Countdown

Countdown: Top Entertainment with Added Stimulation (479 words)
by DavyMichelle - written on 27.06.08 (Very useful, 70 readings)
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If you've never seen Countdown then why the heavens not?! It's possibly the best quiz show style program ever to grace our screens. The lovely Carol Vorderman is a role model for women everywhere with her mixture of brains and beauty (instead of just the beauty for a change) and has been on the show since it first began over twenty five years ago. The original host was Richard Whitely but he sadly died a couple of years ago. The got Des Lynam in to take over from him as the host originally but he wasn't a popular choice and was quickly replaced by current presenter Des O'Connor. The show is a game that features two contestants basically trying to ...

And another vowel, please, carol! (402 words)
by pmcds - written on 12.06.08 (Very useful, 39 readings)
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Countdown is a tour de force of British gameshows. It airs on Channel 4, and has done since its creation in 1982, when presenters Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman first catapulted onto our screens. Whiteley was the main presenter with Vorderman the co-host helping with the numbers and letters. The game consists of a series of word games with a numbers game in parts as well. Two contestants battle it out head to head with 9 randomly chosen letters to see who can make the longest word out of them recognised by the dictionary in dictionary corner. The corner has long been occupied by Susie Dent and a regularly changing celebrity, who attempt to find the ...

Countdown! (246 words)
by polydeuces - written on 29.05.08 (5 readings)
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Countdown has now had thousands of programmes as it is broadcast every weekday evening all year round. So what is the attraction that leads many people to build their late afternoon around an essential viewing of Countdown? Countdown has retained the same basic format through the years and this is one of its main strengths. The omni-present presenters are Keith Olbermann and Carol Vorderman. Whilst Keith still has Countdown as his main TV work, few people can have failed to notice that Carol has gone on to do a lot (perhaps too much) of other TV work in the role of attractive articulate presenter. For many though Kieth and Carol are quintessentially what make ...