Anne Robinson is making TV comeback 3 years after controversial Countdown exit
She left the show after just one year.
Anne Robinson is making her TV return three years after leaving Countdown.
The former Weakest Link icon replaced Nick Hewer on Countdown in 2021 but left after just one year, and now he’s primed for a comeback on Channel 5.
She’ll be at the helm of the broadcaster’s new social experience show The Sentence: You Be The Judge.
The innovative new programme will feature four real-life hearings recreated in painstaking detail as participants choose what sentence a convicted criminal should get.
Then, they’ll find out how the presiding judge in each case actually reacted at the time.
There will be groups judging alongside the contestants, made up of retired police officers, retired judges, former inmates and relatives of crime victims.
The formidable TV star is most famous for hosting The Weakest Link (Picture: NBCUniversal via Getty Images)In a statement, Anne said: ‘Why is the sentencing of criminals so widely inconsistent?
‘Why does a protester who climbs up a bridge to stop the traffic spend more time in prison than someone who punches an innocent man who dies as a result?
‘This programme tells a jaw dropping story. The government needs to watch it.’
When Anne first joined Countdown, she said she was ‘beyond thrilled’ to be taking centre stage on such a ‘historic’ show.
‘I am particularly excited to be working alongside the show’s two other formidable women.
