Countdown (game show) World Records" for the most series of a TV game show broadcast. Countdown (game show) Countdown is a British game show involving word and number puzzles. It is produced by ITV Studios and broadcast on Channel 4. It is currently presented by Nick Hewer, assisted by Rachel Riley, with regular lexicographer Susie Dent. It was the first programme to be aired on Channel 4, and 77 series have been broadcast since its debut on 2 November 1982. With over 6,500 episodes, "Countdown" is one of the longest-running game shows in the world, along with the original French version, "Des chiffres
Jonathan Gould (presenter) Jonathan Gould (presenter) Jonathan Gould (born 1961 in Kenya) is a British television presenter who was the host of the UK baseball show MLB on Five from 1997 until it was cancelled in 2008. In 2010, he presented a similar show on radio for BBC Radio 5 Live. He has been closely associated with charity fundraising events in the UK. In January 2018, while hosting an auction for the President Club in London, he was quoted as welcoming people to "the most un-PC event of the year" by journalists working for the widely respected Financial Times. It was widely reported