Pregnant Rachel Riley shows off her baby bump in a floral babydoll dress while out with daughter Maven, 18 months, and husband Pasha Kovalev By Gabriella Ferlita and Sarah Packer For Mailonline Published: 20:50 EDT, 2 August 2021 | Updated: 20:59 EDT, 2 August 2021 She’s getting ready to welcome her second child with husband … Read more
Countdown star Susie Dent is pictured for the first time since splitting from her husband of 20 years Paul Atkins as she sports a casual ensemble while arriving for filming By Niomi Harris For Mailonline Published: 13:28 BST, 13 July 2021 | Updated: 13:34 BST, 13 July 2021 Countdown star Susie Dent was seen for … Read more
Anne Robinson, who shot to global fame in the noughties as the glacial host of quiz show The Weakest Link, has revealed she thinks she would never get away with the things she used to say to contestants – because society is now too ‘woke’. Former journalist Robinson, who made her debut as the new … Read more
COUNTDOWN (Channel 4, yesterday) Rating: You have to wonder who the other contenders were, if Anne ‘Queen of Mean’ Robinson is the best choice to host Countdown – telly’s gentlest, kindest quiz. Even in a shortlist of, say, Dame Maggie Smith, Jeremy Clarkson and Miriam Margolyes, Angry Annie is easily the grumpiest. This is a … Read more
Anne Robinson has furiously hit out at ‘woke’ culture and insists she ‘doesn’t want her language mangled,’ after a Countdown contestant stated she couldn’t use the term ‘foreigner.’ The veteran presenter, 76, who has taken over from Nick Hewer as the first ever female host of the Channel 4 game show, explained she doesn’t ‘want … Read more
An ex-Jeremy Corbyn aide’s tweet to TV personality Rachel Riley caused ‘sleepless nights’ and resulted in calls for her sacking, the High Court heard. Ms Riley, 35, is suing Laura Murray, 32, whose 2019 tweet accused the Countdown star of suggesting the former Labour leader was a Nazi who ‘deserves to be violently attacked.’ The … Read more
Anne Robinson becomes the FIRST female presenter in Countdown’s 39 year history after being unveiled as new host of the long-running show By Jason Chester for MailOnline Published: 13:34 GMT, 15 February 2021 | Updated: 13:37 GMT, 15 February 2021 Anne Robinson has been confirmed as the first female presenter of Countdown after being named … Read more
Some 28 years have passed since I took my seat, rigid with fear, in Countdown’s Dictionary Corner for the first time and waited for the TV cameras to turn to me. A newly fledged dictionary editor at Oxford University Press, I was a reluctant addition to the hit Channel 4 words and numbers game show, … Read more
Checking in… Countdown’s lexicographer Susie Dent reveals the oddest-named place she’s ever visited and why New York is her favourite foreign city By York Membery for the Daily Mail Published: 10:46 BST, 15 September 2020 | Updated: 10:47 BST, 15 September 2020 Countdown’s lexicographer Susie Dent checks into our travel Q&A This week Countdown’s lexicographer Susie … Read more