The Media Show

Taking stock of the BBC cuts

The BBC faces a £500 million funding shortfall, necessitating the closure of BBC Three, BBC Scotland, and Radio 4 Extra, alongside significant staff reductions. Deputy Director General Rhodri Talfan-Davies defends these measures as essential for modernization, while critics including MP Patrick Hurley and former execut...

Russell T Davies, undercover investigations, and reporting on when the BBC gets it wrong

Reporting on the Cornell rape investigation; Woman’s Hour at 80; Anneka Rice

Man City verdict, Dead Internet Theory, The Art of Casting

Trump’s legal battle with White House press, the global media spotlight on the village of Piddington, Diana media narratives

The media landscape faces intense scrutiny as high-profile narratives collide with legal and ethical challenges. Earl Spencer’s recent book on Diana sparked a national debate over accuracy and the influence of royal PR strategies, particularly after Piers Morgan’s intervention regarding a factual error. Simultaneously,...

Is the right of reply under threat in the social media age?

70 Up the final instalment of 7 Up, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on the BBC & how polling informs political media strategy?

Reporting the Taliban, AI's "meat proxies" and The Grand Tour returns

YouTube and the battle for television’s future

The UK television industry faces a fundamental transformation as digital platforms, particularly YouTube, increasingly compete with traditional linear broadcasting for audience attention and advertising revenue. While public service broadcasters advocate for digital prominence to ensure public-interest content remains ...

Jason Arday: examining the media coverage after his death

Jason Arday, Investigating Football, Broadcasters Moving to YouTube

Alternative Hollywood films, oral archive of local newspapers, prison radio

Reporting the wildfires, Interviewing Elon Musk, CEO of Reach Piers North

Andrew Neil, the PM and the press, AI actor Tilly Norwood

Iain Dale, on a life in the media and politics, TV production rights, Trump subpoenas NYT journalists, BBC Annual Report

Nigel Farage and the media, Prince Harry legal case, doorstepping

Jamie Murray, Sky ITV deal, Building a media business

Andy Burnham's media strategy, smart glasses and filming in public places, BBC Long Wave closes

BBC cuts, Ritula Shah, Norma Percy, Filming protests

Alex Kay-Jelski, World Cup coverage, Belfast reporting, Influencers in Russia