{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"On The Money","title":"Rachel Riley: Countdown, Strictly and teaching Britain useful maths","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2059,"description":"Self-confessed geek Rachel Riley co-hosts long-running Channel 4 puzzle show Countdown and its comedy spin-off 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown. She also appeared on the 2013 series of Strictly Come Dancing, where she met her pro-dancer husband – and dad to their two daughters – Pasha Kovalev, and has just published her first book, At Sixes And Sevens: How To Understand Numbers And Make Maths Easy.\n\nIn the sixth episode of The ii Family Money Show, she tells Gabby Logan how she went from being a maths graduate to TV presenter, why she’s helping adults get to grips with numbers and how she and Pasha are planning for their children’s future – despite having different approaches to money.\n\nPlus, Moira O’Neill, Head of Personal Finance at interactive investor, explains why it is important to teach children about money early and what you can do to get the people you care about on the road to investing.\n\nAt Sixes and Sevens: How To Understand Numbers And Make Maths Easy, by Rachel Riley (HarperCollins) is out now \n\nThis episode is also available as a vodcast at https://youtu.be/1bWquGYwBHc\n\nThe ii Family Money Show is brought to you by interactive investor (ii).\n\nTo find out more about Friends and Family from ii, visit https://www.ii.co.uk/friends-and-family.\n\nFollow Gabby:\nTwitter @GabbyLogan\nInstagram @gabbylogan\n\nFollow interactive investor:\nTwitter @ii_couk\nFacebook /weareii\nInstagram @interactive_investor\n\nImportant information\nThis material is intended for educational purposes only and is not investment research or a personal recommendation to buy or sell any financial instrument or product, or to adopt any investment strategy. The value of your investments can rise as well as fall, and you could get back less than you invested. SIPPs are aimed at people happy to make their own investment decisions. You can normally only access the money from age 55 (57 from 2028). The investments referred to may not be suitable for all investors, and if in doubt, an investor...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7ZC8la7nytdI9O7dkuK4mxt0pkQtiWqpeE_2MJXUpZo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hNDY5/NzMyNjIxMzYxOGU4/ZWVkOGM0NDUxYTA1/ODQ5OC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}