Nick Hewer is quitting Countdown after nearly 10 years as host of the game show. Announcing the news on Twitter, he said the coronavirus pandemic had prompted him to reconsider his future. The former ...

The 76 year old has been absent from filming the Channel 4 quiz show in recent weeks due to lockdown, and admitted it had given him the opportunity to re-evaluate his life. Nick, who has hosted ...

Nick Hewer won't be returning to present Countdown after his contract expires early next year. It's been almost a decade since Lord Alan Sugar's former right-hand man took up the post – filling Jeff ...

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Not many double acts take shape when both performers are in their 70s. But then Nick Hewer, Alan Sugar’s former henchman on The Apprentice and now host of Countdown, and Michael Whitehall, father of ...

As a former adviser to Lord Sugar on The Apprentice, Nick Hewer is used to high pressure environments, so you’d think he’d take Strictly Come Dancing in his stride. But we won’t be seeing the ...