Beard Liberation Front
Press release 26th June contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
BBC retains Beard Friendly Employer of the Year title
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that the BBC has been named Beard Friendly Employer of the Year again in 2020 after receiving the award in 2019 as part of the annual National Beard Week.
The campaigners say that while the BBC has a way to go to become fully beard friendly it has taken significant steps towards promoting a positive image of the hirsute since Jeremy Paxman branded it pogonophobic in 2013.
Of the contenders for Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year earlier in the week from Michael Rosen who presents Radio 4’s Word of Mouth to news reader George Aligiah and BBC Northern Ireland’s William Crawley all were associated with the BBC
Past winners of the accolade in recent times have ranged from the Church of England to the major craft brewer Beavertown Brewery
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, it’s positive that the BBC has again won the accolade of Beard Friendly Employer of the Year. Of course pogonophobia still exists at W1A but real progress continues to be made.
National Beard Week 2020
Monday 22nd June: Hirsute Personality of the Year: the beard wearer who has made the positive public impact during the year. 2020 winner- David Olusoga
Tuesday 23rd June: Beard Friendly Sandwich of the Year: the sandwich that goes in the mouth not the beard. 2020: fish finger
Wednesday 24th June: Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year: the broadcaster whose beard has had the most public impact. 2020. Shared. William Crawley, Michael Rosen, George Aligiah
Thursday 25th June: Pogonophobe of the Year: the most notorious beard hater of the year; 2020 Boris Johnson & Donald Trump
Friday 26th June: Beard Friendly Employer of the Year: the field grows wider each year 2020 The BBC
Saturday 27th June: Beard of Summer 2019: the third of the four quarterly seasonal Awards 2019 Philip Wilton, Wildes Cheese
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