RIP: Richard Whiteley

[monkeyville]

True TV legend

[dazedhorizon]

He was one of the few TV celebs that I actually liked, and seemed like a genuine guy.

Sad news.

indeed rip richard

[DeludedGuy]

RIP, I wont be forgetting his smile and laugh anytime soon, always liked his corny jokes.

[Knoxville]

That man was a Don amongst t.v presenters

RIP

[Lee H]

Another Legend has gone

[Twigman]

First face to appear on Channel 4 iirc...
Very sad
RIP

[DeludedGuy]

Any chance you can give me a copy of that pyle? Looks good

[Xaneden]

I doubt Countdown will continue, it really would lose popularity without him and that slightly mellow air about it. Damn shame about him, damn shame.

[iranu]

Private Pyle that takes the fun out of it surely.

btw I got absolute in about 0.00003 secs.

[Daymonkey]

omg, real shame that, he always used to keep me entertained in the early hours of a all nighter.

[Elspuddy]

RIP: Richard Whiteley, you will be miss by lots of people

[EvilMunky]

unfortunately the crap jokes have started already.

A legend he was

[iranu]

unfortunately the crap jokes have started already.

A legend he was

Yep and I expect Dickie is laughing at every one of 'em.

Hey PrivatePyle the sudoko prog is real nice, that's a big craze over hear atm. Sorry to bifurcate the thread, but can you use that prog to solve sudoku given x numbers in the grid to start with?

Back on topic. T'was a real shame and a bit of a shock to hear of that he had gone. The countdown site has had 65,000 messages of condolency. He'll go down in British TV history and I hope they show the last Countdowns in the recorded series as a tribute.

[TiG]

RIP - many an afternoon have i watched Countdown. A big loss.

TiG

[iMc]

"A veteran TV journalist, he was once savaged, live and on-air, by a ferret." -
BBC

RIP