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have a look here - http://wiki.apterous.org/Mary

we know her first name was Mary, but the surname is uncertain

if she really was Mary Craig the was she also the keeper of the questions on mastermind?

You would have had to search hard to find these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWXMjlm2GAE&t=2075s

and this one https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_lgZt4ixT0&t=7709s

I noticed the end cridits menton consultant Dr Loreto Todd???????? - never heard that name before

on Mike Browns countdown page it says that "Kathy Hytner turned the conundrum board until it became automated at the start of series 8"

but is the conundrum board really automated in that its activated by the start of the clock or is their a man (aka stagehand) round the back?

just thought

what ever happened to the old cards that were used in previous eras of the show, are they kept or are they thrown in the bin?

I know im only 30 years late in asking this but anyway Why is the numbers game scoring the way it is - 10 points if exact, 7 points if your so far out and whatever points if your whatever out Its a bit complicated isn't it? Would'nt it have been easier if the scoring was 10 points if exact then 1 po...

i do a lot of quiz and game nights in the London region and I want countdown to feature in the fun, but those cards in the board games are so damn small so where do the cards come from that are used on the show? - i suppose the material is more than just cardboard? id love to have my own "real&...

I will admit that i havent seen countdown since the first 2 hewer episodes in January - these days im so busy with other things the thing is that thanks to the format being so simple, countdown will go on forever so it dosent matter to me if i miss it for a while I feel that the show is not quite as...

It would amuse me to see a game where Jeff plays Rachel. Perhaps with a favourite DC guest taking up Jeffs usual role, and I previous numbers wizard playing Rachels role. what previous numbers wizard are you thinking of? not C V surley or do you mean a past contestant that was so good at the numera...

i thought these specials might be in case channel four get the cricket back and it finishes early

i remember when it happened the first time in 1999 and turned the tv on at about round 3 of the 100 countdown - id love to see it again

Lucy Gowers wrote:The real reason why David Mitchell is playing hard to get: http://youtube.com/watch?v=1WaCfFtCsbw

Possibly....

that video has gone because of **********ing copyright issues - so what was it ?

I,m surprised that there has been no mention anywhere yet that there is only about 40ish programmes left to go til the 5000th show has anything special been planned? if not i would suggest that channel 4 do a special countdown themed night including a special documentary and so=me of those classic s...