Media Show

An ITV documentary due out tonight exposes serious allegations against the former BBC and TV Star Sir Jimmy Savile. Steve talks to the ex-policeman who made the film, Mark Williams-Thomas as well as David Jordan, the BBC's Director of Editorial Policy and Standards. Also an interview with Kevin Marsh about his new book on Hutton and we hear from Al Anstey - the Managing Director of Al Jazeera English with comment by Richard Sambrook.

Philippa Kennedy has been appointed as Ombudsman for The Sun. She will consider complaints and correct errors but how independent of the newspaper will she actually be? Channel 4 will screen footage of volunteers in a scientific study taking MDMA. David Glover, Commissioning Editor for "Drugs Live", responds to criticism that the programme risks glamorising drug use. And could a levy on monthly broadband bills be an effective way of subsidising print journalism? David Leigh of The Guardian thinks so, John Gapper of the FT is not so sure.

Harriet Harman on Leveson. Kate and those pictures. Plus the BBC welcomes a new DG.

John Whittingdale, Chairman of the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee gives his views on Leveson Inquiry followed by analysis by Claire Enders and Peter Preston. Armando Iannucci talks about "The Thick of it" and the role of writers, producers and directors in TV.

Steve Hewlett interviews Emma Scott, managing director of Freesat, as the free to air satellite TV operator launches a new service called "Free Time". What's in the in-tray of the new Culture Secretary Maria Miller? And will ITV's relaunch of Daybreak with a new set and new presenters draw viewers?

Chris Blackhurst, editor of the Independent, gives his shocked reaction to a letter he and other editors have received from the Leveson Inquiry; Sir Christopher Meyer on the impact of the Harry photo saga; C4's Stuart Cosgrove on the Paralympics; Chatham House's Jane Kinninmont on TV in the Arabic world.

A new TV channel called "London Legacy" aims to capitalise on the popularity of the Olympics with live coverage of so-called minority sports. Liz Murdoch prepares to deliver the prestigious MacTaggart memorial lecture at the Edinburgh TV festival. Research by Deloitte shows significant numbers of people are now using a "second screen" whilst watching TV. And photos of Prince Harry cavorting naked in a Las Vegas hotel room - will British newspapers publish them?

Why does Birmingham Alabama have eight local TV stations when Birmingham in the UK - four times the size - has none? Secretary of State Jeremy Hunt MP posed that question over two years ago when he set out his vision for new local tv stations across the UK. The deadline for submissions from the would-be tv operators in 21 towns and cities closed this week and now we have a clearer picture of how Jeremy Hunt's question might be answered. Join Steve Hewlett and his guests in the West Midlands to find out more.

Have TV's Red Button and HD channels struck gold at the Olympics? Plus where are we with DAB and the digital radio switchover?

ITV's Chief Executive Adam Crozier talks to Steve Hewlett about the company's latest results. And Twitter and the Olympics.

Will a digital first strategy mean the end for some newspapers? Lord Leveson begins writing his report - what will it mean for the future of the press? The TV of the future - Super Hi-Vision. And as one Olympic sponsor prepares to make its first move into funding a TV music programme broadcast during the Games - we ask, is ad-funded programming the way forward?

Bal Samra, BBC director of business affairs, on BBC presenters' tax; can Marissa Mayer solve Yahoo's problems; The Voice newspaper's struggle for accreditation at the Olympic games.

Radio 1 controller Ben Cooper on plans after Chris Moyles; former News of the World deputy editor Neil Wallis on the year since closure; YouView's chief exec Richard Halton and Emma Barnett, Telegraph digital media editor.

Steve Hewlett talks to Jeremy Hunt MP, Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport; what are the prospects for new BBC DG George Entwistle?

How well did the BBC cover the Arab Spring? The author of an in-depth study gives his view. With the news this week of plans to split the NewsCorp business into entertainment and publishing companies, what's the view of the UK papers from NewsCorp's home in New York? We hear from Sarah Ellison formerly of Vanity Fair. And the rights to show the 2016 Olympics are up for auction this week, with sealed bids being opened on Friday. Does this mark the end of the Olympics being shown on free to view tv?