Richard Whiteley and the Ferret - "She's playing with you"

[Philidor]

This made Richard Whiteley - RIP - a national treasure:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9xHEj3Gk4Q"]YouTube- TV Outtakes - Richard Whiteley and the Ferret[/ame]

[sospiro]

I was so sad when he died but carried on watching Countdown because of Carol. But then when she left, I haven't watched it since.

[Philidor]

Lovely article by Jo Brand (another national treasure):

I even remember Cathy [Hytner], which not many people do. She was the woman who put the letters and numbers out, while Carol Vorderman did the sums. I remember meeting her in a pub some years later. She was very drunk and we had quite a nice chat. She didn’t seem to be bitter about being ejected.

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[ImmortalBeloved]

Richard is also famous for being teased in regards to being 'twice nightly Whiteley'. His retort was 'Once yearly..nearly!' He was great.


My sister bought his biography not long after he passed away. It was delivered to my mum's house, but they were burgled before my sister could call in for the book. The police found the book hurled over a hedge! It was obviously not to the burglars' taste!