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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Tuesday afternoon, August the 27th, the Paralympic coverage, the opening ceremony tomorrow night on Channel 4, which means we're here today and tomorrow and then we're off Thursday, Friday and all of next week.
00:46Rachel, do you know what should be in the Olympics and Paralympics?
00:48Sparkly jumpers.
00:49Sparkly jumpers. And in those jumpers, you should play rock, paper, scissors.
00:55Right.
00:55I think I'd have a chance of gold.
00:57I think that's insulting to Paralympians and Olympians, personally.
01:01What she said.
01:02Well, listen, golf's in it. Rock, paper, scissors day today, right?
01:08Do you pump, pump, reveal or pump, pump, pump, reveal?
01:12So my kids have started playing and I don't know where they got it from, but they say rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
01:18Or if you're little, they couldn't say shoot very well, which was quite amusing for a while.
01:22But that's what we do in our house now.
01:24It's quite hard to play three-way rock, paper, scissors, but we give it a go.
01:27Have you played an extended version yet?
01:28No.
01:29Right.
01:30So there's rock, paper, scissors, fire, water.
01:32Bear with me.
01:33You ready?
01:34So fire burns paper, paper covers rock, rock crushes scissors, scissors cuts paper, water puts out fire.
01:40And there's one that has a joker.
01:42You can play at any stage and you win that round, but you can only play it once.
01:46And it's Spider-Man.
01:47Oh.
01:49You do the web and it covers everything.
01:51Is this professional rock, paper, scissors?
01:53Professional rock, paper, scissors.
01:54It's just why I can't be in the Olympics.
01:55Now, it's quite interesting as a psychological test just to see at what age your kid learns how to cheat.
02:00Yeah.
02:01That's very true.
02:01They just wait and they see and then they do it.
02:03And when they've got that skill to be able to look and repeat really quickly, then, you know, we're in business.
02:08We'll end of the programme today.
02:09One game, winner takes all.
02:11And we'll do it under your rules, your kids' rules.
02:13Pump, pump, pump, reveal.
02:14We'll do that.
02:14Okay.
02:15Okay.
02:15Well, let's get over to Dictionary Corner.
02:17She's our rock every single day.
02:20It's our Susie Dent and alongside her we are properly gearing up for the Paralympics.
02:25On paper, the fastest person in this studio, either on feet or on bike, without a shadow of a doubt.
02:31Kadena Cox.
02:35Our champion is Dale Taylor.
02:37Two wins in the bank already.
02:39Now, so you used to be a chef, but now you fix the sprinklers on fire and safety systems.
02:46That's a jump, isn't it?
02:47Yeah.
02:48Yeah, well, you know, it's a weekday job.
02:52I wanted my weekends free to watch the football, and you never get the weekends free in the kitchen.
02:58So you went from setting catches on fire to putting it out.
03:00Yeah.
03:01Yeah.
03:01Another thing that takes up every hour of the day is starting your own business, which is exactly what our challenger, Alex Call, did from Swindon.
03:08If you've ever been in Burt's Books, that's your bookstore, I love it.
03:12And you did that saying, you're working for the man, the big corporate, and you went, I'm going to take the jump.
03:17Tell me about taking that jump.
03:19Well, I was going to take a year out.
03:20I was going to have a year off and just do nothing.
03:23And within a week, I started the business.
03:25I got bored.
03:26So it started as a website.
03:27And then we went really well during lockdown.
03:31And then opened the shop in 2022.
03:34So it was quite scary, but a lot of fun.
03:37Right, best of luck today.
03:38Let's turn the page in this episode of Countdown.
03:40Good luck to Alex and Jill.
03:44All right, Taylor, cheer break.
03:46A consonant, please.
03:47Thank you, Jill.
03:48Start today with F.
03:50And a vowel.
03:53O.
03:54And a vowel.
03:56E.
03:58And a consonant.
04:00T.
04:01And a vowel.
04:02O.
04:03And a consonant.
04:05R.
04:06And a consonant.
04:08D.
04:09And a consonant.
04:12T.
04:12And a vowel.
04:14And lastly, A.
04:16At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:18A vowel.
04:19T.
04:20And a vowel.
04:26A vowel.
04:30And a vowel.
04:31MUSIC PLAYS
04:49That's time. Jill? Six.
