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00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Tuesday, September 26th, as we down tools for another 45 minutes or so this afternoon.
00:41Rachel Riley, you're here, of course, and Susie Dent's here.
00:44But I would like to start today by introducing you to a new member of the Countdown team.
00:49Oh, yeah.
00:51Aw.
00:52Aw.
00:53Right, this is... I don't know. I haven't got a name yet. Maybe you could name our penguin.
00:59That's beautiful.
01:00It's up well.
01:02I was wondering why you're so disappointed to talk to me and Susie, but it's because you've got a penguin.
01:06Listen to this. It's from Alfie Henderson.
01:09Dear Colin, my wife and I watch Countdown every day.
01:12We love the show, especially how down to earth you three are.
01:16I'm a retired cabinetmaker and woodturner. He says, I heard you mention about your passion for penguins, and ironically, at the same time, I was working on my new project, which was penguins.
01:29Wow.
01:29So this is, you know, perfectly made, turned from a piece of wood by Alfie, our Countdown penguin.
01:36Beautiful.
01:37But it doesn't stop there, because look at this. We have a family of penguins.
01:41And so we have one for each of you to take home as well.
01:44Aw, how beautiful.
01:46And one for Susie. I absolutely, genuinely adore that. It's beautiful. So that'll become a little unofficial show mascot somewhere to make you smile.
01:54Thank you very much for that.
01:57Dixonry Corner, then, we'll be talking about comfort food this week.
02:00So every show's going to make you want to race to the shop or the chippy or whatever. We'll see how that works.
02:05Susie Dent, joined by the brilliant Grace Dent.
02:09Hello.
02:12No penguin for you. It's not my fault. It's Alfie's. He didn't send four.
02:17I love the fact that you've already become emotional about them and you don't want to split them up, because I feel a little bit like that, too, instantly.
02:24They know each other now. They can't go to separate houses.
02:29Well, listen, we're getting to know our champion as well, Ben Bazzard.
02:33Our maths teacher. He absolutely rocked the maths to get your first win.
02:38Nice to have you back. We'll get to know you even better.
02:41Now, if I told our audience you're a big Bob Dylan fan, they'd say, yeah, kind of makes sense.
02:46Right age. Yeah, I could see you've been into Bob Dylan.
02:48But you love Taylor Swift just as much. What is it about Taylor's music?
02:53I don't know what there is not to love about Taylor Swift and Bob Dylan.
02:57They're very similar. They tell stories with their music and it's just fun to listen to.
03:02I love it. Well, listen, best of luck to you today.
03:05Looking to shake off Alex Gordon, who is our challenger. How are you, mate?
03:09Not too bad, thanks, Colin. You're a good Derby boy, always a good thing.
03:12Yeah. Yeah. So there's loads of things about you, actually, because on one hand you love ancient history,
03:17but on the other hand you're obsessed by pantomime.
03:19He's a man of many contradictions, but you don't just love going to sea.
03:23You're in it every year.
03:24Yeah, third year coming up and I get the joy of playing the Dame.
03:28Yes.
03:29Yeah.
03:29Have you got a particular... Do you play every Dame the same?
03:33No. I've only done a couple at the minute.
03:36Still trying to find my voice.
03:38Can't really sing.
03:39But putting the make-up and the dresses on, my wife likes very much doing.
03:43Brilliant. I love it. And so you make a good Dame?
03:46Yeah, I think so.
03:47I love that. Brilliant.
03:49Well, listen, let's see how you get on today.
03:51Best of luck to you.
03:52Alex and Ben.
03:56Off you go, BB.
03:57Hello, Rachel.
03:58Hi, Ben.
03:58Consonant, please.
04:00Thank you. Start today with...
04:02R.
04:03And another one.
04:06B.
04:08And another one.
04:10G.
04:11And a vowel, please.
04:13U.
04:14And a vowel.
04:16E.
04:16And another one.
04:20O.
04:21And a consonant.
04:23L.
04:24And a consonant.
04:27C.
04:28And finish with a consonant, please.
04:31Finish with...
04:32N.
