guardian magazine - article about Countdown

tonywarren · Post by **tonywarren** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:21 am

In case anyone is interested there is an article about the new look Countdown in today's (Saturday 3rd Jan) colour magazine. And it appears to be a reasonably accurate report of a day's recording of Countdown.

Malcolm James · Post by **Malcolm James** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:42 am

I've seen the article and should add that it contains a small spoiler for CoC. It hints at the result of one of the first round matches and gives away a 9-letter word found by one of the contestants.

Lucy Gowers · Post by **Lucy Gowers** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:16 pm

tonywarren wrote:In case anyone is interested there is an article about the new look Countdown in today's (Saturday 3rd Jan) colour magazine. And it appears to be a reasonably accurate report of a day's recording of Countdown.

It's available on The Guardian's website (in the Weekend section) too. But the print version does have a nice pic of Rachel by the great Eamonn McCabe.

Phil Reynolds · Post by **Phil Reynolds** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:45 pm

The article is here. It makes interesting reading, especially finally getting to hear Damian's take on the whole Carol debacle. And I think Kai should change his avatar to a picture of Bart Simpson.

Naomi Laddiman · Post by **Naomi Laddiman** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:07 pm

I think the Guardian misprinted this bit - "David O'Donnell, a quietly spoken man from Northern Ireland" - were they talking to the same David O'Donnell I met in the green room?!

Charlie Reams · Post by **Charlie Reams** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:23 pm

Charlie Reams, another programmer, doing a PhD at Oxford

Sigh...

Lucy Gowers · Post by **Lucy Gowers** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:40 pm

Charlie Reams wrote:
Charlie Reams, another programmer, doing a PhD at Oxford
Sigh...

I thought you'd seen sense and come over to 'the dark side'.

But Hattenstone's famously a Man City fan. He's gonna get things wrong...

Kai Laddiman · Post by **Kai Laddiman** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:17 pm

Malcolm James wrote:I've seen the article and should add that it contains a small spoiler for CoC.

Indeed. It says that some people were knocked out in the first round.

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:49 pm

Just can't wait for the CoC and to go on the show myself

Pete Fraser · Post by **Pete Fraser** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:42 pm

Three words leap out from that article...

"Countdown chocolate set"

What? How? Why? Huh?

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:22 pm

David, you should've Ebayed the word lists - I'd actually have payed money for them

Michael Wallace · Post by **Michael Wallace** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:55 pm

And in the evenings they gather back at the hotel for fun and games.

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tonywarren · Post by **tonywarren** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:24 pm

Jimmy wrote:David, you should've Ebayed the word lists - I'd actually have payed money for them

They will be placed in the public domain in due course (Once Carol has typed them up...)

tonywarren · Post by **tonywarren** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:27 pm

Naomi Laddiman wrote:I think the Guardian misprinted this bit - "David O'Donnell, a quietly spoken man from Northern Ireland" - were they talking to the same David O'Donnell I met in the green room?!

perhaps the "sometime quietly spoken man liable to be found punching the air with his hand and his lip with his tooth whilst crying "f***sorryKai" " would have not read as well...

Jimmy Gough · Post by **Jimmy Gough** » Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:04 pm

tonywarren wrote:
Jimmy wrote:David, you should've Ebayed the word lists - I'd actually have payed money for them
They will be placed in the public domain in due course (Once Carol has typed them up...)

Great, thanks.

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:06 am

Naomi Laddiman wrote:I think the Guardian misprinted this bit - "David O'Donnell, a quietly spoken man from Northern Ireland" - were they talking to the same David O'Donnell I met in the green room?!

My family found this quite amusing too.

Rosemary Roberts · Post by **Rosemary Roberts** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:35 pm

tonywarren wrote: They will be placed in the public domain in due course (Once Carol has typed them up...)

I hadn't realised Carol was now so totally out of a job!

David O'Donnell · Post by **David O'Donnell** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:00 pm

Rosemary Roberts wrote:
tonywarren wrote: They will be placed in the public domain in due course (Once Carol has typed them up...)
I hadn't realised Carol was now so totally out of a job!

Dinos Sfyris · Post by **Dinos Sfyris** » Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:34 pm

Ha great article. Especially the bits about all the contestants.

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