Charles Collingwood

male
actor, Countdown, Look and Read, The Dark Crystal actor, Mathshow, born in St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
Charles Collingwood is the voice of Brian Aldridge in The Archers on BBC Radio 4. Was a 'victim' of BBC TV's "This Is Your Life" (1955) in a...

Philip Joe Franks

male
actor, Countdown, heartbeat, The Darling Buds of May, born in London, England, UK
Philip is the only child of an RAF pilot called David Franks and a mother - Alison Franks. Philip attended many different schools including The...

Brian Johnston

male
Television presenter, actor, Countdown, Johnners, died from heart attack
Cricket commentator who joined the BBC in January 1946 and continued commentating on television until 1972 and on radio until his death in 1994.

Barry Leslie Norman

male
Television presenter, writer, actor, Countdown, born in London, England, UK
Son of director/producer Leslie Norman. Awarded CBE for services to broadcasting. One-time writer of "Flook" strip cartoon in 'The Daily Mail'. The...

Tom O'Connor

male
actor, Countdown, doctors, born in Bootle, Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK, A Question of Entertainment
A former schoolteacher, he once taught at the same school as the father of Anne Robinson of "The Weakest Link" fame

Thelma Barlow

female
coronation street, Countdown, actress, Dinnerladies
Has two sons, Clive and James

Sally James

female
Countdown, actress, Never Too Young to Rock actress
Has three sons from her marriage to Mike Smith. All but gave up TV in 1981 to bring up her first son. Owns & runs her own business, Unismart, which...

Henry Blofeld

male
Countdown, Blowers, born in Norfolk, England, UK
Awarded an OBE in 2003. Cricket historian and commentator.