"Stelling was confirmed as the new host, with Oxford graduate Rachel Riley in the Vorderman role. It was announced on 24 May 2011 that Stelling would be leaving the programme, and he presented his final show on 16 December 2011. On 16 November 2011, it was announced that Nick Hewer would be taking over as host, with his first show broadcast on 9 January 2012. ""Countdown"" quickly established cult status within British television – an image which it maintains today, despite numerous changes of rules and personnel. The programme's audience comprises mainly students, homemakers and pensioners, owing to the ""teatime"""
"new host of the Channel 4 game show ""Countdown"" following the departure of Des O'Connor. He had reportedly also been approached for the role following the death of long-time host Richard Whiteley, but the role was given to former fellow sports presenter Des Lynam instead. Stelling began recording ""Countdown"" in December 2008, with the show's new assistant Rachel Riley, and started broadcasting in January 2009. He also appears during an episode of ""The IT Crowd"" in the same role. However, it was announced on 25 May 2011 that Stelling would be stepping down as presenter of ""Countdown"" at the end"
"presenter vacated by the recently deceased Richard Whiteley. Vorderman declined, and a search for a new presenter began while the show went into a four-month hiatus. In October 2005, Des Lynam replaced Whiteley and co-hosted with Vorderman. In January 2007 Des O'Connor replaced Lynam; Vorderman continued to co-host the show. On 25 July 2008, after 26 unbroken years with the show, it was announced that Vorderman was stepping down from ""Countdown"". She later said she had resigned after failing to agree terms with Channel 4 for a new contract, and it was reported that she had been asked to take"
"countdown accompanied by comets launched from jet skis before midnight. The show's budget has increased from $6.3 million to $6.6 million. Kylie Minogue was appointed as creative ambassador for the 2012 celebrations. Kylie worked alongside samplify to create the soundtrack including an exclusive remix created for the finale. On NYE 2013, fireworks launched from the Opera House celebrating its 40th anniversary in the midnight fireworks and once again, city buildings were removed from the 9 pm and midnight fireworks. The bridge effect was also twice as big than previous years and used new LED technology. Reg Mombassa was creative ambassador"
"an exact solution in the numbers rounds if the contestants are unable to do so. Riley's appointment to ""Countdown"" was announced at the same time as the announcement of a new main host, Jeff Stelling, replacing Des O'Connor; the duo of Stelling and Riley were in place for the new series beginning in January 2009. Although she had no ambition to be a television presenter, she was encouraged to apply by her mother, and decided to do so because she was interested in the numbers part of the game. Having beaten 1,000 applicants for the role, she commented, ""There's only"
"Carol Vorderman Carol Jean Vorderman, (born 24 December 1960) is a British media personality, best known for co-hosting the popular game show ""Countdown"" for 26 years from 1982 until 2008, publishing newspaper columns on internet topics, writing books on subjects ranging from school textbooks on mathematics to a #1 best-selling book on Detox diets, advocating for numerous charities, and hosting the Pride of Britain awards each year to honour British people who have acted bravely or extraordinarily in challenging situations. Vorderman's career began in 1982 when she joined Channel 4 game show ""Countdown"". She appeared on the show most recently"
"on BBC One. On 18 December 2014, Hewer revealed that he had decided to leave the show after the tenth series, believing it to be ""the appropriate time"". On 9 January 2012, Hewer became the new host of the Channel 4 game show ""Countdown"" taking over from Sports presenter Jeff Stelling. In July 2012, Hewer presented a four-part series on BBC Two called ""The Farm Fixer"", where he assisted farmers in Northern Ireland in diversifying. Hewer also presented two BBC One series ""The Town that Never Retired"" and ""We All Pay Your Benefits"" with Margaret Mountford. On 28 August 2013,"
"revealed he had refused the job. Anthea Turner, Ulrika Jonsson, and Myleene Klass were all linked with Vorderman's job; however, Channel 4 then began to search for a previously unknown male or female arithmetician with ""charm and charisma"". Eventually, on 21 November 2008, after O'Connor and Vorderman had finished filming, it was confirmed that Stelling and Oxford maths graduate Rachel Riley would join the show, with Susie Dent continuing as resident lexicographer. ""Countdown"" has occupied a tea-time broadcast slot since its inception. Currently an episode lasts around 45 minutes including advertising breaks. During the normal series, the winner of each"