04:51A few, Alex? Six. Tricky one. Jill?
04:54Dafter. Dafter. And Alex?
04:56Footer. Footer? Yeah.
04:58And dafter. Very good, both. Right.
05:02Yes. So many dead ends there.
05:04They got beyond six. Did we manage it?
05:07Just with one. Yeah, we went to a seven.
05:09Yeah, we got rotated. Rotated.
05:13Seems so easy now you've said it.
05:15Alex, your letters. Consonant, please, Rachel.
05:17Thank you, Alex. M.
05:19And a vowel, please.
05:21O. Another consonant, please.
05:25T. And a consonant.
05:28G. And a vowel.
05:31E. And another consonant, please.
05:35W.
05:36Another consonant, please.
05:39S. And a vowel.
05:42A. And a final consonant, please.
05:46A final D.
05:47And 30 seconds.
05:48Where do you eat so much, allские go, thanks.
05:55Because it's the start of the line.
05:55We'll be glad to have something more, bring your answer.
05:57All right, we'll be glad to have an ethanol, with all sorts of other ones.
05:57One quarterly minute.
06:00And that's the lead to the answer.
06:03O.o.
06:04Bye.
06:05MUSIC
06:19Alex?
06:20A six.
06:21And for you, Jill?
06:22Six.
06:23What have you got, Alex?
06:24Wasted.
06:25And for you, Jill?
06:27Dotage.
06:28Dotage and wasted.
06:30Absolutely fine.
06:31Right, you're playing about with those letters, how do we fare?
06:34Well, Jill, were you toying with the S?
06:36I was tempted.
06:38Yes, dotages.
06:40Comes out from time to time.
06:42It's kind of, I think, probably going to be used quite rarely.
06:45People in their dotage, you would often say, but dotage,
06:48according to the dictionary, you can add the S.
06:51You can't pluralise it.
06:52Yeah, I'll give you a seven.
06:53But it got you the lead, as it is.
06:54Another close affair.
06:5512 points each.
06:56First numbers, Jill?
06:57One from the top, please.
06:59Thank you, Jill.
07:00One large, five little coming up for you both.
07:01First numbers of the day.
07:03Three.
07:04Eight.
07:05Four.
07:06One.
07:07Eight.
07:08And the large one, 100.
07:10And the total get 149.
07:12149 numbers up.
07:13A peep.
07:14The full.
07:28149 the target, Jill.
07:45149.
07:46And for you, Alex.
07:47149.
07:48Well done, off you go, Jill.
07:498 minus 1 is 7.
07:513 plus 4 is 7.
07:53Yep.
07:54Time as those together.
07:5649.
07:57And add the 1.
07:58149.
07:59Lovely.
08:00Alex.
08:00Same way.
08:01Pass it over.
08:02And cue the applause.
08:0622 points each.
08:07Tea Time teaser is even races.
08:10Even races.
08:11He cut all ties with the employer and got a bit of pay.
08:15He cut all ties with the employer and got a bit of pay.
08:19That was a bit of severance, bit of severance.
08:25Well, we cannot separate Jill and Alex so far.
08:43Let's try again.
08:44Alex.
08:45A consonant, please, Rachel.
08:47Thank you, Alex.
08:48K.
08:49And a vowel, please.
08:51E.
08:52And a consonant, please.
08:54G.
08:56I'll have another vowel, please.
08:58O.
08:59And a consonant.
09:01T.
09:02And another consonant.
09:04M.
09:05And we'll go for another consonant.
09:14Finally, Z.
09:16Ooh.
09:17Thanks, Rich.
09:17T.
09:18And a consonant.
09:29T.
09:30And a consonant.
09:32And a consonant.
09:33Alex, give me number.
09:49Six.
09:50And Jill?
09:51Four.
09:52Woof!
09:52Little bit of a blip, Jill, what have you got?
09:54Just mark.
09:55OK, and for you, Alex?
09:57Mark it.
09:58My goodness, Jill.
09:58Yes, just pop it on for mark it,
10:01which means you've bagged yourself those six points, Alex.
10:04Well done, Kadina and Susie.
10:07Talk to me.
10:08It's a nice word, this one.
10:10Toe rag for six.
10:11Oh, very nice.
10:13A little six for toe rag.
10:15Only can be a kid, right?
10:17You think so?
10:18I think so, yeah, yeah.
