'TV AM Launch' (Angela Rippon, David Frost, Michael Parkinson, Hon. Peter Jay)
1 portrait of David Frost
'TV AM Launch' (Angela Rippon, David Frost, Michael Parkinson, Hon. Peter Jay)
by Lord Snowdon
gelatin silver print, 1 February 1983
11 7/8 in. x 16 in. (302 mm x 406 mm) image size
Given by Antony Charles Robert Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon, 2013
Primary Collection
NPG P1936
Sittersback to top
- Sir David Paradine Frost (1939-2013), Journalist and broadcaster; Joint founder of London Weekend Television (LWT). Sitter in 15 portraits. Identify
- Hon. Peter Jay (1937-), Writer and broadcaster; son of Baron Jay. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
- Sir Michael Parkinson (1935-2023), Journalist and broadcaster. Sitter in 3 portraits. Identify
- Angela Rippon (1944-), Broadcaster and presenter. Sitter in 2 portraits. Identify
Artistback to top
- Antony Charles Robert Armstrong Jones, 1st Earl of Snowdon (1930-2017), Photographer, film-maker and designer; former husband of Princess Margaret. Artist or producer of 285 portraits, Sitter in 22 portraits.
Events of 1983back to top
Current affairs
Margaret Thatcher wins a landslide majority for the Conservative Party at the general election. Although her premiership had previously been unpopular, the British victory in the Falklands coupled with divisions in Michael Foot's Labour opposition, helped her to gain popularity and win the most decisive election victory since 1945.Art and science
The British sitcom Blackadder is aired for the first time. Each of the four series followed the character of the anti-hero Edmund Blackadder and took place during a different period of British history. The first series, The Black Adder, was a satire of medieval England during the rein of the fictitious Richard IV, and frequently lifted famous lines from Shakespeare.International
The armed struggle between Tamil militants and the Sinhalese-dominated government of Sri Lanka begin with the Black July pogrom. Mobs (allegedly supported by the government) started attacking and murdering Tamils following an attack by Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam on government soldiers. Civil war between the government and Tamil nationalists has continued sporadically ever since.Comments back to top
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Ian White
30 August 2018, 16:01
This portrait featured some of the launch presenters for TV-am, Britain's first commercial breakfast TV broadcaster. Two of the so called 'famous five' presenters - Robert Kee and Anna Ford - are missing from the photo. Chairman of the new company Peter Jay does feature, although he never had an on screen role. This photo was used for a series of national newspaper adverts for the computer firm Olivetti. It used TV-am as an example of a company that relied on its computers for its day to day operations. More about TV-am is on our website www.tv-am.org.uk