Countdown (game show) television continuously since 1965. "Countdown" was initially recorded at The Leeds Studios for 27 years, before moving to Manchester-based Granada Studios in 2009. Following the development of MediaCityUK, Countdown moved again in 2013 to the new purpose build studios at Dock10, Greater Manchester. The programme was presented by Richard Whiteley for over 20 years, until his sudden death in June 2005. It was then presented by Des Lynam until the end of 2006, Des O'Connor until the end of 2008, and Jeff Stelling until the end of 2011; Nick Hewer has presented the show since 2012. Carol Vorderman, the show's
Karen Roberts (television presenter) Karen Roberts (television presenter) Karen Roberts is a British-born television presenter. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Roberts was an in-vision continuity announcer and newsreader for Border Television in Carlisle. By 2002, she had joined the now defunct ITN News Channel (latterly "ITV News Channel") as a presenter and was also a regular anchor of the ITV Morning News on ITV1. Roberts also freelanced as an overnight shift presenter for Sky News. Formerly worked for RTTV in Moscow, Russia from 2005-2010. She then worked and presented on CCTV News in Beijing, China from 2010 to 2012. As of 2012,