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I was so scared of dying in a shark attack I made a will: Countdown's Rachel Riley reveals her fears she'd be a 'goner' during filming for shocking new show
Rachel Riley was frightened before she even flew out to film new reality show Shark! Celebrity Infested Waters. But here she reveals the euphoria of going eyeball to eyeball with ferocious maneaters...
The rest of the celebrity shark-bait includes the great Sir Lenny Henry, comedian Ross Noble, Amandaland and Call The Midwife actors Lucy Punch and Helen George, Paralympian and presenter Ade Adepitan and Dougie Poynter from McFly. After getting a master's degree in mathematics from Oriel College, Oxford, Rachel's big break came after a night on the town when she finally gave in to her mother Celia's pressure to apply for the Countdown job, as Carol Vorderman was leaving. Fame, success and a contented home life gave Rachel the courage to start speaking up on the things she cared about, inspired by her mother's work as a charity fundraiser.
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