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00:31Hello, hello, hello, hello everybody and welcome to Countdown.
00:35Come as you are and we'll try not to drain you between now and the end of the show.
00:39Rachel Riley, loads of hidden musical messages in that opening, but if you don't get it...
00:45Never mind.
00:45Never mind. Released on this day, the seminal, hugely important, Nirvana's second album, Never Mind.
00:52You were five.
00:53I still want to remember, it smells like teen spirit and, you know, the big ones coming out.
00:58That's still part of my young memory.
01:00I always forget that you're younger than me.
01:03I always talk to you like we're the same age.
01:04We're not. Do you own a record player?
01:06A lot of younger people have reinvested in vinyl.
01:09I'm not cool enough to have reinvested in vinyl, but I remember my granddad used to have a record player.
01:15Right. Compare me to your grandfather.
01:17It's a massive, massive confidence boost for me.
01:20I'm going to leave it at that.
01:21But I'm going to tell you about a girl.
01:23She's our G of the D.
01:24It's Susie Dett.
01:27I'm making her last appearance of the week in her debut in Dictionary Corner, but we will keep her in a heart-shaped box for another week.
01:35No doubt she'll be returning the brilliant Noreen Khan.
01:40Right.
01:41Really, really big day today.
01:43Alan Young is back looking for his eighth and final win to become an octo champ.
01:47But we should make sure everyone's on the same page, because you went on many years ago, 1-3.
01:52We've talked a lot about you got a migraine and ended up losing your fourth throwing up after the show.
01:57This was about righting the wrongs.
01:59We've made it without any need for tablets, which is great.
02:02But you're just such a huge fan.
02:03This is everything.
02:04Yeah, love the show.
02:05Delighted to redo it.
02:07I've had amazing memories over the last eight days.
02:10It's terrific, and it's nice, to be fair, to come to an end either way.
02:15It's true.
02:16I love the fact, because we really do get to know people, and you put on your tie again from your wedding.
02:23Yeah, I wanted to finish the way that I started, so yeah, my Cobra's heart and tie.
02:28I love it.
02:28Love it.
02:29Well, it brought you good luck to start.
02:30Let's see if it gives you the big finish.
02:32Good luck.
02:34You deserve that extra round of applause.
02:36You're up against Calvin Jones.
02:37He could be the dream wrecker for you.
02:40Not so much a Nirvana fan, but mate.
02:42Oh, you're from Donegal, so of course, but big U2 fan.
02:45One journey in particular.
02:46Tell me about that.
02:47Yeah, I used to live in Milan, in Italy, and instead of flying directly home to Donegal,
02:53I decided to hitchhike across Europe in order to see U2 in Paris.
02:58Got into the show.
02:59It was the Joshua Tree reunion tour, and then flew from Paris back home.
03:04Incredible.
03:05Well, listen, victory would be the sweetest thing for you today.
03:08We'll see how it goes.
03:09Good luck, Calvin.
03:11Good luck, Alan.
03:14Okay.
03:15Alan has had to issue all apologies to seven contestants so far.
03:19Looking to make it eight.
03:21Let's get nine letters to start.
03:22Hi, Rachel.
03:23Hi, Alan.
03:24Can I have a consonant, please?
03:25You can indeed start today with P.
03:27And a vowel.
03:29A.
03:30And a consonant.
03:32N.
03:33And a vowel.
03:35U.
03:35And a consonant.
03:37T.
03:37Another consonant, please.
03:45X.
03:46And a hugely improved consonant.
03:48And a hugely improved.
03:50M.
03:51At home and in the studio.
03:53Let's play Countdown.
03:53X.
03:56X.
03:56X.
03:56X.
03:57X.
03:57X.
03:57Yeah.
03:57X.
03:58X.
03:58First round, Don Calvin.
04:26Six.
04:26And Alan.
04:27Seven.
04:28Cool, what's the six, Calvin?
04:29Peanut.
