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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to the last Countdown of the week.
00:34Fact, I welcome you 255 times a year.
00:38But that's the magic of Countdown, Rachel Riley,
00:42because sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name.
00:46Always glad you came, you know?
00:49Yeah, yeah.
00:50Well done.
00:51I got the Easter egg on this one.
00:52That sets you in good stead for today's Friday quiz.
00:56Hey! I like a Friday quiz.
00:58This day, 1982, was the premiere in the USA.
01:01Came here to Channel 4 later.
01:03Of Cheers, Ted Danson played Sam Malone.
01:05But what a supporting cast.
01:07You know, Woody and Carla and Cliff and Norm.
01:10Yeah, and Carla plays the lady who invented Barbie
01:13in the latest Barbie film.
01:14She pops up again.
01:15Rhea Perlman, I think, is the actress.
01:17Yeah, there you go.
01:18All right, so what I've got is lyrics from famous sitcoms,
01:24and then you have to see whether you can get it.
01:26All right, here we go.
01:27Easy one to start, I think.
01:29I'll try and say it in a way to put you off,
01:32because where it all comes from is a mystery.
01:36It's like the changing of the seasons and the tides of the sea,
01:39because he's the one that's driving me berserk.
01:43Why do only fools and horses work?
01:46Yes, I've got you.
01:47Right.
01:49When a couple of guys...
01:51Who were up to no good.
01:52Yeah!
01:52I started making trouble in my neighbourhood.
01:54I got in one little fight, and my mum got to the end.
01:56She said, you're moving with your auntie and uncle to Bel Air.
01:58Brilliant.
01:58It's a generation thing.
02:00I don't know what it is.
02:01Fresh Prince, well done to you.
02:03And my old knees have started to knock.
02:07I've just got too many miles in the clock.
02:10Is it one fit in the grey?
02:11Yeah!
02:12She's back, 2-1.
02:14OK, thank you for being a friend.
02:18Oh.
02:19Travelled down the road and back again.
02:22I think Susie knows.
02:23Your heart is true.
02:24You're a pal and a confidant.
02:26Come on.
02:26I'll pass to Denticles.
02:28Well, actually, I think I got it wrong.
02:31But I think Grace has got it right.
02:33So Golden Girls.
02:34It is the Golden Girls.
02:36It is the Golden Girls.
02:37One more for you.
02:38Go on in.
02:38More modern.
02:39So this will seal the deal.
02:40It's 2-2 here.
02:43Decider.
02:45Now, you've got to think that this was a song before
02:47that was then used in a very famous sitcom
02:49of more of your generation.
02:50OK.
02:51So what do you say?
02:53You can't give me the dreams that are mine anyway.
02:56Oh, come on.
02:57Come on, Grace.
02:58Oh, it's half a world away.
03:00Half the world away by Oasis is correct,
03:02which is the theme tune to...
03:03Oh, the Royal Family.
03:04The Royal Family.
03:06Yes.
03:07Do you know the best thing about that?
03:08I don't need to introduce Dictionary Corner, right?
03:10We've been double-denting all week.
03:12And there they are, already involved.
03:15Teamwork makes the dream work.
03:16Susie and Grace are here.
03:17And we're joined again, of course, by our champion, Ben Bazzard,
03:20who's been with us all week, four wins in the bank,
03:22looking to complete the clean sweep of five.
03:26We've found out so much about you, but the basics.
03:28Tell us a bit about who's watching at home.
03:30So I've got my wife, Kat, watching at home,
03:34and three children, Harry, Emma and George.
03:37And my eldest actually sent me in with the advice
03:40at the start of the week,
03:42the same advice I gave him in the cricket season
03:44when I coached him cricket,
03:45which was keep a straight bat and try not to get out first ball.
03:49I think I've managed that this week.
03:50I love that, but listen, you're wicked as in danger
03:54because you're up against Pat Arnold,
03:56who was born in Chile and moved to the UK when you were three?
03:59When I was three, yes.
04:00So you've lost the accent.
04:02I don't think I had one, Colin.
04:03Living in Sandbatch now,
04:05there's two things I can talk to you about,
04:07which is singing or jigsaws.
04:09Let's go jigsaws because, first of all,
04:12it'll bore everyone else.
04:13But you and I both love a jigsaw.
04:14Oh, good.
