Nine o clock news BBC1 Angela Rippon 1978

[@helenalldridge1145]

Brings back memories that opening ❤

[@russellthompson9271]

Gorgeous looking woman Angela Rippon. Still is!

[@georgeb7332]

Russell Thompson I assume this is an ironic statement?

[@raw5742]

Watching this footage of her in her posh prime certainly gave me an early general erection.

[@ajs41]

@@georgeb7332 No.

[@andrewhuckle803]

I read somewhere that even Mrs Thatcher thought that had Callaghan called an earlier election he might have won. Well folks, that's history for you !

[@scottblack9213]

Some things never change !

[@tristanskrums2680]

Thursday 7th September 1978.

[@saxongreen78]

"So - no General Election, but coming up shortly...a _GENERAL STRIKE!"_ 😁

[@Candolad]

I remember the Independent Local Radio nerwork going over to IRN at 5:55pm for a special news flash of James Callaghan announcing that he won't be calling an election. Everyone was shocked !

[@angelacooper2661]

I remember Angela Rippon when in my formative years. Here I would have been eight and in my second year at junior school.

[@cquilty1]

Angela cooper Well that's good to know. Thanks for sharing that priceless information.

[@angelacooper2661]

​@@cquilty1That's how long ago the footage was - takes people back to an age where childhood wasn't blighted by social media. Angela Rippon a household name in the BBC.

[@cquilty1]

@@angelacooper2661 Jimmy Saville was also a BBC household name. I look forward to your reply in May, 2025!

[@RobinCarmody]

This is from Thursday 7th September 1978, and some of us will never forget, even if we don't actually remember.

[@Candolad]

I remember the Independent Local Radio nerwork going over to IRN at 5:55pm for a special news flash of James Callaghan announcing that he won't be calling an election. Everyone was shocked !

[@ajs41]

I was born 3 months after this, so I'm interested in this period.

[@angelacooper2661]

I would have been eight, Robin, and at junior school back then. Angela Rippon reading the news was one of my childhood memories. The politics didn't concern me until I got to senior school and learned about how politics worked.

[@david_g_barron]

This is from the day that Keith Moon died and thought that would have been one of the main headlines even by nine o'clock.

[@RobinCarmody]

Presumably the news was behind time because of Callaghan's broadcast which had been shown before the early evening bulletin, I think.

[@Candolad]

I remember the Independent Local Radio nerwork going over to IRN at 5:55pm for a special news flash of James Callaghan announcing that he won't be calling an election. Everyone was shocked !

[@grahampearson5670]

Sunny Jim decides to plod on despite losing his majority.

[@cquilty1]

thatcher's awful hair and condescending tone...