Channel 4 reveals their new drama slate. Heat magazine’s Boyd Hilton takes us through the ambitious line-up.

Also on the programme: as Bradford’s year as city of culture continues, Lisa Campbell joins us to talk about the upcoming Creative Cities Convention, where she has just taken over as director.

All that, plus: why Netflix might be turning to podcasts for growth, the BBC provides evidence that AI can’t summarise news stories... and, in the Media Quiz... we look at the reboots. 

That’s all happening in this edition of The Media Club. Come on in!

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What The Media Club has been reading this week:

Get Creative Cities Convention Tickets

Channel 4's new drama slate

Chatbots Can't Summarise News Stories, BBC finds

Netflix Eyeing Up Podcasts

‘Big Mood’ Renewed For Season 2 At Channel 4

BBC Podcast ‘How Do You Cope?’ Switches To Wondery

BBC Presenter Banned from Hinge For Being Himself

Chapters:

(00:00) Intro

(00:42) Media Club Guest Invites: A A Dhand - Harry Virdee

(04:40) Media Club Guest Invites: Mike White - The White Lotus

(07:50) Jack Thorne New Show

(09:10) Channel 4 Announcements

(11:30) Funding for Drama

(14:38) Netflix Top 10

(15:25) AI and the News

(22:05) Netflix Video Podcasts

(30:32) Bradford Creative Cities Convention

(35:52) Pilot TV

(36:56) Best TV shows to be watching right now

(40:15) The Media Quiz

(44:57) Goodbyes

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