10:19A toe rag's always sort of...
10:20Maybe teens would be the oldest for a toe rag.
10:23Right, more letters, please, and Jill.
10:26Can I have a consonant, please?
10:28Thank you, Jill.
10:29L.
10:30And another one.
10:32M.
10:33And another one.
10:35R.
10:36And another one.
10:38C.
10:39And a vowel.
10:41O.
10:42And another one.
10:43E.
10:44And another one.
10:45I.
10:47And a consonant.
10:50T.
10:51And another consonant.
10:53A final P.
10:55In half a minute.
10:56And another one.
11:21THEY CONFER
11:26Jill?
11:27Er, just six.
11:28Just the six, and Alex?
11:30Seven.
11:31Seven here, OK, you're on a roll.
11:32Jill, what's the six?
11:34Police.
11:35And is it in the dictionary?
11:36Politer.
11:37Of course it is.
11:38Yes.
11:39Double-check it still.
11:40Specified it is.
11:41Yes, well done.
11:42Well done.
11:43APPLAUSE
11:44Nice from Alex's call.
11:46Two rounds unanswered there.
11:47Kadina?
11:48Er, yes, so for eight we could have had compiler.
11:51Indeed, Alex maybe should have spotted that one.
11:53But you've still got the points, it doesn't matter.
11:55Your numbers round as well.
11:56Er, I will have one from the top and five from anywhere else, please.
11:59Thank you, Alex.
12:00Another one large five little combo.
12:02And this time the little ones are four, six, nine, five and five.
12:09And the large one, 75.
12:11And the target, 726.
12:13726 numbers up.
12:15.
12:45All right, seven to six, Alex.
12:48I guess seven to five.
12:49Missed it by one. Little window of opportunity, Jill.
12:52Seven to five.
12:53Oh! There you go, for seven points each, Alex.
12:55Four plus six is ten.
12:57Yep. Multiply by 75, 750.
13:01750. And then five fives is 25, and take that off.
13:04One away. And, Jill? Same way.
13:08Well done. Seven points each, but for the ten, Rachel?
13:11Yeah, quite a few ways for this one.
13:13One, you could have said, 75 plus five is 80,
13:17times nine is 720, add six, 726.
13:21Nice.
13:22APPLAUSE
13:24Excellent. Ten points if you got that at home here in the studio.
13:28Slightly for Alex, our challenger,
13:30as we get our second chat this Paralympic week with Kadena Cox.
13:33Now, opening ceremony tomorrow night on Channel 4.
13:36We'll talk a bit more about that tomorrow.
13:39Is it fair to say that...
13:40Because some people are.
13:42I mean, Susie was born with a book in her hand.
13:44Were you born sporting, do you think, when you look back?
13:47Was it always just in the DNA, almost?
13:50Erm...
13:52So, my dad is a cricket player, and my mum used to run when she was back in Jamaica as well.
13:58Erm...
13:59And my mum always says I ran before I walked, erm...
14:01LAUGHTER
14:02I ran at, like...
14:03I walked at seven months, so I walked super early, and I used to just run everywhere.
14:07But because I walked so early, I had both legs, so I always fell over.
14:11Yeah.
14:12Erm...
14:12But I just liked running around and clearly falling over.
14:15So, when you were diagnosed with MS, how important was that, sort of, that sporting mentality?
14:22Not just physically, of course, but mentally as well.
14:25Yeah, it was key.
14:26Like, I remember, me and my mum, the first question we asked the consultant was,
14:30is she still going to be able to run?
14:31Yeah.
14:32I literally looked at each other and said it at the same time.
14:34Erm...
14:35But it's just that kind of, erm, having small goals.
14:38Like, as an athlete, you learn to, like, have goals, you know, your long-term goals, your short-term goals.
14:43And for me, having that little target, like, when I was going through the physiotherapy, you know,
14:48when I was trying to relearn how to walk, trying to relearn how to, like,
14:51even, like, little things like, you know, cut my food, like, it was little goals, like,
14:55for me to be able to leave my mum's house, cos she wouldn't let me move back out.
15:00Erm, so having these little goals, like, as much as, for me, it was, like, end goal,
15:04like, I want to get back to being able to compete, it was actually just being able to, like, live normal life.
15:09I still have those goals and that mentality, which, yeah, it just comes from being an athlete for so many years.
