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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Thursday afternoon to everyone, no matter where you're watching, in the UK and Ireland and around the world. How are you doing, Rich? Good, how are you? If you could live in another country in the world, which country would you choose? But, I'm talking about the 18-year-old, so you can't take into account family and all of that. If you were 18 again and someone said, right, you've got to live in a foreign country, where would you pick, do you think?
01:00I think, naturally, I'd probably pick America. So you've got the language and you just, I mean, you know, I've grown up watching all these films about America and it's so vast that if you didn't like one state, you go to another one and it's like you're in a completely different country anyway.
01:11I'll go Kenya. I'll go and live in the Maasai Mara, which I've been lucky enough to cycle across. I'll go and live there in the middle of nowhere, no technology whatsoever, just at one with a land.
01:23You know, I said America. I don't think I could live anywhere but the UK. I go to America and I just miss the sarcasm.
01:30I just, I just, I just, you know, they're so happy all the time and, you know, they give you a compliment and you think, what do you want?
01:36I like the sarcasm and the Britishness.
01:39I know what you mean.
01:39Yeah, a bit snarky.
01:41Yeah, you kind of, it's pretty central to us.
01:44All right, we're staying put but let's make the short journey over to Dictionary Corner, our customs officer for illegal words.
01:52Any of our contestants might try to smuggle in and on duty is always Susie Dent and beside her, adding a little sauce to proceedings as always, it's Levi Roots.
02:01Right, our champion is Philip Goodwin, looking for a third win today and Philip, we mentioned you're a maths teacher but there's something in particular that you specialise in, tell me about that.
02:13So, I teach mainly like 16 to 19 and it's basically, yeah, students have already like failed at secondary school and, yeah, just trying to get them to pass again.
02:25Sounds brilliant to me, sounds very frustrating and rewarding, I bet you.
02:28Well, you're up against Colm Kelly today, Colm's from Limerick, the lovely Limerick, how are you, mate?
02:34Not too bad.
02:34And you're why I'm talking about where to live in the world because you must have been quite young, you went to live in Spain, is that right?
02:40Yeah, yeah, so I moved over there when I was in college, I'd studied Spanish so it was just a natural kind of progression.
02:47Well, here in Manchester, England, it's Colm against Philip, good luck.
02:52Off you go, champ.
02:53OK, so I'd like to start with a consonant, please.
02:56Thank you, Philip, start today with B.
03:00And another consonant.
03:02Q.
03:04And a vowel.
03:07A.
03:09And another vowel.
03:10I.
03:12A consonant, please.
03:14T.
03:16A vowel.
03:18O.
03:20A consonant.
03:22Y.
03:22And a vowel.
03:27I.
03:28And a final consonant.
03:32A final P.
03:33At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:36A vowel.
03:36A muted For beaucoup.
03:39A vowel.
03:40A vowel.
03:44A vowel.
03:45A vowel.
03:46A vowel.
03:47And a vowel.
03:48C naszych.
03:50A vowel.
03:50A vowel.
03:51A vowel.
03:54A vowel.
03:54A vowelsнь.
03:54A vowel.
03:56A jeito.
03:56A vowel.
04:00Early.
04:01A vowel.
04:02A vowel.
04:02Ahales.
04:03Aisel.
04:03Philip?
04:07So, I think a five.
04:10A five, you think.
04:11Colm, not an easy first round for you.
04:13What have you got?
04:14A risk of five as well.
04:16OK, you're both not sure.
04:17Philip?
04:18So, Boaty.
04:19Boaty as in Boaty McBoatface.
04:21OK.
04:22Colm?
04:23Piety.
04:24Piety and Boaty.
04:26How are you spelling that, Colm?
04:28P-I-O-T-Y.
04:29Ah, it's P-I-E-T-Y, unfortunately.
04:32So, you'd need the E.
04:33Boaty, surprisingly, I did look this up, is in, relating to boats, simply.
04:38Something looks a bit boaty.
04:39I know.
04:40It's a bit strange.
04:41Goodness me.
04:42Counts for five points, Philip.
04:43Anything above a five, no?
