The Media Show - 01/04/2009

Steve Hewlett presents a topical programme about the fast-changing media world. As David Frost turns 70, he talks to Steve about contemporary TV, political interviewing and how to get politicians to talk about things they don't want to. Are journalists, particularly female journalists, being forced to become part of the story rather than merely observing? Miranda Sawyer and UKTV commissioning editor Jane Rogerson discuss the latest trends in experiential journalism. Has media reporting of political sleaze reached a tipping point from which the Labour government cannot recover? Political columnists Trevor Kavanagh and Jackie Ashley examine how the latest stories about MPs' expenses are playing in the press.