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Revision as of 01:58, 25 February 2011
A half is any of the parts into which a Countdown episode is divided for broadcast on a commercial TV channel.
The term was coined by Richard Whiteley, and is a legacy from the days when Countdown was a game of two halves. Since the name "half" sounded good, it stuck when, in 2001, Countdown became a game of three halves.
Halves have varied in length from three rounds, in the one-off Celebrity Countdown series, to seven rounds, in the first 45 grand finals. Normally, however, a half consists of five rounds.
