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Susie Dent: Countdown star couldn't see 'point of life' as a teenager 'I felt really sad'
Susie has since expressed her excitement for her new co-star signing up via social media. In a post to her 705,800 followers, she wrote: "A big day for Countdown as we welcome a new member into the best TV family in the world (I may be biased)."She later admitted Anne once "saved" her during one of her first appearances on TV.Talking on Times Radio last week, she said: "I will always be grateful to Anne because she rescued me on my first voyage into live telly, on a programme she did called Test The Nation."I was an expert along with John Humphreys on the English language."She added: "I was so nervous. I got through the first question and then thought, 'OK, I've done it.' I completely missed the next question.