Nick Hewer Nick Hewer Nicholas Radbourn Hewer (born 17 February 1944) is an English television presenter and former public relations consultant. From 2005 to 2014, he appeared as Lord Sugar's adviser on the British television series "The Apprentice". Since January 2012, he has presented the Channel 4 programme "Countdown" with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent, having taken over from Jeff Stelling. He is the fifth presenter of "Countdown" and the longest-serving one since the death of the original host, Richard Whiteley, in 2005. Hewer was born in Swindon on 17 February 1944. His mother was Mary Patricia Hewer (née Jamison; 1918 -
Jeff Stelling on the afternoon's games with a panel of pundits including Frank McLintock, Chris Kamara, Rodney Marsh and the late George Best. Much of the programme's popularity is put down to Stelling, with "The Guardian" praising him for "exceptional professionalism and élan". At the start of the 2005–06 Premiership football season, Stelling replaced Ian Payne as the host of Sky Sports' "Ford Monday Night Football" programme. However, Stelling's appointment coincided with a new, shorter format of the programme, with Stelling presenting the show live from the ground of that evening's game. Previously, the show had been presented from a studio, and