Podcast Episodes

Dr Alice Donald: Media Myths, Chicken Nuggets, and the ECHR

Season 10 Episode 2

Dr. Alice Donald, Professor of Human Rights Law at Middlesex University, is one of the author's of a report that was recently published this week from the Bonavero Institute at Oxford University on m…

Published on 13 hours ago

Prof John Wyver, on the campaign for access to the BBC Written Archives

Season 10 Episode 1

Professor John Wyver, Professor of Arts on Screen at the University of Westminster, joins us to discuss his involvement in the recent campaign opposing changes to access at the BBC Written Archive Ce…

Published on 1 week ago

Prof Catherine Johnson on disappearing public service programming

Season 9 Episode 12

Catherine Johnson, Professor of Media and Communications at the University of Leeds, is co-author of the report Behind the screen, how streaming is changing public service media, which was published …

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

Richard Ayre, former senior BBC Executive on the Corporation's crisis week: Gaza, MasterChef, and editorial challenges

Season 9 Episode 11

Richard Ayre is a former controller of editorial policy and deputy chief executive of BBC News, before becoming a member of the BBC Trust. Richard is also a former member of the OFCOM content board. …

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

Marcus Ryder, CEO Film and TV Charity on the Greg Wallace controversy and the mental health crisis in the industry

Season 9 Episode 10

Marcus Ryder, CEO of the Film and TV Charity and former head of current affairs at BBC Scotland, discusses the recent Greg Wallace controversy, workplace behaviour, mental health, and power dynamics …

Published on 2 months ago

Rhodri Taflan Davies, BBC Director of Nations and Ritula Shah ex BBC presenter in conversation at the VLV conference

Season 9 Episode 9

The Voice of the Listener and Viewer conference held at the end of April featured a session with Rhodri Talfan Davies, the BBC’s Director of Nations. He spoke about the BBC’s storytelling and regiona…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Miqdaad Versi on the report "BBC on Gaza-Israel: one story, double standards"

Season 9 Episode 8

Miqdaad Versi, Director of Media Monitoring at the Muslim Council of Britain discusses the Centre for Media Monitoring's comprehensive report "BBC on Gaza-Israel: one story, double standards". We dis…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

Iain Dale, LBC presenter on his Thatcher biography, her impact on the media and the future of public service broadcasting

Season 9 Episode 7

Iain Dale is a broadcaster, political commentator, and presenter on LBC. We discuss his new short biography of Margaret Thatcher, written to introduce the former Prime Minister to a new generation.…

Published on 3 months ago

John Ware, veteran investigative journalist on Gerry Adams' defamation case, the BBC and Middle East coverage

Season 9 Episode 6

John Ware, veteran investigative journalist and former BBC Panorama reporter, with decades of experience covering complex and controversial subjects from the Troubles in Northern Ireland to antisemit…

Published on 3 months ago

Jonathan Thompson, CEO of Everyone TV, on Freely and the future of free television in the UK

Season 9 Episode 5

Jonathan Thompson is Chief Executive of Everyone TV, the organisation that runs free television in the UK.

In this episode Jonathan discusses the launch of the UK's newest streaming platform, Freely,…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago