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00:30Hello, everybody. Thursday afternoon and Countdown ready for another episode of Letters and Numbers.
00:36Hopefully entertaining and educational all at once.
00:39Rachel Riley, how are you? Very well, how are you?
00:41Good. It's World Teachers' Day today.
00:44We always talk about that special teacher. We've talked about that before.
00:48But imagine if you had teachers like this.
00:51These are famous people who were teachers first.
00:54OK. And then ended up...
00:56Jean Simmons from Kiss was a teacher.
00:59What did he teach?
01:01Oh, my goodness. Sickening your tongue out, I would imagine.
01:04I'm not sure. But he taught in Harlem, New York.
01:07Brian May was a teacher in Brixton.
01:09Oh, really? I can believe that.
01:11Do you think he still had the hair?
01:12Yeah. I mean, he's like... He's an astrophysicist, isn't he?
01:15Yeah.
01:15Dr. Badger, he's a smart guy. I can totally buy that.
01:19Some other ones for you.
01:21Mr. T, BA Baracus.
01:23I pity the fool was a teacher.
01:24Yes, imagine that. You wouldn't have talked in that class, would you?
01:28My goodness me.
01:29And maybe the most famous one of all time.
01:33I'll tell you where he taught, and I think from this alone you'll get it.
01:35OK.
01:36In fact, I know you will.
01:37But anyway, this soon-to-be very famous person
01:41spent 12 years teaching constitutional law and race theory
01:46at the University of Chicago Law School
01:50before moving on to live somewhere else in America.
01:55Was that Obama was a teacher?
01:56Barack Obama, 12 years a teacher.
01:59I didn't know that.
02:00Before he moved into politics.
02:01You'd listen to him, wouldn't you?
02:02He's got an authority.
02:03He could tell you anything and you'd believe it.
02:05Well, listen, let's continue to take roll call
02:07as we head over to the dictionary corner.
02:08And there she is, Susie Dent, joined all this week.
02:11Back on Countdown with a Vengeance is Gloria Honeybird.
02:15I'm ready, I'm willing, and I hope I'm over it.
02:19Love it.
02:20Well, listen, it's one of those days where we've got two new challengers.
02:23But I should point out, after giving away way too many teapots
02:27than I was comfortable with, we've slowed down, thankfully.
02:30Two Octo Champs in a row.
02:31Ben Bazzard completed it yesterday.
02:34Paul O'Brien before that.
02:35And remember, Rachel Copley before that lost out by one point.
02:39So we nearly had three in a row.
02:41So we're on a hat trick.
02:42So maybe we're looking at our next Octo Champ now.
02:44It could be Paul Stopp of fourth.
02:46How are you, sir?
02:47I'm very good, thank you.
02:47Good stuff.
02:48Now, you're from Merseyside, not far to travel.
02:50No.
02:51You're self-employed.
02:52You love a bit of Crown Green bowling.
02:54Tell me, because we've got two superb athletes here.
02:56Tell me about that.
02:57I do.
02:58It's a family trait.
03:00It goes back to my grandad and my dad, and I followed into it.
03:03Yeah, I used to do it.
03:04Not as much now, just where I live.
03:06But you're right, it's the intergenerational part of it I loved.
03:09Yeah.
03:10Going out on a Sunday morning, you know, when I was in my 20s, playing with someone who's
03:1488 years old.
03:15Yeah.
03:15The stories are brilliant in the tea room after.
03:17Definitely.
03:18You hear the story of all the old days when it used to be, used to be like 30 fellas
03:22who used to play at once, and now it's sort of 10.
03:24So it's...
03:25It's great, though.
03:26It should be protected.
03:27Well, probably when I introduce your adversary today, you'll all know who he is anyway, just
03:32by looking at his face.
03:33Nathan Young from Middlesbrough.
03:35You're thinking, I know him.
03:36And of course you do, because he came second in a major cheese throwing contest once.
03:40That's a biggie.
03:41I know we all watched it.
03:42I was trying to think about...
03:44It wouldn't be Gorgonzola.
03:46That would break as you threw that.
03:47And Brie would be no good to throw.
03:49Is it just old-fashioned cheddar?
03:51It was wrapped up in Platts.
03:53So I don't even know what it was, but it was about four wheels of cheese all kind of
03:57wrapped in their plastic and tied together.
04:00Well, listen, I know what would usurp any Crown Green bowling winner, any cheese throwing
04:04contest, get in the teapot on Countdown today.
04:07So good luck to Nathan and Paul.
04:11Paul, we'll let you go first.
04:14Start with a consonant, please.
04:16Thank you, Paul.
04:16Start today with...
04:19M.
04:20Another consonant.
04:21R.
04:23And a vowel.
04:25A.
04:26Another vowel.
04:28U.
04:29And a consonant.
04:31T.
04:32And another consonant.
04:34N.
04:35And a vowel.
04:38E.
04:39And a consonant.
04:41G.
04:42And a final vowel, please.
04:45And a final A.
04:47At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:49The T.
04:59So, let's get started.
05:00First time out, Paul, how did you fare?
05:22Seven, but I haven't written it down.
05:24No worries, you'll have to go first anyway. Nathan?
05:26Seven. We're in the clear, Paul. What is it?
05:28Manager. Yeah, manager.
05:30Gaunter. Two sevens. Anything better, Gloria?
05:33We have an eight. That's very exciting in the beginning of the programme.
05:36Argument. Oh, yeah. Well, we don't want to have any of those.
05:39None of those. Definitely not.
05:40Let's move on. Nathan, your letters.
05:42A consonant, please, Rachel.
05:44Thank you, Nathan.
05:45P. And a vowel.
05:48O. And a consonant.
05:51H. And another.
05:54G. And another.
05:57N. And a vowel.
05:59E.
06:01And another.
06:02A.
06:04And a consonant.
06:08M.
06:09And final consonant, please.
06:12Final S.
06:13Thirty seconds.
06:15Thirty seconds.
06:45Good start from Paul and Nathan. Let's see if it continues. Nathan?
06:49A five. A five and Paul? A seven.
06:52Going for a seven. Nathan, what's the five?
06:54Omens. And what did you see, Paul?
06:56Homages. Homages?
06:58Yes, you can. I don't know if you were wondering about putting the S on, but you can.
07:01Not about anything else? Nothing more than that.
07:03OK, 14 players, seven, Paul. Let's see if you're any good at the numbers.
07:08I'll take one from the top and five from anywhere else.
07:11Thank you, Paul. One large five.
07:13Little ones coming up. First numbers of this contest are one, nine, nine, five, six, and 100.
07:23And the target, 746.
07:25746 numbers up.
07:27846 AM.
07:28846 AM.
07:30546.
07:31848 AM.
07:311046.
07:37850.
07:37849 AM.
07:40849.
07:40746. Paul, put that pen down. Don't make me come over there.
08:02Sorry. 745.
08:04One away, Nathan. 745.
08:07Both one away. Off you go, Paul.
08:086 plus 1 equals 7. Yep.
08:11Times 100. 700.
08:14And 9 times 5 is 45. Now they're on.
08:17One below. 745.
08:19What about you, Ned? Slightly different.
08:221 plus 6 is 7.
08:24100 plus 5 is 105.
08:28Multiply them together.
08:307 times 105. Yep.
08:33735. Plus 9 plus 1.
08:36You've already used this 1.
08:37That's why I wondered where you were going, Nathan. Sorry.
08:40So, 7 points go to Paul.
08:42Take us to 746, Rachel.
08:45You need to take it down from above.
08:47With 9 minus 1 is 8.
08:49And then 8 times 100 is 800.
08:53And the second 9 times 6 is 54.
08:55And take it off.
08:56Well done.
08:56If you're playing along at home, give yourself 10 points if you got that.
09:03Let's get our tea time teaser to get us through the break.
09:05Rash ship.
09:06Rash ship.
09:08I won't be so blunt, but get a move on.
09:10I won't be so blunt, but get a move on.
09:12Let's do that right now, because we've got a good game on the go.
09:36And Nathan, you're picking the letters.
09:37Thank you, Nathan.
09:40R.
09:41And another.
09:43D.
09:44And a vowel.
09:46I.
09:47And another.
09:49A.
09:50And a consonant.
09:52W.
09:53Vowel.
09:55I.
09:57Consonant.
09:58K.
09:59And another.
10:01S.
10:02Fowel.
10:05And lastly, E.
10:08Thank you, Rachel.
10:13Time's up, Nathan.
10:42Just five.
10:43The five from you and Paul.
10:45Just five.
10:45Just the five as well.
10:47Nathan.
10:47Wards.
10:48Wards.
10:49And Paul.
10:49Wired.
10:50Wired.
10:51Just fives.
10:52I think you might be kicking yourself, Gloria.
10:54Time to get your waders on.
10:56That's all I could get.
10:57That's brilliant.
10:58Six.
10:58Yeah, that's there.
10:59And single seven that we could see.
11:01Airside.
11:02Wow.
11:02I might have been ridiculed for my cow jokes earlier in the week,
11:06but that has inspired Rachel.
11:09I'll take an assist on this.
11:10Yeah, I was trying to mime udders.
11:12It's Aries.
11:14Yeah.
11:14Let's get more letters.
11:15Paul.
11:16Start with a consonant, please.
11:17Thank you, Paul.
11:18T.
11:19Another consonant.
11:22L.
11:23Another consonant.
11:25S.
11:26A vowel.
11:27A.
11:29Another vowel.
11:30U.
11:31Another vowel.
11:32O.
11:33O.
11:35And a consonant.
11:36Z.
11:38Another consonant.
11:40M.
11:41And a vowel.
11:42And lastly, I.
11:45In half a minute.
11:45A vowel.
11:46A vowel.
11:47A vowel.
11:47A vowel.
11:47A vowel.
11:48A vowel.
11:48A vowel.
11:48A vowel.
11:49A vowel.
11:49A vowel.
11:49A vowel.
11:49A vowel.
11:50A vowel.
11:50A vowel.
11:51A vowel.
11:51A vowel.
11:51A vowel.
11:51A vowel.
11:51A vowel.
11:52A vowel.
11:52A vowel.
11:52A vowel.
11:52A vowel.
11:53A vowel.
11:53A vowel.
11:53A vowel.
11:54A vowel.
11:54A vowel.
11:55A vowel.
11:55A vowel.
11:55A vowel.
11:56A vowel.
11:57A vowel.
11:57A vowel.
11:58A vowel.
11:59A vowel.
11:59A vowel.
12:00A vowel.
12:00A vowel.
12:01A vowel.
12:01A vowel.
12:02A vowel.
12:02A vowel.
12:03A vowel.
12:04Well, I'm not sure I'd file that one under fun, boys.
12:19Let's find out what you managed to get, Paul.
12:21Just the five.
12:22Yeah. Nathan?
12:23Another five.
12:24Another five, Paul?
12:26Malt.
12:26Nathan?
12:27Moist.
12:28Yes, moist and malt to dictionary corner.
12:31This comes out from time to time.
12:33Out sale.
12:33Oh, my goodness.
12:34Always look for the outwards.
12:36That sort of crops up, doesn't it, quite a lot on the program?
12:37It does, yeah.
12:39Yeah, the out got you out of jail there.
12:40Out sale for seven.
12:42The score's at the moment 31-17.
12:44Close enough for fair.
12:46And Nathan, it's your numbers.
12:48Too large, please.
12:48Too large.
12:49Going all out.
12:51Two for the top four, Little.
12:53Let's see if this is a nice one.
12:55The little numbers are nine for a six and two.
12:59And the big one's 125.
13:01And the target, 845.
13:05Eight, four, five.
13:05Numbers up.
13:06Do a little in the blue.
13:09And the two more.
13:11Thanks, guys.
13:14Tongue for the top five.
13:19It's a nice one.
13:20Bye.
13:23Bye.
13:24Bye.
13:25Bye.
13:25Bye.
13:26Bye.
13:27Bye.
13:28Bye.
13:29Bye.
13:29Bye.
13:30Bye.
13:30Bye.
13:31Bye.
13:32Bye.
13:33Bye.
13:34Bye.
13:34Bye.
