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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown.
00:33This Friday, July 21st.
00:35Whatever your day has in store,
00:37thanks for carving out a little slice of it to spend it with us.
00:42Happy Friday, Rachel. Happy Friday, Colin.
00:44When I say to you Central Park,
00:46what memory does it bring to you,
00:48whether personal or from the telly,
00:50because it's such an iconic thing in films and TV as well?
00:53Yes, a mixture of the both. It makes me think of Enchanted.
00:56The scene where they're singing and dancing around the fountain.
00:59It's always around the fountain, aren't they?
01:01This is the thing about Central Park. 170 years old today.
01:04And it was a design competition.
01:06And the people who won it, and the Central Park you know today,
01:10is based on, drumroll, Birkenhead Park in the Liverpool area,
01:15which is a beautiful, beautiful park.
01:18Well, let's go over to our oasis of calm and Dictionary Corner.
01:21Susie Dent, joined by an Irish comedian
01:24who made his debut on my first week in this chair,
01:27and you just can't get rid of him now.
01:29Neil Delamere.
01:31APPLAUSE
01:33Nice to see you. What was your local park growing up?
01:35My local park, well, I lived in the country, so it was just...
01:38All of it. ..the countryside.
01:40Fields behind the House of Bucolic atmosphere, yeah.
01:42Well, listen, let's welcome our champion, Mark Brooks.
01:45Two wins so far for a top trumpet player in Greek mythology,
01:48not 89 points, 90 points, 91 today.
01:52There you go. That's what our challenger has to beat.
01:56Tell us a little bit about Countdown.
01:58Is it something you've just applied to,
02:00oh, we'll see what happens, or are you a proper fan of the show?
02:03I've been a fan of the show for years.
02:06I used to watch it with my nan, my grandad and my mum
02:09back in the days of Richard Wightley and Carol Vorderman,
02:12so I've kind of been watching it the whole way through.
02:15Wow. He looks like he's not old enough to watch it with Nick Huer.
02:18Right along Richard Wightley.
02:20Well, good luck to you, Mark. Thank you very much.
02:22Going for three wins today. You're up against the wonderfully named,
02:25Wendy Woodward is here.
02:27Wendy Woodward, who lives in Somerset.
02:29How are you today? Fine, thank you.
02:31I want you to tell me all about the St Francis Club
02:34for the Visually Impaired, which you're chair of.
02:37Tell me about that.
02:39Well, it's just, we meet once a month,
02:42and it's just organised, well, I have a great group of volunteers
02:47and mainly older people,
02:51although we have been getting some new members
02:53who are now younger than the volunteers, so that's a good sign.
02:57And we have different speakers or people come and play music
03:02or something, you know, to entertain us for the afternoon.
03:06The reason why I bring it up is I'm always keen to impress
03:09that the Countdown application process,
03:11which is just a very simple email, Countdown and Channel 4.com,
03:14Countdown and Channel 4.com, it's open to everybody,
03:18and we mean everybody, and I think that's unique about this show.
03:21Natalie's one of our favourite contestants of last year,
03:24she's registered blind.
03:26If you're hard of hearing, if you're visually impaired,
03:29do not think that is any barrier to coming on this programme.
03:33Get your applications in, Countdown and Channel 4.com.
03:36In fact, we actively encourage it.
03:38So good luck to Wendy and Mark.
03:42Mark, get us on the way.
03:44Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
03:46Thank you, Mark. Start today with D.
03:49And another.
03:51M. And another.
03:54G.
03:56And another.
04:00T. And a vowel, please.
04:03I. Another vowel.
04:05O. Another vowel.
04:08B.
04:10We'll go another vowel.
04:13A. And a final consonant, please.
04:15And a final Y.
04:17At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:48Mark?
04:50Six. And Wendy?
04:52Six. Nice. Mark?
04:54Gated. Gated.
04:56And Wendy? Midget.
04:58Midget and gated. I'm assuming that's A-I in the gated.
05:01Yes.
05:03And I'm not sure you can have it without fast in front of it.
05:07Fast gated. Yeah, it's not there, I'm afraid, on its own.
05:10Sorry about that, Mark. That was great.
05:12What a start for the double W. Well done.
05:15What have you got, Neil Delamere?
05:17A seven in daytime or another seven in Godisha.
05:20Good. And Godisha is?
05:22A classic Countdown word. It's a very showy North American plant.
05:26There you go. Very showy plant.
05:28That plant's a bit cocky.
05:30Look at those branches everywhere.
