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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown,
00:33your pit stop on the journey of your week.
00:35A chance to just refill, recharge and get ready for the road ahead,
00:39whatever the rest of the day has to throw at you.
00:42Hello, Rachel Riley. Hello, Colin Murray.
00:44In what is destined to be our most Alan Partridge-style chat
00:48in the history of Countdown,
00:50I want to talk to you about your favourite service station. OK.
00:53Because we travel quite a lot of journeys on our road.
00:56Neil Delamere is a stand-up comedian,
00:58probably driven every road in Britain and Ireland.
01:01You get quite obsessed with where you stop along the way.
01:05And I keep little notes on my favourite ones I've been to,
01:08ones to avoid.
01:10Gloucester service station and the M5.
01:13It's not a service station, it's a holiday. Right?
01:17It's got a farm shop, a butcher's counter,
01:21a cheese shop, a pond and it sells gelato.
01:25I mean, there's one I know with a children's climbing frame on the M6,
01:28which is good, but that beats that.
01:30You might be referencing rugby services, which is sensational.
01:34That's M1 or M6, I think.
01:36It's got five or six different fast food outlets,
01:39two supermarket chains and a picnic and play area.
01:44And that's the last step, if you can have that.
01:49That's the problem, though, I never know which one's which,
01:51so you kind of have to guess by how many miles you are
01:53away from your destination if it's the right one.
01:55Let's head over to our pit lane, cos there is...
01:57That sounds so rude, it's not.
01:59There's Susie Dent, our G of the day,
02:01breaking many a broken word throughout a countdown.
02:04Our word mechanic, you might want to say.
02:07And her well-oiled companion, the comedian Neil Delamere.
02:11APPLAUSE
02:13I do have a favourite road sign.
02:16Yes, there was a sign on the motorway, not too far from here,
02:19and it says, caution, low-flying aircraft.
02:21I always think, what are we meant to do
02:24with that piece of information?
02:26Do you ever not drive the car as high as I normally do?
02:29I'll just be careful with that.
02:31There's absolutely nothing you can do.
02:33Listen, moving through the gears is our champion Mark Brooks,
02:37halfway to being an OctoChamp.
02:39And, oh, my goodness, I've talked to you about top trumps,
02:42I've talked to you about ancient Greek mythology,
02:45I've talked to you about video games,
02:47and I'm forced to mention the only thing
02:49I haven't mentioned to you yet,
02:51your lifelong love of Manchester United.
02:53I left it right until the end.
02:55Proper fan, though?
02:57Yes, I've been playing football for 27 years now,
03:00and it's been Manchester United through and through.
03:02All the way? All the way.
03:04Even currently.
03:06More so currently.
03:08You look at probably a lower of expectations
03:10of Liverpool and United this year, our teams.
03:12But that's the moment when you support them.
03:14They're easy to support when you're winning things.
03:16You're up against Howell Jones.
03:18Howell Jones, who's obviously Welsh.
03:21He exiled for a while, but you're back there,
03:24and making up for lost time, right, learning Welsh?
03:27Yeah, since moving back eight years ago,
03:29obviously, as you can tell from the name,
03:31the whole family were Welsh, a lot of Welsh speakers in the name.
03:34And I felt a bit ashamed, really, that my Welsh was not up to scratch.
03:37Since my stepdaughter's been going to school and learning Welsh,
03:40which is compulsory in Wales, up to GCSE,
03:42she has absolutely put me to shame.
03:44Yeah.
03:45So, a bit of competitiveness between the two of us
03:48to stop her correcting my Welsh.
03:50She'll be doing various online courses and trying to get there.
03:53Well, iechyd da for being here.
03:55Diolch yn fawr.
03:56I've no idea what you said back to me,
03:58but I know I said thank you for being here.
04:00Howell and Mark, good luck.
04:04Off you go, Mark. Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
04:07You can indeed, thank you, Mark. Start today with G.
04:10And another.
04:13D
04:14And another.
04:16R
04:17And a vowel, please.
04:19U
04:20Another vowel.
04:21A
04:22Another vowel.
04:24E
04:25And a consonant, please.
04:27G
04:28Another consonant.
04:32F
04:33And a final consonant, please.
04:35And a final S.
04:36At the whole band in the studio, let's play Kind Time.
04:42MUSIC PLAYS
05:09Mark.
05:10Seven.
05:11And Howell?
05:12Just six.
05:13The sixes?
05:14Gods.
05:15And the seven?
05:16Grudges.
05:17Grudges.
