Saturday, 3 January 2015

Mark Mardell's beard



The above image shows the team of BBC reporters involved in this year's Correspondents Look Ahead on Radio 4. 

From left to right, there's Carrie Gracie, Kamal Ahmed, Lyse Doucet and Bridget Kendall. Furthest to the right (ironically) is presenter Michael Moore...er no, actually it's Mark Mardell with a newly-grown beard, though he certainly does a bit like Michael Moore these days...


If this year's Correspondents Look Ahead were Jesse Jesse from the Fast Show, it would emerge from its luxurious Islington shed saying, "This year I 'ave mostly been talking China". 

More considered thoughts will follow...