The week in audio: Finn and the Bell; Animal; The Rest Is Money – review
An account of the tragic death of a young Vermont man is unforgettable; Radio 4 tells relatable tales of the animal kingdom; and Robert Peston and Steph McGovern launch a spoiler
January 2021
Steph McGovern: ‘Why I'm running a job clinic on daytime TV'
1.7m people are unemployed, but snobbery about vocational training means many don’t realise what else they can do
November 2020
The Q&A
Steph McGovern: ‘My most embarrassing moment? Pulling up my tights in front of 1,000 people’
The Channel 4 presenter on ear-piercing, disappointing celebrities and swearing live on air
May 2020
TV and radio blog
Extra terrestrial: how lockdown revived linear TV
Streaming services are not the only platforms seeing an uplift in lockdown, as everything from talent shows to ambitious dramas garner record-breaking viewing figures
April 2020
'Keeping the house tidy is the big thing': Steph McGovern on making a TV show at home
Sofa distancing: how coronavirus has transformed British TV
September 2019
BBC's Steph McGovern apologises for Boris Johnson comment
‘I’m a girly swot and I’m proud of it,’ jokes broadcaster after speech by PM
July 2019
Names in the news
Gwendoline Christie: let’s hear it for all the underdogs at the Emmys
Rebecca Nicholson
Why shouldn’t the Game of Thrones star nominate herself for an award?
March 2018
How I eat
TV presenter Steph McGovern: how I eat
How I eat The face of BBC Breakfast has to get up at 3.30am, so what kickstarts her day?
February 2018
Steph McGovern is right: class prejudice is embedded in our society
Faiza Shaheen
BBC's Steph McGovern says she would earn more if she was posher
November 2014
Media Monkey
Viewer offered BBC’s Steph McGovern £20 to 'correct' her northern accent
Media Monkey
Media Monkey: Richard Desmond, Rupert Murdoch and Michael Buerk
July 2013
Intellectual snobbery about regional accents must surely be in decline
Lynsey Hanley
Lynsey Hanley: BBC reporter Steph McGovern is a hero for showing up the institutional classism of her employer
