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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to the last countdown of the week as we head into a bank holiday weekend, which is a reason to be cheerful, but a reason just to stay where you are, because there could be a little bit of countdown history today. We'll get to that later. One thing at a time. Hello, Rachel Riley. Hello, Colin Murray. Animals. So when's the last animal chat we had? It's been a couple of weeks. Elephants. Yeah, elephants. But I want to talk about koalas today. It's wild koala day today.
00:58Do you remember we talked about dogs? And I didn't know that until we talked about it, but the nose is the same as our fingerprint. Well, actually, a koala, unless you were an expert in this, if a koala did fingerprints and we did fingerprints, you wouldn't be able to tell the difference between them.
01:15They've got human-like fingerprints. But do you know how you would know the difference? They've got four thumbs. They've got two thumbs in each hand. Good for them.
01:24They also sleep a lot, which we're always envious of any animal that sleeps a lot, because we could do that. But they're 18 hours a day.
01:32Oh, I could give it a good go. Got a lot to catch up on.
01:35I always think it's a good thing to have in your head, just in case reincarnation is on the table when we pass, you know, because sloth and now the koala.
01:43OK, let's get over to Dixonry corner, then. What a joy it's been this week. Oh, and such a big week for the snooker. The bank holiday weekend, of course, is the world snooker final this Sunday and Monday.
01:53So we're going to enjoy that over the weekend. Susie Dent alongside John Virgo.
01:58Thank you, buddy.
01:59And today we have 16-year-old Charlotte Robson bidding to become octo-champ. That's all I'm going to say, because I think there's a little bit of a duty not to sort of pile any pressure on you, because there is a few things going on today in terms of if you become an octo-champ.
02:18But hoping to derail you before you pull into the last station is Bernard McDonald. You'll be popular if you win today. Stopping a 16-year-old becoming an octo-champ.
02:28Bernard's from Greater Manchester. How are you, sir?
02:31Very well, thanks, Colin. Myself?
02:33Yeah, I'm good. Thank you for asking. And I think you're a bit like win or lose.
02:37Yeah, whatever, because you're a huge snooker fan and we're here today and John Virgo's here.
02:41Absolutely. That's a win for me. Me and John. We've already been having a chat with him.
02:45So, yeah, if I get sent on my little toddling down my way by young Charlotte, so be it. It's all good.
02:52Now, do you talk a good game or play a good game?
02:54Because, as I mentioned earlier in the week with snooker, you can love it and not be able to put a break together.
02:58How are you?
02:59I'm very pedestrian. I've had 138.
03:04Hold on a second. Hold the front page. What are you talking about? Don't tell me you missed...
03:08No, no. I've had one break of 38.
03:13Very funny. You got me.
03:14And that was my highest, genuinely.
03:15So, yeah, I'm not in the great man's league, far from it.
03:20I'm going to do that from now on. That's absolutely sensational.
03:24Yeah, I've had 126. That'll be my line from now on. Brilliant.
03:28Good luck to Bernard and Charlotte.
03:32Charlotte, just pretend it's your first game.
03:35You've never played before. Off we go. Letters.
03:37Hi, Rachel.
03:37Hi, Charlotte.
03:38Could I start with a consonant, please?
03:39You can indeed. Start today with R.
03:42And another.
03:44D.
03:44And a third.
03:47L.
03:47And one more.
03:49T.
03:51And a vowel, please.
03:53E.
03:53And another.
03:55A.
03:56And another.
03:58U.
03:59And a consonant.
04:01R.
04:03And I think I'll finish with a consonant, please.
04:06Finish with D.
04:07At home and in the studio.
04:09Let's play Kitein.
04:10MUSIC PLAYS
04:11MUSIC CONTINUES
04:14MUSIC CONTINUES
04:15Charlotte.
04:417.
04:427.
04:42And Bernard.
04:437.
04:43Well done.
04:43What's the 7, Charlotte?
04:44Rattled.
04:45Rattled.
04:46And for you, Bernard?
04:47Also rattled.
04:48There you go.
04:49Nice.
04:50Strong start.
04:517 points eats Susie and John.
04:53Rattled.
04:54Yeah.
04:54There you go all round.
04:56Let's get more letters.
04:57Bernard.
04:57Oh.
04:58Hi, Rachel.
