Countdown - Championship of Champions IX Grand Final - Episode 2177

This episode was kindly donated by Jay S. - Broadcast on Friday 16th January 1998 - Richard Whiteley & Carol Vorderman host the show in which contestants race against the clock to pit their wits against vowels, consonants and numbers. With Mark Nyman and dictionary corner guest Tom O'Connor - All copyright remains with Channel Four & ITV Studios

[@Armwrestlingphilosopher]

thats the first time ive got a conundrum and they didnt :)

[@alandunstan5485]

Numbers Puzzle 2
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261
100 75 50 25 9 5
75-25=50
100/50=2
9+2=11
50*5=250
250+11=261

[@archanadesurkar8537]

50x5=250
9+5=14
250+14 -(75/25=3) =261

[@MultiVince95]

Friday 16th January 1998

[@SirReptitious]

This was from 1998?? But IIRC, Susie joined in 1992, so...WTF?

[@tkshots]

maternity leave?

[@davidcuthbertson9685]

Susie Dent didn't become resident lexicographer until I think after the show returned following Richard's death - before that it switched between others from Oxford University Press, including Susie, or the production crew.

[@JeSuisRene]

@@davidcuthbertson9685 Just before… she became resident lexicographer in 2004.

[@Squab1972]

@@davidcuthbertson9685 Damian Eadie and Mark Nyman sometimes did DC, Damian Eadie hated it apparently, Michael Wylie covered Susie when she was Ill but they are the only 3 contestants that have been producers and the ocassional Lexicographers.

[@cwn89015]

398:
50+10=60,
60-3=57,
57x7=399,
4-3=1,
399-1=398.

[@SajidHussain-lj5mr]

Natasha iz hott 🔥

[@ajs41]

What's she doing now?

[@mclarenguy22]

RIP Pete Cashmore

[@thorpepark1997]

RIP Pete Cashmore

[@ajs41]

I've got the 1992 final on video but that's already on UA-cam. Susie's first show.

[@ahmeddhagahofficial9034]

9th January 1998

[@keegan1660]

Another 8 on first letters: GLACIERS

[@MichaelH3948]

The guy looks like Mira Hindley lmao

[@sbaxter4207]

I'm surprised they did not get vampire. I saw it being picked. is that a good sign? I'd better close my windows tonight as I sleep, just in case.

[@zachalderton2057]

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

[@stewarthooper6059]

Rip Tom o Connor

[@Squab1972]

RIP Pete Cashmore