Media Show

Prof Roy Greenslade on the latest developments in the News of the World phone hacking story, Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt on his plans for local TV, Evgeny Morozov explains how social media mobilised demonstrators in Tunisia and can anything be done to stop the decline in newspaper readers?

Lorraine Heggessey and Maggie Brown discuss Miriam O'Reilly's successful case against the BBC for age discrimination, Greg Dyke on plans for local television and does the EastEnders row damage creative drama?

As Facebook is valued at $50bn, Matthew Horsman and Benjamin Cohen ask if it's really worth that much, ITV News's Editor in Chief David Mannion on ITV's ban from a police press conference and are Britain's contempt of court laws out of date?

From coverage of politics under the coalition government to the drive to make journalism pay its way and the impact of the WikiLeaks revelations, stories about the media look set to continue to make headlines in 2011. Steve Hewlett is joined by Times columnist and former BBC executive David Aaronovitch, Anne McElvoy who is former executive editor of the London Evening Standard and soon to write for The Economist and Peter Bazalgette, formerly of Big Brother's Endemol and now a self-styled digital investor. Together they discuss some of the big media stories of 2010 and how they may continue to develop in 2011.

Steve Hewlett looks at the revelations about Vince Cable's thoughts on News Corp's Bid for BSkyB, it's thirty years since Rupert Murdoch bought The Times, Media correspondent Ben Fenton and Times historian Graham Stewart discuss the deal. And Upstairs or Downton? Emma Cox and Neil McLean on costume dramas.

The BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons discusses the BBC's strategy review; Nicholas Shott on his report into the viability of local television news in the UK and media commentators Maggie Brown and Neil Midgley explain the implications.

Investigative journalist Andrew Jennings on his claim that British sports reporters are "the worst in the world"; sports journalists Ashling O'Connor and Mihir Bose respond; Stephen Carter on superfast broadband and David Liddiment on Coronation Street's 50th anniversary.

Michael Grade, former chairman of the BBC and ITV, on the changes he would bring about in the TV industry; Virgin Media chief executive Neil Berkett on TiVo and Ian Birrell and Janine Gibson discuss the relationship newspapers are negotiating with WikiLeaks.

Sir Martin Sorrell on advertising's chances of recovering from the economic downturn; Emily Bell and Tim Bradshaw discuss proposals for an ipad only newspaper and Clare Sambrook on her award winning investigation into child detention.

ITN's political editor Tom Bradby talks about his interivew with Prince William and Kate Middleton; Lorraine Heggessy on moving programmes from off peak to prime time and Peter Bazalgette on why US media companies are buying up UK independent production companies.

BBC 4 controller Richard Klein on how the channel can make a bigger impact; former minister Richard Caborn and journalist Andrew Hogg on whether investigations into alleged FIFA corruption have damaged England's world cup bid and reality rogues - why do audiences love Ann Widdecombe and Wagner?

ITV’s Daybreak with Adrian Chiles and Christine Bleakley has lost enough of the mass audience to raise concerns about the programme's future. Is there really anything wrong with ITV's schedules and what, if anything, needs to be done to fix them? Broadcaster Esther Rantzen, media commentator Dan Sabbagh and former controller of ITV scheduling Stephen Price discuss. Times editor James Harding talks to Steve about the number of people paying to read The Times online and Private Eye editor Ian Hislop discusses the future of investigative journalism, speaking to Steve before last night's Paul Foot awards.

The former owner of the Telegraph, Conrad Black, on the role of the proprietor, Rupert Murdoch and why he might return to newspapers. The Independent has launcehd "i", a cut price quality newspaper described as "all you need to know in the time you have". Andrew Mullins, the Independent's managing director, and Alan Brydon of MPG Media, discusses the new paper's prospects. And, with the front page of the Times announcing "advertising soars", former Guardian Editor Peter Preston give his views on newspaper paywalls.

BBC Trust chairman Sir Michael Lyons comments on cuts to the licence fee and Media commentator Dan Sabbagh looks at how the deal was put together. Lorraine Heggessey on Danny Cohen taking over as controller of BBC1 and Reporters without Borders on global press freedom.

BSkyB, the BBC and media plurality; new rules on how the financial world talks to the press; the changing role of the agony aunt; rolling (good) news.