“And I hope that she’ll have as much fun as I’ve had, and I hope that you’ll be as generous to her as you’ve been to me.”Upon his departure from the programme last year, Anne took his place alongside numbers whizz Rachel Riley and wordsmith Susie Dent.Before joining Countdown, Anne hosted The Weakest Link for 12 years before leaving the show in 2012 upon completing her contract.The so-called Queen-of-Mean hosted over 1,600 episodes of The Weakest Link during her tenure.Speaking to the BBC back in 2011, Robinson explained that it was a “hard decision,” to leave the Weakest Link and that her time on the show had “been superb”.“I’ll miss it,” Robinson continued, adding: “If there's anything about longevity in television, it's about knowing what to take and what to turn down, and what to stop.“It's often about what not to do anymore.
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