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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Thursday afternoon and another afternoon in the company of Countdown.
00:35Thank you so much for tuning in. We never take it for granted.
00:38It's September the 21st, which is, drumroll, Rachel Riley, World Mini Golf Day.
00:44All right. OK. Genuinely love mini golf. Obsessed with it.
00:50I play just about every course in the UK. Really?
00:52Yeah. When I go on holidays, I'll find all the local ones.
00:54I was just on my holiday in the summer. I was playing in Niagara Falls.
00:58Have two courses together. Brilliant.
01:00I think the last time I played was with my parents and my nephew, who at the time was about three,
01:05and my lovely husband, the man of elegance and poise and eternal balance and ballroom dancer.
01:11It's the worst thing I've ever seen him do. Absolutely brilliant.
01:14The ball was, you know, here, there and everywhere outside the course. He's awful.
01:18Well, let's cross over to Dictionary Corner and introduce somebody who never spends much time in the 19th hole.
01:25That's our G of the D, Susie Dent.
01:28And alongside her, well, originally from up that way, actually, near the golf, we have Chris McCausland with us.
01:34Yeah, I love that. I love that part of the world.
01:36Is it the realism of the mini golf that you like, or is it the fact that it makes you feel like a giant?
01:40Yeah.
01:42That's absolutely true, you know. There is something in that.
01:46It's like with broccoli. I always, that's the thing with broccoli. I always imagine I'm eating trees and I'm a giant.
01:53Oh, no.
01:55Never grow up, do you, if you're a bloke?
01:57I'll never eat broccoli in the same way again. Thank you, Chris.
02:00Paul O'Brien is on six wins and he's just getting better and better and better.
02:06It has to be said, another century yesterday and you're up against Ravi, who's from London.
02:12Ravi Indranath Jayakumar.
02:15And I say your full name, even though everyone calls you Ravi, because your mum's watching and I don't want to get on the wrong side of your mum, right?
02:22How are you? You well?
02:23Very good, thank you.
02:24Right, I'm pretty sure that in the history of Countdown, I've never said this about a contestant.
02:28So, Ravi, you were bitten by a shark.
02:32It was a baby shark, so I'm not going to play it down.
02:35Was it a shark?
02:36It was.
02:36Don't play it down.
02:38Did it make you feel like a giant?
02:44So, I mean, it was a warning bite, but it was still serious.
02:48What type of damage did it cause him where?
02:51So, because it was a baby shark, it only gave me 14 stitches.
02:54It was a proper bite mark around.
02:57It was more like a warning, go away.
02:59Good man.
03:00Right, we'll get you no points today, but we love it.
03:02Ravi and Paul, good luck.
03:05Both of you, Paul.
03:07I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
03:10Thank you, Paul.
03:10Start today with N.
03:12And again.
03:15F.
03:16A vowel, please.
03:18O.
03:19A vowel.
03:20E.
03:21Consonant.
03:23R.
03:24A consonant.
03:25H.
03:28Vowel.
03:30O.
03:31A consonant.
03:33D.
03:35And I will go for a final vowel, please.
03:40A final I.
03:41At home and in the studio, let's play Kindle.
03:44It's a new one.
03:58I'll see you next time.
04:03Oh, yeah.
04:03I'll see you next time.
04:05ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS
04:14Paul?
04:15Just six.
04:16How'd you get on, Ravi?
04:17Seven.
04:18A seven. The six is?
04:20Horned.
04:21Could be one of those days again, Paul. A seven.
04:24Horned?
04:26That is with the American spelling.
04:27We need a U for British spelling, I'm afraid, Ravi.
04:30We're a bit strict about those spellings.
04:32I'm really sorry.
04:33Absolutely fine in American Countdown, but not this one.
04:37Were there any English sevens?
04:38No, we had sixes too.
04:40I might be 46 years old, but I still like a hoodie.
04:43Yes, and foodie is there as well.
