Contributors to the programme have included alumni working for organisations such as the Daily Mail, Manchester City Football Club, the BBC, Oracle and Oxfam.
Contributors to the programme claimed that the disparity was because the McCanns were a "middle-class family" who were able to successfully "market" their family tragedy.
Indeed, on 5 July 2011, one would have had to wait from 6.15 am until 8.20 am to hear one female contributor, alongside the 27 male contributors to that programme.
By contrast, on four out of the 20 days sampled over the summer, men made up more than 90% of the contributors to the programme, according to the research.
BBC guidelines state that contributors to a programme, "should be in possession of the knowledge that is necessary for a reasoned decision to take part" and while there is an allowance for "verbal consent", written consent should be obtained "wherever practical".
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Long after that, I was a regular contributor to a programme on the BBC World Service.
Christopher Watson, 33, was not a contributor to the programme but was popular among residents on the Tilery estate.
No one has been able to find any record of a marine biologist called Collin Drake, or of the other expert contributor to the programme, another "marine biologist" called Madelyn Joubert.
The contributor to the programme I remember with the most pleasure is the man who said that not existing for thousands and thousands of years before his birth had never worried him for a moment, so why should going back into non-existence at this death cause him dismay?
