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- Fri Apr 16, 2021 9:44 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
- Replies: 683
- Views: 274943
Re: C4C/apto/Countdown Dreams
Moldova pulled out of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest and got replaced by The Mamas (Sweden 2020). However, since they were already bookwd for the Only Connect final they were replaced at OC by a team of Andy Platt, Mark Deeks, and Graeme Cole.
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:10 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1488
- Views: 426777
Re: Ask Graeme?
For Graeme or someone else with too much time on their hands. How many numbers games have Carol and Rachel each presided over? Seeing as there are twice as many now as there were for most of Carol's time it could be close. And probably for Graeme alone. Which of them is better (at numbers)?? I susp...
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: "Black Takeover Day" - Autumn 2021
- Replies: 55
- Views: 8706
Re: "Black Takeover Day" - Autumn 2021
Might be a good idea to film this if and when Rachel goes off on maternity leave again.
Let the hunt for a replacement Rachel begin...
Let the hunt for a replacement Rachel begin...
- Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:38 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2106
Re: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
TODAY IS THE DAY. Well, one of them, anyway.
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 8:28 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: the Countdowner's Homes I've Been In game (CHIBIN)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 29253
Re: the Countdowner's Homes I've Been In game (CHIBIN)
You. Obviously.
(i'm not really, obviously)
- Tue Apr 13, 2021 2:00 pm
- Forum: Games and Puzzles
- Topic: the Countdowner's Homes I've Been In game (CHIBIN)
- Replies: 39
- Views: 29253
Re: the Countdowner's Homes I've Been In game (CHIBIN)
Assuming private gardens count (covid rules and all that), I'm off the mark on this one now. 

- Tue Apr 13, 2021 1:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 13 April 2020 (Series 83, Preliminary 72)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 196
Spoilers for Tuesday 13 April 2020 (Series 83, Preliminary 72)
Today's C2 is a University acquaintance. Played in the Rugby 2nd XI.
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 11:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Thursday 8th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 69)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 205
Re: Spoilers for Thursday 8th April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 69)
If MYOPIES is ruled invalid, is there a list of possible 6s for that round?
- Thu Apr 08, 2021 5:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Name plates of contestants
- Replies: 20
- Views: 2260
Re: Name plates of contestants
Mine lives with my teapot.
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 11:17 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 472
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
Really going for it today. I'm sure back on gevincountdown you wouldn't have tolerated this behaviour! :o :o :o The champion played better in her previous games and has looked like octochamp material but we'll see how it goes. Yeah. I've changed. For the worse. I'm a horrible person. Seriously thou...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 9:13 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 472
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
I think 6 disallowed words out of 10 is a record for new 15s, but not sure.
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 472
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
I've got a DC beater for once - ALIGOTE.
Once every 3.5 years...
Once every 3.5 years...
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 472
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
She is.
At letters.
At letters.
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 1:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 472
Spoilers for Wednesday 7 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 68)
Witty post, know what I mean?
- Wed Apr 07, 2021 12:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 781
- Views: 231246
Re: People you shouldn't trust
The person at Netflix who originally decided to put the winner of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars Series 5 getting crowned in the thumbnail of the finale.
- Tue Apr 06, 2021 11:36 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 2
- Views: 195
Re: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
Here's how I personally rank them: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qo1gcYfDMeo
- Tue Apr 06, 2021 1:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 6 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 67)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 212
Spoilers for Tuesday 6 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 67)
Green tweed and a tie from the 1960s? Nick's outfit is a fashion crime.
- Mon Apr 05, 2021 7:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Eurovision Song Contest 2021
- Replies: 2
- Views: 195
Eurovision Song Contest 2021
HUGELY looking forward to this after no contest in 2020. There are contingencies in place in case participants get you-know-what and/or are not allowed to travel to Rotterdam. I'm delighted to say I have no idea who's going to win...! San Marino (feat. Flo Rida!!), Malta, Switzerland all doing well ...
- Fri Apr 02, 2021 5:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Monday 23rd November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 163)
- Replies: 2
- Views: 129
Re: Monday 23rd November 2020 (Series 82, Prelim 163)
The subtitles at the time 100% said chomps, not chumps. That's why I wrote it as chomps.
- Fri Apr 02, 2021 5:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
- Replies: 464
- Views: 139032
Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
OK, no problem.
As you can see, Andy Bruno very kindly gave me his Series 1 episodes back in November which I've done. Clive Freedman (now going by Louis) says he no longer has access to his episodes (sad face).
As you can see, Andy Bruno very kindly gave me his Series 1 episodes back in November which I've done. Clive Freedman (now going by Louis) says he no longer has access to his episodes (sad face).
- Fri Apr 02, 2021 1:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Good Friday 2 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 65)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 433
Re: Spoilers for Good Friday 2 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 65)
Rd9 771: (75 + 2) x 50 / (4 + 1) + 1
- Fri Apr 02, 2021 1:04 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Good Friday 2 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 65)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 433
Spoilers for Good Friday 2 April 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 65)
Good Friday? Countdown will make it even better.
- Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:51 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Current recaps
- Topic: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
- Replies: 464
- Views: 139032
Re: Calling All Wannabe Recappers!!
James, I see that you're doing the text versions yourself now. Now I've graduated I've got a lot of time on my hands and I'm usually able to watch live every day - is this something (for new episodes) you want me to take over, as I'm already doing the wiki versions, or are you happy with the status ...
Re: Music
Surprised I haven't mentioned it in this thread before, but genuinely think that Tron Legacy may have the greatest film soundtrack of all time. It's written by Daft Punk, which I think tells you everything you need to know about it. Of particular note is "Outlands" (which is currently Sky's F1 theme...
- Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:34 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 31 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 63)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 394
- Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 30 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 62)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 633
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 30 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 62)
Thought Nick was horribly out of order at the start, basically telling Adam he had no chance before the game even began.
- Tue Mar 30, 2021 1:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 30 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 62)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 633
Spoilers for Tuesday 30 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 62)
Is today the day the record will be broken?
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:09 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 360
- Views: 69600
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
I am appalled at the idea of "vaccinated people only" into places, in order to encourage the youth to get it? Wrong end of the stick there altogether: we want the vaccine, we're just at the very bottom of the food chain. So if these "vaccinated people only" things come in, we're going to be punished...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 9:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 29 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 61)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 620
Re: Spoilers for Monday 29 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 61)
a player is more likely to be a returnee than a newbie What? Unless I've got the wrong end of the stick, that surely can't be true. Yeah, sorry, I probably wasn't clear enough. People with the same name, that is. So at the moment the "rule" on the wiki is that if in doubt, "Luke Boynton" is more li...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 7:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 29 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 61)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 620
Re: Spoilers for Monday 29 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 61)
Same again tomorrow to break octochamp record Is he on for that? I imagine he must be, otherwise you'd not have said it, I guess. I haven't watched for a few years but for some reason happened to see Luke's first show and thought: fucking hell, is this the general standard now (because the guy he b...
- Mon Mar 29, 2021 1:31 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 29 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 61)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 620
Spoilers for Monday 29 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 61)
Lukey Boy-nton is back.
- Sat Mar 27, 2021 8:29 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 23 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 57)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1616
- Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:45 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 23 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 57)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1616
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 23 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 57)
It's a bad pun coined by Gevin based on the Verstappens. But I guess that works as well.
https://wiki.apterous.org/Jos
https://wiki.apterous.org/Jos
- Sat Mar 27, 2021 5:41 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2106
Re: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
Top 5:
1 Gyles Brandreth 333 (+ 2 as contestant)
2 Richard Stilgoe 240
3 Nigel Rees 184
4 Philip Franks 176
5 Richard Digance 173
1 Gyles Brandreth 333 (+ 2 as contestant)
2 Richard Stilgoe 240
3 Nigel Rees 184
4 Philip Franks 176
5 Richard Digance 173
- Fri Mar 26, 2021 11:25 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdown mentions on other shows
- Replies: 304
- Views: 101172
Re: Countdown mentions on other shows
I don't think so.
- Fri Mar 26, 2021 6:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1488
- Views: 426777
Re: Ask Graeme?
When will new 15s overtake old 15s?
- Fri Mar 26, 2021 4:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sarah Everard/Women's Safety
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3208
Re: Politics in General
Really? They did no better than Gordon Brown.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Fri Mar 26, 2021 9:06 amAnd when you look at how close the 2017 election actually was, they could have won that election
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:21 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: ...and that's ZoomDown
- Replies: 218
- Views: 34120
Re: ...and that's ZoomDown
I suppose if we really felt we'd got it badly wrong and the result was affected, we might reinstate an opponent for another attempt, but that hasn't happened yet. This is the precedent for the televised version, albeit referring to mistakes made by Susie or illegal conundrums etc. If the result was...
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 3:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2106
Re: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
The wiki exists, Eoin... you could easily find out what the Masters was.
- Thu Mar 25, 2021 12:30 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2106
Re: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
Your tone seems very pointed right now. ZoomDown isn't (yet) broadcast on Channel 4 in the Countdown studio and is not an official spin-off of Countdown, which Celebrity Countdown, Countdown Masters, and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown are. So, to my mind, you either count Catsdown, or discount Cel...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: What computer games have you been playing lately?
- Replies: 68
- Views: 14978
Re: What computer games have you been playing lately?
Just wanted to say the season 4 update for Fall Guys is fantastic. On another note does anyone here play Amomg Us? Would anyone be interested in getting a C4 Countdown group game going? I've not played it as I have a very rigid policy of not playing multiplayer games with strangers, but I'd be up f...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:03 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 24 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 58)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 1230
Spoilers for Wednesday 24 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 58)
One year after a game was pulled from the schedules for coviddy reasons that we still haven't ever seen (ahem), Lukey Boy-nton is back for his 4th game, threatening to smash all records...
Can today's challenger stand in his way? (I already know the answer.)
Can today's challenger stand in his way? (I already know the answer.)
