On the show this week, we talk to the head of the BBC World Service's Burmese language section about how her staff have been getting their information to report the popular uprising in the closed state. Although journalists are banned, the BBC and other news organisations are getting their material from many other sources.
Plus, after a judge described the Jeremy Kyle show as "bear-baiting", we ask an experienced psychiatrist to describe the long-term effects of appearing on this type of "confessional" talkshow.
Gareth and I were among the select band of hundreds of journalists who were invited to Richard Branson's Oxfordshire home this week to be persuaded of the joys of Virgin 1. I made sure it wasn't all fun, fun, fun, by recording a despatch for this week's show. And Gareth is on hand to tell us about his record-breaking ride. Insert joke here.
On the panel, Janine Gibson, editor in chief of Media Guardian, and broadcasting consultant Steve Hewlett.
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