04:59Hi, Bernard.
04:59Could I have a consonant, please?
05:01You can indeed.
05:02N.
05:03And a vowel.
05:06A.
05:08And a consonant, please.
05:10T.
05:10And another consonant, please.
05:15G.
05:16And a consonant.
05:18T.
05:21And a vowel, please.
05:23I.
05:26A consonant, please.
05:28K.
05:30Consonant, please.
05:32S.
05:32And a vowel, please.
05:36An obligatory.
05:38E.
05:39On 30 seconds.
05:58Okay.
06:02Bernard, how many?
06:11Seven. Yes, and Charlotte? Eight.
06:13There's seven. Staking.
06:15What's the eight? Tangiest.
06:17Very good. Tangiest, didn't spot it. Brilliant.
06:19Brilliant, yes, and that, in fact, was our only one.
06:22Yeah. And you know when you've been tangiest.
06:27First numbers of the day, Charlotte.
06:29I'll have one large and five small, please.
06:32Thank you, Charlotte. One from the top row, five from the other lot.
06:35Your favourite pick.
06:36First numbers of the day are nine, ten, four, eight, ten, and 50.
06:45And the target, 689.
06:47Six, eight, nine. Numbers up.
06:59Six, eight, nine's the target.
07:21Charlotte?
07:22Six, eight, nine, I think, not fully written down.
07:24OK, and Bernard?
07:25Six, eight, nine, written down.
07:26OK, Charlotte?
07:28So, ten plus four.
07:29Sounds good to me.
07:3114.
07:31Times 50.
07:32700.
07:33Minus the other ten.
07:35690.
07:36And then nine minus eight.
07:38One and take that off, so...
07:40Perfect.
07:40I think it might be the same way, Bert.
07:41Exactly the same way, yeah.
07:43Can you see that there?
07:44Yep, all good.
07:45Lovely.
07:45APPLAUSE
07:46Ten points each as we get this Tea Time teaser.
07:51A USA vote.
07:53A USA vote.
07:54Thanks to this, you won't lose what you've already done.
07:57Thanks to this, you won't lose what you've already done.
08:00Welcome back.
08:17A USA vote turns to autosave, not losing what you've already done.
08:22Well, Charlotte's Bank, seven wins.
08:24They're safe.
08:25Can she become an octo-champ today?
08:26Just an eight-point lead.
08:28So, Bernard, really good start from you, mate, and you're picking these letters.
08:31Could I have a consonant, please?
08:32Thank you about it.
08:33G.
08:36And another consonant.
08:38N.
08:40Another consonant.
08:42R.
08:44And a vowel, please.
08:46I.
08:49Another vowel.
08:51O.
08:53Consonant, please.
08:54B.
08:58A consonant, please.
09:00S.
09:03Vowel, please.
09:05I.
09:09And a consonant, please.
09:13Lastly, R.
09:15Thank you, Rachel.
09:32I.
09:32I.
09:32I.
09:32I.
09:33I.
09:33I.
09:34I.
09:34I.
09:34I.
09:34I.
09:35I.
09:35I.
09:35I.
09:35MUSIC
09:46Ah, that's time. Bernard? Seven. Seven from you. And Charlotte?
09:50Just a six, yeah. The six. What's the six? Boring. Boring.
09:54And for you, Bernard? Origins. Origins.
09:57Oh, well-spotted. Well-spotted, yeah.
09:59APPLAUSE
10:01Anything else? No, best start we'd got was six.
10:05Well done, Bernard. Oh, thank you. Great spot, great spot.
10:08More letters then. Charlotte? Could I start with a consonant, please?
10:11Thank you, Charlotte. W. And another.
10:14L. And a third.
10:17S. And one more.
10:20P. And a vowel. O. And another.
10:25A. And a third. I. And a consonant, please.
10:29S. And finish with a vowel, please.
10:32Finish with A. And half a minute.
10:35Bye-bye.
10:36MUSIC
10:38Charlotte?
10:39Six.
10:40I.
10:41I.
10:42I.
10:43I'm going to try seven.
11:11It's going to go for it.
11:12Charlotte, what's the six?
11:13Spoils.
11:14Spoils?
11:14And are you going to spoil that?
11:15What have you got?
11:17Excuse me if I'm spelling it correctly.
11:18Wassail.