04:33At home and in the studio.
04:34Let's play Kindtime.
04:48Ben?
05:08Seven.
05:09And Alex.
05:10Seven.
05:11Words.
05:12Bouncer.
05:12Yep.
05:13Bouncer.
05:14Let's have a look.
05:16Absolutely.
05:17Excellent word.
05:18A bit past the summer cricket season, but a very good start.
05:22Seven points each.
05:23What do we have better?
05:25Oh, we got stuck on seven.
05:27We had Bouncer.
05:29We had Lounger.
05:30And we had, lovely word, burgeon.
05:33Oh, yes.
05:34Yeah.
05:35Burgeon, burgeoning, sort of blossoming.
05:37Yeah.
05:37Yeah.
05:38Nice.
05:38Right, OK, you get the pick for the first time, Alex.
05:41Consonant, please, Rachel.
05:42Thank you, Alex.
05:43Jay.
05:45And another.
05:45D.
05:48And a third.
05:50C.
05:52Vowel, please.
05:54I.
05:55And another.
05:57O.
05:58Consonant.
06:00D.
06:01And another.
06:03N.
06:04A vowel, please.
06:08E.
06:09And a consonant, please, Rachel.
06:11And a final.
06:12Y.
06:1330 seconds.
06:14O.
06:20And a consonant.
06:21O.
06:22And a consonant.
06:22C.
06:24So.
06:24And a consonant.
06:25O.
06:27A consonant.
06:28A consonant.
06:29An consonant.
06:31I.
06:32An consonant.
06:32An consonant.
06:32An emoji.
06:33An handler.
06:34An consonant.
06:34An consonant.
06:35An дети.
06:35An Verfügance.
06:36An które остан affects Mrs.
06:44Alex? Seven. And Ben? Seven. Great start today, the word?
06:49Jointed. Jointed, you're going to match it. Yeah.
06:52See where that's at. Yeah, beyond jointed,
06:56it was fairly disjointed. Anything else?
06:59Noticed for seven. Nice. Noticed. Yep.
07:03Jointed. That's it, 14 points each.
07:06Now, Alex, you're up against a maths teacher today,
07:10so let's see if you can match him, Ben, your choosing.
07:13Right, Rachel, we'll go with three large, please.
07:16Thank you, Ben. Three large, three a little off in a challenge
07:18with this election. Let's see what we have today.
07:21First one, 10, 6, 9, 100, 50 and 75.
07:28And the target to reach, 692. 692. Numbers up.
07:33Er, there is only one приех that did pickTION feed in the end of the 10s.
07:38Let's get into Çaient.
07:40You're a valid book, Mod.
07:42The A.
07:44But the Happyfooted 준� Dinner 23.
07:47A.
07:48Let's do it in a park.
07:50Theyファイデict.
07:52They all can have three large channels.
07:55But that's pretty good.
07:56If you want to have a chance that we grew up in an audience,
07:586-9-2. Ben?
08:056-9-0.
08:06OK, two away for you. Alex?
08:08Er, 6-9-1.
08:10There you go. One away. Let's have it.
08:1375 times the 10.
08:16750.
08:18Minus the 50, minus the 9.
08:20Yep. One below. 6-9-1.
08:22Simple way to get seven points. There was a way to get ten, though, Rich.
08:25Yeah, and it always takes me a while when you have to times by ten,
08:28but once you see it, 75 minus 6 is 69.
08:3369 times 10 is 690.
08:35Oh, my goodness.
08:36And 100 divided by 50.
08:38Were you with me, then? Took you a while.
08:40Oh, my goodness. How did we miss that? How did the royal we miss that?
08:45Well, listen, Alex doesn't care. He picks up the seven points.
08:48Good work, Rich.
08:51First two-time teaser of the day is ideal, but.
08:54Ideal, but. One tea, by the way.
08:58The item's ideal, but you'll be paying tax on it.
09:01The item's ideal, but you'll be paying tax on it.
09:04Welcome back. Not a nice word, really, the tea-time teaser.
09:24Ideal, but. The item's ideal, but you'll be paying tax on it.
