hello. i m ros atkins, and welcome to the media show. and i m delighted to say my guest today is one of the best known and most influential figures in the uk media. he has his own production company, a new game show on itv, over 8 million followers on twitter, a role in one of the best known advertising campaigns in the last 25 years, a regular presenting slot on saturday nights on bbc one that he s had since 1999, and before all of that of course, he was pretty good at football as well. gary lineker, welcome to the show. thank you, nice to be here. as you listen to all of that, do you recognise it? do think of yourself as a media player rather than a retired football player? well, it beats crisp flogger extraordinary. to little kids, that s all i am. yeah, ifeel that i m a media person now. it s been a long time since. a very long time since my careerfinished in the early 90s. so, yeah, i ve been very fortunate to have found another career post football. obviously it still
we all have our secrets, we just didn t get to yours yet. as james bond returns to the cinema, we ask the public if it has left them shaken or not stirred. a los angeles judge has said that britney spears father jamie has been immediately suspended from her conservatorship. the judge sided with britney spears s lawyer, saying the current situation reflected a toxic environment. the news saw a rapturous response from the die hard britney spears fans gathered outside the court room. they rallied around the free britney hatch tag in the last year. hashtag. a lot of us had grown up with her, if you were a straight guy, you wanted to date her. if you were a girl, you wanted to be her. she is a light, absolutely. she is a person, and when you hear her cry and say these shocking things she said, you say, how does this happen to anyone, much less one of the most beloved pop stars in the world? her lawyer gave a news conference. todayis today is a great day for britney spears and