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"
Countdown (Transformers) Menasor, Bruticus, Trypticon, Predaking, Abominus, Piranacon, Overlord and Scorponok. The Decepticon took the Energon-Z from the Zone base, then went to Earth to steal the Zodiac. Countdown, the Micromasters and the Powered Masters followed the Decepticon to Earth and defeated them there. Countdown appeared in as a major character in Dreamwave Productions "Micromasters" mini-series. In issue #1, "Destined For Nothing", Countdown and Groundshaker return from space to find the Autobot base largely abandoned. The first Autobots they encounter, Topspin and Twin Twist seem surprised to see them, and more surprised that Optimus Prime isn't with them. Countdown and Groundshaker are