04:45No, not at all, but I like patio, which is there for five.
04:48Patio.
04:49You and I sitting in a patio right now.
04:50I absolutely would do that.
04:52Like it.
04:53Well, we wouldn't want to be anywhere else but here.
04:55Colm, more letters, please.
04:56Can I have a consonant, please?
04:58Thank you, Colm.
04:59S.
05:00And another.
05:01M.
05:02And another.
05:03T.
05:04And a vowel.
05:05E.
05:06And another.
05:07O.
05:08And a consonant.
05:09N.
05:10And another.
05:11S.
05:12And a vowel.
05:13A.
05:14And a final vowel, please.
05:17A final E.
05:1830 seconds.
05:1930 seconds.
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05:45Time's up, Colin.
06:05Six.
06:06Six for you and Philip.
06:08Yeah, I think it's six.
06:10You think so.
06:11Colin, what have you got?
06:12Storms.
06:13Yep.
06:13And what have you got, Philip?
06:14So, seaman.
06:17Seamen, that'll be all right, won't it?
06:19Men of the sea.
06:20Seamen, absolutely fine.
06:21People work as a sailor, yes.
06:23What can we add to that?
06:24Yeah, we've got an eight.
06:25Nice.
06:26Yeah, it's tameness.
06:28Tameness?
06:29Tameness.
06:29There you go.
06:30Of certain animals.
06:31And senates as well for seven.
06:32Senates.
06:33Right, first numbers of the day.
06:35Philip, we need six from you.
06:37Could I have one large and five small, please?
06:41You can indeed.
06:41Thank you, Philip.
06:42One large, five small coming up for you.
06:44First numbers of the day are three, ten, three, five, two, and 75.
06:53And your target, 595.
06:56Five, nine, five.
06:57Numbers up.
06:57One, two, one,
07:19One, two, one, two, three.
07:20595, Philip?
07:30So, 595.
07:31Yeah, and column?
07:32Yeah, 595.
07:34Good stuff.
07:34Philip, off you go.
07:35So, 5 plus 3 is...
07:388.
07:388.
07:39Then times by 75...
07:40600.
07:42And then the 10 over 2...
07:45Lovely.
07:45..is a 5, and take it off.
07:47595.
07:48Yeah.
07:48Something similar, column?
07:50Yeah, similar, just did 5 plus 3 is 8, times 75.
07:55And then the 2 plus the other 3, and take it away.
07:58Yeah, different way to get the other 5.
08:00Lovely.
08:04Nice and easy, and not too difficult the tea-time teaser either.
08:07Vault free.
08:09Vault free.
08:10No need to cook again when there's plenty from yesterday.
08:13No need to cook again when there's plenty from yesterday.
08:15MUSIC PLAYS
08:17Welcome back.
08:32No need to cook again when there's plenty from yesterday.
08:35Vault free becomes left over.
08:37Left over.
08:37Right, just 5 points in it, Colm.
08:39Let's get back to it.
08:40Do you have a consonant, please?
08:42Thank you, Colm.
08:43R
08:43And another...
08:45H
08:47And another...
08:48W
08:50A vowel...
08:51U
08:53And another...
08:55I
08:55And another...
08:57E
08:59And a final consonant, please.
09:10Final T.
09:11Thank you, Rich.
09:11MUSIC PLAYS
09:13Well, it is...
09:30Well, it is...
09:34I'll do this, Colm.
09:44Just the five.
09:45Just the five here, Philip.
09:47It's a seven.
09:48Yeah, the five is?
09:50Wires.
09:51And Philip?
09:52Withers.
09:53Withers, yes.
09:55Reminds me of a joke, I'm not going to tell, because it always annoys.
09:58Susie, 28, 16, anything else?
10:01Yeah, nothing bigger than the seven.
10:03Er, hirsute.
10:05Hirsute, there you go.
10:07Yes, hairy.
10:08Yeah, more and more as we get older, have you found that?
10:11Yes, yes, absolutely.
10:12There could be hair.
10:14I thought you were asking Susie, then.
10:17I was, I don't know why Levi's answering.
10:20Right, more letters, Philip.
