C4 'encouraged villain McCririck'  Andover Advertiser: Racing
pundit John McCririck is taking former employer Channel 4 and TV
production company IMG Media Limited to a tribunal Racing pundit
John McCririck is taking former employer Channel 4 and TV
production company IMG Media Limited to a tribunal  Racing
pundit John McCririck insisted today 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 former employer
Channel 4 and TV production company IMG Media Limited to the
tribunal, alleging that his sacking last year was motivated by
age discrimination.  The case, in central London, started today
but was adjourned until tomorrow morning while its panel of
judges reads witness statements and watches clips of McCririck's
appearances on televis