Oh, ITV – what have you done?

Oh, ITV – what have you done?

We’ve come a long way in women’s representation on screen. The sight of a 50-year-old man complacently flirting with his whole-generation-younger female co-anchor is mercifully a thing of the past. TV drama has seen the late blossoming careers of Monica Dolan, Siobhan Finneran and Lesley Manville. Next season’s Match of the Day will have two female presenters among its hosting line-up, and nobody these days is called upon to give anyone else a t…