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00:30Hello, everybody. We've reached the end of what has been a sensational week of competition here on Countdown Series 88.
00:38And today, Rachel Riley, a celebration for a man who sits right in this seat, but not in daylight hours.
00:44It's a happy 51st birthday to Jimmy Carr.
00:48Oh, is it?
00:49Presenter, of course, of eight out of ten cats does Countdown.
00:52Was that when he was born or when he was creative?
00:55Listen, I don't have to ask Susie.
00:57I've known Susie way longer than she's known Jimmy Carr.
01:00I know that she prefers me to Jimmy.
01:03Right? You don't need to ask it. No, that's a fact.
01:05Not sure with you. I think it'd be very close.
01:07So I devised a quiz.
01:09Colin and Jimmy.
01:10Five questions, right?
01:12Well, I know Jimmy doesn't watch this one, so...
01:14Yeah.
01:15Do I do the tactical boat?
01:17Do it honestly.
01:18Right.
01:18I won't take much offence.
01:20Question one.
01:21You have one seat at your family dinner table.
01:24Now, family dinner.
01:25Uh-huh.
01:26And it must be filled.
01:27Who gets the invite?
01:28Jimmy or Colin?
01:29Keeping score.
01:30Jimmy.
01:31Fair enough.
01:32Question two.
01:33You need advice on a personal matter.
01:36Yeah.
01:36Who are you asking?
01:37Jimmy or Colin?
01:38Unbelievable scenes here.
01:40Really?
01:41Yeah, Jimmy's great.
01:42And thoughtful and compassionate.
01:44I know, but...
01:45Yeah.
01:47Question three.
01:48Yep.
01:48If this isn't me, I'm walking.
01:50Okay.
01:51Right?
01:51It'll just be a spinning chair.
01:52This is so me.
01:54I actually wrote these to be me as well.
01:56You're going out for a special evening on the town.
01:59Yeah.
02:00You want a new outfit at short notice.
02:02Who do you take shopping with you?
02:04Oh, Jimmy's definitely busy for that one,
02:06so I'm definitely taking it.
02:06Yes!
02:07I'm still in it.
02:08Right.
02:09Okay.
02:10Your MBE has been upgraded to an OBE.
02:13Uh-huh.
02:13The king himself has asked you to bring
02:15either Jimmy or me...
02:17LAUGHTER
02:18...to the palace.
02:20Who's coming?
02:21The...
02:21The king...
02:22Well, I mean, the king's going to give a direct order,
02:24isn't he?
02:25So I wouldn't have to make that decision.
02:26Well, you do...
02:27He said Jimmy or...
02:28Jimmy or Colin.
02:30No.
02:32What's that?
02:32That's the king!
02:34Not anymore.
02:34I can't invite you after that, can I?
02:37I can't invite you.
02:38You're going to do that impression in front of the king.
02:40Yes, I will do.
02:41It's got to be Jimmy.
02:42So Jimmy wins, before we even get the last question.
02:45Do you want it anyway?
02:45Yeah, go on then.
02:46It's late at night, you get locked out of your house,
02:49and the only two phone numbers you have
02:51are Jimmy Carr and Colin Murray.
02:53Who do you call for help?
02:54Three, two.
02:55Oh, no, I would call...
02:56I would call you,
02:56because Jimmy's going to be working.
02:58I only get called when Jimmy's working, basically.
03:01Sorry, Carl.
03:02Right, there you go.
03:03Tune in on Monday, when I'll be playing the game,
03:06Rachel or Susie.
03:08Talking to Susie, there she is in Dictionary Corner.
03:11You definitely win.
03:13You definitely win.
03:13Can you believe that?
03:14I know.
03:15I know.
03:16We're just phrasing out.
03:17Some people.
03:18Anyway, my favourite Susie.
03:20Yeah, my favourite player.
03:20Alongside one of my favourite Dictionary Corner guests,
03:22Justin Burroughs.
03:26Let's introduce our champion.
03:28It's weird to introduce a champion in this show twice.
03:30It hasn't happened all week.
03:31It's been so cutthroat,
03:33but Paul O'Brien's got the two wins on the board.
03:36A young Ravi watching at home, a proud son.
03:39How are you today?
03:40I'm, yeah, feeling pretty good.
03:42Well, you're up against Steve Allen today from Donny,
03:45from the wonderful Doncaster.
