links for 2008-11-29

• Countryfile shifts to peak time but loses middle-aged female hosts - guardian.co.uk
  The Guardian makes a big thing about Countryfile moving to prime time and losing its roster of four middle aged female presenters, yet reading the article it appears ALL the presenters - male or female - are being replaced, bar John Craven. A more important question has to be, why does someone think that replacing almost everyone who have helped get Countryfile up to be a popular enough programme to move it to primetime in the first place, is actually a good idea? Talk about potentially ruining the programme...
  (tags: BBC Countryfile BBCOne ageism sexism)

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