Countdown’s Rachel Riley shows off baby bump with daughter Maven and Strictly husband Pasha Kovalev

Pregnant Rachel Riley shows off her baby bump in a floral babydoll dress while out with daughter Maven, 18 months, and husband Pasha Kovalev By Gabriella Ferlita and Sarah Packer For Mailonline Published: 20:50 EDT, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 21:06 EDT, 2 August 2021 She’s getting ready to welcome her second child with husband … Read more

Countdown’s Susie Dent pictured for the first time since split from husband of 20 years Paul Atkins

Countdown star Susie Dent is pictured for the first time since splitting from her husband of 20 years Paul Atkins as she sports a casual ensemble while arriving for filming By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 13:28 BST, 13 July 2021 | Updated: 13:34 BST, 13 July 2021 Countdown star Susie Dent was seen for … Read more

Countdown’s Anne Robinson says she’d be sacked from The Weakest Link now because society is ‘woke’

Anne Robinson, who shot to global fame in the noughties as the glacial host of quiz show The Weakest Link, has revealed she thinks she would never get away with the things she used to say to contestants – because society is now too ‘woke’.  Former journalist Robinson, who made her debut as the new … Read more

Countdown’s Anne Robinson hits out at ‘woke’ culture and says she’s ‘past offending people’

Anne Robinson has furiously hit out at ‘woke’ culture and insists she ‘doesn’t want her language mangled,’ after a Countdown contestant stated she couldn’t use the term ‘foreigner.’ The veteran presenter, 76, who has taken over from Nick Hewer as the first ever female host of the Channel 4 game show, explained she doesn’t ‘want … Read more

Anne Robinson becomes the FIRST female presenter in Countdown’s 39 year history

Anne Robinson becomes the FIRST female presenter in Countdown’s 39 year history after being unveiled as new host of the long-running show By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 13:34 GMT, 15 February 2021 | Updated: 13:35 GMT, 15 February 2021 Anne Robinson has been confirmed as the first female presenter of Countdown after being named … Read more

Countdown’s Dictionary Corner wordsmith SUSIE DENT reveals her top 12 festive linguistic gems 

Some 28 years have passed since I took my seat, rigid with fear, in Countdown’s Dictionary Corner for the first time and waited for the TV cameras to turn to me. A newly fledged dictionary editor at Oxford University Press, I was a reluctant addition to the hit Channel 4 words and numbers game show, … Read more

Countdown’s Rachel Riley is left red-faced as FORESKIN comes out

Countdown’s Rachel Riley is left red-faced as contestant spells out FORESKIN and STONKER in latest hilarious Letters Round By Ciara Farmer For Mailonline Published: 09:39 GMT, 8 December 2020 | Updated: 09:41 GMT, 8 December 2020 Countdown stars, contestants and fans are often left tickled by some choice words during the letters round.  And once … Read more

Countdown’s Susie Dent reveals the oddest-named place she’s ever visited

Checking in… Countdown’s lexicographer Susie Dent reveals the oddest-named place she’s ever visited and why New York is her favourite foreign city By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 10:46 BST, 15 September 2020 | Updated: 10:47 BST, 15 September 2020 Countdown’s lexicographer Susie Dent checks into our travel Q&A This week Countdown’s lexicographer Susie … Read more