News about Nick Hewer

Ex-host Anne Robinson is compared by Countdown actress Rachel Riley to a 'headmistress.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, June 14, 2023
During her 13-month tenure on Channel 4, the maths wizard compelled Anne, who was accused of disliking the veteran host's insistence on having her own make-up team and dressing room. Anne, the show's first female host after taking over from Nick Hewer in June 2021, resigned in July to spend more time with her grandchildren, but she claimed she barely spoke to Rachel and co-star Susie Dent off-camera. Rachel, a'massive geek,' says the show has changed direction after Anne's departure, which is more to her liking.

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS: How the boffin and the barrow boy paved the way to our future

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 8, 2022
Made in the 1980s by CHRISTOPHER STEVENS. The Decade That Changed Our World (C4) reimagined the days when the future appeared in the shop window and most of us were unable to recognize it. Alan Sugar saw the opportunity and formed a Sinclair company to produce a low-cost home computer. Nick Hewer, the company's former PR man, chuckled over a video of Sinclair and Sugar, one bald with a ginger beard, one with a mass of dark curls, and a Florida tan.

Susie Dent, a former countdown veteran, has been reevaluating life after her 20-year marriage break

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 16, 2022
Susie Dent (pictured) says she appears to be asexual and invisible at the age of 57. Paul Atkins, a schoolteacher, and the English author, split last year. She says that dating is not on her radar at the moment and doesn't feel pressure

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: In his I'm A Celebrity appearance, Mike Tindall will not be joined by Nick Hewer

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 13, 2022
RICHARD EDEN: Mike Tindall is expected to be a member of I'm A Celebrity. The following is a summary of the events: . Get Me Out of Here! But former Countdown host Nick Hewer will not be included in any bushtucker trials in the jungle. 'Not a chance,' Hewer, 78, tells me. 'Eat odd things?Why would you do that? There is a price for personal integrity. I can't believe it.' Hewer, Lord Sugar's right-hand man on The Apprentice, has ruled out Strictly Come Dancing as well. 'They tried to get me involved about two years ago, but I declined,' he confesses. I told them I'd be a big disappointment.' In bright yellow, no one is stitching me into a satin shirt.'

Tom Stevenson, a countdown contestant, sets the highest ever score in history

www.dailymail.co.uk, October 2, 2022
On Thursday's episode of the famous Channel 4 quiz, Tom Stevenson, a third-year English, media, and culture undergraduate at the University of Worcestershire, scored 154 points, two points higher than the previous highest score. The 21-year-old told The Sunday Times that he wanted to attend the competition because he didn't want disappointing A-level results to 'define him.' (Pictured: Tom Stevenson on Countdown after recording the show's highest ever score)

Colin Murray, the countdown announces that he will continue his duties as a host

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 29, 2022
After a brief appearance on the teatime quiz show, Murray, 45, has been named as the new permanent host of Countdown. In a Mayan interview with The Times, the Northern Irish broadcaster has already announced himself in Susie Dent's 'inner circle,' including a month after making a homophobic remark about Clare Balding. (Pictured from left: Colin Murray at the V Festival in 2004, he is presenting Countdown this summer. Inset: with Noel Gallagher in 2006)