Media Talk podcast: Sir David Attenborough on the BBC payoffs row

John Plunkett is joined by writer and broadcaster Sam Delaney and managing director of content company Somethin' Else Steve Ackerman to look at the week's media news – including the fallout from the disastrous showing by BBC bosses in front of Margaret Hodge last week. As Ofcom indicates it would be able to regulate the BBC and culture secretary Maria Miller warns that the National Audit Office might probe deeper into its accounts – we ask why James Harding and the Daily Mail are toeing the same line? Sir David Attenborough talks about his new two-part BBC2 programme Rise of the Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates – and reflects on how the BBC has changed since his time as director of programmes. There's good news for indies thanks to new plans by Channel 4 to invest in promising small producers and the Sun's paywall makes an impact on readers... but only in so much as they've dropped by 62%. Plus, down in Rebecca Nicholson's TV lair, we find her watching Good Food's Valentine Warner Eats Scandinavia, Channel 4's Fabulous Fashionistas and another superb episode of Breaking Bad (warning – contains spoilers!). John PlunkettMatt HillRebecca NicholsonSam DelaneySteve Ackerman