Rachel Riley

Rachel Riley Basic Maths

2012-02-12T19:31:00.002Z

HER speedy mental arithmetic, glamorous image and easy onscreen presence have made Rachel Riley a huge hit with fans of TV's Countdown.

But the numbers genius has also become an inspiration to schoolkids, by making maths seem fun.

So when it came to finding a celebrity teacher to give a Dream Lesson for our Get Britain Learning education series, Rachel was an obvious choice — and she was very keen.

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Rachel Riley @ Jersey Boys Show

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Rachel Riley Kids Dont Count Photoshoot

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Rachel Riley First Year at University

2011-08-28T04:18:00.002+01:00

Rachel Riley, presenter of Countdown, tells the Guardian about her first year at Oriel College, Oxford

Oriel was built in 1300 and my room was in one of the oldest parts. It was a really beautiful building, but backed on to the road right next to the recycling, so my main memory is the beep-beep-beep of the trucks reversing. I had a view of a wall and all the wardrobe doors were hanging off. But although the room wasn't very nice, it was fun – everyone kept their doors open and it was really sociable.

I had never met anyone who had been to Oxford or Cambridge and I worried I would be the idiot from Essex, but actually everyone was in the same boat. The first term was the hardest – there were a lot of deadlines and worksheets and it was a shock to hand in stuff without having answered everything. At school there wasn't anything I couldn't understand or do, but at university there are things you just can't get.

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Rachel Riley Englands Worst Ever Football Team

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Rachel Riley 8 Out Of 10 Cats

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Rachel Riley @ Henshaw Fundraiser

2011-07-25T09:51:00.001+01:00

Celebrities from the world of television helped the Advertiser’s Henshaws appeal smash the £10,000 barrier.

They turned out in force at exclusive city centre restaurant, Room, for a fundraiser to support our £50,000 appeal.

Coronation Street’s Paula Lane, who plays Kylie Turner, Countdown’s hostess Rachel Riley and BBC TV presenter Mark Edwardson were among the special guests at the event which included a meal and charity auction.

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Rachel Riley @ Police Bravery Awards

2011-07-25T09:48:00.000+01:00

TWO police officers from Eastbourne who delivered first aid to injured casualties at the scene of a blast at a fireworks depot have been recognised for their bravery.

Sgt Daniel Pitcher and PC David Upjohn received the South Eastern award at the Police Bravery Awards in London last Thursday and were presented with it by consumer champion and broadcaster Dominic Littlewood and Countdown presenter Rachel Riley.

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Rachel Riley 8 Out Of 10 Cats

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Rachel Riley @ Larry Crowne Premiere

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Rachel Riley @ Explorer 8 Life Academy

2011-06-05T00:32:00.000+01:00

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Rachel Riley Interview

2011-04-04T20:33:00.003+01:00

As she celebrates her 500th episode of Countdown, maths whizz Rachel Riley reveals all about her wedding plans, the romantic proposal and why things haven’t always added up on the show.

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Rachel Riley Countdown Photoshoot

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Rachel Riley London Candids

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Rachel Riley @ Chortle Comedy Awards

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Rachel Riley at the Chortle Comedy Awards at Floridita in London

Rachel Riley Photoshoot

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Rachel Riley @ Childrens Champions Awards

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Rachel Riley @ The National Television Awards

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Rachel Riley @ Granada TV Studios

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Rachel Riley Weekend Magazine Photoshoot

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Rachel Riley Photoshoot

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Rachel Riley Bio

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Born - 11th January 1986
Birthplace - Paddington, London, UK
Occupation - Television Presenter
Ethnicity - British
Notable Credits (IMDB) - Countdown

Management Company

Rachel Annabelle Riley is an English television presenter. Since 12 January 2009 she has been the co-host of Countdown. She replaced Carol Vorderman (whose twenty-six years on Countdown began just over three years before Riley was born) from the 60th series onwards. Jeff Stelling is the chief presenter and Riley does the letters and numbers.

Early life and career

Riley was educated at Southend High School for Girls, and went on to study mathematics at Oriel College, Oxford, gaining an upper second-class honours degree.

After graduating she began work as a data analyst for a website company in London. She was encouraged to apply for the Countdown position by her mother, a charity fundraiser married to a City auditor, and also by her boyfriend's mother. She did not have an ambition to be a television presenter, but decided to apply because she was interested in the numbers part of the game. Riley was chosen from more than a thousand applicants despite having no television experience. In an article for the BBC news, she stated, "There's only one cool maths job around and I was lucky enough to get it so I'm absolutely thrilled". She began presenting Countdown alongside Jeff Stelling from 12 January 2009. In an interview in August 2009 she revealed that it had been difficult for her to step into Vorderman's shoes, and that she had been criticised by some of Countdown's viewers for getting some of the maths puzzles wrong.

On 26 June 2009 it was reported that Riley had been recruited by the Post Office to employ her mathematical skills to help advise holidaymakers on how to make the most of their holiday currency, after a report by the Post Office revealed that a significant number of holidaymakers fail to calculate the actual cost of goods and services when travelling abroad and often overspend their holiday budget.

Personal life

Riley is a keen supporter of Manchester United and has been attending games at Old Trafford often with her Salford-born father since about the age of 10,[citation needed] and in October 2010 she presented a programme on MUTV featuring a tour of United's training ground at Carrington.

In 2009 Rachel Riley was ranked #95 in FHM's 100 Sexiest Women poll.

She met her fiance James Gilbert while they were both studying at Oxford. The couple split after four and a half years together at the end of 2009. However, they later got back together, and she became engaged to businessman Gilbert, after he proposed to her on her 25th birthday on 11 January 2011. She told viewers about the engagement on the 14 February edition of Countdown.

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