The former RAF corporal, who left school when he was 14, takes on his first game of letters, numbers, and conundrums in an ...

A 96-year-old former RAF corporal who left school when he was 14 has become the oldest contestant in Countdown history.

A former RAF corporal has become the oldest-ever contestant to appear on the hit Channel 4 gameshow Countdown.

Countdown's oldest-ever contestant is set to make a history-making debut on the Channel 4 show. Donald Elsom, 96, has been a ...

Donald Elsom, a 96-year-old former RAF corporal from Stanley, County Durham, who left school at 14, is set to become the ...

Countdown makes history as it welcomes its oldest ever contestant… 96-year-old Donald Elsom from Stanley, County Durham will ...

A 96-year-old RAF veteran recognised by the King for his charitable work will become the oldest contestant in Countdown ...

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, has not ...

Oxford Mathematician Dr Tom Crawford will stand in for Rachel Riley on Channel 4’s Countdown while she takes a short break to work on another project, it has been announced. Dr Crawford is well ...