03:46How are you, sir?
03:47Very well, thank you.
03:48Good.
03:48Oh, we have a sports person with us today.
03:50Not just, you know, for fun,
03:52not just doing a park run on a Sunday.
03:54Represented Team GB in a triathlon as an amateur.
03:58When was that?
03:592014.
04:00Oh, listen, just yesterday that was.
04:02Yeah, that's it.
04:03So for people who don't know,
04:04because not everybody knows,
04:06so I've written down what you actually do.
04:08So it's swimming, cycling and running, obviously.
04:10So you swim just under a mile,
04:13cycle for nearly 25 miles,
04:15and then it's the 10K run at the end.
04:17What was your specialist?
04:19Um, I was pretty average at all three.
04:22Made me better as an athlete.
04:25Well, listen, good luck to you today.
04:26It's a marathon, not a sprint.
04:27So let's see what happens between Steve and Paul.
04:32OK, what's her name?
04:33Whoever she is there.
04:34Paul, can you get me some letters?
04:36I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
04:38Thank you, Paul.
04:39One more consonant, please.
04:53Another one.
04:55O.
04:56And another one.
04:58E.
04:59A consonant.
05:02B.
05:03And one more consonant, please.
05:08And a final R.
05:09At home, man in the studio, let's play Kindtime.
05:42Time is up, Paul.
05:45Eight.
05:46What a start from the champion, Steve.
05:48Eight.
05:48Paul, the word?
05:49Borders.
05:50Same or different?
05:51Same.
05:52Well done.
05:54Two borders.
05:55Susie with the A, of course, not as in...
05:57Yep.
05:57...country borders, but as in what?
05:59Snowboarders?
06:00Snowboarders, people who board at a boarding school,
06:02that kind of thing.
06:03Skateboarders.
06:04Skateboarders.
06:04Just naming borders.
06:05Let's move on.
06:06Stephen, letters.
06:07Afternoon, Rachel.
06:08Afternoon, Stephen.
06:09Have a consonant, please.
06:10You can indeed.
06:11S.
06:12And another.
06:14L.
06:16Another.
06:18T.
06:19And one more.
06:21P.
06:23A vowel.
06:23I.
06:24And another.
06:27E.
06:29Another.
06:31A.
06:33Consonant.
06:35L.
06:36And a vowel, please.
06:38And a final E.
06:40And 30 seconds.
06:41A.
06:43I.
07:05I.
07:06I.
07:07MUSIC
07:12Steve?
07:13I want to stay with a six.
07:14And Paul?
07:15Eight.
07:16And an eight, the six is?
07:17Staple.
07:18What's this eight?
07:19Pally-ist.
07:20Right.
07:21Had it written down, two Ls or one L, let's find out.
07:24Two Ls?
07:25Yes.
07:26Having a close, friendly relationship, but most of all.
07:29A word that could be used to describe, of course,
07:32Rachel's relationship with Jimmy Carr.
07:34It's going to sting for a while, that dictionary corner or anything else?
07:38You can take that word and you can rearrange it slightly
07:40and come up with pastel or pastille, as some people would say,
07:43like the fruit pastille or the fruit pastel.
07:45Never met anyone that said pastille, but anyway.
07:47But let's move on, because there's a nine in there as well.
07:49Yes.
07:50Hidden amongst all that...
07:51What?
07:52Palletise.
07:53Palletise.
07:54APPLAUSE
07:5516 players, eight first numbers of the day, Mr O'Brien.
08:03I'll go for one large, please, Rachel.
08:05Thank you, Paul.
08:06One from the top and five not.
08:08And the first numbers today are six, five, two, ten, seven,
08:15and a large on 100.
08:17And the target, 168.
08:20168, numbers up.
08:22The floss kick.
08:26Two?
08:27Four?
08:28Three?
08:29Just and then it doesn't seem to work?
08:30That transparency has to cancel.
08:35The acquisition of the work of the business program with Swniejs with her
08:40and the technology program, and the new technology program,
08:44work with therites of the new customer's、
08:46168, the target, Paul?
08:54Yeah, 168.
08:55Yeah, and Stephen?
08:56168.
08:57Well done, off you go, Paul.
08:597 times 10 is 70.
09:0170.
09:02Minus 2.
09:0368.
09:05Add 100.