"Nick Hewer Nicholas Radbourn Hewer (born 17 February 1944) is an English television presenter and former public relations consultant. From 2005 to 2014, he appeared as Lord Sugar's adviser on the British television series ""The Apprentice"". Since January 2012, he has presented the Channel 4 programme ""Countdown"" with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent, having taken over from Jeff Stelling. He is the fifth presenter of ""Countdown"" and the longest-serving one since the death of the original host, Richard Whiteley, in 2005. Hewer was born in Swindon on 17 February 1944. His mother was Mary Patricia Hewer (née Jamison; 1918 -"
"confirmed that they were to depart from the programme in the New Year, however they left the show on Monday 5 December 2011 stating that ""we were assured we could go with our dignity intact."" Dan Lobb and Kate Garraway took over on an interim basis until new presenters were announced. On 8 December 2011, ITV chief executive Adam Crozier defended the decision of hiring Chiles and Bleakley, saying it was necessary to ""take a risk"". On 4 May 2012, Aled Jones and Lorraine Kelly were confirmed by ITV as the new permanent presenters, Jones said ""I am thoroughly looking"
"was launched as ""Hot30 Countdown TV"", airing Saturdays from 10am to 12noon and Sundays at 9am to 12noon. On 31 January 2012 Garrett revealed on the show that she was leaving on 10 February and it was announced on Friday 9 March that Mel Greig (of ""Amazing Race Australia"") would be the replacement co-host. In November Acton announced that he was leaving the show to work at Sea FM on the Gold Coast, Queensland with Fox FM morning presenter, Mike Christian (MC) replacing Acton in early December. On 6 December 2012, the day after the then pregnant Catherine, Duchess of"
"a cut of 90% from her previous salary, estimated as £900,000. She had considered leaving the show when the show's original host Richard Whiteley died in 2005, but remained on the show when Lynam took over, and until 2008 when his eventual replacement O'Connor announced he was also to step down as the show's host. Vorderman and O'Connor both left the show in December 2008. Vorderman recorded her last ""Countdown"" show on 13 November 2008 which was broadcast on 12 December 2008. Both her children were in the audience, together with many of the previous guests from ""Dictionary Corner"". After"
"meaning the best politics is the better idea. And, we cannot restrict ourselves in the political dialogue to sourcing ideas from the politicians and pundits."" Originally, Newsom asked Current TV if they would let him use their equipment to do a YouTube channel; they rejected that request, with a proposal instead that he do his show on their network. The show was a replacement for ""Countdown with Keith Olbermann"" and premiered on May 18, 2012, with guests Lance Armstrong, Marissa Mayer, and Nick Bilton. On January 2nd, 2013 it was announced that the show was going off the air. According"
"would succeed Lynam as host. Lynam's final show as ""Countdown"" presenter was broadcast on 22 December 2006. O'Connor first presented Countdown on 2 January 2007. The other studio mainstay is Dictionary Corner, which houses a lexicographer and that week's celebrity guest (referred to as ""GoD"" or ""Guardian of the Dictionaries""). Initially farmer and broadcaster Ted Moult was on hand for verification. The role of the lexicographer is to verify the words offered by the contestants (see ""Letters round rules"") and point out any longer or otherwise interesting words available. The lexicographer is aided in finding these words by the show's"
"regularly during the final segment of the show; notable appearances have included George Carlin, Lewis Black, Mo Rocca, and John Cleese. Countdown with Keith Olbermann Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight news and political commentary program hosted by Keith Olbermann that aired on MSNBC from 2003–2011 and Current TV from 2011–2012. The show presented five selected news stories of the day, with commentary by Olbermann and interviews of guests. At the start of ""Countdown"", Olbermann told television columnist Lisa de Moraes: Our charge for the immediate future is to stay out of the way of the news... News"
"2012; the remainder of the series' run was either unhosted or had guest hosts. The final episode under the original ""Top 20 Countdown"" format aired on December 28, 2012 with the next week's countdown on January 5, 2013 launching under the new title ""CMT Hot 20 Countdown"". The new format has a studio audience element along with live performances, and is completely determined by fan voting and CMT management choices rather than any recording chart metrics. Honorable Mentions: Top 20 Countdown Top 20 Countdown is a former chart countdown program on CMT revolving around popular country music videos. Hosted by"
