Carol Vorderman

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== Shows ==
 
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[[Ask No Questions]]
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== Shows ==
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[[Better Gardens]]
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[[Ask No Questions]] (as Carol Mather)
[[Better Homes]]
[[Better Homes]]
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[[Britain's Brainiest]]
[[Britain's Brainiest]]
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[[The Apprentice|Comic Relief Does The Apprentice]] (participant)
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[[Cooking With the Stars]] (participant)
[[Countdown]]
[[Countdown]]
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[[Crosswits]] (regular panellist)
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[[Food Glorious Food]]
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[[The Game]]
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[[The Game]] (final two programmes)
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[[Gameshow Marathon]] (winner)
[[The Golden Lot]]
[[The Golden Lot]]
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[[Grand Slam]]
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[[Grand Slam (2)|Grand Slam]]
[[Have I Got News for You]] (guest host)
[[Have I Got News for You]] (guest host)
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[[On Your Marks]]  
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[[I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!]] (participant)
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[[Strictly Come Dancing]] (contestant, series 2)
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[[On Your Marks]]
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[[Soapstars]] (live final)
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[[Strictly Come Dancing]] (participant)
[[Sudoku Live]]
[[Sudoku Live]]
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[[Taskmaster]] (participant)
[[Trouble in Paradise]]
[[Trouble in Paradise]]
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== Biography ==
== Biography ==
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Although now one of the best paid women on British television, Carol Vorderman and her sister and brother spent most of their childhood in freezing cold houses and without a father figure (he left when she was only three weeks old).
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Although previously one of the best paid women on British television, Carol Vorderman and her sister and brother spent most of their childhood in freezing cold houses and without a father figure (he left when she was only three weeks old).
Carol studied engineering at Cambridge, and worked as a civil engineer.
Carol studied engineering at Cambridge, and worked as a civil engineer.
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An advertisement in a local newspaper, looking for someone with "brains and beauty", was spotted by Jean, Carol's mother. Jean applied for the job on Carol's behalf, and so Vorderman became the "Face with the Figures" on the letters and numbers quiz ''Countdown''.
An advertisement in a local newspaper, looking for someone with "brains and beauty", was spotted by Jean, Carol's mother. Jean applied for the job on Carol's behalf, and so Vorderman became the "Face with the Figures" on the letters and numbers quiz ''Countdown''.
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Since then, an ever-increasing stream of programmes as followed, mostly of a computer or scientific bent.
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Since then, an ever-increasing stream of programmes followed, mostly of a computer or scientific bent.
== Trivia ==
== Trivia ==
One of Carol's teachers wrote on a school report: ''"Carol has a masterly hold of mathematical computation, which should prove profitable in the future."'' Indeed it was.
One of Carol's teachers wrote on a school report: ''"Carol has a masterly hold of mathematical computation, which should prove profitable in the future."'' Indeed it was.
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She appeared in the video for that doesn't-get-played-much number one smash ''Mr Blobby'' by Mr Blobby.
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In the mid-80s, she occasionally sang backing vocals in the group Dawn Chorus and the Blue Tits, though as far as we're aware she didn't appear on any of their recordings.
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She was the subject of one edition of the BBC's family history series, "Who Do You Think You Are?"
== Books / Tapes ==
== Books / Tapes ==
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[http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Counts-Carol-Vorderman/dp/0755360079/labyrinthgames It All Counts: My Story] (autobiography)
[http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130799831/labyrinthgames Carol Vorderman's Guide to the Internet]
[http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130799831/labyrinthgames Carol Vorderman's Guide to the Internet]
[http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0751311596/labyrinthgames How Mathematics Works]
[http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0751311596/labyrinthgames How Mathematics Works]
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==Contact==
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c/o John Miles Organisation, Cadbury Camp Lane, Clapton-in-Gordano, Bristol, BS20 7SB.
== Web links ==
== Web links ==

Revision as of 21:35, 5 April 2024

Contents

Shows

Ask No Questions (as Carol Mather)

Better Homes

Big Brain Game

Britain's Brainiest

Comic Relief Does The Apprentice (participant)

Cooking With the Stars (participant)

Countdown

Food Glorious Food

The Game (final two programmes)

Gameshow Marathon (winner)

The Golden Lot

Grand Slam

Have I Got News for You (guest host)

I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! (participant)

On Your Marks

Soapstars (live final)

Strictly Come Dancing (participant)

Sudoku Live

Taskmaster (participant)

Trouble in Paradise

Biography

Although previously one of the best paid women on British television, Carol Vorderman and her sister and brother spent most of their childhood in freezing cold houses and without a father figure (he left when she was only three weeks old).

Carol studied engineering at Cambridge, and worked as a civil engineer.

An advertisement in a local newspaper, looking for someone with "brains and beauty", was spotted by Jean, Carol's mother. Jean applied for the job on Carol's behalf, and so Vorderman became the "Face with the Figures" on the letters and numbers quiz Countdown.

Since then, an ever-increasing stream of programmes followed, mostly of a computer or scientific bent.

Trivia

One of Carol's teachers wrote on a school report: "Carol has a masterly hold of mathematical computation, which should prove profitable in the future." Indeed it was.

She appeared in the video for that doesn't-get-played-much number one smash Mr Blobby by Mr Blobby.

In the mid-80s, she occasionally sang backing vocals in the group Dawn Chorus and the Blue Tits, though as far as we're aware she didn't appear on any of their recordings.

She was the subject of one edition of the BBC's family history series, "Who Do You Think You Are?"

Books / Tapes

It All Counts: My Story (autobiography)

Carol Vorderman's Guide to the Internet

How Mathematics Works

Contact

c/o John Miles Organisation, Cadbury Camp Lane, Clapton-in-Gordano, Bristol, BS20 7SB.

Web links

Wikipedia entry

Internet Movie Database entry

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