09:06I thought you might be saying that, yeah.
09:07Straightforward.
09:08Same way, Stephen?
09:09Exactly the same.
09:10Let's have a look.
09:12Yep.
09:13Nice, 10 points, Steve.
09:14And first 3-time teaser of this Friday, it's Slip Bone.
09:20Slip Bone.
09:21You're likely to get hammered in this competition.
09:24You're likely to get hammered in this competition.
09:27MUSIC PLAYS
09:32APPLAUSE
09:37Welcome back.
09:44Difficulty time teaser.
09:46Slip Bone becomes Bond Spiel.
09:48The clue is you're likely to get hammered in this competition.
09:51So the hammer would be track and field, field event.
09:54The hammer and curling.
09:56Is it connected to any of that?
09:57Spot on, yes.
09:59It is a curling tournament.
10:02And Spiel in Germany is game.
10:05Bond might have been good, or it might come from a Dutch word meaning a league.
10:09So a league game, if you like.
10:11But, yeah, very good.
10:12Right, Steve, get us underway again.
10:14Consonant, please.
10:15Thank you, Steve.
10:16C.
10:17And another.
10:18Thanks, Rich.
10:44Thank you, Steve.
11:15That'll do's.
11:16Mr Allen?
11:17At six.
11:18And Mr O'Brien?
11:19I'll go for a seven.
11:20Oh, you're going to risk it.
11:22Let's find out.
11:22Steve, the six.
11:23Uncode.
11:24Yep, and Paul.
11:25Chunder.
11:27Yes, great.
11:29Throw up.
11:30Yeah, chunder, chunderloo, spew.
11:32Rhyming slang.
11:33Australian rhyming slang, actually.
11:35Uncode is not there, I'm afraid.
11:37Unicode is there, but with a capital U.
11:39There you go.
11:39And for seven as well, anagram of that churned?
11:42Yeah.
11:42But there's actually an eight one there.
11:43And I don't like this word.
11:45There's an eight-letter word.
11:47Douchier.
11:48Douchier.
11:49Now, that is quite American.
11:51But douche is from bathroom, right?
11:53Yes.
11:54Toilet douche.
11:55Yes.
11:55Well, it means a shower in French.
11:57It means something slightly different in English.
11:59It's a good word to spot.
11:59It's a very good word to spot.
12:01Top scoring.
12:01Well done.
12:02Let's get more letters now, Paul.
12:04We'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
12:07Thank you, Paul.
12:07Y.
12:08And another one.
12:10L.
12:11And another.
12:12V.
12:13Another.
12:16P.
12:17Vowel.
12:18A.
12:20Vowel.
12:21E.
12:22Vowel.
12:24I.
12:25Consonant.
12:29S.
12:31And another vowel.
12:35Final.
12:37U.
12:38Half a minute.
12:38Good luck.
12:52B.
12:52B.
12:52E.
12:53B.
12:53B.
12:53B.
12:54B.
12:57B.
12:59B.
13:03B.
13:07B.
13:08How do you get on, Paul?
13:10Er, seven.
13:11And what about you, Steve?
13:12Just five.
13:13The five is?
13:14Slave.
13:15Slave.
13:16Yeah, what's the seven?
13:17Suavely.
13:18Suavely.
13:19Suavely is gorgeous.
13:20Erm, and I think we'll find the adverb there.
13:24Yes, we do.
13:25Very nice, indeed.
13:26Anything else?
13:27Er, if you were swore down the street and you were going,
13:30you'd be acting a bit Elvis-ly.
13:32That's not...
13:33That's not in there, no.
13:35Elvis-y.
13:36Elvis-ly.
13:37Erm, no.
13:38Plausive.
13:39Tell us about it, Susie, I'm not intent to know this word.
13:41Er, it is expressive of approval or praise.
13:45So it's linked to the plaudere for the Romans that gave us applaud.
13:49It also gave us explode, believe it or not,
13:51erm, because bad performers would be exploded or hissed off the stage.
13:55Erm, but yeah, plausive to do with applauding.
13:58A brilliant eight.
13:58Let's switch back to the digits, and Steve, your choice for the first time.
14:02Too large, please, Rachel.
14:04Thank you, Steve.
14:04Too large.
14:05Four little.
14:06And the little ones for you are four, two, five, three.
14:11And the big ones, 25 and 50.