13:34Time's up eight four five with two large Nathan eight four four one away Paul eight four four one
13:44away as well Nathan off you go nine times one hundred nine times one hundred nine hundred two
13:50times twenty five fifty take it off the nine hundred eight hundred and fifty and then minus
13:57six yep eight four four very good indeed and Paul yep same way okay seven points each but you could
14:06get there eight four five rich oh yes one way you could have said 100 minus four is 96 times that by
14:14nine and you get eight hundred and sixty four and then you can add on the six eight seventy and take
14:20away the twenty five brilliant okay let's get into the game let's have a chat with Gloria what have you
14:28been up to over the the summer that's been across the summer again I'm saying earlier in the week how
14:33we're lucky in the business sometimes getting press tickets and I love going to places like Hampton
14:38Court flower show or Chelsea flower show and and it really does seem to be a treat and so I am married
14:45for a man called Stephen who's a bit of a sort of a natty dresser and we were going to Chelsea a couple
14:51of years ago and he has a rather nice Irish very fine green tweed suit and he thought well I'll wear
14:57my suit so anyway he went up to get the tickets from the lady who was dishing them all out and she
15:03was saying to him I really like your suit and I could see him almost preening himself you know saying
15:08oh yeah it's very nice and very nice fine materials is it Irish tweed and so he's giving her the whole
15:14gubbins you know and then so she eventually handed over the tickets and he said thank you very much
15:20and oh by the way she said I just want to say again how much I love your suit so he's thinking
15:25I'm being chatted up here and then she said but I hate to tell you but your flies are open
15:29well I like I like the guard I do a bit of gardening a bit green fingered but clumsily green fingered
15:37it's amazing some of the things that they do when you go to I've never been to be fair but I see it
15:42in TV and I think how do you manage it right I must say it is amazing all those are flourished
15:48you have some very good ones up north as well you know tatton and all that sort of stuff but I mean
15:53they are just really gobsmacking sort of think how could I ever do that um but it's a treat really
15:59to go every year I love it is the suit still in action well yes but I make sure that the flies are
16:05done before he goes out there key to happy marriage thank you right no flies on Paul and
16:15Nathan good competition so far and I think Paul you're going to choose these letters let's start
16:21with a vowel please thank you Paul E and another vowel O another vowel A consonant P consonant J consonant R vowel O consonant G
16:45and a final consonant please and a final N start the clock
17:15Paul how many six and Nathan six six as well jargon jargon and Nathan gunner oh gunner I think it
17:31maybe had more to do with a goon show I don't know than what it would be Arsenal it's not yes I always
17:36excitedly look up to see whether the Gooners have gone in but they haven't yet I think it would be a
17:41capital G for the Arsenal fans and not there in any other sense I'm sorry so I've got one for a seven
17:46I think it's right oregano beautiful yeah yes or the Americans call it oregano oregano yes
17:53right 44 24 unlucky there Nathan let's get back on the horse a consonant please thank you Nathan B
18:01and another T and another S and a vowel I and another A and another E and a consonant D and another R and a final consonant please and a final P
18:26here we go
18:27so
18:29so
18:33so
18:35so
18:41so
18:47so
18:51Nathan.
18:59Seven.
19:00Paul.
19:01Seven.
19:02Nathan, what's your word?
19:03Astride.
19:04Same word or different?
19:05Parties.
19:06Parties.
19:07Astride.
19:08Yep, absolutely fine.
19:09Two sevens in the bank.
19:10Eight in the corner.
19:11Yes.
19:12Baptised.
19:13Baptised.
19:14Fantastic.
19:15Eight at the top?
19:16Eight was the top.
19:17We also have Bastide, which is a fortified village or town in France,
19:21or it can be a country house in the south of France.
19:23But, yeah, baptised eight for us.
19:25Nice.
19:26Well done, both of you.
19:26Let's get our third numbers round in, and, Paul, this is going to be on you.
19:30Let's try two big ones and four small ones, please.
19:32Why not?
19:33Thank you, Paul.
19:33Two big, four small coming up this time, the four little ones.
19:37One, six, one, and two.
19:41Yeah, Paul, you know what that means?
19:4225 and 75.
19:44But third time to charm the target.
19:45Three hundred and thirty-six.
19:47Three, three, six.
19:48Numbers up.
19:48Three, three, six.
19:49Numbers up.
20:15Three, three, six, Paul.
20:21No.
20:22Nowhere near.
20:23Nathan?
20:23No, I lost it.
20:25I got close, Rach, but wasn't able to climb that mountain.
20:29We've got zero points here for Paul and Nathan.
