CAROL VORDERMAN presented Countdown for 26 years from 1982 until 2008 and whilst hosting BBC Radio Wales on Sunday, the star recalled a “horrendous” prank which took place on the Channel 4 programme.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vorderman was forced to read some politically-charged statements, but the autocue script also took several digs at her tenure as ...