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− | [[Image:Richardwhiteley.jpg|right|frame|The late Richard "Twice Nightly" Whiteley.]]
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− | '''John Richard Whiteley''', known on [[Countdown]] as '''Richard Whiteley''' (28 December 1943 - 26 June 2005) was the [[presenter]] of Countdown from [[Episode 1|its inception]] in 1982 until his death in 2005. He was the first face on Channel 4 and, with over 10,000 television appearances, he accumulated more broadcast hours than anyone else in the history in British television. He became an OBE in 2004.
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− | Five more episodes, forming the final games of [[Series 53]], had been filmed before his death. Countdown was not broadcast on the 27th, but the rest of the episodes were shown later that week. His [[Episode 3959|last episode]] saw [[John Mayhew]] become series champion.
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− | He appeared as a contestant only once - in a Christmas special against [[Carol Vorderman]].
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− | Outside of Countdown, Richard started his television career as a newsreader and from 1982 to 1995, performed both as the Contdown host and as a Calendar Yorkshire TV newsreader. He gave up newsreading in 1995. Due to his links with Countdown, he appeared on ''Star Spell'' in 2005, a programme that tested celebrities on spelling, which he won. A biography of his life, ''Richard Whiteley: Television Man'' was released in 2003.
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− | ==See also==
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− | *[[Richard Whiteley Memorial Trophy]]
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− | [[Category:Presenters|Whiteley, Richard]]
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− | [[Category:Contestants|Whiteley, Richard]]
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