04:15How many have you got?
04:16Oh, at least 200.
04:17Right.
04:17And what's your amount of pieces you go for, usually?
04:20I prefer 1,000.
04:21Because if I do a 500, I can do it in an evening.
04:24A 500 is an insult and a 2,000 is showing off.
04:27I haven't got a board big enough for a 2,000.
04:29If I go to someone's house and they've got a 2,000,
04:31I'm like, all right, whatever, showboating.
04:34Listen, good luck today, Pat and Ben.
04:38And the champion starts.
04:40Hello, Rachel.
04:41Hi, Ben.
04:41Could I start with a consonant, please?
04:44You can indeed start today with T.
04:46And another consonant.
04:48N.
04:50And another one, please.
04:51M.
04:52And a vowel.
04:54E.
04:55And another.
04:56I.
04:58And another vowel.
04:59O.
05:00And a consonant.
05:02G.
05:04And a consonant.
05:06S.
05:07And a consonant, please.
05:09And lastly, R.
05:11At the home and in the studio, let's play Kine Time.
05:13We'll see you next time.
05:15We'll see you next time.
05:16B logs.
05:17Outro offs.
05:17I'm 고 curiosities.
05:18We'll see you next time.
05:19And we'll see you next time.
05:19Let's go.
05:25And basically, R.
05:26Oh, I'm expecting big things, Ben.
05:46Eight.
05:47And Pat.
05:47Eight.
05:48Yes, come on, what have we got?
05:49Storming.
05:50Storming.
05:51And storming.
05:51And storming.
05:53Two storms in a teapot.
05:54Eight points each lovely, lovely letters there.
05:59My two dents?
06:00We had another eight.
06:03Mitogens.
06:04Yes.
06:04So, mitogen is a substance that stimulates mitosis in biology,
06:10and that's a type of cell division.
06:13Excellent stuff.
06:14Pat, you're choosing the letters for the first time.
06:16Good afternoon, Rachel.
06:17Afternoon.
06:17Let's start with a consonant, please.
06:19Let's start with L.
06:21And another.
06:23G.
06:24And another.
06:26T.
06:27And a vowel.
06:29I.
06:30And another.
06:32E.
06:33And another.
06:35O.
06:36A consonant.
06:37P.
06:39And another consonant.
06:41H.
06:44And another consonant.
06:46And lastly.
06:48F.
06:48And 30 seconds.
06:49And如cy.
06:52Let's go.
07:05For o'clock.
07:07And here's ourcott.
07:07And just洋.
07:08And here's ourcott.
07:09And here's going on roster.
07:09And here's going on Wednesday.
07:12See you.
07:13Here's what i af.
07:14And another.
07:15And here's the seal.
07:16Pat, how many?
07:21Six.
07:22And Ben?
07:23Six.
07:24Yeah, I was thinking that.
07:25Pat?
07:25Flight.
07:26Yeah.
07:27Piglet.
07:28Nice.
07:29Piglet and flight.
07:30Yeah, very lovely.
07:31Good.
07:32So we had a seven, which is a hoplite.
07:36A hoplite?
07:37A heavily armed soldier in ancient Greece.
07:40All right.
07:41Yes.
07:41Nothing else?
07:42Nothing else.
07:42All right, good.
07:43Well, the early pieces of this puzzle coming together,
07:45it's going to be a good game.
07:4714 points each.
07:48But what about those numbers?
07:50Ben is going to test you, Pat.
07:51Off you go.
07:52Rachel, go three from the top, please.
07:54Your favourite first pick.
07:55Three large, three little coming up.
07:58And the first one of the day is three, six, four, 75, 50 and 25.
08:06And the target, 554.
08:09554.
08:10Numbers up.
08:15Five, five, four, the target.
08:43Ben?
08:43Five, five, four.
08:45And Pat?
08:45Five, five, four.
08:46Off you go, Ben.
08:4775 add 25.
08:49100.
08:50Multiply that by six.
08:51600.
08:52Subtract 50.
08:54Yep.
08:54And add four.
08:55Five, five, four.
08:56Exactly the same way.
08:58Let Ben have a little look at that, Pat.
09:01Wonderful.
09:02And bond of trust formed.
09:0424 points each as we get our first tea time teaser.
09:08One for the sports fans.
09:09Lose, sort.
