Countdown (game show) 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"
Brian Dowling (presenter) the show. Since 2014, Dowling has presented the TV3 game show "Sitting on a Fortune" in Ireland. Dowling has appeared in popular Irish Christmas pantomimes, at Dublin's Tivoli Theatre. In December 2008 – January 2009, he starred as the evil Captain Hook in Anthem Productions' presentation of "Peter Pan". Since then, Dowling has had the new character "Bridie" created for him, appearing in 2009's "Cinderella" and 2010's "Beauty and the Beast". Brian Dowling (presenter) Brian Patrick Robert Dowling (born 13 June 1978) is an Irish television presenter and former reality television contestant who rose to fame after being crowned the