee evasion; L'Wren Scott coverage
19 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Following his BAFTA speech on Monday, Lenny Henry talks to Steve about why there is not enough ethnic diversity in broadcasting and what can be done t...
Sky's Sophie Turner-Laing; live debates on TV; licence fee evasion
12 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Channel 5 has announced it has commissioned a series of new one hour live debates to tackle a range of issues including obesity, crime and debt. It fo...
BBC3 online only; Vice news launches; net neutrality
05 Mar 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Reports say that the BBC is considering making BBC3 a wholly online channel, following a speech given by BBC director general Tony Hall last week in w...
BBC DG defends licence fee; Lord Hunt on IPSO; Paul Foot award
26 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Director General of the BBC, Tony Hall, has defended the use of the licence fee and dismissed calls, by some critics, for it to be shared with oth...
Adverts on the World Service; Daybreak changes; Reader's Digest sale
19 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
MPs have expressed concern about the future funding and growing commercialisation of the World Service. The BBC Trust has agreed that, subject to clea...
Al Jazeera; Panel shows; Exposés; Twitter
12 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Cohen, the head of the BBC's television output, has promised viewers that the corporation will not make any more all-male comedy panel shows. Ba...
DMI project; Royal pictures; media ownership; journalists in Egypt
05 Feb 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Former BBC director general Mark Thompson apologised to MPs this week for the failure of the £100m Digital Media Initiative. The project, that was me...
NFL in the UK; DMI failure; News UK; Sky results
29 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Public spending watchdog the National Audit Office has criticised the BBC for "not having a sufficient grip" on a failed IT project which wasted almos...
Birds of a Feather, The Telegraph, diversity in the TV industry
22 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
Ed Vaizey, minister for UK Culture, Communications and Creative Industries is today asking senior figures in TV, film and arts to explain the lack of ...
Benefits Street; future of the BBC
15 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
The Culture, Media and Sport Committee has begun an inquiry into the Future of the BBC, ahead of the corporations current Royal Charter ending in Dece...
'Dramatised' natural history; Channel 5; Sir Hayden Phillips on IPSO jobs
08 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
A leading lawyer and the editor of The Times have joined the panel that will appoint the members of the new press regulatory board. Lord Browne of Eat...
TV presenter chemistry
01 Jan 2014
Contributed by Lukas
It's an all-important catchword in TV circles - "chemistry". Get the mix right between presenters, and the audience will welcome them in. Get it wrong...
BuzzFeed; BBC governance; Danish writers' rooms
18 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Today the BBC Trust published a report by PwC into the BBC's failed Digital Media Initiative (DMI) technology project. Serious weaknesses were found i...
CEO of News UK; Ad-funded programmes; Press reform
11 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In his first broadcast interview since becoming Chief Executive of News UK, Mike Darcey shares his thoughts on the success of Sun digital subscription...
TV exports to China; macho news desks; Gary Barlow on Radio 2; UGC local paper
04 Dec 2013
Contributed by Lukas
As David Cameron concludes a trip to China in which the country's love of Downton Abbey has become clear, we discuss the opportunities for exporting B...
Local TV, Welsh broadcasting, Crowd-funded journalism
27 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The first of a new network of up to 30 local TV stations proposed by the government in areas including Belfast, Edinburgh, Cardiff and London, launche...
Independent Scotland; BBC North; Young Journalist Award
20 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's Media Show from Salford, Steve speaks to the Scottish minister for culture Fiona Hyslop on her vision for broadcasting in an independen...
BT Sport; Nicholas Coleridge; Digital switchover
13 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
BT TV's chief executive Marc Watson on his long term view for BT Sport, now it's won the rights to show Champions League football.President of Condé ...
New People website, the Independent relaunch, Sports on TV, the Mirror ruling
06 Nov 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Sunday People, one of Britain's oldest Sunday newspapers, has finally developed an online presence. Under the stewardship of Trinity Mirror execut...
Press regulation, JacksGap, Bedlam
30 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Newspaper publishers have lost a High Court battle to stop Government ministers going to the Privy Council to seek the Queen's approval for a new roya...
Black audiences; Moderating online; The end of Millionaire?
23 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday, the BBC DG Lord Hall was asked what the BBC was doing to improve programmes for black audiences - he said he wasn't satisfied the BBC appea...
Janice Hadlow, Sir Ray Tindle, public views on press regulation
16 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett talks to Janice Hadlow, the controller of BBC Two and Four about losing The Great British Bake Off to BBC1 and her priorities for the ch...
BBC digital strategy; Press reform
09 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Privy Council - an ancient body which advises the Queen, and mostly made up of senior politicians - has rejected press proposals for a royal chart...
TV Soaps; DAB radio; The Mail and Miliband
02 Oct 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Mail has been caught up in a storm of criticism over its Ralph Miliband stories and how it responded to Ed Miliband's demand to reply, but is ther...
