# What is it like to be on Countdown?

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Podcast: [Oxford Sparks Big Questions](https://stenobird.com/podcast/oxford-sparks-big-questions-420721)
Published: 2025-04-16T12:30:00+00:00
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## Resource

"I still don't believe it happened..." What's it like to face the most famous clock on television? We chat to Oxford mathematician Dr Tom Crawford - best known as the creator of the award-winning 'Tom Rocks Maths' outreach programme - about what it was like to step into Rachel Riley's shoes on Countdown . What's the best tactic for tackling the numbers round? How did he prepare? Did he really only have 30 seconds to find a solution? Tom gives us a glimpse behind-the-scenes of this British institution.

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