Which current BBC TV programme was first shown in 1977 with Angela Rippon and Tom Coyne as its original presenters?
"main newsreader for a few years. Rippon was the first female journalist to read the news regularly on national television. 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 programmes like ""Antiques Roadshow"" (which she briefly hosted in 1979), ""Top Gear"" and ""In the Country""."" Rippon was a guest in the 1976 Morecambe and Wise Christmas Show, first appearing behind a BBC newsdesk, then emerging to"
"weekly listening audience around 7 million. It was voted the Best National Speech Breakfast Show at the 2016 Radio Academy Awards. ""Today"" was launched on the BBC's Home Service on 28 October 1957 as a programme of ""topical talks"" to give listeners an alternative to listening to light music. The programme's founders were Isa Benzie and Janet Quigley. Benzie gave the programme its name, and served as its first ""de facto"" editor. It was initially broadcast as two 20-minute editions slotted in around the existing news bulletins and religious and musical items. It became part of the BBC's Current Affairs"
"Thames Television. So enormous became Morecambe and Wise's popularity that their Christmas shows were essential viewing in the United Kingdom. Always broadcast at peak time on Christmas Day, these increasingly lavish affairs provided some of the most memorable moments in the series. For example, ""Grieg's Piano Concerto"" with André Previn, ""Smoke Gets in Your Eyes"" with Shirley Bassey and Glenda Jackson's medley of Hollywood tunes all came from the same Christmas Show in 1971. The show was known for introducing newsreader Angela Rippon's legs to the world in 1976. This (along with the 1972 special) were the only Christmas shows"
"of the BBC years not to be penned by Eddie Braben, when writing duties transferred to John Junkin and Barry Cryer among others. The 1977 show saw the ratings reach more than 28 million viewers, making it one of the 25 all-time most watched programmes on British television, as of April 2012. The 1977 special included a version of 'There Is Nothing Like a Dame', performed by a chorus line of male BBC presenters, including Barry Norman, Michael Aspel and Peter Woods. There was no Christmas Show in 1974, when Mike Yarwood filled the peak time slot. Instead a special"
"BBC once Peter Coke had become synonymous with the lead character). Several were remade in the 1940s, in abridged form, as feature films. However some of the early radio serials do still exist: including ""Paul Temple Intervenes"" from 1942, featuring the first appearance in the series by Marjorie Westbury, in a supporting role, who would later co-star as Mrs Temple. All but one of the serials starring Peter Coke also exist: since 2003 these have been regularly repeated on digital station BBC Radio 7 (now called BBC Radio 4 Extra). In 2006 the station tracked down the then 93-year-old Coke"
"popular, running from 1979–1990 and from 1997-1999 on BBC1 along with a brief revival on ITV from 2001–2002. The hosts were Terry Wogan from 1979 until 1983, followed by Les Dawson from 1984 until 1990 and Lily Savage (played by Paul O'Grady) from 1997 until 1999 and again from 2001 until 2002. After being off the air for more than fourteen years, in 2016, a revival of the series was made as a one-time Christmas special on ITV, hosted by David Walliams along with: Joe Lycett, Anne Robinson (of The Weakest Link fame), Paul and Barry Chuckle (a.k.a. The Chuckle"
"main co-host after Scott left. Such was the success of the show that in 1989 the annual Clothes Show Live event was launched at Birmingham's NEC, and later a magazine was produced to accompany the programme. The programme continued on the BBC until the late 1990s, with other presenters over the years including Margherita Taylor, Tim Vincent, Richard Jobson and Brenda Emmanus. Series producers included Collette Foster and Jane Lomas, who had been a presenter on the earliest shows. James Strong, Mike Prince, Mark Westcott and Ann Wilson were among the directors. The Clothes Show Live event continues to be"
"1968 which was Thames Television's first day of broadcasting. It was shown weekly until 1969, after which, until it ended on 6 June 1980, it went out twice a week. It was not fully networked to all other ITV companies until the autumn of 1969. Approximately 1,000 episodes were made, each 25 minutes in duration. The first presenters were the former BBC Radio 1 disc jockey Pete Brady, Susan Stranks and Tony Bastable. Brady left the show in 1971 to be replaced by Douglas Rae, and Bastable left in 1972 when he was replaced by Mick Robertson. Jenny Hanley replaced"
"BBC1 and BBC2 on air. A year-end Christmas show featuring a review of the year's biggest hits was inaugurated on 24 December 1964, and has continued every year since. From 1965 onward, the special edition was broadcast on Christmas Day (although not in 1966) and from the same year, a second edition was broadcast in the days after Christmas, varying depending on the schedule, but initially regularly on 26 December. The first was shown on 26 December 1965. In 1973, there was just one show, airing on Christmas Day. In place of the traditional second show, Jimmy Savile hosted a"
"The series returned, on BBC2 with David Jacobs as host, from 23 August 1973 to 18 May 1974. Regular panelists were William Franklyn, Isobel Barnett (Lady Barnett), Kenneth Williams, and Anna Quayle; later in the run, Quayle was replaced by Nanette Newman. Eamonn Andrews returned to host a revival on ITV from 26 March 1984 with John Benson as announcer. This version aired at night and, although mainly recorded, some episodes were screened live. Taped episodes may be identified as opening with ""Tonight from London it's time for ""What's My Line?"""", while those broadcast live began with ""Live from London""."
