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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Matt Wells

Media Talk: Black behind bars

On this week's show, we wonder what makes a media mogul believe his own hype, as the former owner of the Daily Telegraph ponders his six-year jail sentence for fraud. Our own media mogul Steve Hewlett and aspiring magnate John Plunkett are on hand to speculate.

Plus, we wonder whether the delay to the launch of Channel 4 Radio is symptom of wider problems with the project; we are outraged by the sponsorship of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year awards and those adverts for digital radio sets on Radio 5 Live.

This week's bit of shameless showbiz is provided by Douglas Henshall, star of the hit ITV dinousaur series Primeval. And we talk to the man behind the new Hammer horror movie, which will premiere on MySpace. Plus Gareth McLean explains his mystery absence.

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