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Countdown transmission times
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.
As part of the 2020 COVID-19 hiatus, episodes from Series 78 are currently being repeated on More4 at 18:05 British time on Mondays to Fridays.
History
| Start Series | End Series | Time (UK time) | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Series 1 | 16:30 | 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 45 | 16:30 (9-rounders) 16:15 (14-rounders). |
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| 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 46 | Series 50 | 16:15 | Up to and including Episode 3544. |
| Series 50 | Series 53 | 15:15 | |
| Series 54 | Series 57 | 15:30 | Up to and including Episode 4368. |
| Series 57 | Series 63 | 15:25 | |
| Series 64 | Series 67 | 15:10 | Up to and including Episode 5586. |
| Series 67 | Series 71 | 14:40 | Some information for this era is unclear; at some point, the show migrated temporarily to 15:10, but a start and end date for this is not known. |
| Series 72 | present | 14:10 | From late January 2015 onwards, the exact episode is not known. |
| Celebrity Countdown Series 2 | 18:55 | ||