15:13So what stage, then, did the mind flick to the, I suppose I would call it the eye of the tiger, you know?
15:20You know what I mean? When you're, like, you know what, I'm going all the way here.
15:24I'm going to commit to a life of fitness, a life of athletics, a life of cycling.
15:29Pretty instantly. Erm, I think it just took me a little while to get my head around the fact that I wasn't going to be an able-bodied athlete.
15:36Yeah. Erm, that was probably the harder, like, kind of pill to swallow, I guess.
15:40Like, it took me a little while to, yeah, be like, OK, I actually can't run in straight lines.
15:46Yeah. Erm, like, I'm going to fall over again. Erm, so that took a little while to get my head around.
15:50But, honestly, yeah, I think, once an athlete, always an athlete, I guess.
15:54Yeah, I think so. I think so. And final question for now. We talked about your first Olympics, Rio, you know, everything was new.
16:02And we talk about that hunger of youth. You know, as this is broadcast, you're there.
16:08I mean, you're a day away from the Open Sermon, you're two days away from competing at the Paralympics again.
16:14Are you just hungry now? Are you still as sportingly selfish, which is a compliment?
16:20Erm, I'm definitely, like, still as hungry. I feel like I haven't changed my mentality around competing and, you know, wanting to be the best.
16:30Feeling like I still have the ability to be the best, even though I'm getting older. Erm, but that's the thing, I am getting older.
16:37And I think now it's just about training smarter, not harder, erm, and having that maturity around my competing.
16:43But I still am so driven. I still think I haven't quite, you know, reached my max and I still have the potential to do something special
16:52and kind of showcase what I'm still capable of. Erm, and maybe that's part of me, like, you know, still feeling more youthful than what I actually am.
16:59But I still think, yeah, I wake up, you know, every day and I'm like, OK, Kadina, you're going to go out there and you're going to smash it.
17:05Like, I go to sleep and I'm dreaming about, you know, crossing that line first. Like, I still have that real hunger for, like, competing.
17:12And when that goes, I'll retire. But for now, I'm still in the game.
17:15I love that. And I hope, you know, in particular, Jill and Alex were listening to what you just said.
17:20Cos, you know, there's a lot to be desired, you two, after listening to that. You need to up your games. Thank you, Kadina.
17:26APPLAUSE
17:29Here we go. An Olympic effort needed. Jill. Consonant, please. Thank you, Jill. N.
17:35And another one. L. And another one. S. And a vowel. E. And a consonant. T. And another one. U.
17:49And a vowel. I. And a consonant. V. And another consonant. And a final N.
18:02And start the clock.
18:04One.
18:05One.
18:06Two.
18:07One.
18:10One.
18:11Two.
18:12One.
18:17One.
18:21One.
18:23One.
18:24One.
18:25MUSIC PLAYS
18:34Jill. Seven. Seven from you and Alex.
18:38Seven. Yeah, well done. Jill. Tunnels.
18:41And Alex. In vents. Both very good. Very good, yes.
18:44Seven points each. What can we add? We also had a utensil for a seven.
18:48Beautiful. Yeah. Smorgasbord of sevens, back to the letters then.
18:52And Alex, your call? Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:54Thank you, Alex. L. And a vowel, please.
18:58E. And a consonant, please.
19:01N. And a vowel.
19:04A. And a consonant, please.
19:07T. And another consonant.
19:10C. And a vowel, please.
19:14E. And a consonant.
19:17W. And another consonant.
19:21Lastly, D.
19:23Here we go.
19:24T. And a consonant.
19:26T. And a consonant.
19:27T. And a consonant.
19:28T. And a consonant.
19:29T. And a consonant.
19:30T. And a consonant.
19:31T. And a consonant.
19:32T. And a consonant.
19:33T. And a consonant.
19:34T. And a consonant.
19:35T. And a consonant.
19:36T. And a consonant.
19:37T. And a consonant.
19:38T. And a consonant.
19:39T. And a consonant.
19:40T. And a consonant.
19:41T. And a consonant.
19:42T. And a consonant.
19:43T. And a consonant.
19:44T. And a consonant.
19:45Alex, a number, please.
19:56Seven.
19:57And for you, Jill?
19:58Seven.
19:58Seven, there you go.
19:59Alex?
20:00Cleaned.
