Countdown Game Show - Number Rounds (3 July 2024)

Colin Murray and Rachel Riley host as contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. Ranvir Singh joins Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner. Each day two contestants compete in 15 rounds of words and numbers to become the Countdown Champion.
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BACKGROUND
Countdown is the channel’s longest running show and the first show ever broadcast on Channel 4 when it launched 40 years ago, in November 1982. The original version of Channel 4's Countdown is the French television programme « Des chiffres et des lettres » (literally "numbers and letters"), where the Numbers Round is referred to as « Le compte est bon » ("the total is right"). The show debuted in 1965 as « Le mot le plus long » using letters only, and reached its present format in 1972. This year marks the shows 51st anniversary.
Playlist: • The Original Countdown...
SPIN-OFF
"8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown" is hosted by Jimmy Carr, with Rachel Riley and Susie Dent assuming their Countdown roles. The formation of the crossover with "8 Out if 10 Cats" began as a series of specials, the first of which was broadcast on 2 January 2012, when Channel 4 orchestrated a special "mash-up night", merging two shows to form a special edition of the pair, as part of its 30th-anniversary celebrations eleven years ago.
Playlist: • Series 23 - 8oo10cdc (...

[@tehbertl7926]

723: couldn't get closer than 725, although I did it by (100 - 10) * 8 + 5 = 725 584: did it a slightly different way than in the video: 6 * 4 - 1 = 23 ; 23 * 25 = 575 ; 575 + 9 = 584. 932: only found 935 by going 25 * 6 * 6 = 900, (5 * 7) = 35, 900 + 35 = 935 575: same way as in the video.

[@brianbabovic9950]

For 723 I did (100 - 10) * 8 to get 720, and then 50 / (5 * 5) to get a 2 to add on for 722

[@quizmaster85]

Similar approach for 584: 4 × 25 = 100 100 × 6 = 600 600 - (7 + 9) = *_584_*

[@brianbabovic9950]

932: 25 * 6 = 150 (150 + 7) * 6 = 942 942 - (50 / 5) = 932

[@johnyesjustjohn]

6*8=48, +9-7=50, *10=500, +75=575

[@medusa_404]

932: 25 - 6 = 19 50 * 19 = 950 7 + 6 + 5 = 18 950 - 18 = 932 25 * 5 = 125 6 / 6 = 1 125 + 1 = 126 126 * 7 = 882 882 + 50 = 932 25 * 6 = 150 150 + 7 = 157 157 * 6 = 942 50 / 5 = 10 942 - 10 = 932

[@boybawang1981]

10-8 = 2 100+50 = 150-5 = 145X5 = 725-2 = 723 9X6 = 54 7+1 = 8X25 = 200-54 = 146X4 = 584 6X4 = 24-1 = 23X25 = 575+9 = 584 25-5 = 20X6 = 120+6 = 126X7 = 882+50 = 932 7+6+5 = 18 25-6 = 19X50 = 950-18 = 932 75+6 = 81X7 = 567+8 = 575 8X7 = 56+9 = 65X10 = 650-75 = 575

[@medusa_404]

723: 100 + 50 - 5 = 145 145 * 5 = 725 10 - 8 = 2 725 - 2 = 723

[@pauldobson2529]

725 = 5 x (100 + 50 - 5) - 10 + 8...same as Rachel but more than the 2 seconds she took 584 same as player 575 = 8 x 7 x 10 + 9 + 6 Good thing Nathan Lyon used his time in England for something other than cricket

[@Jothamvvw]

575: 75*7=525 6-(9-8)=5 5*10=50 525+50=575

[@callumreeves884]

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