Audiences have been gasping every day this week as Countdown contestant Tom Stevenson broke two records on the 40-year-old show. The 21-year kept his nerve for the final Countdown Conundrum – solving ...

Tom Stevenson looked well on his way to becoming an Octo-champ before heading into Thursday’s episode of Countdown, impressing the likes of Colin Murray, Susie Dent and Rachel Riley with his previous ...

The quizzing continued on social media for the show’s landmark anniversary. Rachel Riley Rachel Riley marked Countdown’s 35th birthday in the most appropriate way – with a celebratory Countdown ...

As the Clarets search for the answer to their Premier League survival conundrum, defender Carlisle is hoping to solve some more of his own. Carlisle has a reputation as one of the cleverest players in ...

A 92-year-old great-gran from Formby managed to outfox the current Countdown frontrunner in a dramatic last-minute audience intervention. Mabel Byrne was in the audience for the filming of the ...

Contestants on the afternoon quiz show fought back the giggles as host Jeff Stelling revealed the answer to the show's final word game was an anagram of "large baps". The blushes only increased when ...