05:32Wendy, let's get nine more letters.
05:34Oh, right. A vowel, please.
05:36Thank you, Wendy.
05:38I. And another one.
05:40O.
05:42And a consonant.
05:44L.
05:47And another consonant.
05:49N.
05:51And another vowel.
05:54I.
05:56And another consonant.
05:58F.
06:00And another one.
06:02S.
06:05And another one.
06:07N.
06:09And a vowel, please.
06:11And the last one, E.
06:1330 seconds.
06:15ELECTRONIC MUSIC
06:44Wendy, how many?
06:46A seven. A seven. And Mark?
06:48Only a six, I'm afraid. What's a six?
06:50In line. Brilliant. And, as in the skit, and Wendy?
06:53Lion eyes. Lion eyes.
06:55Lion eyes, absolutely brilliant, yes, to worship someone.
06:58And, Mark, you're not having much luck with the dictionary,
07:01but in line is hyphenated, or two words.
07:03No worries. Anything else?
07:05Yeah, well, I got lion eyes,
07:07but I did not get another seven there, Susie Guss.
07:10Elision.
07:12Elision is basically the omission of a sound or a syllable.
07:16So if you said, I'm going,
07:18the I apostrophe M is an elision, cos it's shortening it.
07:21Nice. Very good. Very good.
07:23Well, listen, Wendy, I say this to a lot of challengers,
07:26don't worry, the nerves will settle down, it's a long, long show.
07:30Mark, let's get the first numbers of the day.
07:32Could I have one from the top and five small, please, Rachel?
07:35You can indeed. One large, five little to start this contest off,
07:39please. And this selection is eight, ten, five, two, six,
07:45and the large one, 100.
07:47And your target, 968.
07:50968. Numbers up.
08:10MUSIC CONTINUES
08:22That's time. 968, the target. Mark?
08:25968. Very good. Wendy?
08:27968. 968. Let's do it, Mr Brooks.
08:30100 times ten is 1,000.
08:321,000.
08:33Six minus two is four.
08:35Yeah.
08:36Times by the eight is 32.
08:38And then take that away.
08:39968. Well done.
08:40Wendy?
08:41Exactly the same.
08:42Lovely.
08:43APPLAUSE
08:45Mark is off the mark.
08:47Wendy's flying.
08:4823 plays ten as we get our first tea time teaser,
08:51which is mugged ten.
08:53Mugged ten.
08:54The midfielder mugged their number ten
08:57and put the ball through his legs.
08:59Their midfielder mugged their number ten
09:01and put the ball through his legs.
09:03MUSIC PLAYS
09:09APPLAUSE
09:19Welcome back. Fairly easy tea time teaser.
09:22If you like your sport, the midfielder mugged their number ten
09:25and put the ball right through his legs.
09:27Mugged ten becomes nutmegged.
09:29Wendy Woodward, our challenger.
09:31A bit of a flair player so far with an early lead.
09:34And time for more letters.
09:35Can I have a vowel, please?
09:37Thank you, Wendy.
09:38U. And another one.
09:40O.
09:42And a consonant.
09:44G.
09:46And another consonant.
09:48S.
09:50And another one.
09:52T.
09:54And another one.
09:56R.
09:58And a vowel.
10:00E.
10:02And a consonant.
10:04P.
10:06Um...
10:08And I'll have another consonant, please.
10:10And a final S.
10:12Thanks, Rachel.
10:14MUSIC PLAYS
10:36MUSIC STOPS
10:44Time's up, Wendy.
10:45A seven.
10:46A seven. And Mark?
10:47Eight.
10:48An eight. What's the seven, Wendy?
10:50Posters.
10:51Posters. And Mark?
10:52Postures.
10:53Postures.
10:54Excellent. Very good.
10:56APPLAUSE
10:58Good as it gets.
10:59No.
11:00There is a nine.
11:02Group sets.
11:04Group sets.
11:06I thought it was something to do with maths,
11:08but it is the gears and the brakes of a bicycle.
11:11Wow. Group sets.
11:13Group sets. Very good. Wonderful.
11:15APPLAUSE
11:18Right. 18 plus 23.
11:20You're closing the gap, Mark,
11:22but yet to find the equaliser against Woodward.
11:25Let's get more letters.
11:27Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:29Thank you, Mark.
11:31R.
11:32And another?
11:34T.
11:36And another?
11:37R.
11:39And a vowel, please?
11:41I.
11:42Another vowel?
11:44U.
11:45Another vowel?
11:47A.
11:49A consonant, please?
