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{{Infobox television
| image                = CDUK title card.jpg
| caption              = Title card, used between September 2001 and September 2005.
| executive_producer   = Conor McAnally
| producer             = [[Blaze Television]]
| location             = [[The London Studios]] (August 1998–January 2003) <br />[[Riverside Studios]] (2003–06)
| runtime              = 60 minutes (including adverts)
| company              = [[Blaze Television]]
| presenter            = {{Plainlist|
* [[Ant & Dec]]
* [[Cat Deeley]]
* [[James Redmond (actor)|James Redmond]]
* [[Dave Berry (presenter)|Dave Berry]]
* [[Myleene Klass]]
* [[Holly Willoughby]]
* [[Lauren Laverne]]
* [[Johny Pitts]]
}}
| country              = United Kingdom
| language             = English
| num_series           = 8
| num_episodes         = 397
| network              = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| first_aired          = {{start date|1998|8|29|df=yes}}
| last_aired           = {{end date|2006|4|1|df=yes}}
}}
'''''CD:UK''''' ('''''CountDown:United Kingdom'''''), stylised as '''cd:uk''', was a music television programme that ran in the United Kingdom from 29 August 1998 to 1 April 2006. Originally run in conjunction with ''[[SMTV Live]]'', the programme aired on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] as a rival to the BBC's ''[[Live & Kicking]]'' and was the replacement for ''[[The Chart Show]]'', which had been airing on the network for nine years.

In contrast to its predecessor, which only showed music videos, ''CD:UK'' was broadcast live on Saturday mornings with a [[studio audience]] and featured live performances, as well as star interviews and competitions. It also featured the ''Saturday Chart'', which although was unofficial, usually reflected the new chart positions a day before [[UK Singles Chart|the official chart]] was announced on [[BBC Radio 1|Radio 1]]. This made the BBC's long-running ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', which aired only the night before, seem very out-of-date broadcasting the previous week's chart. ''CD:UK'' later utilised an [[interactive]] chart based on viewers' votes, called the ''MiTracks Countdown''. The show was sponsored by [[Tizer]] from 1999 until 2003, then [[Ribena]] from 2003 until 2005, and finally [[Rimmel]] from 2005 until its demise.

In 2002, the programme was criticised for showing "raunchy" performances in a slot aimed at children, sparked by a performance of "[[Dirrty]]" by [[Christina Aguilera]]. In response, a spin-off programme entitled ''[[#CD:UK Hotshots|CD:UK Hotshots]]'', featuring music videos which could be considered unsuitable for daytime viewing, was launched in January 2003 and broadcast overnight.

==History==

===Presenters===
[[File:Ant, Dec & Cat.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The show was at the peak of its popularity between 1998 and 2001, when it was presented by [[Ant & Dec]] and [[Cat Deeley]].]]
''CD:UK'' was originally fronted by the same presenting team for ''[[SMTV Live]]'' – [[Ant & Dec]] and [[Cat Deeley]]. It directly aired after its sister show, usually at around 11:30am, and like its predecessor ''The Chart Show'', it was also repeated in a late night slot.

Ant & Dec left both programmes on 1 December 2001 ahead of presenting the ''[[Pop Idol]]'' live shows. This left Deeley to present ''CD:UK'' solo. As time went on, due to her popularity with viewers, Deeley was offered more and more television work and went on to present ''[[Stars in Their Eyes]]'' and ''[[Fame Academy]]''. This meant that she was absent from the show more and more and was frequently replaced by either a celebrity guest or [[Holly Willoughby]] from ''SMTV'''s successor ''[[Ministry of Mayhem]]''. Deeley chose to leave the programme for good in March 2005. ''[[TRL UK|TRL]]'' presenter [[Dave Berry (presenter)|Dave Berry]] presented the programme for several weeks before Holly Willoughby became the new regular host presenting each fortnight with guest presenters such as [[Kelly Osbourne]], [[Rachel Stevens]], [[Brittany Murphy]], [[Girls Aloud]], Natalie Brown and [[Jayne Middlemiss]] filling in for the weeks when Willoughby was absent.

===MiTracks relaunch===
In August 2005, [[Myleene Klass]] was hired as main presenter alongside [[XFM]] DJ [[Lauren Laverne]] and [[Trouble (TV station)|Trouble TV]] presenter [[Johny Pitts]] as part of a major revamp of the programme, which was duly unveiled on 17 September 2005 with new titles, a redesigned studio and a new chart, the ''MiTracks Countdown'', which allowed viewers to vote for their favourite and least favourite songs on the ''CD:UK'' website.

Although it was initially reported that the relaunch had helped double viewing figures, audiences soon dropped below 1 million.

