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[[Image:DCeDL numbers.jpg|thumb|115px|left|Example of a '''[[Des chiffres et des lettres]]''' [[numbers game]].]]
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'''[[Des chiffres et des lettres]]''' (literally ''numbers and letters'') is a French television programme. It was created by [[Armand Jammot]] and tests the numeracy skills and vocabulary of two contestants. It's the oldest TV programme still broadcast on French Television, and is notable in the UK for being the original version of [[Channel 4]]'s [[Countdown]]. It was first known as '''Le mot le plus long''' (''the longest word'') because the numbers game had not yet been invented.
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'''[[Julian Fell]]''' was the winner of [[Series 48]] and is widely considered to be among the greatest Countdowners of all time. He holds a cornucopia of records, including the highest single score (146) and the highest octochamp score (924). He is particular renowned for his astonishing word knowledge, including definitions, coupled with fast conundrums. His numbers strength is often underestimated in comparison to the other disciplines.
  
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The game debuted in 1972. It is broadcast on France 3 and is currently presented by Laurent Romejko, Arielle Boulin-Prat and Bertrand Renard (the latter two check the existence of the words proposed by the contestants; Renard also provides solutions to the number problems that the contestants fail to solve). The show is also seen throughout the world on TV5.
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His debut came on Wednesday 16th October 2002, when he posted an impressive 117. Six more centuries followed, and by the following Friday only [[Carl McDermott]] stood between Fell and [[octochamp]]dom. [[Episode 3349|This game]] is remembered as one of the greatest drubbings in Countdown history, as Fell racked up 138, winning by 109. His place as #1 seed and favourite for the series was assured, and his feat of eight centuries in eight heats has been matched only by [[Series 57]] contestant [[Craig Beevers]].
  
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The format is similar to the English version, it currently has 14 rounds which are identical to the rounds used in the [[14 round format]] that was used for [[:Category:Grand finals|Grand finals]] up until [[Series 46]] when the [[15 round format]] was brought in, apart from the 14 rounds are not in the same order. Other notable differences are that when one player has a longer word than the other player, only the player with the longer word declares, and there are no ''[[conundrum]]s'' but rather ''[[duel]]s'' which involve some sort of mental calculation or anagramming feat, but is not simply a 9-letter anagram. Other differences include that players get 9 points for a [[letters game|9-letter word]] and not 18, and players get nine points for a correct [[numbers game]], and six points for any other solution, no matter how far away the solution is from the target. Finally if a player offers an invalid nine-letter word (or any word that's longer than the opponent's word) the opponent gets nine points no matter what the length of his own best word was.
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Fell won his quarter-final against [[Mike Brown]] with ease, beforegetting four [[letters game|nines]] against [[Danny Hamilton]] in the semi-final. Fell got {{word|SALMONIDS}}, {{word|DEPORTING}}, {{word|INGATHERS}} and {{word|DEFLATION}} and had 146 before the conundrum {{word|THEIRCOPY}} but failed to solve it and was left with 146 points, still 8 points better than the second highest score, 138 by Fell and [[Mark Tournoff]]. Fell went onto win the final against [[Grace Page]] after spotting {{Word|MANTICORE}} in the first round, which Page missed.
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Fell returned for the [[Championship of Champions XI]] as the favourite and won his first match against [[Terrence O'Farrell]] with ease before losing a nail-biting [[Episode 3401|quarter-final]] to [[Graham Nash]] 120-109. Despite losing, Julian maintained his streak of scoring [[century|100]] in every game. Since this quarter-final, Julian has filmed just once, a [[episode S12|special]] against [[Chris Wills]] which he won 100-92 on a crucial conundrum. 100 was Julian's lowest ever score on [[Countdown]].
  
 
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Revision as of 12:55, 1 September 2008

A featured article is of one the Countdownwiki's finest articles. These are selected by the editors of the Countdownwiki on this very page. A featured article could be a player, a game or a piece of terminology. The article should be of a certain length and preferably contain images and external links to make the article more readable.


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Proposed featured articles

Yeah, maybe we should have a Project of the Week and try to bring some of those articles up to full strength for future FAs. We'd have to pick the more recent players I suspect, because for a lot of the older one we don't have any more than the scores. Soo 22:31, 8 April 2008 (BST)
Yes I could start that project right now, we need to decide how often to change the featured article. One thing I noticed is that the <ref></ref> doesn't seem to work on here, or doesn't that matter? As for players with games, there's me, Ben and Conor that all have round details. I will think more about which players have round details as well, and of course series and CofCs are another good source of FA's. Mglovesfun 13:35, 9 April 2008 (BST)
  • Graham Nash - there's now a photo and the articles a lot longer with more detail. Mglovesfun 17:25, 29 April 2008 (BST)
  • Mark Tournoff is another possible one, although we nearly have enough for a year already. My next project will be to get the Paul Gallen article up to the same standard. Mglovesfun 15:35, 3 May 2008 (BST)

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September 2008

Julian Fell.

Julian Fell was the winner of Series 48 and is widely considered to be among the greatest Countdowners of all time. He holds a cornucopia of records, including the highest single score (146) and the highest octochamp score (924). He is particular renowned for his astonishing word knowledge, including definitions, coupled with fast conundrums. His numbers strength is often underestimated in comparison to the other disciplines.

His debut came on Wednesday 16th October 2002, when he posted an impressive 117. Six more centuries followed, and by the following Friday only Carl McDermott stood between Fell and octochampdom. This game is remembered as one of the greatest drubbings in Countdown history, as Fell racked up 138, winning by 109. His place as #1 seed and favourite for the series was assured, and his feat of eight centuries in eight heats has been matched only by Series 57 contestant Craig Beevers.

Fell won his quarter-final against Mike Brown with ease, beforegetting four nines against Danny Hamilton in the semi-final. Fell got SALMONIDS, DEPORTING, INGATHERS and DEFLATION and had 146 before the conundrum THEIRCOPY but failed to solve it and was left with 146 points, still 8 points better than the second highest score, 138 by Fell and Mark Tournoff. Fell went onto win the final against Grace Page after spotting MANTICORE in the first round, which Page missed.

Fell returned for the Championship of Champions XI as the favourite and won his first match against Terrence O'Farrell with ease before losing a nail-biting quarter-final to Graham Nash 120-109. Despite losing, Julian maintained his streak of scoring 100 in every game. Since this quarter-final, Julian has filmed just once, a special against Chris Wills which he won 100-92 on a crucial conundrum. 100 was Julian's lowest ever score on Countdown.

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