Podcast Episodes

Channel 4

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…

12 years, 11 months ago

Harriet Harman, football coverage

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 t…

13 years ago

01/05/2013

Steve Hewlett discusses the rival Royal Charters with acting Times editor John Witherow and Christopher Jefferies, wrongly named by some in the press…

13 years ago

Simon Singh on libel reform

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.…

13 years ago

Reporting in North Korea

The row between the LSE and the BBC continues, following Monday's Panorama on North Korea. In today's programme, Sue Lloyd-Roberts, special correspon…

13 years ago

Lady Thatcher, the Media and Rupert Murdoch

Baroness Thatcher, Rupert Murdoch and media changes in the Thatcher years. With guests Baroness Dean of Thornton Le Fylde, former president of the pr…

13 years, 1 month ago

Melvyn Bragg

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? Whe…

13 years, 1 month ago

Justine Roberts of Mumsnet on regulating bloggers

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 an…

13 years, 1 month ago

Helena Kennedy

Baroness Helena Kennedy Acting Chair of the Media Standards Trust talks to Steve Hewlett about the latest twists and turns in implementing Lord Justi…

13 years, 1 month ago

Ed Richards, chief exec of Ofcom

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 anyth…

13 years, 2 months ago