Countdown transmission times

Countdown is broadcast by Channel 4 at 15:25 on Mondays to Fridays most weeks throughout the year. The usual exceptions are during public holidays, when times might vary, and during the Christmas / New Year break and the Cheltenham Festival and Glorious Goodwood race weeks when the programme is suspended. In 2008 there is to be a summer break following the programme on Friday 25th July, restarting on Monday 25th August.

In addition to all of the +1 channels, most programmes are repeated on three occasions:

1. on More4 at around 03:00 on the night immediately following the first transmission
2. on Channel 4 at around 05:15 in the early morning, two and half days after the first transmission
3. on S4C (terrestrial channel only) at 14:15 on Monday to Friday afternoons, currently eighteen working days after the first transmission.

More4 and the early morning Channel 4 repeat times vary slightly from day to day.

The actual date on which a programme is repeated on S4C may vary, depending on channel scheduling. The eighteen day delay is correct on 8th August 2008. In an attempt to catch up, S4C are showing two programmes daily during the six days 11th - 18th August, at 13:30 and 14:15. By the end of that period, they should be only twelve working days behind. Coverage of York racing interrupts S4C repeats from 19th to 21st August, and delays the 22nd August programme to 15:45.

In addition, programmes can be watched using 4oD, Channel 4's on-demand service, at any time up to thirty days after the first transmission.

For two weeks of the summer break, 11th - 22nd August, Channel 4 are showing repeats of recent programmes, at 14:45 for the first week, and 15:45 for the second. During week commencing 11th August the programmes are those from 16th July 2007 onwards. These repeats are not themselves being repeated on More4, etc. They will, however, be available for viewing using 4oD.