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'''''Calendar Countdown''''' was the first British adaptation of the ''[[Des chiffres et des lettres]]'' format, and the forerunner of ''[[Countdown]]'' itself.  
 
'''''Calendar Countdown''''' was the first British adaptation of the ''[[Des chiffres et des lettres]]'' format, and the forerunner of ''[[Countdown]]'' itself.  
  
The series was broadcast only in the Yorkshire TV region, on Monday evenings at 6.30pm (immediately following the region's news programme, ''Calendar'') for eight weeks, from April 19 to June 7, 1982. The host was [[Richard Whiteley]], the hostesses were [[Cathy Hytner]] and Robena Sharp, and the numbers girl was Denise McFarland-Cruikshanks. Each episode was self-contained and there was no overall series champion.  Episodes had eight letters rounds and two numbers round, and did not yet feature a conundrum.
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The series was broadcast only in the Yorkshire TV region, on Monday evenings at 6.30pm (immediately following the region's news programme, ''Calendar'') for eight weeks, from April 19 to June 7, 1982. The host was [[Richard Whiteley]], the hostesses were [[Cathy Hytner]] and Robena Sharp, and the numbers girl was [[Denise McFarland-Cruikshanks]]. Each episode was self-contained and there was no overall series champion.  Episodes had eight letters rounds (of only 8 letters) and two numbers rounds, and did not yet feature a conundrum.
  
 
Richard Whiteley and Cathy Hytner (along with producer [[John Meade]] and most of the backstage staff) remained with the show when it was subsequently commissioned for [[Channel 4]] under the shortened title of ''Countdown''.
 
Richard Whiteley and Cathy Hytner (along with producer [[John Meade]] and most of the backstage staff) remained with the show when it was subsequently commissioned for [[Channel 4]] under the shortened title of ''Countdown''.
  
 
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Revision as of 10:22, 7 October 2009

Calendar Countdown was the first British adaptation of the Des chiffres et des lettres format, and the forerunner of Countdown itself.

The series was broadcast only in the Yorkshire TV region, on Monday evenings at 6.30pm (immediately following the region's news programme, Calendar) for eight weeks, from April 19 to June 7, 1982. The host was Richard Whiteley, the hostesses were Cathy Hytner and Robena Sharp, and the numbers girl was Denise McFarland-Cruikshanks. Each episode was self-contained and there was no overall series champion. Episodes had eight letters rounds (of only 8 letters) and two numbers rounds, and did not yet feature a conundrum.

Richard Whiteley and Cathy Hytner (along with producer John Meade and most of the backstage staff) remained with the show when it was subsequently commissioned for Channel 4 under the shortened title of Countdown.