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John Richard Whiteley OBE DL (28 December 1943 – 26 June 2005) was an English presenter, and journalist, best known for his twenty-three years as host of the game show Countdown. Countdown was the launch programme for Channel 4 at 4:45 pm on 2 November 1982, and Whiteley was the first person to be seen on the channel (not counting a programme montage). Despite his intelligence, Whiteley enjoyed projecting the image of an absent-minded eccentric. His trademarks were his jolly, avuncular manner, fondness for puns, and his bold, sometimes garish wardrobe.

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  • Richard Whiteley OBE DL , de son vrai nom John Richard Whiteley (né le 28 décembre 1943 à Bradford - décédé le 26 juin 2005 à Leeds) était un présentateur de télévision britannique. Il était l'un des deux présentateurs principaux de l'émission Countdown pendant 23 ans, avec Carol Vorderman. Il était d'abord présentateur de nouvelles sur ITV et avait sa propre émission Twice Nightly Whiteley. Avec toutes ses émissions, il détient le record pour le plus grand nombre d'apparitions et d'heures à la télé au Royaume-Uni – soit plus de 10 000 émissions. Il est mort en 2005 à cause d'une septicémie qui a provoqué une endocardite. (fr)
  • John Richard Whiteley OBE DL (28 December 1943 – 26 June 2005) was an English presenter, and journalist, best known for his twenty-three years as host of the game show Countdown. Countdown was the launch programme for Channel 4 at 4:45 pm on 2 November 1982, and Whiteley was the first person to be seen on the channel (not counting a programme montage). Despite his intelligence, Whiteley enjoyed projecting the image of an absent-minded eccentric. His trademarks were his jolly, avuncular manner, fondness for puns, and his bold, sometimes garish wardrobe. Thanks to over twenty years' worth of nightly instalments of Countdown as well as his work on the Yorkshire magazine programme Calendar and various other television projects, at the time of his death Whiteley was believed to have clocked more hours on British television screens—and more than 10,000 appearances—than anyone else alive, apart from Carole Hersee, the young girl who appeared on the BBC's Test Card F. (en)
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  • Richard Whiteley OBE DL , de son vrai nom John Richard Whiteley (né le 28 décembre 1943 à Bradford - décédé le 26 juin 2005 à Leeds) était un présentateur de télévision britannique. Il était l'un des deux présentateurs principaux de l'émission Countdown pendant 23 ans, avec Carol Vorderman. Il était d'abord présentateur de nouvelles sur ITV et avait sa propre émission Twice Nightly Whiteley. Avec toutes ses émissions, il détient le record pour le plus grand nombre d'apparitions et d'heures à la télé au Royaume-Uni – soit plus de 10 000 émissions. Il est mort en 2005 à cause d'une septicémie qui a provoqué une endocardite. (fr)
  • John Richard Whiteley OBE DL (28 December 1943 – 26 June 2005) was an English presenter, and journalist, best known for his twenty-three years as host of the game show Countdown. Countdown was the launch programme for Channel 4 at 4:45 pm on 2 November 1982, and Whiteley was the first person to be seen on the channel (not counting a programme montage). Despite his intelligence, Whiteley enjoyed projecting the image of an absent-minded eccentric. His trademarks were his jolly, avuncular manner, fondness for puns, and his bold, sometimes garish wardrobe. (en)
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