"fronting ‘The Tommy Boyd Late Show’ on local commercial radio station Hampshire Hit Radio. Tommy Boyd Timothy Leslie Boyd (born 14 December 1952), better known as Tommy Boyd, is a British radio presenter. From 1977 to 1980, Boyd was co-presenter of the ITV children's flagship magazine programme ""Magpie"" replacing Douglas Rae. In 1981 he presented ""What's Happening?"", a news quiz. He also presented the Saturday TV-am show ""Wide Awake Club"" from 1986–1990, and its Sunday spin-off ""WAC Extra"", throughout the 1980s. In 1982 he joined the cast of Jigsaw, including Janet Ellis, Sylvester McCoy and David Rappaport. Boyd also hosted"
"new and old. In the early years of the BBC, programmes were broadcast live and were generally not recorded. This, in addition to the BBC's policy of wiping that was applied during the 1950s and 1960s, means very few episodes from the first 20 years of the show are known to exist; the earliest episode still in existence is from 1951 and features actress Margaret Lockwood. Several extracts were preserved for posterity at the request of the guests, such as an extract featuring Alfred Hitchcock where he speaks about his films ""The Pleasure Garden"" (1925) and ""Rebecca"" (1940), gives his"
"Tommy Boyd Timothy Leslie Boyd (born 14 December 1952), better known as Tommy Boyd, is a British radio presenter. From 1977 to 1980, Boyd was co-presenter of the ITV children's flagship magazine programme ""Magpie"" replacing Douglas Rae. In 1981 he presented ""What's Happening?"", a news quiz. He also presented the Saturday TV-am show ""Wide Awake Club"" from 1986–1990, and its Sunday spin-off ""WAC Extra"", throughout the 1980s. In 1982 he joined the cast of Jigsaw, including Janet Ellis, Sylvester McCoy and David Rappaport. Boyd also hosted Children's BBC programme called ""Puzzle Trail"". Between 1982 and 1984, Boyd also fronted Central"
"1997, before adopting its current name the following year. Founded by Phil Norman, the site mainly reviews hundreds of programmes shown on British television (but not necessarily made in the UK), during the 1970s and 1980s, though some earlier and later shows are also featured. The site also features a selection of nostalgia-based articles relating to areas of popular culture such as pop music, film, comics, and so on. Site writers include Steve Berry, Chris Diamond, Chris Hughes, Ian Jones, Graham and Jack Kibble-White, Suzy Norman, Jill Phythian, Matthew Rudd, Ian Tomkinson, Simon Tyers, Steve Williams and TJ (Tim) Worthington."
"memorable catchphrases in TV history: ""Tonight (presenter name), I'm going to be..."" and was named most popular entertainment show at the National Television Awards in 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2000. The most impersonated stars are Dolly Parton, Elvis Presley, Cher, George Michael, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue and Madonna. In February 1990, Leslie Crowther was chosen as the host of the show which began airing on 21 July 1990. Crowther hosted the first three series, and a Christmas Special in 1991. At the time of his car accident in October 1992, he was booked to record an Elvis Presley special hosted"
"presenters were Christopher Trace, an actor, and Leila Williams, winner of Miss Great Britain in 1957. The two presenters were responsible for activities which matched the traditional gender roles. As broadcasting historian Asa Briggs expressed it in 1995: ""Leila played with dolls; Chris played with trains"". They were supported on occasion by Tony Hart, an artist who later designed the ship logo, who told stories about an elephant called Packi (or Packie). It was broadcast every Thursday for fifteen minutes (17.00–17.15) on BBC TV (which later became BBC One). Over the first few months more features were added, including competitions,"
"original broadcast, a full unedited version was broadcast on BBC 7, the digital radio channel dedicated to re-runs of classic shows. Different versions of the show could be heard in different contexts. The television broadcast began with pre-show announcements by the producer, John Browell, and introduction of the participants, followed by warm-up routines by the cast. The broadcast proper begins with Spike Milligan, Peter Sellers and Harry Secombe each trying and failing to lead the other two in saying ""It's great to be back."" This was the start of the show from the radio audience's point of view. Announcer Andrew"
