RICHARD WHITELEY OBE 1943-2005


"The clock stopped too soon!" Carol Voderman.
Countdown never won any awards so they invented one.
It was awarded to the winner of "A joke only Richard could tell" in his penultimate show of Series 53.


Countdown gallery of stars. How many of the following do you recognise?

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HOW MANY DID YOU RECOGNISE?
row 1: Richard Whiteley, Carol Voderman, Mark Nyman, Michael Wylie.
row 2: Michael Goldman, Joyce Cansfield, Clive Spate, Harvey Freeman.
row 3: Allan Saldanha, Julian Hough, Phil Jordan, Stephen Balment.
row 4: Andrew Guy, David Elias, Philip Nelkon, Gareth Williams.
row 5: Jane McLeman, Stephen Deakin, Liz Barber, Greg Scott.
row 6: Ian Bebbington, Helen Grayson, Derek Coombs, David Trace.
row 7: Gino Corr, Michael Wareham, John Clark, Mandi Hale.
row 8: Nic Brown, Tony Vick, Russell Byers, Ash Haji.
row 9: Peter Evans, Robert Violett, Hilary Hopper, Kate Ogilvie.
row 10: John Ashmore, Darryl Francis, Tim Morrissey, Lawrence Pearse.
row 11: Andy Bodle, Clive Freedman, Don Reid, Darren Shacklady.
row 12: Nita Marr, Chris Rogers, Sandie Simonis, Yoga.
row 13: Julian Fell, Chris Wills, Mike Brown, Martin Gardner
row 14: John Davies, David Wilson, John Rawnsley, Geraldine Hylands.
row 15: Dick Green, Harshan Lamabadasuraya, Andrew Perry, Kenneth Michie.
row 16: Ben Wilson, Graham Nash, Robert Teuton, Chris Waddington.
row 17: Damian Eadie, Matthew Turner, Les Martin, Evan Simpson.
row 18: Kevin Nelson, Maurice Binks, Glynn Leaney, Terrence English.
row 19: Huw Morgan, Jim Bentley, Chris Cummins, Eamonn Timmins
row 20: Stewart Holden, Wayne Kelly, Stuart Earl, Jon Stitcher
row 21: Mark Tournoff, Paul Gallen, Jack Welsby, Stewart Barker
row 22: Anne Lyng, Jenny Haldane, Olivia Lloyd Potts, Vicky McCarthy
row 23: John Mayhew, John Brackstone, Tanmay Dixit, Jon O'Neill
row 24: Richard Heald, Caroline Ambrose, Karen Pearson, Fred Reynolds
row 25: Conor Travers, Jon Corby, Marie Hayden, Clive Johnson
row 26: Daniel Peake, Heather Culpin, Michael Bowden, Ross Allatt
row 27: Richard Samson, Catherine Clarke, Cathy Hytner, Della Thompson
row 28: Susie Dent, Tom O'Connor, Richard Stilgoe, Geoffrey Durham

Please note that these pictures are copyright of Channel 4 and Yorkshire Television except
those of Michael Goldman, Liz Barber, Harshan Lamabadasuraya, Huw Morgan,
Stewart Holden and Wayne Kelly.
I am sure that their use as a who's who of Countdown will not be objected to.

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