A female accountant has become the first woman in 26 years to win the final of Channel 4 quiz show Countdown. Astonishingly, the long-running numbers and words game show, which has been on the ...
The first ever series of Countdown was won that year by crossword compiler Joyce Cansfield. Since then, four more women have won the series - Hilary Hopper (in 1987), Liz Barber (1990), Verity Joubert ...