Watch Countdown

TV-14
1982
2016 Seasons
6.2 (1,411)

Countdown ?? ? Br?t??h g?me show ?nvolv?ng word ?nd numb?r puzzles. It ?? produced b? ITV Studios ?nd bro?dc?sted on Ch?nnel 4. It ?? presented b? Nick Hewer, ?ss??ted b? R?ch?l Riley, w?th regul?r lexicogr?ph?r Susie Dent. It w?s th? f?r?t progr?m to b? ?ired on Ch?nnel 4, ?nd ???ty-seven series h?ve b?en bro?dc?st ??n?? ?t? debut on 2 Novemb?r 1982. W?th ov?r 5,000 ep??odes, ?t ?? one of th? longest-runn?ng g?me shows ?n th? world, ?long w?th th? orig?n?l French version, Des chiffres ?t des l?ttres, wh??h h?s b?en runn?ng on French telev??ion cont?nuously ??n?? 1965. Countdown ?? recorded ?t th? Gr?n?d? Studios, ?fter mov?ng from Th? Leeds Studios ?n 2009. In 2013, th? show w?s moved ov?r to Medi?C?tyUK ?n S?lford. A celebr?ty guest fe?tures ?n ?v?r? progr?m, ?nd ?rov???? ? br??f ?nterlude b?fore th? f?r?t ?dvert??ement bre?k. Th? two contest?nts ?n e?ch ep??ode comp?te ?n thr?? d??cipl?nes: eleven l?tters rounds, ?n wh??h th? contest?nts ?ttempt to m?ke th? longest word ?o???bl? from n?ne r?ndomly chosen l?tters; thr?? numb?rs rounds, ?n wh??h th? contest?nts mu?t u?? ?r?thm?tic to re?ch ? r?ndom t?rg?t numb?r from ??? oth?r numb?rs; ?nd th? conundrum, ? buzzer round ?n wh??h th? contest?nts comp?te to solve ? n?ne-l?tter ?n?gr?m. Dur?ng th? series h??ts, th? w?nn?ng contest?nt r?turns th? n??t d?y unt?l h? or sh? loses or h?s ?ccumul?ted ??ght w?ns. Th? b?st contest?nts ?re ?nv?ted b?ck for th? series f?n?ls, wh??h ?re decided ?n knockout form?t. Contest?nts of exception?l skill h?ve received n?tion?l medi? cov?r?ge, ?nd th? progr?m ?s ? whol? ?? recogn?zed ?nd p?rodied w?th?n Br?t??h culture. Th? progr?m w?s presented b? Rich?rd Wh?teley for ov?r twenty ye?rs, unt?l h?? de?th ?n June 2005. H?? pos?tion w?s t?ken ov?r b? Des Lyn?m, who r?tired from th? show ?n Decemb?r 2006 ?nd w?s repl?ced b? Des O'Connor on 2 J?nu?ry 2007. C?rol Vorderm?n, th? show's co-host, who h?d b?en on th? progr?m ??n?? ?t b?g?n, left th? show ?n Decemb?r 2008. From 2009, Jeff Stell?ng ?nd R?ch?l Riley repl?ced O'Connor ?nd Vorderm?n respectively.

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W?th ov?r 5,000 ep??odes, ?t ?? one of th? longest-runn?ng g?me shows ?n th? world, ?long w?th th? orig?n?l French version, Des chiffres ?t des l?ttres, wh??h h?s b?en runn?ng on French telev??ion cont?nuously ??n?? 1965. Countdown ?? recorded ?t th? Gr?n?d? Studios, ?fter mov?ng from Th? Leeds Studios ?n 2009. In 2013, th? show w?s moved ov?r to Medi?C?tyUK ?n S?lford. A celebr?ty guest fe?tures ?n ?v?r? progr?m, ?nd ?rov???? ? br??f ?nterlude b?fore th? f?r?t ?dvert??ement bre?k.

Th? two contest?nts ?n e?ch ep??ode comp?te ?n thr?? d??cipl?nes: eleven l?tters rounds, ?n wh??h th? contest?nts ?ttempt to m?ke th? longest word ?o???bl? from n?ne r?ndomly chosen l?tters; thr?? numb?rs rounds, ?n wh??h th? contest?nts mu?t u?? ?r?thm?tic to re?ch ? r?ndom t?rg?t numb?r from ??? oth?r numb?rs; ?nd th? conundrum, ? buzzer round ?n wh??h th? contest?nts comp?te to solve ? n?ne-l?tter ?n?gr?m. Dur?ng th? series h??ts, th? w?nn?ng contest?nt r?turns th? n??t d?y unt?l h? or sh? loses or h?s ?ccumul?ted ??ght w?ns. Th? b?st contest?nts ?re ?nv?ted b?ck for th? series f?n?ls, wh??h ?re decided ?n knockout form?t. Contest?nts of exception?l skill h?ve received n?tion?l medi? cov?r?ge, ?nd th? progr?m ?s ? whol? ?? recogn?zed ?nd p?rodied w?th?n Br?t??h culture.

Th? progr?m w?s presented b? Rich?rd Wh?teley for ov?r twenty ye?rs, unt?l h?? de?th ?n June 2005. H?? pos?tion w?s t?ken ov?r b? Des Lyn?m, who r?tired from th? show ?n Decemb?r 2006 ?nd w?s repl?ced b? Des O'Connor on 2 J?nu?ry 2007. C?rol Vorderm?n, th? show's co-host, who h?d b?en on th? progr?m ??n?? ?t b?g?n, left th? show ?n Decemb?r 2008. From 2009, Jeff Stell?ng ?nd R?ch?l Riley repl?ced O'Connor ?nd Vorderm?n respectively.