“It really was hand-to-mouth and you can say, ’Poor little me, how dreadful, what a deprived childhood’, but I didn’t feel that way at all. It’s all about the attitude at home.Carol Vorderman
“My first marriage was totally unsuitable and shouldn’t have happened. It was a whirlwind, rebound thing. I was 23 or 24 - a baby.Carol Vorderman
“I have had stalkers over the years. The police deal with it but it is very scary. One man kept turning up where we filmed ’Countdown in Leeds ’ which was scary. It was sad as he’d been sectioned and thought I was talking to him through the TV.Carol Vorderman