"Ronnie Corbett - The Two Ronnies 1973 Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise - The Morecambe and Wise Show 1974 Eric Morecambe & Ernie Wise - The Morecambe and Wise Show 1975 Stanley Baxter - The Moving Picture Show 1976 Ronnie Barker - Porridge 1977 Penelope Keith - The Good Life 1978 Ronnie Barker - Porridge"" & ""The Two Ronnies 1979 Ronnie Barker - Going Straight"" & ""The Two Ronnies 1980 John Cleese - Fawlty Towers 1981 Rowan Atkinson - Not The Nine O'Clock News 1982 Nigel Hawthorne - Yes, Minister 1983 Nigel Hawthorne - Yes, Minister 1984 Tracey Ullman -"
"regional output. Instead, Thames produced Today, a local magazine show presented chiefly on alternating nights by Eamonn Andrews and Bill Grundy. The programme was axed in the summer of 1977, several months after Grundy's infamous on-air interview with The Sex Pistols. Today was replaced on Monday, 12 September 1977 by Thames at Six, a more conventional news magazine programme, presented by former ITN newscaster Andrew Gardner. The following year saw Thames establish a full strength newsroom, enabling daily coverage of London-specific news for the first time in ITV's history. A lunchtime Thames News bulletin, presented by Robin Houston, was launched"
"to 13 May 1963. The host (called ""chairman"") on the premiere was Gilbert Harding, who was replaced by Eamonn Andrews for the remainder of the run. Regular panelists included Harding, Isobel Barnett, Barbara Kelly, David Nixon and Cyril Fletcher, while Katie Boyle, Jerry Desmonde, Ghislaine Alexander, Marghanita Laski, Frances Day and Elizabeth Allan were among the others. There was also a radio version for British listeners on Radio Luxembourg. As Andrews and Harding had exclusive contracts with the BBC, their places were taken by Peter Martyn (later Bernard Braden) and Richard Attenborough. Original-series regulars Nixon, Barnett and Kelly also appeared."
"claimed that they still had their Blue Peter badge). During the late 1970s and early 1980s, the programme's main presenter was Gordon Clough, who would typically prepare for the programme by completing the ""Times"", ""Guardian"" and ""FT"" crosswords. Valerie Singleton and Hugh Sykes co-presented the show during the 1980s but had a difficult relationship, with Singleton admitting she threw a cup of water in his face while live on air. Singleton made a one-off return to ""PM"" on 29 February 2016 to co-present a special 'Leap Day' programme, alongside Eddie Mair, and proposed marriage to him at the end of"
"Rip Off Britain (TV programme) Rip Off Britain is a BBC One series which exposes Britain's rip-offs and helps consumers. It began on 30 November 2009, presented by former news journalists Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Jennie Bond. Newsreader Julia Somerville replaced Bond from series three. It has spin-off series ""Rip Off Britain Food"" and ""Rip Off Britain Holidays"". Rip Off lives are shown live for a week twice a year. The presenters investigate viewers' stories of being ripped-off, expose some of the rip-offs, and seek answers and, where appropriate, refunds or compensation. Numerous consumer experts advise consumers on their"
"which aim to reclaim sex from porn"". The programme provoked controversy and debate in both the British and international press. Some reviews of the programme were positive, praising the sincerity of the programme's aims. However, many critics and viewers panned the show, and ratings for the first episode showed that while 1.1 million viewers tuned into the show, this number dropped by 200,000 after the first 15 minutes. Series 2 began broadcasting on 4 April 2016. It is presented by Goedele Liekens and Steve Jones. The show features couples that have agreed to come on to the show and have"
"show was first broadcast on BBC Two from 20 February 1998 to 23 February 2001, on BBC Choice from 8 October 2001 to 7 February 2003 (later repeated on BBC Two), on Channel 5 from 2 November 2003 to 28 March 2004 before being revived in 2016 and broadcast on BBC Two from 24 July 2016 to 7 January 2018. To date, the show has been broadcast as 10 main series each centred around a single competition, two ""Extreme"" series with several unconnected events and several special episodes. Jeremy Clarkson presented the first series, with ""Master of Mayhem"" Craig Charles"
"rights in short films within the programmes and at ""Pop Ups"" round the country. Experts include Simon Calder, David Mcclelland, Kate Hardcastle, Sylvia Rook, Helen Dewdney, Adam French, Gary Rycroft, Sarah Pennels, Paul Lewis and Martyn James. Rip Off Britain (TV programme) Rip Off Britain is a BBC One series which exposes Britain's rip-offs and helps consumers. It began on 30 November 2009, presented by former news journalists Angela Rippon, Gloria Hunniford and Jennie Bond. Newsreader Julia Somerville replaced Bond from series three. It has spin-off series ""Rip Off Britain Food"" and ""Rip Off Britain Holidays"". Rip Off lives are"
