Anne Robinson steps down as Countdown host

Former Weakest Link presenter joined Channel 4 quiz show last year, the first woman to take the role

Anne Robinson is stepping down as the host of Countdown after a year, and said she hopes her stint helped TV bosses realise that not all women her age are in care homes playing bingo".

Robinson, 77, last year became the first woman to regularly host the popular and long-running Channel 4 letters and numbers show.