05:18Don't hold one, it's early days,
05:20as we head over to Dictionary Corner. Anything else?
05:22Yeah, we have sugared for seven.
05:25Yeah.
05:26And is defrags there?
05:28You can defrag your hard drive, I think, can't you?
05:31Absolutely right, yes. It's short for defragment.
05:34And it's all about reducing and fragmentation,
05:37linking files in separate locations.
05:39Howell, off we go. More letters.
05:41After you, Rachel. Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:44You can, indeed. Start with...
05:46L
05:47And another one.
05:49T
05:50And a third, please.
05:52D
05:53And a vowel.
05:55A
05:56Another vowel.
05:58E
05:59A third vowel.
06:01I
06:03A consonant.
06:05S
06:07Another consonant.
06:09W
06:11And a final consonant, please.
06:13And a final R.
06:16Limited options here. Good luck.
06:37MUSIC PLAYS
06:49Howell?
06:50Seven.
06:51And Mark?
06:52Seven.
06:53What have we got?
06:54Saltier.
06:55Saltier.
06:56And details.
06:57And details, Susie and Nath.
07:00Yeah, I get inspired by you, you know.
07:03I've got two here.
07:05You said details.
07:07Wastrel.
07:08A wastrel.
07:09It's a proper old insult, that, isn't it? You wastrel.
07:12You cad. You bounder. I demand satisfaction.
07:15You're a scoundrel and a wastrel, sir. Good day to you.
07:18I shall slap you with a... And we will do...
07:21Oh, the white gloves.
07:22Yeah, white gloves.
07:23We're going to fight at dawn tomorrow on the Common.
07:26Anything else?
07:27Just a plethora of sevens, but we can get beyond that.
07:30Very good. Let's go to the numbers, Mark.
07:33Could I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
07:35You can indeed. One from the top row, five from the bottom ones.
07:39And the first numbers of the day are...
07:4210, 1, 3, 2, 4 and a large one, 25.
07:48And the target to reach, 102.
07:52We'll just ease into it. Numbers up.
08:04CLOCK TICKS
08:25Times up. 102. Mark?
08:28102. Yep. And Howell?
08:30Yes, 102. Off you go, Mark.
08:3225 x 4 and then add the 2.
08:34Save the ink. Yeah. I did it the same way.
08:37Straightforward, 10 points each, 24 plus 17.
08:41Let's get your first Tea Time teaser, which is Tail Privy, T-A-L-E.
08:46He didn't want anyone else becoming privy to his tail,
08:49so he shared it discreetly.
08:51He didn't want anyone else becoming privy to his tail,
08:54so he shared it discreetly.
09:03APPLAUSE
09:12Welcome back. He didn't want anyone else becoming privy to his tail,
09:15so he shared it discreetly.
09:17That was privately, privately.
09:19Right, let's go back to the game.
09:21And, Howell, you're choosing these letters.
09:23OK. Can I start with a consonant, please?
09:25Thank you, Howell. J.
09:27And another one?
09:29N.
09:30And a third?
09:32B.
09:33And can I have a vowel, please?
09:35O.
09:36And another vowel?
09:38I.
09:40A consonant?
09:42K.
09:44And another consonant?
09:47L.
09:49A vowel?
09:51E.
09:53And a final consonant, please?
09:56And a final T.
09:58Thanks, Rachel.
10:29Howell?
10:31A six.
10:32And Mark?
10:33Six.
10:34A six. What are the words?
10:35Tinkle.
10:36Tinkle.
10:37And same.
10:38And tinkle.
10:39If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be sweet and wipe the seat.
10:42Do you remember that little sign?
10:44It's a very 80s thing.
10:46Anyway, it was funny then. Anything else?
10:48I've got to pretend I don't know that.
10:50What are you talking about, old man?
10:53I was too busy playing Tamagotchi.
10:56Niblet.
10:57A niblet.
10:58A little sweetcorn niblet.
11:00A tinkle.
11:02And a niblet.
11:04Right.
11:05Mark, letters, please.
11:07Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:09Thank you, Mark.
11:10S.
11:11And another?
11:13P.
11:14And another?
11:16D.
11:18And a vowel, please?
11:20A.
11:21Another vowel?
11:22E.
11:23A third vowel?
11:25A.
11:26A consonant?
11:30C.
11:31Another consonant?
11:33D.
11:34And a final vowel?
11:36And a final E.
11:38Half a minute.
11:56MUSIC CONTINUES
12:09Time is up.
12:11Mark?
12:12Eight.
