SARAH VINE: This week saw a very different Clarkson, cowed and contrite, begging the Duke and Duchess of Sussex for forgiveness in a desperate bid to save his career.
The corporation has long been accused of sidelining older baby-boomer DJs and pursuing Gen Z and younger listeners with under-50 presenters playing fewer classic hits and more modern pop.
jon sopel, emily maitlis, andrew marr, lewis goodall, vanessa feltz, simon mayo, mark kermode and if we go back a little further, eddie mair, chris evans, john pienaar and others all of whom have departed the bbc s tv and radio output. so let s understand how these deals happen, and the calculations that are involved. we re joined by sue ayton, who s fi and jane s agent also co founder of knight ayton management, which represents a whole raft of the biggest names in broadcasting. and we re joined by megan carver founder and managing director of carver pr, which does publicity for some of the biggest names in broadcasting. megan and sue, thanks for being with us on the media show. sue, i ve got to start with you. tell us how it happened. well, we did this because it was a return to live broadcasting, which is their roots, their first love, and they were really being under used at the bbc, even though they had this huge podcast, which, as we know, has downloaded millions over the
can you tell us what s coming next? ithink my. our lawyers at times newspapers ltd would be very angry at me if i said anything now, but stay tuned. nice to see you, thanks for coming in. thank you. appreciate it. there s gabriel pogrom whitehall reporter, correspondent for the sunday times. now, to finish off today s edition of the media show, we re going to turn to one of the big stories of the week, because on saturday, we heard that jane garvey and fi glover were leaving the bbc for times radio. now, for almost all of you listening, you don t need me to tell you who fi and jane are in different ways, they ve been giants of 5 live and then radio 4. no more, though they re shifting across to times radio and so theyjoin quite a list jon sopel, emily maitlis, andrew marr, lewis goodall, vanessa feltz, simon mayo, mark kermode and if we go back a little further, eddie mair, chris evans, john pienaar and others all of whom have departed the bbc s tv and radio output. so let s
of the big stories of the week, because, on saturday, we heard that jane garvey and fi glover were leaving the bbc for times radio. now, for almost all of you listening, you don t need me to tell you who fi and jane are in different ways, they ve been giants of 5 live and then radio 4. no more, though they re shifting across to times radio and so theyjoin quite a list jon sopel, emily maitlis, andrew marr, lewis goodall, vanessa feltz, simon mayo, mark kermode and if we go back a little further, eddie mair, chris evans, john pienaar and others all of whom have departed the bbc s tv and radio output. so, let s understand how these deals happen, and the calculations that are involved. we re joined by sue ayton, who s fi and jane s agent also co founder of knight ayton management, which represents a whole raft of the biggest names in broadcasting. and we re joined by megan carver founder and managing director of carver pr, which does publicity for some of the biggest names i