Dr Anne-Marie Imafidon stood in for Rachel Riley from December 2021 to March 2022 whilst she was on maternity leave. She left in 2008 at the same time as Des O'Connor and was replaced by Rachel Riley. In the early years, the show had multiple assistant presenters, including Carol Vorderman who was hired for Series 1 to check calculations in the numbers round and her role expanded to include placing the number and letter tiles. It was announced in January 2023 that Colin Murray had moved from interim host to permanent host. Guest hosts would return later that year as part of the show's 40th anniversary celebrations, with Floella Benjamin, Richard Coles, Trevor McDonald (for a second time) and Moira Stuart each hosting one week's worth of episodes. On 25 July 2022, it was announced that Les Dennis would guest host the show from 4 to 15 August followed by Jenny Eclair from 16 to 19 August because Colin Murray tested positive for COVID-19. Colin Murray then returned on 14 July as a stand-in host. The programme was then presented by Anne Robinson (its first female presenter) from July 2021 until July 2022. It was then presented by Des Lynam from October 2005 until December 2006, Des O'Connor from January 2007 until December 2008, Jeff Stelling from January 2009 until December 2011 and Nick Hewer from January 2012 until July 2021, with Colin Murray standing in for Nick Hewer during part of the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme was presented by Richard Whiteley for 23 years until his death in June 2005. Following the development of MediaCityUK, Countdown moved again in 2013 to the new purpose-built studios at Dock10, Greater Manchester. Countdown was produced by Yorkshire Television and was recorded at The Leeds Studios for 27 years, before moving to the Manchester-based Granada Studios in 2009. With over 8,000 episodes, Countdown is one of Britain's longest-running game shows, along with the original French version, Des chiffres et des lettres (Numbers & Letters), which has been running on French television continuously since 1965. It was the first programme to be broadcast on Channel 4 and 88 series have been broadcast since its debut on 2 November 1982.
It is broadcast on Channel 4 and is currently presented by Colin Murray, assisted by Rachel Riley with resident lexicographer Susie Dent. Countdown is a British game show involving word and number tasks that began airing in November 1982.
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