12:13And Howell?
12:14Just seven.
12:15The seven is?
12:16Escaped.
12:17Escaped. And the eight?
12:19Escapade.
12:20Escapade. Very, very good indeed.
12:22Very good indeed.
12:23What else we can manage over in Dictionary Corner?
12:26It can't be the escapade, I'm afraid.
12:2938 plays 23.
12:31We're back to the numbers, and you're picking for the first time, Howell.
12:35I'm a bit behind, so I'll go six more, please, Rachel.
12:37I like it. I don't have to try to convince you to gamble.
12:40You're going straight for it. Let's see if it works for you.
12:43Your six little ones.
12:44Six, one, two, nine,
12:48four and seven.
12:51And the target? 346.
12:53346. Numbers up.
13:21346, the target.
13:27How did that work out for you, Howell?
13:29Not great. I think I've got 340, but I've not written it down.
13:32Not written it down. Six away, not written down. Mark?
13:35I've got 351.
13:37351 is five away, unwritten down. Phew! Off you go.
13:41Nine times seven is 63.
13:43Nine sevens is 63.
13:45Minus the four is 59.
13:47Minus the four, 59.
13:49Times by the six, times 354.
13:51Times by 354.
13:53And then minus the two and the one.
13:55And then the two and the one.
13:57351, five away.
13:59Very good. Really difficult one, Rich. Did you manage?
14:02Oh, Mark was so close.
14:04Nine times seven, 63.
14:07Take away the four and take away the one here for 58.
14:11And that takes you... Sorry, times that by six.
14:15And that takes you to 348.
14:18And you can take away the two.
14:20346.
14:22APPLAUSE
14:24Still seven points, though, it's as do lead.
14:2645 plays 23.
14:28Neil Delamere, always a delight in Dictionary Corner.
14:31What's been on your mind today?
14:33Well, you called me Larry David yesterday,
14:35so I'm going to lean into that and be willfully obscure and weird.
14:39I want to expound on my personal philosophy today.
14:41I think there's two types of people in the world.
14:43I used to think there were two types of people in the world.
14:46The boring, officious people and then the rest of us.
14:48A bit of crack, a bit of fun, right?
14:50There's a couple of tests for this.
14:52If you ever break the right-hand side of a hole punch, right,
14:55super-efficient people go out and buy a brand-new hole punch.
14:58We do not do that.
15:00We use the left-hand side of the hole punch
15:02and try and guess where the hole would have been made
15:04by the right-hand side of the hole punch, right?
15:06Or if you're leaving a supermarket and you realise the boot lid is open,
15:09super-efficient people stop the car and close the boot lid.
15:11We don't do that.
15:13We use the required velocity to close the lid, right?
15:16I said this at a gig once and the guy in the front row went,
15:18Yeah, we do! I said, What do you do?
15:20And he goes, I drive an ambulance, which is a little bit weird.
15:23But I've changed this now because I think the world splits
15:26into two different types of people,
15:28which is people who can stack a dishwasher properly and psychopaths.
15:32Now, people at home are going to disagree on this.
15:35I think there's the normal, decent human beings, right,
15:38who will put any item of cutlery in
15:40with any other item of cutlery in a cutlery basket.
15:43And then you've got the cutlery segregationists,
15:46who only put the knives in with the knives
15:48and the forks in with the forks
15:50and the tiny teaspoons in with the tiny teaspoons.
15:52Why would you not do it that way?
15:54I'll tell you why. Because you have more cups of tea than you have dinners.
15:57So you're going to have... If I look in your dishwasher,
15:59you're going to have 14 teaspoons rammed in together
16:01and two knives socially distanced in another part of it.
16:04But when you take it out and you're putting it into the cutlery drawer,
16:07if they're already separated, that saves you time.
16:10No, now, hold on. You're like my dad.
16:12My dad's in his 80s and he's like you.
16:14All the knives have to be together, all the forks have to be together.
16:17So, for Christmas, I got him Spork.
16:19Oh, that ruined it.
16:21Which is half a spoon and half a fork,
16:23because I thought that would screw the system,
16:25and he washed it by hand.
16:27Come on, Dad.
16:29Brilliant. Thank you, Dean.
16:32Right, 45-23.
16:35So let's get more letters, Mark.
16:37Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:39Thank you, Mark. H
16:41And another?
16:43T
16:44And another?
16:46N
16:47And a vowel, please?
16:49I
16:50Another vowel?
16:52U
16:53Another vowel?
16:54O
16:56A consonant, please?
