Carol Jean Vorderman Wiki Biography
Carol Jean Vorderman MBE (born 24 December 1960) is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show Countdown for 26 years from 1982 until 2008.Vorderman’s career took off in 1982 when she joined Channel 4 game show Countdown. She co-hosted the show most recently with Des O’Connor; before that Vorderman was co-host with Des Lynam and Richard Whiteley (from 1982 until his death). She left the show in 2008 and was replaced by Rachel Riley. Whilst appearing on Countdown, Vorderman began presenting other shows for various broadcasters including Better Homes and The Pride of Britain Awards for ITV, as well as guest hosting shows such as Have I Got News for You, The Sunday Night Project and Lorraine.Vorderman was an anchor of ITV’s Loose Women from 2011 to 2 July 2014.In 2013, she presented a cookery series for ITV, Food Glorious Food.
| Full Name | Carol Vorderman |
| Net Worth | $10 Million |
| Date Of Birth | December 24, 1960 |
| Place Of Birth | Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, UK |
| Height | 5′ 5″ (1.65 m) |
| Profession | Actress, Writer, Soundtrack |
| Education | Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, St Mary’s School, Rhyl, University of Cambridge, Blessed Edward Jones Roman Catholic High School |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Christopher Mather |
| Children | Katie King, Cameron King |
| Parents | Edwina J. Davies, Tony Vorderman |
| Siblings | Trixie Vorderman, Anton Vorderman |
| http://www.twitter.com/carolvorders | |
| IMDB | http://imdb.com/name/nm903436 |
| TV Shows | Countdown, Loose Women, How 2, Celebrity Squares, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, The Big Fat Quiz of the Year, Question Time, Stars in Their Eyes, Odd One In, Better Homes, Tomorrow’s World, Britain’s Brainiest Kid, Alan Carr’s Celebrity Ding Dong, Food Glorious Food, The Mrs Merton Show, Britain’s Best … |
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| 1 | Leather pants |
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| 1 | RIP Jimmy Savile …. Leeds has lost a much loved son … and we have lost a ray of sunshine. |
| 2 | [Struggling to hold back tears, introducing a series of episodes of Countdown shown as a tribute to Richard Whiteley who had just died] Hello Countdowners. I know we’re all in a state of shock about the very sad news about Richard. And it’s really odd to think that the man who’s been here – the Mayor in the Chair – for twenty-three years won’t be here any more. And we miss him and we know that you miss him because you’ve sent us lots and lots of messages – thousands of messages from around the world, and we thank you for that. And please keep them coming – they mean a lot to his family and to us. And the thing about Richard (well, there are many things about Richard) – he finished recording Countdown in the final of our fifty-third series and there are still five shows with The Boss in the chair that you haven’t seen. And we know he would want you see them – in fact he would be very upset if you didn’t see them – so please enjoy them and *please* laugh at his jokes. Enjoy this Countdown week. Please remember him as we remember him. [sobbing] And the clock stopped too soon. |
| 3 | There is a school of thought that when you hit 40 you should have a perm and wear skirts two inches below the knee’, she said. ‘Bugger that! I’m not offending anyone. What is wrong with being a bit lively?’ |
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| 1 | She and her partner Des Kelly, a newspaper executive, live in Central London with her children Katie, 12, and Cameron, 6, from her second marriage, to management consultant, Patrick King [March 2004] |
| 2 | Has two children with her second husband Patrick King – a daughter Katie King and a son Cameron King. |
| 3 | As a guest on Top Gear (2002), Vorderman completed the traditional celebrity driving speed lap in 01m:51.2s (28 December 2003). |
| 4 | BBC has stated that she is gluten intolerant. |
| 5 | Carol was briefly a backing singer in the Leeds-based pop group Dawn Chorus and the Blue Tits which was fronted by radio DJ Liz Kershaw. |
| 6 | She attended Blessed Edward Jones High School, Rhyl, Wales before graduating from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge with a Bachelor degree in engineering. She then went on to obtain a Masters degree in Engineering. |
| 7 | Her primary school was St Mary’s School, Rhyl, Wales |
| 8 | Was the winner of the final show of Ant and Dec’s Gameshow Marathon, Family Fortunes, a part of ITV’s 50th birthday celebrations. |
| 9 | She was awarded an M.B.E. (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2000 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for her services to broadcasting. |
| 10 | In 2004, she was voted runner-up in a Radio Times poll of “Thinking Man’s Crumpet”, behind fellow forty-something Nigella Lawson. Came sixth in a Sky TV survey of men’s sexual fantasies. |
| 11 | Member of MENSA with IQ of 154 |
| 12 | When she first appeared as a TV personality, she used the name Carol Mather, her married name at the time. |
| 13 | Studied engineering at Cambridge University; graduated in 1981. |
| 14 | Grew up in her mother’s hometown of Prestatyn, north Wales. |
| 15 | TV personality |
| 16 | Father is Dutch; mother is Welsh. |
Miscellaneous
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mysterious Universe | 1994-1995 | TV Series documentary narrator – 26 episodes |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trollied | 2014 | TV Series | 90’s Carol Vorderman |
| W1A | 2014 | TV Series | Carol Vorderman |
Writer
