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Media Talk podcast: BBC annual report, Daily Star sales rise

The heat has got to John Plunkett and guests Stig Abell and Nick Lawrence, but amidst the non-sequiturs the panel admirably digest on the BBC's annual report, where the cost of the Jimmy Savile inquiry and executive payoffs is fully uncovered.

Plus, the latest ABCs reveal good news for the Daily Star, encouraging times for the Guardian and some mixed messages for the Independent.

The new presenter of the Today programme will be Mishal Husain – but why has it taken so long for the BBC to another woman to front its flagship news show?

In television, Rebecca Nicholson reviews Top of the Lake featuring Mad Men's Elisabeth Moss, Run (starring Olivia Coleman) and Christopher Guest's new sitcom Family Tree.

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