The first ever series of Countdown was won that year by crossword compiler Joyce Cansfield. Since then, four more women have ...

A woman has won Countdown for the first time in 26 years ...

Countdown gets first female series champion in 26 years - Before Fiona Wood, the programme’s last female champion was in 1998 ...

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 is the first woman to become Countdown champion in 26 years. The long-running numbers and words game ...

The long-running numbers and words game show has had five other female ... She is the sixth woman to be named champion of Countdown, which has been broadcast by Channel 4 since 1982, the year ...