Countdown

Description

The clock is ticking as contestants compete in games of lexical dexterity and numerical agility.

Seasons

Series 1

Series 1

26 episodes

November 2, 1982

Series 2

Series 2

52 episodes

July 1, 1983

Series 3

Series 3

51 episodes

December 14, 1983

Series 4

Series 4

51 episodes

June 27, 1982

Series 5

Series 5

50 episodes

October 15, 1984

Series 6

Series 6

54 episodes

January 7, 1985

Series 7

Series 7

50 episodes

October 14, 1985

Series 8

Series 8

59 episodes

January 6, 1986

Series 9

Series 9

47 episodes

March 31, 1986

Series 10

Series 10

50 episodes

October 13, 1986

Series 11

Series 11

50 episodes

February 2, 1987

Series 12

Series 12

50 episodes

April 13, 1987

Series 13

Series 13

50 episodes

June 22, 1987

Series 14

Series 14

63 episodes

October 5, 1987

Series 15

Series 15

50 episodes

April 11, 1988

Series 16

Series 16

55 episodes

June 20, 1988

Series 17

Series 17

55 episodes

January 2, 1989

Series 18

Series 18

70 episodes

July 10, 1989

Series 19

Series 19

65 episodes

January 1, 1990

Series 20

Series 20

65 episodes

July 2, 1990

Series 21

Series 21

65 episodes

December 31, 1990

Series 22

Series 22

65 episodes

July 1, 1991

Series 23

Series 23

65 episodes

December 30, 1991

Series 24

Series 24

65 episodes

June 29, 1992

Series 25

Series 25

65 episodes

January 4, 1993

Series 26

Series 26

65 episodes

July 5, 1993

Series 27

Series 27

65 episodes

January 3, 1994

Series 28

Series 28

65 episodes

July 4, 1994

Series 29

Series 29

65 episodes

January 2, 1995

Series 30

Series 30

65 episodes

July 3, 1995

Series 31

Series 31

65 episodes

January 1, 1996

Series 32

Series 32

65 episodes

July 1, 1996

Series 33

Series 33

58 episodes

December 19, 1996

Series 34

Series 34

65 episodes

December 30, 1996

Series 35

Series 35

64 episodes

May 22, 1997

Series 36

Series 36

65 episodes

June 30, 1997

Series 37

Series 37

60 episodes

September 29, 1997

Series 38

Series 38

130 episodes

December 29, 1997

Series 39

Series 39

130 episodes

June 29, 1998

Series 40

Series 40

130 episodes

December 28, 1998

Series 41

Series 41

121 episodes

June 28, 1999

Series 42

Series 42

123 episodes

December 27, 1999

Series 43

Series 43

114 episodes

June 26, 2000

Series 44

Series 44

130 episodes

April 26, 2001

Series 45

Series 45

42 episodes

July 2, 2001

Series 46

Series 46

67 episodes

September 24, 2001

Series 47

Series 47

127 episodes

December 26, 2001

Series 48

Series 48

109 episodes

July 1, 2002

Series 49

Series 49

122 episodes

January 6, 2003

Series 50

Series 50

103 episodes

June 30, 2003

Series 51

Series 51

112 episodes

April 11, 2004

Series 52

Series 52

112 episodes

June 28, 2004

Series 53

Series 53

119 episodes

January 4, 2005

Series 54

Series 54

153 episodes

October 31, 2005

Series 55

Series 55

150 episodes

May 29, 2006

Series 56

Series 56

120 episodes

January 2, 2007

Series 57

Series 57

126 episodes

June 25, 2007

Series 58

Series 58

119 episodes

January 2, 2008

Series 59

Series 59

104 episodes

June 23, 2008

Series 60

Series 60

111 episodes

January 12, 2009

Series 61

Series 61

100 episodes

June 22, 2009

Series 62

Series 62

83 episodes

January 11, 2010

Series 63

Series 63

83 episodes

June 21, 2010

Series 64

Series 64

2 episodes

January 10, 2011

Series 65

Series 65

2 episodes

June 6, 2011

Series 66

Series 66

66 episodes

January 9, 2012

Series 67

Series 67

93 episodes

July 2, 2012

Series 68

Series 68

67 episodes

March 4, 2013

Series 69

Series 69

118 episodes

July 1, 2013

Series 70

Series 70

107 episodes

January 6, 2014

Series 71

Series 71

83 episodes

June 30, 2014

Series 72

Series 72

6 episodes

January 5, 2015

Series 73

Series 73

1 episodes

June 15, 2015

Series 74

Series 74

1 episodes

January 25, 2016

Series 75

Series 75

1 episodes

June 27, 2016

Series 76

Series 76

1 episodes

January 3, 2017

Series 77

Series 77

1 episodes

July 3, 2017

Series 78

Series 78

1 episodes

January 2, 2018

Series 79

Series 79

1 episodes

June 25, 2018

Series 80

Series 80

1 episodes

January 23, 2019

Series 81

Series 81

1 episodes

July 1, 2019

Series 82

Series 82

1 episodes

January 2, 2020

Series 83

Series 83

1 episodes

January 4, 2021

Series 84

Series 84

1 episodes

June 28, 2021

Series 85

Series 85

113 episodes

January 3, 2022

Series 86

Series 86

1 episodes

June 20, 2022

Series 87

5 episodes

January 23, 2023

Series 88

Series 88

3 episodes

June 30, 2023

Series 89

Series 89

1 episodes

January 2, 2024

Series 90

Series 90

1 episodes

July 1, 2024

Series 91

Series 91

1 episodes

January 6, 2025

Series 92

Series 92

60 episodes

June 30, 2025

Crew

Created by

Armand Jammot