Anne Robinson on Countdown and cancel culture
28 Jun 2021
BBC News
The presenter is taking over from Nick Hewer as the host of Channel 4's daytime quiz show.
Finally, we ask about how long she might do Countdown for, bearing in mind she hosted roughly 2,000 episodes of The Weakest Link, including the US version. "Look, somebody said that to me yesterday, 'would I still be there when I was 86'," she responds. "And we looked it up, and Mary Berry is 86 and she's still on television. So, I don't know."