Anne Robinson unveiled as first female host of Countdown

The former Weakest Link host said she is planning to “tone down my nastiness”.

Anne Robinson (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Anne Robinson has been unveiled as the first female host of Countdown and said she is excited to work with the show’s two other “formidable women”.

She will join mathematician Rachel Riley and lexicographer Susie Dent on the Channel 4 daytime show.