09:10Lose, sort.
09:11The England cricket team were unsettled without their star man.
09:15The England cricket team were unsettled without their star man.
09:18Welcome back.
09:35Lou's, sort, becomes rootless.
09:36The reference is, as Ben Bazzard will know, he's a huge cricket fan.
09:40As to Joe Root, the England cricket team were unsettled without their star man.
09:45And actually, we've been playing bas-ball all week with our champion, Ben Bazzard.
09:51But, Pat, you're at the crease.
09:52So, let's go.
09:53Let's start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
09:55Thank you, Pat.
09:56D.
09:56And another.
09:59M.
10:00And another.
10:02R.
10:03And a vowel.
10:06E.
10:07And another.
10:08O.
10:09And a third.
10:10I.
10:12A consonant.
10:14V.
10:16And another vowel.
10:20E.
10:21And finish with a consonant.
10:23Finish with N.
10:26Thank you, Rachel Riley.
10:27I'll see you next time.
10:27Bye.
10:27Bye.
10:58How many, Pat?
10:59I think I'm going to risk a nine.
11:01Oh, what a moment. Ben?
11:03I'll stick to the seven.
11:04Seven is?
11:06Removed.
11:06What's the risk?
11:07Overmined.
11:10Overmined.
11:10OK, so I was looking at overmined without the E.
11:13That's not there.
11:14And overmine, colliery, whatever, is not there either.
11:19I was looking for all sorts of variations on the same thing.
11:21I'm sorry, Pat.
11:22Do you have anything beyond removed?
11:24Nothing at all.
11:25No, no.
11:26All right, let's get the letters, Ben.
11:28Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:29Thank you, Ben.
11:30S.
11:31Another consonant.
11:33B.
11:34And another consonant.
11:36L.
11:37And a vowel, please.
11:39A.
11:40And another vowel.
11:42U.
11:43And another vowel.
11:45E.
11:46G.
11:47And a consonant.
11:49G.
11:51Consonant.
11:54N.
11:55And another consonant, please.
11:58And a final S.
12:00Half a minute.
12:01And a vowel языk.
12:28That's a fun news story.
12:29Ben?
12:32Seven. And how'd Pat get on?
12:35Well, I'll risk a seven, then. OK. Yeah, you may as well. Ben?
12:39Bangles. And Pat?
12:41Unables. Unables.
12:43To sort of disable somebody for... Mm.
12:46Not there, Pat. It's just unable,
12:49but you can't unable something to do something, I think, yeah.
12:53Anything else? Well, we also had bungles,
12:56which, to my mind, would be a collection of those bears
12:59from Rainbow Junkles. Yes.
13:01But, no, it's to get something wrong, isn't it? To bundle it.
13:04And then blags, which...
13:06Is blag as to blag something? You're, like, blagging.
13:09But then, to me, that is the French word. Is it set in blag, which is...
13:12A joke. Yes. Or to joke. To blag it, yes. To blag.
13:15But it... So, this is B-L-A-G-U-E-S.
13:18And they are, yeah, jokes or pranks. Yes. Yeah.
13:21But it's in the English dictionary. Well done.
13:23At 38.24, really eventful part two,
13:26as we get our second numbers round from Pat.
13:28We have two from the top, please, Rachel.
13:30Thank you, Pat. Two large, four little coming up.
13:34And for this round, they are seven, three, ten, eight.
13:39And the large one's 50 and 100.
13:42With the target, 389.
13:45389, numbers up.
13:479, numbers up.
13:489, numbers up.
13:509, numbers up.
13:527, numbers up.
14:163-8-9.
14:20Pat Arnold.
14:213-8-8.
14:22One away.
14:24Ben Bazzard.
14:253-8-9.
14:26Bang on for ten points.
14:28Let's hear it.
14:29Three times seven.
14:30Three sevens are 21.
14:32Take away ten.
14:3311.
14:34Eight times 50.
14:35400.
14:36Take away the 11.
14:37Here's 3-8-9.
14:38Well done.
14:39Nice one.
14:40APPLAUSE
14:41OK, back to Greystamp,
14:44because your comfort-eating book,
14:45off the bat,
14:46you're a very successful podcast.
14:48I love this week,
14:48because you've just been
14:49breaking down different comfort foods.
14:51Love talking about cheese.
