countdown?

[anneasquith]

what do you think dear old richard would think of countdown now ? i think its turned into more like a fashion show than the great programme it was in the past.

[craft1948]

I remember Richard Whiteley as he was the first person (I think) on Yorkshire TV when it was launched and he was rubbish. Only after watching Countdown after he had gone did I appreciate his talents.

[ELVIS68]

Fashion show?...you mean Rachel and her street hooker dress sense?

[anneasquith]

yes elvis....................

[Jan1957]

She really does look like a tart and wears skirts that are way too short for daytime. Oh my god, I've turned into my mother!

[askyourgran]

Countdown was sort of home grown to us, it was shot in the TV studios not far from where I live. I took it for granted and I thought it was a bit corny. When Richard died and Carol got the boot, (or left), it wasn't the same, the 'magic' had gone out of it. The programme should have been finished with when Richard died. I haven't watched it since.

[NazNomad]

She's not a patch on the Vord.

[Hopkirk]

I know you shouldn't speak ill of the dead, but Richard was a total whalley.

[ELVIS68]

The day Richard died I received a text saying "Todays countdown conundrum is..BRWONBRAED"

[NazNomad]

I know it's wrong, but ... <snigger> ...

[ELVIS68]

Is that a conundrum Naz?

[NazNomad]

I hope not ... I hope It's not taboo, if you're thinking what I think you're thinking. :-)

[Hopkirk]

I would rather ogle Rachel than the Vord any day.

However the show isn't aimed at me.

I guess she perks up the old boys in the rest homes as well.

[cupid04]

I agree it's not the same withou Richard, but I admit i sit there on my sofa and join in
with the letters game, useless at the maths without a calculator though.Do miss Richard's terrible puns.

[ELVIS68]

I don`t even bother with the maths round

[Everhelpful]

Million times better now than it ever was.

[Francis Asis]

I prefer it now.

[Hopkirk]

I'm a big Jeff Stelling fan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jO8yHVYof44

[susiespider]

Rachel is much better at solving the numbers than Carol was. Sometimes I'd solve the numbers when Carol couldn't - that never happens now. If Rachel can't do it, it can't be done is what I think. Anyway, I always record it and fast forward through the talking, I just like trying to beat the competitors so don't care who's presenting it.