Genre | Current affairs, Media |
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Running time | 60 mins since 3 April 2024 (previously 28 mins) |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Language(s) | English |
Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
TV adaptations | BBC News Channel |
Produced by | Richard Hooper |
Recording studio | Broadcasting House |
Original release | 1 October 2008 – Present |
No. of episodes | 431 (to 23 December 2016[1]) |
Website | BBC Radio 4 |
Podcast | The Media Show podcast |
The Media Show is a weekly British current affairs radio programme and podcast on BBC Radio 4 which examines the current state of the media. First broadcast on 1 October 2008,[2] it is presented by BBC News' analysis editor Ros Atkins and culture & media editor Katie Razzall.[3]Until February 2017, when he died, the show was usually presented by Steve Hewlett, a columnist for The Guardian newspaper and visiting Professor of Journalism and Broadcast policy at the University of Salford.[4] It has also been presented by Amol Rajan, Emma Barnett, Paddy O'Connell, Julian Worricker, Edward Stourton[5][6] and Andrea Catherwood.
The series is seen by some as a replacement of The Message, a previous BBC Radio 4 series covering the media which was hosted by Jenni Murray and was dropped in 2008.[2][7] The Media Show is produced by Richard Hooper.[8] Previous producers have included Katy Takatsuki, Paul Waters, Simon Tillotson, Ruth Watts and Dan Hardoon.