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
Susan Wood (television presenter) Susan Wood (television presenter) Susan Wood is a New Zealand television presenter who hosted TV ONE's nightly news and current affairs show "Close Up". The daughter of Alex Wood the chief reporter of the now-defunct Auckland Star. Wood began her career in journalism in 1979 as a print reporter for the "Bay of Plenty Times" before moving on to "The New Zealand Herald" in Auckland to work as the court and then police reporter. She began her career with TVNZ in 1985 as a reporter for the then-network news (simply called "News") and the regional news show "Top Tux". She