Channel 4 Continuity & Adverts | Countdown (Part 1 Only) | 9th June 1983

Trail: Tilt
Slide: Countdown
Adverts:
Black & Decker
Twice as Kool by Kool & the Gang
The Year of Living Dangerously (in cinemas)
Magimix
Trail: Hallelujah! (on ITV)
Channel 4 ident
Countdown - The words and numbers game presented by Richard Whiteley, with guest Kenneth Williams in Dictionary Corner (Part 1 only)

[@nellyfett2681]

No intro for the pre-Vorderman dolly bird?

[@angelacooper2661]

The date happened to be my thirteenth birthday- it was also General Election Day!

[@daverhodes362]

Presumably one of Paul Cora's last shifts announcing at C4 - he was on BBC2's 'Six Fifty Five' by July.

[@user-dp6cw9po5k]

It's fair to say that Countdown has come A LONG LONG way since those Early Days!

[@welshaccenttutorials3104]

Boycotted in our house since Rachel Riley took over from Carol.

[@TheFrankiemonkey]

Even the clock music sounds different!

[@AntarcticaTelevision]

I'd watch Tilt - due to all that marvellous Europop on it!

[@JasonC1782]

If anyone needs proof that Kenneth Williams was as mad as a box of frogs, let them watch this.

[@Extreme_Rice]

Is there an actual audience for Countdown or has the applause been dubbed on? Nobody seems to laugh at any of the jokes or react to the gameplay.