20:00Cleaned?
20:01Yeah, same.
20:02Pass it over.
20:03Yep.
20:04There you go.
20:05Yeah, you're matching each other now.
20:06It's not closing that gap up for Jill just yet, though.
20:10Dictionary corner.
20:11We got enacted for a seven.
20:13Yeah.
20:13And one for Christina, cleated.
20:16We wear cleats when you're on a bike.
20:17Yeah.
20:18That's everything, yeah.
20:19I should have got that one.
20:20Yeah, you absolutely should have.
20:21I would agree with that.
20:23Those medals were the giveaway.
20:26Right, numbers third time today.
20:28Is this going to be the moment, Jill?
20:30One from the top, please, Rachel.
20:31Thank you, Jill.
20:32Your favourite.
20:33One large.
20:34Five little.
20:34Still not gambling.
20:35Still time.
20:36Five little ones.
20:37Eight.
20:38Six.
20:40Nine.
20:41Eight.
20:42Five.
20:42And the large one, 75.
20:45And the target, 402.
20:47402.
20:48Numbers up.
20:48Five little.
20:56Five.
20:57Nine.
20:57Two.
21:00Nine.
21:02Thanks.
21:03Nine.
21:05China.
21:06Ten.
21:07Ten.
21:08Nine.
21:09Ten.
21:09Ten.
21:10Ten.
21:11Ten.
21:14Nine.
21:14Nine.
21:16Five.
21:164-0-2, Jill.
21:20I've lost it.
21:21Lost it, Alex?
21:22I've lost it as well.
21:23My goodness me.
21:25Oh, well, listen, this is straightforward.
21:26Off you go.
21:2775 minus 8 is 67 times 6.
21:30There it is.
21:31All there was to it.
21:32Ah, well done.
21:34Pressure hit at the same time.
21:37Second tea time teaser this Tuesday afternoon is Vino Germs.
21:41Vino Germs.
21:42You don't run the place properly, he said, the Glasgow beauty queen.
21:46You don't run the place properly, he said, to the Glasgow beauty queen.
22:06Hello again.
22:07You need an English accent for this one to make sense.
22:09You don't run the place properly, he said, to the Glasgow beauty queen.
22:13Very clever indeed.
22:14Govan, of course, in Glasgow.
22:16Miss Govan, Miss Govan was the answer.
22:19Right.
22:20At 56, to our book-owning challenger, Alex Call.
22:25Looking to close the book on our champion, Jill Taylor,
22:27who's got two wins so far.
22:29All to play for still.
22:30Alex, your letters.
22:31Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:33Thank you, Alex.
22:33And a final E.
22:49And good luck.
22:52D. And a consonant.
22:55Y. And a vowel.
22:58And a final E. And good luck.
23:22Alex? Five.
23:33Jill? Five.
23:36Interesting. Alex? Blind.
23:38Blind. And for you, Jill? Dunes.
23:41And dunes with the days in the sand, dunes. Yes.
23:45Right, five points each. Let's go higher.
23:49Yes, we have a six and a seven, so just.
23:53Yeah, so six would be disuse and the seven, snidely.
23:58Snidely. Wow, that word.
24:00Right, let's get more letters. You, Jill.
24:02A consonant, please. Thank you, Jill.
24:04N. And another one.
24:07R. And another one.
24:10N. And another.
24:13G. And a vowel.
24:16I. And another one.
24:18A. And another one.
24:20E. And a consonant.
24:23B. And another consonant.
24:27Lastly, R.
24:29R. All right.
24:30Countdown.
24:31R. All right.
24:32R. All right.
24:33R. All right.
24:34R. All right.
24:36Jill Taylor.
25:03Um, a seven.
25:05Alex Cole.
25:06Seven.
25:07What have we got, Jill?
25:08Bringa.
25:09Alex?
25:10Bearing.
25:11Both absolutely related, aren't they?
25:12Both in the dictionary.
25:13It's as you were.
25:14You're keeping us waiting.
25:15It's like bated breath every round.
25:17Just keep matching each other.
25:19Kadina, could we have done better than a seven?
25:22No, I don't think so.
25:23We also got a seven of earring.
25:25Yeah.
25:26And we are nearing the end of this countdown.
25:29Four rounds left to go.
25:31Still up in the air as we get our origins of words for this Tuesday.
