The Media Show
Episodes
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 ...
Armando Iannucci
12 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Armando Iannucci talks to Steve Hewlett about 'The Thick of it' and the role of writers, producers and directors in TV. Plus the Leveson enquiry into ...
Freesat
05 Sep 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett interviews Emma Scott, managing director of Freesat, as the free to air satellite TV operator launches a new service called "Free Time"....
Chris Blackhurst on Leveson letter
29 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett: Independent editor Chris Blackhurst's shocked reaction to a letter from the Leveson Inquiry; Stuart Cosgrove,...
Photos of Prince Harry
22 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett: After the Olympics, there were calls for those less-prominent events in which Team GB won medals to get wider...
Local TV: Birmingham's experience
15 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week with Steve Hewlett:Why does Birmingham Alabama have eight local TV stations when Birmingham in the UK - four times the size - has none? Secr...
08/08/2012
08 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Have TV's Red Button and HD channels struck gold at the Olympics? Plus where are we with DAB and the digital radio switchover. Presenter Steve Hewlett...
Adam Crozier ITV
01 Aug 2012
Contributed by Lukas
ITV's Chief Executive talks to Steve Hewlett about the company's latest results and what the future holds for Britain's biggest free to air commercial...
25/07/2012
25 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Will a digital first strategy mean the end for some newspapers. Lord Leveson begins writing his report - what will it mean for the future of the press...
BBC Presenters' Tax
18 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week with Steve Hewlett: MPs have been grilling the BBC over the way it contracts its presenters, leading to allegations such as that on the fron...
Chris Moyles
11 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett: Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper on plans after Chris Moyles, who's announced today he's standing down in Septem...
Jeremy Hunt interview
04 Jul 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett: Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, gives his first interview since ap...
BBC coverage of the Arab Spring
27 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On today's programme with Steve Hewlett: How well did the BBC cover the Arab Spring? The BBC Trust commissioned a report from Middle East expert and f...
20/06/2012
20 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On today's programme with Steve Hewlett:Why was BT prepared to pay so much for the rights to show Premiership football? Marc Watson is chief executive...
The risks of reporting from Syria
13 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In this week's programme with Steve Hewlett: As the situation in Syria deteriorates, the BBC's Paul Wood and CBS's Clarissa Ward discuss the risks of ...
BBC jubilee coverage, YouView, the next DG
06 Jun 2012
Contributed by Lukas
At its peak the BBC attracted almost 17 million viewers for its Diamond Jubilee coverage but some have described parts of it as 'lamentable,' 'tedious...
Reflections on the Mirror as two editors leave; C4's Paralympics innovations
30 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett:The editors of the Mirror and Sunday Mirror lost their jobs this morning, ahead of the papers' move to a seven...
Eurovision's Azerbaijan controversy
23 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
On The Media Show with Steve Hewlett:The organisers of the Eurovision song contest have been criticised by human rights campaigners for allowing the e...
Channel 4's Chief Executive David Abraham
16 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Channel 4's chief executive David Abraham discusses the channel's ratings and revenues. Does the channel still need to find a replacement for Big Brot...
09/05/2012
09 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
BSkyB chief executive Jeremy Darroch gives Steve Hewlett a rare interview on his strategy for Sky, including investment in programmes and importance o...
The future of BSkyB with or without Rupert Murdoch
02 May 2012
Contributed by Lukas
In today's programme with Steve Hewlett:Just a day after MPs say Rupert Murdoch is not fit to run a major international company, satellite broadcaster...
Rupert Murdoch at the Leveson Inquiry
25 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett canvasses reaction to today's evidence from Rupert Murdoch with Ben Fenton of the Financial Times and Sarah Ellison, formerly of the Wal...
DPP Keir Starmer on public interest defence
18 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett questions Keir Starmer DPP on his new public interest defence guidelines. How much reassurance can journalists draw from them in their d...
Guido Fawkes on Motorman
11 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Paul Staines ("Guido Fawkes") has been praised and criticised for publishing the leaked Motorman files relating to News International this week. These...
James Murdoch's resignation
04 Apr 2012
Contributed by Lukas
How much will BSkyB and Sky News miss James Murdoch after his resignation yesterday and what is the bigger picture for the Murdoch family's NewsCorp? ...
28/03/2012
28 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Almost a year after the furore over superinjunctions, there is a joint Lords and Commons report on what should be done to safeguard privacy. Among the...
21/03/2012
21 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Controller of BBC 1, Danny Cohen speaks to Steve Hewlett about The Voice UK. As headhunters draw up the job spec for the Director General vacancy,...
14/03/2012
14 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Voice launches on BBC1 next week, a few weeks ahead of the usual launch date of ITV's Britain's Got Talent. This year, though, BGT's been brought ...