11:51T.
11:53Another consonant?
11:55H.
11:56And a final vowel, please?
11:58And a final...
12:00I.
12:01And half a minute for everyone.
12:32Not an easy round, Mark.
12:34A five.
12:35And, Wendy?
12:36Five.
12:37Yeah. What have we got?
12:38A truth.
12:39Truth.
12:40Same.
12:41Good.
12:42Dictionary Corner, can you beat five?
12:44I can't, I'm afraid.
12:45Can I?
12:46No, that was almost the only one of any length at all.
12:49Yeah, trait.
12:50Put trait and truth, a few fives.
12:52Let's get another numbers round, then.
12:54And, Wendy, it's you.
12:55One from the top, please.
12:57Thank you, Wendy.
12:59And five little ones by default.
13:01And your five small numbers are...
13:06Another one.
13:08And another eight.
13:09And the large one, 100.
13:11And the target, 446.
13:13446. Numbers up.
13:28MUSIC PLAYS
13:46446. Wendy?
13:48432.
13:50432. That's you out.
13:52Mark?
13:53448.
13:54Off you go.
13:55Eight over two is...
13:57OK, one plus one equals two.
13:59One plus one, two.
14:00Eight over two equals four.
14:02Yeah.
14:04100 plus 10 is 110.
14:08Times by the four.
14:09440.
14:10And then add the eight.
14:11And add the second eight.
14:13Yeah.
14:14Seven points.
14:15Got to be able to do that.
14:16I mean, you could have added the eight before you divide by two
14:19to get two the other way, but two was the best.
14:21With the two ones, you know instantly it's going to be tricky.
14:25There you go.
14:26I'm disappointed in you, Rich.
14:27Disappointed in you.
14:28I'm disappointed in you for not knowing the two ones, Colin.
14:31Right, the score's in.
14:33Mark, the champion he is, two-point lead,
14:35going to be a really close affair today.
14:37Great start, Wendy.
14:38What a challenger.
14:39As we head over to Dictionary Corner,
14:41I wanted to ask you your opinion on something.
14:44So I went and I got a haircut,
14:46and I went to a dental hygienist, a new dental hygienist.
14:50Now, this is what I want to talk to you about.
14:52The barber, nice barber, he's not as good as my old barber.
14:54My old barber was brilliant, because you won't know this,
14:57but sometimes when you start losing the hair at the back of your head,
15:00the first sign is there's a change in tone of the razor
15:02as it passes over the back of your head.
15:04So it goes...
15:08My barber, he's not round anymore,
15:10but he knew men were insecure about that,
15:12so he would deliberately talk louder over that bit.
15:15So he would go,
15:16where are you going on your holidays? Oh, Spain, is it?
15:18I like Spain!
15:20People would go, people, if they joined the barber,
15:22they'd go, what's James like? He's lovely.
15:24He really loves Spain.
15:26So I got a haircut, and then I went to a dental hygienist,
15:28a new dental hygienist, right?
15:30And this is what I wanted to ask you.
15:32I got there a little bit late, right, and she goes,
15:34I don't have time to clean all your teeth today.
15:36I'll do half today, and I'll do half the next day.
15:38Is that OK? And I said, yes,
15:40because I assumed there would be some logical way she would do that.
15:43So she would clean all the top teeth, maybe,
15:45or clean the front of all your teeth
15:47and the back of all your teeth the next day.
15:49She cleaned all the teeth on the left-hand side of my face.
15:52No! Yes!
15:54Everything from there over,
15:56like some sort of weird Phantom of the Opera fan.
15:59You're into fractions.
16:01I think it's the weirdest way to split up 50% of the work.
16:04Oh, listen, you said your new dental hygienist.
16:06Yes.
16:07I think she might be your old dental hygienist.
16:09Oh, no, she did the other half,
16:11but, like, if somebody said to you, do you want half this Twix,
16:15and you said yes, and instead of giving you one of the fingers,
16:18they sucked all the chocolate and the caramel off both fingers
16:21and had you the fingers.
16:22That's the weirdest way to do it.
16:24And I said to my friend, I said,
16:25I think that's the weirdest way to split up 50% of the work,
16:28and he said, no, it's not.
16:29I said, go on.
16:30He goes, if she cleaned the top left-hand side
16:32and the bottom right-hand side,
16:34or if she cleaned every second tooth, that's the weirdest way.
16:37Brilliant.
16:38Well, listen, whatever your teeth look like, it's lovely to have you here.
16:41Thank you, mate.
