Carol Vorderman, 60, made her debut on Countdown as the show's statistician. Aged 21 at the time, she was put forward to do the show by her mum having recently graduated from Cambridge University.
In an unearthed video, the presenter is seen introducing a fresh-faced Carol to viewers. The mother-of-two shared the post on her Twitter this morning to mark the special moment.She wrote: "39 years ago today I started on the telly with my beloved Richard Whiteley on Countdown as the first ever show broadcast on the new channel @Channel4."I was 21.
We had 23 cheeky happy laughing years together until he died."The clock stopped too soon and I still miss him."Adam Peaty and Katya Jones 'told off' during Strictly rehearsalsMany of Carol's 424,000.
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