This week, Matt Wells is joined in the pod by Sam Delaney. He fills us in on some of the extravagance and excess of the British advertising industry during its 1960s heyday, when young upstarts like Alan Parker, David Putnam, Ridley Scott and Charles Saatchi got very creative - and very rich. Sam's account of that era, Get Smashed, is out in paperback now.
Also in the show, Steve Hewlett and Janine Gibson analyse Ofcom's radical recommendations for the future of public service broadcasting. There's reaction too about Jenny Abramsky's departure from the BBC; Roger Alton's appointment at the Independent; and Max Mosley's battle with the News of the World.
Plus, Andrew Gilligan confirms there is life after Hutton by winning the journalist of the year prize at this week's British Press Awards. The Sun's Tom Newton Dunn was the other big winner that night. We hear from both of them - accompanied by some truly terrible music.
Finally, Gareth McLean looks ahead to ITV1's great new hope for prime time, Pushing Daisies.
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