09:27Due-table. Due-table.
09:28Alex, our challenger has a seven-point lead from our first three rounds,
09:33and it's your letters.
09:34Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:35Thank you, Alex.
09:37R.
09:37And another.
09:39N.
09:40And a third, please.
09:42G.
09:43Vowel, please.
09:44A.
09:46And another.
09:47E.
09:49Consonant.
09:50T.
09:51And another.
09:53R.
09:54Vowel, please.
09:56A.
09:58And a final consonant, please, Rachel.
10:00Lastly, P.
10:02Thanks, Rich.
10:02And a final consonant, please.
10:16Talk to me, Alex.
10:35Risky seven.
10:36And Ben?
10:38Seven.
10:38OK, he's not worried about his seven, let me tell you.
10:42So what's yours, Alex?
10:43Pranger.
10:44Yeah.
10:45Ben?
10:46Partner.
10:47Well, partner we're all right with.
10:48A prang's a car accident, isn't it?
10:51You have a prang, so someone that does it's a pranger.
10:53I did exactly the same as you two.
10:55I wrote it down immediately, looked it up.
10:56Not there.
10:57I'm so sorry, Alex.
10:58Yeah.
10:59Grace?
11:00We didn't get anything much more impressive.
11:03Granter for seven.
11:04Right, off you go then.
11:05It's all even now, Ben.
11:08Consonant, please.
11:09Thank you, Ben.
11:10S.
11:11And a consonant.
11:14L.
11:14And another.
11:17T.
11:18And a vowel.
11:20I.
11:21And a vowel.
11:22E.
11:24Another vowel.
11:26U.
11:28And a consonant.
11:30R.
11:32And a consonant.
11:33S.
11:36And a consonant, please.
11:38And a final.
11:40Q.
11:41At least we've got the U there.
11:42Half a minute.
11:43T.
11:43And a consonant.
11:46I know.
11:46And Dios.
11:47I know.
11:52I know.
11:53I know.
11:58But.
11:58Time's up, Ben.
12:16A risky eight.
12:18And Alex?
12:19Risky eight.
12:19OK, it's the same word.
12:21Quilters.
12:22Quilters.
12:23Yep, same.
12:25Well, you could...
12:26It's got to be a job.
12:27It's got to be, oh, the quilters.
12:29Yeah, people...
12:30It's a pastime, isn't it?
12:31I'm a quilter, making quilts.
12:32Yes.
12:33So, yeah, very good indeed.
12:34Well done.
12:35Quilters.
12:37There you go.
12:39Grace, did we have anything outside of our quilters?
12:41We were so impressed when we got quilters, we gave up.
12:44Such beautiful words.
12:45It's very wholesome.
12:4729 points apiece.
12:48You're in charge of the numbers this time, Alex?
12:50Too large, please, Rachel.
12:52Thank you, Alex.
12:52Two from the top, four little.
12:54Let's see if we can separate you two.
12:55The four smalls are three, three, seven and eight.
13:01And you're large too, 50 and 25.
13:04And the target to reach very small, 156.
13:08156, numbers up.
13:09And you're large too, 50 and 25.
13:231.56, the target. How did you get on, Alex?
13:431.56. And Ben?
13:451.56. For 10 points each, Alex?
13:4850 times 3.
13:5050 by 3, 150.
13:52Add 3, and I've gone lost.
13:56Oh, did you need three 3s?
13:58Oh, no. OK, Ben.
14:018, take away 7.
14:038, take 7, 1.
14:04And then 3, take away that.
14:07Sorry, 3, take 1, 2.
14:09Add that to 50.
14:1152.
14:12And then multiply that by the other 3.
14:14Lovely. Well done, 1.56.
14:15APPLAUSE
14:16It wasn't actually that straightforward at all, Rachel, was it?
14:21No, a few ways, different ways to get there, but also loads of dead ends.
14:25Yeah.
14:2510 points of difference, that's going to see-saw the whole way through the show.
14:28I'm sure of it.
14:29Right, Grace Dent, we're really getting stuck into your comfort eating book this week.