04:46Fairly modern word. Has it made the dictionary?
04:49Oh, yes, that's been in for a while.
04:50So you can't be foodier or hootier?
04:52No.
04:52Right, Ravi, let's get more letters.
04:54Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:55Can we start with a while, please?
04:57We can indeed start with E.
04:59Another one?
05:01I.
05:02Another one?
05:03E.
05:04Consonant, please.
05:06R.
05:07Another one?
05:09B.
05:10Another one?
05:11S.
05:12Another one?
05:14R.
05:15Another one?
05:18S.
05:19Another one, please.
05:20And lastly, M.
05:2230 seconds.
05:2430 seconds.
05:24We'll see you next time.
05:25We'll see you next time.
05:26We'll see you next time.
05:26We'll see you next time.
05:27We'll see you next time.
05:27We'll see you next time.
05:28We'll see you next time.
05:28We'll see you next time.
05:29We'll see you next time.
05:29We'll see you next time.
05:30We'll see you next time.
05:30We'll see you next time.
05:31We'll see you next time.
05:31We'll see you next time.
05:31We'll see you next time.
05:32We'll see you next time.
05:32We'll see you next time.
05:33We'll see you next time.
05:34We'll see you next time.
05:34We'll see you next time.
05:35We'll see you next time.
05:35We'll see you next time.
05:36We'll see you next time.
05:37Ravi, how did you get on?
05:57Just a five, please.
05:58And Paul?
05:59Seven.
05:59And a seven there.
06:00Ravi, what's the five?
06:01Miser.
06:02Miser, and that's seven.
06:05Messier.
06:06Messier.
06:07Yeah, well done.
06:08Tidy seven points.
06:09Dictionary corner.
06:10Susie and Chris?
06:11Could you put the S on the end of Miser?
06:13You can have Miser's, yes.
06:15You can make that a six.
06:16But otherwise, we have Berries.
06:18Messier and Berries, they were the two sevens.
06:21First numbers now, your choice, Paul.
06:23I'll go for one large, please, Rachel.
06:26Thank you, Paul.
06:27One large and five little ones once more.
06:30And the small numbers are seven, one, eight.
06:36Eight, three, six.
06:38And the large one, 25.
06:40And the target to reach.
06:42Ooh, 961.
06:44Big one.
06:44961 numbers up.
06:45Two.
06:47hurt.
06:47Fighters.
06:48Sarah.
06:49$1,000.
06:51$1,000.
06:54$1,000.
06:56And that's all, if you have any money tree,
06:58And the to property ofbooson.
07:01The big one, 1630.
07:03McKinè‰.
07:04What?
07:04What?
07:05What?
07:06Yay.
07:07And the remainder of the room.
07:08Why?
07:09What?
07:09What?
07:10What?
07:10What?
07:11What?
07:12Did anyone climb that mountain, Paul?
07:189, 5, 8.
07:209, 5, 8's three away. Ravi?
07:22No way, I fluffed it.
07:23Fluffed it with the rest of us. 9, 5, 8 then for seven points, Paul.
07:27Er, seven times six is 42.
07:31Seven times six, 42.
07:33Take away the three and the one.
07:3638.
07:37Times that by 25.
07:39Is 950.
07:41And add the eight.
07:42And add the eight, which you haven't used for three away.
07:449, 5, 8.
07:45Yeah, admirable effort.
07:479, 6, 1.
07:50Pushing you here, Rachel.
07:52Er, yes, you're going to have to leave it with me for a second.
07:55Let's get our first tea time teaser.
07:56It's eat beans. Eat beans.
07:59Do they keep the Irishmen on the straight and narrow?
08:02Do they keep the Irishmen on the straight and narrow?
08:10Do they keep the Irishmen on the straight and narrow?
08:24Eat beans becomes a rarely heard word.
08:27Banaties. Banaties.
08:29I think it's an outdated word for the woman of the house.
