Marcel Stellman: Countdown creator dies aged 96

[John Upham]

Marcel Stellman: Countdown creator dies aged 96

See https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-56978015

[Kevin Thurlow]

Sad news - a legend. I used to watch "Des Chiffres et Des Lettres" when I could find it on Satellite TV. The format was slightly different.

[John Upham]

Sad news - a legend. I used to watch "Des Chiffres et Des Lettres" when I could find it on Satellite TV. The format was slightly different.

Many episodes may be found here : https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... es+Lettres

[Kevin Thurlow]

Many episodes may be found here : https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... es+Lettres

Thanks for that - my proudest Countdown-like moment years ago was getting a 9-letter word on DC... when the contestants and presenters missed it (and it was valid). I have watched a recent episode and the quality of the numbers games is still awesome, the French seem to be better than us.

[John Upham]

Many episodes may be found here : https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... es+Lettres

Thanks for that - my proudest Countdown-like moment years ago was getting a 9-letter word on DC... when the contestants and presenters missed it (and it was valid). I have watched a recent episode and the quality of the numbers games is still awesome, the French seem to be better than us.

I suspect that the episode where you got the nine letter word and the contestants (Amanda Richards and Richard Max) did not

used the letters

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