BBC News - With the latest Jeremy Clarkson furore, is it time to bring back Angela Rippon? She was Top Gear's first presenter - back when it was broadcast only in the
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Angela Rippon calls for female Top Gear presenter to be hired on merit and not as 'totty' | The Independent | The Independent
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Strictly's Angela Rippon's hidden Top Gear past and being flashed in front of 10m viewers - Mirror Online
The Telegraph on X: "A blast from the past: From Jeremy Clarkson to Angela Rippon and lots of bad hair, here's Top Gear through the years https://t.co/5hAyWZkGKR https://t.co/pjLhZBxNsB" / X
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Top Gear: What happened to the ORIGINAL hosts before Jeremy Clarkson? Noel Edmonds, Julia Bradbury and more
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BBC Rip Off Britain: Angela Rippon's life away from the cameras from her net worth to the talent she can still do 50 years on from Morecambe and Wise - MyLondon
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21 Years Top Gear Noel Edmonds Angela Rippon Jeremy Clarkson William Woollard Andy Wilman Interview - YouTube
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Freddie Flintoff: Why the Preston star has not returned to Top Gear following crash according to former host Angela Rippon
Happy 40th birthday, Top Gear. Angela Rippon kicked things off with a drive to Pebble Mill. No explosions or helicopters here | By BBC Archive | Facebook
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I'll miss Top Gear, says Jeremy Clarkson - as Angela Rippon says SHE'D go back to BBC show | Daily Mail Online
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Strictly Come Dancing: Angela Rippon's hidden petrolhead presenter past as Top Gear host - Plymouth Live
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