16:42APPLAUSE
16:44All right, two points in it, as I said, Mark.
16:48Let's get started again.
16:49Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:51Thank you, Mark.
16:52N
16:53And another.
16:55C
16:56And another.
16:58W
16:59Vowel, please.
17:01U
17:02And another.
17:04E
17:05And another.
17:07U
17:08Another vowel, please.
17:10A
17:11Consonant.
17:12R
17:14And a final consonant, please.
17:16And a final Z.
17:18Start the clock.
17:43CLOCK TICKS
17:51How many, Mark?
17:52Five.
17:53And Wendy?
17:54Six.
17:55Five.
17:56Craze.
17:57And what six did you see?
17:58Unwear.
17:59Unwear.
18:00W-E-A-R.
18:01W-E-A-R.
18:03Um, or...
18:04We have unwearable, but that is probably the closest to unwear,
18:08I'm afraid.
18:09Sorry about that, Wendy.
18:11Was there anything above that?
18:12No. No.
18:13Only got craze, I'm afraid.
18:14Yeah, another one.
18:15That was it, yeah.
18:16Difficult round again, Wendy.
18:18Have a vowel, please.
18:19Thank you, Wendy.
18:20E
18:21And another one.
18:23A
18:24And a consonant.
18:26S
18:27And another one.
18:29R
18:30And another one.
18:32N
18:34And another one.
18:36R
18:37And a vowel.
18:39E
18:40A
18:42And another consonant, please.
18:44M
18:46And a vowel.
18:48And lastly, I.
18:51There you go, that's better.
19:10MUSIC PLAYS
19:23Time is up.
19:25Wendy?
19:26Eight.
19:27And Mark?
19:28Nine.
19:29A nine, right.
19:30The eight.
19:31Mariners.
19:32Mariners.
19:33The nine.
19:34Remainers.
19:35Remainers.
19:36Is it in, Susie?
19:37Yeah, it's in the dictionary, but it's a capital R.
19:39Yeah.
19:40It's a proper noun, I'm so sorry.
19:41Let's switch back to the numbers then.
19:43Mark?
19:44One for the big and five small again, please.
19:46Thank you, Mark.
19:47One large, five little in this flip-flopping contest.
19:50Let's see if this changes things.
19:52Your numbers are five, seven, nine, five, ten and 50.
19:59And this target, 961.
20:01961.
20:02Numbers up.
20:03MUSIC PLAYS
20:10MUSIC CONTINUES
20:33961, the target.
20:35Mark?
20:36No.
20:37Nowhere near.
20:38Wendy?
20:39Nine, five, seven.
20:40Four away.
20:41Seven points.
20:42Let's hear it.
20:43Right.
20:44Five plus five.
20:45Five plus five is ten.
20:47Plus ten.
20:4820.
20:51Oh, times 50.
20:53Times 50, 1,000.
20:56No, I'm sorry, I've got...
20:57Gone wrong.
20:58I'm sorry, Wendy.
20:59Gone wrong.
21:00Yeah.
21:01I'm one away.
21:02So, 961.
21:03Loads of ways for one away.
21:04You have to leave this one with you as well.
21:06Yep.
21:07Let's have a look at the second tea time teaser.
21:09It's Got Weirdo.
21:11Got Weirdo.
21:12You wouldn't make clubs out of this,
21:14but you can almost make a great golfer.
21:16You wouldn't make clubs out of this,
21:18but you can almost make a great golfer.
21:35Welcome back.
21:36You wouldn't make clubs out of this,
21:38but you can almost make a great golfer.
21:40That golfer's Tiger Woods.
21:41Take the S off for Tiger Wood,
21:43which I didn't know was a thing, Susie.
21:45No, but I think you'd recognise.
21:47It's that beautiful streaked, striped wood
21:49that you'll find in cabinets.
21:50Yeah.
21:51Cabinet making.
21:52So, really lovely.
21:53Thank you very much.
21:54And over...
21:55There's so much to take care of.
21:57At 961, you had one commercial break,
21:59the soda break, Rach.
22:00Did you get there?
22:01I was about to throw in the towel
22:049 plus 7 gives you 16.
22:0650 plus 10 gives you 60.
22:09Times those together for 960,
22:12and then you can do 505 for 1 to add on for 961.
22:19Lovely. What a day this is.
22:21Just one point in it, six rounds left.
22:23Wendy, there's no point putting this off.
22:25Let's get more letters.
22:27A vowel, please.
22:28Thank you, Wendy.
22:29E.
22:30And another one.
22:31O.