08:32Yes, definitely.
08:33A female heard of a family or household or a housewife.
08:37It's in the old days.
08:38Right, Ravi, you're about to score your first points.
08:40I am sure of it.
08:41Let's get letters.
08:42A side of the wall later, please.
08:44Thank you, Ravi.
08:45O.
08:46Another one.
08:47E.
08:49Another one.
08:50O.
08:51A consonant, please.
08:53P.
08:53Another one.
08:56D.
08:57Another one.
08:59G.
09:00Another one, please.
09:02Y.
09:03Another one.
09:04D.
09:06And a consonant, please.
09:07Lastly, R.
09:10Thanks, Rachel.
09:10Thanks, Rachel.
09:23How did you get on, Ravi?
09:42A six.
09:43And Paul?
09:45A risky six.
09:46A risky six.
09:47OK.
09:48Both written down?
09:49Yes.
09:50Ravi, what's your six?
09:51Dodger.
09:53Dodger.
09:54And Paul?
09:55Pogoed?
09:56Pogoed.
09:57Should be fine.
09:58P-O-G-O-E-D.
10:01Absolutely fine.
10:02Yeah.
10:03You get these rounds once in a while, Chris,
10:04where there's, like, no medical terms, you know,
10:07there's no weird animals that you've never heard of.
10:11And this is a round full of lovely words, isn't it?
10:13Dodger.
10:14Yeah.
10:14And pogoed.
10:15What else do we have?
10:16Susie's got a seven.
10:18Drooped.
10:19Nice.
10:20Yeah.
10:20It's nice, but I'm gutted, because I droopy and how I didn't see the past tense of it.
10:25Let's get more letters, Paul.
10:27Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:28Thank you, Paul.
10:29V.
10:30And again.
10:31B.
10:32Vowel.
10:35E.
10:36Vowel.
10:37A.
10:38Consonant.
10:40L.
10:41Consonant.
10:43D.
10:45Vowel.
10:45Vowel.
10:47U.
10:48A consonant.
10:50N.
10:52And a vowel, please.
10:55And lastly, O.
10:57Half a minute.
10:57Vowel.
10:58Vowel.
10:59Vowel.
10:59Vowel.
10:59Vowel.
11:00Vowel.
11:00Vowel.
11:00Vowel.
11:00Vowel.
11:01Vowel.
11:01Vowel.
11:01Vowel.
11:01Vowel.
11:02Vowel.
11:02Vowel.
11:02Vowel.
11:03Vowel.
11:03Vowel.
11:03Vowel.
11:03Vowel.
11:04Vowel.
11:04Vowel.
11:04Vowel.
11:04Vowel.
11:05Vowel.
11:05Vowel.
11:05Vowel.
11:06Vowel.
11:06Vowel.
11:07Vowel.
11:07Vowel.
11:08Vowel.
11:08Vowel.
11:08Vowel.
11:09Vowel.
11:10Vowel.
11:11Vowel.
11:27How many, Paul?
11:30Seven.
11:31And Ravi?
11:32Six.
11:32The six is?
11:33Unable.
11:34And the seven?
11:35Unloved.
11:36Yes, it'll definitely be in there, sadly.
11:38Unloved and unlovable.
11:40Susie Chris?
11:41Well, once these words are in the dictionary, I'm afraid it's undoable.
11:44Undoable.
11:45Well done, you.
11:49Undoable would have got you the eight, just the V left over there.
11:53Nice, nice.
11:54OK, 33 plus 16.
11:56Second numbers round.
11:57Quite a test, the first one.
11:59Ravi, you're in control.
12:00Let's go with four large, please.
12:01Yes, gambling early.
12:03I like your style.
12:04Four large and two little.
12:07Let's get a challenge up here.
12:08The numbers are eight and nine.
12:10And the big one's 50, 100, 25 and 75.
12:16And the target to reach...
12:17Oh, my!