16:58X
17:00Another consonant?
17:02S
17:04And a final consonant?
17:06A final?
17:08N
17:09Let's start the clock.
17:30CLOCK TICKS
17:41Pens down, Mark.
17:43Six.
17:44And Howell?
17:45Six as well.
17:46Six, Mark.
17:47Toxins.
17:48Howell?
17:49Exactly the same thing.
17:50Perfect. There you go.
17:51Six points each.
17:53Yeah, six was the best that we could do as well.
17:55Yeah.
17:56Toxins, but also unions.
17:59Toxins and unions, you share the points,
18:02so let's get more letters.
18:04Howell?
18:05Can I start with a consonant, please?
18:07Thank you, Howell.
18:08B
18:09And a second one?
18:11S
18:12And a third?
18:14T
18:15Can I have a vowel?
18:17U
18:18Another vowel?
18:20E
18:21A consonant?
18:23C
18:25Another consonant?
18:27R
18:29A vowel?
18:31O
18:33And a final vowel, please?
18:36Decent selection, with a final I.
18:39Here we go.
18:58MUSIC STOPS
19:11Howell?
19:12I'd have to go for a nine.
19:14And Mark?
19:15Eight.
19:16The eight?
19:17Precious.
19:18And for 18 points, double points for a maximum.
19:21Outprices?
19:22Outprices.
19:25Good guess, but it's not in.
19:28Aw!
19:29I really liked... I fancied that one, but it's not in, I'm sorry.
19:33What have we got in the dictionary corner?
19:35Yeah, another eight, pictures.
19:37But nothing as good-sounding as outprices, but yeah.
19:40Well done for pictures, you still managed to rub it in a bit,
19:43which was the point.
19:44OK, Mark, let's get back to the numbers.
19:46One for the top and five small, please, Rachel.
19:48You're not making any gambles.
19:50One large, five little for you. You're hoping for something easy.
19:53Turn up the numbers.
19:55A three, four, ten.
19:58Another ten, one, and 100.
20:02And the target to reach, 660.
20:05660, numbers up.
20:07MUSIC PLAYS
20:24MUSIC STOPS
20:36660, Mark.
20:38660.
20:39Oh, well.
20:40Yeah, 660.
20:41What have you got, Mark?
20:42Ten minus four is six.
20:44Ten minus four, six.
20:45100 plus ten is 110.
20:47100 and the second ten.
20:48And then times them together.
20:50660, straightforward.
20:51Very good.
20:52I did it exactly the same way.
20:53Nice one.
20:54APPLAUSE
20:56Ten points each.
20:5869 plays 39.
21:01And here's your second tea time teaser of the day.
21:03Given, pear, and pear is in the fruit.
21:06P-E-A-R.
21:07He was given a pear, but it wasn't plucked from this.
21:10He was given a pear, but it wasn't plucked from this.
21:13MUSIC PLAYS
21:15APPLAUSE
21:28Welcome back.
21:29He was given a pear, but it wasn't plucked from this.
21:32Grapevine, a grapevine.
21:34OK, 30 points and a bit of work to do for our challenger,
21:38Howell Jones.
21:39So let's do it now.
21:41OK, consonant, please.
21:43Thank you, Howell.
21:44V
21:45And another one.
21:47R
21:48And a third.
21:50D
21:52A vowel.
21:54A
21:56Another vowel.
21:57I
21:59A consonant, please.
22:02M
22:04Another consonant.
22:06L
22:08A vowel.
22:10A
22:12And a final consonant, please.
22:15And a final F.
22:18Let's play.
22:42MUSIC PLAYS
22:49Mr Jones.
22:50Just five.
22:51Mr Brooks.
22:52Six.
22:53The five is?
22:54Drama.
22:55No drama here.
22:56Varial.
22:57Varial, Susie.
22:58Yeah, that's not in, actually.
23:00Lots of variate, that kind of thing, but not varial.
23:02I'm sorry about that.
23:03That's why you always forget the round before, you know what I mean?
23:06You never know what's coming up. So, well done.
23:08Five points for you. Anything better, Neil?
23:10Well, radial is there for six, but there is a seven.
23:13Admiral.
23:14Admiral. Very good. Well spotted.
23:16Well spotted.
23:17I think I.I's captain, isn't it?
23:19Well, I mean...
23:20I don't think anyone says I.I admiral.
23:22Well, any time I've taken command of that many men,
23:24I feel that I... Like the blur of the lines between ranks.
23:28That's what really breeds the loyalty for me.