Children's TV, 90 years of the Radio Times
25 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC has published its review of children's services at the corporation, revealing how viewing trends amongst youngsters is changing. It says child...
Media agencies; Journalese; Twitter flotation
18 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
On today's programme, Steve Hewlett discusses the influence of media agencies on broadcast networks. It follows comments by Channel 5 owner Richard De...
TV Writers; BBC Governance
11 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In a week where the future of the BBC Trust has been called into question, we ask what alternative structures of governance might look like? BBC Trust...
04/09/2013
04 Sep 2013
Contributed by Lukas
As a report from the National Audit Office today concludes that severance pay at the BBC provided poor value for money and put public trust at risk, w...
Women on Breakfast
28 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC's director general has said he would like to see more women hosting or co-hosting breakfast shows on the corporation's English local radio sta...
Guardian editor on press freedom; 100 years of the New Statesman
21 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
As the story over the detention of David Miranda continues to unfold, Steve Hewlett gets the latest from the editor of the Guardian, Alan Rusbridger, ...
14/08/2013
14 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's programme, Steve Hewlett talks to Nick Pollard, whose review into the BBC has led, amongst other things, to the appointment of James Ha...
Media Plurality Review; Leveson Inquiry
07 Aug 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The government's media plurality review, the front line in the battle for press freedom in Turkey, and the latest twist in the Leveson saga. Presenter...
Sun+, BT Sport, Twitter row
31 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
David Dinsmore the Editor of The Sun talks to Steve Hewlett about the launch of Sun+. BT Vision's Chief Executive Marc Watson on BT Sport; Will it rea...
Covering the royal baby story
24 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
With the full coverage so far, spare a thought for those working on Sunday papers and on rolling news who have to come up with fresh ways of covering ...
Mishal Husain becomes new Today presenter
17 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Mishal Husain is to join the Today programme as presenter. The BBC's head of news programmes, Ceri Thomas and the Observer's Miranda Sawyer, also of S...
BBC Called to Account
10 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
This afternoon, the BBC's Chairman and Director General are before the MPs on the Public Accounts Committee. Lord Patten and Lord Hall are answering q...
David Liddiment on BBC severance pay
03 Jul 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC Trust came in for strong criticism this week in a National Audit Office report on severance payments for senior BBC managers. Following this, ...
NewsCorp split
26 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Knight, chairman of Times Newspapers, on this week's split of NewsCorp into separate entertainment and publishing arms; Henry Porter of The Obs...
Jon Snow on reporting from Iran
19 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
C4's Jon Snow was one of the few foreign reporters in Tehran for the recent election and the only UK broadcaster. What conditions was he working under...
Closure of 'Greek BBC'
12 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Emma Barnett:We hear from Greece about the sudden closure of the public service broadcaster, ERT, which was taken off air la...
Leader debates?
05 Jun 2013
Contributed by Lukas
UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he expects to be included in leader debates at the 2015 general election and may go to court if needed. Behind the scene...
Comic Relief
29 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
How the media covered the Woolwich attack with Fran Unsworth Acting Director BBC News Group, Peter Preston a columnist on the Guardian and Observer an...
Radio 1; Police and the Media; Yahoo buys Tumblr
22 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Radio 1's breakfast show has reported its lowest listening figures for 10 years, following Chris Moyles' replacement by Nick Grimshaw. But is this wha...
Channel 4
15 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In its Annual Report this week, Channel 4 has announced higher than ever investment in original programmes and a loss of £29m. This was for 2012 whic...
Harriet Harman, football coverage
08 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Telegraph's Luke Edwards has been banned from Newcastle Utd after he wrote a story the club didn't like and the paper refused to retract it. He te...
01/05/2013
01 May 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett discusses the rival Royal Charters with acting Times editor John Witherow and Christopher Jefferies, wrongly named by some in the press ...
Simon Singh on libel reform
24 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
As the Defamation Bill passes through the House of Lords and is signed off by the Commons, we speak to the science writer and campaigner Simon Singh. ...
Reporting in North Korea
17 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The row between the LSE and the BBC continues, following Monday's Panorama on North Korea. In today's programme, Sue Lloyd-Roberts, special correspond...
Lady Thatcher, the Media and Rupert Murdoch
10 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Baroness Thatcher, Rupert Murdoch and media changes in the Thatcher years. With guests Baroness Dean of Thornton Le Fylde, former president of the pri...
Melvyn Bragg
03 Apr 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Melvyn Bragg talks to Steve Hewlett about coverage of the Arts on TV . How important is the coverage to BBC, ITV and other broadcasters like Sky? Wher...
Justine Roberts of Mumsnet on regulating bloggers
27 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Britain's biggest selling daily newspaper, The Sun, has announced it will start charging for its website later this year. It's the latest paper to ann...
