HISTORICAL FACTS: 6 - Caught on Camera

Carol Vorderman quits BBC radio show over new social media guidelines

The former Countdown star said that she's 'sad' to leave, but 'not prepared to lose my voice'

Evening Standard · Nov 8, 2023

Carol Vorderman forced to quit BBC show

CAROL Vorderman is to leave the BBC over the broadcaster's new social media guidelines.

The National (Scotland) · Nov 8, 2023

Wes Streeting is 'Wesley' to me, says Labour's Rachel Reeves

Labour MPs and a former Countdown presenter attended her book launch

Evening Standard · Oct 26, 2023

Steve Coogan and Carol Vorderman back Lib Dem calls for electoral reform

The celebrities are set to make appearances in video messages shown at the party conference in Bournemouth.

The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2023

Carol Vorderman on political campaigning: It’s fine if I lose TV jobs

The 62-year-old former Countdown star has ben involved in several rows with high-profile Government ministers.

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2023

Carol Vorderman reveals Tory MPs call her ‘Botoxed, pumped up... awful things’

The former Countdown star said she ignores the jibes as a ‘distraction’, but really she ‘should complain’

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2023

Carol Vorderman insists ‘special friends’ don’t visit her at home: ‘I’m not dumb!’

‘I’ve been through it all,’ says TV presenter

The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2023

Tory chairman calls for Carol Vorderman to apologise over ‘defamatory’ tweets

Vorderman is said to have deleted a number of tweets about Greg Hands and posted a new statement saying there was ‘no impropriety on his part’.

The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023

Carol Vorderman recalls crying because she thought her career was ‘over’ after 1998 TV appearance

Former ‘Countdown’ co-host appeared on the ‘first ever celebrity version’ of a reality show

The Independent UK · Sep 6, 2023

Carol Vorderman declines to say how many ‘special friends’ she has: ‘I’ve got enough’

The TV star is known for speaking candidly about dating multiple people

The Independent UK · Aug 22, 2023