Rachel Riley

Acting

Rachel Riley

Born

1986-01-11 (40)

Place of birth

Southend, Essex, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

31 titles

Rachel Annabelle Riley (born 11 January 1986 in Paddington, London) 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.

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Film credits

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Top Gear poster
7.6

This fast-paced and stunt-filled motor show tests whether cars, both mundane and extraordinary, live up to their manufacturers' claims. The long-running show travels to locations around the world, performing extreme stunts and challenges to see what the featured cars are capable of doing. The current hosts are Paddy McGuinness, Chris Harris and Andrew "Freddie" Flintoff.

Top Gear

2002

Celebrity Juice poster
6.7

The outrageous comedy panel show hosted by the irrepressible Keith Lemon. Each episode sees top celebrities going head to head in a series of hilarious rounds unlike any other panel show.

Celebrity Juice

2008

The IT Crowd poster
8.2

The comedic misadventures of Roy, Moss, and their grifting supervisor Jen, a 'motley crew' of IT support workers at a large corporation headed by a hotheaded yuppie.

The IT Crowd

2006

8 Out of 10 Cats poster
7.2

A weekly, topical panel show based around a huge series of opinion poll surveys carried out around Britain.

8 Out of 10 Cats

2005

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster
7.4

Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

2013

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip poster
6.0

Antiques experts accompany celebrities on a road trip around the UK searching for treasures and competing to make the most money at auction

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011

House of Games poster
6.1

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.

House of Games

2017

House of Games poster
6.1

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.

House of Games

2017

Celebrity Mastermind poster
6.0

Celebrity Mastermind is a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. The show is a spin-off of the long-running quiz show Mastermind, with the exception that all the contestants are celebrities. As with the main show, John Humphrys is the host and question-master. Magnus Magnusson was quizmaster on the 2003/04 episodes featuring Jonathan Meades as winner.

Celebrity Mastermind

2003

Room 101 poster
6.6

Fast-moving game show meets talk show, which sees Frank Skinner refereeing three celebrities each week as they compete to banish their top peeve or worst nightmare to the depths of Room 101.

Room 101

1994

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel poster
5.6

Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

2020

Celebrity Gogglebox poster
6.6

A rolling cast of famous faces, some of Britain's best loved personalities, turn their hand to being the country's most opinionated viewers, sharing their opinions on what they have been watching during the week.

Celebrity Gogglebox

2019

The Gadget Show poster
6.7

The Gadget Show is a British television series which focuses on consumer technology. The show, which is broadcast on Channel 5 is currently presented by Jason Bradbury and Rachel Riley with Jon Bentley and Pollyanna Woodward. Originally a thirty-minute show, it was extended to forty-five minutes, then later to sixty minutes. Repeats have also aired on the digital channel 5*, syndicated broadcasts on Discovery Science and Dave, and Channel 5's Internet on-demand service Demand 5. In Australia, it is aired on The Lifestyle Channel.

The Gadget Show

2004

Michael McIntyre's Big Show poster
7.1

Big laughs, big stars and big surprises. Michael's up to mischief with a host of celeb guests, whether they're willing or not. It's feelgood family fun.

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

2016

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars poster
7.5

Ben Shephard hosts the quiz show in which three celebrities take on an extraordinary machine in the hope of winning 20,000 pounds for charity.

Tipping Point: Lucky Stars

2013

Countdown poster
6.0

The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.

Countdown

1982

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night poster
5.3

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night is a British television comedy panel game show, presented by Chris Moyles. The show was originally shown on Channel 4 at 10 p.m. on Sundays and repeated on Mondays at 11 p.m. It included three rounds in which he took on three celebrity contestants in a quiz where the prize was an item from his own home. As he was also competing, the questions were asked by a celebrity quiz master. The series has an all-female house band present in the studio who played the title music.

Chris Moyles' Quiz Night

2009

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains poster
7.0

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains involves celebrity guests revisiting their teenage years. Each celebrity will take a trip down memory lane; competing across fashion, pop culture, retro gadgets, first loves, school reports and more to get their teenage years recognised as the most embarrassing by comedian Rhod Gilbert. With mystery guests popping up along the way, offering up further revelations the show celebrates those ultimate embarrassing teenage moments, and it's down to Rhod to judge which celebrity should be crowned 'winner'.

Rhod Gilbert's Growing Pains

2021

Virtually Famous poster
7.0

Virtually Famous was a British comedy panel game show with games based upon social media posts and videos.

Virtually Famous

2014

Beat the Chasers poster
7.3

All five of the Chasers appear together to take on all comers and form the best quiz team in the world. As they visit different UK cities, contestants from all over the county face head-to-head challenges with not one, but all the Chasers.

Beat the Chasers

2020

This Morning poster
5.2

This Morning features a variety of news, as well as show business, fashion, beauty, lifestyle, home and garden, food, tech, live phone-ins, and competitions.

This Morning

1988

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit poster
6.4

Gaming enthusiast Dara O Briain presides over the mayhem as two stars join team captains – gaming geek Steve McNeil and gaming cynic Sam Pamphilon – to battle each other at their favourite computer games.

Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit

2016

Celebrity Lingo poster
7.3

Hosted by Adil Ray, Celebrity Lingo will see famous faces pair up and go head-to-head in the fast-paced word play game as they vie to fill in the blanks and find the missing words.

Celebrity Lingo

2022

Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples poster
5.7

Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont are putting their own differences aside to judge everyone else's, as unwitting celebrity couples go head-to-head to find out who's got the best relationship

Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples

2023

The Chris McCausland Show poster
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Start your Saturday with a laugh in the company of brilliant comedian Chris McCausland! Join Chris on his very brand-new chat show with a brilliant line-up of celebrity guests.

The Chris McCausland Show

2024

It’s Not Rocket Science poster
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Get set for It’s Not Rocket Science, a brand new entertainment series that celebrates science and the world around us through thrilling, big-scale experiments and emotive personal stories. Fronted by actor Ben Miller, stand up comedian Romesh Ranganathan and presenter Rachel Riley, all of whom share a passion for science and technology, the fast paced and informative six-part series brings science to life in all its many forms, showcasing brand new gadgets and technology, and using awe inspiring innovation. Every week, one of the presenters will put their lives in jeopardy in a series of daredevil, high-risk experiments, where only science can save them. Rachel plays with fire, quite literally, as she zip wires through a wall of flames, Ben Miller finds himself strapped to a high speed wrecking ball and hurtling towards Romesh, and Romesh is pinned to the floor with a full size fridge plummeting towards him. Resident scientist Dr Kevin Fong will preside over the high-octane activity as the trio put their trust in science to survive…

It’s Not Rocket Science

2016

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This brand new series sees Rob Beckett and celebrity pals travel back in time to play the greatest video games in history. Guided by Peggy Aytean, Rob and co begin their journey back in the 1980s, making their way through the decades to the present day.

Rob Beckett's Playing for Time

2018

5 Gold Rings poster
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5 Gold Rings is a British game show that aired on ITV from 5 March 2017 to 6 December 2020 and was hosted by Phillip Schofield. It is based on the Dutch game show 5 Golden Rings, with the first series being filmed on the same set in the Netherlands and the second and third series at BBC Elstree Centre in London.

5 Gold Rings

2017