Richard Madeley says Today's male presenters 'too aggressive' His comments, reported by the Daily Mail, will further fuel criticism of the Radio 4 morning news programme - which only has one regular female presenter, Sarah Montague. And I find if you look at regional television news programmes, don't you find them less watchable when it's two blokes in suits as opposed to when it's a man and a woman? Earlier this year, George Entwistle acknowledged criticism of Today's gender balance shortly after he began his ill-fated tenure as director-general of the BBC, when he called for the programme's next presenter to be a woman. Ironically it was a full-blooded grilling at the hands of Today presenter John Humphrys that was seen by many as sealing the fate of the corporation's boss before he resigned at the weekend. Madeley, 56, made his remarks at the Radio Conference in Salford, where he was speaking about the role of women in broadcasting. He suggested that women in the profession were not as competitive as men and that his own wife Judy Finnigan was "the most reluctant television presenter you can find."