Carol Vorderman’s Roland Mouret galaxy dress is almost as famous as Countdown itself, with both green and blue versions putting in regular appearances over the last couple of years.  Today it was the turn of green, and for Carol’s chest to make another desperate bid for freedom.

Forget all about trying to make an nine-letter word or using up all the numbers, the most important questions for viewers have to be; 1) how does she get into it and 2) how does she take it off?  The sexy dress is so tight across her hips and bottom that we’re convinced it must be painted on before the start of the show, and then peeled off by a crowbar wielding helper at the end.  This, of course, is something we’d pay to see...

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Countdown is on Channel 4, weekdays at 3:25pm, in all likelihood for the rest of time.