11:19How are you spelling it?
11:20W-A-S-S-A-I-L.
11:22Absolutely brilliant.
11:23Here we go, a wassailing.
11:25You might hear that at Christmas, old-fashioned festivities,
11:28drinking lots of alcohol, and it means in good health,
11:32it was a drinking taste.
11:33Anything else there, JV?
11:34No, wassail was what we came, what do you mean?
11:37Some good breaks today, Bernard.
11:40Winden is with sails.
11:41More numbers.
11:43Bernard, it's on you.
11:44Just one from the top and any other five, please.
11:46Thank you, Bernard.
11:47One from the top and five more little ones coming up for you.
11:50And this time they are...
11:52Two, eight, four, six, ten, and one odd one, 25.
11:59And the target, 280.
12:01Two, eight, zero.
12:02Numbers up.
12:03One, four, six, ten, and one odd one.
12:26That's time on 2-8-0. Bernard?
12:362-8-0.
12:37And for you, Charlotte?
12:37Yeah, 2-8-0.
12:38Yes, the pens were down early. Bernard?
12:41Er, 25 plus 6 over 2.
12:44Plus 6 over 2 for 3 for 28.
12:46And times the 10.
12:48Straightforward, 2-8-0.
12:49And Charlotte?
12:50Exactly the same.
12:51Yeah, well done. 10 points.
12:52So, there you go.
12:56It's all exciting in the studio here today.
12:59Just over the Pennines in Sheffield,
13:01we're preparing ourselves for a semi-final
13:03and final bank holiday weekend
13:05at the World Snooker Championships.
13:06And John Virgo has been with us all week to celebrate that.
13:10We've been having just these great crucible moments
13:12you've been talking about.
13:13So, what are we finishing with today?
13:15Well, I think what we must finish with,
13:16we talked about the start of the crucible.
13:18Now we're talking about the future.
13:20Stephen Hendry, as we say, ruled the 90s.
13:24And then in the 2000s, we had the class of 92.
13:30So, we've got Ronnie O'Sullivan, who won seven world titles.
13:34John Higgins won four.
13:35Mark Williams won four.
13:37Add that to Mark Selby, who's won four.
13:39Yeah.
13:40They're the ones that have ruled the roost since 2000.
13:44Now we're looking at the future.
13:46Judd Trump, probably the best shot maker we've ever seen in the game.
13:50Yeah.
13:51So, I expect him to win a few more.
13:53I think Mark Owen, another player from Northern Ireland.
13:56I'll be amazed if he doesn't win a world title,
13:59although I'm always amazed that Jimmy White never did.
14:02Yeah.
14:02And then you look at Luka Bricell, who won it last year.
14:06You know, I think he's a name for the future.
14:09But I think talking about just those three players,
14:13I think the future's in good hands.
14:15And I think that's all you can hope for in any sport,
14:18that we've still got the players coming through
14:20that are going to entertain the people
14:22and get them packing the crucible
14:26and get them on the edge of the seats.
14:28As Ronnie said many times,
14:29we used to have to knock us off our perch.
14:31And, you know, no one's quite really done it yet,
14:35you know, when you look over the full seasons.
14:37And it's just such a special, special class of 92.
14:41Those three coming through together,
14:43I don't think that'll ever be matched.
14:45No, it was incredible.
14:46And, I mean, they're still producing.
14:48And Ronnie in particular.
14:50Yeah, we'll miss him when he's not there
14:52because he's played to a level and at a pace.
14:55This is what amazes me about Ronnie.
14:57He's still playing at that same tempo,
15:00that exciting style.
15:02You know, he's not resorted to playing a safety game,
15:06slowing things down.
15:07He's still doing it at the same pace.
15:09And it's been an incredible journey
15:11to watch him from 17 up to present day.
15:15Absolutely, John.
15:15Fantastic.
15:16Lovely stuff.
15:20All right.
15:21Here we go then.
15:22Let's get back to the game.
15:23A little bit of catch-up for Charlotte.
15:25Just the six points in it as we get your letters.
15:28Can I start with a consonant, please?
15:30Thank you, Charlotte.
15:30H.
15:31And another.
15:33M.
15:34And a third.
15:36C.
15:37And another.
15:39T.
15:40And a vowel.
15:42E.
15:42And finish with a consonant, please.