20:32Were there ten up for grabs?
20:33There were ten up for grabs with...
20:35I just found one way, loads and loads of dead ends.
20:37But six plus one is seven.
20:39Seven times two is 14.
20:42And then 25 minus one is 24.
20:45And 14 times 24, three, three, six.
20:47Brilliant.
20:48APPLAUSE
20:49Great stuff, Rach.
20:51Tea time teaser.
20:52It's Sam Point.
20:54Sam Point.
20:55We won't keep on fighting till the end if these are inserted.
20:59We won't keep on fighting till the end if these are inserted.
21:02Welcome back.
21:19Not a very common word, the answer to this Tea Time teaser.
21:22Sam Point becomes champions.
21:24But there was a great clue in there, which Susie spotted.
21:27We won't keep on fighting till the end is a reference to the lyric from
21:30We Are the Champions, Arise for Champions, and it's Tampians.
21:34So I know somewhere in the back of my head it's weapons-related,
21:37but what exactly?
21:38Yeah, it's a stopper for the muzzle of a gun.
21:40So it prevents the gun being fired.
21:43Right, six rounds to go on this Thursday afternoon's Countdown.
21:46And Nathan, you're picking these letters.
21:48Consonant, please.
21:50Thank you, Nathan.
21:51T.
21:52And another.
21:54L.
21:54And a vowel.
21:56I.
21:58Another.
21:59E.
22:00And a consonant.
22:02N.
22:03And another.
22:04F.
22:05A consonant.
22:07D.
22:09Vowel.
22:10U.
22:12And another vowel, please.
22:14And lastly, E.
22:16Let's play.
22:16We'll see you next time.
22:17We'll see you next time.
22:18We'll see you next time.
22:18We'll see you next time.
22:19Bye.
22:19Bye.
22:19Bye.
22:20Bye.
22:20Bye.
22:20Bye.
22:21Bye.
22:21Bye.
22:21Bye.
22:21Bye.
22:22Bye.
22:22Bye.
22:22Bye.
22:22Bye.
22:23Bye.
22:23Bye.
22:23Bye.
22:23Bye.
22:24Bye.
22:24Bye.
22:25Bye.
22:25Bye.
22:26Bye.
22:27Bye.
22:28Bye.
22:29Bye.
22:30Bye.
22:31Bye.
22:32Bye.
22:34Bye.
22:35Bye.
22:36Bye.
22:37Bye.
22:38Bye.
22:39Bye.
22:40Bye.
22:41Bye.
22:42Bye.
22:43Bye.
22:44Bye.
22:45Bye.
22:47Nathan, you're hanging in there, just waiting for that big round.
22:50Is it this one? No, it's not.
22:52I'm going to stick with a five. And Paul?
22:55I'll stick with a six. OK, the five is... Lined.
22:59The six is... Fluent.
23:01And what were you thinking of going with? Flinted.
23:04There is no flinted, so you made the right decision there, Paul.
23:07Well, on this side, I got lifted, but can you have unlifted?
23:12You can have unlifted. It's pretty old,
23:14but I think you could say, as in, the ban remains unlifted,
23:17that kind of thing, so it's in the dictionary for eight.
23:20Again, it's one of those words that sounds a bit awkward.
23:22Yes. Yeah. But it's in, crucially. Nice.
23:29Right, more letters, please. Paul?
23:32Start with a consonant, please.
23:34Start with...
23:36Another consonant.
23:38D.
23:40And a vowel.
23:42A.
23:44Vowel.
23:45E.
23:46Consonant.
23:48T.
23:49Consonant.
23:51Y.
23:53Vowel.
23:54A.
23:56Consonant.
23:58C.
24:00And a vowel, please.
24:01And...
24:03Finally, O.
24:04Condone.
24:05Aye.
24:07Please,
24:08It is.
24:10Payone.
24:11Low.
24:12provoke.
24:13As in.
24:14Desmond.
24:15Be other.
24:16To do all.
24:17否.
24:18And...
24:20To do do...
24:22What west to,
24:22林?
24:23As in the wind?
24:24When the northern west.
24:26To do...
24:27To do!
24:28To do.
24:30.
24:32To do.
24:33MUSIC
24:36Mr Stopforth, how many? Six. And Mr Young? Six. Six as well.