07/03/2012
07 Mar 2012
Contributed by Lukas
This week Dame Elizabeth Filkin's been telling the Leveson Inquiry about claims of improper relations between police and the press, including suggesti...
29/02/2012
29 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
As James Murdoch steps down from News International to expand the international TV side of the business and as the police claim there was a "culture o...
22/02/2012
22 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
John Witherow, editor of the Sunday Times and Lindsey Hilsum, Channel 4 News international editor, talk about the renowned war correspondent Marie Col...
The Sun, and women in the media
15 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Following the arrests of more journalists at the Sun over the weekend, Geoffrey Robertson QC explains why handing over the details of journalists' e-m...
08/02/2012
08 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
When Facebook filed for an initial public offering last week, there were suggestions it could be valued at around $100 billion. Since then, more quest...
01/02/2012
01 Feb 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Last week the Chairman of the BBC Trust, Lord Patten, announced he's started looking for a successor for the current Director General, Mark Thompson. ...
25/01/2012
25 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Last Autumn BBC management proposed a wide-ranging series of cuts which would see the Corporation's local radio services cut by 20%. As the BBC Trust ...
18/01/2012
18 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett talks to James Harding, editor of The Times and Alan Rusbridger, editor of The Guardian. Harding reflects on his evidence to the Leveson...
11/01/2012
11 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world including, today, Netflix and the future of TV. Netflix, the video stre...
04/01/2012
04 Jan 2012
Contributed by Lukas
The Daily Mail carries the Stephen Lawrence case over 21 pages today, a mark of the significance the story had for the paper and, according to many in...
The Media Show Special: Children and Television
28 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The media like stories claiming to link TV with harm to children, but is the picture so clear? Focussing on two recent pieces of research by Prof Dimi...
21/12/2011
21 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Steve discusses the changes to tabloids and the wider media since David Cameron announced the Leveson Inquiry in July, following the closure of the Ne...
14/12/2011
14 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Harriet Harman MP is the new shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport, replacing Ivan Lewis MP. So what are Labour's policies on the med...
07/12/2011
07 Dec 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Anne McElvoy presents the programme this week.Jonathan Miller is back from Syria, where he's been reporting for ITN and working on a documentary for C...
The Sun, the Agent and the Paparazzo
30 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
With tabloid newspapers under sustained attack at the Leveson Inquiry, The Sun's managing editor Richard Caseby talks about his paper's future.The fro...
Joan Smith on giving evidence as an alleged victim
23 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
As the Leveson Inquiry takes evidence from alleged victims of phone hacking and other intrusions of privacy, one of the first witnesses, Joan Smith, t...
The Inquiry starts
16 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Leveson Inquiry into the culture, ethics and practices of the media has started this week, with opening statements from lawyers for the inquiry, n...
09/11/2011
09 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Max Mosley has won damages in Paris from the publishers of the News of the World for invasion of privacy. Is this the end of his actions against the N...
Peter Salmon and the Radio Festival
02 Nov 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Salmon, the director of BBC North and the driving force behind the BBC's move to MediaCity, explains his vision for a global base for the media ...
WikiLeaks and the i
26 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
WikiLeaks has said that it may have to close after payment companies, including Visa, Mastercard and Paypal, blocked payments to the site, cutting off...
The PCC and BSkyB's results
19 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The Press Complaints Commission has appointed Lord Hunt as its new chairman, after Baroness Buscombe resigned following criticisms of the PCC's handli...
BBC savings strategy
12 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC has announced its proposals for "Delivering Quality First", a strategy to cut twenty percent of the BBC's spending over the next five years. N...
Amanda Knox trial and sports rights
05 Oct 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito were freed from prison in Perugia on Monday, having had their convictions for murdering British student Meredith Ke...
Chris Blackhurst and Facebook
28 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Blackhurst, the editor of the Independent, joins Steve Hewlett to discuss Ivan Lewis's suggestion that journalists guilty of malpractice should ...
Sir Harold Evans and press regulation
21 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran newspaper editor Sir Harold Evans discusses News International's payment to the Dowler family and whether the British press is in danger of st...
Simon Heffer and media ownership
14 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Heffer, the long standing associate editor of The Telegraph, has moved to the Daily Mail to edit RightMinds, the paper's new comment and blogs w...
Channel 5 and the Leveson Inquiry
07 Sep 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Celebrity Big Brother has been a ratings smash for Channel 5, sometimes pulling in bigger audiences than Channel 4 and ITV in the prime time spot. But...
TV's relationship with Google and WikiLeaks
31 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
WikiLeaks has released thousands of new diplomatic cables but the latest leak has failed to make such an impact in the UK media and there are suggesti...
Covering Events in Libya
24 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
All eyes were on Libya this week as rebels entered Tripoli and battled Colonel Gaddafi's loyalist soldiers. Sky's correspondent Alex Crawford broadcas...