15:53Finish with D.
15:55Fantastic.
15:55Here we go again.
16:01Bye-bye.
16:19Bye-bye.
16:25And that's time, Charlotte. Seven.
16:28Seven from you, Bernard. Seven. Seven as well. OK, Charlotte.
16:32Matched. Matched. And what about you?
16:34Same. You've matched it? Same word.
16:36Seven points each. JV?
16:38Seven, yeah. Er, I think we've come up with cheated.
16:42There's none of that going on today.
16:44I feel you cheated, claiming it's yours.
16:47Anything above that? No advance on seven.
16:50Right, let's chuck on then, Bernard, your letters.
16:53Could I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Bernard.
16:56M. And a vowel.
16:59I. Another vowel.
17:02O. A consonant, please.
17:05C. Another consonant, please.
17:08L. And a vowel.
17:11E. A consonant, please.
17:14Z. Consonant, please.
17:18H.
17:21And another consonant, please.
17:23Lastly, M.
17:24And start the clock.
17:26C.
17:29C.
17:30C.
17:31C.
17:32C.
17:33C.
17:34C.
17:35C.
17:37C.
17:49C.
17:51That's time Bernard. Five. Five for you Charlotte. Yeah just a five as well. Five as well okay let's
18:01chalk the points up Bernard. Chime. Yeah and what about you Charlotte? A mochi. Oh how you spell that?
18:07M-O-C-H-I. Um yes these are if you ever tried a mochi ball they are delicious. Is that that weird
18:14ice cream thing? Yes um so you can freeze them it's from Japanese so they're sort of it's sweet
18:19glutinous rice that you can flavor and freeze. Lovely. Yeah. At fives though I mean I'd chime as well I mean
18:26really difficult rhyme what can we add anything? Yeah that was me chime but. Zilch was there um if
18:34you fancied using the Z for no high school but there is a six there commie. With a double M? With a double M
18:40for communist. Communists yeah people would use it a lot no it's kind of like a very 70s yeah okay all
18:46right uh so six is still the difference we've been there for quite some time we're
18:49back to the numbers and Charlotte. I think I might chance my arm with three large please.
18:53Yeah it's time you want this octo champ ship-dom whatever you want to call it. What was that? You've got to go for it. She's going for it she's the one with the words I'll do the numbers
19:01over here. The little ones for you two one and nine and the big three 75 25 and 50
19:09and the target 714. 714 numbers up.
19:14So
19:19yeah
19:23at
19:24there
19:25that
19:26so
19:307-1-4. Charlotte?
19:47You said 7-2-1, pretty much all written down.
19:50Seven away. Bernard?
19:52Er, 7-1-0, not written down.
19:55Four away, though. Different away, so you can go for the points.
19:5950 divided by 25 is 2.
20:02Yep. Add it to the other two for 4.
20:04Yep. Take it off the 75 for 71.
20:08And then 9 plus 1 is 10, multiply them.
20:11And you haven't used any of those, and you get four away. Yep.
20:14Brilliant. So that is 7 points, an important 7 points
20:18to extend your lead to 13. 7-1-4, please. Double R.
20:22Yes. If you say 75 minus 1 is 74,
20:26times it by 9 for 666,
20:30and then take away the 2 and add on the 50.
20:347-1-4. Great.
20:35APPLAUSE
20:36Can't have been many ways to get to that.
20:39That is fantastic.
20:40Right, second tea time teaser.
20:42Our last one of the week is Lead Ranch.
20:45And just to confirm, that's L-E-D, Lead Ranch.
20:47He probably made candles for his friends.
20:49He probably made candles for his friends.
20:52Hello again, he probably made candles for his friends.
21:10Lead Ranch becomes Chandler.
21:12A reference, of course, to the friend's character,
21:14played, of course, by the sadly departed Matthew Perry.
21:18The Chandler for Candlemaker.
21:20How does that connect, Susie?
21:22Yeah, so when you meet someone whose surname is Chandler,
21:25they were originally, or their ancestors were,
21:27candle makers.
21:28Yeah, so it's linked to chandelier, etc.
21:30Flatten Candela.
21:31Well, in terms of becoming an octo-champ,
21:33at just 16 years old,
21:35the candle still burns brightly for Charlotte Robson.
