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 was granted the title of honorary freeman of his home town of Hartlepool, along with the town's former MP Lord Mandelson. Stelling lives in Bishop's Waltham in south Hampshire with his wife Liz and two sons Robbie (born August 1998) and Matthew (born November 1999) and a daughter Olivia (born June 2003). They were married in November 1998 in Richmond upon Thames. He has completed the London Marathon on eight occasions and his best time is 3 hours and 28 minutes. In June 2013, Stelling, Colin Cooper, Craig Hignett and 12 others climbed Mount Kilimanjaro raising money for the children's