Two of our favorite primetime quiz reveals might have regarded very totally different, it seems.

The 52-year-old star has offered the BBC quiz present because it debuted in 2009, however on Tuesday’s Good Morning Britain, he revealed that he critically thought-about accepting a suggestion to helm one other highly regarded teatime present.

“I did flip down Countdown,” he mentioned, revealing he was made the provide when Des O’Connor stepped down as host. “I took it very critically, nicely it’s a job, I take the whole lot critically that I’m provided.

“I felt Countdown was a really revered format and I acquired the sense that there wasn’t going to be a whole lot of leeway to muck about with it and Pointless is all mucking about actually.

“I wouldn’t have been in a position to do each. Pointless was my little deal with for saying no to Countdown, however it was a extremely powerful name as a result of they had been such good individuals and I really like Countdown.”

He continued: “However I needed to do one thing that was a bit bit extra… mainly I had form of stopped doing comedy by then and I needed one thing that will have a little bit of comedy in it.”

Jeff Stelling, Nick Hewer and Anne Robinson have since helmed the long-running letters and numbers sport, which launched in 1982.

Alexander has filmed greater than 1,300 episodes and almost 30 collection of Pointless alongside Richard Osman.