Countdown

E240633
British television series television game show

"Countdown" is a long-running British television game show that combines word and number puzzles in a timed, competitive format.

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Label Occurrences
Countdown canonical 6

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf British television series ⓘ
television game show ⓘ
basedOn Des chiffres et des lettres ⓘ
broadcastFormat daytime television ⓘ
broadcastOn weekday afternoons ⓘ
competitionFormat head-to-head contest ⓘ
series champion system ⓘ
countryOfBroadcast United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
creator Armand Jammot ⓘ
developedFor Channel 4 ⓘ
filmingLocation Leeds ⓘ
firstAired 1982-11-02 ⓘ
format numbers game ⓘ
timed competition ⓘ
word game ⓘ
genre game show ⓘ
puzzle show ⓘ
hasCoHost Carol Vorderman ⓘ
Rachel Riley ⓘ
hasDictionaryCornerGuest Susie Dent ⓘ
hasGameElement 30-second time limit per round ⓘ
hasHost Anne Robinson ⓘ
Colin Murray ⓘ
Des Lynam ⓘ
Des O’Connor ⓘ
Jeff Stelling ⓘ
Nick Hewer ⓘ
Richard Whiteley ⓘ
hasSegment conundrum round ⓘ
letters round ⓘ
numbers round ⓘ
hasSpinOff 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown ⓘ
hasStatus long-running British game show ⓘ
hasThemeMusicBy Alan Hawkshaw ⓘ
notableFeature use of a large numbers board ⓘ
use of a physical letter board ⓘ
notableRecord one of the first programmes broadcast on Channel 4 ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
originalNetwork Channel 4 ⓘ
productionCompany ITV Studios ⓘ
Yorkshire Television ⓘ
targetAudience general audience ⓘ
typicalEpisodeLength 30 minutes ⓘ
usesDictionary Oxford English Dictionary ⓘ
usesScoringSystem points for closest number solution ⓘ
points for longest valid word ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

4 → single → Countdown ⓘ
Channel 4 → hasProgramme → Countdown ⓘ
Doctor Who comic strips → publisher → Countdown ⓘ
Carol Vorderman → notableWork → Countdown ⓘ
Carol Vorderman → coHosted → Countdown ⓘ
Gyles Brandreth → notableAppearance → Countdown ⓘ