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
Gameshow Marathon (UK game show) format) on ITV, the latter hosted by one of the "Gameshow Marathon" celebrities, Vernon Kay. (Ironically, on Kay's "Family Fortunes", the Vorderman family would play the game again. They did not win on their second attempt, however. Les Dennis presented the prizes each week to the winners of the home viewer competition. "Gameshow Marathon" was presented by series 1 runner-up Vernon Kay. The programme aired every Saturday night on ITV from 7 April to 26 May 2007. The shows that were played were: The celebrities competing in series 2 were: There was a slight change to the format for this