Richard Whiteley

From ITN in 1967, Richard moved North to Leeds for the launch of Calendar and Yorkshire Television in July 1968. Richard went on to launch Countdown on the first day of Channel 4 in November 1982. He became known as Twice Nightly Whiteley as a result of fronting both programmes. He eventually left Calendar to concentrate on Countdown, where he remains to this day. Sadly Richard passed away on 26th June 2005 following Heart surgery.