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Carol Vorderman

Carol Vorderman is a television personality and charity patron. She is best known as the co-presenter of the gameshow Countdown, and was involved in the show from 1982 to 2008. Born in 1960, Vorderman first appeared on Countdown at 21 years-old as one of five mathematicians, but eventually her place in the show became increasingly prominent, until she co-hosted alongside Richard Whiteley until his death in 2005. Vorderman stayed on Countdown after Whiteley’s death, co-presenting with Des Lynam in late 2005-2006 and then Des O’Connor in 2007-2008, before stepping down from her post.

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Carol Vorderman wins Rear of the Year

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Carol Vorderman backs fight against power pylons

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Television presenter Carol Vorderman has backed a campaign to stop a 400,000-volt overhead power line being put up near her countryside home.... more

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Carol Vorderman attacks media's 'obesession with beauty'

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Countdown adds up more viewers

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'I'm glad I wasn't young when I found fame... I'd have waltzed off with Abi Titmuss,'

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New fears for Countdown as C4 tests rival quiz shows

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'Countdown WILL go on without £17,000-a-day Carol Vorderman,' insists Channel 4

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Channel 4 today moved to quash rumours that the future of Countdown is in doubt. ... more

Countdown faces axe as show owner fights for Vorderman

28.07.08
The future of Channel 4 show Countdown was thrown into doubt when the businessman who owns the rights to the quiz threatened to pull the plug... more

Vorderman left Countdown over 90% 'take it or leave it' pay cut

26.07.08
Countdown co-host Carol Vorderman left the show during a bitter dispute with the programme’s producers – who told her to take a 90 per cent pay cut or stand down, it has been claimed.... more

Countdown meltdown as Carol Vorderman quits in row over pay

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Carol Vorderman unexpectedly quit as co-host of Countdown yesterday. She had been with the Channel 4 quiz show since it started in 1982.... more

Rory Bremner hot favourite to replace Des O'Connor on Countdown

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Comedian Rory Bremner is being lined up to take over from Des O'Connor as the new presenter of Countdown.... more

Des O'Connor ends his spell as host of Countdown after just two years

23.07.08
Des O'Connor has quit TV show Countdown after less than two years, claiming he misses the excitement of his one-man concerts. The perma-tanned presenter will step down as host in November.... more

Barclays halts FirstPlus and dismisses 300

08.07.08
Loan service promoted in TV adverts by Carol Vorderman will not be seeking new customers... more

Wow! Carol Vorderman, 47, reveals her amazing figure

17.03.08
She may be 47, but Carol Vorderman still has a figure that's the envy of many women half her age. The Countdown presenter looked terrific last night as she arrived for The Ryan Tubridy Show in Dublin, wearing a figure-hugging grey frock with a low-cut neckline... more
  • Facts
  • Vorderman is patron of the Cleft Lip and Palate Association and has sponsored and worked for numerous charities including Marie Curie Cancer Care and Run for the Future – in aid of the Bristol Urological Institute.
  • Vorderman has written newspaper columns for The Daily Telegraph and Daily Mirror and has also written books on Detox dieting and the sudoku number game.
  • On the BBC programme Who Do You Think You Are?, Vorderman discovered that her father had been an active member of the Dutch Resistance at the time of Nazi occupation of Holland in the Second World War.
  • Vorderman studied Engineering at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge from 1978.
  • Vorderman has appeared on various other television programmes including Better Homes, Breakfast with Frost, Strictly Come Dancing, and Have I Got News For You.
  • Vorderman has been married twice and has two children, and is currently (as of June 2009) reported to be in an on-off relationship with Daily Mail columnist Des Kelly.


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