COUNTDOWN (1982)

WHEN Scot Paul Coia welcomed viewers to a game show on a new channel, few could have imagined it’d still be going strong 34 years later. Richard Whiteley and Carol Vorderman were the familiar pairing on the Channel 4 show for the best part of 25 years. Viewers were always stunned by Carol’s way with figures – especially when it was revealed she was being paid £900,000. Rachel Riley is now the one turning over letters that occasionally spell rude words.