Tag: Countdown

  • Calendar Countdown
    Calendar Countdown

    When Richard Whiteley opened the first episode of Countdown on Channel 4, way back in 1982, he said: As the countdown to a brand new channel ends, a brand new Countdown begins. You may know that the show borrows its format from a French show called Des Chiffres Et Des Lettres (Numbers & Letters), which looks a…

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  • Nineteen 90s Shows
    Nineteen 90s Shows

    I wrote another book about television. I like television. I like television so much that the first thing I modelled and printed on my new 3d printer was this … I made some more after that too. There’s a few more, including TVS, ATV, and HTV, but I bought you here to talk about my…

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  • Re-Casting Keanu
    Re-Casting Keanu

    Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him eight years older than Clive Dunn was when he was first cast in Dad’s Army. But don’t panic, Clive Dunn was always playing much older characters than his own age. Keanu Reeves is 56. That makes him seven years older than Stephanie Cole was when she was first…

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