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BBC Strictly's Angela Rippon on plans to celebrate 80th birthday – 'I didn't think I'd make it'


EXCLUSIVE: Iconic newsreaders Angela Rippon on celebrating her upcoming milestone in style, how she’s inspiring the whole nation to dance, and why she’s having the time of her life

“Afterwards I said to Kai, I bet you thought, ‘Oh, the old girl’s forgotten the steps.’ Doctors put me on antibiotics and steroids and I didn’t leave the hotel room for two days. Angela bounced back and finished the tour, ending with a wrap party at the London Hilton on Park Lane, among pals including “dear friend” and fellow newsreader Moira Stewart, and Lulu. The consumer show, which she co-hosts with long-time mates Gloria Hunniford and Julia Somerville, aka “Glo and Jules”, often deals with the issue of scammers.

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