The Times reports that former Countryfile reporter Miriam O'Reilly is asking an industrial tribunal to rule that she lost her job unfairly, because of age and sex discrimination. She's also alleging victimisation - saying claims by the BBC that she leaked stories of of internal discontent at the programme were not true. Miriam's team may call BBC1 Controller Jay Hunt to flesh out what "refreshing" Countryfile really meant.
If it reaches a full tribunal, it'll be much more than an everyday story of countryfolk...
Meanwhile, the only over-50 recruited in the Mark Thompson-driven volte-face on news presenters who has made it to air is Moira Stewart. No sign yet of Fiona Armstrong or Julia Somerville on the News Channel.
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