Wood is the sixth woman to be named champion of Countdown, which has been broadcast by Channel 4 since 1982 ... Hilary Hopper (in 1987), Liz Barber (1990), Verity Joubert (1995) and Kate Ogilvie ...

A university student has broken two records on Channel 4's quiz programme Countdown. Tom Stevenson, 21, followed up a record score of 154 points by being the first person to progress without ...