14:53Love talking about toast.
14:54You eating cold spaghetti hoops
14:55was disgusting yesterday.
14:57I did find your reaction
14:58quite churlish, to be honest.
14:59I was sharing my heart with you,
15:01and you just sneered at me.
15:03I think I might get you
15:04back in line today.
15:05We're going to talk about sweet things.
15:07I find it fascinating.
15:09I think especially,
15:10you're about the same age as me,
15:13and I think that,
15:14especially for our generation,
15:16I think that our families,
15:18they grew up,
15:19our parents especially,
15:20grew up through the wars,
15:22scarcity,
15:23lack of sugar,
15:24for a long time,
15:26and then the sugar suddenly came back.
15:28And I know that in my house,
15:29as a little girl,
15:31we didn't go around telling each other
15:32we loved each other very much,
15:34or hugging,
15:35but we showed love through sugar.
15:36And I remember,
15:38you know,
15:38if you went to my grandmother's house,
15:40she might not ever say she loved you,
15:41but if she let you loose
15:43on the five-rung biscuit tin,
15:46then that's when you knew.
15:47That was pure happiness.
15:49And it's funny how these things
15:50have started to,
15:52they form in your head
15:53as being happiness and joy and love.
15:56I also think,
15:57through people that I've spoken to
15:59over the years about this,
16:00it feels like,
16:01and you've said this,
16:03sweet things are our first idea
16:04of like self-agency,
16:06things that we've chosen ourselves.
16:08We all remember
16:09the first time we were taken,
16:11maybe holding an adult's hand,
16:13and pointed at that thing
16:14we wanted ourselves.
16:15Pocket money.
16:16Pocket money.
16:17Going to the newsagent
16:18with your ten pence
16:20that you'd got from down
16:21the back of the sofa
16:21by getting two pences
16:23and one pences,
16:23and then choosing
16:24the flumpy sweet
16:25and the jelly sweet,
16:27and these things,
16:28they stay with us.
16:29And for me,
16:29you know,
16:30holding my dad's hand
16:31and getting a packet
16:31of chocolate buttons.
16:33Yeah.
16:33So it's interesting.
16:35I don't think it's just
16:36as straightforward as,
16:37you know,
16:38it can be.
16:38We eat sugar,
16:39it makes us feel good.
16:40But I do think
16:41these things are very wrapped
16:42in the comforting aspect of,
16:45you know,
16:45I think in Britain,
16:46going back to my earlier point,
16:48I don't think we are
16:48a loving kind of
16:50grabbing each other
16:51and saying that we love each other.
16:52But if someone gets
16:53your box of chocolates
16:54or like, you know,
16:55opens the special tub
16:57of chocolates at Christmas
16:59and lets you up first go,
17:00then you know you're loved.
17:01Yeah.
17:02Wonderful.
17:02Thank you, Chris.
17:03It's more than just food,
17:04isn't it?
17:04Lovely.
17:07Right.
17:08Letters from Ben.
17:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:10Thank you, Ben.
17:11And another consonant.
17:14And another consonant.
17:17And a vowel.
17:19And another vowel.
17:21And a third vowel.
17:26And a consonant.
17:28And another one.
17:31And a final consonant, please.
17:34And a final N.
17:36Start the clock.
18:07Talk to me, Ben. Seven. And Pat? Eight. And eight, the seven? Certain. What have you spotted, Pat? Scantier. Scantier. In the dictionary. Very good. Hey! What else we got? Anagram of that was canister. Oh, right. I'm so glad you went for scantier and not canister, though. And all of a sudden you pull yourself back within range and it's your letters. Start with a consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Pat. P. And another.
18:37G. And another. N. Vowel. O. And another. I. And another. E. Consonant. C. Another consonant. T. And we'll finish with a vowel, please.
18:58And finish with a vowel. Here we go.
19:01We'll finish with a vowel.
19:31How many, Pat? Six. Ben? Seven. Not sure, though. Pat? Pigeon. What do you want to try? Cooping. Cooping. Yep. Cooping people up.
19:43Of course. Very good. What are you saying, Grace? Well, apparently we have pooting. Yes. For seven, which means to break wind, which I have no idea what that means.
19:53It is quite a childish word for it, isn't it? It is. Poutine. Poutine. Quite polite. There's also an eight there. It sounds like it comes from the sea, but actually it's a biochemical term.
