[Andrew]

Think it was ITV execs rather than C4 execs who forced Carol out of Countdown too.

I thought Channel 4 cut the budget for the show so wanted to reduce her salary by 90%that 

Paying her the sort of salary a co-presenter/assistant or however you’d describe her role woul get, rather than the ‘big TV star who was on every other programme going’ salary that she was probably on at that point

But regardless of that, I’m not entirely sure what a load of disconnected events over many decades involving completely different people has anything to do with anything, it’s like what the tabloids do.