Selina Scott's decision to sue Five for alleged age discrimination has reignited the debate about the treatment of older presenters by television companies.
According to reports, Five welshed on an agreement to use Scott as news presenter when Natasha Kaplinsky was off on maternity leave. As has been covered extensively elsewhere, other presenters - such as Kate Adie, Anna Ford and Moira Stuart - have also found themselves thrown in the news dustbin, amid accusations that the TV industry is only interested in ‘autocuties'.
However I think I've found a retirement home for these TV veterans - commercial radio. Magic 105.4, which also has Dr Fox as a presenter, has just signed up 80s pop temptress and avid gardener Kim Wilde to present a weekend show. David ‘Kid' Jensen, 58, also still finds work on radio most recently on Planet Rock. Fluff Freeman was also working up until his hundredth birthday, I think, too while annoying youth presenter Tim Westwood is surely the wrong side of 50.