12:19117.
12:20Got it.
12:21The 10th century.
12:22At the 10th century.
12:23The 10th century.
12:25And, of course, I think it's a lot of great.
12:28We still are almost every year.
12:29And one of the things we've found at the 34.
12:31Yeah, we'll be seeing you next time.
12:31I told you...
12:33A four-year-old.
12:36This week's 8th century.
12:37What's an absolute question?
12:38All these days aremax Abstract.
12:39We're the best in their order.
12:41The mark.
12:41And the clock is near mereka.
12:43When they're aboveentes.
12:44And the target are
12:45full-יד.
12:46A często.
12:47The target of data is dead.
12:48Right, let's go through the motions, Ravi.
12:53I've got it. Excellent. Paul?
12:55Yep. Yeah. Ravi, you're in control.
12:57Take the 100, add the 9 and the 8.
13:00Good stuff. Paul, good luck if you used all the numbers.
13:03100 plus 75.
13:05100 plus 75.
13:06I hope you're wrong.
13:08Plus 9, plus 8.
13:10Plus 9, plus 8.
13:12So we have 117 plus 75.
13:16And then take away for 50.
13:18Yep.
13:19And take away for 25.
13:20Back to 117 and no extra points.
13:22Actually, can we remove points for that?
13:24We should do. We should do.
13:26We'll never get that ink back.
13:27We'll never get that ink back.
13:28Well done, both of you.
13:2910 points each, 43 players, 16.
13:32Much more competitive part two so far
13:34as we talk again to our Chris McCausland.
13:36You already feel like our Chris McCausland
13:39after only, you know, three and a half shows.
13:41Hey, listen, we always say,
13:43count down, we want to be for everyone.
13:45And I think it always has been.
13:46If you look at the contestants,
13:48I think they're in their own mould
13:50compared to any other show.
13:51I think that's fair to say.
13:53Look at Tom Stevenson, you know,
13:55the history maker who suffered from high anxiety
13:58just leaving his house.
13:59And he said he felt so comfortable here.
14:01You know, time after time,
14:02we welcome everyone.
14:03We had Natalie,
14:04who was one of my favourite contestants ever,
14:07registered blind, Chris.
14:08Yep.
14:09She had the conundrum in Braille.
14:11Yep.
14:11And at the end of the show,
14:12when we came off air,
14:13I said to her,
14:14Natalie, would you like Rachel,
14:15Susie and I to sign this?
14:16You could take it with you
14:17so you can remember your day.
14:18And she said,
14:19why don't I sign it
14:20and you can remember me?
14:21It's a great line.
14:23I love her.
14:23I'm literally the biggest fan.
14:25Let me ask you this.
14:26What works when you watch Countdown at Home
14:29and what doesn't yet?
14:32I mean, first of all,
14:33when I play,
14:34so when we're doing the letters,
14:37it's nine things to remember.
14:39So I try and simplify.
14:40I try and do it in groups of three.
14:42So I try and make little three-letter words
14:44like bit, net,
14:45you know,
14:45so I've only got three things to remember.
14:48What doesn't help
14:48is when somebody like Ravi turns up
14:50and just does all the vowels
14:51straight off the top
14:52because I'm just getting them
14:55all over the place.
14:57Vowel, vowel, vowel.
14:58I'm like,
14:58I'm going to slow down.
15:03My brain turns inside out.
15:05That doesn't help.
15:08The numbers, though,
15:09when I'm doing the numbers,
15:11what I do,
15:12I picture like a phone,
15:13telephone keypad
15:14or a number pad in my mind.
15:15So I don't actually remember the numbers,
15:17I remember the pattern
15:18of the numbers
15:20so that I can just kind of
15:21work my way through the pattern
15:22in my mind.
15:23It does help
15:24when somebody like Ravi turns up
15:26and just goes four big ones
15:27because you've only got two
15:28to remember then.
15:29Good point.
