Midweek Mediawatch with Colin Peacock

It's all humid bogs, human puppetry and Ozzy Osborne impressions on tonight's installment of Out Lately as Finn takes us through his musical picks of the week. Featuring Ayka, R. A. P. Ferriera, Sudan Archives and Alex G. 

Lynn Freeman joins us to announce the winners of WoW. 

In 2019 the Government banned single use plastic bags. Now, from October 1st, you will no longer be able to buy plastic cotton buds, polystyrene food packaging and more. Eugenie Sage, environment spokesperson for the Green Party talks to Karyn about what you need to know. 

Government's plan to tackle regional inequality is published... Adam talks through what it means with the BBC’s Alex Forsyth and Sheffield filmmaker, Mark Herbert.   More Tory MPs say they want Johnson out of Downing Street. Laura's got the latest...   And the BBC's Jon Kay tells ... Show More

World leaders are talking conifers, cash and cows. But is it all hot air? Laura K and Rebecca M explain all the comings and goings at the COP26 Climate Conference today.The ex-President of the Maldives chats to Adam about whether rich tourists should stop flying to his sun-soaked ... Show More

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The UK Defence Secretary says Putin has made a mistake... Simon Smith, former British Ambassador to Ukraine (when Russia annexed Crimea and Russian-backed rebels took over parts of the Donbas region), and the BBC’s Carrie Davies in Rostov-on-Don (near the Ukrainian border) join A ... Show More

Crisis talks underway as Australia faces its worst energy crisis in 50 years; The new push to increase wages as the cost of living soars; And, a rare first edition of a Harry Potter book goes under the hammer.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

Mark Carruthers discusses the big stories of the year with Gareth Gordon, Deirdre Heenan, Newton Emerson and Tim McGarry. 

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Greater Manchester Mayor, Andy Burnham, talks strikes, devolution and Beyoncé. And former MP, and serial cabinet minister, Justine Greening, is in the studio to talk about solutions to government's levelling-up policy, Raab bullying allegations, and whether the Conservatives have ... Show More

Taking the next train out of Ukraine... We speak to the BBC’s Fergal Keane in Lviv, where he’s been speaking to Ukrainians fleeing to Poland.Writer and podcaster, Jon Ronson, joins Adam and the BBC’s Marianna Spring to talk about culture wars and misinformation in Ukraine And bro ... Show More