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
Karen Roberts (television presenter) Karen Roberts (television presenter) Karen Roberts is a British-born television presenter. During the late 1990s and early 2000s, Roberts was an in-vision continuity announcer and newsreader for Border Television in Carlisle. By 2002, she had joined the now defunct ITN News Channel (latterly "ITV News Channel") as a presenter and was also a regular anchor of the ITV Morning News on ITV1. Roberts also freelanced as an overnight shift presenter for Sky News. Formerly worked for RTTV in Moscow, Russia from 2005-2010. She then worked and presented on CCTV News in Beijing, China from 2010 to 2012. As of 2012,