10:22So, could I have a consonant, please?
10:24Thank you, Philip.
10:25H.
10:27Another one.
10:29R.
10:31Vowel.
10:32O.
10:34A consonant.
10:36P.
10:38A vowel.
10:39E.
10:41A consonant.
10:43L.
10:45Another consonant.
10:48T.
10:51Another consonant.
10:53B.
10:55And a vowel.
10:56Lastly, you.
10:59And a you.
11:01OK, here we go.
11:01The goat.
11:12The goat.
11:15The Erde.
11:15Nice.
11:15You.
11:16And a vowel.
11:17The endlessly.
11:18Philip, how many?
11:34Just six.
11:36A six and column?
11:37A seven.
11:38A six?
11:40Powder.
11:41Powder and column?
11:43Brothel.
11:44Brothel's in there, all good?
11:45Brothel's in, obviously.
11:46Powder as well.
11:47Well, less, from a dictionary point of view,
11:49someone who pouts and more a pigeon
11:50that can inflate that sort of cropped bit of its throat.
11:54It's probably a good origins of words in brothel, actually.
11:58OK, yes.
11:58Looking into it.
11:59Column, you're going to have none up to four large.
12:03Can I, yes, one large and five small, please?
12:06You can, indeed.
12:07Another one large five, little combo.
12:09Let's see what we have this time.
12:10Your selection is five, nine, two, three, seven and seventy-five.
12:21And the target?
12:22Nine hundred and eighty-seven.
12:24Big one.
12:24Nine, eight, seven.
12:25Numbers up.
12:26That's what we have this time.
12:28Let's go weed.
12:29That's what it takes.
12:30We have Chapo.
12:32Alright.
12:32Good.
12:32That's it.
12:42Bye.
12:44Good.
12:44Good.
12:45There.
12:45You'reứ。
12:45Good.
12:459, 8, 7, the target. Colm?
12:599, 8, 2.
13:005 away. Philip?
13:02I haven't written it down, but it's 9, 8, 9.
13:05OK, 2 away. Off you go.
13:06So, 3 times 2 is 6.
13:09Yep.
13:10Add 7 is 13.
13:12Yep.
13:13Times by 75.
13:159, 7, 5.
13:17And then add the 9 and add the 5.
13:21The 9 and the 5.
13:22Yep.
13:232 above, like you declared. Well done.
13:25Well done, 7. Much needed points for you there, Philip.
13:28What about taking us to that gargantuan total?
13:31Well, it was actually quite a nice one when it fell out,
13:34with 75 times 2 is 150.
13:38Take away 9 is 141, and 141 times 7, minus 7.
13:43Nice.
13:43APPLAUSE
13:44OK, let's pause for a chat with Levi Roots.
13:49I know what you did last summer.
13:50You did?
13:51Yeah. You were up at the Edinburgh Fringe.
13:54I never meet anybody who comes back from the Fringe Festival deflated.
13:58They always come back full of energy and creativity and sort of a renewal of energy.
14:05Yeah, and my energy is renewed because I just spent four weeks there, so it's absolutely fantastic.
14:09And I was trying to explain what his Fringe felt like to me, and it felt like rock and roll.
14:14It felt like Woodstock. It felt like the Notting Hill Carnival, and also a lighthouse with Frank Carson.
14:20That's what it feels like.
14:23But I had a play, my own play there, which is fantastic, going to Edinburgh Fringe.
14:26I wrote it as a sort of an outtake from my life story.
14:30I wrote a dystopian play called Sound Clash, which is a bit about sound systems.
14:35A bit of Romeo and Juliet as well, too.
14:38West Side Story wrapped up in this sound system sort of lyrical battles and rap battles and dance-offs and that sort of stuff.
14:46And it was amazing, but it's just the players and the trips that you have going to see the players, and you come out laughing, you're going to another one.
14:53You're back again laughing, and you go home with that laughter and that joy within you going home to bed with it, to wake up the next morning and go back for another one again.
15:02So if you haven't been to Fringe, ladies and gentlemen, you've got to go there because it's absolutely amazing.