20:06Octopine. It's an amino acid. And actually it is found in octopus muscle.
20:11All right. Easy come, easy go, Pat. You got eight points back. You lost seven. You're still one up. Stay positive as we move back to the numbers, Ben.
20:19We'll go for one from the top this time, please, Rachel.
20:21Your favourite second pick. Thank you, Ben. One large, five little. I'm getting the pattern now.
20:26The five small ones, ten, four, one, eight, and seven. And the large one, 100. And the target to reach 352.
20:37Three, five, two. Numbers up.
20:39The five small ones, ten, four, six.
20:513-5-2 is the target and the football formation.
21:14How did you get on, Ben?
21:15I think I only got 3-5-1.
21:19OK, one away. Pat?
21:203-5-2.
21:21I tell you what, she doesn't suffer from nerves or pats.
21:24There's a face lighting up there. Go for it.
21:274 times 100.
21:284 times 100.
21:297 minus 1 is 6.
21:32Yep.
21:32Times 8 is 48.
21:34Back in the game.
21:35Yes.
21:38Fabulous.
21:39Could we have our first Chilean winner of Countdown ever?
21:42It's still possible.
21:43Let's get our second Tea Town teaser, our last of the week,
21:46and it couldn't be more apt after the chat we had with Grace.
21:50It's Ace Steak.
21:51Ace Steak.
21:53No meat in these, but they're lovely with a cuppa.
21:56No meat in these, but they're lovely with a cuppa.
21:58It's tea cakes, but Rachel Wade, completely different tea cakes in her heads.
22:22I'm thinking the ones you toast and have with loads of butter and that nostalgic, gooey loveliness.
22:27Yeah, I was thinking of the marshmallow-y chocolate-covered biscuit.
22:32I'll eat both.
22:33I'll eat both.
22:34Right, Pat, you're on the charge again.
22:36Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
22:37Thank you, Pat.
22:38And finish with a consonant.
22:47And finish with a consonant.
23:00And finish with S.
23:03Good luck.
23:03Good luck.
23:16That's time, Pat.
23:36Five.
23:37Ben.
23:38Six.
23:38Six, what's the five?
23:40Darts.
23:40Darts, yes.
23:41And Ben?
23:42Assault.
23:43Assault.
23:44Assault.
23:45Yes, assault, actually.
23:46I say assault.
23:47You have assorted?
23:48Yes, you can have assault as well.
23:49Actually used in genetics for things that are sort of categorised according to characteristics.
23:56Placing in a group.
23:57Good.
23:57Difficult letters.
23:58Anything else in there to plunder?
23:59We had an A, which was autorads, which is to do with autoradiography.
24:06A autoradiograph.
24:08Yes.
24:09A photograph of an object produced by radiation that's coming from whatever you are photographing.
24:15There you go.
24:15Yeah.
24:15Very nice indeed.
24:16Autorads for eight.
24:18So it's a bit helter-skelter here at the moment, isn't it?
24:21Ben, more letters?
24:22Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:24Thank you, Ben.
24:24R.
24:25And another.
24:28K.
24:29And another.
24:31D.
24:31And a consonant, please.
24:48And lastly, R.
24:50Let's play.
25:03Another real challenge there.
25:24How many, Ben?
25:25Five.
25:26And Pat?
25:26Five.
25:27Five.
25:28A round where you match each other for a change.
25:30What have you got?
25:31Third.
25:32Yes?
25:32Third.
25:33Let's have a wee look.
25:36Two thirds, five points each.
25:39Audit.
25:40Audit.
25:41Could not get beyond five.
25:42And that's it?
25:43Yeah.
25:43All right.
25:43All right, Susie.
25:45Linda has been the star of this week's show.
25:46We've had three origins of words inspired by just one email.
25:50Is it a fourth?
25:51No, I'm giving Linda a rest now.
25:52She's had a good run, though.
25:53She did have a very good run.
25:55This one is from Helen.
25:56Again, wasn't given a surname, but she will recognise the question.
26:00What we call maths, says Helen, American call math, short for mathematics.
26:05Someone who speaks many languages is a polyglot.
26:08And a polymath is someone who's good at a lot of things.
26:11The poly part I get, but is the math part connected to mathematics?
26:14And if not, what does a math in polymath mean?
