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
Kurt Felix (television presenter) Stich in 1968 (one of the first interactive programmes of the world) or That's TV (Chaplin-award, Rose d'Or award); Felix died in St. Gallen due to thymoma on 16 May 2012. Kurt Felix (television presenter) Kurt Felix (27 March 1941 – 16 May 2012) was a Swiss television presenter and entertainer. In the 1970s, Felix developed and hosted "Teleboy", the most watched TV-programme in the history of the Swiss television (DRS). The show is considered to be a predecessor of "Surprise, Surprise". Felix and his wife, singer Paola Del Medico, hosted "Verstehen Sie Spaß?", a Candid Camera-style show, for the