There was another amazingly rude moment on Countdown
WARNING: NAUGHTY WORDS AHEAD
Childish? Absolutely. Yet there’s nothing quite like a vulgar word popping up on Countdown and presented by Rachel Riley. From the time her real-life partner Pasha Kovalev spelt out, well, read it for yourself…
To this very NSFW one Susie Dent spotted…
This naughty one…
Oh, and this...
Now, a recent edition of the Channel 4 quiz show has given us another word to pretend to be mature about. After the 30 seconds of anagramming were up, one contestant offered the answer ‘squirt’. Perfectly innocent by itself, you might say, but unfortunately Rachel Riley left a few letters above that word. And that left this sentence on the board...
Nope. Nothing funny about that.
Countdown airs weekdays at 2.10pm on Channel 4
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Thomas is Digital editor at BBC Science Focus. Writing about everything from cosmology to anthropology, he specialises in the latest psychology, health and neuroscience discoveries. Thomas has a Masters degree (distinction) in Magazine Journalism from the University of Sheffield and has written for Men’s Health, Vice and Radio Times. He has been shortlisted as the New Digital Talent of the Year at the national magazine Professional Publishers Association (PPA) awards. Also working in academia, Thomas has lectured on the topic of journalism to undergraduate and postgraduate students at The University of Sheffield.