Broadcasting legend Carol Vorderman is returning to Leeds to present Steph’s Packed Lunch on Wednesday, September 13.
Vorderman co-hosted Channel 4 teatime staple Countdown from the city for 26 years from its launch in 1982. She has also been a co-host of ITV’s Loose Women, a columnist for the Telegraph and The Mirror, and has since 2019 hosted a weekly show on BBC Radio Wales. She has also recently found a new vocation as the voice of the people on social media, and will be broadcasting live from Leeds Dock on Wednesday from midday to 2.10pm.
She will be joined on the show by Ryan Thomas and Sayeeda Warsi to discuss the day’s top stories, while Simon Rimmer will be cooking up a storm in the kitchen. There will also be lifestyle and consumer stories as well as celebrity guests, real-life features and the latest consumer news.
Vorderman said: “It will be 41 years to the month from when, at Yorkshire TV Studios in Leeds, I recorded my first ever TV show, the first ever Countdown, which became the first ever TV programme on Channel 4 back in 1982. I lived in Lucky Leeds for very many years and went there for about four months a year for 26 years altogether.
“Mum and I always called it Lucky Leeds and it holds only utter love and happy memories, so hosting Steph’s Packed Lunch will be a wonderful closing of a circle. To be back in Leeds, hosting a Channel 4 show, and then handing over to Countdown… just a joy. I just hope I don’t burst into tears remembering all those times with Richard Whiteley.”
Steph’s Packed Lunch airs live on Channel 4 every weekday from midday. Regular host Steph McGovern returns on Thursday 14th September.
The series is produced by Expectation and Can Can Productions. The executive producers are Rebecca Papworth for Can Can Productions and Ben Wicks for Expectation, and Vivek Sharma is executive editor. Jayne Stanger and Jane Handa are commissioning editors for Channel 4.
