BBC News Presenter Count 1967-2020

and now to conclude the three Festive period of the 1970's Boxing Day

1970-Richard Baker
1971-John Edmunds (funny you should mention him James!)
1972-Richard Whitmore
1973/1974-Peter Woods
1975-Richard Whitmore
1976-Peter Woods
1977-Angela Rippon
1978-Peter Woods
1979-Richard Baker

And now onto New Years Eve.

1970/1971:Robert Dougall
1972:Richard Whitmore
1973:Robert Dougall (as already noted in the Nine O Clock News count his last apperance)
1974:Kenneth Kendall

Then every year (with the exception of 1979 when Kenneth Kendall did the last bulletin of the 1970's), Richard Baker did every New Years Eve up to his retirement on New Years Eve 1982.

And to complete the Festive season in the 1970's New Years Day

1970-Kenneth Kendall
1971-Robert Dougall
1972-Kenneth Kendall
1973-Kenneth Kendall (Lunchtime and Evening) and Peter Woods (Late)
1974-Kenneth Kendall/Peter Woods (both on late due to it being a normal Nine o Clock News with Kenneth on his own in the earlier Evening bulletin)
1975-Richard Baker
1976/1977-Richard Whitmore
1978-Peter Woods
1979-Kenneth Kendall

And now onwards with the rest of the 70s for the nine o’clock news...

1976:
1 Richard Baker 64
=2 Angela Rippon 61
=2 Kenneth Kendall 61
4 Peter Woods 53
5 Richard Whitmore 32

Last double headed 9 was on 5th March with Rippon and Woods

1977:
Nine O’Clock News
1 Angela Rippon 77
2 Richard Baker 72
3 Kenneth Kendall 65
4 Richard Whitmore 22
5 Peter Woods 1

1978:
Nine O’Clock News
1 Angela Rippon 77
2 Richard Baker 64
3 Kenneth Kendall 54
4 Peter Woods 25
5 Richard Whitmore 13

1979:
Nine O’Clock News
1 Kenneth Kendall 54
2 Richard Baker 52
3 Peter Woods 46
4 Angela Rippon 35
5 Richard Whitmore 31

Thank you, mccanmat. Peter Woods’ appearances across ‘77 and ‘78 significantly less than the preceding and following years.

Random thought: Peter Woods and his (later revealed) son are the only parent/child to both present the main news bulletins on UK television, unless someone can correct me otherwise.

Chris and Rebecca Lowe I know did it too, but one of them was a news presenter and the other a sports presenter, I believe.

And I’m not counting the Dimblebot clan, as that wasn’t strictly news.

Paul and Rachel Burden is another example... or Michael and Roland Buerk (Roland read
channel 5 news sometimes) if we are counting the weekend bulletins into it and breakfast news....

Ben Brown's father, Antony Brown, was a newscaster on ITN in the 1960s I believe.

It’s heartwarming to see all this nepotism over the decades

And to complete the 70s listings.... we plod on with “national news/evening news:
No listings of who read the evening news 1979/71 and most of 72.
From December 1972:
1 Richard Baker 16
2 Peter Woods 2