Moore blames women for 'banal' TV

This one is a blast from the past. I saved this link a long time ago and just came upon it whilst cleaning out my archives.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6634255.stm

British TV standards are deteriorating because the BBC is "run by women", astronomer Sir Patrick Moore has said.

The Sky at Night host also described female newsreaders as "jokey" and called for separate channels to cater for the needs of the different sexes.

"I think it may eventually happen," the 84-year-old told the Radio Times.

A BBC spokesman described Sir Patrick as being one of TV's best-loved figures and said his "forthright" views were "what we all love about him".

The presenter said: "The trouble is the BBC now is run by women and it shows soap operas, cooking, quizzes, kitchen-sink plays. You wouldn't have had that in the golden days.

"I used to watch Doctor Who and Star Trek, but they went PC - making women commanders, that kind of thing. I stopped watching
Sir Patrick Moore

"I would like to see two independent wavelengths - one controlled by women, and one for us, controlled by men."

He claimed that interesting programmes were screened too late at night, and said he would "rather be dead in a ditch" than appear on Celebrity Big Brother. And asked about his favourite series, Sir Patrick said he no longer enjoyed certain programmes because of their modern storylines.

"I used to watch Doctor Who and Star Trek, but they went PC - making women commanders, that kind of thing. I stopped watching."

Sir Patrick appears in the Guinness Book of Records as the longest-serving TV presenter, having appeared on his show about astronomy since 1957.

Sir Patrick Moore is an eccentric British astronomer. I mean, just look at the picture. Any man who wears a monocle is A-OK on my books, all he needs to complete the picture is a pipe and we’d be set.

This post is mostly something funny from a fellow curmudgeon. I am not going to hang my cap on Moores views as I stopped watching TV years ago so I don’t know what it is like now – probably crap.

Posted under: Gender Issues, Comedy
Posted on: Friday, March 20, 2009 4:36 AM
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