Ed Vaizey on Ofcom and Channel 4, BBC boost to Ukraine output

Former Culture Secretary Baron Vaizey joins Matt Deegan to discuss what’s so enticing about being chair of Ofcom, as we hear that Michael Grade has bagged the top job.

Also on the programme: the BBC in shock funding story as it actually *gains* 4m from the Government, media writer Maggie Brown and audio consultant Ann Charles ask if it's the journalists that could end up saving Auntie?

And, in the Media Quiz, we provide order where there is chaos.

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