===Cancellation===
On 28 December 2005, it was announced that ''CD:UK'' was to cease production due to budget issues within the broadcaster.{{original research inline|date=September 2020}} The final regular edition of the show was aired on Saturday 18 March 2006, followed by two compilation programmes on 25 March and 1 April, respectively.

===Aborted revival===
On 20 April 2006, it was announced that production company [[Blaze Television]] had reached a deal with [[Channel 5 (UK)|Five]] to revive the programme. However, Five announced on 2 June that Klass, Laverne and Pitts would not return to present the show, and that Berry would instead host the show alongside a yet to be decided female presenter, later announced as [[Caroline Flack]]. It was also announced that ''CD:UK'' would air at 17:30 on Saturday afternoons, and that the show should be back on air, initially by Autumn 2006, later pushed back to some time in 2007. However, nothing on the subject had been heard in several months and it seemed uncertain as to whether the show would return at all. It was officially announced on 17 April 2007 that ''CD:UK'' would not be returning.<ref>[http://media.guardian.co.uk/broadcast/story/0,,2058584,00.html CD:UK fails to chart at Channel Five], guardian.co.uk, 17 April 2007</ref>

==Music==
There have been two compilation albums released between 2 October 2000 and 20 January 2001, featuring many of the bands and singers who have performed on the show. Classic artists include: [[Westlife]], [[Fatboy Slim]], [[Samantha Mumba]], [[S Club 7]], [[Ronan Keating]], [[Five (band)|Five]], [[Steps (pop group)|Steps]], [[Girls Aloud]], [[A1 (band)|A1]], [[Britney Spears]], [[Shanks & Bigfoot]] and [[Craig David]].

===CD:UK – You Know Where it's At!===

{{Track listing
| headline     = Disc 1
| extra_column = Artist
| title1       = [[Take On Me#A1 version|Take On Me]]
| extra1       = [[A1 (band)|A1]]
| length1      = 3:33
| title2       = [[Keep On Movin' (Five song)|Keep On Movin{{'-}}]]
| extra2       = [[Five (band)|Five]]
| length2      = 3:19
| title3       = [[Born to Make You Happy]]
| extra3       = [[Britney Spears]]
| note3        = Radio Edit
| length3      = 3:36
| title4       = [[When You Say Nothing at All#Ronan Keating version|When You Say Nothing at All]]
| extra4       = [[Ronan Keating]]
| length4      = 4:17
| title5       = [[Fool Again]]
| extra5       = [[Westlife]]
| length5      = 3:30
| title6       = [[Reach (S Club 7 song)|Reach]]
| extra6       = [[S Club 7]]
| length6      = 4:00
| title7       = [[Deeper Shade of Blue]]
| extra7       = [[Steps (pop group)|Steps]]
| length7      = 3:41
| title8       = [[Last One Standing (Girl Thing song)|Last One Standing]]
| extra8       = [[Girl Thing]]
| length8      = 3:08
| title9       = [[Sexbomb]]
| extra9       = [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]] & [[Mousse T]]
| note9        = Peppermint Disco Radio Edit
| length9      = 3:16
| title10      = [[All The Small Things]]
| extra10      = [[Blink 182]]
| length10     = 2:53
| title11      = [[The Bad Touch]]
| extra11      = [[Bloodhound Gang]]
| note11       = US Radio Edit
| length11     = 3:39
| title12      = Dirty Water
| extra12      = [[Made in London]]
| length12     = 4:36
| title13      = [[You Do Something to Me (Dum Dums song)|You Do Something to Me]]
| extra13      = [[Dum Dums (band)|Dum Dums]]
| length13     = 3:47
| title14      = [[Gotta Tell You (song)|Gotta Tell You]]
| extra14      = [[Samantha Mumba]]
| length14     = 3:20
| title15      = [[Say My Name]]
| extra15      = [[Destiny's Child]]
| length15     = 4:01
| title16      = [[Shackles (Praise You)]]
| extra16      = [[Mary Mary]]
| length16     = 3:14
| title17      = [[Thong Song]]
| extra17      = [[Sisqo]]
| length17     = 3:29
| title18      = [[There You Go]]
| extra18      = [[P!nk]]
| note18       = Album Version
| length18     = 3:25
| title19      = [[He Wasn't Man Enough]]
| extra19      = [[Toni Braxton]]
| length19     = 4:23
| title20      = [[7 Days (Craig David song)|7 Days]]
| extra20      = [[Craig David]]
| note20       = Radio Edit
| length20     = 3:54