14:14And the target to reach...
14:16117.
14:17Another low one.
14:18117.
14:19Number's up.
14:20One.
14:24The simply,
14:30Both.
14:32Awesome.
14:33One.
14:34Two.
14:36Two.
14:37Four.
14:37Plus.
14:38One.
14:39Two.
14:40Four.
14:41One.
14:42Two.
14:44How do you get on, Steve?
14:52117.
14:53117. Nailed it, Paul.
14:55Yeah, 117.
14:56Yeah, off you go, Stephen.
14:57Five times 25 is 125.
15:00Yep.
15:02Oh, sorry, it was a...
15:03Four times two is eight.
15:06And take it away.
15:07No reason to doubt, 117.
15:09I was worried for a second there.
15:11Paul, off you go.
15:12I don't know what I was doing.
15:13I had 25 times three.
15:1525 times three.
15:17Obviously.
15:1775.
15:18Plus 50.
15:19Plus 50, 125.
15:21And then minus four times two.
15:23Four times two again for the eight.
15:25And same result.
15:26Doesn't matter, you got there.
15:30Right, 50 players, 28.
15:33Steve, that's a really good start and a long, long way to go.
15:36We break for the first time today for a little chat with Justin Murhuis
15:39to finish the week again, my friend.
15:41What are we talking about?
15:42Well, I've talked this week about giving advice and being a bit older
15:45and I've decided I was getting my dotage to be patriotic about things
15:50that are not necessarily flag-waving, sport-based and everything else.
15:54For example, somebody stands on your foot, you apologise.
15:58That's the British way.
15:59Yeah.
15:59OK.
16:01We've had great examples in this week.
16:03We've had two or three examples of the numbers game where it's obvious,
16:07where the players will put the thing down and we all just sit here for 30 seconds.
16:11That's such a British thing.
16:12American show, they just go, eh, too easy, move on.
16:16Yeah.
16:16But no, we go.
16:17They would change the format.
16:18Yeah.
16:18We'll have a moment.
16:19We'll just sit here for 30 seconds, waste everybody's time and move on.
16:24It's Friday today.
16:25What could be more British than a chippy tea on a Friday?
16:28Oh, yeah.
16:2910,500 chip shops in this country, miles more than any other chain,
16:33knocked them into a cocktail.
16:35382 million meals are served from these chip shops.
16:3980% of us go to a chippy at least once a year.
16:4222% of people, one in five, go every week.
16:45Yeah.
16:45I don't understand why there's an obesity pandemic in this country.
16:48But the British chip shop is an institution.
16:53Do you know what's a great combo that not many people know?
16:55And I'll say this to the nation, chips and peas and curry.
17:00Sounds awful.
17:01Get on it, boys.
17:02Thank you, Justin.
17:06Starving, man.
17:07Absolutely starving.
17:08Dinner can't come quick enough.
17:10Right, let's get back to the game.
17:11And, Paul, your letters.
17:13I'll start with a vowel, please.
17:14Thank you, Paul.
17:15A.
17:16And another.
17:18O.
17:19And another.
17:20U.
17:21Consonant.
17:23D.
17:24Consonant.
17:25M.
17:27Consonant.
17:28R.
17:29Consonant.
17:31P.
17:32A consonant.
17:34N.
17:37And a...
17:39Vowel, please.
17:42And...
17:43Final E.
17:44Start the clock.
17:45Is one of these the most helpful.
17:57And we'll move on.
17:58We'll be back to Power часто.
17:59We'll be back to power to power.
18:00There's no more music.
18:00We'll be back to power.
18:01Is a rhythm.
18:01The power...
18:03Is a rhythm.
18:04Are you?
18:04Are you?
18:05Are youם?
18:06Are you?
18:06Are you?
18:06Are you?
18:08ànhousDRx?
18:09Ahincld.
18:09Is a rhythm.
18:10If it was perfect,
18:11is love.
18:11time's up Paul seven and Steve I'll risk a seven Paul you're seven pounder
18:23pounder and Steve exactly the same there you go like I said quarter pounder
18:29that should work absolutely does work because although it's usually in
18:34combination it doesn't have a little hyphen in front of it in the dictionary
18:38which means we can have it yeah you can have the person weighing specific number
18:41of pounds it was also a gun designed to fire a shell weighing specific number of
18:45pounds all right Steve more letters please consonant please thank you Steve S and
18:51another L and another G and another C and a vowel I and another a and
19:08consonant P and another T and a vowel please and lastly O let's play
19:20so
19:32Stephen.
