To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Rachel Riley celebrated her first day back from maternity leave by bringing her baby on set. The 34-year-old returned to work and the audience got a little treat when little Maven Aria visited her mum with dad Pasha Kovalev.
She marked Maven’s TV debut with a sweet Instagram snap of her holding her confused baby. ‘Introducing our newest Countdown viewer on my first show back filmed post-baby today!’ the star wrote.
Rachel and Pasha welcomed Maven in December, with Rachel returning to the show 11 weeks later. The beginning of the episode had host Nick Hewer ask Rachel how her weekend was, to which she quipped: ‘I have a bit of a