04:30Yeah, and Alan?
04:32Untaxed.
04:33Untaxed, if only.
04:35If only, but good for seven.
04:37It's in the dictionary, yeah, very good indeed.
04:40Noreen, pay your dues.
04:41I just got a six, panted.
04:42Panted, very good, six though indeed.
04:44Calvin, your first chance to say hello to Rachel.
04:47Hi, Rachel.
04:47Hi, Calvin.
04:49Consonant, please.
04:50Thank you, start with C.
04:52And a vowel.
04:54A.
04:54And a consonant.
04:55S.
04:57And a vowel.
04:59E.
05:00A consonant.
05:01F.
05:02And a vowel.
05:04I.
05:05A consonant.
05:07S.
05:08And a vowel.
05:10E.
05:11And a vinyl consonant, please.
05:13A final T.
05:14Thirty seconds.
05:16Thirty seconds.
05:47How do you do, Alan?
05:48Just a six.
05:49And Calvin?
05:50Just a six for me as well.
05:51What's the six, Calvin?
05:52Safest.
05:53Yeah, safe word.
05:55And Alan?
05:55Safest.
05:56There we go.
05:57Yeah.
05:58Planet safe.
05:59The pressure not getting to you yet, Mr. Young.
06:01Anything better than a six from Dixon Recorder?
06:03There is.
06:04So you wouldn't think that you could pluralise safety,
06:07and you can't in terms of the condition of being safe.
06:09But if you go to American football,
06:12safety is the defensive back.
06:14And so you can pluralise that for safe D's,
06:16which will give you an eight.
06:17If only there was someone in the studio
06:19that had on three occasions
06:21coached the GB flag football American football team.
06:26We'll call that a fumble, and we'll move on.
06:28Alan, first numbers of the day.
06:30Six more, please, Rachel.
06:31Six little ones coming up for you, Alan.
06:33Your favourite first pick for the last time.
06:36This numbers game is four, nine, eight, ten, three,
06:44and another eight.
06:45And the target to reach 876.
06:48It's seven, six.
06:50Numbers up.
06:50I'll see you next time.
06:52Bye-bye.
06:53Bye.
06:54Bye.
06:58Bye.
07:06Bye.
07:16Bye.
07:17Bye.
07:18The target, 8, 7, 6.
07:22Calvin, how do you fare?
07:23Nowhere near.
07:24No worries, thanks for your honesty.
07:25Alan?
07:268, 7, 6.
07:27Well, let's hear it.
07:288 plus 3.
07:298 plus 3, 11.
07:30Times 8.
07:31Times the second 8, 88.
07:33Times 10.
07:33Times the 10 for 8, 80.
07:35Minus 4.
07:36And that gets you there.
07:378, 7, 6.
07:38Well done.
07:42Strong start, as always, from a seven-time champion.
07:4523 to 6.
07:46Alan needs Calvin.
07:47Our Tea Time Teaser is Susie Rod.
07:49Susie Rod.
07:50Susie is definitely yearning for Rod.
07:53Susie is definitely yearning for Rod.
08:11Welcome back to Tea Time Teaser.
08:13Susie Rod.
08:14Susie is definitely yearning for Rod.
08:16Desiris.
08:18Desiris.
08:18Well, Alan's going for 8 wins.
08:1923, 6 against Calvin from Donegal.
08:22There'll be no panic.
08:23Calvin's an A&E doctor.
08:25An A&E doctor.
08:26So, he will be calm, under pressure, no doubt.
08:29And we'll get nine letters off you, my friend.
08:32Thanks.
08:33Consonant, please, Rosie.
08:33Thank you, Calvin.
08:34Thank you, Calvin.
08:35G.
08:36A vowel.
08:37A.
08:39Consonant.
08:40N.
08:41A vowel.
08:42I.
08:44Consonant.
08:45D.
08:46And a vowel.
08:47E.
08:49Another consonant.
08:51W.
08:53And a vowel.
