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Tom Loxley on Radio Times’ Message to the BBC
Season 12 Episode 9
Tom Loxley, brand and editorial director of Radio Times, discusses what hundreds of readers’ letters reveal about the BBC at a time of deep budget cu…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
Caroline Dinenage on the BBC's Royal Charter Review
Season 12 Episode 8
Caroline Dinenage, Chair of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, is chairing an inquiry into the BBC’s Royal Charter Review. We discuss the…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
John Shield: How to Stop the BBC Being Monstered
Season 12 Episode 7
Former BBC Director of Communications (2013–2025) John Shield explains why he believes the BBC should be ready to go on GB News and other hostile pla…
4 months ago
Professor Helen Wood: Behind the Scenes of Reality TV and Duty of Care
Season 12 Episode 6
After BBC Panorama’s investigation into Channel 4’s Married at First Sight raised fresh questions about reality television, Professor Helen Wood of A…
4 months, 1 week ago
Rob Burley on the BBC’s Culture Wars: Trans Coverage and Due Impartiality
Season 12 Episode 5
Rob Burley, writer and former BBC live political programming editor and Newsnight deputy editor, has recently published a long-form UnHerd article, “…
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Adam Boulton on GB News, Due Impartiality and Navigating a Fractured Party System
Season 12 Episode 4
Adam Boulton, former Political Editor of Sky News and now a Times Radio presenter, discusses the political turbulence surrounding Keir Starmer’s posi…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Chris Banatvala on Ofcom, GB News and the Battle Over 'Due Impartiality'
Season 12 Episode 3
Chris Banatvala, Ofcom’s founding Director of Standards and former executive member of its Content Board, discusses what’s in the new chair of Ofcom’…
5 months ago
Richard Tait Ex-BBC Trustee: What Matt Brittin Must Do Next
Season 12 Episode 2
Richard Tait CBE is Professor of Journalism at Cardiff University. Previously he was editor of Newsnight, Channel 4 News, Editor-in-Chief of ITN, and…
5 months, 1 week ago
Liam Byrne MP on Populism, GB News, Ofcom and the Future of the BBC
Season 12 Episode 1
Is British democracy being reshaped by money, media and neglected regulation? Liam Byrne MP, chair of the House of Commons Business and Trade Committ…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
Prof Lee Edwards on Lisa Nandy’s BBC charter speech, the charter “consultation” and what accountability should look like
Season 11 Episode 13
Prof Lee Edwards, chair of the Media Reform Coalition and Professor at the LSE, discusses Lisa Nandy’s speech on a permanent BBC charter, the handlin…
6 months, 1 week ago