I can remember her as totally unflappable, and very good at thinking on her feet. Two things spring to mind - the occasion when she was presenting the Six when it was 'rather invaded', and also when she was presenting some sort of 'your BBC' programme with the BBC Chair & DG where viewers phoned in. While they were on air the Kegworth Air Crash happened and she handed over to the newsroom. I can remember her handling this major incident professionally, carrying on with the debate but also keeping in touch with the news and giving regular updates.
Rolling news would be a walk in the park for the Lady. Let's not forget, she was also one of the great interrogators of her time too - ranked alongside Sir Robin Day and Brain Walden as the other mainstays of the era.
In fact, there was a rumour that she (Lawley) gave the then PM Thatcher such a hard time during one live tv interview on Nationwide, that Thatcher refused ever to be interviewed by her again.
It would be great to see Sue back on TV News. In fact, although I also rate the current presenter exceptionally highly, I think Sue would be good on "The World" on BBC World.
Better still, why not get her onto WNT and get rid of James Rubin?
Rolling news would be a walk in the park for the Lady. Let's not forget, she was also one of the great interrogators of her time too - ranked alongside Sir Robin Day and Brain Walden as the other mainstays of the era.
In fact, there was a rumour that she (Lawley) gave the then PM Thatcher such a hard time during one live tv interview on Nationwide, that Thatcher refused ever to be interviewed by her again.
It would be great to see Sue back on TV News. In fact, although I also rate the current presenter exceptionally highly, I think Sue would be good on "The World" on BBC World.
Better still, why not get her onto WNT and get rid of James Rubin?
That was the famous incident in 1983 when Nationwide allowed viewers to directly question the party leaders.
From Wikipedia
Diana Gould, a geography teacher from Cirencester, persistently challenged Margaret Thatcher about her ordering of the sinking of the General Belgrano when it was sailing away from the Falklands. Mrs Thatcher either made a verbal slip or misremembered the history and denied that the Belgrano had been sailing away, and Diana Gould therefore appeared better informed. When Mrs Thatcher asked her whether she accepted that the Belgrano had been a danger to British shipping when it was sunk, Mrs Gould told her that she did not. Thatcher then proclaimed that "I think it could only be in Britain that a British Prime Minister could be asked why she took action to protect our ships against an enemy ship that was a danger to our shipping", and was extremely angry about the BBC for allowing the question (Cockerell, 1988:238). Thatcher's husband Denis lashed out at the producer of the show in the entertainment suite, saying that his wife had been "stitched up by bloody BBC poofs and Trots."
Sue Lawley was the moderator of the interview so was associated with the pinko BBC by Thatcher