08:55E.
08:57And a final consonant.
08:59Final N.
09:01Thanks, Rich.
09:01Thanks, Rich.
09:01Thanks, Rich.
09:32Alan.
09:32Seven.
09:33And Calvin.
09:34Seven, not written down.
09:36What's your seven, Calvin?
09:38Wanding.
09:38And Alan.
09:39Weeding.
09:40Weeding's fine.
09:41Wanding?
09:42I love the idea of using your wand and wanding.
09:44It's not there, I'm afraid, Calvin.
09:45I'm sorry.
09:46No worries.
09:47OK.
09:47So, Harry Potter can't be wanding.
09:49Yeah, not yet.
09:50That's disappointing.
09:52All right, let's get some more letters now.
09:54And Alan Young, it's all yours.
09:55Cover constant, please, Rachel.
09:57Thank you, Alan.
09:58Tea.
09:59Hand of vowel.
10:00E.
10:02And a consonant.
10:03L.
10:05And a vowel.
10:06U.
10:07And a consonant.
10:08S.
10:09And a vowel, please.
10:11I.
10:12Can I have a consonant?
10:15Z.
10:16Another consonant.
10:18R.
10:20And a vowel to finish with, please.
10:21And finish.
10:23U.
10:2330 seconds.
10:2530 seconds.
10:2530 seconds.
10:56OK, Calvin?
10:58Six.
10:59And for Alan?
11:00Sticking with a six.
11:01OK, the six is?
11:02Lustre.
11:04Interesting. And Calvin?
11:05Result.
11:06Result.
11:07I know why he said stick, because you're thinking of putting the I in.
11:10Yeah, lustre I was thinking about, but it seemed unnecessarily bold.
11:14Well, we've had desirous, so you never know, lustre my kite.
11:17Let's find out.
11:18Well, I just have to ask you, Alan, how you're spelling lustre, first of all.
11:22Oh, God. L-U-S-T-E-R.
11:25Oh, OK, it's actually R-E when you're talking about the lustre
11:28or the shine on a table. I'm sorry.
11:31Make it worse. If he had had done lustre, would that work?
11:33Yes, it would. I'm so sorry.
11:35I kick a guy when he's down.
11:36Yeah.
11:39So lustre, if you had wanted it more, you would have managed to pick up the seven.
11:44But as it is, Calvin, the six counts.
11:47So there you go, rollercoaster stuff.
11:49Noreen?
11:50Uterus for six.
11:52Uterus for six. Beautiful.
11:53In utero, of course, the third Nirvana album.
11:56So there you go. It all comes together.
11:58It does.
11:59Absolutely perfectly.
12:01Good round for Calvin.
12:02Adds a little bit of doubt into the mind.
12:04Furthermore, you get to choose where we're going with the numbers now.
12:07Just two from the top and four small, please, R-E-G.
12:10Thank you, Karen.
12:10Two large, four little coming up.
12:13And for this round, the little numbers are eight, two, nine and six.
12:18And the big ones, 50 and 100.
12:22And the target to reach, oh, I'll sit down for this, 114.
12:27114.
12:27Numbers up.
12:58114, Calvin.
13:01114.
13:02Good on, Alan.
13:03114.
13:03114.
13:04Calvin, I'll give it to you, mate.
13:05100 plus eight plus six.
13:08Can't even reach the pin.
13:10She's given up.
13:12Yeah, we don't even want to say it.
13:13We don't even want to say it.
13:14Ten points each.
13:15You're not getting a round of applause.
13:17It's as simple as that.
13:18Instead, it's the last day for Noreen Khan in Dictionary Corner.
13:21And I love this because this is where we get to ask you each a question.
13:25Susie.
13:26Well, I think, Noreen, that you're a bit of a polyglot and you know lots of languages.
13:31So I wanted to ask you which ones and which is your favourite?
13:34I like the language of Urdu.
13:37It's a very eloquent language.
13:39So I can read it.
