Countdown

[barry1010]

Anyone know what happened to Countdown today? My boy recorded Find It, Fix It, Flog It

[elliemay1]

It doesn't be on on a Friday

[elliemay1]

Oh sorry I was thinking of Doctors!

[barry1010]

It usually is, Ellie, and it is still showing on tv’s on screen guide

[barry1010]

Ha ha

[elliemay1]

I Googled it but apparently no explanation has been given. It seemed to have been changed at the last minute

[Boto]

Technical problems apparently.

[barry1010]

Thanks, both. I could understand technicial problems if the programme was live but it was recorded months ago. I hope they show that episode on Monday as it will be the contestant's 8th appearance - that's about as exciting as my life gets

[Hopkirk]

Have you got a young male servant?

[barry1010]

No. I have a wife and am responsible for two aged relatives who have a tendency to leak over the soft furnishings - not quite as cute as puppies. Are you looking for a job?

[drmorgans]

There were continuing problems at Channel 4 due to a fire at Red Bee Media in late September - breaks in transmission, lack of subtitles, etc. I doubt Friday's show will be broadcast at the regular time on Monday as the end-of-series finals start soon. On All4 maybe?

[barry1010]

I'll give All4 a go, ta

[choux]

barry, the continuity announcer said "...and in a change of listings we now have Find it, Fix It, Flog It." Your boy is not guilty!

If Rachel does not appear on Monday's programme then I will surmise it was her responsibility. I know they record on 3 days of the week. It is 4 weeks since Rachel was delivered of her 2nd child and I have been wondering how many episodes they have in hand. I presume with no expert available the programme could have been cancelled at very short notice.

[aelmpvw]

don't know what happened, it's a bit of a conundrum . . .

[choux]

ael, not one from the bottom then...?

[drmorgans]

They usually record 5 shows in a day, i.e. a week's worth. If Rachel (say) had gone into childbirth or someone had been taken ill between the recording of the 4th and 5th episodes that day I suspect one of the production team would have stood in.

More likely that another technical issue led to the programme not being broadcast.

[Hopkirk]

It was the reference to the boy recording the wrong programme. You can't get the staff these days.

[choux]

Countdown does "5 or 6 shows a day" according to Rachel.

[goodgoalie]

Maybe AR was off having her teeth fixed (we can only hope).

[choux]

barry, did you notice that Susie was missing all of last week because she was "covid testing"? Well she was back in today's programme so that suggests/confirms that 5 days' programmes were canned in the one day ;)

[barry1010]

I've always known they record 5 a day