Countdown
The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.
Created by Armand Jammot
Network: Channel 4
Cast
Colin Murray, Rachel Riley, Susie Dent
Seasons
Series 1
26 episodes · Nov 2, 1982
Series 2
52 episodes · Jul 1, 1983
Series 3
51 episodes · Dec 14, 1983
Series 4
51 episodes · Jun 27, 1982
Series 5
50 episodes · Oct 15, 1984
Series 6
54 episodes · Jan 7, 1985
Series 7
50 episodes · Oct 14, 1985
Series 8
59 episodes · Jan 6, 1986
Series 9
47 episodes · Mar 31, 1986
Series 10
50 episodes · Oct 13, 1986
Series 11
50 episodes · Feb 2, 1987
Series 12
50 episodes · Apr 13, 1987
Series 13
50 episodes · Jun 22, 1987
Series 14
63 episodes · Oct 5, 1987
Series 15
50 episodes · Apr 11, 1988
Series 16
55 episodes · Jun 20, 1988
Series 17
55 episodes · Jan 2, 1989
Series 18
70 episodes · Jul 10, 1989
Series 19
65 episodes · Jan 1, 1990
Series 20
65 episodes · Jul 2, 1990
Series 21
65 episodes · Dec 31, 1990
Series 22
65 episodes · Jul 1, 1991
Series 23
65 episodes · Dec 30, 1991
Series 24
65 episodes · Jun 29, 1992
Series 25
65 episodes · Jan 4, 1993
Series 26
65 episodes · Jul 5, 1993
Series 27
65 episodes · Jan 3, 1994
Series 28
65 episodes · Jul 4, 1994
Series 29
65 episodes · Jan 2, 1995
Series 30
65 episodes · Jul 3, 1995
Series 31
65 episodes · Jan 1, 1996
Series 32
65 episodes · Jul 1, 1996
Series 33
58 episodes · Dec 19, 1996
Series 34
65 episodes · Dec 30, 1996
Series 35
64 episodes · May 22, 1997
Series 36
65 episodes · Jun 30, 1997
Series 37
60 episodes · Sep 29, 1997
Series 38
130 episodes · Dec 29, 1997
Series 39
130 episodes · Jun 29, 1998
Series 40
130 episodes · Dec 28, 1998
Series 41
121 episodes · Jun 28, 1999
Series 42
123 episodes · Dec 27, 1999
Series 43
114 episodes · Jun 26, 2000
Series 44
130 episodes · Apr 26, 2001
Series 45
42 episodes · Jul 2, 2001
Series 46
67 episodes · Sep 24, 2001
Series 47
127 episodes · Dec 26, 2001
Series 48
109 episodes · Jul 1, 2002
Series 49
122 episodes · Jan 6, 2003
Series 50
103 episodes · Jun 30, 2003
Series 51
112 episodes · Apr 11, 2004
Series 52
112 episodes · Jun 28, 2004
Series 53
119 episodes · Jan 4, 2005
Series 54
153 episodes · Oct 31, 2005
Series 55
150 episodes · May 29, 2006
Series 56
120 episodes · Jan 2, 2007
Series 57
126 episodes · Jun 25, 2007
Series 58
119 episodes · Jan 2, 2008
Series 59
104 episodes · Jun 23, 2008
Series 60
111 episodes · Jan 12, 2009
Series 61
100 episodes · Jun 22, 2009
Series 62
83 episodes · Jan 11, 2010
Series 63
83 episodes · Jun 21, 2010
Series 64
2 episodes · Jan 10, 2011
Series 65
2 episodes · Jun 6, 2011
Series 66
66 episodes · Jan 9, 2012
Series 67
93 episodes · Jul 2, 2012
Series 68
67 episodes · Mar 4, 2013
Series 69
118 episodes · Jul 1, 2013
Series 70
107 episodes · Jan 6, 2014
Series 71
83 episodes · Jun 30, 2014
Series 72
6 episodes · Jan 5, 2015
Series 73
1 episodes · Jun 15, 2015
Series 74
1 episodes · Jan 25, 2016
Series 75
1 episodes · Jun 27, 2016
Series 76
1 episodes · Jan 3, 2017
Series 77
1 episodes · Jul 3, 2017
Series 78
1 episodes · Jan 2, 2018
Series 79
1 episodes · Jun 25, 2018
Series 80
1 episodes · Jan 23, 2019
Series 81
1 episodes · Jul 1, 2019
Series 82
1 episodes · Jan 2, 2020
Series 83
1 episodes · Jan 4, 2021
Series 84
1 episodes · Jun 28, 2021
Series 85
113 episodes · Jan 3, 2022
Series 86
1 episodes · Jun 20, 2022
Series 87
5 episodes · Jan 23, 2023
Series 88
3 episodes · Jun 30, 2023
Series 89
1 episodes · Jan 2, 2024
Series 90
1 episodes · Jul 1, 2024
Series 91
1 episodes · Jan 6, 2025
Series 92
60 episodes · Jun 30, 2025
Season 93
1 episodes · Jan 5, 2026
Season 94
35 episodes · Jun 29, 2026
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