Channel 4’s long-running Countdown quiz has crowned its first female champion in an astonishing 26 years. The show, which has been on almost every day of Channel 4’s 42-year history, has not had a ...

Rachel Riley’s Countdown replacement has been confirmed as the presenter steps away from the daytime game show for three weeks. The 39-year-old mathematician joined the Channel 4 show in 2009 as a ...

A Channel 4 Countdown champion who was accused of stabbing a rival contestant at a tournament has been ruled ‘unfit’ to stand trial by a judge. John Cowen, 31, is said to have to run across a room ...