13:40I can read basic Urdu.
13:41I can write it as well.
13:43But it's a very beautiful language.
13:45It's very similar to Hindi.
13:46Yeah.
13:47Which I can sort of speak as well.
13:49But, yeah, I do like Urdu.
13:51That's impressive.
13:52Which other ones?
13:53I can read Arabic.
13:55Wow.
13:55Basic Italian because I grew up in Bedford and a bit of English.
14:01Nice.
14:02It's good with English.
14:03Can you do in Urdu, I'm Noreen Khan, welcome to Countdown, or hello, welcome to Countdown?
14:09Do you want me to sit in Urdu?
14:10Oh, absolutely.
14:11Oh, yeah, sure.
14:11I love as many languages as I can get that.
14:13I love it.
14:14My name is Noreen Khan and I am Countdown.
14:18Yes.
14:18Love it.
14:20Right.
14:21Richard, your question.
14:22I should say, a few of my esteemed colleagues here work in both TV and radio, as do you.
14:27So what's the difference?
14:28How do you have to adapt your style when you're on the air versus on the waves?
14:33I think radio is more intimate.
14:35Whereas I think telly and also with radio, you don't kind of...
14:39Because it's all live.
14:40It's very instant and immediate and that connection's there.
14:45Whereas, obviously, with telly, you can do lots of takes.
14:49I mean, both very different in that sense.
14:51But I think having done radio, telly is easier.
14:54I want to ask you about TV, though, to finish.
14:56Back in Time for Birmingham is a fantastic series because it does that very difficult thing of being educational and also providing real entertainment.
15:05It's where you've taken a South Asian family back in time to experience what it's like.
15:09I think it was a decade a week.
15:11Is that right?
15:12Well, we had two decades in one week.
15:13We had four episodes.
15:14So we went from the 50s all the way through to the noughties.
15:17So they got to live what that life was like.
15:19Yeah, they had to live that life.
15:21We took their phones away from them, everything.
15:23And they were living in this house, which was not very nice.
15:27It was quite smelly.
15:28And they had limited food.
15:30So it was like a real social experiment for them.
15:32No one's been great to have you enjoy what's left of your final show.
15:35You might get to witness an octo-champ.
15:37We'll see.
15:37Now let's get on with it because we're getting closer and closer to finding out with every round.
15:44And, Alan, it's your letters.
15:46Consonant, please, Rachel.
15:47Thank you, Alan.
15:48G.
15:49And a vowel.
15:51A.
15:51And a consonant.
15:53P.
15:54And a vowel.
15:55E.
15:56And a consonant.
15:58J.
15:59And a vowel.
16:01E.
16:01And a consonant, please.
16:03S.
16:04Can I have another consonant, please?
16:06L.
16:07And a final vowel, please.
16:09A final I.
16:11Start the clock.
16:12P.
16:12T dental.
16:13P.
16:14T dental.
16:14T va.
16:15Vip.
16:24T曾.
16:25T vip.
16:25T.
16:26T vip.
16:26T dental.
16:26It's all the time you'll have, Alan.
16:44Seven.
16:45And Calvin.
16:46I'll go for seven.
16:47What's your seven, Calvin?
16:48Pillages.
16:49And Alan.
16:51Pillages.
16:52Pillages.
16:53How are you spelling this?
16:54P-I-L-A-G-E-S.
16:57Okay, so pillage, as in ransack, is double L.
17:01I wasn't sure if you were saying pellages, which is the fur of a mammal,
17:05which is in the dictionary.
17:06That's why I had to ask.
17:08So I'm afraid it's got two L's, pillages.
17:10So no points for both?
17:11No points, sorry.
17:13Noreen, just say you had pellages.
17:16Pillages.
17:17Very good, Noreen.
17:18Nice.
17:21Is that as best as we've got?
17:22Yes.
17:23Okay, let's move on.
17:24Brilliant from Noreen.
17:25Now, wonderful, wonderful.
