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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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  • 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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