Countdown : Jeff and Rachel take over

I think the main problem of the programme at the moment is the choosing of Southern based presenters. Hence they quit within a short period of time. There are 2 solutions for this:-

1. Move the filming down south - a huge cry from OFcom etc but the viewers wouldn't really notice a difference ; or

2. Use northern presenters

Names can be banded around, and after many thoughts, I believe that Greggles could actually be good, but it will eventually all come down to cost - if its cheaper to film in London then that's where it will go, or cheaper to use Northern relatively unknown presenters they will follow that route.

Remember it is an ITV programme, although made for Channel 4, and costs mean everything to them - no matter what!

if they move it down South, that too would be a mistake.

Do you really think that the average viewer watching an entirely studio-based show will really notice?

so let me get this right with regards to your comment - you are a flippant person who does not actually think about other people's suggestions and that because Greggles is mentioned it HAS to be wrong?

Firstly Greggles for many years was the warm up man on the show - how many other presenters of other shows have advanced from warm-up man to actually presenting the actual shows!

Greggles was also a damn good friend and very akin to Richard W. Their humour is very simialr, their style is exactly the same and most importantly he is as eccentric as what Richard was.

Therefore he knows the show, he knows the regular audience members, he knows the crew and most importantly he knows how to get the corret pitch of the show unlike others mentioned.

With regards to Jo Blythe - she has done presenting work for quite a number of regional programmes in each of the old Yorkshire/, Tyne Tees, Border and Granada regions and she is a fine presenter with brains and not bad looking either - ticks all the criteria.

I presume you would go for faces that are already on TV and as such would cost a hell of a lot to bring on board - or use old has been -list presenters.

Any, if anything, how close do these presenters actually live to the Leeds studios, compared to others mentioned and compared to the 2 Des' and carol. Cost effective

If anything shrewdness is called for if the show is to survive the fallout of these resignations and just naming people already on T could be completely wrong for the programme.

Do not forget that this is not chea late night television but is actually cheap daytime television.

It will be odd with Carol, but it survived the loss of Richard and he was a much bigger part of the show, they should at least try to keep it going, if only to keep the Leeds studio's in action.

Yeah I agree with this. Countdown has a strong loyal following and that won't go away if Carol leaves. All she did was put letters up. I think the Countdown viewers won't be too concerned about this development. Countdown isn't going away.

I don't think Greg would be suitable for Countdown. He seems a decent chap, but his style is just not right for it - as demonstrated on the clip on Youtube posted earlier on in the thread. I don't think he'd take it seriously enough. How about Dave Spikey?