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Sep 2017
28m 13s

Coleen Rooney and the paparazzi, Classic...

Bbc Radio 4
About this episode

Coleen Rooney has appealed for photographers to stop following her in the wake of her husband's drink driving arrest. George Bamby, a paparazzi photographer and Susan Aslan, partner at ACK Media Law discuss the issues.

Classic FM celebrates 25 years on air this week. Sam Jackson, the network's managing editor, explains its appeal.

BBC Panorama has broadcast disturbing footage from inside the Brook House Immigration Removal Centre at Gatwick Airport. Callum Tulley is the whistleblower who filmed it and Joe Plomin is the Panorama producer.

Presenter: Amol Rajan Producer: Richard Hooper Assistant Producer: Tim Allen.

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