15:07As I said, if you know Frank Carson, then you'll know what I'm saying.
15:10It's like a night out with him.
15:12It's a cracker.
15:13It's a cracker.
15:14It's one of those sort of like Disneyland for comedy, but we do actually forget if so much else is going on at the Fringe.
15:23And Edinburgh is brilliant.
15:24What a clean city.
15:26Absolutely spotless.
15:27Fantastic place.
15:28But you needed about a month to recover after.
15:30You do.
15:30There you go.
15:31This is like the sanctuary.
15:34This is where you come for rehab.
15:36A week of countdown and you're refreshed again.
15:39Yeah, I am refreshed.
15:40Good stuff.
15:41Thank you, my friend.
15:41APPLAUSE
15:44Well, Colin, you're a little on the fringe now, but you can still play a starring role.
15:48Just 12 points in it.
15:50And back to you, Philip, for letters.
15:51So, could I have a consonant, please?
15:53Thank you, Philip.
15:54R.
15:57Another consonant.
15:58N.
16:00Another consonant.
16:02G.
16:02A vowel.
16:04A vowel.
16:05O.
16:07Another vowel.
16:09A.
16:10And another vowel.
16:12E.
16:14A consonant.
16:16W.
16:19A vowel.
16:21E.
16:24And a vowel, please.
16:27Glass leak.
16:28Glass leak.
16:29O.
16:30OK, half a minute.
16:30O.
16:31OK, half a minute.
16:32It's a nursery.
16:39She's a traveler.
16:41Don't let me ask, man.
16:41No!
16:42What does this one's yang to say?
16:43I don't even say thank you.
16:46Do it.
16:46I don't want you.
16:47I don't want you to ask, man.
16:51I don't want you to ask, man.
16:52Do it.
16:52It's funny.
16:53Oh, I just Gymnoms.
16:53I'm sorry.
16:54khoire.
16:54I don't want you to ask.
16:56Did it.
16:56I don't want you.
16:58I don't want you to ask me to ask me.
16:58You say that's mercy.
16:59I left him.
17:00Philip, how do you fare?
17:03So, a six.
17:05A six and con?
17:06Just a five.
17:07Ooh, the five is?
17:08Groal.
17:09And you will be groaning.
17:10So, orange.
17:11Yes, there you go.
17:13Orange, the first six letters that came out.
17:16Only easy when you say it, though.
17:17Levi, anything better?
17:18Yeah, we've got a couple of sevens.
17:20Oregano, which I quite like, and also wagoner.
17:23A wagoner.
17:24Mmm, driver of a horse-drawn wagon.
17:26You can spell it with two Gs, but also one.
17:28Think back to the old Westerns.
17:29You know, ride him, ride him, cowboy.
17:32Ride him, ride him.
17:33I think that might be Gangnam style, to be fair.
17:38It's a dubbed-up version of that.
17:41Right, more letters, please, Colm.
17:43Can I get a consonant, please?
17:45Thank you, Colm.
17:46D.
17:47And another.
17:49C.
17:50And another.
17:52R.
17:53And a vowel.
17:55A.
17:56And another.
17:57U.
17:58And a consonant.
18:04N.
18:05And a consonant.
18:08F.
18:09And a final vowel, please.
18:12Final E.
18:13There you go.
18:14Start the clock.
18:15And a consonant.
18:15And a consonant.
18:16And a consonant.
18:16And a consonant.
18:17And a consonant.
18:17And a consonant.
18:17And a consonant.
18:18And a consonant.
18:18And a consonant.
18:19And a consonant.
18:19And a consonant.
18:20And a consonant.
18:20And a consonant.
18:20And a consonant.
18:20And a consonant.
18:21And a consonant.
18:21And a consonant.
18:21And a consonant.
18:21And a consonant.
18:21And a consonant.
18:22And a consonant.
18:22And a consonant.
18:22And a consonant.
18:22And a consonant.
18:23And a consonant.
18:23And a consonant.
18:23And a consonant.
18:24And a consonant.
18:24And a consonant.
18:25And a consonant.
18:25And a consonant.
18:25And a consonant.
18:26And a consonant.