23:30Oh, dear.
23:31Well, the mutiny is in our midst at the moment.
23:34If Howell can continue to close the gap,
23:36Mark, you're picking these letters.
23:37Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:39Thank you, Mark. Y.
23:41And another.
23:43D.
23:44And another.
23:46S.
23:47And another.
23:49N.
23:51And a vowel, please.
23:53I.
23:54Another vowel.
23:56U.
23:57Another vowel.
23:59E.
24:01Another vowel.
24:04I.
24:05And a final consonant.
24:07And a final L.
24:10Good luck.
24:38MUSIC STOPS
24:41Mark?
24:42Five.
24:43Howell?
24:44I'll stick with the six, then.
24:45The five?
24:46Lined.
24:47What are you sticking with?
24:48Undies.
24:49Undies.
24:50Very good, yes. Definitely there for six.
24:52And we can just push it to a lovely seven.
24:54Well, I'm not sure how lovely it is, but it is an adverb
24:56and I like adverbs.
24:57Snidely.
24:58Snidely.
24:59Yep.
25:00Snidely. We'll stick the undies. That's a better word.
25:02OK.
25:0319 points in it now.
25:0519 points, four rounds left.
25:07Mark just does it for fun, I think.
25:09You love a close game, champ.
25:11Let's go to Dictionary Corner for our origins of words.
25:14Are we going to get a bit of Welsh penguin before we start?
25:17Yeah, why don't we stick with Welsh?
25:19Because it's just... It's so beautiful.
25:21I think Welsh in particular does longing and yearning.
25:25It's a little bit like German. It does that really, really well.
25:28But, yeah, I'll start with the penguin.
25:30So, penguin comes from pen, meaning head,
25:32and then gwyn, meaning white.
25:34So, it comes from the word head,
25:36and it was first given to the great orc by sailors
25:40who spotted it off the coast of Newfoundland.
25:43And they either made a mistake
25:45when they actually saw a penguin thinking it was a great orc,
25:48another black and white flightless bird
25:51adapted to freezing waters,
25:53or they just thought, well, it's very similar,
25:55so we will give it the same name.
25:57But extraordinary, really, that the penguin is named after...
26:00named from Welsh.
26:03And I think this is regularly voted as the number one
26:06amongst Welsh people, and that is cwtch,
26:09which is spelt C-W-T-C-H.
26:11And it's a hug, but it's also so much more than a hug,
26:15and it actually began as a word for a cubbyhole in a small space.
26:18And the idea is that you are tightly embraced by someone,
26:22and it is just... If you hear...
26:24Well, maybe who could tell us at some point,
26:26but if you hear a Welsh person talk about a cwtch, it's obvious,
26:29it's just a lot more than what we would call a hug.
26:32So, beautiful, beautiful words, and I hope that they,
26:34at some point, will also go in the dictionary.
26:36Brilliant, Susie.
26:40Well, will it be a congratulatory hug
26:42or will it be tears on my shoulder at the end of this, eh?
26:45It's looking like tears at the moment, isn't it?
26:48Listen, it's only 19 points. Let's see, let's get more letters.
26:52OK, a consonant, please, Rachel.
26:54Thank you. R
26:56And a second one.
26:58M
26:59And a third.
27:01S
27:02A vowel, please.
27:04O
27:05And another one.
27:07A
27:09A consonant.
27:11T
27:12Another consonant.
27:14V
27:16A vowel.
27:18E
27:20And a final vowel, please.
27:23And...
27:25..a final I.
27:27Time, time.
27:58Howell.
28:00Eight.
28:01Mark.
28:02Seven.
28:03The seven.
28:04Motives.
28:05Motives.
28:06And Howell.
28:07Atomiser.
28:08Atomiser.
28:09Absolutely brilliant, yes.
28:11Very good.
28:15This is a proper Countdown comeback we have on now.
28:18Not quite there, not quite there.
28:20Not in Crucial Countdown yet,
28:22but I could see Mark stiffen up for the first time.
28:25He's like, OK, this is real, this is getting very real.
28:2811 points in it. Anything else?
28:30There's an overmast for eight, but I think atomiser's beautiful.
28:34Yeah, it's wonderful.
28:35You've made a tasty mouth. Squeaky bum time.
28:37It is indeed, it is indeed.
28:39One more letters round, then we'll get our last numbers
28:42and our conundrum.
28:43Will it be crucial, though? Mark doesn't want that to happen.
28:46Let's get nine more.
28:47Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:49Thank you, Mark. L
28:50And another.