"Holly Willoughby Holly Marie Baldwin (née Willoughby; born 10 February 1981) is an English television presenter. She is currently the co-presenter of ""This Morning"" (2009–present) and ""Dancing on Ice"" (2006–2011, 2018–present) alongside Phillip Schofield. Since 2008, Willoughby has been a team captain on ITV2's ""Celebrity Juice"" alongside Fearne Cotton. From 2012 to 2015, she presented the revived television series ""Surprise Surprise"", replacing original presenter Cilla Black. Other TV work includes BBC's ""The Voice UK"" (2012–2013), ""Play to the Whistle"" (2015–2017) and ""The Xtra Factor"" (2008–2009). In November 2018, Willoughby co-presented the eighteenth series of ""I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of"
"who had previously anchored ""The Rundown"" since its 31 March 2014 debut, replaced Sri Jegarajah as anchor after the latter was elevated to CNBC Asia's Senior Correspondent. On 3 July 2017, Nancy Hungerford, who was previously a correspondent and relief anchor in CNBC Europe, joined CNBC Asia and rejoined the programme as an anchor, replacing Chiou. From 30 October 2017 until the end of March 2018, when Europe was not on DST, the show was expanded to two hours, starting at 5am CET. This was the first time that live programming had been broadcast during this hour as previously the"
"as part of its 30th anniversary celebrations. Amongst the programmes that were chosen to be merged for the evening of specials, production teams on ""Countdown"" and ""8 Out of 10 Cats"" agreed to merge the two formats of their respective programmes together - the crossover between the two formats meant that ""Countdown""s arrangement of games would be interspersed with ""8 Out of 10 Cats""-style banter. As part of the merger, both Rachel Riley and Susie Dent assumed their roles from the programme, while Jimmy Carr took on the mantle of host, with both Sean Lock and Jon Richardson competing as"
"following the merger of North/South editions. Her colleague Christine Talbot took leave from co-presenting ""Calendar"" in January 2012, with Barnes acting as her fill-in for the remainder of the year; from January 2013 she was a news correspondent. In late 2014, Barnes replaced Kate Walby as the Friday female co-presenter, and as presenting the bulletins during Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday's, also as a relief presenter/newsreader when Talbot is absent. Gaynor also presented the now-defunct magazine programme ""Tonight"" (between 1996 and 2000) and was the out-of-vision co-host for the 1997 ""Challenge TV"" remake of ""Winner Takes All""."
"that former Channel 4 News presenter Samira Ahmed would be hosting the third series when it returned in June 2012. Ahmed has continued to present the fourth series. On 4 November 2012, Kate Silverton covered Samira Ahmed's presenting duties during an absence. On 4 August 2013, Sally Magnusson stood in for Ahmed when she was again indisposed, and on 27 October 2013 Katie Derham covered. In June 2014 former BBC Breakfast presenter Sian Williams was confirmed as presenter for the next series. In November 2015, Sian Williams announced that she was leaving the BBC to replace Emma Crosby on ""5"
"Steele will be replacing Michael Wilbon as host, ending Wilbon's 8-year run on Countdown. Magic Johnson and Michael Wilbon are slated to return to the program in January 2017 to join Sage Steele for pregame coverage for the ""NBA Saturday Primetime on ABC"" series. With the 2017 playoffs looming, ESPN replaced Sage Steele with Michelle Beadle as the host of NBA Countdown on ABC and ESPN. Beadle joined NBA Countdown at the start of the 2016-2017 season, and has led ESPN’s regular Wednesday and Friday episodes. Beadle has been named the full time host and will lead Disney’s NBA pre-game"
"in November 1982, and bought the newly renamed ""Countdown"" on the strength of this additional episode. ""Countdown"" was the first programme to be broadcast on the new channel. Channel 4 originally planned a parallel ""Junior Countdown"" in which the contestants were children. The pilot episode was filmed on 26 November 1982, less than a month after the first adult version was broadcast. The presenter was Gyles Brandreth, with Ted Moult in Dictionary Corner. The format mirrored that of the adult version. No further episodes were filmed, and the pilot episode was never broadcast. Brandreth, speaking on ""Countdown"" in November 2012,"
"21 February 2012. This series increased the number of contestants from 12 to 16, and the number of episodes from 12-13 to 16-17. The winner was Chelsea Winter, who beat Ana Schwarz 77 points to 72. The fourth series premiered on 21 February 2013, with chefs Simon Gault, Ray McVinnie, Josh Emett again acting as the series judges. The fifth series premiered on 2 February 2014, with chefs Simon Gault, Ray McVinnie, Josh Emett again acting as the series judges. Unlike previous series, competitors competed in duos. The sixth series premiered on 26 July 2015 on TV3, with Al Brown"
"quoted by ""Onet.pl"". Finally, Kuźniar was present at the pre-audition in Warsaw on 14 January 2011, which suggested that previous rumours were true. On 21 November 2012 it was announced that Kuźniar would not be back to present the series due to personal reasons and his commitments to TVN24. On 13 December 2012, Patricia Kazadi was confirmed as the new presenter. It was reported that Marcin Prokop, Szymon Majewski and Agnieszka Szulim had also been in running for the role. In each series, each judge is allocated a category to mentor and chooses three acts to progress to the live"