22:32And another one.
22:33A.
22:34And a consonant.
22:36D.
22:37And another.
22:39S.
22:40And another.
22:41D.
22:42And another.
22:43H.
22:45And another.
22:47R.
22:49And I'll have a vowel.
22:51And lastly, E.
22:54Let's play.
23:02MUSIC PLAYS
23:25How did you get on, Wendy?
23:27Seven.
23:28A seven. And Mark?
23:29Seven.
23:30And a seven. Right, Wendy?
23:31Shared.
23:32Yes. And Mark?
23:33Same.
23:34Shared.
23:36Both of you.
23:38Your writing's so small.
23:40Seven-point seats.
23:42I like those letters.
23:43I have high expectations needed, Eleanor.
23:45Yeah, there is an eight.
23:47Redheads.
23:48Lovely. I wouldn't be allowed home if I had not got that right.
23:52And you can also be a sawhead if you are irritable and a bad temper.
23:56Very good stuff.
23:57Let's get back to it straight away.
23:59Mark, letters.
24:01Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
24:03You can indeed. Thank you, Mark.
24:05V.
24:06And another.
24:08R.
24:09And another.
24:11S.
24:12And a vowel.
24:14U.
24:15Another vowel.
24:16A.
24:18Another vowel.
24:20O.
24:22Another vowel.
24:24A.
24:26A consonant.
24:28M.
24:29And a final consonant.
24:30And a final L.
24:32Kindine.
25:00MUSIC STOPS
25:04Been a real mixed bag, hasn't it, on the letters today?
25:07Mark?
25:08I'm going to try a seven.
25:10I'm going to try a seven with a glint in your eye.
25:13Wendy?
25:14Six.
25:15And a six. What's the six?
25:16Oh, murals.
25:17Murals. That might count.
25:19What's this seven?
25:20Valours.
25:21Valours.
25:22You are not in luck today, Mark.
25:24It says no very definitely.
25:26It's a mass noun.
25:28Valour, singular, fine, but not in the plural.
25:30Sorry.
25:31Look at that.
25:32Anything else, Neil?
25:33Yes.
25:34Arousal.
25:35Right.
25:36Arousal for seven.
25:37And Susie?
25:38I mean, arousal's pretty good, but Susie found a better seven.
25:41Samovar.
25:43It's a highly decorated Russian urn.
25:45Russian urn.
25:46Yes.
25:47Thank you very much.
25:48Seven points in it at the moment.
25:50Four rounds left.
25:52And Susie has her origins of words.
25:55I often get asked about this one,
25:57but Janet and Gerry Print, regular viewers,
26:00have asked where it comes from, why red herring.
26:03It is quite strange when you think about it.
26:06So the first reference to a red herring is in a very literal sense,
26:101333, and it's essentially dried, cured herring.
26:14So herring in the sea has a sort of silvery hue,
26:18but actually when you cure it, it goes a kind of reddish brown.
26:21That's as simple as that. That's the red bit.
26:24And from about 1807,
26:26you find them being mentioned as a kind of distraction in some sense,
26:31which is, of course, how we use it today.
26:33If there's a red herring in a murder mystery plot,
26:35you know it's something that is planted there to lead you off course
26:38and distract you from the main event.
26:41And the most popular theory is that red herrings
26:44were once dragged across the ground in fox hunting
26:47in order to either distract the hounds, if you were a saboteur,
26:51or in order to train them to not be distracted by other scents
26:54but to stick to the one in question.
26:57But actually, the most likely answer lies in William Cobbett,
27:03who was a politician, and it is said that he...
27:08Well, he did write a story in which a red herring was used
27:12to throw hounds off the scent of a hare, but it was a fictional story.
27:16But he then used it, I think, in Parliament
27:20as a metaphor for the press
27:22and how journalists are often misled by false information
27:26and then will then mislead the rest of the nation.
27:30So he used it in that metaphorical sense,
27:32and we're pretty sure that is what popularised it.
27:34Whether or not red herrings were actually used in hunts,
27:37we're not sure, but certainly that is how he used it in his story.
27:40Yes, great origins awards. Thank you.
27:42APPLAUSE
27:45We are none the wiser as to who will be returning to count down
27:49on Monday, so who goes into the weekend happier?
27:53Wendy, seven points up as a challenger with four rounds left
27:56and you're picking these letters.
27:58A vowel, please. Thank you, Wendy.
28:01E. And another one.
28:03I. And another one.
28:06E. And a consonant.
28:08S. And another one.
28:11M. And another.