19:51Just five.
19:52And Paul.
19:53Seven.
19:54The five?
19:55Clogs.
19:56Paul.
19:57Plastic.
19:58Plastic.
19:59Fantastic.
20:00Seven points for you.
20:02Dexterity corner.
20:03Classically, as often happens on Countdown, two eights, both using the same letters, capitals and opticals.
20:10Opticals.
20:11Fancy name for glasses?
20:13Old-fashioned name for glasses.
20:15And the capitals here are OLS, not ALS.
20:18Obviously, seat of Congress in Washington, that's capital C.
20:21But also in American English, a capitol is a building housing a legislative assembly.
20:26All right, hence Capitol Hill.
20:28Yeah.
20:28Right.
20:2864 plays 35.
20:30Back to the numbers now, and Paul, you're choosing.
20:34I'll go for one large again, please, Rachel.
20:37Just the one of my big'uns and five of my little'uns, and this time they are one, one, ten, five, six, and 75.
20:49And your target, 949.
20:51949, numbers up.
20:53949.
20:53949.
20:54949.
20:55Numbers up.
20:56949.
21:00949.
21:01949.
21:029-4-9, Paul.
21:279-5-4.
21:29Five away. Stephen?
21:30No, nowhere near.
21:31Nowhere near. OK, for seven points then, Paul.
21:34Right, 75 plus 5 is 80.
21:3880.
21:3910 plus 1 plus 1 is 12.
21:42Yep.
21:43Times them together.
21:44960.
21:45Take away the 6.
21:47And take away the 6.
21:489-5-4-5 away.
21:50OK, 9-4-9. How close can we get?
21:52Yeah, if you say 1 plus 1, 2 times 6 times 75, 900 plus 50,
21:57you get to 1 away.
21:59Loads of ways for 1 away, but this was impossible.
22:01Couldn't get it. Brilliant.
22:029-4-9.
22:03So if you're pulling your hair out and you've got the 9-50,
22:05that's as good as it gets.
22:06Right, tea time teaser.
22:07Talking a chippy tease earlier with Justin.
22:09It's rude peas.
22:11Rude peas.
22:12Convince someone about each piece of leather.
22:15Convince someone about each piece of leather.
22:18APPLAUSE
22:28Hello again.
22:35Rude peas.
22:36Then persuade.
22:37Convince someone about each piece of leather.
22:4071 plays 35.
22:42Fairly comfortable for our champion so far.
22:44But Steve, you're picking these letters.
22:46Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:48Thank you, Steve.
22:49L.
22:51And another.
22:53T.
22:54One more, please.
22:56W.
22:57A vowel.
22:57E.
23:00And another.
23:01A.
23:02And another.
23:04E.
23:06Consonant.
23:08T.
23:10Vowel.
23:12U.
23:14And a consonant.
23:15And a final R.
23:18Let's play.
23:49Time's up.
23:50Stephen.
23:51A six.
23:52A six.
23:52Well done.
23:53And Paul.
23:54Yeah, six.
23:54Six as well.
23:55Go ahead, Steve.
23:56Latter.
23:57Yeah, that'll be there.
23:58And Paul.
23:59Wetter.
23:59Wetter and latter.
24:00No problems.
24:01Loads of those words jumping around,
24:03but Susie and Justin, anything better?
24:06No.
24:06No.
24:07It's just a land of sixes, I'm afraid.
24:11There's rattle and...
24:13Wattle.
24:14Wattle.
24:15We can't be a wattler, sadly.
24:16So we stopped at six.
24:18OK, there you go.
24:20A plethora of sixes,
24:21so let's get more letters from you, chump.
24:24I'll start with a consonant, please.
24:26Start with T.
24:28And another.
24:30D.
24:31And another.
24:32R.
24:34Another.
24:36S.
24:37Vowel, please.
24:39O.
24:41Vowel.
24:42E.
24:43Vowel.
24:45A.
24:47A...
24:48Consonant.
24:50T.
24:52And another vowel, please.
24:55Promising selection.
24:56A final.
24:57E.
24:58Condone.
25:29Possibilities here. Paul?
25:32I'm going to stick with a seven.
