Beard Liberation Front
press release 26th June contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Gary Lineker shaves Michael Rosen for Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year Honour
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that the presenter of Radio 4’s Word of Mouth programme Michael Rosen has been shaved by Match of the Day’s Gary Lineker for the Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year Honour
Rosen won the title in 2017 outright and shared it in 2018
The campaigners say that the world of broadcasting remains pogonophobic despite Jeremy Paxman’s high-profile comments on the matter in his final months as presenter of Newsnight in 2013
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, there are more Beards at the BBC these days and Gary Lineker who has consistently sported a stylish designer beard on Match of the Day is a case in point. He is a standard bearer for hirsute broadcasting
National Beard Week 2019
Monday 24th June: Hirsute Personality of the Year: the beard wearer who has made the positive public impact during the year. 2019 winner, England cricketer Moeen Ali
Tuesday 25th June: Beard Friendly Sandwich of the Year: the sandwich that goes in the mouth not the beard. 2019: marmite peanut butter
Wednesday 26th June: Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year: the broadcaster whose beard has had the most public impact. 2019 Gary Lineker
Thursday 27th June: Pogonophobe of the Year: the most notorious beard hater of the year; 2018 Donald Trump
Friday 28th June: Beard Friendly Employer of the Year: the field grows wider each year 2018 Wildes Cheese; 2019
Saturday 29th June: Beard of Summer 2019: the third of the four quarterly seasonal Awards 2018 Philip Ardagh. Vote opened on 24th June
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