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{{quote|"''As the countdown to a brand-new channel ends, a brand-new ''Countdown'' begins.''"|'''Richard Whiteley''''s first words on the ''Countdown'' debut, alluding to the show's precursor ''Calendar Countdown'' (which aired as a brief regional series in 1981).}}
The thinking man's game show, and the face of [[Channel 4]] in Britain, having been the first programme aired on the channel in 1982 and running ever since. Two contestants face off in a series of Letters and Numbers Games, each hoping to score more points than the other. Every round is timed to 30 seconds, with a big clock ticking down behind the contestants. It was a companion to ''[[Fifteen to One]]'' until that show's demise, and nowadays{{when}} is with ''[[Deal or No Deal]]''.
'''''Countdown''''' is based on a [[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|French]] game much more straightforwardly titled ''The Numbers And Letters''.
The rounds are as follows, with the first two repeated several times:
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