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 ...

Fiona Wood, from Kinross, won after correctly identifying "lassitude" as the final conundrum A forensic accountant from Scotland has become the first woman to be crowned Countdown champion in 26 ...

Fiona Wood has urged more women to apply after winning Countdown (Picture: Channel 4/PA Wire) Countdown has named its first female winner in nearly three decades. Forensic accountant Fiona Wood ...

A FORENSIC accountant is the first woman to become Countdown champion in 26 years. The long-running numbers and words game show, which has been on Channel 4 since 1982 when the broadcaster launched, ...

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 ...

A forensic accountant from Scotland has become the first woman to be crowned Countdown champion in 26 years. The long-running numbers and words game show has had five other female champions since ...

A forensic accountant is the first woman to become Countdown champion in 26 years. The long-running numbers and words game show, which has been on Channel 4 since 1982 when the broadcaster ...

She is the sixth woman to be named champion of Countdown, which has been broadcast by Channel 4 since 1982, the year the network launched. The first ever series of Countdown was won that year by ...

Ms Wood with the trophy standing next to Chris Kirby, the runner-up Credit: PA/Channel 4 It was not the first time Ms Wood competed in Countdown. In 1991, she reached the semi-finals of the show ...

Channel 4's new crime drama Patience arrived on our screens this week – and viewers are very divided over the series. Set in York, the drama follows young autistic archivist Patience whose ...

Forensic Accountant Fiona Wood, 50, from Kinross made history today on Channel4’s classic game show Countdown. In a nail biting Final, Fiona became the first woman to claim the title of ...

To prevent her family from canceling the “Chamberlain Family Christmas Olympics,” Jessie (Groening) lies and says she’s inviting a date to the long-standing holiday tradition. She meets ...