25:34Stick with a seven. Steve?
25:35Seven.
25:36What have we got, Paul?
25:38I've got roasted.
25:39Roasted. And Steve?
25:41Exactly the same.
25:42Lovely. Let's have a look.
25:46Yeah.
25:47OK, so anything above sevens?
25:48Tell him again, Susie. Tell him again so that he can be restated.
25:52Restated, which will give you an eight.
25:55Yeah, eight for restated.
25:56No nines in there, though? No.
25:58The score is then palindromic.
26:0084 plays 48 as we get our origins of words.
26:03Susie then.
26:04Well, thank you to Lynn McPherson.
26:07Thank you, Lynn.
26:08From Milton and Cambridge.
26:09He says she'd love to know the original meaning of spittle,
26:12as in S-P-I-T-A-L.
26:15Lynn says,
26:16we used to have spittles interchange on a roundabout at Huntingdon,
26:19which is no longer there.
26:20Also, on our way to Hull via Lincoln,
26:22there are villages signposted spittle by...
26:25and another name.
26:26Is it to do with traders meeting places, she asks.
26:29Well, spittle, spelt this way, is actually a shortening of hospital,
26:34which will essentially give you the clue to then decode the rest of it.
26:38So, it was essentially not so much a hospital as we would understand it in our modern sense,
26:44but it was a place for the reception of people who were suffering from diseases
26:48or who were homeless.
26:50So, it was seen as a sort of slightly inferior kind of hospital, if you like.
26:55Spittle Fields in London, in the heart of the East End,
26:58that takes its name from the hospital and priory St Mary's Spittle.
27:01That was founded in the 12th century
27:03and it was in a field next to the priory where the now famous market first started.
27:08In the 13th century, that's how old that is.
27:11But hospital itself is really interesting because it comes from this huge family
27:15that all began with the Latin hospes, H-O-S-P-E-S,
27:19which was rather strange because it could mean both a guest and a host,
27:23which is strange.
27:24But from it, we get not just hospital, but we get hostel,
27:27we get hotel, which was the French version of a hostel,
27:31we get hospice, we get host itself, and we also get hostile
27:35because the idea is that your guests could sometimes turn against you
27:40and so they weren't somebody that you wanted around.
27:43But the very first meeting of a hospital was actually like a hostel, really.
27:48It was a lodging house for travellers where you would take people in
27:52and eventually it became very restricted to taking people in who were sick and needy.
27:57So that's a very roundabout way of explaining Spittle.
28:01You will find it, as I say, in lots of different place names,
28:03but it all began with our hospitals.
28:05APPLAUSE
28:07Four more rounds to go.
28:09Steve, you're picking the letters.
28:10Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:12Thank you, Steve.
28:13R.
28:14And another.
28:16X.
28:17And another.
28:19R.
28:20And another.
28:22S.
28:24Vowel.
28:25O.
28:26Another.
28:27A.
28:28And another.
28:29E.
28:30Consonant.
28:31D.
28:32And a vowel, please.
28:34And lastly, A.
28:35Good luck.
28:36B.
28:37And a vowel, please.
28:38And lastly, A.
28:39Good luck.
28:41Good luck.
28:42B.
28:43S.
28:44B.
28:45Time's up, Steve.
29:14I'm going to go with a six.
29:15A six and Paul?
29:17Yeah, I'll stick with a six.
29:19OK, Steve.
29:20Roared.
29:21Roared.
29:21And Paul?
29:22Sword.
29:23Sword and roared for 6.8.
29:27What have we got in Dictionary Corner?
29:29Another countdown word, I think, isn't it?
29:31It is a bit, yes.
29:32A drossera.
29:33Drossera, D-R-O-S-E-R-A.
29:35It's a sandew, which is actually an insect-eating plant.
29:39Good.
29:39Right, final letters round, Paul O'Brien.
29:42I'll start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
29:43Thank you, Paul.
29:44O.
29:45And another one.
29:46A.
29:47And another one.
29:49E.
29:50And one more, please.
29:52A.
29:54A consonant.
29:56S.
29:57A consonant.
29:59N.
30:00A consonant.
30:02C.
30:03A consonant.
30:05G.
30:06A consonant.
30:07A consonant.
30:08And a final vowel, please.
30:12And a final O.
30:14Last letters.
30:15A consonant.
