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It was the first programme to be broadcast on Channel 4 and 90 series have been broadcast since its debut on 2 November 1982. With over 8,000 episodes, Countdown is one of Britain's longest-running game shows; the original French version, Des chiffres et des lettres (Numbers & Letters), has been running on French television continuously since 1965.
A countdown is a carefully devised set of procedures ending with the ignition of a rocket's engine. Depending on the type of vehicle used, countdowns can start from 72 to 96 hours before launch time. During countdown: Aerospace personnel bring the rocket vehicle to the launch site and load it with payload and propellants;
An Advent calendar, from the German word Adventskalender, is used to count the days of Advent in anticipation of Christmas. [ 1] Since the date of the First Sunday of Advent varies, falling between November 27 and December 3 inclusive, many reusable Advent calendars made of paper or wood begin on December 1.
Countdown was produced at the studios of the ABC in the Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea. It was screened Sunday night from 6:00pm to 7:00pm. Countdown was the most popular music program in Australian TV history. It was broadcast nationwide on Australia's government-owned broadcaster, the ABC, and commanded a huge and loyal audience.
Starting in late 2010, Premiere began airing three-hour versions of four-hour AT40s from 1978 to 1979, beginning the broadcasts at the start of the countdown's second hour; during the spring of 2012, Premiere began making the first hour of these programs "optional," meaning that stations can choose to air all four hours of the four-hour ...
Part concert, part talk show and part countdown of the day's top videos as voted on by fans, the first iteration of TRL — officially called Total Request Live — ran until 2008. Most of it ...
Hallmark’s “Countdown to Christmas” features 40 new original movies this season. Here: see the full countdown, stars, and what each film is about.
4:45 pm: The first programme airs. It is the gameshow Countdown and presenter Richard Whiteley starts by saying "as the countdown to a brand new channel ends, a brand new countdown begins." It remains on the air to this day. 7 pm: The first edition of Channel 4 News, the UK's first hour-long news programme.