Oops! Something Very Unfortunate Just Happened on Countdown

You know when you really shouldn't laugh, but you just can't help it anyway? Viewers of Channel 4's long-running entertainment programme Countdown got a little more than they bargained for today when the first sequence of letters came out as a ready-made four-letter word, and quite a rude one at that. It's the grimace on presenter Rachel Riley's face that makes it.

Howling at countdown?? @C4Countdown pic.twitter.com/6HQQBRP3gg

— Kerry Hamilton (@hkerry22) August 3, 2015

And it's for moments such as these that one should never miss a second of @C4Countdown pic.twitter.com/IfkmFahUaT — Jaqen H'Quantick (@jackquantick) August 3, 2015

@C4Countdown of dear lol pic.twitter.com/WgxmJqq9ZW

— Claire featherstone (@Clairefea) August 3, 2015

So this is happening on @C4Countdown right now ... pic.twitter.com/CsNhrLJae2 — KeythDavid (@KeythDavid) August 3, 2015

Oh @C4Countdown ! pic.twitter.com/kMShNUyWwg

— Brett Hadley (@magic_bert) August 3, 2015

Didn't think regular @C4Countdown could be funnier than @jimmycarr 8/10 Cats does it... Poor @RachelRileyRR ? pic.twitter.com/k9eyo04Bpj — Sam Halsall (@samhalsall) August 3, 2015

Hat Tip: Thanks to Brian Foley for sending this one our way!