Sir Patrick Moore is a British astronomer who has presented the Sky at Night since 1957, and is thus now the world’s longest serving TV presenter. His views on women and their role in television appear to be from 1557 though.As far as he is concerned female newsreaders are "jokey". He has called for separate channels to cater for the needs of the different sexes (obviously he has never seen Bravo, Men and Motors, TV X, the Adult channel or any of the other channels that cater for the discerning gentleman at leisure...)
The presenter said: "The trouble is the BBC now is run by women and it shows soap operas, cooking, quizzes, and kitchen-sink plays. You wouldn't have had that in the golden days." "I would like to see two independent wavelengths - one controlled by women, and one for us, controlled by men."
He added "I used to watch Doctor Who and Star Trek, but they went PC - making women commanders, that kind of thing. I stopped watching."
Patrick Moore vigorously opposed the abolition of petty treason when a young man back in the 1740s....
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When I was a student, way back in the 1970s, I saw Patrick Moore "in the flesh" when he chaired a scientific debate at Lancaster University.
After the debate, he had a drink in our college bar. He came across as being rather camp and effeminate.
If he was 30 years younger, he might well have "come out" by now... and become a well-adjusted individual in the process!
I think you may be on to something there Roger!
I used to work with Dr. John Lienhard's wife Carol, a violinist, occasionally on concerts. Dr. Who? No, Dr. Lienhard is the U.H. professor who has created over 2000 very short radio episodes of The Engines of Our Ingenuity, a show about the history of engineering.
Fortunately, as best I can tell, Lienhard is no dinosaur about social issues. I cannot imagine him in full roar about anything, though he was pretty angry when the local Museum of Natural Science dropped its policy of free admission for children.
I've seen the odd transcript of that show and it looks fascinating stuff. and that is something to be angry about!
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