21:38But a bit of ground to make up 13 points
21:41behind our Bernard MacDonald,
21:43who's doing great so far,
21:44and it's your letters.
21:45Could I have a consonant, please?
21:47Thank you, Bernard.
21:48B.
21:48And another one, please.
21:51G.
21:52And another.
21:54T.
21:56Vowel, please.
21:57U.
21:58And a consonant, please.
22:01F.
22:03Vowel, please.
22:05A.
22:06Consonant, please.
22:08C.
22:10Consonant, please.
22:12S.
22:12And a vowel, please.
22:16And lastly, E.
22:18And let's play.
22:18We'll see you next time.
22:19We'll see you next time.
22:19We'll see you next time.
22:20We'll see you next time.
22:20We'll see you next time.
22:20We'll see you next time.
22:21We'll see you next time.
22:21We'll see you next time.
22:21We'll see you next time.
22:22We'll see you next time.
22:22We'll see you next time.
22:23We'll see you next time.
22:24We'll see you next time.
22:24We'll see you next time.
22:24We'll see you next time.
22:25We'll see you next time.
22:25We'll see you next time.
22:26We'll see you next time.
22:26We'll see you next time.
22:27We'll see you next time.
22:27We'll see you next time.
22:28We'll see you next time.
22:28We'll see you next time.
22:29We'll see you next time.
22:30Bernard, how many?
22:50Seven.
22:51Seven from you, very strong.
22:52Charlotte?
22:52Seven.
22:53Seven as well, brilliant.
22:54Bernard?
22:54Faucets.
22:55Faucets.
22:56Same word.
22:57Yep.
22:58There you go, the American tops.
22:59Yes.
23:00And that was ours.
23:01Fine, fine.
23:02We'll continue then because every round it's just a little bit more of the nails being bitten.
23:07And Charlotte, you're choosing these letters.
23:09Is that with a consonant, please?
23:11Thank you, Charlotte.
23:12T.
23:13And another.
23:15P.
23:16And a third.
23:18W.
23:19And one more.
23:21L.
23:22And a vowel.
23:24O.
23:24And another.
23:26U.
23:27And another.
23:28E.
23:30And a consonant, please.
23:32G.
23:33And another vowel, please.
23:36And lastly, O.
23:38Point time.
23:38And a vowel, please.
23:48See you next time.
23:48MUSIC PLAYS
24:08Last time, Charlotte. Six.
24:10Six from you and Bernard. I think I've got a six.
24:13Charlotte. Poodle. Poodle. And Bernard.
24:16Poulet. The French chicken is in.
24:20Oh, it is. Well done. There you go.
24:22Poodle, of course, we love it on Countdown, so well done.
24:25Let's see if we can do any better than a six.
24:27We've done it this time. Seven.
24:29Outglow. Beautiful. Sorry.
24:3113 points remains the difference.
24:34Four rounds to go. Are we going to get a crucial in such a big day?
24:37We will find out after Origins Awards.
24:40Suze, what are we talking about today?
24:42Well, I promised or threatened that I was going to return to place name elements.
24:48And just handy tips as to how to decode a place name that you might be driving through,
24:53that you might live in, obviously, etc.
24:55So I'm not sure if I'll get to the end of them today, but I will.
24:59I'm concentrating on some of the main ones.
25:01So anything ending in cot or coat, C-O-T-E, usually derived from a Saxon word for a house or a cottage.
25:09So ascot was east cottage.
25:12Dean means little valley.
25:15And don, or dun, as it's pronounced when we get to Swindon, etc., is from an old word which meant a hill.
25:22So the South Downs actually were originally the South Duns, D-U-N.
25:27Wimbledon, probably named after the first settler, Wimbledus, which is a great name.
25:32Swindon actually was Swine Hill, so a hill with lots of pigs on.
25:37E-A, probably derived from a Saxon word that meant a promontory, or it could mean an island as well.
25:43So Swansea was probably a promontory belonging to Swain.
25:47Sadly, I don't think swans were involved in that one.
25:49Fleet was an old word for a stream, so Byfleet was named after a stream that flowed close by.
25:55They're quite poetic, a lot of these.
25:57Frith, or Firth, was a forest where the right to hunt was reserved for the king or a noble person.
26:04So Hom Firth was actually the Hollywood where this royal hunting could take place.
