Rachel Riley "The Gadget Show," although her profile was significantly boosted by her appearance as a contestant on "Strictly Come Dancing", which largely "catapulted [Riley] onto the A-list" and opened up the doors for new television roles, according to another commentator. In 2014, two years before her role on "It's Not Rocket Science", she said, "I'd love to present a popular science programme because it's something I feel very passionate about." On "Countdown", Riley replaced the long-serving Carol Vorderman. Like Vorderman, Riley's role is to handle the placement of tiles on the board for the letters and numbers rounds and to find
Rachel Riley Rachel Riley Rachel Annabelle Riley (born 11 January 1986) is an English television presenter who currently co-presents the Channel 4 daytime puzzle show "Countdown" and its comedy spin-off "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown". A mathematics graduate, her television debut came when she joined "Countdown" at age 22. With a passion for popularising maths and the sciences, she has gone on to co-present "The Gadget Show" on Channel 5 (2013–14) and "It's Not Rocket Science" on ITV (2016). In 2013 she was a contestant on the BBC celebrity dance show "Strictly Come Dancing". Born in Rochford, Essex, Riley was