Dunno about the wisdom of calling him a dinosaur...

Whatever you think of Dimbleby and his new contract, which will give him another five years on Question Time - the question is - why don't we see older women on TV? Dimbleby proves that you don't have to be chocolate-box good looking to be viewed as a professional, doing a credible job if you've got what it takes.

So why does it seem that women must be chocolate-box good looking to stay on TV? Anna herself still looks great, and has acquired an authority she didn't have when she was the doe-eyed doyenne of ITN News back in the seventies and eighties. I'm sorry to say, it's plain, straightforward discrimination. We live in an ageist, sexist society and the world of tv is more to blame than most.

Come on, let's see some older women do their job as well as we know they can - right into their seventies - as they do in the USA, where older TV newswomen hang onto their jobs well into their wrinkly years.