30:16A consonant.
30:17A consonant.
30:17A consonant.
30:17A consonant.
30:18A consonant.
30:18A consonant.
30:18A consonant.
30:18A consonant.
30:19A consonant.
30:19A consonant.
30:20A consonant.
30:20A consonant.
30:20A consonant.
30:21A consonant.
30:21A consonant.
30:21A consonant.
30:21A consonant.
30:21A consonant.
30:22A consonant.
30:22A consonant.
30:22A consonant.
30:22A consonant.
30:22A consonant.
30:23A consonant.
30:23A consonant.
30:23A consonant.
30:23A consonant.
30:24A consonant.
30:24A consonant.
30:25A consonant.
30:25A consonant.
30:25A consonant.
30:26A consonant.
30:26A consonant.
30:26A consonant.
30:27A consonant.
30:27A consonant.
30:28A consonant.
30:28A consonant.
30:29A consonant.
30:29A consonant.
30:30A consonant.
30:30A consonant.
30:31Time's up. Paul?
30:47Mighty five.
30:49A big five, and Stephen?
30:50Just a five.
30:51And a five as well. Let's have the words.
30:53Goose.
30:54Yes, goose.
30:55Cages.
30:56And cages. Dixie Corner.
30:58We've got a lovely one for six.
31:00A thing that you and I would never join in.
31:04A conga.
31:04Not unless it had a few.
31:06No, no, no, because we're leaders, not followers, Colin.
31:09I don't mind a conga.
31:10Don't mind one.
31:11Right, let's shimmy on.
31:13Last numbers round.
31:14Steve, you're choosing.
31:15Four large, please.
31:17Yes.
31:17Thank you, Steve.
31:18Four large to take us off into the weekend.
31:21Good spirits, hopefully.
31:23The last little ones.
31:24One and five, and the four as we know.
31:2625, 50, 75, 100.
31:31And the target, 606.
31:34606, last numbers.
31:35New News.
31:36Music.
31:36Music.
31:37Mhm.
31:38Kim.
31:38Kail.
31:39E
31:54Yeah.
31:55!
31:556-0-6 with a five and the one there, yet we all struggle.
32:11Steve?
32:126-0-3.
32:13Three away, Paul?
32:146-0-6.
32:15Off you go, son.
32:1750 plus 25.
32:1975.
32:20Divide that by the other 75.
32:22Here's one.
32:24Add that to 100.
32:24Where Colin kicked himself, 1-0-1.
32:27And then five plus one is six.
32:29Yep.
32:30Times them together.
32:316-0-6.
32:32Great work.
32:35Let's get your fingers on the buzzers.
32:37Last round of the week, as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:54Time is up and we've nearly, nearly gone the whole week without getting a Countdown Conundrum from Rachel Riley, who had her hand up just before Susie Dent.
33:21Apologies.
33:22No, it's fine.
33:22I should really come to you first.
33:24You're my favourite.
33:25But, Rachel?
33:26I think it's metalware.
33:28Metalware.
33:29Let's look.
33:30Yes.
33:31APPLAUSE
33:32Well done.
33:34Well, listen, Steve, you'll get your goodie bag.
33:36It's been really nice to have you here.
33:38Have you had an all right day?
33:38Had a great day.
33:40And Mr O'Brien, we'll see you on Monday.
33:41Yep, looking forward to it.
33:42Good stuff.
33:43Excellent.
33:44Enjoy your weekend.
33:45Justin, again, thank you so much for being here.
33:47Thanks for having me.
33:48As you know, without, you know, the greatest days of my life, I've spent Saturday at Santa's chair next to you.
33:54Aw.
33:55Have a great weekend.
33:56Rachel, finally, Jimmy or Colin question before we go, because I just need my fragile ego boosted here.
34:02I've got one question for you, answered honestly.
34:04OK.
34:05Jimmy or Colin?
34:05OK.
34:06Noah comes home from school today with a question about penguins.
34:11You don't know the answer.
34:12Who do you ring?
34:13Colin!
34:13Jimmy Carr or Colin Murray?
34:15Colin Murray every time.
34:17All the penguins are yours.
34:18You're darn right she rings me, Carr.
34:20Happy birthday to you.
34:21Susie, Rachel and I back on Monday.
34:23You can count on us.
34:25You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:30You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:51You can bottle.
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