Talk Media
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 26 minutes
- Episodes
- 289
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Talk Media 2023 Reflections
Thanks for lending us your ears in 2023. We'll be back in 2024 full of energy and opinions.
Happy New Year from everyone at Talk Media and The Big Light.
‘Dumb and Dumber’, ‘Devolved Budget Day’ and ‘Layla Moran’ / with Catriona Stewart and Paddy Duffy
At the end a question from Denis Maxwell.
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Eamonn:
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable gift editions of some of the best-loved…
‘The Interview’, ‘Back in your Box Scotland’ and ‘Love Bomb’ / with The Wheezy Boys
The Boys are on their own this week getting stuck in to today's topics, albeit with a wheezy soundtrack.
At the end of the show a question from Martin O'Donnell.
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Eamonn
Archie: t…
‘Cleverly in Rwanda’, ‘Starmer Praises Thatcher’ and ‘Cop 28’ / with Joyce McMillan
At the end of the show a question by Michael Heffernan
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Joyce McMillan
Pitlochry Festival Theatre
Set to fantastic songs from world-renowned Scottish band The Proclaimers, Sunshin…
‘Hostages on the Move, ‘Alex Salmond’ and ‘We’d like our Marbles Back’ / with David Pratt
At the end of the show a question from Gerry Mulvenna.
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David:
The Pigeon Tunnel - Apple TV
Academy Award-winning documentarian Errol Morris pulls back the curtain on the storied …
‘Let Them Die’, ‘Harry, The Mail and Leveson’ and ‘Ryan Tubridy at Virgin’ / with Paddy Duffy
Stuart is off grid this week so Eamonn is joined by producer and commentator Paddy Duffy to chat over some of the week’s media stories.
Please note this show was recording pre Autumn Statement.
At …
'Poppy Day Reflections’, ‘Tory Reshuffle’, ‘SNP table Ceasefire amendment at Westminster’ / with Catriona Stewart
Please note - This podcast was recorded at noon on Wednesday - before the Ceasefire Amendment in Westminster.
At the end a question from John Daly.
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Stuart:
The Pigeon Tunnel
Aca…
‘Firework Violence’, ‘The King’s Speech’ and ‘Michelle Mone changes her story’ / with Jim Spence
At the end of the show a questions from James Robertson
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The Courier Talking Football Podcast
Scottish football is too often dominated by the Old Firm, but the teams across Courier…
‘Whatsapp Doc’, ‘Baker’s Irish Meddling, ‘Starmer makes Statement’ and ‘Farewell to Chandler Bing' / with Ruth Wishart
At the end of the show a listener question from Ian Mout
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Eamonn:
Shakespeare: The Man Who Pays The Rent (Hardback)
Cavorting naked through the Warwickshire countryside painted gr…
‘Israel/Palestine death toll rises’ ,‘Labour resignations in wake of Starmer gagging order’ and "The Reckoning' / with David Pratt
At the end of the show a question from Gill Blair.
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David:
Simon Murphy 'Govanhill'
This major exhibition of Simon Murphy’s photographic document 'Govanhill' brings together his lo…
‘THE SNP CONFERENCE’ AND ‘SATIRE GETS SACKED’ AND ‘SWEDISH FANS SHOT IN BRUSSELS’ / WITH SHONA CRAVEN AND PADDY DUFFY
At the end of the show a question from Jim Anderson.
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Stuart:
Beckham
With never-before-seen footage, this docuseries follows David Beckham's meteoric rise from humble beginning…
Friday the 13th Special ‘The Labour Party Conference’ and ‘Israel at War’ / with David Pratt
Friday the 13th Special
‘The Labour Party Conference’ and ‘Israel at War’ / with David Pratt
Thank you for all your questions for David
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Stuart:
The Reckoning
Factual drama exam…
‘Bunkered in Manchester’, ‘Scottish Arts Under Pressure’, ‘The New Old County Highway’ / with Ruth Wishart
At the end of show a question from me. (Brian)
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Ruth:
Cobra Season 3
Robert Carlyle returns to screens for the third instalment of fan favourite political thriller COBRA: Rebellio…
‘Attorney General’s Big Boots’, ‘HS2 - an Epic Tory Fail’, ‘Move over Oldies’ / with Angela Haggerty
At the end of the show a question from Alex MacDonald
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Eamonn
“Who Killed Jill Dando”
Revisit the shocking 1999 murder of beloved TV presenter Jill Dando, which continues to mysti…
‘Russell Brand’, ‘Labour fail on fair pay’ and ‘Twitter goes Subscription’ / with Catriona Stewart
At the end of the show a question from Jim Fraser.
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Eamonn: The Haunting in Venice
In post-World War II Venice, Poirot, now retired and living in his own exile, reluctantly attends…
‘Drug consumption rooms get the go-ahead’, ‘The Scottish languages Bill’ and ‘The TUC, the Media and the Union Movement.’
At the end of the show a question from Paul Murray
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Stuart: Gallus, Michael McEwan
There are two kinds of people in this world. Those who insist that football is just a game, and t…
‘HUMZA HITS THE INDEPENDENCE STAGE’, ‘LABOUR RESHUFFLE’ AND ‘CAN SPORT RESCUE A CRUMBLING UK’ / WITH RUTH WISHART AND PADDY DUFFY
At the end of the show a question from Roger Hyam
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Eamonn: Hatton, Sky
Compelling Sky Original documentary painting an intimate portrait of Ricky Hatton, charting the ex-British b…
‘AN INDEPENDENT KEZIA’, ‘DRUG DEATHS IN SCOTLAND’, ‘THE UK V SCOTTISH MEDIA’ / WITH SIMON PIA
At the end of the show a question from Mila Stricevic
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Stuart: The Missing Madonna - BBC Sounds
The Missing Madonna, which is available from 25 August on BBC Sounds, marks the 20th…
‘Politicians at the Fringe’, ‘Scotland Makes Cycling History’, ‘Starmer is Back in Town’ / with Catriona Stewart
At the end of the show a question from Ian Mouat
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Stuart: Painkiller - Netflix
The causes and consequences of America’s opioid epidemic unfold in this drama following its perpetr…
Talk Media Ofcom Special
Stuart discusses the release of the Ofcom Media Nations: Scotland Report with Ofcom Regulatory Affairs Manager Stephan Webster.
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0031/265378/scotland-r…