Further to yesterday's post about those three diversity-seeking senior directors and controllers at the BBC who are going to ensure more women, more gays and more blacks on BBC comedy shows and dramas....
It's now the turn of Match of the Day to face BBC Director of Television Danny Cohen's diversity-loving ire.
There are too many white men on MOTD he says, and that's gotta change.
I agree, but I think he needs to go much, much further.
For starters, there are far too many ex-footballers on Match of the Day.
I propose that the UK's Olympic women's curling team should take over as pundits, in the interests of diversity.
They drew large TV audiences, and attracted a lot of viewers to their sport after all. They'd be perfect to replace Alan Shearer and Alan Hansen (and aren't there too many 'Alans' on MOTD too, Danny?). I'd happily watch Eve Muirhead explaining the offside rule and Anna Sloan slagging off Manchester United's defence.
Gary Lineker - white, male, straight, an ex-footballer - would have to go too. Obviously. He's just so wrong for the job, on all four counts.
Clare Balding would naturally be at the forefront of the BBC's mind when it comes to finding a replacement for him, but - alongside the programme's new pundits - that wouldn't solve Danny Cohen's 'too many whites' problem, would it? Maybe Christine Ohuruogu then?
Perhaps Danny should start looking even closer to home though.
You may have noticed that he and Ben Stephenson and Charlotte Moore - and the rest of top BBC TV and radio bigwigs - are all hideously white too.
Maybe he should start by sacking himself, and appointing The Sky at Night's Maggie Aderin-Pocock instead.
She'd make a great BBC Director of TV. She could scrap The One Show for starters and replace it with The Sky at Night for example.
I'd be up for that. Onwards to maximum diversity at the BBC!
I'd be up for that. Onwards to maximum diversity at the BBC!
