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When she was 21, Rippon began her television career at BBC South West in Plymouth in 1966,[7] before becoming a reporter for BBC TV news.[8] Rippon first presented a national news programme on BBC2 in 1974. For a fortnight, she replaced newsreader Richard Baker – who was on holiday – on BBC One's Nine O'Clock News, and was offered a permanent newsreading role on that programme in 1975. Rippon was called by newspapers the first female television newsreader. However, ITN's Barbara Mandell predated her, having first appeared on the second night of ITV in 1955, and Nan Winton was the first female BBC newsreader, in 1960. Rippon was the first female journalist to regularly read the news on television.[9][10]
In an interview with The Guardian, she said: "You just become an automated autocue reader and if you've half a brain you want an opportunity to use it. When I read the Nine O'Clock News, I kept my brain active by working on programmnes like Antiques Roadshow, Top Gear and In the Country."[10] Rippon was a guest in the 1976 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show, first appearing behind a BBC newsdesk then emerging to perform a high-kicking dance routine.[10] Her appearance was so popular she made a cameo appearance in the following year's show, in which she was revealed to be one of a chorus line. Rippon later presented the long-running show Come Dancing.[7]
In 1977, Rippon hosted the Eurovision Song Contest at The Wembley Conference Centre in London.[11] She was the first presenter of BBC television's Top Gear, presenting the motoring programme from 1977 to 1979.[12] Rippon appeared briefly on TV-am following its launch in 1983. After a much publicised exit from TV-am (with most of its other founder presenters),[10] she worked as an Arts and Entertainments correspondent for Channel 7 television in Boston, Massachusetts for a brief period.[13] Rippon co-presented the BBC's coverage of the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer on 29 July 1981[14] and BBC One's coverage of the 1979 UK general election results.[8] In the mid-1980s, she hosted the quiz show, Masterteam on BBC One, and hosted ITV's revival of the panel game What's My Line? from 1989 to 1990.[6]
From 1990 to 1994, she presented Angela Rippon's Morning Report, a daily radio news programme on LBC Newstalk,[10] and, later, Angela Rippon's Drivetime. She was a stand-in newsreader on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast until 2002.[6] In 2005, Rippon co-hosted a series of Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting for BBC 2 and in April 2006, she toured the UK as a cast member of the musical Anything Goes. In 2007, she became a presenter on Cash in the Attic, a BBC One daytime television programme broadcast where presenters meet members of the general public, who seek out valuables and antiques to be sold at auction, in their homes.
When she was 21, Rippon began her television career at BBC South West in Plymouth in 1966,[7] before becoming a reporter for BBC TV news.[8] Rippon first presented a national news programme on BBC2 in 1974. For a fortnight, she replaced newsreader Richard Baker – who was on holiday – on BBC One's Nine O'Clock News, and was offered a permanent newsreading role on that programme in 1975. Rippon was called by newspapers the first female television newsreader. However, ITN's Barbara Mandell predated her, having first appeared on the second night of ITV in 1955, and Nan Winton was the first female BBC newsreader, in 1960. Rippon was the first female journalist to regularly read the news on television.[9][10]
In an interview with The Guardian, she said: "You just become an automated autocue reader and if you've half a brain you want an opportunity to use it. When I read the Nine O'Clock News, I kept my brain active by working on programmnes like Antiques Roadshow, Top Gear and In the Country."[10] Rippon was a guest in the 1976 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show, first appearing behind a BBC newsdesk then emerging to perform a high-kicking dance routine.[10] Her appearance was so popular she made a cameo appearance in the following year's show, in which she was revealed to be one of a chorus line. Rippon later presented the long-running show Come Dancing.[7]
In 1977, Rippon hosted the Eurovision Song Contest at The Wembley Conference Centre in London.[11] She was the first presenter of BBC television's Top Gear, presenting the motoring programme from 1977 to 1979.[12] Rippon appeared briefly on TV-am following its launch in 1983. After a much publicised exit from TV-am (with most of its other founder presenters),[10] she worked as an Arts and Entertainments correspondent for Channel 7 television in Boston, Massachusetts for a brief period.[13] Rippon co-presented the BBC's coverage of the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer on 29 July 1981[14] and BBC One's coverage of the 1979 UK general election results.[8] In the mid-1980s, she hosted the quiz show, Masterteam on BBC One, and hosted ITV's revival of the panel game What's My Line? from 1989 to 1990.[6]
From 1990 to 1994, she presented Angela Rippon's Morning Report, a daily radio news programme on LBC Newstalk,[10] and, later, Angela Rippon's Drivetime. She was a stand-in newsreader on Channel 4's The Big Breakfast until 2002.[6] In 2005, Rippon co-hosted a series of Sun, Sea and Bargain Spotting for BBC 2 and in April 2006, she toured the UK as a cast member of the musical Anything Goes. In 2007, she became a presenter on Cash in the Attic, a BBC One daytime television programme broadcast where presenters meet members of the general public, who seek out valuables and antiques to be sold at auction, in their homes.
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