Carol Vorderman, 59, rose to fame as a maths whizz on Countdown, which she co-hosted from 1982 until 2008. During most of her time on the show, the Channel 4 programme was presented by Richard Whiteley, who died in 2005.
Speaking on her BBC Radio Wales show recently, the presenter said she was turned down from a weather presenting job, despite being praised from her co-star Richard.Carol made the admission as she told listeners she was set to read the weather forecast on her radio show for the first time.She revealed: “When I first started on Countdown, I used to do just the numbers back in the 1980s.“Richard Whiteley used to host the local news programme, a bit like we’ve got Wales Today here, but it was up in Yorkshire and it was called.
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