Nominations for retirement in 2013

It's quite scandalous that there are just so many male presenters on radio/TV, who've been around for years, and now in their 50s, 60s, 70s & 80s ....... and no equivalent females.

So not only do the men get most of the plum jobs in the first place, moving around presenting various programmes, they are then secure and don't get shunted aside as the women do.

These I'd like to retire but not necessarily because of their age just because I'm fed up with seeing them. Bruce Forsyth [I don't want to hear that he's a national treasure, he's not he's past it].Stephen Fry [too much exposure] Benedict Cumberbatch [same reason] Simon Cowell, Russell Brand, Jonathon Ross, those two so-called comedians who got drunk on Channel 4 and made crude remarks about the Queen. No women in that collection!

Yes well, i guess if we sat down for an evening and just did little tally of people on non-fiction non-reality TV there would still be a lot more men than women.
And how many times has Any Questions had a female majority on the panel?

David Cassidy?

Sorry to be controversial but is BF any worse than he has always been? I have never 'appreciated' him. People like Cliff and Macca at least used to be worth watching but have had their day now.

Yes, Leave John Hunphrys alone, I would miss him terribly. You can also leave Rod Stewart who has done a great job of reinventing himself. Have you noticed his wife is always in the audience when he performs?

I would retire Darcy Bussel, she isso annoying!

David Cassidy? I haven't seen him hogging the airwaves recently, Movedalot!

I thought Engelbert was fantastic in the Eurovision Song Contest. It actually made me want to see him live; never thought I'd say that thirty or so years ago. What has Rod Stewart reinvented himself as? He couldn't really carry on as he was into his seventies[I keep thinking of Kenny Everett impersonations of him ].

RS has gone in for more crooning than rock these days and it really suits him.

DS was on TV about a year ago and was awful with that stupid grin from when he was a child.

Never did 'get' Engle so happy to see him go.

Englebery used to work for my father - well I say worked, he actually sat around singing and daydreaming and getting on his fellow workers nerves.

Oh wow! kittylester

Actually, it was Englebert who worked for my Dad.

I never met him jingle but Dad kept complaining about the layabout who sang all day and did nothing else.

kitty Back in the early sixties, I worked with someone who travelled from Leicestershire to Northampton. He told me that he would sometimes meet EH on the train. EH used to say...One day, I shall be famous. Admire the positive attitude.

Wasn't Engelbert originally Gerry Dorsey?

Yes, Nanado...

I thought that was Gerry from The Pacemakers but he was Gerry Marsden and they used to be called Gerry and The Mars Bars [I kid you not]...