Hosted by Gavin and Stacey’s Rob Brydon and featuring team captains David Mitchell and Lee Mack, Would I Lie to You? is the comedy panel show that reveals a profusion of unbelievable truths and very believable lies.
Would I Lie To You?, the razor-sharp series packed with unbelievable truths and believable lies is back with a new face at the helm – comedian and Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydon.
Team captains David Mitchell (Peep Show, That Mitchell and Webb Look) and Lee Mack (Not Going Out) return to head up two teams of well-known celebrity faces.
Former Countdown brainiac Carol Vorderman has revealed that she will be writing a book about her experiences on the Channel 4 quiz show.
Carol will reveal all about the circumstances leading up to her departure from the show and the demand that she take a 90% pay cut or leave.
Carol told The Sun:
“I’ve never considered writing my autobiography before, probably because, by the yardstick of today, I am a very private person.
Carol Vorderman yesterday filmed her final appearance on the show in which she’s starred for 26 years.
She couldn’t hold back the tears as she filmed the last of more than 4,750 episodes of the Channel 4 show.
She choked back her emotions and told the Daily Mirrior, “I know that not having Countdown will leave a massive hole in my life and that is so sad.”
Carol, 47, quit after a row over her pay in which Countdown bosses told her she must accept a 90% cut in her reported £1.2 million-a-year contract.
In a special compilation of clips to mark her career with Coundown, Carol was “reunited” with late host Richard Whiteley as clips of the two were played.
They are the seemingly simple questions that have become a staple of the popular pub quiz, but for the first time, a new research study has pinpointed the top ten frequently asked general knowledge questions that leave Brits baffled.
The research, which was specially commissioned to launch digital channel Dave’s new website, asked 3,000 adult respondents from across the UK to answer 20 of the most common posed pub quiz questions.
We brought you the news yesterday, that Carol Vorderman was leaving Channel 4 game show, Countdown after 26 years of loyal service.
At first it was thought that Carol was quitting because Des O’Connor was leaving the show and she couldn’t bear the thought of bonding with another presenter. However, Carol has spoken out today and claimed that she was actually forced out of her job by Channel 4 bosses.
Carol’s agent, John Miles has revealed that Carol was told she could take a 90% pay cut or get out, and given only 48 hours to decide. She then offered to take a 33% budget cut being imposed on the show by ITV Productions, which makes Countdown for Channel 4. But this wasn’t good enough, she was told that the show had survived Richard Whiteley’s death and could easily survive her.
Carols agent stated: “I was stunned that my client’s 26 loyal years were discarded in such a cavalier manner,” he said.
“Having said that, Carol has never claimed she is indispensable.” Read more & comment »
Carol Vorderman has announced that she intends to leave Channel 4 game show, Countdown after 26 years.
The shows current host, Des O’Connor announced his intention to leave on Wednesday of this week and it is said that Carol can’t bear the thought of bonding with another presenter.
The network’s director of television Kevin Lygo said he was “extremely sorry to see Carol leave”.
“She was the first woman on Channel 4 and has made an enormous contribution to the success of Countdown over the last 25 years,” he said.
“We hope to work with her again on other projects.”
Vorderman’s manager, John Miles said: He said: “Countdown has been such a huge part of her life for so long.
“Carol wants to thank all of the crew, the thousands of contestants who have played the game and the millions of Countdown viewers, for whom she has the greatest respect.
“She is extremely sad.”
Another Countdown regular, lexicographer Susie Dent, said the news was “devastating” for the show.
“It’s the end of an era for Countdown, and it’s the end of an era for me – Carol has been my colleague, my mentor, and my friend for over 15 years,” she added.
“She and Richard together made one of the strongest and enduring shows television has ever seen, and also built one of the closest teams.”
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