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    Carol Jean Vorderman, MBE RAFAC HonFIET (born 24 December 1960) is a Welsh broadcaster, media personality, and writer. Her media career began when she...
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    botanist. His great-granddaughter is British television presenter Carol Vorderman. Vorderman, who was born in The Hague, first travelled to the Dutch East...
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  • early years, the show had multiple assistant presenters, including Carol Vorderman who was hired for Series 1 to check calculations in the numbers round...
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  • Carol King (actress) (born 1963), Nigerian actress and presenter Carol Vorderman (born 1960), British media personality, during her 10-year marriage with...
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  • Vorderman is a surname of Dutch origin. Adolphe Vorderman (1844–1902), Dutch physician and scientist Carol Vorderman (born 1960), Welsh television personality...
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  • in the show's history that two women have won consecutive series. Carol Vorderman and Jordan Banjo would return to the series seven years later to participate...
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    2009. She, and fellow Loose Woman Zoë Tyler, were replaced in 2011 by Carol Vorderman and Sally Lindsay. Thornton was a regular stand-in presenter on This...
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    and the Blue Tits with her friend and neighbour Countdown presenter Carol Vorderman. Their recordings included a version of "Teenage Kicks" with the Undertones'...
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  • reputation for wearing garish suits and ties, and it was common for Carol Vorderman to comment on this. Whiteley also told many anecdotes and puns, which...
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  • 2011 — Carol Vorderman and Anton du Beke 2012 — Shobna Gulati and John Barrowman 2013 — Flavia Cacace and Vincent Simone 2014 — Carol Vorderman and Olly...
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  • 2022. The fifth series of the show began filming in January 2023. Carol Vorderman was revealed to be appearing in a celebrity cameo in the fifth series...
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    guest on BBC News 24. Pre-recorded questions were asked by Lily Allen, Carol Vorderman, Courtney Love, Girls Aloud, and Sacha Baron Cohen (in character as...
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  • extraordinarily in challenging situations and have been presented solely by Carol Vorderman since 1999, and co-presented by Ashley Banjo since 2021. Banjo had...
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  • September 2007. Apanowicz became friends with Whiteley's Countdown co-host Carol Vorderman. In July 2008, Apanowicz made numerous appearances in the British media...
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    was a guest judge on the TV show Food Glorious Food, presented by Carol Vorderman during the Harrogate Regional Heats, first broadcast on 27 February...
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  • cancer researcher Carol Tomcala (born 1954), Australian sports shooter Carol Twombly (born 1959), American designer Carol Vorderman (born 1960), British...
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  • Allen joins Virgin Radio to present a weekly Sunday afternoon show. Carol Vorderman joins LBC to present a Sunday afternoon show from 4pm to 7pm, having...
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    [needs update] In 2023, Cadwalladr published an open letter praising Carol Vorderman for speaking out about "corruption and the chancers, embezzlers, spivs...
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    Dianne Oxberry, joining from BBC Look North. In April 2020 Evans joined Carol Vorderman on a tour across Wales where he taught her to speak the Welsh language...
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  • TVS. Presenter Fred Dinenage returned, accompanied by Gareth Jones, Carol Vorderman, Gail McKenna and Sian Lloyd. This show aired on Children's ITV (known...
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    Kate Thornton in 2009. Thornton was axed in 2011, and was replaced by Carol Vorderman, who left in 2014. The panel varied from 2003 to 2013, with the core...
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  • episode of Taskmaster alongside Self Esteem, Mo Farah, Greg James, and Carol Vorderman. On 29 January 2024, The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
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  • June 1998) - June Whitfield, Joe Pasquale, Jeff Rawle, Tim Vincent, Carol Vorderman, Wendy Richard Show 6 (12 June 1998) - Rhino, Jean Ferguson, Mike Smith...
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  • concentrate on Watchdog. Following another period with guest presenters, Carol Vorderman became the next regular presenter in April 1998 but was later replaced...
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  • characters. Cameo/guest appearances Alan Yentob (2014, 2015; 2 episodes) Carol Vorderman (2014; 2 episodes) Salman Rushdie (2014; 1 episode) Olivia Colman (2014;...
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  • brother of Theodore Sturgeon Ruben Talberg – Israeli-German sculptor Carol Vorderman – British television presenter Marilyn vos Savant – last person listed...
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    with Carol Vorderman and Andrea McLean. In January 2014, former Loose Woman Ruth Langsford returned to co-anchor the programme with Adams, Vorderman and...
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    Corner on the game show Countdown more than 300 times, including Carol Vorderman's final edition in 2008, making more appearances than any other guest...
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    train commute. On Countdown, Riley replaced the long-serving Carol Vorderman. Like Vorderman, Riley's role is to place tiles on the board for the letters...
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    Unintentionally, at Radio Aire, he helped to launch the media career of Carol Vorderman, and made his broadcasting debut, fronting a late night alternative...
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