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Just 18% of on-air presenters in their over 50s are women, new figures have revealed. So while David Dimbleby, 74, chairs Question Time, Jeremy Paxman, 63, fronts Newsnight and John Humphrys, 69, presents the Today programme, what has happened to their female counterparts of a similar age? Here's where five famous faces from a few years ago – aged from 61 to 73 – are now:Just 18% of on-air presenters in their over 50s are women, new figures have revealed. So while David Dimbleby, 74, chairs Question Time, Jeremy Paxman, 63, fronts Newsnight and John Humphrys, 69, presents the Today programme, what has happened to their female counterparts of a similar age? Here's where five famous faces from a few years ago – aged from 61 to 73 – are now:
Selina ScottSelina Scott
The former breakfast TV favourite relocated to Yorkshire to set up a goat-wool farm when she left full-time broadcasting. The 61-year-old won £250,000 from Channel 5 after successfully suing the Richard Desmond-owned broadcaster for ageism.The former breakfast TV favourite relocated to Yorkshire to set up a goat-wool farm when she left full-time broadcasting. The 61-year-old won £250,000 from Channel 5 after successfully suing the Richard Desmond-owned broadcaster for ageism.
A campaigner for Age UK, Scott was last on TV on Sky Arts, where she presented a five-part documentary series Treasure Houses of Britain in 2011 and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Hull for her services to journalism in 2012. The veteran newsreader also made an appearance on the red carpet at the Olivier awards last month.A campaigner for Age UK, Scott was last on TV on Sky Arts, where she presented a five-part documentary series Treasure Houses of Britain in 2011 and was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Hull for her services to journalism in 2012. The veteran newsreader also made an appearance on the red carpet at the Olivier awards last month.
Anna FordAnna Ford
An authoritative female newsreader for decades, Anna Ford quit the BBC in 2006, when she was 62, claiming she had been sidelined due to her age. When the 74-year-old David Dimbleby was offered a five-year, £3.5m contract in 2011 by the BBC, Ford questioned whether a woman would ever get such a deal.An authoritative female newsreader for decades, Anna Ford quit the BBC in 2006, when she was 62, claiming she had been sidelined due to her age. When the 74-year-old David Dimbleby was offered a five-year, £3.5m contract in 2011 by the BBC, Ford questioned whether a woman would ever get such a deal.
However, at 69, she says she has no intention of appearing on television again and turned down an offer to take part in Who Do You Think You Are? After working as a newsreader for Granada Television, ITN and the BBC and helping launch the first British breakfast-television station TV-am in 2006, she retired and is now a non-executive director for Sainsbury's and chair of the company's corporate responsibility committee.However, at 69, she says she has no intention of appearing on television again and turned down an offer to take part in Who Do You Think You Are? After working as a newsreader for Granada Television, ITN and the BBC and helping launch the first British breakfast-television station TV-am in 2006, she retired and is now a non-executive director for Sainsbury's and chair of the company's corporate responsibility committee.
Moira StuartMoira Stuart
British television's first female African-Caribbean newsreader, Stuart's departure from BBC in 2007 stirred the ageism row, with her colleagues openly criticising the decision. Her 26-year career began with her role as a production assistant in the radio talks and documentaries department to a news presenter for Sunday AM until 2007. She returned to radio in 2010 to read the news for BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans Breakfast Show.British television's first female African-Caribbean newsreader, Stuart's departure from BBC in 2007 stirred the ageism row, with her colleagues openly criticising the decision. Her 26-year career began with her role as a production assistant in the radio talks and documentaries department to a news presenter for Sunday AM until 2007. She returned to radio in 2010 to read the news for BBC Radio 2's Chris Evans Breakfast Show.
Kate AdieKate Adie
The veteran foreign correspondent was the first to report from the Iranian embassy siege in London in 1980, and became one of TV's best-known faces after reporting from war zones around the world. Adie withdrew from frontline reporting in 2003 and went back to her first love, radio, to present From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4.The veteran foreign correspondent was the first to report from the Iranian embassy siege in London in 1980, and became one of TV's best-known faces after reporting from war zones around the world. Adie withdrew from frontline reporting in 2003 and went back to her first love, radio, to present From Our Own Correspondent on BBC Radio 4.
The 67-year-old also works as a freelance journalist and public speaker and has published four books – The Kindness of Strangers, Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War, Nobody's Child and Into Danger: People Who Risk Their Lives.The 67-year-old also works as a freelance journalist and public speaker and has published four books – The Kindness of Strangers, Corsets to Camouflage: Women and War, Nobody's Child and Into Danger: People Who Risk Their Lives.
Arlene PhilipsArlene Philips
Best known as a choreographer, and former judge on the BBC television show Strictly Come Dancing, Arlene Phillips first came to fame when she created the dance group Hot Gossip. However, in 2008 after a revamp of the show, the 69-year-old was dropped for the much younger Alesha Dixon.Best known as a choreographer, and former judge on the BBC television show Strictly Come Dancing, Arlene Phillips first came to fame when she created the dance group Hot Gossip. However, in 2008 after a revamp of the show, the 69-year-old was dropped for the much younger Alesha Dixon.
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