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notes and Queries with Clive Anderson | 1993 | TV Series additional material |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stars in Their Eyes | 1998 | TV Series performer – 1 episode |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ant & Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway | 2003-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Who Wants to Be a Millionaire | 2000-2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks | 2009-2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Daily Mirror: The Pride of Britain Awards | 2013 | TV Special | Herself – Host |
| David Frost: Hello, Good Evening & Farewell | 2013 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Formula 1: BBC Sport | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Britain’s Got More Talent | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Food Glorious Food | 2013 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter |
| The Jonathan Ross Show | 2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Sky News: Sunrise | 2010-2013 | TV Series | Herself |
| Stephen Fry: Gadget Man | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Pride of Britain Awards | 2012 | TV Special | Herself – Presenter |
| The Big Fat Quiz of the 80s | 2012 | TV Special | Herself – Contestant |
| Piers Morgan’s Life Stories | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Room 101 | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| All Star Family Fortunes | 2012 | TV Series | Herself |
| Michael McIntyre’s Comedy Roadshow | 2010-2011 | TV Series | Herself – Audience / Herself |
| Odd One In | 2011 | TV Series | Herself – Away Team |
| Celebrity Chase | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| Daybreak | 2010-2011 | TV Series | Herself – Lorraine Presenter / Herself – LK Presenter / Herself |
| Let’s Do Lunch with Gino & Mel | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| Ask Rhod Gilbert | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Michael Ball Show | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| Question Time | 2010 | TV Series | Herself |
| Breakfast | 2005-2010 | TV Series | Herself – Broadcaster and Maths Expert / Herself |
| Pride of Britain Awards 2010 | 2010 | TV Special | Herself – Host |
| Five Minutes With… | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Pride of Britain Awards 2009 | 2009 | TV Special | Herself – Presenter |
| Active Health with Carol Vorderman | 2009 | Video Game | Herself |
| Chris Moyles Quiz Night | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Sunday AM | 2006-2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Apprentice: You’re Fired! | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Comic Relief: The Apprentice | 2009 | TV Movie | Herself |
| The Alan Titchmarsh Show | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Countdown | 1982-2008 | TV Series | Herself – Hostess / Herself / Herself – Vital Statistician / … |
| Countdown: One Last Consonant Please, Carol | 2008 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Celebrity Ding Dong | 2008 | TV Series | Herself |
| How TV Changed Britain | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Comedy Map of Britain | 2008 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| The Big Fat Anniversary Quiz | 2007 | TV Special | Herself – Contestant |
| The Paul O’Grady Show | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| Channel 4 at 25 | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Who Do You Think You Are? | 2007 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| School’s Out | 2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| Secrets of Celebrity Stars in Their Eyes | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Comic Relief 2007: The Big One | 2007 | TV Special | Herself |
| Richard & Judy | 2005-2007 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2006 | TV Special | Herself |
| Countdown Game | 2006 | Video Game | Herself – Presenter |
| The Friday Night Project | 2006 | TV Series | Herself – Guest Host |
| Have I Got News for You | 2004-2006 | TV Series | Herself – Guest Presenter / Herself |
| The Golden Lot | 2005-2006 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter |
| The Wonderful World of Whiteley | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Today with Des and Mel | 2004-2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Gameshow Marathon | 2005 | TV Series | Herself – Contestant |
| 5 News | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| It Shouldn’t Happen on a TV Awards Show | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Mr Countdown: A Tribute to Richard Whiteley | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Sudoku Live | 2005 | TV Movie | Presenter |
| The Wright Stuff | 2005 | TV Series | Herself – Guest Panelist |
| The Kumars at No. 42 | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Breakfast with Frost | 2003-2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| 50 Terrible Predictions | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Comic Relief in da Bungalow | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| Celebrate the Sound of Music | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| The Big Fat Quiz of the Year | 2004 | TV Special | Herself (uncredited) |
| Strictly Come Dancing: It Takes Two | 2004 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Strictly Come Dancing | 2004 | TV Series | Herself – Contestant |
| Friday Night with Jonathan Ross | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Stars in Their Eyes Kids | 2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| Britain’s Best Sitcom | 2004 | TV Series | Celebrity Advocate |
| The Terry and Gaby Show | 2003-2004 | TV Series | Herself |
| GMTV | 1993-2004 | TV Series | Herself / Herself – Education & Technology Reporter |
| Astounding Celebrities | 2003 | TV Series | Herself |
| Pop Idol Extra | 2003 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Richard Whiteley: Television Man | 2003 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Grand Slam | 2003 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter |
