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1528 - Censorship at student papers and the role of social media in Gen-Z protests

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1528 - Censorship at student papers and the role of social media in Gen-Z protests

Wed, 04 Nov 2026
1527 - Is TV news still fit for purpose? Celebrity media injunction and Blue Planet III returns

Wed, 28 Oct 2026
1526 - Taking stock of the BBC cuts

Wed, 21 Oct 2026
1525 - Russell T Davies, and reporting on when the BBC gets it wrong

Wed, 14 Oct 2026
1524 - Reporting on the Cornell rape investigation; Woman’s Hour at 80; Anneka Rice

Wed, 07 Oct 2026
1523 - Man City verdict, Dead Internet Theory, The Art of Casting

Wed, 30 Sep 2026
1522 - Trump’s legal battle with White House press, the global media spotlight on the village of Piddington, Diana media narratives

Wed, 23 Sep 2026
1521 - Is the right of reply under threat in the social media age?

Wed, 16 Sep 2026
1520 - 70 Up the final instalment of 7 Up, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy on the BBC & how polling informs political media strategy?

Fri, 11 Sep 2026
1519 - Reporting the Taliban, AI's "meat proxies" and The Grand Tour returns

Wed, 02 Sep 2026
1518 - YouTube and the battle for television’s future

Wed, 26 Aug 2026
1517 - Jason Arday: examining the media coverage after his death

Wed, 19 Aug 2026
1516 - Jason Arday, Investigating Football, Broadcasters Moving to YouTube

Wed, 12 Aug 2026
1515 - Alternative Hollywood films, oral archive of local newspapers, prison radio

Wed, 05 Aug 2026
1514 - Reporting the wildfires, Interviewing Elon Musk, CEO of Reach Piers North

Wed, 29 Jul 2026
1513 - Andrew Neil, the PM and the press, AI actor Tilly Norwood

Wed, 22 Jul 2026
1512 - Iain Dale, on a life in the media and politics, TV production rights, Trump subpoenas NYT journalists, BBC Annual Report

Wed, 15 Jul 2026
1511 - Nigel Farage and the media, Prince Harry legal case, doorstepping

Wed, 08 Jul 2026
1510 - Jamie Murray, Sky ITV deal, Building a media business

Wed, 01 Jul 2026
1509 - Andy Burnham's media strategy, smart glasses and filming in public places, BBC Long Wave closes

Wed, 24 Jun 2026
1508 - BBC cuts, Ritula Shah, Norma Percy, Filming protests

Wed, 17 Jun 2026
1507 - Alex Kay-Jelski, World Cup coverage, Belfast reporting, Influencers in Russia

Wed, 10 Jun 2026
1506 - Laura Kuenssberg, SNP embezzlement story, Rafa documentary, 60 Minutes

Wed, 03 Jun 2026
1505 - Lord Grade, Media access to local councils, Vincent Bolloré profile, Reporting on the heatwave

Wed, 27 May 2026
1504 - The new BBC Director General Matt Brittin, MAFS under investigation & Richard Madeley goes inside El Salvadore's CECOT mega jail

Wed, 20 May 2026
1503 - Munya Chawawa; journalists and access to prisoners in jail; Family influencers and the boundaries of parenting online.

Wed, 13 May 2026
1502 - AI judging journalists, the BBC’s “Wrong Guy”, Saudi Arabia's media strategy, covering climate change

Wed, 06 May 2026
1501 - King Charles's US visit, attacks on journalists, I'm a Celeb editing row

Wed, 29 Apr 2026
1500 - The future of teleshopping, Hungary's media post Orban defeat, Danny Robins from Uncanny, Mandelson vetting row scoop

Wed, 22 Apr 2026
1499 - BBC job cuts, Journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market, Reporting the Artemis II launch

Wed, 15 Apr 2026
1498 - Ronan Farrow on investigating OpenAI and Sam Altman, Misha Glenny, Bel Trew & Madhumita Murgia

Wed, 08 Apr 2026
1497 - Scott Mills' exit & Tim Davie's final week at the BBC, AI-assisted journalism, new UK research project on teens & social media

Wed, 01 Apr 2026
1496 - Matt Brittin profile, How to cold call a president, The Policing and Media Charter, Jamie Bartlett

Wed, 25 Mar 2026
1495 - Bonus interview Lisa Nandy MP Culture Secretary

Thu, 19 Mar 2026
1494 - Lisa Nandy on saving local news and the future of the BBC, reporting from inside Iran & behind the scenes at the Oscars

Wed, 18 Mar 2026
1493 - The people shaping American media including Mehdi Hasan, Jeffrey Goldberg, Sarah Smith and Johnny Harris

Wed, 11 Mar 2026
1492 - Media coverage of Middle East conflict, Green Party’s by-election victory chances "missed" by journalists? Nonagenarian podcast

Wed, 04 Mar 2026
1491 - Baftas fallout , Reporting on the Ukraine War four years on, the power of photography to capture the essence of a story

Wed, 25 Feb 2026
1490 - MTV’s legacy, the new Lucy Letby documentary on Netflix and the traditional ad agency in crisis.

Wed, 18 Feb 2026
1489 - Revelations about the Murdoch dynasty in new book, Reporting on the Starmer crisis, Washington Post cuts, Ofcom under scrutiny

Thu, 12 Feb 2026
1488 - Tina Brown on the latest Epstein files, the boundaries of behind-the-scenes access in sport, reporting on a rocket launch

Thu, 05 Feb 2026
1487 - Viral videos shaping reporting in Minnesota, Radio 1’s Christmas Presenter Takeover, Algorithm Transparency and Skyscraper Live

Wed, 28 Jan 2026
1486 - Greenland coverage, Australia’s social media ban, Brand Beckham

Wed, 21 Jan 2026
1485 - Grok AI, Media coverage of the Iran protests, Hamnet film producer Liza Marshall and inside prison radio

Wed, 14 Jan 2026
1484 - US raid on Venezuela & what it says about military-media relations, Actors & AI, Influencers at Westminster & the lobby system

Wed, 07 Jan 2026
1483 - How to Make a Hit TV Show

Wed, 31 Dec 2025
1482 - Jeremy Vine’s legal battle, Bondi Beach attack coverage, , BBC charter renewal pressures, Trump’s $5bn lawsuit and microdramas

Wed, 17 Dec 2025
1481 - The battle for Warner Bros, Eurovision controversy latest over Israel participation, festive TV battles and Meta’s pivot to AI.

Wed, 10 Dec 2025
1480 - Ian Hislop, Gary Lineker's new podcast deal with Netflix, YouTubers filming drug and alcohol use in Manchester, football piracy

Wed, 03 Dec 2025
1479 - The Reith Lecture row, Telegraph sale & CNN documentary MisinfoNation: White Genocide

Wed, 26 Nov 2025

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