Rachel Riley
- Presenter and actor
Press clippings
Rachel Riley marries in secret ceremony in Las Vegas
The pregnant Countdown and Cats Does Countdown star, 33, and Strictly dancer Pasha Kovalev, 39, who met on the dance show, kept friends and family in the dark.
James Beal, The Sun, 1st July 20198 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown review
A champagne-fuelled joy.
Alice Jones, i Newspaper, 13th July 2018TV: 8 Out Of Ten Cats Does Countdown All-Female Edition
Never mind coming a long way since women got the vote, we've come a long way since a few years ago when women were seen as token females on quiz shows and TV decided that a woman should be on every panel.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 12th July 2018Katherine Ryan to host 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown special
Katherine Ryan is to host a special female-only episode of 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown to celebrate 100 years of women's suffrage.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd May 2018Jokes cut from 8/10 Cats can 'end careers' says Riley
Countdown's Rachel Riley has opened up about the risky jokes that have to be cut out from the spin-off show, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown because they can 'end careers.'
Metro, 12th February 2018Countdown star's career would END if outtakes broadcast
Countdown favourite Rachel Riley, who replaced Carol Vorderman back in 2009, admitted that if some of her and her co-stars' outtakes from the Channel 4 show were aired it'd "end all of our careers".
Jessica Earnshaw, The Daily Express, 11th February 2018Preview - 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
These days, when watching Cats Does Countdown, you sometimes expect that one of the regulars will be missing, but annoying tonight we're missing two.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 22nd September 2017Preview - 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
It's two Carrs for the price of one tonight as Alan Carr appears as a guest team captain on a new series of the panel/game show mash-up.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 18th August 2017Preview - 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
The quiz show mash-up returns, and continues to demonstrate how some of the best TV formats can come out of the most unusual places.
Ian Wolf, On The Box, 24th April 2017New series of the word-wrangling panel show, with guests including David Walliams (AKA all the Carry On films stuffed into one suit) and Jonathan Ross (who brings along some cat nappies as a mascot). Isy Suttie is in Dictionary Corner alongside Susie Dent, Jon Richardson has brought a Ouija board to assist him ("at various points I may go into a trance-like state"), and there are two faintly rude-sounding anagrams for you to untangle.
Ali Catterall, The Guardian, 24th September 2016