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"
Jonathan Gould (presenter) Jonathan Gould (presenter) Jonathan Gould (born 1961 in Kenya) is a British television presenter who was the host of the UK baseball show MLB on Five from 1997 until it was cancelled in 2008. In 2010, he presented a similar show on radio for BBC Radio 5 Live. He has been closely associated with charity fundraising events in the UK. In January 2018, while hosting an auction for the President Club in London, he was quoted as welcoming people to "the most un-PC event of the year" by journalists working for the widely respected Financial Times. It was widely reported