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| − | [[Image:CECIL and Carol.jpg|right|frame|200px|''Countdown''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s most enduring double-act: CECIL and [[Carol Vorderman|Thingy]]. ]]'''CECIL''' is the acronym that stands for '''Countdown's Electronic Calculator In Leeds'''. CECIL's name is also a tribute to former Channel 4 Head of Entertainment [[Cecil Korer]], who commissioned the show back in 1982. An acknowledged homage to ERNIE, the machine that picks the premium bond numbers each week, CECIL isn't actually a calculator but a random number generator, picking a three-digit number between 100 and 999 inclusive on demand each numbers game. On occasion, though, CECIL has been known to develop a mind of his own. | + | [[Image:Episode 1 numbers game.jpg|right|frame|200px|The original CECIL, seen here alongside the Mk.1 prototype Vorderbot]][[Image:CECIL and Carol.jpg|right|frame|200px|''Countdown''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s most enduring double-act: CECIL and [[Carol Vorderman|Thingy]]. ]]'''CECIL''' is the acronym that stands for '''Countdown's Electronic Calculator In Leeds'''. CECIL's name is also a tribute to former Channel 4 Head of Entertainment [[Cecil Korer]], who commissioned the show back in 1982. An acknowledged homage to ERNIE, the machine that picks the premium bond numbers each week, CECIL isn't actually a calculator but a random number generator, picking a three-digit number between 100 and 999 inclusive on demand each numbers game. On occasion, though, CECIL has been known to develop a mind of his own. |
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Revision as of 18:25, 9 March 2008
The original CECIL, seen here alongside the Mk.1 prototype Vorderbot
Countdown's most enduring double-act: CECIL and Thingy.
CECIL is the acronym that stands for Countdown's Electronic Calculator In Leeds. CECIL's name is also a tribute to former Channel 4 Head of Entertainment Cecil Korer, who commissioned the show back in 1982. An acknowledged homage to ERNIE, the machine that picks the premium bond numbers each week, CECIL isn't actually a calculator but a random number generator, picking a three-digit number between 100 and 999 inclusive on demand each numbers game. On occasion, though, CECIL has been known to develop a mind of his own.
