Article: TV boss's threat to pull the plug on countdown ; The future of Channel 4 show Countdown was thrown into doubt when the businessman who owns the rights to the quiz threatened to pull the plug.

Article: Channel 4's Countdown to another Des?
The Daily Mail (London, England);  November 8, 2006 ;     478 words ... ... Connor looks like solving Countdown's conundrum - by replacing ... sterling]500,000 a year. Countdown's numbers guru Carol Vorderman ... deal after being chosen by Channel 4 bosses following a screen test last week. A channel source said the deal was ...

Article: MUM AND ME ADD UP TO HAPPINESS!; Carol Vorderman is resident ...
The People (London, England);  November 9, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... afford a washing machine but we had such fun. Then, when Channel 4 was launched, there was this article in the Yorkshire Evening ... I used to do all Carol's letters for her when she was on Countdown so I decided to pack in my job and work for her full-time ...

Article: Popular Mechanics' Titus debuts in weekly auto TV show, hosts new ...
PR Newswire;  July 19, 1990 ;     586 words ... ... NEW CAR SEGMENT ON THE AUTO CHANNEL SHOW NEW YORK, July 19 /PRNewswire ... Rick Titus is the host of "Countdown to Love," a weekly preview of new car models, on The Auto Channel Show. The nationally syndicated ... Hearst publication. The Auto Channel Show premiered nationally in ...

Article: The Weather Channel Interactive and Jose Cuervo Create ...
PRWeb;  June 29, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... COMTEX) -- The Weather Channel Interactive (TWCi ... announces the launch of the Countdown to July 4th, an exciting ... Countdown to July 4th to Countdown to Labor Day leading ... holiday forecast and Countdown to July 4th, visit ... About The Weather Channel Interactive: The Weather ...

Article: COUNTDOWN CHANNEL 4
The Independent - London;  January 23, 2009 ;     397 words ... ... can't see a lot with that'). The two Dessies who came before were merely keeping the seat warm for a man seemingly destined for this job. It's clear that 'Countdown' will thrive under Stelling." http:/ /www.tvscoop.tv

Article: Counting down to Carol's exit ; Carol Vorderman is to step down ...
Western Daily Press (Bristol UK);  July 26, 2008 ;     498 words ... ... the long- running Channel 4 game show Countdown, her manager said ... old current host of Countdown, is also to quit ... woman to appear on Channel 4. Ever since she has been a regular part of Countdown, coming into her own ...

Article: And now on BBC2, here are 40 of our best shows; As the ...
The Daily Mail (London, England);  April 13, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... viewers realise they were first brought to us by BBC2? As the channel celebrates its 40th birthday, the Radio Times has compiled ... failure which affected Television Centre in West London, and the channel finally began broadcasting the following day. The first programme ...