text: File photo dated 30/3/2017 of Nick Hewer who is quitting Countdown after nearly 10 years as host of the game show. PA Photo. Issue date: Monday December 7, 2020. The former Apprentice star said he would not be renewing his contract for January as he approaches his 77th birthday and a decade on the Channel 4 programme. See PA story SHOWBIZ Hewer. Photo credit should read: Ian West/PA Wire