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Talk Media

Labour Together, BBC Clawback and Bella Caledonia

  • S9E308
  • 49:58
  • February 19th 2026

Stuart and Eamonn are back to dissect the happenings in the media! Labour Together have been up to some suspicious stuff, bringing Keir Starmer’s position into more doubt, the BBC are looking to claw back £600 million in lost licence fee payments, and Bella Caledonia believes that Scotland has a “one-dimensional media class that all says the same thing and all agrees about everything” - are they right?

The guys also answer a listeners’ question and offer up their recommendations (links below!)

Stuart Cosgrove recommends…

HH: Helenio Herrera - Football’s Original Master of the Dark Arts by Richard Fitzpatrick - https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/hh-9781399425087/


Eamonn O’Neill recommends…

Small prophets (BBC) - https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m002q765/small-prophets

The Great Santini, starring the late Robert Duvall - https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/great_santini

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Former Head of Nations and Regions for Channel 4 and the prize-winning author of the Soul Trilogy (soul music and social change in Memphis, Detroit and Harlem).

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