c4countdown

Lets look at a few pointers.......

1 moving Countdown to an earlier time - wrong, 4;30 was the perfect time

2 it should be bought back to 30 mins - 45 mins drags on

3 running all year? - remember when countdown used to have 3 months on and 3 months off twice in a year? at least when it was like ...

Remember back in 96 when they changed the clock music and afterward that phrase came about "if it ain't broke dont fix it"?

Not sure this is entirely historically accurate.


Alright i know - The "aint broke dont fix it" phrase was quoted a few years later in a certain Countdown book

and ...

Here's an enigma for you

Why is Countdown still going when other quiz show bit the dust years ago

Take the likes of

Crosswits
Chain Letters
All Clued Up
Lingo
Concentration
First Letter First
Going For Gold
Four Square
Definition
Everybodys Equal
Jeopardy!
Masterteam
Odd One Out
The Pyramid Game ...

oh yeh and id bring back countdown masters

That would be better in the mornings than Piers soddin' Morgan

I would change the music

Remember back in 96 when they changed the clock music and afterward that phrase came about "if it ain't broke dont fix it"?

Well why did'nt they think of that back in 1989 in the transition from series 17 to 18 aswell?

So perhaps not so much change the music more like ...

For those of you who dont yet know 7 out of 8 Calendar-Countdown shows are here to see https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7bspm9

I'm Danny Woodhouse from the East-End

ive been watching Countdown since about the age of 6 in 1986- so ive lived through the grey/yellow cards, Cathy Hytner, the 500th show, Countdown Masters, the red/white cards, the 1000th show - and who'd have thought 29 years later we would be at 7000 odd ...