Angela Rippon (
- )
Short biography
A well-known television presenter and journalist from Plymouth who wrote a book about Devon and Cornwall.
Full biography
Rippon presented radio and television news programmes in South West England before moving to BBC One's Nine O'Clock News where she was the first female journalist permanently to present the BBC national television news and the second female news presenter on British television. She presented Top Gear, Antiques Roadshow, and Come Dancing, among others.
Works in our collections
Author
Angela Rippon's West Country (1982)
Image
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Angela Rippon at Durdham Downs, Bristol on January 16th, 1983. Rick Weston.
Date of birth
12 October 1944
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