| Comic Relief 2003: The Big Hair Do | 2003 | TV Special | Herself – Co-Host |
| Pride of Britain Awards 2003 | 2003 | TV Special | Herself – Host |
| The Frank Skinner Show | 2002 | TV Series | Herself |
| Pride of Britain Awards 2002 | 2002 | TV Special | Herself – Host |
| Ken Dodd: Another Audience with Ken Dodd | 2002 | TV Special documentary | Herself – Audience Member |
| Britain’s Brainiest | 2002 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter |
| Britain’s Brainiest Kid | 2001 | TV Special | Presenter |
| Stars and Their Lives | 2001 | TV Series | Host |
| A Tribute to Countdown: 3000 and Counting | 2001 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Live Talk | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| National Television Awards | 2000 | TV Special | Herself – Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Brit Awards 2000 | 2000 | TV Special | Herself |
| Better Gardens | 2000 | TV Series | Presenter |
| Find a Fortune | 1999 | TV Series | Herself |
| An Audience with Diana Ross | 1999 | TV Special | Herself – Audience Member |
| Tested to Destruction | 1999 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter |
| Parkinson | 1999 | TV Series | Herself |
| Dream House | 1999 | TV Series | Herself |
| Better Homes | 1999 | TV Series | Presenter |
| What Will They Think of Next? | 1998 | TV Series | Herself |
| Stars in Their Eyes | 1998 | TV Series | Herself / Cher |
| Reasonably Scary Monsters | 1998 | TV Short | Herself |
| Fantasy World Cup | 1998 | TV Series | Herself |
| Celebrity Countdown | 1998 | TV Series | Herself – Hostess |
| Blankety Blank | 1997-1998 | TV Series | Herself |
| Computers Don’t Byte | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
| Hot Gadgets | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
| Mysteries with Carol Vorderman | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
| Shooting Stars | 1995-1997 | TV Series | Herself |
| An Audience with Bruce Forsyth | 1997 | TV Movie | Herself |
| Noel’s House Party | 1997 | TV Series | Herself |
| Out of This World | 1996 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter |
| Happy Birthday Shirley | 1996 | TV Movie | Herself (uncredited) |
| The Mrs. Merton Show | 1995 | TV Series | Herself |
| Ken Dodd: An Audience with Ken Dodd | 1994 | TV Special documentary | Herself |
| The National Lottery | 1994 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter |
| Tomorrow’s World | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Herself – Presenter |
| Breaking Glass | 1994 | TV Series documentary | Herself |
| Celebrity Squares | 1994 | TV Series | Herself |
| Surprise Surprise! | 1993 | TV Series | Herself |
| Notes and Queries with Clive Anderson | 1993 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter |
| Cluedo | 1992 | TV Series | Herself – Studio Guest |
| Gibberish | 1992 | TV Series | Herself |
| Channel Four Daily | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
| Countdown Masters | 1989-1991 | TV Series short | Herself – Hostess |
| Jim’ll Fix It | 1991 | TV Series | Herself |
| How 2 | 1990 | TV Series documentary | Herself – Presenter (1990-1996) |
| Countdown: Championship of Champions | 1984-1989 | TV Series | Herself – Arithmetician |
| Circuit Training | 1987 | TV Series documentary | Herself – Presenter |
| Making the Most of Your Microwave | 1987 | Video documentary | Herself – Presenter |
| This Morning | 1990-2016 | TV Series | Herself / Herself – on I’m a Celeb / Herself – Presenter (‘Parent Power’ segment) / … |
| I’m a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here! | 2011-2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Lorraine | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Grand Tour | 2016 | TV Series | Herself – Special Guest |
| It’s Not Me, It’s You | 2016 | TV Series | Herself – Panellist |
| The Saturday Show | 2016 | TV Series | Herself – Guest |
| Top Gear | 2003-2015 | TV Series | Herself |
| Pride of Britain Awards | 2015 | TV Movie | Herself |
| 8 Out of 10 Cats | 2008-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| The One Show | 2008-2014 | TV Series | Herself / Herself – Reporter |
| Would I Lie to You? | 2009-2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Pride of Britain Awards | 2014 | TV Special | Herself – Host |
| Through the Keyhole | 2014 | TV Series | Herself – Panellist |
| Celebrity Squares | 2014 | TV Series | Herself |
| Come on Down! The Game Show Story | 2014 | TV Mini-Series documentary | Herself – Former Co-host, Countdown |
| Loose Women | 1999-2014 | TV Series | Herself – Presenter / Herself |
| Duck Quacks Don’t Echo | 2014 | TV Series | Herself – Panelist |
Archive Footage
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lorraine | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Good Morning Britain | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| Loose Women | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Wright Stuff | 2016 | TV Series | Herself |
| The Xtra Factor | 2011 | TV Series | Herself |
| Most Shocking Talent Show Moments | 2011 | TV Movie documentary | Cher |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| Would I Lie to You? | 2009 | TV Series | Herself |
| All the Best from Denis Norden | 2007 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| TV’s 50 Greatest Stars | 2006 | TV Movie documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Have I Got News for You: The Best of the Guest Presenters – Volume 2 | 2005 | Video | Herself |
| Greatest Before They Were Stars TV Moments | 2005 | TV Movie documentary | Herself |
| Richard & Judy | 2005 | TV Series | Herself |
| About a Boy: Deleted Scenes | 2003 | Video short | Herself |
| About a Boy | 2002 | Herself (uncredited) | |
| Bill Bailey: Bewilderness | 2001 | Video documentary | Herself (uncredited) |
| Key Stage 3 Bitesize Revision | 2000 | TV Series documentary | Herself |