Helena Kennedy
20 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Baroness Helena Kennedy Acting Chair of the Media Standards Trust talks to Steve Hewlett about the latest twists and turns in implementing Lord Justic...
Ed Richards, chief exec of Ofcom
13 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett:Steve interviews Ed Richards, Chief Executive of Ofcom, on some of the key areas in his brief. What, if anythi...
Broadchurch
06 Mar 2013
Contributed by Lukas
After years of campaigning for reform could the Defamation Bill be derailed by "Leveson clauses"? Could BBC Worldwide be about to sell a controlling s...
Nick Davies and Ian Hislop on investigative journalism
27 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett: The executive producer of BBC3's "People Like Us" responds to calls for the programme to be dropped tonight, ...
Junk food advertising
20 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Does advertising junk food make children fat? Yes say doctors - so ban it before 9pm. No say advertisers - no evidence. They accuse the medics of "gra...
13/02/2013
13 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett:On the paper's 125th anniversary, the Financial Times editor Lionel Barber discusses the paper's recently anno...
Dido Harding on YouView
06 Feb 2013
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett:The former BBC DG Mark Thompson said the arrival of YouView would bring an intense "battle for the living room...
Premier League Football; Sir Harold Evans
30 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Former Editor of The Sunday Times Sir Harold Evans on how the press have reacted to Leveson. Plus David Dinsmore, Director of Operations at News Inter...
Women on Radio and TV
23 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Why aren't there more women on radio and tv as experts, commentators and presenters? Steve Hewlett explores the issues on The Media Show this week wit...
Transgender
16 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
Lord Hunt the Chair of the Press Complaints Commission talks to Steve Hewlett about his plans for press self-regulation. Plus as the Observer Editor s...
Hacked Off on Leveson
09 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
There are more developments in the Leveson story this week. As Oliver Letwin works on a draft Royal Charter, newspaper publishers meet to agree their ...
Don McCullin; Christopher Martin-Jenkins
02 Jan 2013
Contributed by Lukas
The Christmas TV ratings - who's really come out on top? What are going to be the most pressing issues for the BBC's new DG ? Plus as a film about vet...
26/12/2012
26 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
From the Two Ronnies and Morecambe and Wise to the Royle Family and the battle of the soaps, Steve Hewlett unpicks the dark arts of festive TV schedul...
Pollard Review
19 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Analysis and reaction to the Pollard Review in to the management of the Newsnight investigation into Jimmy Savile and the subsequent Editor's Blog. St...
12/12/2012
12 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett: The BBC's Robert Peston and Roy Greenslade of The Guardian on James Harding's resignation from The Times; Ada...
Editors' meeting, Hacked Off, NewsCorp
05 Dec 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett:Professor Brian Cathcart of Hacked Off argues for implementing the Leveson recommendations in full - an argume...
Lord Justice Leveson
30 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
First, last year, David Cameron called on Lord Justice Leveson to recommend a new regulatory system for the press. Then, yesterday, after he'd made hi...
Lobbying before Leveson
28 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett: The Leveson report is now on the desk of David Cameron ahead of its publication tomorrow. As lobbying continu...
Lord Black's recommendation for press self-regulation
21 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
As we prepare for the publication of the Leveson Inquiry into Culture, Practice and Ethics of the Press Lord Black the Executive Director of the Teleg...
The crisis at the BBC - special one-hour edition
14 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC management was already in trouble over the way it struggled to handle revelations about Jimmy Savile. It was then thrown into chaos when Newsn...
Channel 4; Leveson; trust in the BBC
07 Nov 2012
Contributed by Lukas
As Lord Justice Leveson puts the finishing touches to his forthcoming report into the culture, practices and ethics of the press we speak to a former ...
Mark Thompson; Savile Inquiry; Will Wyatt
31 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The former Chief Executive of BBC Broadcasting and author of the BBC's enquiry into another recent crisis -Queengate - Will Wyatt - talks for the very...
Savile crisis, political reporting
24 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Director of Editorial Policy and Standards David Jordan talks to Steve Hewlett and explains how the BBC appears to have got its wires so hopelessl...
Jimmy Savile, John Whittingdale
17 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
As the BBC's Director General George Entwistle prepares to go before the Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee to answer questions about N...
Lord Patten - Jimmy Savile
10 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
BBC Trust Chairman Lord Patten talks to Steve Hewlett about the Jimmy Savile controversy. "Hacked-off" on their open letter to David Cameron from vict...
03/10/2012
03 Oct 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The man behind the ITV documentary about Jimmy Savile talks to Steve Hewlett about how the programme made it to air. The former editor of Today Kevin ...
26/09/2012
26 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Philippa Kennedy has been appointed as Ombudsman for The Sun. She will consider complaints and correct errors but how independent of the newspaper wil...
Harriet Harman
19 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
What does deputy leader of the Labour Party and shadow Culture Secretary Harriet Harman think about press regulation? And for that matter those royal ...