14:34And you said you're going to take us through some of the big comfort foods all week.
14:37So what are we talking about today?
14:38One of the things that keeps coming up again and again when I speak to celebrities and speak to people,
14:43it's just cheese comes up.
14:46I see that you're licking your lips already.
14:48Isn't that for children?
14:51It's just as you get older, you just grow a taste for cheese.
14:54I think what, you know, I call the chapter on cheese, why is cheese like a cuddle?
14:59Because I feel that there's something about cheese that feels like a hug.
15:02It's almost like an internal hug.
15:04Cheese on toast, cheese and pickle sandwiches keep coming up time and time again when I ask people.
15:10I heard there's the word tourophile, which is...
15:13Now, is that a gourmand of cheese or is that just someone who's obsessive about cheese?
15:16It's a cheese lover.
15:17Yeah, I just find it fascinating, though, that the Brits have taken to cheese in the way that they do
15:23because we're not really into strange foods.
15:27You know, we're not...
15:28We're somewhere like Korea, they might love rotten things.
15:31And even if you go to France, they'll eat veiny things and things with tubes and offal.
15:36We're quite safe in what we eat.
15:38But when it comes down to cheese, we kind of like the spongy, stinky, veiny smelliness of it.
15:45But I always think it's so strange that up until about the age of 25, I think I only ever ate cheddar.
15:51100%.
15:51Exotic was mozzarella.
15:54As a restaurant critic, and, you know, I was from up north, I think I had cheddar and maybe red Leicester.
16:02And then when we were getting very fancy, my dad, when the big supermarkets opened, we ate Bavarian cheese.
16:09You know the one that comes in the brown plastic?
16:12Yes.
16:12And you could cut it with a piece, with a knife and eat that.
16:16So I think that with, yeah, basically I keep coming back again and again in this chapter.
16:21So what is it about cheese that keeps making people think that if you, I think that if you open the fridge
16:28and it's got a piece of cheese in it, it's never fully empty.
16:32Yeah.
16:32And that's the essence of Comfort Eater in the book.
16:35It's the stuff that you eat when no one's looking.
16:36Thank you very much, Grace.
16:38And back to the game and jump at 10 points in the lead and on you.
16:44A consonant, please.
16:46Thank you, Ben.
16:46And a consonant.
16:48And a consonant.
16:50H.
16:51And a consonant.
16:53T.
16:53And a vowel.
16:55O.
16:56And another one.
16:58E.
17:00And another one, please.
17:02A.
17:03And a consonant.
17:05M.
17:06And a consonant, please.
17:15And a final P.
17:16Thanks, Rich.
17:29Ben.
17:50Eight.
17:51And Alex?
17:52Just a seven.
17:53Yeah, the seven.
17:54Phantom.
17:55You probably fancied that score on points as well.
17:57What's the eight?
17:58Phantoms.
17:58Oh!
17:59Just the S in the end.
18:01Goodness me.
18:02It's absolutely brilliant, yes.
18:03Phantoms for eight.
18:04We had one more eight, didn't we?
18:06We had phonates.
18:08Phonates, yes, to produce speech sound.
18:10Nice.
18:11Wonderful work.
18:13Slight, slight blink there from Alex's costume.
18:17Eight points.
18:18So let's get back on that horse, mate.
18:20Get your letters.
18:20Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:22Thank you, Alex.
18:23F.
18:24And another.
18:26N.
18:27And a third.
18:28H.
18:30Vowel, please.
18:32E.
18:32And another.
18:33I.
18:35Consonant.
18:36K.
18:37And another.
18:39M.
18:40Vowel, please.
18:43E.
18:44And another vowel, please.
18:46And lastly, O.
18:48Here we go.
18:49Here we go.
18:49Diff...
18:51This is a real Давай Fowel, please.
18:54по Derrick...
18:54Enter that answered engine.
18:58We'll see you next time.
19:11Bye.
19:12Bye.
19:13You're enough.
19:13Bye.
19:13Bye.
19:14Bye.
19:15Bye.
