CAROL VORDERMAN: 'I've got nothing to apologise for'
Behold the second coming of Carol Vorderman. At 62, the TV brainbox who co-presented Countdown for 26 years is relaunching the career that she put into semi-retirement in her mid-50s.
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Behold the second coming of Carol Vorderman. At 62, the TV brainbox who co-presented Countdown for 26 years is relaunching the career that she put into semi-retirement in her mid-50s.
Reflecting on the positive influence her stepdad had on her younger years, Carol told her step-brother Arthur: "Gabriel's influence was like moving from a black and white world into one of technicolour." "I don't think until I got older I realised what an effect he had on my life," she continued. "He was so loud and always laughing. He could shout as well but you know I loved him? To me, he was my dad." The TV star reflected on her childhood on the new show She added: "I missed him when mum left him that final time, she said I wasn't allowed to come back, so I didn't because that was what sh...
READ MORE The BBC Radio Wales presenter said: “Gabriel’s influence was like moving from a black and white world into one of technicolour. “I don’t think until I got older I realised what an effect he had on my life... He affected my life forever.” Carol stepped back into the house she used to live and spoke to Gabriel’s son Arthur - her step brother - and his son Tino, Tino’s son Joel and Arthur’s wife Elaine. The mum-of-two said their dad was “loud and funny” and she “worshipped” him. Carol Vorderman visited her step father’s family in the latest instalment of Close...