15:30So that's Andy.
15:32When you're watching at home,
15:33no idea what the conundrum is.
15:35So somebody could,
15:36there could be a voice
15:37that vocalises that maybe.
15:39That's such a good point
15:40because there's a couple things
15:41we do, Chris,
15:42which is the numbers
15:43and I think it's a little weird
15:45but when I started,
15:46producer Damien was very clear.
15:48He's like,
15:48here's a couple things
15:49you must have.
15:50When Rachel says the numbers,
15:52like this target,
15:53one, one, seven,
15:54I have to repeat it
15:55for visually impaired
15:56so there's two goals
15:57at hearing it.
15:58And in your accent, mate,
15:59you're probably just
15:59confusing the issue, aren't you?
16:01Chris,
16:02lovely to have you.
16:03Thank you, mate.
16:03Paul, let's get the letters.
16:08I will start with a consonant,
16:10please, Rachel.
16:11Thank you, Paul.
16:12P.
16:12And another one.
16:14T.
16:15And again.
16:16S.
16:17A vowel, please.
16:19E.
16:20A vowel.
16:22A.
16:23A consonant, please.
16:25P.
16:26A vowel, please.
16:29E.
16:31And a consonant, please.
16:35D.
16:35And another consonant, please.
16:41A final R.
16:43He-he-he.
16:44Start the clock.
16:44A vowel, please.
17:15Paul.
17:16Eight.
17:18Ravi.
17:18Seven.
17:19And a seven is usually
17:20going to score you points
17:21but not against this champion.
17:23The seven?
17:24Speared.
17:25Speared.
17:26And Paul?
17:27Strapped.
17:28Very good indeed.
17:29Strap yourselves in as always.
17:30Eight points for you.
17:32Generous letters.
17:34Anything above that?
17:35Or did you...
17:35Nothing above it.
17:36Chris got strapped
17:37within about two seconds.
17:38I'm furious with Paul.
17:41Stealing me thunder.
17:42Well,
17:43I tried to play
17:45the way you said.
17:46So,
17:47did you go
17:47pet,
17:48pee,
17:49rad?
17:49I had pets
17:50and then I changed it to step
17:52and then I was waiting
17:54for the final leaf of stepped.
17:56Didn't get it
17:56and realised,
17:57you know,
17:58it went kind of that way.
17:59Yeah.
17:59Absolutely love it.
18:00More letters then, Ravi.
18:01I think it'll be a vowel to start.
18:03Vowel to start, Rachel.
18:04Thank you, Ravi.
18:05A.
18:06Another one.
18:07I.
18:08Another one.
18:09E.
18:10Consonant.
18:12N.
18:13Another one.
18:15K.
18:16Another one.
18:18D.
18:19Another one, please.
18:21T.
18:22And one more.
18:22W.
18:25W.
18:26And one more to finish.
18:27And lastly,
18:29S.
18:29OK,
18:30here we go.
19:00Ravi.
19:03Seven.
19:04Seven and Paul.
19:05Seven.
19:06As well.
19:07Ravi, what's the word?
19:08Stinked.
19:09Stinked.
19:10And Paul.
19:11Stained.
19:12Stained and stanked, Susie.
19:15No, stanked, unfortunately.
19:16It's stank,
19:17the past tense,
19:18not stanked.
19:19I'm sorry.
19:20Stained for seven.
19:22How do we get on
19:23in Dictionary Corner?
19:24We did have swanked.
19:25If you swank about,
19:27you're just blowing your well,
19:28so same idea of being pretentious.
19:29Yeah, there you go.
19:30They tie together.
19:31We will swiftly move on
19:33and we'll get more numbers from Paul.
19:35Oh, go for one large,
19:37please, Rachel, boringly.
19:38One large.
19:39Well, we still haven't got the first one.
19:40Still working on that.
19:41One large, five little.
19:43Here we go this time.
