Television Quotes by Angela Rippon

8 Television quotes by Angela Rippon

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Angela Rippon’s voice, shaped by decades on air, shines through these few lines about television. Though the set is small, each quote distills her seasoned view, making it a handy reference for anyone curious about her take on the medium.

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I actually think the BBC and, to a lesser extent, ITV have recognised for quite a while that age and experience count…

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Television isn't brain surgery.

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Television is quite a fickle business - you don't know when you'll go out of fashion, so I have to save for…

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My full-time job is working in television, which is a very full-time job.

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I look around me and see lots of women and men who have a supportive spouse, children, and a successful TV career.…

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Yes, it has been harder for women, particularly those over a certain age, to keep going careers in certain areas of the…

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Yes, there is ageism in television.

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Television cannot be seen as a 'job for life.' My CV is full of programmes that I used to present. I was…

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My mother Edna was diagnosed with vascular dementia in 2004, and for the next four years I looked after her at home with the…

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If I want to get in touch with someone, I pick up a phone, I send them an e-mail or I write them a…

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I grew up playing amid the rubble - a real-life adventure playground. We used to build dolls' houses out of bricks from the demolished…

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There has been sexism in broadcasting for a very long time. Fortunately when I started in broadcasting there wasn't because nobody had thought of…

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If your hair looks a mess, you feel a mess. And that's the one thing guaranteed to sap a woman's self-confidence. No matter how…

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I would never cast aspersions about another broadcaster, and I do agree that prime time television is ageist, of course it is. But the…

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Fraud has boomed during the covid crisis, with losses hitting a record 2 billion. That is why it's imperative the Government does something to…

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My mother, Edna, was a seamstress and my father, John, was a Royal Marine, and at war when I was born - so I…

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Dance is not just good for you physically, but emotionally and psychologically.

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I've been around dancers a lot in my career, working on the fringes as an observer, but actually being part of it is heaven.

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Well, if you don't like fresh air, clotted cream or Devon fudge, Tavistock might not be your cup of tea but I suspect you'll…

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