Nick Hewer
| Nick Hewer | |
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Hewer at the BAFTAs in 2009
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| Born |
Nicholas Radbourn Hewer 17 February 1944 Swindon, Wiltshire, England |
| Residence | Northamptonshire, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Education | Clongowes Wood College |
| Occupation | Public relations consultant (retired) Television presenter |
| Years active | Business career (1966-1998) Television career (2005—) |
| Television |
The Apprentice (2005–2014) Countdown (2012—) |
| Political party | Labour Party |
| Spouse(s) | Margo Spindler (m. 1973-1985; divorced) |
| Partner(s) | Catherine (?–present) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parent(s) | Patricia and John Hewer |
Nicholas Radbourn "Nick" Hewer (born 17 February 1944) is an English television presenter and former public relations consultant. From 2005 to 2014, he appeared as Lord Sugar's adviser on the British television series The Apprentice. Since January 2012, he has presented the Channel 4 programme Countdown with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent, having taken over from Jeff Stelling. He is the fifth presenter of Countdown and the longest-serving one since the death of the original host, Richard Whiteley, in 2005.
Hewer was born in Swindon on 17 February 1944. He lived in Old Town, and was educated at Clongowes Wood College, an exclusive Jesuit Boarding housel, located in County Kildare, Ireland. His mother, Patricia Hewer (née Jamison), and father, John David Radbourn Hewer (senior partner of Hewer, Spriggs and Wilson, an Old Town veterinary practice) had met when both were university students in Dublin. He has two sisters and two brothers.
Hewer's grandfather, John, began as a vet in Swindon in 1912. His maternal grandfather, Oswald Jamison was High Sheriff of Belfast during the 1920s.
He secured a place to study law at Trinity College, Dublin, but his parents could not afford the fees for him to go there.
Hewer moved to London in the 1960s. aged 20 to join a PR consultancy as a trainee. Within six years he had joined the board and eventually bought out the owner, becoming the sole shareholder. His PR company was hired by Amstrad to represent them in 1983. He spent 21 years in the Amstrad management group. He sold his PR agency in 1998.
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