Media Talk

Slip on some earphones and walk off that turkey in the company of John Plunkett – as he tests the panel on their knowledge of another dramatic year in the UK media

John Plunkett and guests hail a well-written report that gets to the heart of the BBC's recent woes. Lord Justice Leveson take note...

John Plunkett and friends unravel the week's media stories, including James Harding leaving the Times, Rebekah Brooks's £10.8m payoff and the top-rated TV shows of 2012

As political parties, newspaper editors and campaign groups suggest their own solutions to press regulation, Lord Justice Leveson offers some new problems to solve. Hugh Muir sifts through the week's developments

Roy Greenslade, Dan Sabbagh, Stig Abell and Michael White join John Plunkett to discuss the implications of Lord Justice Leveson's report into press ethics released this week

John Plunkett and Dan Sabbagh unwrap Lord Patten's Christmas present a whole month early and find that Lord Hall is the man taking over the BBC in March 2013

John Plunkett reports from the Radio Festival 2012 in Salford, where morale among BBC delegates is at an all-time low

The singer is the latest casualty of Radio 1's youth policy – John Plunkett discusses the future of music radio with former executive Trevor Dann and Popjustice founder Peter Robinson

The radio presenter takes to the air for the last time on BBC London. John Plunkett and guests analyse what's going wrong in local radio - and David Montgomery's plans for local press

The panel review George Entwistle's performance at the select committee, Jeff Ford's departure from Channel 5 and the first phone-hacking case is brought against Trinity Mirror

As the director general prepares to go before a Commons committee, we examine his handling of the crisis so far

Jane Martinson and guests perform a gender test on the entire media industry.

Hugh Muir presents a roundup of the week's media news, including accusations of a cover-up at the BBC. Plus, Helen Zaltzman and Steve Ackerman discuss what 4G means for content producers.

George Entwistle faces the first crisis of his director generalship, plus proposals for a broadband levy and Jeremy Clarkson's pay. With John Plunkett, Olly Mann and Jason Phipps, John Revell

The new director general's vision for the BBC, BSkyB ruled 'fit and proper' and a preview of the third series of The Killing. With John Plunkett, Jane Root, Dan Sabbagh, Maggie Brown and Vicky Frost