for sir salman rushdie, authors have been gathering in new york to demonstrate their support, a week after he was seriously injured in a knife attack. hundreds of writers gathered at the city s public library to read his works and pay tribute. and now on bbc news, it s the media show. hello. in march this year, the bbc gave one of its biggest soaps, holby city, a do not resuscitate order after 23 years. injuly, channel 5 decided we no longer needed good neighbours and the sun went down on ramsay street after 37 years. but cast your mind back to christmas day, 1986. anyone remember this? this, my sweet, is a letter from my solicitor telling you that your husband has filed a petition for divorce. happy christmas, ange. that was dirty den handing angie watt s divorce papers after she d lied to him about having six months left to live. 30 million people tuned in to watch that episode of eastenders, more than half the population. today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million pe
today, the show averages between 4 and 6 million per episode, much of it through iplayer. so do soaps matter any more? what s their place in the cultural landscape? are we going through a messy den and angie divorce with them? or is it still enduring love, like scott and charlene? i m joined by sir phil redmond, creator of three of the biggest british soaps of all time grange hill, brookside and hollyoa ks. daniel kilkenny is soaps editor for entertainment news website digital spy. tv critic and soap fan emma bullimore is here, and charles collingwood, who s been farming, flirting and digging into his wife s venison pie for a whopping 47 years as brian in the archers. welcome to you all and thanks for coming on the show. phil, if we start with you, all the big soaps eastenders, coronation street, emmerdale have seen huge drops in audience numbers in recent years. you ve criticised soaps for not tackling big social issues like they used to. do you think it s the end of t
should there be? laura clancy, author of running the family firm, is also here. but we ll start with dan walker, one of the big beasts of breakfast tv. he spent six years fronting the nation s most popular early morning television show. those 3am alarms must feel likejust a bad dream now, because on monday, he starts his new role at channel 5. dan walker, welcome to the media show. why did you make the move? well, it had nothing to do with the 3am start, although i am even though i ve stopped doing breakfast now for a couple of weeks, i am still waking up occasionally at that time in the morning. poor you. i think it takes a while to sort the body clock out. i think it isjust, if i m honest, just opportunity. i think channel 5 came and had a chat and sort of said in the nicest possible way, we want you. and they said, we don t want you to just do the news. we d like you to come and have a set number of hours every year of your contract to come and make tv for us. and i ve got
could lead to the connection between the brake pedal and the braking system failing. coming up at 6 o clock, breakfast with victoria derbyshire at buckingham palace and rogerjohnson in the studio but first on bbc news, it s the media show. hello. this week, we re talking to dan walker as he moves from bbc breakfast tv to channel 5 s drivetime news. what made him go? and as the big broadcasters gear up for thejubilee celebrations, we ll be finding out what it s like to cover the royal family with the bbc s jonny dymond and itv s chris shep. and asking, is there any room in royal coverage for criticism? should there be? laura clancy, author of running the family firm, is also here. but we ll start with dan walker, one of the big beasts of breakfast tv. he spent six years fronting the nation s most popular early morning television show. those 3am alarms must feel likejust a bad dream now, because on monday, he starts his new role at channel 5. dan walker, welcome to the media sh
been out in force, threatening to arrest anyomnestaing a commemoratiion. saturday marked 33 years since the 1989 crackdown in beijing. to arrest anyone commemorating the event. now on bbc news, it s the media show with katie razzall. hello. this week, we re talking to dan walker as he moves from bbc breakfast tv to channel 5 s drivetime news. what made him go? and as the big broadcasters gear up for thejubilee celebrations, we ll be finding out what it s like to cover the royal family with the bbc s jonny dymond and itv s chris shep. and asking, is there any room in royal coverage for criticism? should there be? laura clancy, author of running the family firm, is also here. but we ll start with dan walker, one of the big beasts of breakfast tv. he spent six years fronting the nation s most popular early morning television show. those 3am alarms must feel likejust a bad dream now, because on monday, he starts his new role at channel 5. dan walker, welcome to the media show.