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Katy Searle, former BBC director of news programmes and current affairs on Russell Brand, news cuts, Ofcom and GB News
Season 4 Episode 2
Katy Searle has recently left the BBC after a long career in news – over three decades. She was in charge of all of the BBC’s political output for 8 …
3 years ago
Nick Ferrari, LBC breakfast presenter on competition with 'Today', local radio, impartiality and a colourful career
Season 4 Episode 1
Nick Ferrari, LBC breakfast presenter and one of the UK's longest serving commercial radio presenters discusses impartiality, local radio, journalist…
3 years ago
Samira Ahmed, BBC 'Newswatch' and 'Front Row' presenter on BBC coverage of the Huw Edwards story, accountability and pay inequality
Season 3 Episode 14
Samira Ahmed is the presenter of Radio 4’s arts programme ‘Front Row’ and for eleven years has presented 'Newswatch' – the sister programme and telev…
3 years, 2 months ago
Professor Steven Barnett on the BBC presenter scandal
Season 3 Episode 13
Steven Barnett, Professor of Communications at the University of Westminster is a writer and broadcaster who has been involved in policy analysis at …
3 years, 3 months ago
Andrew Neil, veteran broadcaster discusses politicians as presenters, PSB and his future
Season 3 Episode 12
Andrew Neil, the former Sunday Times editor has become arguably the best political interviewer in the business, someone whom Boris Johnson and Liz Tr…
3 years, 3 months ago
Stewart Purvis, former Ofcom regulator on Ofcom regulations and politicians as presenters
Season 3 Episode 11
Ofcom, the UK communications industry regulator was in front of the Department of Culture, Media, and Sport select committee on Tuesday on the same d…
3 years, 3 months ago
Henry Hill, deputy editor Conservative Home discusses Conservative attitudes to the BBC, BBC reform and the growing trend of partisan news channels
Season 3 Episode 10
Henry Hill is the deputy editor of the Conservative Home website. He discusses the growing trend of partisan news channels, regulation, funding mode…
3 years, 3 months ago
Tony Hall, former BBC Director General on the need for a debate on public service media, local radio changes, investment in news and GB News
Season 3 Episode 9
Tony Hall – Lord Hall of Birkenhead - was the director general of the BBC from 2013 until 2020. He joined the Corporation as a trainee in 1973 rising…
3 years, 3 months ago
Martin Rosenbaum, former BBC Freedom of Information specialist on FOI, accountability and the Hutton Inquiry
Season 3 Episode 8
Martin Rosenbaum was the leading specialist in utilising Freedom of Information at the BBC. As the former executive producer of political programmes …
3 years, 3 months ago
Tim Suter, former BBC managing editor and a founding partner at Ofcom on the new Media Bill, quotas and accountability
Season 3 Episode 7
Tim Suter, is a former managing editor of current affairs at the BBC, who later became a specialist adviser at the Department of Culture, Media and S…
3 years, 4 months ago