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 -
Johannes Stelling in the rapidly expanding Berlin quarter of Köpenick. The political backdrop changed dramatically early in 1933 when the Nazi party took power and lost little time in imposing one-party dictatorship on Germany. By May 1933 many SPD leaders had moved to Prague where they set up a SPD leadership structure in exile. Stelling was urged to accompany the others, but preferred to remain in Germany and serve as a link man between the party leadership in Prague and the party membership left behind in Nazi Germany. Stelling was prominent and uncompromising in opposing political extremism, and did not hesitate to