

The Media Show
BBC Radio 4
Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.
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Jan 23, 2019 • 6min
BONUS Do we need another classical music radio station?
Bauer Media's Steve Parkinson explains the strategy behind Scala Radio

Jan 23, 2019 • 11min
BONUS Facebook's Steve Hatch apologises for distressing content about suicide on Instagram
The father of a teenager who took her own life says Instagram "helped kill my daughter"

Jan 23, 2019 • 28min
How Call The Midwife became a global hit
Dame Pippa Harris is Chair of BAFTA and the co-founder of Neal Street Productions, the team behind Call The Midwife. Also in the programme, the launch of a new classical music radio station and Freeview goes mobile.Amol Rajan is joined by Dame Pippa Harris, Jonathan Thompson, CEO of Digital UK, Gillian Reynolds, radio critic and Steve Parkinson, Group Managing Director for Bauer Media's national radio stations.Presenter: Amol Rajan
Producer: Richard Hooper

Jan 16, 2019 • 17min
BONUS Matthew Chance, CNN Senior International Correspondent
CNN's man in Moscow on the world news events that have shaped his career

Jan 16, 2019 • 28min
Who needs fact-checkers?
Facebook has contracted a UK charity to help stop fake news. But does the growth of professional fact-checkers undermine real journalists? Also in the show, how foreign media are reporting Brexit.Amol is joined by Will Moy, director of Full Fact, Diana Zimmermann, ZDF’s UK and Ireland correspondent, Joy Reid, TVNZ 1 News Europe correspondent, and Matthew Chance, CNN's Senior International Correspondent.Presenter: Amol Rajan
Producer: Richard Hooper

Jan 9, 2019 • 28min
Making a show for Netflix
Jamie Campbell is co-founder of the production company Eleven, creators of the new Netflix show Sex Education. He describes his experience working with the streaming giant and discusses his own career in television. Also in the programme, Nic Newman of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, who gives his predictions for the news industry in 2019, and Daisy Wyatt, assistant editor of the i newspaper.Presenter: Amol Rajan
Producer: Richard Hooper

Jan 2, 2019 • 28min
The Art of Public Relations
How do you organise a publicity stunt, how do you deal with being doorstepped and what do you do if you think your reputation has been trampled on by an errant journalist? Andrea Catherwood speaks to a panel of experts from PR and journalism who shed light on the art of public relations. Guests:
Alan Edwards is the founder of the Outside Agency which has looked after many celebrities from the world of music and entertainment including the Rolling Stones, The Spice Girls and David Beckham.
Keren Haynes is a former TV journalist who runs PR company Shout! Communications
Ian Gregory is Managing director of Abzed which has represented clients from the fracking industry, e-cigarettes and grouse shooting.
Polly Curtis is the Former Editor in Chief of Huff Post UK.
Producer: Steven Williams

Dec 26, 2018 • 28min
The Great British Radio Breakfast
In this special edition of The Media Show, Amol Rajan charts the history of breakfast radio and finds out how it became one of the most competitive markets in media. Listen out for archive of some of your favourite breakfast presenters and hear the secrets behind today's hit shows.Amol is joined by Dave Berry from Absolute Radio, Jo Russell from Gem, Andy Parfitt, former BBC Radio 1 controller and David Lloyd, radio consultant and historian.Producer: Richard Hooper

Dec 19, 2018 • 24min
Fast and slow journalism
Amol Rajan is joined by Tom Kerr, editor of the Racing Post, Rob Orchard, founder of Delayed Gratification, and Ranj Begley, managing director of Readly UK, a magazine app.Presenter: Amol Rajan
Producer: Richard Hooper

Dec 12, 2018 • 28min
Football, racism and the media
Will a new EU copyright law prevent Youtubers from broadcasting? Amol talks to technology reporter Kate Russell and media lawyer Christina Michelos.
Yath Gangakumaran, Formula 1 director of strategy on what the sport is doing to address its aging audience and football writer Darren Lewis and Times columnist Matthew Syed discuss the media role in the Raheem Sterling story.