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Director-general of BBC admits there are too few older women in top roles

THE head of the BBC has admitted there are not enough older women appearing in television's top programmes and presenting roles.

Despite undergoing a "revolution" in recent years in which more women have taken top leadership roles, Mark Thompson said the publicly funded broadcaster still has "a case to answer" about the way it treats older women on the air.