How will the sale of Channel 4 affect Countdown's future?
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How will the sale of Channel 4 affect Countdown's future?
I have absolutely no evidence or logic for it, but I also cannot shake an uneasy feeling that the recent news about the privatisation or whatever the right word is of Channel 4 is going to call into question the future of the show that brought us all together. Has anyone any thoughts/insight/reassurances on this?
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Re: How will the sale of Channel 4 affect Countdown's future?
Very hard to know. We all see it as a culturally important show, but the current 300k viewing figures are a worry, given that a repeat of Lingo gets 3 times that.
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Re: How will the sale of Channel 4 affect Countdown's future?
Could it be an opportunity for ITV/BBC to bag it and put it on at a decent time?
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Re: How will the sale of Channel 4 affect Countdown's future?
Could be. But they might also end up changing its nature in undesirable ways.Ian Fitzpatrick wrote: ↑Thu Apr 07, 2022 8:38 am Could it be an opportunity for ITV/BBC to bag it and put it on at a decent time?
If it did end up getting axed, then as long as there is some warning, it could be a way of getting those people who have been dragging their feet about applying to finally give it a go.
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Re: How will the sale of Channel 4 affect Countdown's future?
It won’t, imo.
It’s a culturally significant programme and killing it is a PR catastrafuck.
It’s a culturally significant programme and killing it is a PR catastrafuck.