17:27Nine letters now, though, from Calvin.
17:29Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:30Thank you, Calvin.
17:31R.
17:32And a vowel.
17:34E.
17:35Consonant.
17:36C.
17:37Vial.
17:39A.
17:40Consonant.
17:41Y.
17:43Vial.
17:44E.
17:46Consonant.
17:48B.
17:48And a vowel.
17:51O.
17:52And a final consonant.
17:54A final L.
17:56Here we go.
17:56C.
18:05D.
18:06C.
18:10C.
18:10Calvin Jones.
18:28Just a five.
18:29And Alan Young.
18:31Just a five.
18:31That was five, Alan.
18:32Relay.
18:33Relay and Calvin.
18:35Rebel.
18:36Rebel.
18:37Let's pass the baton over the dictionary corner, Susie and Noreen.
18:40I didn't get it more than five.
18:41Susie?
18:42No, I really struggled with this one.
18:43There is Oracle for six.
18:45And I think Rachel's got a great one too.
18:47What have we got?
18:48Bleary eyed by the end of this week.
18:49Yeah, absolutely.
18:51Bleary.
18:51Very good indeed for six points.
18:55The scores stay close enough.
18:56Just 18 points in it.
18:58And it's time for more numbers now.
19:00And Alan, it's your shout.
19:01Six more, please, Rachel.
19:02Six little ones.
19:03But the final time from you for a while, Alan.
19:06And this round is eight, six, five, five, nine, and ten.
19:16And the target to reach 743.
19:19743.
19:20Numbers up.
19:21The final time from you for a while, Alan.
19:23The final chance to receive an event of release.
19:26Thank you so much.
19:27Hands down, 7.43.
19:53Alan?
19:54Just 7.42.
19:56And Calvin?
19:57Just 7.39.
19:587.39.
19:59So one away for Alan to pick up seven points.
20:02Five times ten.
20:03Five times ten is 50.
20:05And nine plus six.
20:06Nine plus six, 15.
20:08Times the two together.
20:10750.
20:10Take away the eight.
20:11And take away the eight for one away.
20:13Very good.
20:14Big seven points there.
20:16Could there have been ten, Rachel?
20:17I'm sure there could.
20:18You have to leave it with me.
20:19Lots of ways for one away so far.
20:21OK, well, a good time.
20:22They need a few minutes to ponder as we head into our second Tea Time teaser.
20:27of the afternoon.
20:28Any decor, any decor.
20:30Any decor is likely to be ruined if your child's done this to it.
20:34It's one for Rachel.
20:35Any decor is likely to be ruined if your child's done this to it.
20:39It's all about the magic marker of Rachel Riley right now.
21:06Seven, four, three.
21:07We've all spent the entire break trying to work it out.
21:10None of us can get it.
21:11So let's have it.
21:12If you say five plus five is ten.
21:15Times it by the ten for one hundred.
21:18Take away the six for ninety-four.
21:21Times it by eight.
21:23And you get 752 with the remaining nine to take away to seven, four, three.
21:27Thank you, Calvin.
21:28Thank you, Calvin.
21:29T.
21:30A vial.
21:31O.
21:32Consonant.
21:33N.
21:34Vial.
21:35A.
21:36And a consonant.
21:37C.
21:38And a vial.
21:39E.
21:40And a consonant.
21:41B.
21:42And a vial.
21:43U.
21:44And a final consonant, please.
21:46A final M.
21:47Here we go.
21:48Here we go.
22:02Here we go.
22:03Here we go.
22:09Here we go.
22:27Here we go.
22:31Calvin.
22:32I'll go for a six.
22:35Go for it.
22:36Alan.
22:37Sticking with a six.
22:38OK.
22:39What's your six, Calvin?
22:40Outcan.
22:41Outcan.
22:42And Alan.
22:44Beacon.
22:45Beacon.
22:46But outcan, Susie.
22:47Yeah.
22:48Not fair, I'm afraid.
