Beard Liberation Front
press release 23rd June contact Keith Flett 07803 167266
Michael Rosen ‘The Face of Bearded Broadcasting’ named Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said presenter of Radio 4’s Word of Mouth and veteran beard wearer Michael Rosen has been named the Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year 2021.
The campaigners say that the coveted Award is usually contested. However in a year when Michael Rosen has returned to broadcasting after being hospitalised with COVID, he was judged to have presented an overwhelmingly positive image of hirsute broadcasting.
In 2020 the Award was shared between George Aligiah, William Crawley and Michael Rosen.
Gary Lineker shaved Rosen for the honour in 2019 but he won the title in 2017 outright and shared it in 2018
The campaigners say that the world of broadcasting remains largely 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, Michael Rosen has become the face of Bearded Broadcasting in the last year and is a worthy recipient of the Hirsute Broadcaster of the Year Award.
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