Countdown

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"Countdown" is a long-running British television game show that combines word and number puzzles in a timed, competitive format.

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Label Occurrences
Countdown canonical 30
Countdown theme 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British television series
television game show
basedOn Des chiffres et des lettres
broadcastFormat daytime television
broadcastOn weekday afternoons
competitionFormat head-to-head contest
series champion system
countryOfBroadcast United Kingdom
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
creator Armand Jammot
developedFor Channel 4
filmingLocation Leeds
firstAired 1982-11-02
format numbers game
timed competition
word game
genre game show
puzzle show
hasCoHost Carol Vorderman
Rachel Riley
hasDictionaryCornerGuest Susie Dent
hasGameElement 30-second time limit per round
hasHost Anne Robinson
Colin Murray
Des Lynam
Des O’Connor
Jeff Stelling
Nick Hewer
Richard Whiteley
hasSegment conundrum round
letters round
numbers round
hasSpinOff 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
hasStatus long-running British game show
hasThemeMusicBy Alan Hawkshaw
notableFeature use of a large numbers board
use of a physical letter board
notableRecord one of the first programmes broadcast on Channel 4
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork Channel 4
productionCompany ITV Studios
Yorkshire Television
targetAudience general audience
typicalEpisodeLength 30 minutes
usesDictionary Oxford English Dictionary
usesScoringSystem points for closest number solution
points for longest valid word

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

4 single Countdown
Channel 4 hasProgramme Countdown
Carol Vorderman notableWork Countdown
Carol Vorderman coHosted Countdown
Urban Legend hasPart Countdown
Carol Vorderman notableWork Countdown
subject linked to: Vorderman
Carol Vorderman notableWork Countdown
subject linked to: Cameron King
Carol Vorderman notableWork Countdown
subject linked to: Katie King
Des Lynam presented Countdown
Richard Whiteley notableWork Countdown
Des O’Connor notableWork Countdown
Rachel Riley knownFor Countdown
Rachel Riley notableWork Countdown
Rachel Riley coHostOf Countdown
Rachel Riley presenterOf Countdown
Susie Dent notableWork Countdown
Susie Dent appearsIn Countdown
Nick Hewer knownFor Countdown
Nick Hewer appearedIn Countdown
Anne Robinson notableWork Countdown
Colin Murray notableWork Countdown
Colin Murray presented Countdown
Alan Hawkshaw notableWork Countdown theme
linked to: Countdown