Apologies for those of you who may not know the current faces on the BBC, but I read an article on the way back from London that made me more angry than I have been for some time.
The two presenters shown here are Nick Ross (59) and Fiona Bruce (43) although to me their ages are not relevant. They are the anchor presenters for Crimewatch UK, a monthly hour long appeal for help on some of the country's most difficult crime cases. So what was it that made me fume like Shrek?
Well in the BBC's wisdom they have decided that this programme is so apparently youth based and culturally significant (irony) that both presenters are simply too old to be on the screen. - So forget the programme or these people in particular, its the drive for youth and bin anyone over 35 that gets me !!
To me, they both appear far from the final stages of decrepitude so what exactly is the problem ? Equally, when is too old ?
The same article told how news presenters are now too old if over 35 and two applicants for a fashion programme were turned down at 28 !
So make way for the next inexperienced embrio to honour our screens, lose others purely on a sense that they're "knocking on a bit" .. If anyone has read Logan's run it brings Carousel to mind..
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2007-06-25 @ 00:21