Nicholas Radbourn Hewer was born on 17 February 1944 and is a retired English television presenter, company director and former public relations consultant.
21 Facts About Nick Hewer
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Nick Hewer's mother was Mary Patricia Hewer and his father, John David Radbourn Hewer, was a senior partner of Hewer, Spriggs and Wilson, a veterinary practice in the Old Town area of Swindon.
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The family lived in Old Town and Nick Hewer was educated at Clongowes Wood College, a Jesuit boarding school in County Kildare, Ireland.
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Nick Hewer secured a place to study law at Trinity College, Dublin, but his parents could not afford the fees for him to go there.
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Nick Hewer moved to London in the 1960s, aged 20, to join a public relations consultancy as a trainee.
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Nick Hewer spent 21 years in the Amstrad management group.
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Nick Hewer became one of Sugar's advisers in The Apprentice on BBC One.
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On 18 December 2014, Nick Hewer revealed that he had decided to leave the show after the tenth series, believing it to be "the appropriate time".
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On 9 January 2012, Nick Hewer became the new host of the Channel 4 game show Countdown taking over from the sports presenter Jeff Stelling.
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On 7 December 2020, Nick Hewer announced that he would be leaving Countdown in 2021.
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In July 2012, Nick Hewer presented a four-part series on BBC Two called The Farm Fixer, in which he assisted farmers in Northern Ireland in diversifying.
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Nick Hewer presented two BBC One series, The Town that Never Retired and We All Pay Your Benefits with Margaret Mountford.
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Nick Hewer was a contestant in The Great British Bake Off for Stand Up to Cancer in 2018 in series 1, episode 2.
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In 2023, Nick Hewer appeared on a celebrity edition of The Weakest Link ended up being voted off in the first round.
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Nick Hewer married Margo Spindler in 1973; they had two children and in 1985 were divorced.
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Nick Hewer has been a patron of the charity Pancreatic Cancer Action since 2015 and in 2017 presented the charity's BBC Radio 4 charity appeal during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month.
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Nick Hewer wrote a series of blogs about his journey for the online travel section of The Daily Telegraph.
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For many years Nick Hewer was a supporter of the Labour Party.
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On 2 November 2012 Nick Hewer received an honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Kingston University in recognition of his "outstanding contribution to business and entrepreneurship".
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Nick Hewer has a collection of hats that represent the national dress of various countries he has visited.
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Nick Hewer's collection includes the hat of a Kazakhstan border guard, which he acquired under mysterious circumstances.