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| − | '''''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. | + | '''''Celebrity Countdown''''' is a spin-off from [[Countdown]]. The concept was first used back in 1998, in 2012 [[Channel 4]] launched [[8 out of 10 cats does Countdown]], which appeared to be Celebrity Countdown with a twist, however as well as Catsdown the Celebrity version was revived in 2019, with 6 episodes being filmed on 20/21st October 2019, premiering on More4 on 12th November. |
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| − | 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. | |
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| − | {{ep | C1 | 23/04/1998 | CC |[[Des Lynam]]| 32 - 17 |[[Sian Lloyd]]|[[Magnus Magnusson]]|[[Anna Eaton]]|59}}
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| − | {{ep | C2 | 30/04/1998 | CC |[[Jo Brand]]| 37 - 29 |[[Arthur Smith]]|[[Bamber Gascoigne]]|[[Susie Dent]]|60}}
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| − | {{ep | C3 | 7/05/1998 | CC |[[Edwina Currie]]| 18 - 20 |[[Charles Kennedy]]|[[Roy Hattersley]]|Susie Dent|62}}
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| − | {{ep | C4 | 14/05/1998 | CC |[[Jilly Goolden]]| 9 - 47 |[[Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall]]|[[Patrick Lichfield]]|Susie Dent|58}}
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| − | {{ep | C5 | 28/05/1998 | CC |[[Ron Atkinson]]| 39 - 27 |[[Eamonn Holmes]]|[[Andy Gray]]|[[Mark Nyman]]|61}}
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| − | {{ep | C6 | 4/06/1998 | CC |[[Jill Dando]]| 20 - 41 |[[Alastair Stewart]]|[[John Cole (guest)|John Cole]]|Mark Nyman|79}}
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| − | {{ep | C7 | 11/06/1998 | CC |[[Loyd Grossman]]| 20 - 23 |[[David Steel]]|[[Lucinda Lambton]]|Mark Nyman|59}}
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| − | {{ep | C8 | 18/06/1998 | CC |[[Alan Coren]]| 35 - 29 |[[Graeme Garden]]|[[Matthew Parris]]|Susie Dent|59}}
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| − | {{ep | C9 | 12/11/2019 | CC |[[Jay Rayner]]| 58 - 50 |Jo Brand|[[Chris Packham]]|Susie Dent|135}}
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| − | {{ep | C10 | 19/11/2019 | CC |[[Charlie Higson]]| 70 - 78 |[[Rufus Hound]]|[[Anna Richardson]]|Susie Dent|120}}
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| − | {{ep | C11 | 6/01/2020 | CC |Chris Packham| 32 - 37 |[[Charlotte Hawkins]]|Jo Brand|Susie Dent|110}}
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| − | {{ep | C12 | 7/01/2020 | CC |[[Stuart Maconie]]| 59 - 82 |[[James O'Brien]]|Rufus Hound|Susie Dent|152}}
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| − | {{ep | C13 | 8/01/2020 | CC |[[Sabrina Grant]]| 28 - 46 |Anna Richardson|Rufus Hound|Susie Dent|109}}
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| − | {{ep | C14 | 9/01/2020 | CC |[[Christine Ohuruogu]]| 31 - 65 |[[Colin Murray]]|Jo Brand|Susie Dent|113}}
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