22:49Sorry, Calvin.
22:50Not so.
22:51Susie, any better?
22:52Biochemists will love this one.
22:53It's a crystalline acid called muconic acid, but it's a derivative of that, which is muconate.
22:59And you get that bait.
23:00That would have been great.
23:01Very good.
23:02But in the game, the six points go to Alan as he edges ever closer to win number eight.
23:09And it's your letters.
23:10Give a consonant, please, Rachel.
23:11You can, thank you, Alan.
23:13T.
23:14And a vowel, please.
23:15O.
23:16And a consonant.
23:17N.
23:18And a vowel, please.
23:19I.
23:20And a consonant.
23:21T.
23:22And a vowel, please.
23:23A.
23:24And a consonant.
23:25M.
23:26Another consonant.
23:27S.
23:28And a final consonant, please.
23:29A final S.
23:30Time done.
23:31T.
23:32T.
23:33T.
23:34T.
23:35T.
23:36T.
23:37T.
23:38T.
23:39T.
23:40T.
23:41T.
23:42T.
23:43T.
23:47T.
23:48T.
23:49T.
23:50T.
23:51T.
24:01T.
24:03T.
24:04Calvin?
24:12Six.
24:13And Alan?
24:14Eight.
24:15The six, Calvin?
24:17Taints.
24:17Taints.
24:18And he's going to taint your six with?
24:20Stations.
24:20Stations.
24:21Very good.
24:24Going to be hard to beat in Dictionary Corner, Susie, Noreen?
24:29I can't, but I think Susie can.
24:30Yes, we can, with a term from philosophy, atomists.
24:33A-T-O-M-I-S-T-S.
24:35And they are people who like to analyse things in distinct and independent parts.
24:41Beautiful.
24:41Just so you know, Noreen, if Susie gets it,
24:44speaking as someone who's been in Dictionary Corner regularly,
24:46you get to claim it as well.
24:47There's no I in the Dictionary Corner team.
24:50So, well done, Noreen.
24:54All right, 66 players, 27.
24:56We'll stay in Dictionary Corner.
24:58Now, Susie, you've been matching our conversations
25:01we've been having at the top of each programme
25:03with your origins of words.
25:05Really interested to see where you're going to go with Nirvana.
25:08Well, Nirvana itself is lovely, isn't it?
25:10Because it's the final stage of Buddhism.
25:12It's the transcendent state, mystical state, really,
25:16where you can cast off the cycle of death and rebirth.
25:20And it's the sort of ultimate state of being, if you like.
25:23So it is quite lovely.
25:24But I thought I would talk about, in some ways,
25:26something quite similar.
25:27It's a mystical state that you can achieve through music,
25:31because music obviously affects us in so many different ways,
25:34but really, really deep ways,
25:36that we can't always express or articulate.
25:38And there's a lovely word that we have imported
25:40directly from Spanish to describe the sort of state
25:44that music can take us to, and that is duende.
25:47D-U-E-N-D-E.
25:49And it's the power to attract through some kind of magnetic
25:52or mystical force and charm.
25:55And it actually goes back to a word from Spanish
25:58and Portuguese and Filipino folklore,
26:00in which a duende is a kind of ghost
26:02or a sort of house demon also,
26:05but usually a sort of friendly one.
26:07But as I say, it's kind of itself reached
26:10this sort of transcendent state
26:11when it's this sort of supernatural mysticism
26:14that it can evoke.
26:15And it's particularly bound up with flamenco music as well.
26:18So very, very sort of tightly culturally bound.
26:21But as I say, we've imported it directly.
26:24But there's another much more familiar word that I love,
26:26which was once entirely connected with music,
26:28and that's glee.
26:30Great delight.
26:31Often at someone else's expense,
26:32so it's not an entirely innocent word.
26:34But music, or at least the joy that it created in Old English,
26:38was rather wonderfully called a glee dream.