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2106
Re: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
By the same token, you could say that Jimmy Carr has "hosted more episodes of Countdown" than Des Lynam... which I doubt many CD fans would accept. Jimmy Carr: Catsdown editions: 134 DC guest: 5 TOTAL 139 Des Lynam: Standard episodes: 304 DC guest: 1 Celebrity editions: 1 as contestant TOTAL 306 So...
- Wed Mar 24, 2021 2:55 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2106
Re: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
There are separate totals for each type presumably specifically so that you can pick and choose what you would count. This is the best way of doing it. Yep, I listed them like that for that reason. I would include absolutely everything, with the possible exception of the Calendar Countdown Pilots a...
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 23 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 57)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1616
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 23 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 57)
A lesser-spotted Jos game.Gavin Chipper wrote: ↑Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:25 pmI don't think Luke was beaten by anyone on screen during the show, so it looked like it could be a max, but I've just been to the wiki, and it's not a max game.
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 8:36 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2106
Re: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
Good stats. How far behind is Whiteley? Even more ways to count up Whiteley... Richard Whiteley : Broadcast standard episodes: 3,958 Unreleased standard episodes: 1 Celebrity editions: 8 Calendar Countdown games: 7 (as per the Masters, taking the two-legged final as 1x appearance rather than 2x) Un...
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 5:44 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
- Replies: 25
- Views: 2106
Susie Dent about to set the record for most appearances ever...
It depends how you count them, but by the wikicount, Susie Dent will overtake Carol Vorderman for the most appearances on Countdown. By my reckoning, she will overtake Carol on 14 April. But, as I say, it depends how you count them: Carol Vorderman : Broadcast standard episodes: 4,692 (approx, due t...
- Tue Mar 23, 2021 1:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 360
- Views: 69600
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
Telegraph paywall down today so I’d thoroughly recommend this. https://t.co/izZS8Xf7Ag
- Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:43 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Monday 22 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 56)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1504
Spoilers for Monday 22 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 56)
Duckdown max from ABCJKMPQZ?
- Mon Mar 22, 2021 3:17 pm
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: Mastermind
- Replies: 13
- Views: 8954
Re: Mastermind
Yeah that's a good choice.
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 10:50 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 19th March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 55)
- Replies: 33
- Views: 3037
Re: Spoilers for Friday 19th March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 55)
I think it's actually really good that a "mystery" player has come along and taken the game by storm. It basically never happens now. All the really best players are on Apterous and known to be so. You're basically going back to Julian Fell for another debut like this. Well, not really, I think you...
- Fri Mar 19, 2021 1:50 am
- Forum: Other game shows
- Topic: ...and that's ZoomDown
- Replies: 218
- Views: 34120
Re: ...and that's ZoomDown
The ZoomDown team do not believe that anyone deserves a public shaming. However, if any player feels they have been treated unfairly by the ZoomDown team, they are of course welcome to instigate their own public discussion - but IMO it's not for you to make that decision for them. Literally this. E...
- Thu Mar 18, 2021 1:01 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners in the news
- Replies: 144
- Views: 64299
Re: Countdowners in the news
Not quite the news, but have seen Carol Vorderman doing an ad for Sunlife.
- Wed Mar 17, 2021 2:11 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 17 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 53)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 636
Spoilers for Wednesday 17 March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 53)
Nick Hewer's back. Disappointed he didn't thank Colin for standing in.
Also, have any contestants worn dungarees before?
Also, have any contestants worn dungarees before?
- Tue Mar 16, 2021 10:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 334
- Views: 121628
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
BBC London News is really, really shit.
- Tue Mar 16, 2021 9:20 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 16th March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 52)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 698
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 16th March 2021 (Series 83, Preliminary 52)
Colin is the one that got away.
I, for one, will miss him.
I, for one, will miss him.
- Mon Mar 15, 2021 4:56 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sarah Everard/Women's Safety
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3208
Re: Sarah Everard/Women's Safety
The use of the word "nightclubs" there has led to me to remember an incident from a couple of years ago. I was walking back from a nightclub at about 2am if I remember correctly, and I would walk along the main road, being battered by the sea gales off the south coast. There was some girl - totally ...
- Sat Mar 13, 2021 10:24 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Sarah Everard/Women's Safety
- Replies: 58
- Views: 3208
Re: Politics in General
What is really upsetting me about this whole thing is the inconsistent messaging coming from authorities, and the terrible messaging that's come from particularly Sadiq Khan (London, the city I've been mayor of for 5 years and unlike everywhere else I'm the Police & Crime Commissioner for, isn't saf...
- Thu Mar 11, 2021 10:58 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: No More Studio Audience at Countdown Post Covid
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2176
Re: No More Studio audiece at Countdown post Covid
Apparently Damian Eadie said this in ZoomDown chat, which Philip then disseminated... for what it's worth (admittedly not much, it would seem), I think it's an appalling decision!
- Wed Mar 10, 2021 4:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
- Replies: 360
- Views: 69600
Re: COVID-19 Coronavirus Thread
Except infection rates are now so low (0.5% positivity rate right now) that the opposite problem is now occurring.
“BBC” wrote:because infection rates are so low, the Royal Statistical Society believes more of the positive results produced this week could be wrong than right.