"1972), Judith Chalmers (19661970), Sue MacGregor (19721987), Jenni Murray (since 1987), Martha Kearney (1998 to March 2007), and Jane Garvey (since 8 October 2007). Fill-in presenters have included Sheila McClennon, Carolyn Quinn, Jane Little, Ritula Shah, Oona King, Amanda Platell and Emma Barnett. On 31 December 2004, the show became ""Man's Hour"" for one day only, on which it was presented by Channel 4 News anchor Jon Snow. On 18 July 2010, after 64 years of ""Woman's Hour"", the BBC began broadcasting a full series called Men's Hour on BBC Radio 5 Live, presented by Tim Samuels. As of 2013,"
"1957 and was originally presented by Michael Aspel. The new programme, originally presented by Brian Hoey, shared a 25-minute timeslot for regional news with ""Points West"" from Bristol - at the time, both programmes were broadcast to Wales and the West of England from the Wenvoe transmitter near Cardiff. By February 1964, two new television regions, BBC Wales and BBC West, had been created with the addition of a new channel (13) for Wales on Wenvoe. ""Wales Today"" thus became a 25-minute programme broadcast only to Wales while ""Points West"" was only broadcast to the West of England. In 1969,"
"(who began in 1971 during the Baker era), Rosie Boycott, Catherine Bennett and Lisa Jardine. The original programme differed from its current form; for the first year or so it was entirely pre-recorded. Produced by Michael Ember, a flamboyant producer from the BBC Hungarian Service, the 1970 show was supposed to be intelligent banter on a weekly theme held together in a jocular fashion by Richard Baker, a well-known television newsreader. If that week contained Valentine's Day, for example, the show would start with some hints as to proper behaviour for that day, a bit of history, then a tape"
"station at 10am on 29 November. Skinner is married to Deborah and has two sons - Christopher (born 1977) and Jamie (born 1996). Richard Skinner (broadcaster) Richard Skinner (born 26 December 1951 in Portsmouth, Hampshire) is a British broadcaster. He was the opening announcer and TV anchor at the Live Aid concert in 1985, and is the only presenter to have fronted all three of the BBC's leading pop music programmes, ""The Old Grey Whistle Test"" and ""Top of the Pops"" on television and the Radio One Top 40 show. Skinner grew up in Portsmouth where he attended Portsmouth Grammar"
"second series in March 2014. In 2014, Rippon co-hosted the ITV Saturday night entertainment series ""Amazing Greys"" alongside Paddy McGuinness. The show lasted for just one series. In April 2016, she co-presented the two-part BBC One series ""How to Stay Young"". In 2018, Rippon was a co-presenter of live coverage of the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle for Channel Seven (Australia) alongside Michael Usher and Melissa Doyle. In the early 1980s, Rippon wrote a series of children's books about a character called ""Victoria Plum"" that was published by Purnell and Sons. Victoria Plum was a tree fairy in"
"an Arts and Entertainments correspondent for WHDH-TV (then known as WNEV) in Boston, Massachusetts for a brief period. Rippon co-presented the BBC's coverage of the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer on 29 July 1981 and BBC One's coverage of the 1979 UK general election results. 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. She also became a regular presenter on BBC Radio 2, often sitting in for Jimmy Young and presenting a seasonal Friday night show"
"doesn't feature presenters - shows are introduced by the continuity announcer, in line with all other programmes on the channels. The programme was presented by two Scottish teenagers, Kimberley Neill ('Kim') and Jonathon Pender ('Johnny'). Until 5 April 2009, Kim and Johnny would present on Saturdays only, with another young duo, Caitlin Murphy and Nathan Byrne, presenting on Sundays. However, from the following week Murphy and Byrne were dropped, and Kim and Johnny presented all subsequent editions. Video content recorded by Murphy and Byrne continued to be available from the programme's website following their departure. Below is a list of"
"hosting the feature on ""Sixty Minutes"" until the show's final episode in 1984. A year later, the BBC decided to make a stand-alone version of the feature, with its first episode aired on 14 July 1985. The programme's first series was aired weekly on Sunday evenings, and presented by Nick Ross and Lynn Faulds Wood. The following year, the programme was rescheduled to weekday daytime broadcasts, with Ross replaced by Faulds Wood's husband, John Stapleton; the programme's new schedule was considered by Michael Grade, the BBC One Programme Controller in 1986, as helpful to defying the laws of ""television gravity"""