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Revision as of 03:35, 8 January 2020

Celebrity Countdown was a short-lived series in 1998 that, as the title suggests, pitted celebrities against each other in a game of Countdown. The format used was a shortened version of then then-standard 9 round format: dropping a letters game from each half to reduce the total number of rounds to 7. Thus the format was half of the 14-round format used for grand finals in the 9-round era. This format had also been used in the special game played on Christmas Day 1997 between Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman; that show is often credited as part of the celebrity series. The show was broadcast on Thursday evenings, but only lasted for eight episodes.

The concept was revived in 2019, with the new Celebrity Countdown series premiering on 12 November and airing on Channel 4's sister network, More4. The More4 edition notably uses a scoring system whereby all players receive points for each solution, even if beaten by their opponents (equivalent to them receiving their "raw scores" as used on Apterous). The first episode used the 13 round format LNCLLNLLNLLNC, while the second added an eighth letters game prior to the final numbers to produce a rearrangement of the old grand final 14-round format. So abysmal were its ratings, however, that it lasted only two episodes before being rested and later relegated to shoulder-peak.

Episodes (1998 series)

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
C1 23/04/1998 CC Des Lynam 32 – 17 Sian Lloyd Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Magnus Magnusson Anna Eaton 59
C2 30/04/1998 CC Jo Brand 37 – 29 Arthur Smith Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Bamber Gascoigne Susie Dent 60
C3 7/05/1998 CC Edwina Currie 18 – 20 Charles Kennedy Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Roy Hattersley Susie Dent 62
C4 14/05/1998 CC Jilly Goolden 9 – 47 Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Patrick Lichfield Susie Dent 58
C5 28/05/1998 CC Ron Atkinson 39 – 27 Eamonn Holmes Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Andy Gray Mark Nyman 61
C6 4/06/1998 CC Jill Dando 20 – 41 Alastair Stewart Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman John Cole Mark Nyman 79
C7 11/06/1998 CC Loyd Grossman 20 – 23 David Steel Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Lucinda Lambton Mark Nyman 59
C8 18/06/1998 CC Alan Coren 35 – 29 Graeme Garden Richard Whiteley Carol Vorderman Matthew Parris Susie Dent 59

Episodes (2019-2020 series)

# Date Type Contestant 1 Score Contestant 2 Presenters Guest Lex Max
C9 12/11/2019 CC Jay Rayner 58 – 50 Jo Brand Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Chris Packham Susie Dent 135
C10 19/11/2019 CC Charlie Higson 70 – 78 Rufus Hound Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Anna Richardson Susie Dent 120
C11 6/01/2020 CC Chris Packham 32 – 37 Charlotte Hawkins Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent
C12 7/01/2020 CC Stuart Maconie 59 – 82 James O'Brien Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Rufus Hound Susie Dent 152
C13 8/01/2020 CC Sabrina Grant Anna Richardson Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Rufus Hound Susie Dent
C14 9/01/2020 CC Christine Ohuruogu Colin Murray Nick Hewer Rachel Riley Jo Brand Susie Dent