Media Talk podcast: where BBC Panorama went wrong

Hugh Muir delivers the week's media stories direct to your ears, with guests Maggie Brown and Lisa O'Carroll. James Harding becomes the top news man at the BBC. What can we expect from the former editor of Rupert Murdoch's Times now he has switched camps? Then we tackle John Sweeney and the controversial Panorama episode on North Korea. There have been some tough calls for the new director general – did Tony Hall get them right? Roy Greenslade isn't sure. And in the US, as the public radio stations this week end their annual pledge drives, Helen Zaltzman speaks to the producer behind one of the most successful radio whiprounds of all time. Plus Nosheen Iqbal drops in to discuss Ben Elton's new sitcom and the slow, agonising death of the panel show. What long-running show should be put out of its misery? Leave your comments below... Hugh Muir Matt Hill Maggie Brown Lisa O'Carroll Helen Zaltzman Gill Phillips Dan Sabbagh Roy Greenslade Nosheen Iqbal