"on 16 May 2012, his programme for BBC radio stations in the South and South West were replaced by a new cross-England show on all BBC local stations. As of early 2013, Roger Day has a weekly show on BBC Radio Kent taking over Dave Cash's classic countdown show in 2017 featuring the charts of 1960 til 1979. He presents a daily show on the Internet plus, and a weekday show on Delux Radio. Day was nominated for Radio Show of the Year for the Music Week 2012 Awards alongside Chris Evans, Steve Lamacq, Mistajam and Ronnie Wood. The winner"
"who would like to become a game show hostess. Unlike almost any other game show hostess of the time, however, the advertisement also made it clear that the applicants' appearance would be less important than their talent as a mathematician. Gradually the tasks performed by the extra presenters were taken over by Carol Vorderman, whose role within the show essentially became that of co-presenter. Whiteley fell ill with septicaemia in 2005, and as a result he was no longer able to record ""Countdown"". Although Whiteley made a slow recovery from his illness, he died on 26 June 2005, after a"
"Countdown with Keith Olbermann Countdown with Keith Olbermann is an hour-long weeknight news and political commentary program hosted by Keith Olbermann that aired on MSNBC from 2003–2011 and Current TV from 2011–2012. The show presented five selected news stories of the day, with commentary by Olbermann and interviews of guests. At the start of ""Countdown"", Olbermann told television columnist Lisa de Moraes: Our charge for the immediate future is to stay out of the way of the news... News is the news. We will not be screwing around with it... As times improve and the war [in Iraq] ends we"
"Solomon, Martine McCutcheon, Lisa Riley and Anne Diamond joined during the series. Jamelia was axed from the show and Vicky Pattison didn't return for the start of the series, while June Sarpong didn't return following the show's Christmas/New Year break. Christine Lampard began serving as a presenter from late January 2017 after guest presenting a few episodes in December 2016 and early January 2017 due to the positive feedback by the viewers. Regular panellist Coleen Nolan made her 1,000th appearance on the panel on 5 December 2016. Series 22 began airing on ITV on 4 September 2017 with Ruth Langsford,"
"and Christine Bleakley. The main show aired on Christmas Eve (24 December 2011) with Ant & Dec and Holly Willoughby as presenters. The 2012 telethon aired live on 21 December 2012. The first hour of the telethon was hosted by Ant & Dec, the second by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and the third by Christine Bleakley and Paddy McGuinness, all from The London Studios. The 2013 telethon aired live on 20 December 2013. The first hour of the telethon was hosted by Ant & Dec, the second by Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and the third and final hour"
"June 2009. In November 2009, it was announced that Lance would leave CMT and the Top 20 Countdown at the end of the year and return to acting. On August 6, 2012, Lance joined the program, ""The Daily Buzz"", alongside actor Charles Divins; veteran TV anchor Lisa Spooner; and radio personality Jessica Reyes, replacing Andy Campbell, Mitch English, and Kia Malone, thus being the new on-air team. Original co-host Andrea Jackson remains with the program, though now serves as a technology expert and correspondent for the GalTime feature segments. In July 2015, the Studio 18 Podcast launched with Smith as"
"a total of 15 years presenting the programme, Robinson left the programme to focus on her commitments to assisting with the production of BBC's ""Britain's Spending Secrets"". Her departure led to Raworth replacing her as the new host, with Michelle Ackerley joining alongside her, Collins and Allright. On 22 June 2016, Hollins announced his decision to step down as co-host, whereupon after his departure, Allright was reassigned as one of the main presenters alongside Raworth, while Ackerly was demoted to being a co-presenter, with Nikki Fox and Steph McGovern being added to the lineup, with the show being moved to"
"broadcast slot and inclusive appeal of its format and presentation. ""Countdown"" has been one of Channel 4's most-watched programmes for over twenty years, but has never won a major television award. When Des Lynam became the new presenter after Whiteley's death in 2005, the show regularly drew an average 1.7 million viewers every day—which was around half a million more than in the last few years of Richard Whiteley presenting—and the Series 54 final, on 26 May 2006, attracted 2.5 million viewers. From 3–4 million viewers had watched the show daily in its previous 16:15 slot. The drop in viewers"