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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Oct 26, 2010 9:12:25 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2010 8:54:53 GMT
Absolutely Fascinating. Who would have thought the rules of the game could be so different. So what is the story behind this? Was it made as a pilot for Yorkshire, not commissioned but then quickly bought by Channel 4? Or was it originally a Yorkshire TV production for C4? Richard Whiteley doesn't look any younger than in the first CD4 edition, so it can't have been made that much earlier than the C4 version. And wasn't it the same letter turner too?
Easy to see why they gave the number's girl the boot - Anne Aston could have done better!
And why exactly was it called "Calendar Countdown"?
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Oct 27, 2010 9:32:58 GMT
Yorkshire produced the series for Channel Four. You can read the history of the show here, including the reasons for the name:- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Countdown_(game_show)I believe it dates from 1981, but that is a guess. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 27, 2010 12:04:27 GMT
Calendar was the name of a Yorkshire regional news magazine programme and so I would think that Countdown developed out of a feature within that programme. Just guessing.
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Post by Ray Langstone (was saintsray) on Oct 27, 2010 12:05:45 GMT
That's exactly what is what, Laurence. The history is in my link as posted above.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 29, 2010 8:48:04 GMT
Thanks for that, Ray. I don't know why I didn't think of looking on Wikipedia.
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Post by markboulton on Oct 29, 2010 20:09:36 GMT
No-one, not even the Wikipedia page, seems to explain the "Countdown Masters" variant from the Channel 4 Daily. It mentions them in the lists, but there's no narrative background - i.e. how it differed, who decided to put it on, etc. I remember it from the time but details are a bit vague now - I'd love a proper refresher on the points I may have forgotten.
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