18:26And a consonant.
18:27And a consonant.
18:28And a consonant.
18:29And a consonant.
18:45Mr. Kelly?
18:47Six.
18:48Mr. Goodwin?
18:49So I think I'll risk a seven.
18:52Yeah, you've got a little bit of breathing space.
18:54We'll see if it pays off.
18:55The six then, Colin?
18:56Unfair.
18:57Unfair, it might count.
18:59A bit similar, unfired.
19:02Unfired.
19:04Words you would never hear from an employer.
19:06So a gun, of course, can be not discharged.
19:08That can be unfired.
19:09Also, if bowls, any kind of ceramics,
19:14has not been actually fired in a kiln,
19:16it is said to be unfired.
19:18So either way, very good indeed.
19:19What about you, Levi?
19:20Yeah, a seven, like a new racehorse, unraced.
19:25Unraced?
19:26Unraced, yeah.
19:26That's well enough.
19:27All right, 48 plus 23.
19:29Third numbers round of the day, Philip?
19:31OK, so yeah, I think I'll just stick with one large
19:34and five small again.
19:35One large.
19:36Five little tough decision, though.
19:38Right, for this round, the numbers are eight, four, six,
19:43six, six, ten, and one odd, one, 75.
19:47And your target, 255.
19:50Two, five, five.
19:51Numbers up.
19:52One, two, five, six, ten, and one odd, one.
19:58Okay.
19:59One, two, five, six, ten.
20:022-5-5, the target.
20:25Philip?
20:252-5-4.
20:272-5-4, one away.
20:29Colin?
20:30Also 2-5-4.
20:31Off you go, Philip.
20:32So, 6 times 4 is 24.
20:37Yep.
20:38Times by?
20:3910.
20:40240.
20:41And then you've got the 8 and the 6 left over to add on.
20:458 and the 6.
20:47Yep, one below.
20:48That is right.
20:49Colin?
20:504 times 75.
20:524-75 is 300.
20:54300, and then 6 times 6, 36, plus the 10.
20:59Take away.
21:01Yep.
21:02Same result.
21:03All right.
21:03Well done to both of you.
21:047 points each.
21:05About 2-5-5 for you.
21:07Yeah.
21:07Well, Colin, if you find the 180, you can add the 75 on.
21:10If you say 6 plus 4 plus 8 is 18, you can times that by 10 for 180.
21:18And with one odd one, I think that's the best route to try.
21:21Yes, well done.
21:22Yes, well done.
21:23APPLAUSE
21:23All right, 25 points in it as we get our second Tea Time teaser of the day,
21:30which is maleness.
21:31Maleness.
21:32Not as in the post.
21:33M-A-L-E.
21:34Maleness.
21:35Just focus on the big cats, like Russo, Kelly and James.
21:39Just focus on the big cats, like Russo, Kelly and James.
21:43Welcome back.
22:00Cleverty Time teaser.
22:02Just focus on the big cats, like Russo, Kelly and James.
22:07Maleness becomes maneless.
22:09What's maneless?
22:10Well, it's the lionesses.
22:11And what a summer drama from start to finish.
22:15Right, back to the game.
22:16Six rounds to go.
22:17Colm, you're up.
22:18Can I get a consonant, please?
22:20Thank you, Colm.
22:21R.
22:22And another.
22:25M.
22:26And another.
22:28N.
22:30And a vowel.
22:32I.
22:33And another.
22:34O.
22:36And another.
22:38U.
22:39And a consonant.
22:41K.
22:43And another.
22:46G.
22:47And a final vowel, please.
22:49A final A.
22:51Let us play.
22:52Let us play.
23:16Talk to me, Colm.
23:25Seven.
23:26Seven, well done.
23:27Philip.
23:28Seven, too.
23:29Yeah.
23:29What have you got, Colm?
23:30Marking.
23:31Something different or same?
23:32So the same again.
23:33Sorry, marking.
23:34Yeah, well done.
23:35Over the dictionary corner.
23:36Can we mark that up, or is that as good as it gets?
23:39A couple of those.
23:39Yeah.
23:40Wow.
