Originally Posted by MrsRobinson:
“This is in my paper today!
Air turned blue on Countdown
Bosses at television's Countdown had to axe a round after a contestant offered up an expletive during filming of an edition, Channel 4 said yesterday. Competitors on the long-running show, in which people make the longest word from a selection of letters, were given "DTCEIASHF".
But they were given a new set of letters and asked to try again when Cambridge University student Jack Hurst, 18, produced the word "SH**FACE".Channel 4 said: "Countdown is a daytime programme and this particular word was not deemed appropriate for a daytime audience so not included in the show."”
“This is in my paper today!

Air turned blue on Countdown
Bosses at television's Countdown had to axe a round after a contestant offered up an expletive during filming of an edition, Channel 4 said yesterday. Competitors on the long-running show, in which people make the longest word from a selection of letters, were given "DTCEIASHF".
But they were given a new set of letters and asked to try again when Cambridge University student Jack Hurst, 18, produced the word "SH**FACE".Channel 4 said: "Countdown is a daytime programme and this particular word was not deemed appropriate for a daytime audience so not included in the show."”
And yet they allowed "w*nker" when Carol did it



