Carol Vorderman jokes that old Countdown set 'used to be c**p'
The brunette bombshell was the mathematical whizz on Countdown from 1982-2008.
Carol gained a huge cult following during her time on the show, which she headed up with the late Richard Whiteley.
Before being replaced by Rachel Riley and Nick Hewer in recent years, Carol revealed set-life wasn't quite as glamorous as one may think.
In her new book called It All Counts, Carol has shared all of the juicy gossip on one of the nation's favourite quiz shows.
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The 57-year-old revealed that due small production budgets, her and Richard had to deal with the most basic of materials.
She said: "Because no-one ever thought that Countdown would carry on for more than one or two series, [the old set] was a bit, well c**p." Carol continued: "The letters and numbers were cardboard cut-outs with magnetic strips on the back which stuck to other bits of magnetic strip on the letters board… "If you were lucky.".
On the legendary Countdown clock, Carol revealed that producers wanted to ensure that contestants had a full 60 seconds to formulate their answers, so ensured they had a timer which would countdown from one minute.
But as they played out the show's format in rehearsals, they realised that contestants wouldn't have enough time to complete all challenges within the 45-minute time slot.
Therefore, keen to stick to their budget, producers decided in a last-minute decision that they would force the old clock to run for 30 seconds, instead of replacing it with a new one.
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The Pride of Britain host continued: "We had a clock with the ability to time 60 seconds, with 60 lights to watch, but when the production team realised they wouldn't be able to squeeze enough 60-second rounds into a half-hour show, they couldn't afford to make a new 30-second clock.
"So the original cheap 60-second clock had to remain - even though only half of it was ever used." But thankfully for producers, Carol always managed to succeed in bringing glamour to the programme! .
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