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Express.co.uk about the possible end of her career.TV-am was supported by five presenters who were not only fronting the programme but were also shareholders when it was created.This included Angela, Michael Parkinson, David Frost, Anna Ford and Robert Kee.When the franchise was announced in December 1980, Angela's contract with the BBC was about to expire, and was not renewed as a result of her TV-am employment.After just two months on air, the company was running at a loss, leaving the chief executive and chairman Peter Jay to be ousted.Angela made her support for the previous chairman clear, leading to her and Anna Ford being fired by the new executive, Timothy Aitken.This led to Angela being out of work for over a year, and nearly meant the end of her career.Speaking to Express.co.uk about the events, she said: "If you look at my career path I've never, apart from one year immediately after the nonsense of TV-am, been out of work."Although I wasn't then as Capital Radio employed me."I thought that was the end of my career."You know, after TV-am famously one of the controllers at the time said, 'Angela Rippon will never work for the BBC again.'"Well, you know, I don't know where he is.

Former economic journalist and diplomat Peter Jay has died at the age of 87, his family has announced. Tributes have been paid to him by colleagues in both the political and media world following the news of his death.

Express.co.uk spoke to Angela about today's cancel culture and if she has ever been scared of saying the wrong thing on live TV.Angela's career shows no sign of stopping as she continues to work on BBC's Rip off Britain, while also regularly appearing on segments of The One Show.Having had a successful career spanning nearly 60 years, Express.co.uk asked Angela if she had ever feared being cancelled.Angela said: "I think as a journalist, hopefully, and as a broadcaster, hopefully I've always been aware of doing my job as well as I can."I hope I do it in a way that doesn't either insult or upset people but just gets to the heart of the story that I'm dealing with."Angela's career has not always run smoothly, with the broadcaster believing the TV-am sacking would mark the end of her career.TV-am was supported by five presenters who were not only fronting the programme but were also shareholders when it was created.This included Angela, Michael Parkinson, David Frost, Anna Ford and Robert Kee.When the franchise was announced in December 1980, Angela's contract with the BBC was about to expire, and was not renewed as a result of her TV-am employment.After just two months on air, the company was running at a loss, leaving the chief executive and chairman Peter Jay to be ousted.Angela made her support for the previous chairman clear, leading to her and Anna Ford being fired by the new executive, Timothy Aitken.Speaking to Express.co.uk about the events, she said: "If you look at my career path I've never, apart from one year immediately after the nonsense of TV-am, been out of work."I thought that was the end of my career."You know, after TV-am famously one of the controllers at the time said, 'Angela Rippon will never work

BBC's first female journalist to present the news. However, there was a period of around one year that Angela admitted she struggled with work due to her stint on TV-am back in 1983, with Angela speaking exclusively to Express.co.uk about the period.TV-am was supported by five presenters who were not only fronting the programme but were also shareholders.This included Angela, Michael Parkinson, David Frost, Anna Ford and Robert Kee.When the franchise was announced in December 1980, Angela's contract with the BBC was about to expire, and was not renewed as a result of her TV-am employment.After just two months on air, the company was running at a loss, leaving the chief executive and chairman Peter Jay to be ousted.Angela made her support for the previous chairman clear, leading to her and Anna Ford to be fired by the new executive, Timothy Aitken.This led to Angela being out of work for over a year, and nearly meant the end of her career.Speaking to Express.co.uk about the events, she said: "If you look at my career path I've never apart from one year immediately after the nonsense of TV-am been out of work."Although I wasn't then as Capital Radio employed me."I thought that was the end of my career."You know, after TV-am famously one of the controllers at the time said, 'Angela Rippon will never work for the BBC again.'"Well, you know, I don't know where he is.

Des star David Tenant isolated himself from his co stars in the ITV drama in a method acting move to ensure their icy distance felt real.

A new true-crime drama on ITV is set to explore the chilling case of serial killer Dennis Nilsen.Dennis, which will air on the channel over three consecutive nights from Monday (September 14), will depict the police investigation into Nilsen's murders.It is based on material from the book Killing For Company by Brian Masters and the story will be told through the prism of three men – Nilsen played by David Tennant, Detective Chief Inspector Peter Jay played by Daniel Mays and biographer Brian Masters played by Jason Watkins.Nilsen was one of the UK's most notorious serial killers who is believed to have killed up to 15 people between 1978 and 1983.He confessed to police in February back in 1983 after being arrested following a visit by DCI

Des is the terrifying new ITV drama that depicts the evil killing spree of serial murderer Dennis Nilsen.

He might be best known as Doctor Who, but David Tennant has never shied away from dark roles. And a new three-part ITV drama has been one of the most challenging projects of his career.