Countdown : Jeff and Rachel take over

Why not just axe the show altogether and bury it where it should have been buried 25 years ago!

It gets the ratings.

So long as it isn't Brandreth. I reckon Paul Daniels would be a good choice but I think he has little patience.

Maybe they should do a Have i Got News for you! style, i.e. a new presenter each week.

IMO the current Des has been much more suited to the programme than Des Lynham. Regarding getting in a younger presenter i believe this would damage the shows quirky image, and detract from the reputation it has built itself over the last 25 years.

Not really a valid argument, given that Richard Whiteley was - if my mathematics is correct - "merely" 39 when he first presented it.

I don't agree, I liked the show when DL was there, because he was quite funny, but when he left it became really boring.

I like the idea of Tom O'Conner. That's an interesting link.

Then, after him it could be Tom Baker, then Cheryl Baker, then....................

If you want me to be a gonner....

To be fair he hasn't been a guest on the programme for a while now, if anything probably far less since Richard died, but agreed, he's a good guest but wouldn't want him as host.

Surely you mean that he has "not a lot" of patience...

Yes, she has a nice pair of them too....

Michael Parkinson?