Viewers at home will be familiar with Countdown’s clock ... show.’ Countdown was the first programme aired on Channel 4 when the broadcaster launched in November 1982. Adapted from the French ...

A former Countdown ... the show last year that it's much easier when you're sat at home, pausing as you please." They also revealed that the biggest challenge was the infamous Countdown clock.

Countdown has been on screens for decades, but there are many aspects of the show that viewers don't get the chance to see.

Now you can have an ongoing existential crisis, every second of your ever-dwindling life with this personal life countdown timer ... croak with time left on the clock. Answer these questions ...