26:17A bit of a tongue twister, that one.
26:19So I'm actually going to start off with maths versus math, because there's always such a big...
26:24I can't believe the Americans call it math.
26:26Actually, that was our first usage.
26:28The very first record was math, but it was as an abbreviation.
26:32There was a full stop after it.
26:34So we clearly were probably not speaking it as math, but we were writing it down rather than mathematics in full.
26:41And it actually...
26:42There is no right answer or wrong answer to this.
26:44It depends, and I'm going to get really nerdy for a bit.
26:47It depends on how you interpret the Latin word mathematica,
26:51because you can interpret it as a feminine singular or a neuter plural.
26:55So it can be mathematic, if you go with the first one,
26:58and mathematics, if you interpret it in the second way.
27:02For a while, we definitely preferred the ick.
27:04So we had politic as well.
27:06We had ethic.
27:07We had physic.
27:08And that was probably influenced by the French physique, ethic.
27:11I'm not sure if it is ethic, actually.
27:13I might have made that up, but politique.
27:15And that kind of thing.
27:16And then we switched to icks, because it sounds plural,
27:19because they are things related to that first part of the word.
27:22So that's maths versus math.
27:24Where it comes from, though, is quite interesting,
27:27because it's actually from the ancient Greek,
27:29which was all about learning.
27:31So actually, a polymath is someone who has learned a lot.
27:34Poly means a lot or many.
27:37So that explains the polymath.
27:39As for polyglot, somebody who speaks a lot of languages,
27:42there were lots of glots, actually, in the dictionary.
27:45Panglot, somebody who speaks almost every language.
27:47A biglot, bilingual.
27:49It's linked to glossary,
27:50and it is linked to the glottis that we have as well in our mouth.
27:53It's all to do with the Latin for tongue.
27:56So a polyglot is somebody who speaks many tongues.
27:59Nice. Love it.
28:02Great origins of words this week.
28:05But are we going to return next week with Ben as champion?
28:0819 points in the lead.
28:10Four rounds to go.
28:12And it's been one of those shows I wouldn't like to predict anything.
28:15So, Pat, your letters.
28:17Start with a consonant again, please, Rachel.
28:19Thank you, Pat.
28:20And a nicer one.
28:24X.
28:26Vowel.
28:28E.
28:30Consonant.
28:31Got to be an improvement.
28:33D.
28:33Vowel.
28:35O.
28:36Consonant.
28:38T.
28:40Vowel.
28:40And another consonant, please.
28:51Lastly, M.
28:53Countdown.
28:53Vowel.
28:54Vowel.
28:54Vowel.
28:55Vowel.
28:56Vowel.
29:03Vowel.
29:05All right.
29:06So now we're going to end up.
29:11Vowel.
29:12Vowel.
29:12And another loser is living in Ukraine.
29:14Not sure.
29:15Not on the firstцы of all.
29:16Which is going to be one of the women that we are Boxi.
29:18So now we're going to be one of the women's granny,
29:20and we're going to be one of the women's great ways.
29:21If you have going to attend this season is going to wait in a second place anyway,
29:22After all, Monanne's family is going to be the one of the women's great hearts,
29:23How many, Pat?
29:25Six. Ben? Six.
29:27Six and six, Pat? Warmed.
29:29And I have the same word. There you go.
29:31Yep. Much better word than
29:33warmed, isn't it? Just change
29:35one letter and it's a very different word.
29:37Anything above sixes from
29:39My Too Dense? No.
29:41Moted. Moted.
29:43Yes. Six.
29:45That's it. That's it.
29:47Alright, fine. That's not too bad
29:49when you've got the X up there
29:51and the W's. So one letter's round to go
29:53and Ben, you're choosing the nine.
29:56Consonant, please.
29:57Thank you, Ben. T.
29:59And another.
30:01L. And another consonant.
30:03N. And a vowel.
30:06E.
30:07And another vowel.
30:09A. And another vowel.
30:11E. And a consonant.
30:14L.
30:15And a consonant.
30:17P. And a
30:19consonant, please.
30:20And finally, R.
30:22Last letters.
30:23L.
30:24B.
30:27I.
30:29I.
30:30I.
30:31I.
30:32I.
30:33I.
30:36Time's up, Ben.
30:55Seven.
30:56And Pat.