24:40Coated. Yes. Traced. Traced and coated.
24:44Slowly but surely, the sixes started jumping out.
24:47Gloria and Susie, anything else? Oh, just get your pad out,
24:50because we have a seven in the thick. Yes.
24:53So, this, you see, I want to explain, is how Colin got his jobs
24:57back in the day, because he used to work as a redcoat,
25:01telling terrible jokes about cows.
25:04Phase improved. Very good.
25:06APPLAUSE
25:09We'll stay in Dictionary Corner. Susie, time for Origins of Words.
25:13Bit of an animal kingdom theme today, or at least the bird kingdom,
25:18because I often read in the dictionary that a bird was named
25:22after its very distinctive call. So the cuckoo is the obvious one,
25:26and it really does sound like it's saying cuckoo, cuckoo.
25:29We all recognise that one. But there are others, and I have in studio,
25:33as you know, Colin, I've been playing these calls from the birds,
25:36and I just can't quite make them out. So peewit is another one.
25:39I can't quite make out the birds saying peewit,
25:42but I think it took quite a lot of imagination to do this.
25:45There is also the curlew, the kitty wake, a sort of sideways state, the bittern.
25:52The bittern is named after a word for a bird in Latin, but also taurus,
25:58meaning a bull, because the male during the breeding season
26:02has such a deep, booming, distinctive call. So I love that one as well.
26:07And I also discovered that the lap wing, which is another term for the peewit,
26:12actually had a very different name originally.
26:14It was not a lap wing, but a leap wink in old English.
26:18And leaping you can get because it sort of wheels through the air.
26:22It's quite wonderful, and it sort of flocks.
26:25Incredible display.
26:27But also the wink bit means to sort of move from side to side,
26:32and it's actually linked to winking our eyes,
26:35because to wink we'd sort of open and close them.
26:38So I loved that as well.
26:39The leap wink became the lap wing, because that sounded more familiar to us.
26:42But I suppose given these leaps of imagination,
26:45it's not too surprising when you look at the names of other animals,
26:48which people in the past clearly weren't too familiar with.
26:51So the ostrich for a while was called, first of all,
26:56a sparrow bird, which is kind of fair enough, except it's much bigger,
27:01and then a giant sparrow.
27:03So in ancient Greek it was megastrithos, a huge sparrow is what it meant.
27:08But then for a while it was actually called a sparrow camel,
27:11because of its long neck, which is really odd.
27:14And a giraffe, which takes its name now from Arabic,
27:18was actually called a camel leopard,
27:20because they thought it looked like a cross between a camel and a leopard.
27:24And we can mock now, but obviously, as I say, these are incredibly exotic things,
27:27that they've maybe only seen in these bestiaries in medieval times,
27:31in illustrations rather than in real life.
27:33So the history of naming, I think, in science, in botany, in the animal kingdom,
27:39is absolutely fascinating.
27:40Love that.
27:41APPLAUSE
27:4363, 37.
27:45Do not give up, Nathan.
27:47Stranger things have happened, you're still close enough.
27:50Let's do it.
27:51A consonant, please.
27:52Thank you, Nathan.
27:53S.
27:54A vowel.
27:56I.
27:57And a consonant.
27:59T.
28:00And a vowel.
28:01E.
28:02And a consonant.
28:04L.
28:05Vowel.
28:07T.
28:08O.
28:09Consonant.
28:10T.
28:11Vowel.
28:12E.
28:13And a final consonant, please.
28:14And a final P.
28:15Kind down.
28:17And a final consonant, please.
28:18And a final P.
28:19Kind down.
28:21Goodbye.
28:22T.
28:24…
28:25…
28:26…
28:30…
28:32…
28:35—
28:39OK, Nathan.
28:54It's the four.
28:55Just the four.
28:56Paul?
28:57Seven.
28:57Oh, stumble at the wrong time, Nathan.
28:59What's the four?
29:00Post.
29:01Paul?
29:01Toilets.
29:02Toilets?
29:03Yes.
29:04Yes.
29:04Good seven.
29:05And Susie has got an eight.
29:06Yes.
29:07A botanical term, this one, petioles, P-E-T-I-O-L-E-S,
29:13the stalks that join leaves to stem.
