TV series
Countdown
Overview
The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.
Details
- First air date
- 1982-11-02
- Status
- Returning Series
- Seasons
- 92 seasons
- Episodes
- 5836 episodes
- Genres
- Reality
- Network
- Channel 4
- Production
- Yorkshire Television, ITV Studios, Lifted Entertainment
- Country
- GB
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Carol Vorderman as Self - Host
- Richard Whiteley as Self - Host
- Susie Dent as Self - Host
- Rachel Riley as Self - Host
- Nick Hewer as Self - Host
- Des O'Connor as Self - Host
- Jeff Stelling as Self - Host
- Des Lynam as Self - Host
- Gyles Brandreth
- Richard Stilgoe
- Nigel Rees
- Geoffrey Durham
Creators and crew
- Armand Jammot - Creator
- Damian Eadie - Producer
- Derek Hallworth - Director
Seasons
Season 1: Series 1
Season 2: Series 2
Season 3: Series 3
Season 4: Series 4
Season 5: Series 5
Season 6: Series 6
Season 7: Series 7
Season 8: Series 8
Season 9: Series 9
Season 10: Series 10
Season 11: Series 11
Season 12: Series 12
Season 13: Series 13
Season 14: Series 14
Season 15: Series 15
Season 16: Series 16
Season 17: Series 17
Season 18: Series 18
Season 19: Series 19
Season 20: Series 20
Season 21: Series 21
Season 22: Series 22
Season 23: Series 23
Season 24: Series 24
Season 25: Series 25
Season 26: Series 26
Season 27: Series 27
Season 28: Series 28
Season 29: Series 29
Season 30: Series 30
Season 31: Series 31
Season 32: Series 32
Season 33: Series 33
Season 34: Series 34
Season 35: Series 35
Season 36: Series 36
Season 37: Series 37
Season 38: Series 38
Season 39: Series 39
Season 40: Series 40
Season 41: Series 41
Season 42: Series 42
Season 43: Series 43
Season 44: Series 44
Season 45: Series 45
Season 46: Series 46
Season 47: Series 47
Season 48: Series 48
Season 49: Series 49
Season 50: Series 50
Season 51: Series 51
Season 52: Series 52
Season 53: Series 53
Season 54: Series 54
Season 55: Series 55
Season 56: Series 56
Season 57: Series 57
Season 58: Series 58
Season 59: Series 59
Season 60: Series 60
Season 61: Series 61
Season 62: Series 62
Season 63: Series 63
Season 64: Series 64
Season 65: Series 65
Season 66: Series 66
Season 67: Series 67
Season 68: Series 68
Season 69: Series 69
Season 70: Series 70
Season 71: Series 71
Season 72: Series 72
Season 73: Series 73
Season 74: Series 74
Season 75: Series 75
Season 76: Series 76
Season 77: Series 77
Season 78: Series 78
Season 79: Series 79
Season 80: Series 80
Season 81: Series 81
Season 82: Series 82
Season 83: Series 83
Season 84: Series 84
Season 85: Series 85
Season 86: Series 86
Season 87: Series 87
Season 88: Series 88
Season 89: Series 89
Season 90: Series 90
Season 91: Series 91
Season 92: Series 92
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