Top five former truckers #3: Chris Tarrant

Commercial Motor
December 22, 2009

Sam Walters unearths five famous figures who - incomprehensibly - found something better to do than drive a truck.


3 Chris Tarrant

Chris Tarrant did various jobs, among them long-distance lorry driver, before becoming a trivia mogul. He also worked as a teacher for six months, during which time he lived in a Mini-van on the school grounds and had his post delivered to the front passenger window.

He went on to present Tiswas, the kids' Saturday morning TV show that also featured Lenny Henry. Later he presented Man O Man, in which he got to shove men into a swimming pool, but perhaps most famously he asks people 'is that your final answer?' on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

Despite his quiz-show prowess, Tarrant was ranked number 99 on BBC3's The Most Annoying People of the Year 2007. What a shame he left his trucking roots behind.

Image: Ken McKay/ Rex Features

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