29:15You should know that from the Chelsea garden.
29:17What were you doing when you were there?
29:19Obviously not watching enough.
29:21Too busy dealing with flies.
29:26Right, last letters round of the day, Paul,
29:28so we're going to need nine.
29:30Start with a consonant, please.
29:32Thank you, Paul.
29:33S?
29:33With a consonant.
29:35W?
29:36A vowel.
29:38U?
29:39Another vowel.
29:41O?
29:42Consonant.
29:43C?
29:45Consonant.
29:47X?
29:49Vowel.
29:50A?
29:52Consonant.
29:54N?
29:56And another consonant, please.
29:59Final F.
30:00And last letters.
30:01Let's do this.
30:04Let's do it.
30:05Let's do it.
30:27Less kind. Paul, how do you get on?
30:35Risky five.
30:36OK, and Nathan?
30:37A five.
30:38The five that's risky?
30:39Saxon.
30:40Saxon.
30:41Focus.
30:42Yeah, focus there. Saxon, I'm assuming.
30:44Paul's worried about a capital S.
30:46Yes, and I don't know if there is any usage where it is with a small s.
30:51I don't think it is, Paul, unfortunately.
30:53They all have capital letters, so they're all proper nouns.
30:56I'm sorry.
30:57Yeah.
30:57I thought so. There you go.
30:58And all we had was focus as well.
31:00Yeah.
31:01There you go.
31:01So, too late, Nate, but nice to get the five points in the bag.
31:05Fantastic stuff.
31:06Let's finish strongly, and your numbers.
31:09Two large, please.
31:10Yep, two from the top and four little.
31:12And the final numbers today are one, five, nine, four, 50 and 100.
31:22And the target to reach 585.
31:25585, last numbers.
31:26And the other one, and the other one, and the other one, and the other one.
31:28And the other one, and the other one, and the other one, and the other one, and the other one.
31:29And the other one, and the other one, and the other one, and the other one.
31:30And the other one, and the other one, and the other one, and the other one, and the other one.
31:31And the other one, and the other one, and the other one, and the other one.
31:32And the other one, and the other one, and the other one, and the other one, and the other one.
31:33MUSIC CONTINUES
31:57Nathan? 587.
31:59Two away. Paul? 585.
32:01Yeah, it's one of those, once you see it, you're like, oh, go ahead.
32:05100 times 5. 500.
32:089 times 4 equals 36.
32:11Yep. Minus 1. 35.
32:15And add them on and add the 50.
32:17Yep. Almost went blank then.
32:20Yep, 585.
32:21That's not the simple way that most of us manage this spot, but well done.
32:25Very good. Ten points in the box for you.
32:28APPLAUSE
32:29Paul's really pulled away.
32:3180 plays, 42.
32:33Still ten points to cover today.
32:35We knew we were going to crown a new champion either way.
32:37It's going to be you, Paul.
32:39But Nathan, let's see if you can have the last laugh.
32:41Fingers on the buzzers.
32:42Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:59Time is up. Paul and Nathan drawing a blank. Go ahead, Rich O'Reilly.
33:20Delighted. Delighted. Let's have a look. Very good.
33:23And just to confirm, I feel like she might be trying to get my attention right now.
33:29Gloria, you managed that as well. I certainly did. Do you want to have a proof?
33:33And ten points. Well done, you.
33:38We have a new champion in Paul Stopworth. Well done. Well done to you.
33:42You'll stay in that chair for tomorrow, so we'll see you tomorrow.
33:45Yeah, see you tomorrow. Difficult one today, Nathan.
33:47I thought it was a bit up and down, but I hope you've enjoyed your day.
33:50I have, yeah, thank you. Really nice to have you.
33:52Let me tell you, Paul, rubbish at throwing cheese.
33:54But as far as I'm concerned, it's one all. Happy days.
33:57And same with you, Gloria and Susie. See you then.
33:59Yes, see you then. Absolutely.
34:00Good stuff. There you go, Rich. Well done in the conundrum, as always.
34:03Why, thank you. I like how we were talking about our favourite teachers, et cetera, at the top of the show.
34:07What did your teachers make of you is what I'm more interested in.
34:09You'd have to ask them. Right, we'll be back in the same place, same time tomorrow.
34:13You can count on us.
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