Carol Vorderman: What is the worst job you have ever had? — FLAPSS

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What is the worst job you have ever had?

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Carol Vorderman

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Living in a campervan for a week with Timmy Mallett for a children’s TV show about 40 years ago.

The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗

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Adjoa Andoh English actress

Cleaning men’s toilets in the Swan hotel in the Cotswolds.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 25 September 2021 source ↗

Michael Flatley American step dancer

Digging foundations in the freezing-cold Chicago winters.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 10 August 2024 source ↗

Rebecca Lucy Taylor

At a pub in Rotherham. I was a really bad waitress and I ended up being demoted to chopping the potatoes and I even got fired from that.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 29 November 2025 source ↗

Kevin Pietersen English cricketer

Nappies aren’t fun!

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 June 2019 source ↗

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Question How would you sum yourself up in three words? Identity & self

Independent, curious and funny.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗

Question Which trait in yourself do you like least? Identity & self

I still say yes to too many things.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗

Question How would you describe what love feels like to you? Relationships

Like I would die for them in a nanosecond.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗

Question What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy? Time & hindsight

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 ↗

Question As a child, what career or life did you imagine for yourself? Identity & self

A fighter pilot.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗

Question What most recently moved you to tears? Identity & self

I genuinely can’t remember crying.

Recorded The Q&A, The Guardian, 21 March 2026 source ↗

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