19:15Bye.
19:15Bye.
19:16Bye.
19:16Pen's down. Alex, number?
19:22Seven.
19:23Very good, Ben.
19:24Just a five.
19:25Just a five. That's how quickly it can change. Ben.
19:28Homie.
19:29Let's get those points back for you.
19:30Monica.
19:32Monica.
19:32Oh, you need an R for a Monica.
19:35Unfortunately. Did you write one down?
19:37I'm sorry.
19:38Yeah.
19:39Right, there you go.
19:41Five scores.
19:42What do we have? Better?
19:43We have nothing better. And we had home. It's a bad time for the Dent twins.
19:49It is, I'm afraid.
19:51Right, let's go to numbers then. Very quickly, and Ben.
19:54One large, please, Rachel.
19:56One large. Five little. You want something more straightforward this time.
20:01Let's see what we can find.
20:02The little ones are two, nine, ten, two, seven, and fifty.
20:09And the target? 719.
20:11719, numbers up.
20:13The little ones are two, nine, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten
20:43719 the target Ben 719 and Alex 719 off you go Ben 50 times 7 times to 700 add
20:5410 add 9 yeah very straightforward this one simple as that Alex exactly the same
21:00way absolutely nice ten point seats in a second tea time teaser which is over
21:08cuts over cuts it's a big restaurant with 300 of them it's a big
21:13restaurant with 300 of them
21:31hello again it's a big restaurant with 300 of them overcuts becomes couvert which
21:37I'm assuming is pronounced cuvelle yes it's just covers you know because they say oh
21:42there's 300 covers in the big restaurant so how's that all connect yeah well
21:46we've been talking about this in the break so I have looked it up and I think it
21:50is to do with laying a cloth over a table so table cover in preparation for the
21:54meal nice couvert yeah perfect very nice 62 plus 39 six big rounds still to come
22:03Alex do not give up you've got this covered let's get more letters start with a
22:08consonant please Rachel thank you Alex ah and another V and a third G vowel please you and
22:20another I consonant please T and another ah and a vowel please a and the final consonant
22:34please final N good luck
22:41time's up mr. Gordon just a six
22:46mr. bazar seven the six is raving the champs on five
22:53times up mr. Gordon just a six mr. bazar seven the six is raving the champs on five and the champs on five and the
23:08tarring tarring tarring with the same brush exactly yes very good seven excellent what are the dents saying we had tarring for seven we had guitar for six nice good stuff listen the champs the champs streaking ahead here at the moment fine form off you go Ben
23:23consonant consonant please Rachel thank you Ben
23:38R and another D and another T and a vowel please E and a vowel I and a vowel I and a vowel
23:50O and a consonant D consonant T and a consonant please and to finish M good luck
24:09yeah
24:16even
24:17good luck
24:18I'm so you're not going to exponent
24:19D friend
24:20that não
24:22knows
24:26what I want to do
24:27boys
24:28they ordered
24:29they make
24:30the
24:32etta
24:33together
24:34hi
24:35you
24:36Last time, Ben?
24:40Seven.
24:41Yeah, and Alex?
24:42Just a six.
24:43The six is?
24:44Editha.
24:45You kick yourself, I think, here.
24:46Go ahead, Ben.
24:47Dottier.
24:47Yeah.
24:49Quirky, beautiful, little word.
24:50I never see that as a negative word, dottier.
24:53No.
24:53You know, it's just...
24:54I always think of it as slightly...
24:56Someone who's a little bit more mature, but full of surprise.
24:59Yeah.
25:00Do you know what I mean?
25:00Loads of fun, dottier.
25:02Yeah, it's eccentric and I like it.
25:04Yeah.
25:04Yeah.
25:05Love that word.
25:05Beautiful.
25:06Well, we don't have a better word.
25:08Do we have a longer one?
25:09We don't.
25:09We don't.
25:10Nothing other than dottier.
25:11We'll stick with Dottier and we will stick in Dictionary Corner for our...
25:17What was the name of the person yesterday?
25:19Annie Appleyard?
25:20Annie Appleyard.
