Forensic accountant Fiona Wood, from Kinross, Scotland, has finally broken the wild loosing streak from women contestants on the Channel 4 show. The long-running numbers and words game show, which has been on the broadcaster since it launched, has unbelievably not had a female champion since 1998.

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Fiona Wood, from Kinross, won after correctly identifying "lassitude" as the final conundrum.

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Countdown: Channel 4 show crowns Fiona Wood first female winner in 26 years

Fiona Wood has urged more women to apply after winning Countdown (Picture: Channel 4/PA Wire)  Countdown has named its first female winner in nearly three decades.  Forensic accountant Fiona Wood, from Kinross, Scotland, has finally broken the wild loosing streak from women contestants on the Channel 4 show. The long-running numbers and words game show, which has been on the broadcaster since it launched, has unbelievably not had a female champi…

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A woman has won Countdown for the first time in 26 years.

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Channel 4 quiz show classic ‘Countdown’ crowns its first female champion since 1998

Fiona Wood, from Kinross, went right down to the wire but secured a win with lassitude.

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Scots woman wins Countdown - and becomes first female champ in 26 years

Channel 4’s long-running Countdown quiz has crowned its first female champion in an astonishing 26 years. 
	The show, which has been on almost every day of Channel 4’s 42-year history, has not had a female champion since 1998.  
	Fiona Wood, from Kinross in Scotland, won the series final Friday with a nine-letter anagram, which she identified as being “lassitude.” She and fellow contestant Chris Kirby were neck and neck until that last round, in…

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‘Countdown’ Quiz Crowns First Female Champion For 26 Years After Incredibly Tense Final Round

A forensic accountant from Kinross has been crowned Countdown's first female winner in 26 years during a tense showdown.

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Kinross woman becomes Countdown's first female winner in 26 years

Before Fiona Wood, the programme’s last female champion was in 1998.

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The Scottish winner said she was not usually decisive, after claiming the Countdown crown

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A forensic accountant is the first woman to become Countdown champion in 26 years. The long-running numbers and words game show, which has been on Channel 4 since 1982 when the broadcaster launched, has not had a female champion since 1998.The match between Fiona Wood, from Kinross, and Chris Kirby went right down to the wire, but the accountant prevailed by getting the final conundrum: lassitude, meaning a state of physical or mental weariness.…

Countdown: Channel 4 show crowns Fiona Wood first female winner in 26 years

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