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b. 1961
Born in Bedfordshire, Carol Vorderman, 65, studied engineering at Cambridge University. Her mathematical skill secured her a role on the Channel 4 gameshow Countdown, which she co-hosted from 1982 to 2008. Since 1999, she has presented the annual Pride of Britain awards, and in 2000 she received the MBE for services to broadcasting. She has published educational workbooks, self-help guides and her latest paperback is Now What? A People’s Manifesto for a Better Britain. She is a team captain on Channel 5’s show Celebrity Puzzling. She is twice divorced, has two children and lives in Bristol.
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I was happiest in every aspect of my life in the 1990s, when I was married to Paddy [King, a management consultant] and we had the two children and my mum lived with us, and Countdown was the biggest show on Channel 4.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗
I still say yes to too many things.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗
My aeroplane, a Diamond DA42. It’s a twin-engine aircraft and I bought her brand new to fly around the world solo. Very sadly my mum was diagnosed with terminal cancer about six weeks before I was due to take off, in May 2017, and she died early June. After that, I lost interest in doing it.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗
Independent, curious and funny.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗
A fighter pilot.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗
Like I would die for them in a nanosecond.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗
Living in a campervan for a week with Timmy Mallett for a children’s TV show about 40 years ago.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗
There are one or two relationships where I’d see the red flags much earlier.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗
I genuinely can’t remember crying.
Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗
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