28:52B
28:53And another.
28:55T
28:56And a vowel, please.
28:58E
28:59Another vowel.
29:00O
29:02Another vowel.
29:03E
29:05A consonant.
29:07R
29:09Another consonant.
29:11S
29:13And another consonant.
29:15Lastly, N.
29:17Last letters.
29:24THEY CONTINUE
29:49Mark.
29:50Seven.
29:51Oh, well, seven as well.
29:52We had belters.
29:53Are they the same word?
29:55Yeah.
29:56Couple of belters, couple of belters.
29:59Dixie Corner?
30:00Yeah, we had belters.
30:01There's a couple of more sevens.
30:03Lobster, trebles, but no more than seven.
30:05It really looks like there should be an eight,
30:07but leave it with us.
30:09Not saying it, not coming back to you on this.
30:11I'm fully focused on what's happening here.
30:1311 points between you, 20 points up for grabs.
30:16We didn't think it would be this close,
30:18but let's see if Hall can play the last numbers round
30:21with a little bit of tactics.
30:23I've got to gamble, haven't I?
30:25I'll go three big, three small.
30:27OK, three big, three small.
30:29And you need to outdo Mark.
30:31Let's see if we can get that crucial conundrum.
30:34Final numbers.
30:35Six, four, seven,
30:37100, 50, 75.
30:41And the target, 852.
30:43852, numbers up.
30:48BELL RINGS
30:50BELL CONTINUES
31:16852, the target.
31:18How well?
31:19I've got 851 written down really badly.
31:21OK, so we'll call that a kind of not written down, shall we?
31:24Mark?
31:25I've got 849.
31:26An 849.
31:29So, how well this gamble may have paid off?
31:32Here's hoping.
31:34100 plus 75 minus 50 for 125.
31:39Yes.
31:40Multiply that by seven for, hopefully, 875.
31:44Yes.
31:45And four multiplied by six is 24.
31:48Your gamble did indeed pay off.
31:50Well done.
31:51APPLAUSE
31:54That's huge.
31:55Seven points takes us to crucial countdown conundrum.
31:58But 852, Rach?
32:00Yes, I've found a way.
32:0275 times four is 300.
32:06Divided by 50 is six.
32:08Six times seven is 42.
32:11Add that to the 100 for 142.
32:14And times it by six, 852.
32:17Fantastic.
32:18APPLAUSE
32:2130 points was the biggest gap in this game.
32:24And here we are.
32:25It is crunch time.
32:27Well, you've been here before, of course,
32:29yesterday winning on a crucial countdown conundrum.
32:32So, can Mr Brooks be on his mark again?
32:36Or will Mr Jones complete the whole comeback?
32:40Fingers on the buzzers as we reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:45MUSIC
33:08For the win.
33:09Is it Mechanism?
33:11Is it Mechanism?
33:12It is!
33:14APPLAUSE
33:17Wow.
33:18Wow.
33:19Well, you've been a robot from about halfway through this.
33:22You just absolutely clicked.
33:23What is it?
33:24Is it purely just, wait till the nerves settle?
33:27Very much that, and Susie doing the Welsh, that definitely split it.
33:31OK, a wee bit of pride.
33:33Come on, do it for Wales.
33:36Well, to be fair, you took a long time to learn the language,
33:38so I'm not sure about that.
33:40Mark, what a brilliant, what a brilliant champion you've been,
33:43because you just inspire these amazing games,
33:46and you being the key part of that.
33:48So, teapot for you, dictionary in your goodie bag to take home.
33:53Don't think it'll be enough for the end of season,
33:55even though he's clearly good enough for it.
33:57But have you enjoyed yourself?
33:58I have indeed, yes.
34:00Wish I wasn't quite so close every time, but...
34:02Yeah.
34:03I can always tell when we've got a modest champion,
34:05because they'll repeat a shirt,
34:07which means they didn't pack enough for a fifth appearance,
34:11and that sums you up.
34:12Really humble, lovely guy.
34:13Thank you very much.
34:14Thank you very much.
34:15Well done.
34:16APPLAUSE
34:17My name's Brice Hughes.
34:18Hi.
34:19I'm off to Northampton services.
34:21Off for a swing on the slide.
34:23Yeah, yeah, you got me.
34:24That's exactly why I'm going there.
34:26Soccer for an outdoor play area.
34:28We're back tomorrow.
34:29We will play Countdown again.
34:30Susie, Rachel and I will be here.
34:32You can count on us.
34:33APPLAUSE
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