Editing Countdown (game show) (section)

==Spin-offs==
* ''Countdown Masters'' was a regular feature segment within ''[[The Channel Four Daily]]'', throughout its run from 1989 to 1992. It had the same hosts and rules as the standard game but was played in shorter bite-sized chunks. It was abbreviated: for example, the letters were chosen all in one go as "x vowels and y consonants" and there was no celebrity guest in "Dictionary Corner".
* ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]'' has comedian [[Jimmy Carr]] as host and team captains [[Jon Richardson]] and [[Sean Lock]] (until his death in 2021) as regular contestants. Susie Dent and Rachel Riley fill their normal roles. It uses similar rules to the standard game, but has a strong comedy element, a reduced amount of rounds and is two against two. It began in 2012 and continues airing new episodes; as of 31 January 2025, 167 episodes of ''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'' have aired.
* ''Celebrity Countdown'' had celebrities competing on the show without the cast of ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats]]'' and with its usual presenters. Only two series have been broadcast; Series 1 in 1998 and Series 2 in 2019–2020. Both series used a modified format and were broadcast in the evening, the second of which was aired on [[More4]].