30:57Seven.
30:58What's the word, Ben?
30:59Eternal.
31:00Eternal and Pat.
31:02Planter.
31:03And planter.
31:03Eternal and planter.
31:05Well, we had bangles earlier.
31:07Eternal flame was probably their biggest hit.
31:09Anything else?
31:11Replant and planter.
31:13So all in and around those sevens.
31:15Yeah, and a prelate as well.
31:16A bishop or other dignitary, but we couldn't get beyond seven.
31:19OK, right.
31:2079 plays 60, so still not over.
31:24Pat, we're going to need a maximum from you in the numbers,
31:26and Ben needs to fail.
31:27So what are the tactics?
31:32Two from the top.
31:33Oh, you're just going two from the top?
31:35Yes.
31:36OK, this is for the teapot, so we need a tricky one.
31:38We need to out-fox Ben.
31:40Come on, Pat.
31:41Let's find one.
31:42Final numbers of the week.
31:44Four, one, five, six, 50 and 75.
31:50And come on, Target, give us something interesting.
31:54346.
31:55346 numbers up.
31:56356.
31:56347.
31:58356.
31:58367.
31:58348.
31:59348.
32:11357.
32:12331.
32:13357.
32:14367.
32:15368.
32:15498.
32:16536.
32:16379.
32:17358.
32:18358.
32:19368.
32:19258.
32:20368.
32:20256.
32:21358.
32:22337.
32:233000.
32:24358.
32:24Yeah, 3, 4, 6, Pat.
32:283, 4, 6.
32:29Yeah, and Ben?
32:293, 4, 6.
32:30Yeah, Pat, you know and I know that is not going to flummox a maths teacher.
32:33So, off you go, Pat.
32:3575 minus 1.
32:3774.
32:38Times 4.
32:39296.
32:41Plus 50.
32:41Well done, 3, 4, 6.
32:43Good, and Ben?
32:44I did it differently.
32:456 add 1.
32:477.
32:48Times 50.
32:49350.
32:50Take away 4.
32:5110 points.
32:52Nice one.
32:52APPLAUSE
32:53Well, that means it's not a crucial countdown conundrum to finish the week,
32:58but here's the rub.
32:59Pat, if you can get it, you'll be 9 points behind.
33:03People aren't going to check.
33:04In years to come, you can lie.
33:06Oh, yeah, get beaten on the crucial, just lost by 9 points.
33:09Sounds good, doesn't it?
33:10Yeah, it does.
33:10Sounds good.
33:11Let's do that.
33:11Let's set up a con here.
33:13Get your finger on the buzzer.
33:14You too, Ben.
33:15You know the score by now.
33:16And let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:19Go on, Ben.
33:24Persevere.
33:25Persevere, as you have done all week, for five wins.
33:28APPLAUSE
33:32Pat, 70, for somebody who doesn't have English as their first language,
33:36is just an amazing score.
33:38So I'm concerned.
33:39You've been great to have here.
33:41We'll give you the goodie bye.
33:42Thank you so much.
33:43Thank you very much.
33:44It's been great.
33:44Yeah, been really good crack today.
33:46Ben, you've got the weekend.
33:47The kids are going to have to wait a little bit longer.
33:49We're going to need you on Monday.
33:51It's been a lovely week.
33:52Thank you, Colin.
33:52And, Grace, genuinely mean it.
33:54When your podcast is suffering, you know,
33:57and you're struggling for guests,
33:59Rachel, Susie and I would love to come round your house.
34:01I've got a tin of cold spaghetti with your name on it.
34:04Do you know what?
34:05I'd probably do that just to spend the afternoon with you.
34:07That's fine.
34:09Susie, no choice but to see me on Monday.
34:11Yes, happy weekend.
34:12Do you want a final theme tune?
34:14Oh, yeah, yeah, go on then, hit me.
34:16It ties in with Grace being here as well.
34:18I don't know what to do with this tossed salad.
34:22And scrambled eggs.
34:24Yes.
34:24Very, very good.
34:25Fraser.
34:26Fraser, of course.
34:27We're calling again, which we will be on Monday.
34:30Susie, Rachel, myself.
34:31Don't forget Forrest, who we added this week.
34:34You can count on us.
34:34You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:40You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:45Thank you so much for having us on.
34:45Thank you, Jason.
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