23:40We have Oreganum.
23:43As we had Oregano earlier, this is an aromatic plant of a genus that includes Oregano and
23:48Marjoram.
23:48You're not happy with this one.
23:50But you might like this one, Amouring.
23:52We talk about Amour, Love.
23:54It's kind of courtship, an old term for courtship or wooing.
23:57You don't even hear courting that often these days.
24:01But that's a beautiful word.
24:02Yeah.
24:02You're right.
24:03Love it.
24:03Love it.
24:04OK, my lovelies.
24:05Let's get back to it.
24:06Philip.
24:07OK.
24:07Can I have a consonant, please?
24:09Thank you, Philip.
24:10P.
24:12Another consonant.
24:13T.
24:15Another consonant.
24:18C.
24:19A vowel.
24:21E.
24:23A consonant.
24:25Z.
24:27A vowel.
24:29E.
24:29A consonant, please.
24:33S.
24:36And a vowel.
24:39I.
24:41And a consonant.
24:43Lastly, L.
24:45Kind time.
24:46A consonant.
25:17How did you get on, Philip?
25:18It's a six.
25:20Well done. Column?
25:21Just a five.
25:21Yeah, what's a five?
25:22Steep.
25:23Steep. And what's a six?
25:25Pieces.
25:26Yeah. Pieces.
25:27Yeah.
25:28Levi, roots. Talk to me or forever hold your peace.
25:30Yeah, we got a seven, yeah. Epistle.
25:33Epistle.
25:33Yeah.
25:34For a seven. Very good.
25:35Pieces takes the points, though.
25:37Four rounds left today. Not a done deal.
25:39Susie, origins of words.
25:41Where are we going today?
25:42Well, you know, I love a good read of the dictionary.
25:44And not just British English, but also American English dictionaries, of which the Merriam-Webster
25:49Dictionary, I think, is probably the best that I know.
25:54Just, yeah, built, much like the OED, built on centuries of history.
25:59But they also have lovely little articles and test questions, and one of those questions
26:04was, which is the only letter in the English language that is never silent?
26:09And there are lots of reasons why English is packed full of silent letters.
26:12Sometimes we used to pronounce the letters concerned, and then they fell away.
26:17So, famously, a knight used to be a canite.
26:19We used to pronounce that hard Germanic K.
26:23We used to pronounce the B at the end of dum, but that fell away in about the 1300s.
26:29And others still followed suit.
26:31Comb, limb, num, which, etymologically speaking, are complete outliers.
26:36They shouldn't have a B, but we added them to sort of, you know, to match with dum, etc.
26:41We have the C in science.
26:43Now, a lot of the time, silent letters were added just because scholars during the Renaissance thought,
26:48we may never pronounce this, but I want to show off that this word came from Latin.
26:53So, they added the B to debt, the B to doubt, and so on.
26:57Now, there are some letters that are very rarely silent.
27:01The F, for example, but sometimes fifth, if we say fifth, we don't say fifth.
27:06Very good.
27:07So, sometimes that's silent.
27:08The Z in French words, so, chez Susie, laissez-faire.
27:14So, when we're pronouncing it the French way, the Z is silent.
27:18What about Q?
27:18So, Q, you have lacquer, L-A-C, Q-U-R, so, potentially.
27:24Any guess?
27:24I'm going for D.
27:26D, handsome.
27:27Oh!
27:28Wednesday.
27:29V?
27:29V.
27:30V is the answer.
27:32It is pronounceable in, well, pretty much every single word in the English language, but Merriam-Webster brilliantly does point out that a few years ago, when a certain sort of slightly tired, shall we say, ex-president decided to tweet a single word, Q-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F-F
28:02Four rounds left to go, and you're picking the letters, Colm, off you go.
28:07Can I get a consonant, please?
28:09You can indeed.
28:10R
28:32And another.
28:33S.
28:34And a final vowel.
28:36And a final E.
28:39Good luck.
28:39Good luck.
29:09Right, there's a lot going on there, Colm, how many?
29:12Just a five.
29:13Just a five, and Philip?
29:15A seven.
29:16A seven, the five is?
