I have sent in an email of Countdown requests for the upcoming Retro season. Not sure if this is the way to do it in 2019 but its something anyhow. Hopefully others will do likewise and we will get a bagful of Countdown treats.

My suggestions haven't been overly successful recently as I only had 4 episodes played in the last two years from my previous request list in 2017. Others had also requested those 4 so whether it was weight of numbers or coincidence I wouldn't know, but nice to see those 4 amongst the broadcasts anyhow.

If they continue to air episodes that haven't aired on Rage before then I am happy with any unrepeated episodes really. Ultimately I would like to see every existing episode in the archives brought out.

The following episodes have never aired on Rage. There are now, by my count, less than 100 episodes left that Rage haven't shown. If my requests are unsuccessful then I hope they air any from the following list (which includes episodes I have requested):

226 February 10 1980 Ted Mulry (Ted Mulry Gang)
237 April 27 1980 Gil Tucker (Cop Shop actor)
240 May 18 1980 Steve Gilpin (Mi-Sex) from Brisbane *****lost episode******
241 May 25 1980 Bob Geldof (Boomtown Rats) replaced Gary Numan***lost ep***
243 June 8 1980 Darryl Cotton
245 June 22 1980 James Reyne (Australian Crawl)
247 July 6 1980 Patrick and Rockpile (Ol’ 55)
253 August 17 1980 Radio DJ’s in lead up to Xanadu
256 September 7 1980 Steve Gilpin (Mi Sex) + live bands
272 February 15 1981 Dennis and Ray (Dr Hook)
275 March 8 1981 Molly (insert show due staging assistants strike)
290 June 21 1981 Jon English
296 August 9 1981 Craig Johnston (Mother Goose)
- September 29 1981 Wendy Stapleton (Wendy & The Rocketts) (standby program)
304 October 4 1981 Swanee
314 December 13 1981 James Reyne (Australian Crawl)
- January 10 1982 Molly (Summer Special #4 Export bands)
316 February 21 1982 Alex Smith (Moving Pictures)
323 April 11 1982 Ross O’Donovan & Jo Kennedy (Starstruck)
330 May 30 1982 Ray and Dennis (Dr Hook)
341 August 15 1982 Greedy and Peter (Mental As Anything)
344 September 5 1982 Billy Miller (The Great Blokes/ex Ferrets)
346 September 19 1982 Globos
- September 24 1982 Countdown Friday #10 with John Peters
351 October 31 1982 no host (Advance Australia theme - songs introduced by live acts)
355 November 28 1982 Tim Finn
356 December 5 1982 Wendy Stapleton (Wendy & The Rocketts)
- December 10 1982 Countdown Friday #19 with John Peters
- December 17 1982 Countdown Friday #20 with John Peters
358 December 19 1982 Mental As Anything
371 May 22 1983 no host
373 June 5 1983 Wendy Stapleton (Wendy & The Rocketts)
374 June 12 1983 Tim Finn
376 June 26 1983 Greedy Smith (Mental As Anything)
378 July 10 1983 John Hood (EONFM) and Keith Neill (Muir?) (7HT)
388 September 18 1983 James Reyne and Brad Robinson (Australian Crawl)
389 September 25 1983 Pat Wilson
392 October 16 1983 Brian Mannix (Uncanny X-Men)
398 November 27 1983 James Reyne (Australian Crawl)
399 December 4 1983 Ross Wilson (Mondo Rock)
- December 5 1983 standby program of Molly’s favourite bands/videos
405 February 26 1984 Alex Smith (Moving Pictures)
417 May 20 1984 Marc Hunter (Dragon)
425 July 15 1984 State Heats Beatstreet competition
430 August 19 1984 David Reyne (Takeaways)
450 February 17 1985 Richard (No Nonsense) and Eric (Mondo Rock)
451 February 24 1985 Brian Mannix (Uncanny X-Men)
452 March 3 1985 Marc Hunter (Dragon)
460 April 28 1985 Ben (teenager)
463 May 26 1985 Meatloaf
464 June 2 1985 Brian Mannix (Uncanny X-Men)
468 June 30 1985 Molly interviews David Lee Roth
469 July 7 1985 Angry Anderson
471 July 21 1985 Dave and Brad (Hoodoo Gurus)
478 September 8 1985 Richard Bruce (No Nonsense)
480 September 22 1985 no host
481 September 29 1985 Greedy Smith (Mental As Anything)
483 October 13 1985 Lyn Buckfield (Electric Pandas)
485 October 27 1985 Kids In The Kitchen
489 November 24 1985 Brian Canham (Pseudo Echo)
- December 29 1985 Summer Show No 1
- January 5 1986 Summer Show No 2
- January 12 1986 Summer Show No 3
- January 19 1986 Summer Show No 4
- January 26 1986 Summer Show No 5
496 February 16 1986 Martin Plaza (Mental As Anything)
499 March 9 1986 Molly (interviews Stevie Nicks)
501 March 23 1986 Bernie Lynch and Grace Knight (Eurogliders)
502 March 30 1986 Brian Mannix (Uncanny X-Men)
505 April 20 1986 Live program prior to Countdown Awards
506 April 27 1986 Robert Blackwood (Molly chose him at a Sting concert)
508 May 11 1986 Molly (interviews Lloyd Cole & The Commotions)
510 May 25 1986 Video Story Board Competition
511 June 1 1986 Martin Plaza (Mental As Anything)
513 June 15 1986 Brian Canham (Pseudo Echo)
515 June 29 1986
516 July 6 1986 Molly (interviews in London)
521 August 10 1986 Molly (interviews Elton John re. Tour)
522 August 17 1986 Molly (interviews Elton John re. marriage)
523 August 24 1986 Molly (interviews Bananarama)
524 August 31 1986 Molly (interviews Neil Finn and Paul Hester)
525 September 7 1986 Molly (interviews Red Symons)
527 September 21 1986 Gavin Wood (live Uncanny X-Men, Dragon, Hoodoo Gurus, Reels)
528 September 28 1986 Stephen Cummings (insert show)
531 October 19 1986 Angry Anderson and Joe Cocker
532 October 26 1986 Molly (from Adelaide Grand Prix)
534 November 9 1986 Molly (interviews David Sylvian)
538 December 7 1986 Brian Mannix (Uncanny X-Men)
542 February 22 1987 David Reyne
547 March 29 1987 Mondo Rock
548 April 5 1987 Paul Young
552 May 3 1987 Molly (Georgia Satellites interview)
557 June 7 1987 Molly (live bands intro next segment)
559 June 21 1987 Greedy Smith and Red Symons

Here's my Countdown requests for Rage 2020 Retro season and there were:
September 29 1981 Wendy Stapleton (Wendy & The Rocketts) (standby program)
January 10 1982 Molly (Summer Special #4 Export bands)
28-Sep-1986 and 04-Oct-1986 Episode 528
I cut my requests to be on Rage from four to three.