28:14X. And another.
28:17C. And another.
28:21N. And another consonant, please.
28:25Lastly, T. Good luck.
28:48That's it.
28:50Wendy? Six.
28:52Mark? Seven.
28:54Look at this for a competition.
28:56Are we about to be even, Stephens?
28:58The six, Wendy? XIs.
29:00And the seven? Entices.
29:02Entices. Very good. Of course.
29:05Of course. Very good. Fantastic. Anything else?
29:08There is an ace.
29:10There is an ace.
29:12There is an ace.
29:14Very good. Fantastic. Anything else?
29:16There is an ace.
29:18I think this is one part of a... one hundredth of a franc.
29:21It was. Yeah. Centimes. Centimes.
29:24With the S at the end.
29:26Right, 49 points each.
29:29Three rounds to go. Mark, letters.
29:32Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:34Thank you, Mark. P.
29:36And another.
29:38T. And another.
29:41G. And another.
29:44J.
29:46And a vowel.
29:48O. Another vowel.
29:50E.
29:52Another vowel.
29:54O.
29:56A consonant.
29:58C. And a final vowel.
30:01And a final E.
30:04Last letters.
30:11THEY CONTINUE
30:36Time's up. Mark?
30:38Only a four. And Wendy?
30:40That's a relief, only a four.
30:44What have you got? Cope. Yes.
30:46Coot. Coot.
30:48And cope.
30:50Yes, really tough. We just about managed a five.
30:53But that was a struggle.
30:55There was a five. If I hadn't gotten that, I would be removed from the seat.
30:58Eject. Oh, the eject. There you go.
31:00And Pogo's left.
31:02Right, well, let's move straight on,
31:04because just two rounds left.
31:0653 points each.
31:08And I love the fact that Challenger's Privilege is the last numbers.
31:11It just adds to the jeopardy.
31:13Wendy?
31:15One large, please. One large. Thank you.
31:17Five little guaranteed crucial conundrum,
31:19but will anybody have the edge?
31:21We'll find out in a minute.
31:23The numbers are...
31:29And the target to reach, 602.
31:32602, numbers up.
31:38ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
32:04Time is up, both of you.
32:06I can tell by the scribble we're feeling the pressure there.
32:09602, Wendy. 602.
32:11Yeah. Mark? 602.
32:13Yeah, you both got it in about 28 seconds, by the way.
32:16Wendy, off you go.
32:189 plus 3. 12.
32:20Times 50. 600.
32:22Plus 2. 602.
32:24Mark? Slightly differently.
32:266 times 2 is 12. Yep.
32:28Times by the 50 is 600. It is.
32:319 minus 8 is 1.
32:33And then 3 minus the 1 is the 2.
32:35And then add it on.
32:37Same result, another ten points.
32:41So, here we go.
32:4363 points each.
32:46So, we've never had,
32:48we have never had a more applicable name for somebody.
32:51Woodward for the equaliser,
32:53cos it's been equal for so much of the game.
32:56So, it'll be such a shame to lose either Mark or Wendy.
33:00We must do that.
33:02Somebody must get a conundrum right
33:04before we can leave here.
33:06We will do ten if we have to.
33:08But it may just be one.
33:10Let's find out as we reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:31Mark?
33:32Impacting.
33:33Let's have a look.
33:35Yes!
33:39Well, what an impact you two have made on this week.
33:42That was the show of the week. That was unbelievable.
33:45Mark takes it with the conundrum.
33:47As all good champions do, they handle the pressure.
33:50Well done to you. We'll see you back here on Monday.
33:52Well done.
33:53Wendy, real shame to lose you.
33:55You know, just another week sliding doors, isn't it?
33:58We'd probably have you here for six, seven, eight shows.
34:00Have you enjoyed it?
34:01Oh, it's been fun. Thank you.
34:03Good. Nice to have you.
34:05Thank you very much. Enjoy your weekend.
34:07Lovely.
34:09We'll see you back here.
34:10You've got 48 hours.
34:11You can get the other part of your teeth done.
34:14We'll see you then.
34:15The fourth bridge.
34:16She'll start and once...
34:17It'll never be fully done.
34:18Thank you, Suze.
34:20Thank you, Rich.
34:21You have a great weekend.
34:22You too, Colin.
34:23Lovely.
34:24And all of you too.
34:25Thank you so much for tuning in this week.
34:27It's nothing without you.
34:28Hopefully we'll see you on Monday, same time, same place.
34:30Suze and I will be here.
34:31You can count on us.
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