26:41And it's beautifully described in the Oxford English Dictionary
26:44as a delight of minstrelsy, which is just gorgeous.
26:48And it's all about sort of mirth and merrymaking,
26:51but also that just utter emotional, deep joy
26:55that you feel when you hear music that you love.
26:57Beautiful.
26:58Beautiful.
27:00Well, that state is not too far away for Alan Young.
27:04Seven wins in, looking to become an octo-champ.
27:0766 plays 27.
27:10Calvin, four rounds left, and it's your letters.
27:13Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:14Thank you, Calvin.
27:16K.
27:17And a vowel.
27:19O.
27:21Consonant.
27:22S.
27:23Vial.
27:25I.
27:25Consonant.
27:27L.
27:28Vial.
27:30O.
27:31Consonant.
27:33P.
27:35Vial.
27:37E.
27:38And a final vowel, please.
27:40A final A.
27:42Start the clock.
27:43C.
27:51C.
27:52C.
27:53C.
27:53C.
27:54Calvin.
28:15Just a five.
28:16And Alan?
28:18Er, six.
28:19Take with a six.
28:20OK, so, Calvin, what's the five, mate?
28:22Spook.
28:23Spook?
28:23Yeah, absolutely.
28:24And Alan?
28:25Pokies.
28:27Pokies.
28:28P-O-K-I-E-S.
28:31Yeah, I'm not sure either.
28:32It could be a million things.
28:33I'm thinking poker chips.
28:35I'm thinking all sorts of reasons.
28:36Little cuppy holes or something.
28:37A little pokey hole, yeah, absolutely.
28:40But it doesn't look.
28:41Susie's giving me a stern look.
28:43Oh, no, it's absolutely fine.
28:44It's in Australian English.
28:46And it's not quite poker, but it involves a bit of gambling
28:49because it's a fruit machine.
28:50Is it?
28:51Yeah.
28:51The pokies?
28:52Yes.
28:53I think somewhere in the distance past, I've heard that word being used.
28:56You have a poke on the fruit machine, the pokies.
28:59Pokies.
28:59That's absolutely brilliant.
29:01Anything better than pokey?
29:03Have a stab at that.
29:04There is an eight there with soap-like.
29:07Soap-like.
29:08Soap-like.
29:08Well, listen, home clean now with an eighth win, no matter what Calvin does,
29:14is Alan Young, who is now officially an octo-champ.
29:17Well done.
29:17APPLAUSE
29:18So you can relax now.
29:22You can take all the risks that you want.
29:26Same with you, Calvin.
29:28Who cares?
29:29Just make a word up and we'll see how we get on.
29:32Champ.
29:33Octo-champ.
29:34It's your letters.
29:35Can I have a constant, please, Rachel?
29:37Thank you, Alan.
29:37And a vowel.
29:40E.
29:41And a consonant, please.
29:43F.
29:44And a vowel.
29:45A.
29:46And a consonant, please.
29:48N.
29:49And a vowel.
29:50I.
29:51And a consonant.
29:53T.
29:55Another consonant, please.
29:56R.
29:58And a vowel to finish with, please.
30:00And to finish, O.
30:03Last letters.
30:07Alan.
30:35It.
30:36And Calvin.
30:37And an eight, as well.
30:38And the eight for you, Calvin.
30:39Frontier.
30:40Frontier.
30:41And Alan.
30:42Also frontier.
30:43He's crossed the last frontier already, but it's eight points.
30:46Eight's very good indeed.
30:49That's 80 plus 35.
30:52There you go.
30:53As we reach the final numbers round in today's countdown,
30:56and you're going to be choosing them, Calvin.
30:58Stick with two big and four small, please.
31:01Thank you, Calvin.
31:01Two large, four little for the final numbers of the week.
31:04And this last selection is seven.
31:06Seven, five, ten, seven, and the large one's 100, and 75.
31:13And your target, 723.
31:16Seven to three, last numbers.
31:17Last week.
31:18All right.
