The Media Show Episodes Episode guide
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Diana, Panorama and a ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ apology
25 years on, allegations of "sheer dishonesty" behind Martin Bashir's historic interview
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'If you're not breaking stories, you're nothing'
Daily Mirror editor Alison Phillips on her strategy for survival.
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As America decides, Big Tech weighs in
Facebook and Twitter accused of censorship over a tabloid story about Joe Biden's son.
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The economics of outrage
Does journalism still report the facts or has it been hijacked by opinion?
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YouTube and the reinvention of television
Exclusive interview with the UK boss of Google's video sharing platform.
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How conspiracy theories hijacked the news
"Biden's hidden earpiece" is the latest theory to cross from the fringes to the mainstream
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Bake Off rises out of lockdown
Ian Katz on keeping Channel 4's flagship show on-air.
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The demographics of news
Exploring the diversity of the UK's newsrooms.
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How Spotify reached No. 1
Extended interview with the UK boss of Spotify, the country's most popular music service.
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Charming the old Gray Lady
Mark Thompson on transforming The New York Times and the future of media.
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Tony Hall's Exit Interview
The outgoing ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Director-General on the crises and successes of his time in charge.
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Our love-hate relationship with the tech giants
Joe Tidy looks under the bonnet of TikTok, Apple and Facebook.
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June Sarpong: What is diversity?
The ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½'s Director of Creative Diversity on why change is needed.
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Succession and shakedown for Murdoch and TikTok
Intrigue and drama at two of the world’s most talked about media companies.
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Whose truth is it anyway?
Newsroom rebellions, 'cancel culture' and the question of free speech.
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David vs Goliath
The niche broadcasters taking on the mainstream.
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Who cares about local news?
With the industry in crisis, what can be done to save regional newspapers?
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Fake news? Meet the fake journalists
How news outlets inadvertently published propaganda from a network of fake journalists.
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Times Radio launches and Twitch faces reckoning
Times Radio launches and a reckoning for Twitch.
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Rethinking advertising
How the pandemic is changing the ad industry.
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Opinions on opinion
The role of opinion in journalism, from newspaper columnists to reader comments.
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Who sets the news agenda?
When protests cease and statues stop falling, will journalists still report racism?
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Making news free to the world
The Guardian's Katharine Viner on resisting a paywall and fighting government obfuscation.
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Christiane Amanpour and a brief history of CNN
As CNN marks 40 years, an extended interview with one of its most celebrated journalists.
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The drama of TV production
From documentaries to soap operas, how producers are making TV in a lockdown.
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How data journalists became the rock stars of news
Stories that explain the pandemic through statistics, are some of the most shared online.
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Why we're all playing video games
From Roblox to Call of Duty, the lockdown has meant record participation in gaming.
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Secrets of the Celebrity Interview
How feature writers get the famous to say things they wish they hadn’t
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Liberalism, leading, and the lockdown
The Economist editor Zanny Minton Beddoes
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The Rehabilitation of Channel 5
How Ben Frow turned the broadcaster into RTS Channel of the Year.