25:21Don't forget that name.
25:22What about today?
25:23Well, this time it's from Linda in Devon.
25:25I don't have a surname, but I'm really grateful because what Linda has done in the course of
25:29the past few months is she's got a question in her mind, but she's written it down.
25:33So she's sent me about six or seven.
25:35So I will get to as many as I can, Linda, in the next few days.
25:40But the first one is, do cricket and croquet come from a similar route or a similar game?
25:46So I'll start very briefly with the cricket that's the insect.
25:49That's not really in question here.
25:50But that got its name from its kind of chirping sound.
25:53And in the French, cliquet is to kind of creak or chirrup.
25:57It used to be called a salamander, but we won't go there.
26:01Now for cricket, the sport.
26:02So this came into English quite a long time, about three centuries after the name of the insect.
26:08And the earliest record we have of it with a definite date is from 1598.
26:14And it is all about a court process, essentially.
26:19And it talks about a man called John Dennick of Guildford, who was one of the Queen's Majesty's
26:25coroners of the County of Surrey, being at the age of 50 and nine years or thereabout, says the record.
26:30And he saith upon his oath that he hath known the parcel of land for the space of 50 years or more, that he and several of his fellows did run and play there at cricket.
26:41Where does it come from?
26:43It is a bit of a mystery, but the only theory that the Oxford English Dictionary has, and I like this one, is that there was in the 16th century a word cricket, meaning a stool.
26:53And it's quite possible that people used wooden stools as the stumps when they played the early versions of the games, which I really like.
26:58Then we have croquet, which Linda also asks about, very different Linda, so they're not from the same route.
27:04This goes back to old northern French or Norman French after the invaders came or the conquerors came in 1066.
27:14And a croquet in French is a shepherd's hook.
27:17So it's all about hooks.
27:19We have crozier from the same thing.
27:21So very, very different routes and very tempting to think that they are from the same family, but no.
27:26And Linda's keeping you busy, are we?
27:28Oh, she will be, yeah.
27:29Great, thank you.
27:32APPLAUSE
27:32All right, 76 players at 39.
27:38Alex, let's get stuck into these last four rounds.
27:40Your letters.
27:41Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:43Thank you, Alex.
27:44L.
27:45And another.
27:47M.
27:48And a third, please.
27:50F.
27:51And another.
27:53C.
27:54A vowel, please.
27:55A.
27:56And another.
27:58E.
27:59And a third, please.
28:01O.
28:02Consonant.
28:04S.
28:05And a final consonant, please.
28:07And a final P.
28:09Kind dine.
28:10A Зд Госуд oh.
28:11I'm going to do that.
28:12A virtual round.
28:13A Saturday.
28:26Ending.
28:28色.
28:28ого
28:28mehrere
28:30I'm going to do that today.
28:33Josh, wait a minute.
28:33MUSIC
28:41Alex?
28:42Six.
28:43And Ben?
28:44Six.
28:45The six?
28:46Flames.
28:47Flames.
28:48Camels.
28:49Flames and camels for six points each.
28:52And put my face in dictionary corner, why me?
28:55We have a seven.
28:56Yes.
28:57Compels, as in he compels him to do something.
29:00Felt like there was something better there.
29:02Thank you very much.
29:03Thank you very much.
29:04Final letters round, and Ben, you're going to choose all nine.
29:07Consonant, please.
29:08Thank you, Ben.
29:09R.
29:11Consonant.
29:13D.
29:14Consonant.
29:16W.
29:17Vowel.
29:19E.
29:21Vowel.
29:22O.
29:23Vowel.
29:25I.
29:27Consonant, please.
29:29S.
29:30Another one.
29:32N.
29:33And a...
29:36Consonant, please.
29:38Fairly promising.
29:39A final T.
29:40Last letters.
29:42devant.
29:43Vowel.
30:07How do you get on, Ben?
30:14Eight.
30:15And Alex?
30:16Seven.
30:17And the seven?
30:18Rodents.
30:19And this eight?
30:20Downiest.
30:21Downiest.
