Racing pundit John McCririck insisted yesterday that he had played the part of a “pantomime villain” and claimed he had never been ordered to tone down his on-screen style.
Speaking on the first day of his employment tribunal against Channel 4, the 73-year-old said he had lost his job purely based on his age, claiming: “There’s nobody better around.”
McCririck is taking Channel 4 and TV production company IMG Media Limited to the tribunal, alleging that his sacking last year was motivated by age discrimination.
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