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) play with them. Graeme Le Saux played with Kyran Bracken and Michael Le Vell played with Kym Ryder. On the "Blankety Blank" and "Mr and Mrs" editions, the more recent revivals of both series were not mentioned on Gameshow Marathon, due to "Blankety Blank" having been presented by Paul O'Grady (no footage of him), who was then in a legal dispute with ITV. Following the series, two of the shows were revived; "Mr. and Mrs." (in a celebrity format) on ITV in 2008 and "Blockbusters" on Challenge in 2012 for one series. Lionel Blair presented the prizes each week to