25:34Afternoon, SD.
25:35Mm-hmm.
25:36Thanks to Terry Boast, who is asking, please, could you tell me where the saying deaf as
25:41a post originated?
25:42What's a post got to do with it?
25:43Terry is wondering.
25:44To start with deaf.
25:45In the olden days, right at the beginning, deaf actually meant sort of dull in every sense,
25:51in perception as well as the ears.
25:53In fact, the ear bit specifically came a little bit later.
25:57And it was sort of also carried the idea of a little bit slow on the uptake, a little bit
26:06slow off the mark.
26:07But why the post?
26:08Well, another simile, which is quite similar, is deaf as an adder.
26:12So we have deaf as a post and deaf as an adder.
26:15And in the idea of the post, it's simply an inanimate object.
26:19Obviously, a post cannot hear.
26:21It was simply chosen as a very sort of self-explanatory thing.
26:24It's often used as deaf as a doorpost as well, if that's what you're wondering.
26:28That's what it often is in full.
26:30And you can find lots of examples like this in English.
26:33We have dead as a doornail, don't we?
26:35And we might think, well, what's a doornail got to do with it?
26:37But that was, the dead bit was a medieval carpentry term for a nail that's been clinched,
26:42so hammered into a door so thoroughly.
26:45It's hammered completely flat, so there's no protruding part.
26:48So it wasn't going anywhere.
26:49It was dead.
26:50It was just unfit for further use.
26:52Deaf is an adder, by the way.
26:54It's quite an interesting one, because that's based on a biblical image.
26:56You'll find it in the Psalms.
26:58The deaf adder that stoppeth her ear.
27:01And I didn't know this.
27:02You probably did.
27:03But it's not just the adder that's deaf.
27:04All snakes are deaf.
27:05I didn't realise this.
27:06And they hear by means of senses, so they pick up vibrations in the ground.
27:10Love it. Thank you.
27:11APPLAUSE
27:14Four rounds to go.
27:1713 points in it.
27:18This sells itself.
27:20Let's get back to Alex.
27:22Your nose is in front.
27:23Let's see if you can keep it there.
27:24Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:26Thank you, Alex.
27:27N.
27:28And a vowel, please.
27:30I.
27:31And another one, please.
27:33A.
27:34And a consonant, please.
27:36S.
27:37And another one.
27:38G.
27:39And a vowel, please.
27:42E.
27:43And a consonant.
27:45P.
27:46P.
27:47And a consonant.
27:48D.
27:49And a final consonant, please.
27:51Final Q.
27:52Q.
27:53Kind time.
27:54P.
27:55T.
27:56T.
27:57T.
27:58T.
27:59All right.
28:29That's going to be time, Alex.
28:31Gets the sixth.
28:32Jill?
28:32Seven.
28:33OK, this could be the moment to pull it all back so close.
28:37Alex?
28:37Gained.
28:39Seven.
28:40Seeping.
28:42Seeping, S-E-A-P.
28:44We're not going to be able to spell it with the A, I'm afraid.
28:48It's got to be the double E.
28:49Sorry, Jill.
28:50Still just 19 points in it.
28:52Well done to Alex for taking the points.
28:55Where is the seventh heaven in there?
28:57Well, it's not a very nice word, but there is a seven there.
29:01Pandies.
29:02Pandies.
29:02Pandies.
29:03Sounds quite innocent, but actually in Scottish English,
29:05or in fact in Scots itself,
29:07it's a stroke on the palm of the hand with the rod,
29:09giving us a punishment.
29:10So corporal punishment, really.
29:11When you're out in the garden, I'd say spade that.
29:14Can you be spading?
29:15Ah.
29:18You can be.
29:19Very good.
29:20You have to be a go with a spade.
29:21A couple of sevens.
29:21Well, listen, you dig your own holes, Jill,
29:24but you had to go for it,
29:25and there's plenty of time left to get out of it.
29:27So here you go.
29:28Your letters.
29:29Consonant, please.
29:31Thank you, Jill.
29:32H.
29:33Another one.
29:35B.
29:35Another one.
29:38S.
29:39Another one.
29:39N.
29:42A vowel, sorry.
29:45U.
29:46Another one.
29:48I.
29:50A consonant.
29:51L.
29:53And a vowel.
29:55A.
29:56And a consonant.
