Countdown (1982)
Countdown (1982)



Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.

Armand Jammot
Creator

Richard Whiteley

Jeff Stelling

Des O'Connor

Rachel Riley
Co-host

Des Lynam

Carol Vorderman

Nick Hewer

Derek Hallworth
Director

Damian Eadie
Producer

Colin Murray
Host

Susie Dent
Lexicographer

Nicky Campbell
Himself - Dictionary Corner

Peter Baldwin
Self - Dictionary Corner

Pam Ayres

Jenny Hanley

Jonathan Ansell

Graham Cole

Julian Lloyd Webber

Robert Hardy

Christopher Timothy

Paul Burrell

Fern Britton

Gyles Brandreth

Magnus Magnusson

Barry Norman

Lance Percival

Lionel Blair

Kathryn Apanowicz

Jennie Bond

Nicholas Owen

Terry Wogan

Richard Stilgoe

Kate Humble

Helen Lederer

Clarissa Dickson Wright

Trudie Goodwin

Ranulph Fiennes

Kim Woodburn

Jilly Goolden

Nicholas Parsons

John Simpson

James Whitaker

Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall

Martin Lewis

Robert Powell

Anne Gregg

Stephen Fry

Esther Rantzen

Denis Norden

Charles Collingwood

Bob Champion

Tony Robinson

Ted Moult

Shirley Anne Field

Anton du Beke

Richard Digance

Martin Jarvis

Andi Peters

Jason Byrne

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

Rory McGrath

Joan Bakewell

Eve Pollard
Media.







Details.
Release DateNovember 2, 1982
StatusReturning Series
Seasons76
Episodes5756
Running Time36m
Content RatingTV-14
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
Wiki.
Countdown is a British game show involving word and mathematical tasks that began airing in November 1982. It is broadcast on Channel 4 and is most recently presented by Colin Murray, assisted by Rachel Riley with lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be broadcast on Channel 4 and 90 series have been broadcast since its debut on 2 November 1982. With over 8,000 episodes, Countdown is one of Britain's longest-running game shows; the original French version, Des chiffres et des lettres (Numbers & Letters), ran on French television almost continuously from 1965 until 2024.
The two contestants in each episode compete in three game types: ten letters rounds, in which they attempt to make the longest word possible from nine randomly chosen letters, four numbers rounds, in which they must use arithmetic to reach a random target figure from six other numbers and the conundrum, a buzzer round in which the contestants compete to solve a nine-letter anagram. During the series heats, the winning contestant returns the next day until they either lose or retire with eight wins as an undefeated "Octochamp". The best eight contestants are invited back for the series finals, which are decided in knockout format. Contestants of exceptional skill have received national media coverage and the programme, as a whole, is widely recognised and parodied within British culture.
Countdown was produced by Yorkshire Television and was recorded at The Leeds Studios for 27 years, before moving to the Manchester-based Granada Studios in 2009. Following the development of MediaCityUK, Countdown moved again in 2013 to the new purpose-built studios at Dock10 in Greater Manchester.
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