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[[Category:Countdown|Times]]

Revision as of 14:40, 5 September 2021

Countdown is currently broadcast by Channel 4 from 14:10 to 15:00 British Time on Mondays to Fridays most weeks throughout the year. In addition to the +1 channel, most programmes are repeated early mornings on Channel 4 at around 06:00, about 32 hours after their first transmission.

Countdown programmes used to have additional repeat showings on More4 and 4seven, but these practices have now stopped.

They were also given a showing on S4C a few days after the first Channel 4 transmission, but this ended with the completion of the digital switchover in Wales in March 2010 (at which point S4C ceased broadcast of Channel 4 programmes, since Channel 4 is now available throughout Wales).

Programmes can, however, be watched using All4, Channel 4's on-demand service, at any time up to thirty days after the first transmission.

History

Start Series End Series Time (UK time) Notes
Series 1 16:45 Only shown Mondays to Thursdays.
Series 2 17:30 Only shown Tuesdays to Fridays.
Series 3 Series 4 17:00 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays only.
16:45 Tuesdays only.
Championship of Champions I Series 50 16:30 (30 minutes)
16:15 (45 minutes).
Grand finals between Series 11 and Series 17 were shown at 16:30.
Up to and including Episode 3544.
Masters Series 1 06:05 Episodes M1 to M23.
Masters Series 1 Masters Series 2 08:45 Episodes M24 to M54.
Masters Series 2 06:54 Episodes M55 to M94.
(Episodes M100, M101, M103, and M104 are unknown.)
Celebrity Countdown Series 1 20:00
Series 50 Series 53 15:15
Series 54 Series 55 15:30 Up to and including Episode 4152.
Series 55 15:45 Episodes 4153 to 4177.
Series 55 Series 57 15:30 Up to and including Episode 4468.
Series 57 15:25 Episodes 4369 to 4378.
Series 57 Series 63 15:25
Series 64 Series 67 15:10 Up to and including Episode 5586.
Series 67 Series 71 14:40 Up to and including Episode 5982.
Series 71 Series 72 15:10 Up to and including Episode 6076.
Series 72 Series 73 14:10 Up to and including Episode 6239.
Series 73 Series 75 15:10 Up to and including Episode 6446.
Series 75 present 14:10
Celebrity Countdown Series 2 18:55
(More4)

Exceptions

Exceptions are sorted by series, then by date of the first episode in that particular timeslot in a series. Any future episodes in the same timeslot have been added into that bracket rather than given a separate row.

Date During Series Time (UK time) Notes
26 May 1983
27 May 1983
31 May 1983
1 June 1983
2 June 1983
3 June 1983
Series 2 17:00 Broadcast 30 minutes earlier due to extended News coverage for the 1983 United Kingdom general election.
2 July 1983 19:00 Saturday episode, shown to accommodate the longer runtime of a 14 round game.
20 September 1983
11 October 1983
13 October 1983
Series 3 17:30
12 October 1983 18:00
31 October 1983
2 November 1983
3 November 1983
16:45
1 November 1983 16:30
15 December 1983 16:45 Changed start time for 45-minute edition, as the grand final.
23 April 1984 Series 4 16:15 Rescheduled due to Easter week.
24 April 1984 17:00
25 April 1984 17:15
26 April 1984
28 June 1984
16:45
Changed start time for 45-minute edition, as the grand final.
25 October 1984
1 November 1984
15 November 1984
Series 5 16:25
17 January 1985
25 January 1985
31 January 1985
7 March 1985
8 March 1985
Series 6 16:25
21 Feburary 1985
14 March 1985
16:20
20 March 1985 18:00
23 November 1985 Series 7 16:35
20 December 1985 16:45 Changed start time for 45-minute edition, as the grand final.
27 January 1986 Series 8 18:00 Delayed due to live House of Lords coverage.
11 April 1986 Series 9 16:25
5 May 1986
26 May 1986
17:00 Changed due to a bank holiday.
13 October 1986 Series 10 16:30 "Champion of Champion of Champions" special.
3 June 1987 Series 12 16:35 Delayed due to Derby Day.
15 July 1989 Series 18 18:00 Moved to Saturday owing to the bicentary of the French Revolution.
17 April 1990
18 April 1990
19 April 1990
20 April 1990
21 April 1990
23 April 1990
24 April 1990
8 May 1990
Masters Series 2 06:50
2 July 1990 Series 20 16:10 1000th episode, extended to 50 minutes.
8 January 1991 Championship of Champions V 16:30 Unlike 14-round broadcasts at the time, shown at the "normal" time of 16:30.
16 January 1998 Championship of Champions IX
24 December 1998 Series 39 17:30 Christmas Eve.
25 December 1998 16:50 Christmas Day.
25 December 1999 Series 41 16:55
23 June 2000 Series 42 16:10 Grand final, extended by 5 minutes.
5 July 2000
25 December 2000
Series 43 16:45 Delayed due to cricket coverage.
Christmas Day.
26 December 2000
29 December 2000
Series 44 16:15 Christmas and New Year.
28 December 2000 16:00
1 January 2001 16:25
24 December 2001 Series 46 17:45 Christmas Eve.
25 December 2001 17:50 Christmas Day.
26 December 2001 Series 47 15:30 Christmas and New Year.
28 December 2001 15:45
31 December 2001 16:00
1 January 2001 16:45
6 May 2002 15:50 May Day bank holiday.
3 June 2002 16:05/16:10 Listed as 16:05 in some listings, 16:10 in others (broadcast commenced 16:08); Golden Jubilee bank holiday.
5 May 2003 Series 49 15:55 May Day bank holiday.
12 April 2004 Series 51 15:30 Easter Monday.
31 May 2004 15:10 Spring bank holiday.
30 June 2005 Series 53 15:00
15:45
Double-bill of the two semi-finals, as the previous two episodes had been delayed by a day due to the death of Richard Whiteley.
7 January 2006
8 April 2006
Series 54 16:20 A short-lived Saturday slot for the show; the episodes were erratically scheduled.
14 January 2006
28 January 2006
1 April 2006
16:10
21 January 2006
4 February 2006
4 March 2006
18 March 2006
16:00
11 February 2006 16:35
18 February 2006
25 February 2006
11 March 2006
16:15
25 March 2006 16:05
28 August 2006 Series 55 15:25 August bank holiday.
17 April 2017 Series 76 14:05 Moved due to Formula One coverage.
15 September 2017 Series 77 12:40
24 November 2018 Series 79 14:45
12 November 2019
19 November 2019
Celebrity Countdown Series 2 21:00
(More4)
Original timeslot for Celebrity Countdown Series 2: following disappointing ratings, the remaining four episodes were pulled and rescheduled.
24 February 2021
25 February 2021
Series 83 14:25
(More4)
Moved due to coverage of the 2021 Anthony De Mello Trophy.
24 August 2021 Series 84 15:15 Moved due to coverage of the 2020 Summer Paralympics.
26 August 2021 15:10
3 September 2021 14:40