29:58Lastly, H.
30:00Last letters.
30:01A chorus.
30:16A consonant.
30:16A艺
30:19A sociedade
30:19Acock
30:19A
30:20A Eine
30:21A
30:22A
30:23A
30:23A
30:24A
30:27A
30:27A
30:28A a H
30:28A A I
30:29A A L
30:30Right, a lot going on there. Jill?
30:34Er, six. OK, and Alex? Six.
30:37Six, what have you got, Jill? Unship.
30:40Unship, you're going to try.
30:43And, Alex? Punish. OK, punish is there,
30:46but is Susie going to punish you for unship?
30:48I'm not. I didn't expect it to be there,
30:50but it's to remove an aura, a mask or something from its fixed position.
30:53You're kidding. You're kidding.
30:55Are you confident there? Oh, yeah.
30:58LAUGHTER
31:00Love, Jill. Brilliant. Keeps the game alive.
31:02Kadena, six or above?
31:04We have a seven, planish.
31:06Kind of like a planet, not quite.
31:08That's kind of me.
31:10No, planishing is all about flattening sheet metal.
31:14So, quite a technical term. Yes.
31:16Shout out to all our sheet metal workers who got that within a second.
31:19Right, 19 points in it.
31:21You're in charge of these numbers.
31:23You're right at the finish line, but you're not over it yet, Alex.
31:25Let's do it.
31:26Let's go two big ones and four little.
31:28Two from the top.
31:30Four little coming up.
31:32Final numbers of the day are important.
31:34Nine, nine, one, six.
31:38And the large two, 175.
31:40And the target, 458.
31:42458.
31:44458.
31:45Numbers up.
31:46Oh, we didn't beat them to the caviar.
31:48JFK.
31:49So, who do you call this?
31:50Yeah, I have aora.
31:51Yeah.
31:52Are you with me?
31:53That's all.
31:56Oh, I saw него map is like the biopsy.
32:01He used to see theائ here on the ground there.
32:02There is also not some imaginary output.
32:04In no brain.
32:05Boom!
32:06No water.
32:07The air to the end.
32:094, 5, 8, to seal the deal, Alex?
32:194, 5, 8.
32:20Yeah, Jill?
32:214, 5, 8.
32:21Excellent, everyone's still smiling.
32:23Off you go, Alex.
32:246 times 75, 450.
32:26450.
32:26And then 9 minus 1 is 8.
32:28There you go, and Jill?
32:29Yeah, it's there, the one.
32:31Excellent, well done.
32:34We have a new champion, but hold that thought for just a second,
32:38and Jill and Alex, because we're not done this Tuesday afternoon.
32:40I need two fingers on two buzzers.
32:43As we reveal, Tuesday afternoon's Countdown Conundrum.
33:16And a quick look around the studio is a big fat no,
33:19so let's reveal the answer to today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:23Fictional, fictional.
33:25If only someone here owned a bookshop.
33:27If only someone owned a bookshop.
33:29That's a shame, Alex, you don't work in books,
33:31because you would have had 100 in your debut.
33:33Well done, champ, well done.
33:35Looking forward to talking more books tomorrow.
33:36Looking forward to it.
33:37Teapot is yours.
33:39Will it go in the window of Bird's Books?
33:40It might have to now, yeah.
33:41Fantastic.
33:42It has to.
33:42And Jill, you must be delighted.
33:44Yes, it's been absolutely fantastic.
33:47Kadena, Susie, big day tomorrow.
33:48We'll see you then.
33:49Yes, look forward to it.
33:50See you.
33:51Right, now hold the front page, right?
33:54We're going to split screen our game of rock, paper, scissors, right?
33:59So, just want to confirm, because it was that long ago,
34:02you're saying three, so pump, pump, pump, Ravine.
34:05Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
34:06Okay, great.
34:08You ready?
34:08Okay.
34:09Here we go.
34:10Rock, paper, scissors, shoot.
34:13Oh!
34:13Yes.
34:14And it was in the bag.
34:15It was almost 100% I was going to win that.
34:18Really?
34:19Yeah, and if you're watching again,
34:21watch through the programme
34:22and look at every single moment in the show
34:25when I said to Rachel,
34:26is it two pumps or three?
34:28And look what it did.
34:29Who needs Derren Brown?
34:31We'll see you tomorrow.
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