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Sep 03, 2008 14:25


Theme going on here:

Joan Bakewell explains why we need mature women on our screens:
One entire segment of the public - women over 55 - never see their like on serious programming. They may be part of the content - victims of crime, sufferers from disease or lottery winners, but they are never there as the professional equivalent of older men.

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dickon_edwards September 4 2008, 00:22:10 UTC
I'm very pleased to share the same birthday as Ms Churchill.

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