31:37All right.
31:38Bye-bye.
31:39Bye-bye.
31:437.23, Alan?
31:49Just 7.22.
31:51One away. Calvin?
31:52I think 7.23.
31:53Wonderful. Off you go, Mitt.
31:5575 times 10 is 750.
31:5775 by 10 is 750.
31:59100 divided by 5 is 20.
32:01Yep.
32:02Plus a 7 is 27.
32:05And take them away.
32:07Perfect. Well done.
32:09APPLAUSE
32:11Brilliant. Calvin, let's see if you can
32:13double up a big 20 to finish fingers
32:15on buzzers as we reveal
32:17the Friday countdown
32:19conundrum.
32:23Alan? Prevented.
32:25Nobody's managed to prevent him
32:27at 8 times of asking our new
32:29octo-jump, Alan Young!
32:31APPLAUSE
32:37There may not be any music playing but I'm feeling
32:39duente right now.
32:41Alan, I'll leave it to you, whatever you want to say
32:43because I know this has been on your mind for years
32:45and years getting back here.
32:47A little overwhelmed. It's been a great experience.
32:49Everyone's so lovely.
32:51Been made for your welcome and the headaches have staved off.
32:53So, delighted.
32:55No, I can't believe it actually.
32:57And now, you can start fretting about the end
32:59of season finale because you'll no doubt be back
33:01as an octo-champ.
33:03So, you keep that tie pressed and clean.
33:05I'll give it to my boss, I need more time off.
33:07Yeah, listen.
33:09You tell me, I'll give him a call.
33:11Don't worry about that. Alan, until the next time.
33:13Well done.
33:15APPLAUSE
33:17Calvin Jones, I've said this so many times
33:19over the last week and more.
33:21There's not much you can do when you come up against Alan,
33:23but how's the experience been?
33:25Oh, it's been brilliant. Alan's given me a headache
33:27with his brilliance, so hopefully I'll be back as well.
33:29Come on, Calvin. Thanks for being here.
33:31APPLAUSE
33:33Have you enjoyed yourself, Noreen?
33:35Oh, I've loved it. It's been such good fun.
33:37And just, yeah, it's been an amazing experience.
33:39Well, hopefully we'll see you back.
33:41And Susie, you have no choice to come back on Monday.
33:43I shall look forward to it.
33:45Just thank you for everything that Calvin does as an A&E doctor as well.
33:47Yeah, absolutely, absolutely.
33:49It will be two new contestants on Monday.
33:53And also, somebody new in Dictionary Corner,
33:55and Alan is going to be gutted
33:57that he doesn't have just seven wins,
33:59because he's going to miss meeting
34:01a Scottish Olympic champion,
34:03a bagpiper who's been in the world championships,
34:07one of our greatest Olympians we've produced
34:09of the modern age. Who is it?
34:11Eve Muirhead. Eve Muirhead it is.
34:13Cannot wait for that bit of curling going on, eh?
34:15Yeah, we love watching a bit of curling.
34:17Looks like the perfect surface there, doesn't it?
34:19Yeah, well, when you ever know, we'll maybe get it going.
34:21Maybe get it going.
34:23But it'll be good to have you here.
34:24I'm used to just icy stares from Rachel.
34:26Have a really good weekend, everybody.
34:28We will be back, Rachel, Susie and I,
34:30with Eve Muirhead on Monday.
34:32You can count on us.
34:34You can contact the programme by email
34:36at countdown at channel4.com
34:38or write to us at Countdown Leeds LS3 1JS.
34:42You can also find our webpage
34:44at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:50Sure to be a few happy campers this Monday
34:52on Channel 4 as the most intense challenge begins.
34:54Who will have the champion campsite?
34:56Find out as the perfect pitch begins at half five.
34:59Next, we're making a stab at the grab in money bags.
35:02And, we're making a stab at the grab in money bags.
35:06That's it.
35:08Will, we'll be right back.
35:12Bye.
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