26:09Ham, village or estate.
26:11Rotherham was the village by the Rother, one of the two rivers that flow through the town, etc.
26:16And Hampton, there were two different types of hams.
26:20There was a ham that meant the village, as in Rotherham,
26:22and there was a ham with a double M that meant a water meadow, which is quite beautiful.
26:27Nowadays they're pretty much spelt the same.
26:29But Hampton was a hamlet by the water meadow.
26:32South Hampton was a water meadow in the south.
26:34Hampshire was there as well.
26:37Little Hampton, probably differentiated from South Hampton, and so it goes on.
26:42And I'll finish with one.
26:43Holt, which was a wood.
26:45So North Holt was a wood to the north.
26:48All over the map today, Yara.
26:49Yes.
26:50All over the map. Thank you.
26:51APPLAUSE
26:53Four rounds to go.
26:54Bernard, your letters.
26:56Can I have a consonant, please?
26:57Thank you, Bernard.
26:58V.
26:59Another consonant, please.
27:00N.
27:01And a vowel.
27:03I.
27:04Consonant, please.
27:07D.
27:08Another consonant, please.
27:10T.
27:11And a vowel.
27:13A.
27:15Another vowel.
27:17U.
27:18Consonant, please.
27:20D.
27:21And another consonant, please.
27:24And lastly, another N.
27:26Good luck.
27:27I haven't been trying to deal with acular
27:37tension in a strange jar.
27:40So for this, you've heard the letter of the Final Commenter,
27:43yen First Black, the negative one.
27:46As if you let the link to the middle of sight,
27:48go ahead and make it better.
27:50So i'm going to like,
27:52Oh, no, go ahead.
27:52Hey, my, my...
27:54Time's up. Bernard?
28:00Five. Charlotte? Yeah, five as well.
28:02That might have been a little chance, Bernard.
28:05Daunt. Daunt and Charlotte?
28:08Undid. Undid and daunt.
28:10So, two fives in a difficult round, Susie.
28:13It was really tricky and both of those are great and we could do no better.
28:16We had vaunt as well. We will move on then. Charlotte?
28:20Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, Charlotte.
28:23S. And another?
28:25N. And a third?
28:28X. And one more, please.
28:31S. And a vowel?
28:34A. And another?
28:36E. And one more?
28:38A. And a consonant?
28:41T. I think I'll finish with a consonant, please.
28:45Finish with N.
28:47Last letters.
28:47Allow one.
28:49E.
28:49C.
28:50Lesks are on.
28:51Ress прикing?
28:51Well, let's see.
28:52Let's go back cette fois.
28:53Yes.
28:54Let's go back.
28:55Over there.
28:55I'm sorry.
28:56$6.
28:56Yup.
28:57Hey.
28:58And another?
28:59Let's see.
29:00That's one of the first questions to do.
29:00I'm sorry.
29:01I'll never answer that, yes.
29:02That was the first one.
29:03The next thoughts but not be tweeted.
29:04I love it.
29:04Wait!?
29:05Oh there?
29:06And another way?
29:06Be a ë°œoll?
29:07There.
29:08Let's go back.
29:08That's time. How many, Charlotte?
29:19Just five. Five from you. And Bernard?
29:22I'll stick with a five. OK. Charlotte, what have you got?
29:24Taxes. Taxes. And Bernard?
29:28Seats. And seats. Good stuff.
29:31To Dictionary Corner, then. More than fives, please.
29:33We have a six. And seat.
29:36And seat. Yeah, it's very obscure, this one,
29:39but it means having a handle, simply.
29:41Right, well, let's get a handle on where we are, then.
29:4483 plays 70. So, Bernard, you're in pole position here.
29:4813 points, of course.
29:49That's outside of crucial countdown conundrum territory.
29:52But you have to navigate the last numbers and your choosing.
29:55So, let's find out what you're going to do.
29:57I'll go for the same again, please. One large, five small.
30:00One large. You want something easy?
30:02Charlotte definitely doesn't.
30:04She wants a challenge.
30:05Let's see if we get to that crucial conundrum.
30:07Final numbers of the week.
30:08Nine, one, ten, one, two, 50.
30:14And the target to reach?
30:17879.
30:18It's seven, nine.
30:19Last numbers.
