Channel 4’s long-running Countdown quiz has crowned its first female champion in an astonishing 26 years. The show, which has been on almost every day of Channel 4’s 42-year history, has not had a ...

It's 12.30pm at Yorkshire Television studios in Leeds. The Countdown production team is about to record a week's worth of shows in one day. But before they start, they are politely tucking into their ...

Fans of the long-running UK quiz show were distracted during the Countdown conundrum this week by “sperm test” – which were actually the jumbled up letters of the word “temptress”, The Sun reports.

Channel 4 has issued an apology after a homophobic slur was broadcast during an episode of the long-running quiz show Countdown. The word “p***ter” was given as one of the contestant’s answers, with ...

A 'growling' Countdown champion who stabbed a rival at a game show convention felt 'cheated' because other quizzers had been using an app to practise, a court heard today. John Cowen, 31, attacked ...