30:22Downiest duvet in town.
30:23Love that.
30:24Yeah, very nice.
30:26The downiest duvet in town.
30:28And we are the wordiest show on television.
30:32Yay.
30:33Yeah, nice.
30:34I like that.
30:35It felt like we could touch for the first nine of the week.
30:41Well, we absolutely didn't.
30:43So, I mean, we got a word that I mutter under my breast when I'm here a lot,
30:46which is weirdos.
30:49But that is just seven.
30:51We'll take that as a compliment.
30:54It is.
30:55Numbers, Alex.
30:56Last numbers round.
30:57You can't win, so gold for your life.
30:59Whatever you fancy.
31:00Four large, please, Rachel.
31:01Four large.
31:02And Colin's even celebrating that.
31:04Something's happened, Tim.
31:06Four large, two little.
31:07Let's have some fun.
31:08The little numbers, seven and ten.
31:10And the big ones, 50, 75, 125.
31:15And the target to reach 317.
31:19317.
31:19Numbers up.
31:20That's the average.
31:20Summer.
31:21So, have you come out?
31:23And the way that you took this?
31:23Good to meet you guys.
31:27That's it.
31:29We've been letting people know.
31:29What you think?
31:29Right, 3-1-7, Alex.
31:533-1-7.
31:54Yeah, you saw, and Ben.
31:553-1-7.
31:56Yeah, off you go, Alex.
31:5775 divided by 25.
31:59The hard work to get three.
32:00Times 100.
32:01Yeah.
32:02Add 10, add 7.
32:03Yeah, almost rigged with those numbers.
32:06Yeah.
32:09And there you go.
32:11Only your second win, Ben, and you've managed to already break the magic 100 barrier.
32:17Well done to you.
32:17Let's see if we can make it 110.
32:20Alex, try to stop him as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:24Let's go, Ben.
32:37Toothless.
32:38It is indeed.
32:39Toothless.
32:40You showed your teeth today with that 110.
32:46Very special indeed.
32:47We will have you back here tomorrow.
32:49But it's quite sad.
32:50We have to send the lovely Alex back to Derby.
32:53Our Derby dame.
32:54Your show's done for now.
32:56But really nice to have you here, mate.
32:57Thanks a lot.
32:58Really enjoyed it.
32:58It's been great.
32:59Good, hasn't it?
33:00Good.
33:00And a great dictionary corner for you as well.
33:02We'll see the dents tomorrow.
33:04We'll be here.
33:04All that remains now, Rachel, is for you to name.
33:08We've all got our penguins now.
33:11Susie's is missing an eye.
33:12I know.
33:13I love him even more for that.
33:16Yeah, I like that too.
33:17I like that too.
33:18We'll keep this one in the studio, though.
33:20So, go ahead, Rachel.
33:22I've thought very deeply about the name.
33:23So, Gentoo is the most popular word that's related to penguins.
33:26So, I think we should call her Jenny.
33:27So, you're taking Jenny home?
33:29I'm taking Jenny home.
33:30What about the one I'd want?
33:31Obviously, well, we're like peas and carrots.
33:34Your one's made out of wood.
33:35So, I think we should call him Forrest.
33:37Forrest?
33:38Yeah.
33:38And Susie's always a bit of an outlier, isn't she?
33:41She's, you know, the weird one of the three.
33:42She's got a one-eyed penguin.
33:44And she wants to call her Chris Waddle.
33:45And who am I to stop her?
33:46Just Chris.
33:47Chris.
33:48For Chris Waddle, yeah.
33:49There you go.
33:50Jenny Forrest and Chris Waddle.
33:53That's one of our favourite facts, isn't it?
33:55You know, in the water, there are raft of penguins.
33:57That's what you call them.
33:58But on land, they're a waddle.
34:00Penguins.
34:00There you go.
34:01Forrest will stay in the studio.
34:02Thanks to Alfie and Jean for sending those in.
34:05Isn't that lovely?
34:05Rachel, Susie, myself and Forrest will be here for you tomorrow.
34:10You can count on us.
34:12You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:16You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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