29:18Trams.
29:18Trams.
29:19So, matures.
29:21Matures.
29:22We'll get you seven points.
29:24Well done to you.
29:25Levi.
29:26Yeah, a nice eight.
29:28Muriates.
29:29Yes, one for chemists, a muriate is a very old term for chloride.
29:33All right, good stuff.
29:34Now, Colm, you were huffing and puffing there.
29:37I know winning is a long way away.
29:38I want you to enjoy every second of this, all right?
29:41Let's see that smile back that we had at the start of the programme.
29:44Three rounds to go.
29:45Off you go, Philip.
29:46Yeah, could I have a consonant, please?
29:48Thank you, Philip.
29:48D.
29:50Another consonant.
29:51C.
29:53C.
29:53Another one.
29:56T.
29:59A vowel.
30:00O.
30:02Another vowel.
30:03I.
30:05Another vowel.
30:07A.
30:09A consonant.
30:11F.
30:13A vowel.
30:14A.
30:15U.
30:18And a final vowel.
30:23Final E.
30:24Last letters.
30:56Philip?
30:58I think a risky eight.
31:00Going for the eight. Call them.
31:02Just a six.
31:03Settling the six, it might count. What have you got?
31:06Coated.
31:07Coated. And what's the risky eight?
31:09I'll try out-faced.
31:11Out-faced.
31:13You can out-face an opponent by defeating them, so absolutely brilliant.
31:16Yeah, well done.
31:17Got it about that. I thought it was a great seven,
31:19and then we did out-face. That's what champions do.
31:21Is that as good as it gets?
31:23As good as it gets.
31:23Yeah, what was your seven?
31:24Factoid.
31:25Very nice.
31:26A little factoid. But you give me a factoid about out-faced.
31:29Exactly.
31:29It all worked out well.
31:30Right, 83 plus 37. Final numbers round for you.
31:34Mr Kelly, what's your poison?
31:36Just one large and five small, please.
31:39Thank you, Colin.
31:40One from the top again, and another five little ones.
31:43And these five little ones are five, nine, nine, two, and three.
31:49And the big one, 75.
31:51And your target, 569.
31:54Five, six, nine.
31:55Last numbers.
31:56Four, five, six, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine
32:26Time's up. Difficult. 5, 6, 9. Colm?
32:29No. No. Philip?
32:31No, I made a mistake.
32:33Oh, she loves these moments. She loves these moments.
32:35Star and roll, Rachel Riley.
32:36I'm not sure if you'll cook yourselves or not, but one way.
32:3975 plus 5 is 80.
32:429 minus 2 is 7.
32:44Times those for 560.
32:46And add on the other 9. 5, 6, 9.
32:49APPLAUSE
32:51Well, Philip, we know you've already got your third win in the bag.
32:55You're only 50% on the conundrums, though.
32:57So always room for improvement.
32:59Get your finger on that buzzer column.
33:01You can make it one for three for our champion if you can get this.
33:04And here is Thursday's Countdown Conundrum.
33:25Go on, Colm, have a guess.
33:37Soldiers.
33:38Soldiers.
33:39Yes!
33:40Come on.
33:41It's a great feeling, even in defeat, isn't it, when you get the conundrum?
33:46Yeah, yeah, not so bad.
33:47You fought to the end with Soldier.
33:49Well done to you.
33:50Colm, we'll give you a goodie bag and you go back home with our best wishes.
33:55Thanks a lot.
33:56Oh, Philip, one for three on the conundrums.
33:59I'm just going to make a little note ahead of tomorrow.
34:01Must do better.
34:02Well done, your third win.
34:03Yeah, thanks.
34:04Good.
34:05Last day for you, Levi, tomorrow?
34:06Yeah, looking forward to tomorrow.
34:08I'm only turning up to see what you're wearing.
34:09Mm-hm.
34:10Thank you, Susie.
34:12Now, when you come to the studio tomorrow, don't walk under any ladders.
34:15Maybe rub a little rabbit's foot.
34:17Drive nice and slowly when you come to the studio, because it's Friday the 13th.
34:21Oh, lovely.
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