Media Talk podcast: BBC3 to be axed

Mar 05, 2014, 03:14 PM

Despite the recently launched campaign, director-general Tony Hall is planning to close BBC3. John Plunkett is joined by Heat Magazine's TV editor Boyd Hilton and broadcaster and writer Helen Zaltzman to discuss the plans. Also on the programme: six weeks after TalkSport disappeared from Twitter, chief executive of the station and UTV Media GB Scott Taunton speaks to Media Talk about his frustration at the social media company's response so far. The Sun launches a breast cancer awareness campaign using its Page 3 models – but was this the right way to go about it? Plus, the Guardian's TV reviewer Sam Wollaston reviews BBC2's new WW1 drama 37 Days and celebrates the end of Outnumbered on BBC1. John PlunkettMatt HillHelen ZaltzmanBoyd Hilton