Audience. there is so muchjoy here. liverpool is buzzing. it is great for the city. but it feels like it is great for all of us, particularly in this cost of living crisis. is great for all of us, particularly in this cost-of-living crisis. thank ou. tomorrow mae muller is representing the uk with her track i wrote a song. tomorrow mae muller is representing the uk with her track i wrote a song. tomorrow mae muller is representing the uk you ll have to watch all night to see her as she ll be the last of the 26 competitors to perform. 0ur media correspondent david sillito has been chatting to her here in liverpool. oh, my god. yeah. i got to go. welcome to liverpool and what we thought would be a quiet chat with the uk s may muller. really sorry we were waiting and a crowd is built up. i don t know what s got out here. no, i wasn t expecting this. however, nothing here stays quiet. welcome to eurovision. i know. i feel so welcome.
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But sheelagh s experience of being a leaseholder has left her wanting to see the back of the whole system, something that could now be coming down the road. alex forsyth, bbc news, leeds. the broadcaster ken bruce has presented his final show on radio two after more than 40 years at the bbc. his morning programme had more radio listeners than any other in the uk. during his final show he praised the bbc as the finest broadcasting institution in the world. 0ur media correspondent david sillitoe reports. # bbc radio 2, ken bruce.# gee, thanks. ken bruce, those familiar, rich tones have been part of radio 2 since the 19805. we re all here. hello. here, on a rare day release from the studio. he has been part of the bbc. # ken bruce, bbc radio 2~# ..for 46 years.
At the end of the tunnel. leah walker ending that report byjenny rees. a consultation on whether channel 4 should be privatised has been launched by the government. the channel is presently funded by advertising, but is publicly owned. the broadcaster has warned against any change which could damage its output, but ministers have queried whether the present model is sustainable. 0ur media correspondent david sillito reports. channel 4. it was set up nearly 40 years ago to be a home for provocative, innovative, diverse television. owned by the government, but funded by advertising. and it s only four years since the government last looked at the future of channel 4. back then, they decided it was a precious public asset. but things move fast in the world of television. netflix, amazon, apple, the rise of the streamers.
2016. he was then subsequently promoted to the role of religion editor in 2018. the review was conducted by ken mcquarrie and looked at three main questions, i suppose, was the recruitment process intended to find the right person for the role as opposed to being predetermined? what did those who appointed martin bashir know about either his previous misconduct in relation to that panorama interview or his other public controversies? and in what circumstances was martin bashir s role regraded in 2018? those were the parameters for the inquiry. 0ur media correspondent is with us. i know this report has just been published, but are you able to give a sense of what some of the answers were to those questions? there were shortcomings in the