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 ...

A 96-year-old former RAF corporal who left school when he was 14 has become the oldest contestant in Countdown history. Donald Elsom, from Stanley in County Durham, appeared on the Channel 4 gameshow ...