30:20100, one, ten, one, ten, one, ten, one, ten, three, four, five, five, six, six, seven, five, five, six, one, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten.
30:34Wow.
30:35.
30:36Happy, dear.
30:36Tamburst.
30:39ow!
30:42It's seven, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten.
30:43Latest.
30:44Hey, Tom, ten.
30:45I'd like to try this.
30:45None, ten, ten.
30:47One, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten.
30:49Time's up, pens down. 8, 7, 9. Bernard?
30:53I think I've got 8, 7, 2, not written down.
30:567 away. Charlotte?
30:58I think I've got 8, 8, 4, not written down.
31:00Which is 5 away, which would be the 7 points you would need. Off you go.
31:05So, 10 plus 9.
31:0710 plus 9, 19.
31:08Minus 2.
31:09Minus 2, 17.
31:1150 plus the two ones.
31:1350 plus the two ones, 52.
31:14I'm hoping if you multiply them, you get 8, 8, 4.
31:19You do indeed.
31:20Wow. Well done.
31:21Wow. Well, that's, yeah.
31:25At 8, 7, 9, possible?
31:28It was there, without the pressure.
31:3150 times 9 is 450.
31:34Minus 10 is 440.
31:37Times 2 is 880.
31:40And knock off the one. 8, 7, 9.
31:42Well done.
31:45Well, listen, we all know how important this is.
31:48Some things just do not need to be built up.
31:51And also, I think we've got to just be very careful about applying too much pressure.
31:54Bernard, you've been magnificent.
31:56Well done to you today.
31:57Charlotte, you've been a dream.
31:59Well done to you today.
32:00So, with all the love in our hearts, fingers on the buzzers, please.
32:04Let's reveal this crucial countdown conundrum.
32:11Charlotte?
32:12I've got it wrong.
32:13Never mind.
32:14Oh, it's okay.
32:15Okay.
32:16Let's hit the...
32:16Again, Bernard.
32:17Time is up.
32:44First things first.
32:45Well done, Bernard.
32:45Congratulations to you.
32:47Well, listen, you remember we had Elton John the other day with sacrifice.
32:54Well, we're going back to Elton John again, because we reveal the answer and it is...
32:58Crocodile.
32:59Crocodile.
33:01Wow.
33:02Oh, my goodness.
33:03And Charlotte, you snatched defeat from the jaws of victory there.
33:08You would have been the youngest ever female octo-champ ever, ever, ever, in the history of countdown.
33:13That's why I didn't want to build it up, because that is absolutely huge.
33:16You're one of the youngest ever.
33:17You are in eighth place at the moment, and we're at the start of May.
33:21So, we've got about another six-ish weeks.
33:24And I think there's a good chance there'll be another octo-champ, which means you wouldn't be back.
33:27But at the moment, you are in that eighth place.
33:29You never know.
33:30We would love to see you.
33:31Thank you so much.
33:32Well, thank you.
33:33APPLAUSE
33:33Our little mini Susie.
33:38Good news is, Bernard, you don't remind me of Susie at all.
33:41LAUGHTER
33:41And you'll be back on Monday, and we are so happy to have you, OK?
33:45Thank you very much.
33:46Well done.
33:47All I love, Charlotte, well done.
33:48Thank you so much.
33:49Yes, OK.
33:50JV, brilliant to have you here any week, but this week in particular was one of us.
33:54Yeah, thank you, Carl.
33:55It's been a pleasure.
33:56And well done, Bernard.
33:57Tough act to follow, you know, but...
33:59Well done.
34:00Susie, what drama.
34:01Enjoy your bank holiday, which we don't get off, of course, so we'll be here Monday.
34:04Yes, I'll see you then.
34:05Have a lovely weekend, and thank you, Charlotte.
34:08I remember you last Friday saying if you're going to make it to an octo-champ, you're going
34:12to be here all week, and you will be tired by the end, and I think that's what did it.
34:16Yeah, I think so.
34:17It really is difficult to go through that whole week like that.
34:20It really is.
34:20You're so right.
34:21We're shattered.
34:21We could do with a break, but we will be back up the full strength on Monday, as we say,
34:26the bank holiday, so make sure whatever your schedule is to drop by.
34:29And say hello.
34:30Rachel, Susie, and I will be here in Countdown Us.
34:34You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
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