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Watch some liars claim that youth and beauty don’t go together

11 March 2023

9:00 AM

11 March 2023

9:00 AM

Kathy Burke: Growing up

Channel 4

We Need to Talk About Cosby

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Back in 1990, Grandpa from The Simpsons wrote a letter of protest to TV-makers. ‘I am disgusted with the way old people are depicted on television,’ he told them. ‘We are not all vibrant, fun-loving sex maniacs. Many of us are bitter, resentful individuals who remember the good old days.

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