Actors including Juliet Stevenson, Meera Syal, David Tennant and Zawe Ashton have called for better onscreen representation of women older than 45 to fight against the “entrenched” ageism of the entertainment industry.
While celebrity and entertainment news should feature women and men over 45 equally and use recent photographs.
“A panel of only middle-aged men and young women is dated and unrepresentative,” it states.
Among the recommendations are that all onscreen fictional content and light entertainment programmes with male and female leads or presenters should have 50:50 equal gender and age representation.