Calendar Countdown Pilot 1 - Never Before Seen On TV - Episode CCP1 - Part 3 Of 3

Richard Whiteley hosts the first Calendar Countdown Pilot - This has never been shown on television and is extremely rare! We hope you enjoy it and notice rounds that never made it to the official Calendar Countdown series & Countdown! Watch out for contestant Joyce Cansfield who went on to become the first ever series champion of Countdown - All copyright remains with Yorkshire Television & ITV Productions

[@futureheaded]

Only the Whitley would do a toss up by flipping the coin then asking what hand is it in. Legend.

[@SixEightySeven]

This is great - so many mistakes it reminds me of the Noel Edmonds Gotcha episode. Just glad Yorkshire TV persevered with the programme, despite the teething problems.

[@97channel]

Hahaha!! This part is hilarious! I love how the old dear wins an almighty long and drawn out game, then immediately has to battle against another opponent! Not even a quick tea break! Lol.

[@gottagothatsme]

"Let's have a toss off", "he'll knock out one of those ladies". Who knew Countdown was so filthy? And I love the way that woman refuses to smile!

[@BM-jy6cb]

Christine looks like the life and soul of any party!

[@sushifornico]

Whoah thanks for uploading! For being a pilot its not too bad and they kept the main music as well and shortened to 30 seconds per rounds. I am so glad they choe a different assistant :-)

[@jimmygoodrich9590]

Its amazing the show was allowed to continue

[@cerealtiller]

The First countdown letters Lady was named Cathy Hytner as I recall.?

[@razorsteel7242]

The contestant on the screen right reminds me of Charlotte Rampling.

[@sparklywarkly89]

"he's going to knock out one of those lovely ladies"...#callingthepolice :-)

[@danielwoodhouse8720]

and with his HELMET an' all

[@rustyfrombluey]

Yorkshire Television, take 1. Cut, the logo is moving! Cut, it was replaced! Lemmy Johnson, you’re barred!

[@jacetaneneko_vt]

What a delightful elbow to film.

[@formulacountdown]

1..2..3 takes for the pre-selected word round!!!

[@AndrewBotting]

Catherine is dressed for the beach - very nice

[@sslaxx]

I'd imagine it still makes the original Bullseye pilot (or, perhaps, the original ATV series) look the height of intellectual programming though...

[@mkbuddy]

OMG that was dire

[@formulacountdown]

@adamfro They weren't allowed to buzz in. It says at the end of Part 2.

[@formulacountdown]

Nice arm, Ted.

[@harriantoncornell5405]

1982 comeback same show just different name and a very young Carol Vorderman who we all know and love

[@Ravinder2220]

I like this version of the theme music

[@harriantoncornell5405]

Me too

[@mclarenguy22]

It's hilarious how and when Alex says, "I don't know!" at 1:10. Good old days!

[@READYTEDDYBEAR]

45 seconds to get a word or not? 🤯

[@arthurvasey]

Since when was R a vowel? I'll have a consonant, please? O! COLIN is a word - the Virginian quail! Other proper names that are acceptable Scrabble words include BERYL, a kind of precious stone, and BETTY - not sure what that is, but I think it’s a kind of dessert - caramel apple betty!

[@mistermet-coolguyandfriend8745]

I find it completely amazing that they didn't get "Calendar"... or did they? I suppose neither contestant actually says their answer in either take, and I'm going to assume that they had to change the word in take 3 because of either something off-camera or maybe an executive decision... (if someone noticed why they actually did it please correct me)

[@mistermet-coolguyandfriend8745]

In retrospect they probably had it they just weren't able to say it

[@Clavinovaman]

9:05: Yeah, lets have pink captions...

[@fletcherb5177]

Baby Felix (Also Known As Baby Felix & Friends) Original Network: NHK (2000-2001)

[@fletcherb5177]

Only Fools And Horses Original Network: BBC One (1981-2003) Gold Yesterday

[@formulacountdown]

LOL!!! at 07:10!

[@READYTEDDYBEAR]

Fit the best Everest!

[@fletcherb5177]

Original Network: S4C (1982-2010) Wales (Also Airs On S4C Two) Channel 4 (Also Airs On Challenge And More4)

[@poggs]

"Did you get helmet?" -- oh, how innocent they were

[@Byron3189]

is there Episode 2 anywhere?

[@danwoodhouse9290]

This is a pilot so there was no episode 2

[@ebojfmdboojoh4023]

​@@danwoodhouse9290There was 8 episodes made.

[@SKYLANDBAK]

Fired at 7:10.....So it's true about blonds :) Her husband doesn't mind though as long as he gets past the pink chastity belt!

[@tkshots]

jesus,that was AWFUL...car crash tv...fuckin hilarious

[@pljms]

How enough did Ted Moult ever become a TV 'personality'?

[@danwoodhouse9290]

Ted Moult was a farmer who was one of those quiz show contestants who ended up becoming famous - a bit like Fred Housgo and Daphne Fowler

[@paulmason8352]

Ted Moult was on many quizzes over the years, Celebrity Squares being one. He had a small part on The Archers on BBC Radio 4 and used to advertise Everest double glazing. He remained a farmer but in 1986 his strawberry crop failed and he took his own life.

[@tommyman6435]

"Watch out for contestant Joyce Cansfield"... Well, sorry mrs Cansfield, but all my focus here lies on Christine Jones from Otley, a very pretty and obviously intelligent young woman. The fact that she doesn't keep smiling throughout the show, as they seem to do nowadays, somehow just makes her even more attractive to me. Oh, those crushes!

[@seadog365]

quite bizarre wiki.apterous.org/Calendar_Countdown

[@what-uc]

Painful eh

[@ebojfmdboojoh4023]

This has to be the worst Pilot ever. How on Earth was it comissioned.

[@fletcherb5177]

The Simpsons Original Network: BBC1 (1996-1997) BBC2 (1997-2004) Channel 4 (2004-Present)

[@fletcherb5177]

Pointless Original Network: BBC Two (2009-2011) BBC One (2011-Present)