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"
Ed Hall (television presenter) Ed Hall (television presenter) Ed Hall (born 16 March 1974) in Ascot, Berkshire is a British television presenter best known for being a co-presenter on BBC daytime television show "To Buy or Not to Buy". He began his broadcast career as a reporter for "The Sunday Show". He has also presented the Channel 4 paintball show "XFire" and acted as an interviewer for the first two series of "Techno Games". Hall has one film credit, a bit part (bus driver) in the 2006 British movie short "Tug of War". Hall is credited with writing material for two television shows, The