Countdown
Count down is a game show involving number and word puzzles. It broadcast on Channel 4 and is produced by ITV Studios. Nick Hewer, aided by Rachel Riley, using lexicographer Susie Dent presents it. This was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, November 1982, and 67 series were broadcast since its introduction on 2. With over 5,000 episodes, Countdown is just one of the longest-running game shows in the entire world, in addition to the original French version et des lettres, that has been running since 1965 continuously on television. Before proceeding to Granada Studios in 2009, then over to MediaCityUK at Salford Quays at 2013 countdown was listed for 27 years in The Leeds Studios.
The plan has been presented by Richard Whiteley for over twenty years, until his passing at June 2005. It was presented by Des Lynam before Des O'Connor before the end of 2008, the end of 2006, along with Jeff Stelling before the end of 2011. The secretary is Nick Hewer.
Carol Vorderman, '' the series's co host, who'd previously been on the programme since it began, abandoned the show at the identical time as O'Connor, from December 2008. Rachel Riley replaced her.
A celebrity guest features in most programme, and offers a quick interlude prior to the very first advertisement break. Both contestants in each episode compete in three different areas: twenty five letters rounds, at that the contestants try to make the longest word possible from nine characters. Three amounts rounds, at that the contestants must utilize arithmetic to accomplish a objective number that is random from six amounts. And the conundrum, a buzzer around in which the contestants compete to solve a nine-letter anagram. During the show heats, the winning contestant returns the very next day until he or she has accumulated eight wins. The most effective contestants are invited back. Contestants of skill have received national press policy, and also the programme in general is recognised and parodied within British culture.