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Subject: new thread alan titchmarsh subject
From: Kay Easton


We have progresses. I remember when it was considered that women did not
have sufficient gravitas to read the news. Now the news is read by young
men, older men, and young women.

Depends what you call 'young', but isn't Anna Ford who does the BBC 6:00pm News
almost 60? Not what I call young, and she seems an attractive person.

She is a rare exception, and you notice she has worked hard to stay
looking young - I don't for a minute think theat hair colour is natural.
Ditto Joan bakewell and Anne Robinson, two other oldies.


Most good presenters know how to explain their subject to a wide audiance, or
to enthuse thenm wirth some their passion forn the subject. If they are
'attractive' then so much the better. Would you call Fred Dibnah 'attractive'?

Until recently, a woman of comparable attractiveness to Fred Dibnah
would have been almost impossible to see as a presenter. (Someone is
about to say 'two fat ladies')


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Kay Easton

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