Media Show

Simon Singh welcomes new defamation legislation. Should people arrested be named in the media or should they remain anonymous until charged? Plus are British women ready for TLC.

Journalists gaining access to North Korea, with Sue Lloyd Roberts; the row between Sky and BT over premiership football rights; former Times editor James Harding moves to BBC

With guests Baroness Dean of Thornton Le Fylde, former President of the print union SOGAT, Andrew Neil, former Editor of the Sunday Times, Michael Green who ran Carlton TV, and Professor Paddy Barwise - who's led a review into the BBC's digital TV services and written an independent report for the BBC Governors on public responses to the BBC licence fee bid

Melvyn Bragg about coverage of the Arts on TV . How important is the coverage to BBC, ITV and other broadcasters like Sky? Where's its place in the schedule and does it deserve to be given a higher profile? A question for Alan Yentob Creative Director for the BBC and the Daily Telegraph's Gillian Reynolds.

The Sun's decision to start charging for online content; Mumsnet founder Justine Roberts on the risk of press regulation for online forums; Richard Marson responds to press coverage of his book on a former Dr Who producer.

Baroness Helena Kennedy QC, Acting Chair of the Media Standards Trust talks to Steve Hewlett about the latest twists and turns in implementing Lord Justice Leveson's press reforms. Plus Phil Collins Chief Leader writer of The Times, Professor Natalie Fenton a board member of the campaign group Hacked Off and Chris Blackhurst Editor of The Independent discuss whether the Royal Charter throws up as many problems as it solves.

Steve Hewlett with Ed Richards, Chief Exec of Ofcom on the future of public service broadcasting, internet regulation and being drawn into the press regulation debate.

After years of campaigning for reform could the Defamation Bill be derailed by "Leveson clauses"? Could BBC Worldwide be about to sell a controlling stake in travel guidebooks publisher Lonely Planet to the US billionaire Brad Kelley. And how much does the new ITV drama Broadchurch owe to the Danish Drama The Killing?

Nick Davies and Ian Hislop on the health of investigative journalism; why some people don't like "People Like Us"; Mike Lerner and Heather Croall on Oscars for UK documentaries

Does advertising make children fat? Yes say doctors - so ban it before 9pm. No say advertisers - no evidence. They accuse the medics of "grandstanding". New Labour cabinet minister James Purnell is one of the new DG's first appointments and will become the new director of strategy and digital. How's his appointment been received and what will he bring to the Corporation. And what's going on behind the scenes as the BBC prepares to publish the transcripts of the Pollard Review.

FT editor Lionel Barber, on the paper's 125th anniversary; Frances Whitaker and Pat Llewellyn on how cooks on TV have changed since Delia Smith; Brian Cathcart of Hacked Off and Lord Fowler on the Royal Charter and press regulation - is it really "best of a bad job"?

Dido Harding, CEO of TalkTalk, on YouView; Andrew Mullins, MD of the Lebedev UK newspapers on winning the biggest new local TV licence; Juliette Garside on Liberty Global, the US company paying £15bn for Virgin Media

Former Editor of The Sunday Times Sir Harold Evans on how the press have reacted to Leveson. Plus David Dinsmore, Director of Operations at News International on their plans to show Premiership League football highlights on mobile and internet versions of The Sun, Times and Sunday Times.Award winning filmmaker Peter Kosminsky on how regulation "TV style" can benefit all journalists.

Why aren't there more women on radio and tv as experts, commentators and presenters? Steve Hewlett explores the issues on The Media Show this week with a range of insiders: Anne Morrison, Director of the BBC Academy, who ran a day of training for women experts last week with more planned; Fiona Fox, Director of the Science Media Centre which links news programmes up with expert scientists; Lis Howell, Director of Broadcasting at City University, who has been monitoring the number of women on news programmes; Emma Barnett, the Telegraph's Women's Editor; Chris Shaw, Editorlal Director of ITN Productions and Executive Producer of The Agenda and Tamy Hoffman, Interviews Editor of Sky News.

Lord Hunt Chair of the PCC on press self-regulation. Plus free speech and the columnist - the challenges faced by Editors in dealing with instant reaction to writers following the publication of Julie Burchill's column in the Observer.