19:44The selection is six,
19:46ten,
19:47three,
19:49eight,
19:50nine,
19:51and 75.
19:52And the target,
19:54710.
19:56710.
19:56Numbers up.
20:027.10 the target, Paul.
20:30Yeah, 7.10.
20:30You nailed that.
20:31And Ravi?
20:327.11.
20:337.11.
20:35The shop's shot for you.
20:36Ten points if you've got it, Paul.
20:396 minus 3 is 3.
20:41Yep.
20:43And then 9 minus 8 is 1.
20:46Yep.
20:46So add those two together.
20:484.
20:49Take that from the 75.
20:5071.
20:51And times it by 10.
20:527.10.
20:53Lovely.
20:53Well done.
20:5668.16.
20:58The second tea time teaser is Rit Head.
21:01Rit Head.
21:02The beverage of choice for some online factions.
21:05The beverage of choice for some online factions.
21:08Welcome back.
21:25The beverage of choice for some online factions, Rit Head, becomes the horrible modern word that is Hater Aid, which I'm assuming is connected to drinking the Gatorade.
21:35Is that, yeah?
21:36Yeah.
21:36So Gatorade, a North American soft drink, and this is a US English term.
21:42So, yeah, excessive hate, negativity, criticism, trolling, you name it.
21:47Well, listen, nothing but love in the studio, Ravi, as we get more letters.
21:50Start with the usual, a vowel.
21:52Thank you, Ravi.
21:53U.
21:54Another one.
21:56O.
21:57Another one, please.
21:58E.
21:59Consonant.
22:01C.
22:02Consonant.
22:04R.
22:05Another one, please.
22:07G.
22:08Another one.
22:09N.
22:11A vowel, please.
22:13A.
22:15Consonant.
22:16Lastly, G.
22:19Let's play.
22:19G.
22:21G.
22:28A.
22:29G.
22:29How many, Ravi?
22:52Just a five.
22:53A five.
22:53And Paul?
22:54Seven.
22:55A pinned seven, Ravi?
22:57Gage.
22:58And the pinned seven?
23:00Courage.
23:00That's there.
23:01Come on.
23:01Courage.
23:02No worries at all.
23:03Very good indeed.
23:03There you go.
23:04Seven points.
23:05Pick it up.
23:07Talk to me, Chris.
23:09Nah, mate.
23:09That's it.
23:11That's weird, didn't it?
23:12Yeah, we had a cougar for six.
23:14Yeah.
23:15But no more sevens.
23:16Right.
23:17And it's your letters, Paul.
23:18I'll start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
23:20Thank you, Paul.
23:21E.
23:22And another vowel.
23:23O.
23:24And another.
23:26A.
23:27Consonant, please.
23:29S.
23:29Consonant.
23:31L.
23:32Consonant.
23:34T.
23:35Consonant.
23:37N.
23:38A vowel.
23:40I.
23:41And a consonant, please.
23:44And lastly, R.
23:46Kind down.
23:46I.
23:48I.
23:59I.
24:01I.
24:02I.
24:02How many, Paul?
24:18A seven.
24:19A seven.
24:20And Ravi?
24:22A five.
24:23And a five.
24:24OK, what's the five?
24:25Roast.
24:26And the seven?
24:28Loners.
24:28Loners.
24:29Yes, absolutely fine.
24:31The dictionary corner, expecting big things?
24:33Yes.
24:34There is a nine.
24:36Relations.
24:37Relations, yay.
24:39I can't pretend to take any credit for that one.
24:43Yeah, one of those.
24:44You got it, you got it.
24:46Let's then, dictionary corner then, Susie, seeing as you're on fire,
24:49let's do her origins of words.
24:51Yeah, well, we were just talking about Gatorade, or mentioning that,
24:54and an email from Angela Brecknell from Northumberland
24:57asks about another drink, and that is Shandy.
25:01For a beer-lemonade combination.
25:03She says, why do we use that?
