Wednesday 31 July

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Media ownership laws

On the day a parliamentary committee rejected Government plans to reform media ownership laws, we speak to the inquiry chair, film producer Lord Puttnam. We'll be asking him why opening up the TV market to American broadcasters is such a bad idea.

Mobile phones
Are third generation mobile phones all they're cracked up to be? We look at field trials on the Isle of Man which raise serious questions about the use of this controversial technology.

British Museum
And as the cash strapped British Museum gets a new director, writer and curator Julian Spalding tells us why the museum shouldn't be given any more money until it's sorted out why it exists. We'll be discussing his concerns over the future of the British Museum with the retiring director, Robert Anderson.

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