Phone Hacking and Big Brother
17 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In a twist in the phone hacking story, parliament has released new evidence, including a letter from former Royal Correspondent Clive Goodman which cl...
Reporting the Riots
10 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Rioting in London and the rest of England has dominated the news this week but how well has the media covered the story? Photographer Amy Weston, who ...
Libel, Contempt and the PCC
03 Aug 2011
Contributed by Lukas
With the press themselves making headlines yet again - following settlements over libel allegations and two rulings over contempt, in the wake of the ...
27/07/2011
27 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
How's the jewel in the crown of the Murdoch empire coping following the hacking scandal ? James Harding the Editor of The Times talks to Steve Hewlett...
The Murdochs and Phone Hacking
20 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday Rupert and James Murdoch and Rebekah Brooks were questioned by MPs about exactly what went wrong at the News of the World. But has their evi...
Lord Patten and Phone Hacking
13 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Last week, as the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World escalated, Lord Fowler joined The Media Show to discuss the shocking allegations. A w...
Special: The Demise of the News of the World
08 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
A special edition of The Media Show investigates the lasting impact of the end of the News of the World. Does the end of Britain's best selling newspa...
06/07/2011
06 Jul 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The phone hacking scandal at the News of the World moved to another level this week after it emerged that private investigators working for the paper ...
29/06/2011
29 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Johann Hari, a journalist with The Independent, is under fire after admitting he lifted quotes from other articles and books to use in his interviews,...
22/06/2011
22 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The chief executive of the Guardian Media Group, Andrew Miller, has warned staff that The Guardian and Observer could run out of money in three to fiv...
15/06/2011
15 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
John Myers, the head of the Radio Academy, has been taking a look at how the BBC's music radio stations operate. John Myers explains his recommendatio...
08/06/2011
08 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Channel 4 is to screen what it calls "probably the most horrific images it has ever shown" and which, last year, it said were too gruesome to transmit...
01/06/2011
01 Jun 2011
Contributed by Lukas
In a recent speech to the Royal Television Society, the Chief Executive of Channel 4 set out the channel's mission to support "freedom of the imaginat...
25/05/2011
25 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Al Gore, the chairman of Current TV, has accused Sky Italia of refusing to renew Current TV's contract due to a political agenda. Gore claims that his...
18/05/2011
18 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
This week Mr Justice Eady ruled that Imogen Thomas could not publish her story about her relationship with a married footballer, or even name the foot...
11/05/2011
11 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Questions about privacy and freedom of the press have dominated the headlines this week. Twitter users allegedly breaking super-injunctions, Max Mosle...
04/05/2011
04 May 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Yesterday Lord Patten took up his new role as Chairman of the BBC Trust. He has already said that BBC executive pay is still too high and that the BBC...
27/04/2011
27 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Hugh Tomlinson QC is the barrister in several of the recent high profile, yet secret, celebrity privacy cases. Gill Phillips is head of editorial lega...
20/04/2011
20 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
The BBC Trust begins a service licence review into BBC Radio 5 Live and 5 Live extra today. It comes as the Trust rejects a complaint by the commercia...
13/04/2011
13 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Last October, Danny Cohen was appointed as channel controller of BBC1, having been head of the BBC's youth channel, BBC3. In his first interview with ...
06/04/2011
08 Apr 2011
Contributed by Lukas
At last night's British Press Awards, the News of the World and the Guardian were both up for Scoop of the Year - the Guardian, for its stories about ...
30/03/2011
30 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Last weekend, a Libyan woman, Eman al-Obeidi, broke through the security surrounding foreign journalists in a Tripoli hotel to tell a horrific story. ...
24/03/2011
24 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Cuts in local radio, dropping Wimbledon and Formula 1, closing down networks at night: just some of the radical options reported in this week's papers...
16/03/2011
16 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
After news of the devastating earthquake in Japan broke, broadcasters were under pressure to get correspondents to the disaster area to report on deve...
09/03/2011
09 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Richard Peppiatt's published an open letter to Richard Desmond, saying he was quitting his job at the Daily Star on several points of principle. He sa...
02/03/2011
02 Mar 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Veteran foreign correspondent Marie Colvin secured an interview with Colonel Gaddafi this week, alongside the BBC's Jeremy Bowen and ABC's Christiane ...
23/02/2011
23 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Former Radio 4 controller Mark Damazer shares his thoughts on the future of BBC Trust. What does he think of the man widely expected to be its new Cha...
16/02/2011
16 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
Last month, BBC director general Mark Thompson said the arrival of YouView would "herald an intense battle for the living room". This month, though, i...
09/02/2011
09 Feb 2011
Contributed by Lukas
As Question Time's editor leaves the programme owing to its move from London to Glasgow, Steve Hewlett looks at the BBC's plans to move more programme...