The Media Show

Newspaper Leave and Remain editorials, Media in Afghanistan, TV talent shows.


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With only one day to go until the vote on the EU referendum, The Mirror newspaper has declared its support for the Remain campaign. It means all the country's newspapers have now declared their position in the debate. Andrea Catherwood discusses whether newspaper editorials still have the influence they once did with Lloyd Embley, Editor of the Daily and Sunday Mirror, and Trevor Kavanagh, Political columnist at The Sun, which has backed the Leave campaign.

Whilst the popular talent show American Idol recently broadcast its 15th and final season, the BBC has just announced its new Saturday night entertainment programme will be a talent show looking for a boy band to play Take That in an upcoming stage show. The BBC has been searching for new formats, so why go with a talent show yet again? Mark Wells, former ITV Controller of Entertainment, and Jane Lush former BBC Controller of Entertainment Commissioning, join Andrea to discuss whether the talent show has seen better days.

In the post-Taliban years, a broad range of media flourished in Afghanistan. Many say that this has been very important for social change. However, there's concern that direct attacks against journalists in the last year by the Taliban is threatening the progress that's been made. Just a few weeks ago, David Gilkey an American journalist for NPR was killed along with his Afghan translator in a Taliban ambush. Shaharzad Akbar, director of the Open Society Afghanistan, speaks to Andrea Catherwood about the impact direct attacks are having on the media and journalists.

Producer: Katy Takatsuki.

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