25:05But on the continent, the word is radler.
25:08I hadn't heard radler, had you?
25:09No, never before.
25:10Shandy, OK.
25:11But she's asked me where both of those words come from.
25:15I'll start with radler, actually, because it is quite nice.
25:18If you pronounce it radler, it's German for a cyclist.
25:21And you do indeed find this in Europe.
25:24It's beer and some kind of lemonade, you know, some soda or other.
25:30And originally, it was a radler mass, which means a cyclist litre, really.
25:36And apparently, it was created by an innkeeper in a small village just outside Munich.
25:41And he created a bicycle trail from Munich through the woods that led directly to his drinking establishment.
25:47And because it was the cyclists who drank there, they called it radler, the cyclists, which is quite nice.
25:53Shandy is a little bit more elusive.
25:55We know in full it was Shandy Gaff.
25:58That was the name in full for the Shandy.
26:00And if you go back to a report of a magistrate's proceeding, so court proceedings, from the 17th of April in 1842,
26:09there is talk about a tailor being brought before the court because he was drunk and disorderly,
26:14having imbibed four pints of this Shandy Gaff.
26:17So this is when it is pretty much first mentioned.
26:21They talk about it being poured from bottles.
26:24And eventually, it was very common for London pubs to have it on tap.
26:27And they would mix it with other beers.
26:30But why Shandy Gaff, we have absolutely no idea.
26:35And I know it's very frustrating, but I love this kind of thing,
26:38because it means the detective work will go on and we will, you know, we'll keep digging.
26:43Love that, Susie, and I love there's still mysteries needing to be solved.
26:47Right, let's get back to the game.
26:50Ravi, into that. Let's get more letters.
26:52Start with the vowel, Rachel.
26:54Thank you, Ravi.
26:55E.
26:56Another one.
26:57O.
26:58Another one.
26:59I.
27:01Consonant, please.
27:03S.
27:03Another one.
27:05R.
27:06Another one.
27:08N.
27:09Another one, please.
27:11J.
27:12Another one.
27:14M.
27:16Another one, please.
27:17Lastly, C.
27:19Oh, and a C.
27:20Okay, good luck, everybody.
27:21Okay, good luck, everybody.
27:51That'll do's. Ravi? Another five. Another five. And Paul? Seven. And a seven. The five is, Ravi? Nice. And your seven, Mr O'Brien? Rejoins. Rejoins. Well spotted. Well spotted. I know what Chris is going to say next.
28:09I'll be, you've, you've, you've, you've driven that out of me, Colin. Rejoins. No, we've got, what was the one that you had there? Semonic.
28:20Yes, there is an eight there. So lots of lovely sevens, crimson, et cetera. But sermonic means, you know, it sounds like a sermon.
28:27So you might have a really sermonic voice if you sound like you were delivering some kind of, you know, rhetorical lecture.
28:35I immediately think a demonic. Oh. Straight away, you know, sounding like a demon. But it's a completely different way to sum it up.
28:42Right, 89, Paul. Could be three centuries on the bounce for you. We'll see how it all comes out in the wash.
28:47Last letters you're choosing. Vowel, please, Rachel.
28:51U. Another vowel.
28:53A. And another.
28:55E. A consonant, please.
28:58N. Consonant.
29:01T. Consonant.
29:04M. Consonant.
29:07S. Vowel.
29:10I.
29:12And a consonant, please.
29:16And a final M.
29:18Last letter.
29:19I'm Sir.
29:20I am.
29:22I am.
29:26I am.
29:30I am.
29:31I am.
29:36I am.
29:42I am.
29:44Paul?
29:50Seven.
29:52And Ravi?
29:53I have nothing.
29:54You draw the blank.
29:55You had the blank.
29:57I've been there many times.
29:59OK, Paul?
30:00Aunties.
30:02Aunties.
30:03Aunties is there.
30:04All good with that, Suze?
