Rachel Riley – IMDb: Rachel Riley, Actress: The IT Crowd. Rachel Riley was born on January 11, 1986 in Southend, Essex, England. She is an actress, known for The IT Crowd (2006), Countdown: Championship of Champions (1984) and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2012). She has been married to Pasha Kovalev since June 28, 2019. They have one child. She was previously married to Jamie Gilbert.
Photographer slams Rachel Riley for using his Corbyn image on t-shirt: A photographer who captured Jeremy Corbyn protesting against apartheid has hit out at Rachel Riley for wearing a t-shirt with an “illegally manipulated” version of his picture. Rob Scott took the well-known photo of Mr Corbyn getting arrested in Westminster during a protest against the South African Apartheid in 1984. The image went viral on social media during the 2015 Labour leadership campaign, which Mr Corbyn then went on to win.
Rachel Riley: ‘Antisemitism is a national scandal’: Channel 4 presenter, who has faced a torrent of abuse for standing up to Corbynistas, among hundreds at Holocaust Educational Trust’s annual Lord Merlyn-Rees event in Parliament
Rachel Riley returns to the dancefloor: As the Countdown star prepares for Comic Relief’s danceathon, Rachel Riley opens up about Strictly, separation and her stalker
Rachel Riley returns to the dancefloor: As the Countdown star prepares for Comic Relief’s danceathon, Rachel Riley opens up about Strictly, separation and her stalker
Campaign can count on Rachel’s support: COUNTDOWN co-presenter Rachel Riley was the guest of honour at the launch of a council campaign to boost local trade.
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: Rachel Annabelle Riley (born 11 January 1986) is a British television presenter and mathematician . she co-presents the channel 4 daytime puzzle show Countdown and its comedy spin-off 8 Out Riley was raised in the Thorpe Bay area of southend-on-sea . she was educated at the independent Thorpe Hall School and Southend High School for Girls . Riley later branched out into other roles Countdown’s new main host, Jeff Stelling, replaces des O’Connor . despite no ambition to be a tv presenter, she was encouraged to apply by her mother . she beat 1,000 applicants Riley has attributed this compulsion to a nervy start in the role which resulted in some errors . on account of her “really immature sense of humour” she has some difficulty maintaining Riley has been on Countdown for ten years . she donates items she no longer requires to charity . some items are auctioned off by her mother . Riley was replaced by Claudia Winkleman for two episodes in series nine . she was eliminated in week 6 of the show after losing out in the dance-off against Abbey Clancy and Alja korjanec . according to Riley she lacked a natural talent for performing, so instead sought to frame each dance as that of a character . she presented three series of the show and was later replaced by Amy Williams . co-presenters a key part of the show was a weekly challenge where one of the presenters “risked their lives” to prove a scientific theory . in Riley’s case she cycled on a tightrope and zip Riley began dating her Strictly dance partner, Pasha Kovalev, soon after the show ended . in may 2019, Riley announced that she was pregnant with the couple’s first child . on 15 December 2019, Riley gave birth Riley was co-winner with Idris Elba of the Rear of the Year award . since 2018, she has campaigned against the way the Labour Party has handled allegations of antisemitism . in the name of Labour I’ve been called a hypocrite, lying propagandist, a tits-teeth-and-arse clothes horse dolly bird . in Jewish News, Riley Riley backs the Stop Funding Fake News campaign . Durham miners’ association called tweet from Riley “damaging” in July 2019 Riley posted image on twitter of herself carrying Jeremy corbyn’s sign . the professional photographer who took the original shot, Rob Scott, publicly declared his displeasure . in June 2019, Riley was criticised by environmental groups and accused of greenwashing for her promotion of the “future energy solutions” Matthew Moore (21 November 2008). “Oxford maths graduate replaces Carol Vorderman on Countdown”. Retrieved 26 March 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