}}
{{Track listing
| headline     = Disc 2
| extra_column = Artist
| title1       = [[Out of Your Mind]]
| extra1       = [[True Steppers]] feat [[Victoria Beckham]]
| note1        = Radio Edit
| length1      = 3:25
| title2       = [[Freestyler (song)|Freestyler]]
| extra2       = [[Bomfunk MCs]]
| length2      = 2:53
| title3       = Bang
| extra3       = [[Robbie Rivera]] presents Rhythm Bangers
| length3      = 3:06
| title4       = [[Sandstorm (Darude composition)|Sandstorm]]
| extra4       = [[Darude]]
| note4        = Radio Edit
| length4      = 3:46
| title5       = [[It Feels So Good]]
| extra5       = [[Sonique (singer)|Sonique]]
| length5      = 3:47
| title6       = [[With My Own Eyes]]
| extra6       = [[Sash!]]
| note6        = Single Edit
| length6      = 3:41
| title7       = On The Beach
| extra7       = [[York (group)|York]]
| note7        = CRW Radio Edit
| length7      = 3:16
| title8       = It's My Turn
| extra8       = [[Angelic (band)|Angelic]]
| note8        = Original Mix
| length8      = 3:09
| title9       = Girls Like Us
| extra9       = B15 Project feat Chrissy D & Lady G
| length9      = 3:08
| title10      = Airwaves
| extra10      = [[Rank 1]]
| note10       = Original Mix
| length10     = 2:58
| title11      = Take Your Time
| extra11      = The Love Bite
| note11       = Illicit Dub
| length11     = 3:33
| title12      = [[Tell Me It's Real]]
| extra12      = [[K-Ci & JoJo]]
| note12       = Astro Trex Team Master Mix
| length12     = 3:51
| title13      = [[Mambo Italiano (song)|Mambo Italiano]]
| extra13      = [[Shaft (British band)|Shaft]]
| note13       = Radio Edit
| length13     = 2:49
| title14      = Flee Fly Flo
| extra14      = Fe-m@il
| length14     = 2:50
| title15      = [[I Wanna Love You Forever]]
| extra15      = [[Jessica Simpson]]
| length15     = 4:04
| title16      = [[Bye Bye Bye]]
| extra16      = [[N-Sync]]
| length16     = 3:19
| title17      = [[Candy (Mandy Moore song)|Candy]]
| extra17      = [[Mandy Moore]]
| note17       = Remix
| length17     = 3:42
| title18      = [[New Beginning (Stephen Gately song)|New Beginning]]
| extra18      = [[Stephen Gately]]
| length18     = 3:39
| title19      = [[What a Girl Wants (Christina Aguilera song)|What a Girl Wants]]
| extra19      = [[Christina Aguilera]]
| note19       = Radio Edit
| length19     = 3:14
| title20      = [[The One (Backstreet Boys song)|The One]]
| extra20      = [[Backstreet Boys]]
| length20     = 3:43
}}

===CD:UK – More Wicked Hits===
{{Track listing
| headline     = Disc 1
| extra_column = Artist
| title1       = [[My Girl (The Temptations song)|My Girl]]
| extra1       = [[Westlife]]
| length1      = 2:55
| title2       = [[Touch Me (Rui Da Silva song)|Touch Me]]
| extra2       = [[Rui da Silva (DJ)|Rui Da Silva]]
| length2      = 3:26
| title3       = [[Walking Away (Craig David song)|Walking Away]]
| extra3       = [[Craig David]]
| length3      = 3:25
| title4       = [[Same Old Brand New You]]
| extra4       = [[A1 (band)|A1]]
| length4      = 3:32
| title5       = [[Life Is A Rollercoaster]]
| extra5       = [[Ronan Keating]]
| length5      = 3:54
| title6       = [[Come On Over Baby (All I Want Is You)]]
| extra6       = [[Christina Aguilera]]
| length6      = 3:24
| title7       = [[Natural (S Club 7 song)|Natural]]| extra7 = [[S Club 7]]
| length7      = 3:15
| title8       = [[Lucky (Britney Spears song)|Lucky]]
| extra8       = [[Britney Spears]]
| length8      = 3:25
| title9       = What About Us
| extra9       = [[Point Break (band)|Point Break]]
| length9      = 3:28
| title10      = [[She Bangs]]
| extra10      = [[Ricky Martin]]
| length10     = 4:04
| title11      = [[Body II Body]]
| extra11      = [[Samantha Mumba]]
| length11     = 3:59
| title12      = [[Pure Shores]]
| extra12      = [[All Saints (group)|All Saints]]
| length12     = 4:27
| title13      = [[Most Girls (Pink song)|Most Girls]]
| extra13      = [[P!nk]]
| length13     = 4:11
| title14      = [[Unleash The Dragon]]
| extra14      = [[Sisqó]]
| length14     = 3:23
| title15      = [[Country Grammar (Hot S**t)]]
| extra15      = [[Nelly]]
| length15     = 3:51
| title16      = [[Don't Think I'm Not]]
| extra16      = [[Kandi Burruss|Kandi]]
| length16     = 3:51
| title17      = [[Why? (Mis-Teeq song)|Why?]]
| extra17      = [[Mis-Teeq]]
| length17     = 3:41
| title18      = Uprockin' Beats
| extra18      = [[Bomfunk MC's]]
| length18     = 3:00
| title19      = [[Show Me The Meaning Of Being Lonely]]
| extra19      = [[Backstreet Boys]]
| length19     = 3:55
| title20      = [[My Love (Westlife song)|My Love]]
| extra20      = [[Westlife]]
| length20     = 3:52