30:05Yes, love aunties.
30:07The old blank.
30:08You know what?
30:08It's us all in the living room and in the studio.
30:12Can we add to aunties?
30:13Yes, we had a seven and an eight.
30:15For the seven, we have minuets.
30:17Minuets.
30:18That was quite nice.
30:19And for eight, we have manumets.
30:21So you're forgiven if you don't know this one,
30:23although Paul will,
30:24because he knows all about ancient Greece and Rome.
30:27To manumet a slave is to release them or liberate them.
30:30Yeah, fantastic stuff.
30:32Right, Ravi, let's get the numbers.
30:34Four large, please.
30:35Four large ones and two little ones
30:38and hopefully something better than 117.
30:40Right, this time we have six and six
30:44and we know what's coming.
30:46One hundred, seventy-five, twenty-five, fifty.
30:49And with them, you need to make 832.
30:52832.
30:53Numbers up.
30:54One hundred, seventy-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-five, twenty-
31:248-3-2 with four big ones, all your fault.
31:27Ravi, so you can't complain, how did you get on?
31:298-2-5.
31:318-2-5, seven away. Paul?
31:338-3-1.
31:34One away. OK, one away, which will get you seven points.
31:39It will give you, of course, three centuries on the bounce,
31:42which is no mean feat, Mr O'Brien. Off you go.
31:45100 plus 25.
31:47100 plus 25, 125.
31:50Times six.
31:52750.
31:53Plus 75.
31:548-2-5.
31:55Plus the other six.
31:57Yep.
31:59One away.
32:00Well done, you. Is that possibly as close as we can get?
32:02Erm, lots of ways for one away.
32:05You're going to have to leave this one with me as well.
32:06Wow, I can't believe there's a way to get to it. That's brilliant.
32:10103-16 and a real puzzler, the 8-3-2.
32:16But we're not done yet. Ten more points up for grabs.
32:20Ravi's rustling his papers like the job's done.
32:23It isn't, my friend. It's the Countdown Conundrum.
32:25This could be the moment. Let's get your finger on the buzzer.
32:28You know the score by now, Paul. This is your seventh time around.
32:31Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:41Let's review this though.
32:43Paul and Ravi both drawing a blank,
33:07looking at the blank faces in the studio.
33:08Same for everybody.
33:10So if you've got this at home, you've had a great day.
33:13Let's reveal it.
33:15Certainly.
33:16Certainly.
33:17I thought it was going to be an exotic word.
33:19Yes.
33:20Simple as that.
33:21Simple as that.
33:22Certainly.
33:23All right.
33:24Listen, we're all done.
33:25Paul, as I say, you've been getting better and better
33:27three centuries in a row.
33:29Tomorrow's the big day.
33:30Could become our third octo champ of season 88.
33:33You get yourself a good sleep, yeah?
33:35I'll try.
33:35Brilliant.
33:37Raviindranath, the sun, the moon?
33:38And Shiva.
33:39Shiva.
33:39What beautiful name that is.
33:41That is.
33:41Three degrees.
33:43Didn't get you a teapot, but been brilliant to have you here.
33:46You had a good day?
33:47Lovely day, thank you.
33:48Lovely.
33:48Once more around the block for you tomorrow, Chris?
33:51I'm excited to be here for Paul's big day.
33:53Yes.
33:54Looking forward to it.
33:54Yes.
33:55Oh, it would be a disaster for him, wouldn't it,
33:56if he fell at the last hurdle?
33:57No pressure.
33:59Susie, we'll see you tomorrow to finish the week.
34:00Can't wait for that.
34:01All done, Rich.
34:02Good day.
34:03Yep, loads of homework for me to take away.
34:05Definitely.
34:06Right, OK, thank you so much for tuning in.
34:09As always, we'll do it all again tomorrow.
34:11Rachel, Susie and I will be here.
34:13You can count on us.
34:13You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:20You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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