Channel 4’s long-running Countdown quiz has crowned its first female champion in an astonishing 26 years. The show, which has been on almost every day of Channel 4’s 42-year history, has not had a ...

A Channel 4 Countdown champion who was accused of stabbing a rival contestant at a tournament has been ruled ‘unfit’ to stand trial by a judge. John Cowen, 31, is said to have to run across a room ...

Donald Elsom, a 96-year-old former RAF corporal from Stanley, County Durham, who left school at 14, is set to become the oldest contestant in Countdown history when he appears on the Channel 4 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Channel 4’s long-running Countdown quiz has crowned its first female champion in an astonishing 26 years. The show, which has been ...