}}
{{Track listing
| headline     = Disc 2
| extra_column = Artist
| title1       = [[Demons (Fatboy Slim song)|Demons]]
| extra1       = [[Fatboy Slim]] feat [[Macy Gray]]
| length1      = 5:54
| title2       = [[Dancing in the Moonlight]]
| extra2       = [[Toploader]]
| length2      = 3:30
| title3       = [[Buck Rogers (song)|Buck Rogers]]
| extra3       = [[Feeder (band)|Feeder]]
| length3      = 3:13
| title4       = [[I'm Outta Love]]
| extra4       = [[Anastacia]]
| length4      = 3:48
| title5       = [[Lady (Hear Me Tonight)]]
| extra5       = [[Modjo]]
| length5      = 3:41
| title6       = Phatt Bass
| extra6       = [[Warp Brothers]] Vs [[Aquagen]]
| length6      = 2:52
| title7       = [[Sky (Sonique song)|Sky]]
| extra7       = [[Sonique (musician)|Sonique]]
| length7      = 4:00
| title8       = [[Body Groove]]
| extra8       = [[Architechs]] feat Nana
| length8      = 5:15
| title9       = [[Silence (Delerium song)|Silence]]
| extra9       = [[Delerium]] feat [[Sarah McLachlan]]
| length9      = 3:49
| title10      = [[Feel the Beat (Darude song)|Feel the Beat]]
| extra10      = [[Darude]]
| length10     = 3:19
| title11      = [[True Step Tonight]]
| extra11      = [[True Steppers]] feat [[Brian Harvey]] & [[Donell Jones]]
| length11     = 3:43
| title12      = [[The Fields of Love]]
| extra12      = [[ATB (DJ)|ATB]] feat [[York (group)|York]]
| length12     = 3:44
| title13      = PistolWhip
| extra13      = [[Joshua Ryan]]
| length13     = 2:34
| title14      = It's A Good Life
| extra14      = [[Cevin Fisher]] feat Ramona Keller
| length14     = 4:12
| title15      = [[Girls on Top (song)|Girls on Top]]
| extra15      = [[Girl Thing]]
| length15     = 3:25
| title16      = [[I'll Never Stop]]
| extra16      = [[N-Sync]]
| length16     = 3:08
| title17      = [[Girl You Know It's True (song)|Girl You Know It's True]]
| extra17      = Keith And Shane
| length17     = 3:13
| title18      = [[When I Said Goodbye]]
| extra18      = [[Steps (pop group)|Steps]]
| length18     = 3:33
| title19      = [[Don't Wanna Let You Go]]
| extra19      = [[Five (band)|Five]]
| length19     = 3:38
}}

==CD:UK Hotshots==
'''''CD:UK Hotshots''''' was a spin-off programme, aired on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network overnight. Introduced in January 2003, the show was initially presented by [[Cat Deeley]], but she left to make way for MTV presenter [[Dave Berry (presenter)|Dave Berry]] who left in the summer of 2005 and was replaced by a rotating presenting team of [[Myleene Klass]], [[Lauren Laverne]] and [[Johny Pitts]].

As opposed to the main show, ''Hotshots'' consisted of presenters' links and music videos – some of which had been considered unsuitable for broadcast on ''CD:UK''.

==International versions==
Although the original UK version has ended, an American version of the programme, ''[[CD USA]]'', began on [[DirecTV|DirecTV's]] [[The 101 Network|The 101]] on 21 January 2006. Australian broadcaster [[Foxtel]] also air a local version of the show, renamed ''CD Live'', on the [[Fox8]] channel every Saturday evening.

In Italy, the public television channel [[Rai Due]] has aired from 2003 to 2007 an Italian version of the show, renamed ''CD: Live'', which replaced Top of the Pops, every Saturday afternoon at 15:00. In Croatia, the public television channel [[HRT 2]] aired a Croatian version of the show, renamed ''T-Mobile CD Live'', from 2007 to 2008 every Friday afternoon at 18:40.

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