The Media Show

Other

BBC Radio 4 LW

Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

This is the programme about a revolution in media.

Social media, anti-social media, breaking news, faking news: this is the programme about a revolution in media.

BBC Radio 4 FM

The Media Show: We Need to Talk About Gary

08/03/2023

We Need to Talk About Gary

BBC Radio 4 - The Media Show, We Need to Talk About Gary

The BBC says that it's having a 'frank conversation' with Gary Lineker after another tweet

The BBC says that it's having a 'frank conversation' with Gary Lineker after another tweet.

The BBC says that it is having a “frank conversation” with Gary Lineker after he tweeted that the language setting out the government’s new plan for small boats crossing the channel was "not dissimilar to that used by Germany in the 30s".

Also in the programme, Elon Musk picks a twitter fight with a sacked employee – and then says sorry, and the role algorithms play in how we consume media.

Guests: Roger Mosey, former director of BBC Sport, Alva Ray, Host of POLITICO’s Westminster Insider Podcast, Kara Swisher, Host of "On with Kara Swisher", Noah Giansiracusa, Associate Professor of Mathematics at Bentley University, and Katy Leeson, CEO of Relentless Media

Presenter: Ros Atkins

Producer: Helen Fitzhenry

BBC Radio 4

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Accessibility links

Programme Index

The Media Show

We Need to Talk About Gary

Genres

Brand

BBC Radio 4 LW

About BBC Radio 4