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The Media Show

The Media Show

BBC Radio 4 · BBC

844 episodesEN

Show overview

The Media Show has been publishing since 2010, and across the 16 years since has built a catalogue of 844 episodes. That works out to roughly 450 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a weekly cadence.

Episodes typically run twenty to thirty-five minutes — most land between 28 min and 29 min — and the run-time is fairly consistent across the catalogue. None of the episodes are flagged explicit by the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-language Society & Culture show.

The show is actively publishing — the most recent episode landed 1 weeks ago, with 34 episodes already out so far this year. Published by BBC.

Episodes
844
Running
2010–2026 · 16y
Median length
28 min
Cadence
Weekly

From the publisher

Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.

Latest Episodes

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Jason Arday: examining the media coverage after his death

Aug 19, 202642 min

Jason Arday, Investigating Football, Broadcasters Moving to YouTube

Aug 12, 202642 min

Alternative Hollywood films, oral archive of local newspapers, prison radio

Aug 5, 202642 min

Reporting the wildfires, Interviewing Elon Musk, CEO of Reach Piers North

Jul 29, 202642 min

Andrew Neil, the PM and the press, AI actor Tilly Norwood

Jul 22, 202642 min

Iain Dale, on a life in the media and politics, TV production rights, Trump subpoenas NYT journalists, BBC Annual Report

Jul 15, 202642 min

Nigel Farage and the media, Prince Harry legal case, doorstepping

Jul 8, 202642 min

Jamie Murray, Sky ITV deal, Building a media business

Jul 1, 202642 min

Andy Burnham's media strategy, smart glasses and filming in public places, BBC Long Wave closes

Jun 24, 202641 min

BBC cuts, Ritula Shah, Norma Percy, Filming protests

Jun 17, 202642 min

Alex Kay-Jelski, World Cup coverage, Belfast reporting, Influencers in Russia

Jun 10, 202642 min

Laura Kuenssberg, SNP embezzlement story, Rafa documentary, 60 Minutes

Jun 3, 202642 min

Lord Grade, Media access to local councils, Vincent Bolloré profile, Reporting on the heatwave

May 27, 202642 min

The new BBC Director General Matt Brittin, MAFS under investigation & Richard Madeley goes inside El Salvadore's CECOT mega jail

May 20, 202642 min

Munya Chawawa; journalists and access to prisoners in jail; Family influencers and the boundaries of parenting online.

May 13, 202642 min

AI judging journalists, the BBC’s “Wrong Guy”, Saudi Arabia's media strategy, covering climate change

May 6, 202642 min

King Charles's US visit, attacks on journalists, I'm a Celeb editing row

Apr 29, 202642 min

The future of teleshopping, Hungary's media post Orban defeat, Danny Robins from Uncanny, Mandelson vetting row scoop

Apr 22, 202641 min

BBC job cuts, Journalist detained in Kuwait, HBO Max enters UK streamer market, Reporting the Artemis II launch

Apr 15, 202642 min

Ronan Farrow on investigating OpenAI and Sam Altman, Misha Glenny, Bel Trew & Madhumita Murgia

Apr 8, 202642 min
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