{"id":133321,"date":"2023-11-05T16:39:08","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T16:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?p=133321"},"modified":"2023-11-05T16:39:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T16:39:08","slug":"angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/","title":{"rendered":"Angela Rippon didnt hold back during brutal BBC row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Angela Rippon has revealed she demanded to know if Terry Wogan and Michael Parkinson were being treated the same way when the BBC told her she was old news.<\/p>\n<p>The Strictly star, 79, said former director-general John Birt told her to \u201cmake way\u201d for up and coming talent when she hit 50.<\/p>\n<p>Angela, who was the first female journalist to read the news regularly on national TV, joined the BBC in 1966 aged 21.<\/p>\n<p>She presented the Nine O\u2019Clock News and had other high-profile roles including on Antiques Roadshow.<\/p>\n<p>But recalling the run-in with Birt in 1996, she told Saga Magazine: \u201cHe said \u2018Angela, you have to accept you\u2019ve had your day and it\u2019s time to make way for younger women coming up behind you\u2019. I remember saying to him \u2018Are you having the same conversations with Michael Parkinson and Terry Wogan?\u2019, who were both older than me.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018And what do you mean, make way for the younger ones coming up behind me?\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy would you want to lose all that ability and knowledge? There\u2019s room for everybody\u2019. The thing is, I\u2019m still here \u2013 he is not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The BBC has been at the centre of ageism rows for years, including in 2009 when Strictly judge Arlene Phillips, then 66, was replaced by 30-year-old Alesha Dixon.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Advert-free experience without interruptions.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Rocket-fast speedy loading pages.<\/li>\n<li> <svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"> <g clip-path=\"url(#clip0_1078_5986)\"> <\/path> <\/path> <\/g> <defs> <clippath> <rect width=\"23.4329\" height=\"23.4329\" fill=\"white\" transform=\"translate(0 0.134262)\"><\/rect> <\/clippath> <\/defs> <\/svg> Exclusive &amp; Unlimited access to all our content.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\"><br \/>\nSource: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/celebrity-news\/1831762\/bbc-angela-rippon-ageism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angela Rippon has revealed she demanded to know if Terry Wogan and Michael Parkinson were being treated the same way&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Angela Rippon didnt hold back during brutal BBC row - bluemull<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Angela Rippon didnt hold back during brutal BBC row - bluemull\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Angela Rippon has revealed she demanded to know if Terry Wogan and Michael Parkinson were being treated the same way&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"bluemull\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-11-05T16:39:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"mediabest\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/\",\"name\":\"Angela Rippon didnt hold back during brutal BBC row - bluemull\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2023-11-05T16:39:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-11-05T16:39:08+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abc9aeefdadf991087d66599cfc40c8d\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Celebrities\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/category\/celebrities\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Angela Rippon didnt hold back during brutal BBC row\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/\",\"name\":\"bluemull\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abc9aeefdadf991087d66599cfc40c8d\",\"name\":\"mediabest\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51ffec31290e6ad73871db09a74770ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51ffec31290e6ad73871db09a74770ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"mediabest\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Angela Rippon didnt hold back during brutal BBC row - bluemull","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Angela Rippon didnt hold back during brutal BBC row - bluemull","og_description":"Angela Rippon has revealed she demanded to know if Terry Wogan and Michael Parkinson were being treated the same way&hellip;","og_url":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/","og_site_name":"bluemull","article_published_time":"2023-11-05T16:39:08+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/cdn.images.express.co.uk\/img\/logo\/logo-premium-subscription.png"}],"author":"mediabest","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"mediabest","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/","url":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/","name":"Angela Rippon didnt hold back during brutal BBC row - bluemull","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2023-11-05T16:39:08+00:00","dateModified":"2023-11-05T16:39:08+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abc9aeefdadf991087d66599cfc40c8d"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/celebrities\/angela-rippon-didnt-hold-back-during-brutal-bbc-row\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Celebrities","item":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/category\/celebrities\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Angela Rippon didnt hold back during brutal BBC row"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/","name":"bluemull","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/abc9aeefdadf991087d66599cfc40c8d","name":"mediabest","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51ffec31290e6ad73871db09a74770ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/51ffec31290e6ad73871db09a74770ba?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"mediabest"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133321"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133322,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133321\/revisions\/133322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluemull.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}