''The Media Show'' is a weekly
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current affairs radio
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programme and
podcast
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on
BBC Radio 4
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which examines the current state of the
media
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. The first episode was broadcast at 13:30 on 1 October 2008
and since May 2017 has been presented by
Amol Rajan
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Rajan was editor of ''The Indepen ...
, the BBC's Media Editor and occasionally by
Andrea Catherwood
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Early life
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. Until February 2017, when he died, the show was usually presented by
Steve Hewlett, a columnist for ''
The Guardian
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'' newspaper and visiting Professor of Journalism and Broadcast policy at the
University of Salford
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. It has also been presented by
Emma Barnett
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Barnett worked for BBC Radio 5 Live for six years, beginning in 2014, after th ...
,
Paddy O'Connell
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,
Ros Atkins
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He presents ''Outside Source'', ''Ros Atkins on the week'' and ''Ros Atkins on..'' on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. He also presents on rotation '' ...
,
Julian Worricker
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,
Edward Stourton and most recently
Katie Razzell.
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
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and was dropped in 2008.
''The Media Show'' is produced by Richard Hooper. Previous producers have included Katy Takatsuki, Paul Waters, Simon Tillotson and Ruth Watts.
Format
''The Media Show'' looks at various different kinds of media, including
print,
television
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, radio,
online
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, and
telecommunications
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. It also features discussion of various media areas such as
creativity
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,
culture
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,
censorship
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,
business
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, and
ethics
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. Hewlett said of the programme that: "I hope
twill be able to lift the lid on many of the current stories within the media, offering genuine insight and intelligence, making this show a must-listen for both those within the industry – but always accessible to a wider audience of those interested in a subject that affects all our lives."
On 14 November 2012, the programme broadcast a one-hour-long special edition, prompted by the controversy that the
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Reviews of ''The Media Show'' have been mixed. Elisabeth Mahoney in ''
'' wrote that the show covered "a pleasing range of stories" and that it was better than ''The Message'' because "it's better to have a BBC outsider hosting
and to place the show right in the middle of the week, allowing some looking back, but also some consideration of the unfolding media stories that will dominate the rest of the week." However, Mahoney criticised the way it dealt with
saying that, "you'd hope for in-depth analysis and insight. Instead, they left the story until last, and zipped through it."