Week Ending Week Ending Week Ending was a satirical radio current affairs sketch show, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4, usually on Friday evenings. It ran from 1970 to 1998, and was devised by writer-producers Simon Brett and David Hatch, and was originally hosted by "Nationwide" presenter Michael Barratt. The show's title was always announced as "Week Ending..." followed by the broadcast date, although the ellipsis was dropped from its billed title in "Radio Times" during the mid-seventies. The show was written and recorded shortly before the first broadcast, and satirised events of the week. Each show concluded with "And now here
Selina Scott a report investigating the employment of women over 50 years old at the BBC. The report was delivered to Sir Michael Lyons, Chairman of the BBC Trust and Jeremy Hunt, the shadow Culture and Media Secretary in April 2010. In summary the report accuses the BBC of institutional ageism against older women. Selina Scott Selina Mary Scott (born 13 May 1951) is a British television presenter who was co-presenter of the first breakfast TV programme in the UK before crossing the Atlantic to join West 57, a prime time current affairs show broadcast from New York. Scott continues to write,