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− | '''Celebrity Countdown''' was a short-lived series in 1998 that, as the title suggests, pitted celebrities against each other in a game of Countdown. The format used was a shortened version of | + | '''Celebrity Countdown''' was a short-lived series in 1998 that, as the title suggests, pitted celebrities against each other in a game of Countdown. The format used was a shortened version of the then-standard [[9 round format]]: dropping a letters game from each half to reduce the total number of rounds to 7. Thus the format was half of the [[14-round format]] used for grand finals in the 9-round era. This format had also been used in the [[special game]] played on Christmas Day 1997 between [[Richard Whiteley]] and [[Carol Vorderman]]; that show is often credited as part of the celebrity series. The show was broadcast on Thursday evenings, but only lasted for eight episodes. |
==Episodes== | ==Episodes== |
Revision as of 19:09, 21 November 2010
Celebrity Countdown was a short-lived series in 1998 that, as the title suggests, pitted celebrities against each other in a game of Countdown. The format used was a shortened version of the then-standard 9 round format: dropping a letters game from each half to reduce the total number of rounds to 7. Thus the format was half of the 14-round format used for grand finals in the 9-round era. This format had also been used in the special game played on Christmas Day 1997 between Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman; that show is often credited as part of the celebrity series. The show was broadcast on Thursday evenings, but only lasted for eight episodes.
Episodes
# | Date | Type | Contestant 1 | Score | Contestant 2 | Presenters | Guest | Lex | Max | |||
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C1 | 23/04/1998 | CC | Desmond Lynam | 32 – 17 | Sian Lloyd | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Magnus Magnusson | Anna Eaton | 59 | ||
C2 | 30/04/1998 | CC | Jo Brand | 37 – 29 | Arthur Smith | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Bamber Gascoigne | Susie Dent | 60 | ||
C3 | 7/05/1998 | CC | Edwina Currie | 18 – 20 | Charles Kennedy | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Roy Hattersley | Susie Dent | 62 | ||
C4 | 14/05/1998 | CC | Jilly Goolden | 9 – 47 | Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Patrick Lichfield | Susie Dent | 58 | ||
C5 | 28/05/1998 | CC | Ron Atkinson | 39 – 27 | Eamonn Holmes | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Andy Gray | Mark Nyman | 61 | ||
C6 | 4/06/1998 | CC | Jill Dando | 20 – 41 | Alastair Stewart | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | John Cole | Mark Nyman | 79 | ||
C7 | 11/06/1998 | CC | Loyd Grossman | 20 – 23 | David Steel | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Lucinda Lambton | Mark Nyman | 59 | ||
C8 | 18/06/1998 | CC | Alan Coren | 35 – 29 | Graeme Garden | Richard Whiteley | Carol Vorderman | Matthew Parris | Susie Dent | 59 |