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guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:21 am
by tonywarren
In case anyone is interested there is an article about the new look Countdown in today's (Saturday 3rd Jan) colour magazine. And it appears to be a reasonably accurate report of a day's recording of Countdown.
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:42 am
by Malcolm James
I've seen the article and should add that it contains a small spoiler for CoC. It hints at the result of one of the first round matches and gives away a 9-letter word found by one of the contestants.
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:16 pm
by Lucy Gowers
tonywarren wrote:In case anyone is interested there is an article about the new look Countdown in today's (Saturday 3rd Jan) colour magazine. And it appears to be a reasonably accurate report of a day's recording of Countdown.
It's available on
The Guardian's website (in the
Weekend section) too. But the print version does have a nice pic of Rachel by the great Eamonn McCabe.
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:45 pm
by Phil Reynolds
The article is
here. It makes interesting reading, especially finally getting to hear Damian's take on the whole Carol debacle. And I think Kai should change his avatar to a picture of Bart Simpson.
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:07 pm
by Naomi Laddiman
I think the Guardian misprinted this bit - "David O'Donnell, a quietly spoken man from Northern Ireland" - were they talking to the same David O'Donnell I met in the green room?!
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:23 pm
by Charlie Reams
Charlie Reams, another programmer, doing a PhD at Oxford
Sigh...
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 1:40 pm
by Lucy Gowers
Charlie Reams wrote:Charlie Reams, another programmer, doing a PhD at Oxford
Sigh...
I thought you'd seen sense and come over to 'the dark side'.
But Hattenstone's famously a Man City fan. He's gonna get things wrong...
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:17 pm
by Kai Laddiman
Malcolm James wrote:I've seen the article and should add that it contains a small spoiler for CoC.
Indeed. It says that some people were knocked out in the first round.
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 2:49 pm
by Jimmy Gough
Just can't wait for the CoC and to go on the show myself
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 3:42 pm
by Pete Fraser
Three words leap out from that article...
"Countdown chocolate set"
What? How? Why? Huh?
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 5:22 pm
by Jimmy Gough
David, you should've Ebayed the word lists - I'd actually have payed money for them
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 7:55 pm
by Michael Wallace
And in the evenings they gather back at the hotel for fun and games.
...
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:24 pm
by tonywarren
Jimmy wrote:David, you should've Ebayed the word lists - I'd actually have payed money for them
They will be placed in the public domain in due course (Once Carol has typed them up...)
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 10:27 pm
by tonywarren
Naomi Laddiman wrote:I think the Guardian misprinted this bit - "David O'Donnell, a quietly spoken man from Northern Ireland" - were they talking to the same David O'Donnell I met in the green room?!
perhaps the "sometime quietly spoken man liable to be found punching the air with his hand and his lip with his tooth whilst crying "f***sorryKai" " would have not read as well...
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 11:04 pm
by Jimmy Gough
tonywarren wrote:Jimmy wrote:David, you should've Ebayed the word lists - I'd actually have payed money for them
They will be placed in the public domain in due course (Once Carol has typed them up...)
Great, thanks.
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:06 am
by David O'Donnell
Naomi Laddiman wrote:I think the Guardian misprinted this bit - "David O'Donnell, a quietly spoken man from Northern Ireland" - were they talking to the same David O'Donnell I met in the green room?!
My family found this quite amusing too.
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 3:35 pm
by Rosemary Roberts
tonywarren wrote:
They will be placed in the public domain in due course (Once Carol has typed them up...)
I hadn't realised Carol was now so totally out of a job!
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 5:00 pm
by David O'Donnell
Rosemary Roberts wrote:tonywarren wrote:
They will be placed in the public domain in due course (Once Carol has typed them up...)
I hadn't realised Carol was now so totally out of a job!
Re: guardian magazine - article about Countdown
Posted: Mon Jan 05, 2009 11:34 pm
by Dinos Sfyris
Ha great article. Especially the bits about all the contestants.