7 APRIL 1961, Page 18

WHY?

SIR,--TwiCe in the last few weeks your TV critic has referred sarcastically to a certain BBC announcer. Your critic would appear to hold' the vievi, that because the announcer is 'young,'"nice' and 'dimpled' she is physically and mentally unqualified to make serious remarks such as 'the situation in Laos vitally concerns us.' w}lv?---Yours faithfully.

44 Canon bury Park North, NI

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