Social Entertainment / TV
Countdown
The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.
Seasons
- Series 1 — 26 episodes (November 2, 1982)
- Series 2 — 52 episodes (July 1, 1983)
- Series 3 — 51 episodes (December 14, 1983)
- Series 4 — 51 episodes (June 27, 1982)
- Series 5 — 50 episodes (October 15, 1984)
- Series 6 — 54 episodes (January 7, 1985)
- Series 7 — 50 episodes (October 14, 1985)
- Series 8 — 59 episodes (January 6, 1986)
- Series 9 — 47 episodes (March 31, 1986)
- Series 10 — 50 episodes (October 13, 1986)
- Series 11 — 50 episodes (February 2, 1987)
- Series 12 — 50 episodes (April 13, 1987)
- Series 13 — 50 episodes (June 22, 1987)
- Series 14 — 63 episodes (October 5, 1987)
- Series 15 — 50 episodes (April 11, 1988)
- Series 16 — 55 episodes (June 20, 1988)
- Series 17 — 55 episodes (January 2, 1989)
- Series 18 — 70 episodes (July 10, 1989)
- Series 19 — 65 episodes (January 1, 1990)
- Series 20 — 65 episodes (July 2, 1990)
- Series 21 — 65 episodes (December 31, 1990)
- Series 22 — 65 episodes (July 1, 1991)
- Series 23 — 65 episodes (December 30, 1991)
- Series 24 — 65 episodes (June 29, 1992)
- Series 25 — 65 episodes (January 4, 1993)
- Series 26 — 65 episodes (July 5, 1993)
- Series 27 — 65 episodes (January 3, 1994)
- Series 28 — 65 episodes (July 4, 1994)
- Series 29 — 65 episodes (January 2, 1995)
- Series 30 — 65 episodes (July 3, 1995)
- Series 31 — 65 episodes (January 1, 1996)
- Series 32 — 65 episodes (July 1, 1996)
- Series 33 — 58 episodes (December 19, 1996)
- Series 34 — 65 episodes (December 30, 1996)
- Series 35 — 64 episodes (May 22, 1997)
- Series 36 — 65 episodes (June 30, 1997)
- Series 37 — 60 episodes (September 29, 1997)
- Series 38 — 130 episodes (December 29, 1997)
- Series 39 — 130 episodes (June 29, 1998)
- Series 40 — 130 episodes (December 28, 1998)
- Series 41 — 121 episodes (June 28, 1999)
- Series 42 — 123 episodes (December 27, 1999)
- Series 43 — 114 episodes (June 26, 2000)
- Series 44 — 130 episodes (April 26, 2001)
- Series 45 — 42 episodes (July 2, 2001)
- Series 46 — 67 episodes (September 24, 2001)
- Series 47 — 127 episodes (December 26, 2001)
- Series 48 — 109 episodes (July 1, 2002)
- Series 49 — 122 episodes (January 6, 2003)
- Series 50 — 103 episodes (June 30, 2003)
- Series 51 — 112 episodes (April 11, 2004)
- Series 52 — 112 episodes (June 28, 2004)
- Series 53 — 119 episodes (January 4, 2005)
- Series 54 — 153 episodes (October 31, 2005)
- Series 55 — 150 episodes (May 29, 2006)
- Series 56 — 120 episodes (January 2, 2007)
- Series 57 — 126 episodes (June 25, 2007)
- Series 58 — 119 episodes (January 2, 2008)
- Series 59 — 104 episodes (June 23, 2008)
- Series 60 — 111 episodes (January 12, 2009)
- Series 61 — 100 episodes (June 22, 2009)
- Series 62 — 83 episodes (January 11, 2010)
- Series 63 — 83 episodes (June 21, 2010)
- Series 64 — 2 episodes (January 10, 2011)
- Series 65 — 2 episodes (June 6, 2011)
- Series 66 — 66 episodes (January 9, 2012)
- Series 67 — 93 episodes (July 2, 2012)
- Series 68 — 67 episodes (March 4, 2013)
- Series 69 — 118 episodes (July 1, 2013)
- Series 70 — 107 episodes (January 6, 2014)
- Series 71 — 83 episodes (June 30, 2014)
- Series 72 — 6 episodes (January 5, 2015)
- Series 73 — 1 episode (June 15, 2015)
- Series 74 — 1 episode (January 25, 2016)
- Series 75 — 1 episode (June 27, 2016)
- Series 76 — 1 episode (January 3, 2017)
- Series 77 — 1 episode (July 3, 2017)
- Series 78 — 1 episode (January 2, 2018)
- Series 79 — 1 episode (June 25, 2018)
- Series 80 — 1 episode (January 23, 2019)
- Series 81 — 1 episode (July 1, 2019)
- Series 82 — 1 episode (January 2, 2020)
- Series 83 — 1 episode (January 4, 2021)
- Series 84 — 1 episode (June 28, 2021)
- Series 85 — 113 episodes (January 3, 2022)
- Series 86 — 1 episode (June 20, 2022)
- Series 87 — 5 episodes (January 23, 2023)
- Series 88 — 3 episodes (June 30, 2023)
- Series 89 — 1 episode (January 2, 2024)
- Series 90 — 1 episode (July 1, 2024)
- Series 91 — 1 episode (January 6, 2025)
- Series 92 — 60 episodes (June 30, 2025)
- Season 93 — 1 episode (January 5, 2026)
- Season 94 — 35 episodes (June 29, 2026)
Cast
- Colin Murray as Self - Host
- Rachel Riley as Self - Host
- Susie Dent as Self - Host
Details
- Created by
- Armand Jammot
- First aired
- November 2, 1982
- Episodes
- 5872
- Genres
- Reality
- Network
- Channel 4
- Status
- Returning Series
- TMDB score
- 6.0 / 10 from 20 votes
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