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The Media Show episodes available now on BBC iPlayer

(40 programmes)

  1. 09/12/2009

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    Peter Fincham on X Factor; Royal privacy; Geordie Greig.

  2. 02/12/2009

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    Available since Wed, 2 Dec 2009.

    Victoria Derbyshire in Zimbabwe; Jeremy Hunt on BBC Pay; Tiger Woods's reputation.

  3. 25/11/2009

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    Available since Wed, 25 Nov 2009.

    BBC Worldwide; after Oprah; regional news.

  4. 18/11/2009

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    Available since Wed, 18 Nov 2009.

    The PCC fights back; Belle de Jour; Channel 5 newsreader; ITV changes.

  5. 11/11/2009

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    Available since Wed, 11 Nov 2009.

    Libel law reform, X-Factor success and coverage of the PM's letter to Jacqui Janes.

  6. 04/11/2009

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    Reporting drugs; comedy and offence; internet guru Steven Johnson.

  7. 28/10/2009

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    Available since Wed, 28 Oct 2009.

    Minister David Lammy on copyright, BNP on Question Time, the web as a great democracy.

  8. 21/10/2009

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    Culture secretary Ben Bradshaw; new media impact on newspaper opinion; the BBC Trust.

  9. 14/10/2009

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    Available since Wed, 14 Oct 2009.

    The Guardian editor gives us the inside story on the legal battle to report on Parliament.

  10. 07/10/2009

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    The BNP in the media, TV election debates and 25 years of Voice of the Listener and Viewer

  11. 30/09/2009

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    Available since Wed, 7 Oct 2009.

    The Sun endorses Tories, older female newsreaders, impartial news and conference speeches.

  12. 23/09/2009

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    Available since Wed, 30 Sep 2009.

    The influence of political weeklies; smartphone apps and ITV's legal action against STV.

  13. 16/09/2009

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    Available since Wed, 23 Sep 2009.

    Andy Duncan leaves C4; Phil Redmond on the problem with children's TV.

  14. 09/09/2009

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    Available since Wed, 9 Sep 2009.

    The power of Google and the future of the BBC.

  15. 02/09/2009

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    Director of BBC Audio and Music Tim Davie, and Sky's bid to host an election debate.

  16. 26/08/2009

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    Mandelson's u-turn on illegal downloads, video on demand, and Strictly is back.

  17. 19/08/2009

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    Journalistic impartility, Media Studies as a soft option and Oxo's new ad campaign.

  18. 12/08/2009

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    Available since Tue, 18 Aug 2009.

    Ed Stourton presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.

  19. 05/08/2009

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    Available since Wed, 5 Aug 2009.

    The end of the Observer? Making news websites pay; council-owned local newspapers.

  20. 29/07/2009

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    Available since Wed, 29 Jul 2009.

    Demise of The Bill in Scotland, BSkyB's yearly results, listeners desert the Asian Network

  21. 22/07/2009

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    Available since Wed, 22 Jul 2009.

    TV and ageism, TV advertising, new editor of The Lady and Walter Cronkite's legacy.

  22. 15/07/2009

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    Available since Wed, 15 Jul 2009.

    The latest on phone hacking; making sense of science; BBC DG under fire from government.

  23. 08/07/2009

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    Available since Wed, 8 Jul 2009.

    TV coverage of the Ashes, Trinity Mirror's CEO Sly Bailey and hyper-local journalism.

  24. 01/07/2009

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    Available since Tue, 7 Jul 2009.

    Steve Hewlett and guests recorded live at the Radio Festival in Nottingham.

  25. 24/06/2009

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    Available since Wed, 24 Jun 2009.

    Steve Hewlett interviews BBC Director General Mark Thompson.

  26. 17/06/2009

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    Available since Wed, 17 Jun 2009.

    Lord Carter's Digital Britain, citizen journalism in Iran, the future of blogging.

  27. 10/06/2009

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    Available since Wed, 10 Jun 2009.

    The future of local TV news, anti-terror laws and press freedom and women on panel shows.

  28. 03/06/2009

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    Steve Hewlett on reality TV's duty of care, journalist Ben Brown and documentary funding.

  29. 27/05/2009

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    Available since Wed, 27 May 2009.

    Steve Hewlett on corporate transparency, medicine on TV and online TV on the television.

  30. 20/05/2009

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    Available since Wed, 20 May 2009.

    Steve Hewlett on policing the internet, the future of children's radio and the licence fee

  31. 13/05/2009

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    Available since Mon, 18 May 2009.

    Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.

  32. 06/05/2009

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    Available since Wed, 6 May 2009.

    Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.

  33. 29/04/2009

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    Steve Hewlett investigates the ethics of undercover reporting.

  34. 15/04/2009

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    Ed Stourton exmaines media censorship in Fiji.

  35. 08/04/2009

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    Ed Stourton examines the future for investigative journalism and diversity in advertising.

  36. 01/04/2009

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    Steve Hewlett talks to David Frost about contemporary TV and political interviewing.

  37. 25/03/2009

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    Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.

  38. 18/03/2009

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    Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.

  39. 11/03/2009

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    Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.

  40. 04/03/2009

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    Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world.

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