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More on ageism at BBC, presenter told HD tv would be crunch time because of her wrinkles!

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sethstarkaddersmum · 04/11/2010 17:14

...and then sacked.

here

Miriam O'Reilly, from Countryfile.
''I also remember that in about March 2008, when I expressed my concern about visible signs of ageing effecting my career to Director Louise Pyne she said 'it's time for Botox'.
'Even though I really wanted to keep my job, I didn't want to have Botox.'

will watch with interest....

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dittany · 04/11/2010 19:19

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claig · 04/11/2010 18:48

agree with HerBeatitude, it is sexism.

Bruce Forsyth was always on TV and they used to have David Frost on as well.

TheCrackFox · 04/11/2010 18:32

I hope she wins. the BBC deserves a kick up the arse over its sexist ways.

HerBeatitude · 04/11/2010 18:23

I think it's just sexism.

Old men on the telly are acceptable. Fat men on the telly are acceptable. Ugly men on the telly are acceptable. Hideous, repulsive, almost fascinatingly repellent men on the telly are acceptable.

And women? Almost universally young and beautiful. The occasional odd looking one or fat one is allowed to slip through the net. The occasional older one is allowed to slip through if she was famous when she was young and beautiful, like Germaine Greer or Joan Bakewell. But there is no female to rival the sheer terrifying awfulness of many of the men who are allowed on our TV screens without anyone commenting that their looks are unacceptable to us.

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sethstarkaddersmum · 04/11/2010 18:09
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HerBeatitude · 04/11/2010 18:07

This isn't ageism, it's sexism

John Humphries and Jeremy Paxman aren't being told to ahve botox. Neither is John Craven, her former co-presenter.

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sethstarkaddersmum · 04/11/2010 18:00

it would be so brilliant if she won.

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sethstarkaddersmum · 04/11/2010 18:00

I know! It is a complete blind spot about the intersection of ageism and sexism and yet it is so damn obvious.
And there was all that fuss when Greg Dyke called the BBC 'hideously white'; what about someone pointing out that the women allowed on tv are 'hideously' young?

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Butterbur · 04/11/2010 17:34

The BBC have always been so hot on promoting equal opportunities for ethnic minorities. I really don't understand how they can have such a blind spot about agism.

I hope Miriam O'Reilly takes them to the cleaners. Nothing else will teach the bastards.

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