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OFF THE TELLY: Reviews/2003/Countdown |
 | | From the marvellous twin highs of its 18th birthday and 3000th episode in 2000, it promptly tumbled violently out of favour so as to suffer a pointless expansion to 45 minutes in 2001, and then, two months ago, having its start time ungraciously kicked back an hour to 3.15pm. |
 | | Like last year, the actual date of the anniversary - 2nd November - fell on a day when the show wasn't on air, so the revelry was spread in typically eccentric fashion over two separate programmes either side of the weekend. |
 | | Their careful demeanour, the loyal support of the studio audience, and the unabashed collective revelling in individual displays of erudition were all factors that shone through regardless; factors that have, of course, endured pretty much unchanged for the entire 21 years. |
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