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Sir Max Hastings, ex Daily Telegraph editor, on defending the BBC from the right wing press
Season 11 Episode 2
Sir Max Hastings, historian and former editor of the Daily Telegraph and London Evening Standard, discusses Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC, the roo…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Michael Delahaye on the BBC’s influence and the struggle for independent journalism after the Soviet era
Season 11 Episode 1
Michael Delahaye, veteran BBC journalist and author of "After the Fall: The Battle to Save Independent Media in the Post-Soviet World," joins us to s…
9 months ago
Prof Patrick Barwise Unpacks the BBC Green Paper and Trump’s Legal Threat
Season 10 Episode 18
Patrick Barwise is Emeritus Professor of Management and Marketing at London Business School, former chair of Which, the UK consumer organisation, and…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
The British Academy BBC report: time for big changes
Season 10 Episode 17
Professors Georgina Born and Justin Lewis are co-authors of the British Academy report on the future of the BBC and public service media. From the UK…
9 months, 4 weeks ago
Jon Williams, ex-BBC Foreign News Editor, on Freelance Journalism, Media Challenges, and Lawsuits
Season 10 Episode 16
Jon Williams, Executive Director of the Rory Peck Trust, former foreign editor at BBC News, and managing editor of ABC News in the US and RTÉ. We dis…
10 months ago
Dan Thomas, FT Global Media Editor on the Sky/ITV Deal and the Future of UK Media
Season 10 Episode 15
Dan Thomas is the global media editor of the Financial Times and its former business editor. We discuss the turbulence shaking up the UK media indust…
10 months, 1 week ago
Stewart Purvis, ex-ITN Chief, Richard Ayre, ex controller of editorial policy at the BBC and Prof Stephen Cushion at the VLV conference
Season 10 Episode 14
At the Voice of the Listener and Viewer autumn conference, the second session chaired by former BBC World Tonight presenter Ritula Shah, dealt with e…
10 months, 1 week ago
Mark Damazer, former BBC Trustee and Prof Steven Barnett at the VLV conference
Season 10 Episode 13
After a turbulent few weeks for the BBC, the Voice of the Listener and Viewer held a timely panel titled “What Next for the BBC?” at its conference o…
10 months, 1 week ago
Andy Webb, Dianarama author on Princess Diana, BBC 'Cover-Ups' & Bashir
Season 10 Episode 12
Andy Webb is the author of Dianarama: The Betrayal of Princess Diana. We discuss his years-long investigation into the BBC Panorama interview with Pr…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
Richard Ayre, former senior BBC Executive on BBC Resignations, Trump’s Legal Threats, and Broken Governance
Season 10 Episode 11
Richard Ayre is a former Controller of Editorial Policy and Deputy Chief Executive of BBC News, and later became a member of the BBC Trust. We discus…
10 months, 4 weeks ago