03-01-2023, 02:01 PM
Good news and I suspect they'll schedule around him as much as possible, although now the precedent is set for guest hosts it isn't the end of the world if he has to miss a few weeks every so often. Only issue really is the nature of the filming blocks means it tends to be 3-4 weeks at once. The other option if that is the only way to keep him is to cut a few weeks off each series - after all Countdown is the only daytime quiz show that has new episodes every week of the year.