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00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Wednesday afternoon.
00:34If you're having a taxi day, it's time to shake it off for the next 45 minutes or so.
00:40I know that feeling all too well.
00:42But let the sparks fly as we begin again with another 15 rounds of letters and numbers.
00:48Now, Rachel is young enough to get the references in that opening link.
00:51Yeah, I didn't know you were a Swifty.
00:54I had to look up the name for it yesterday.
00:56I want to tell you about Swiftageddon, which sounds like that Taylor Swift is actually some sort of evil robot that's going to bring around the end of the world.
01:04But it's a club. I got the name of the guy. Let's give him his credit.
01:07Dave Faubert. He's a DJ and music journalist.
01:11And he came up with this idea in London.
01:13Let's open a club and the only thing we'll do is play Taylor Swift music.
01:16She's that big. There'll be no other music.
01:18But there's actually Bruce Springsteen ones and there's a few other artists that have their own clubs where there's no other music played.
01:26So have a think. And at the end of the show, I want your ultimate one artist club.
01:31Jedwood.
01:32Oh, for goodness sake.
01:34How lonely would that club be?
01:36Just you standing looking at the DJ.
01:38Maybe they'd go.
01:41Right. Well, let's head over to Dictionary Corner and introduce somebody who is Countdown Folklore with a reputation for being fearless.
01:49And yes, just so you know, Susie Dent, that was references to three Taylor Swift albums.
01:53Yeah.
01:54Alongside Susie today, a snooker star and commentator who thinks Swift is a type of floor cleaner, John Virgo.
02:02You must have even been touched by the phenomenon of Taylor Swift.
02:06Not really.
02:08No, I'll be honest with you.
02:10Well, I'll tell you who's been ahead so far, John.
02:12It's our champion, Fran Orford, from just round the corner here in Salford.
02:16Had two wins so far. Loved yesterday's programme.
02:19Great game. Great game.
02:20Bit of a nail-biter, yeah.
02:21But you were kind of destined to be on Countdown.
02:25I don't know whether this is a thing, but the children of Countdown, you've got the same birthday as Countdown.
02:31Yeah, I was born on the same day that Countdown, well, not the same day, but the same date that Countdown first aired, yeah.
02:36I'm a little older.
02:37Yeah, well, I don't know about that.
02:39Well, you're up against Andy Merritt today, who lives in London, but you're a Somerset lad, right?
02:45Yeah, it's in the blood, definitely.
02:46And every reference to Taylor Swift, you knew, you're the reason why I'm talking about it, right?
02:52Yeah, definitely the guilty pleasure there.
02:54Is it hard to keep up with, I mean, because she's prolific, she's, you know, Beatles prolific, she releases new music so often.
03:01No, to keep it on top of it, it was a bit hard in lockdown, I think there were two albums that came out at the same time, but yeah, it was just listening all the time, so all good.
03:09Right, best of luck to Andy and Fran.
03:13Right, let's move swiftly into the game.
03:15Hi, Rachel.
03:16Hi, Fran.
03:17Can I have a consonant, please?
03:18You can indeed start today with K.
03:21And another.
03:22N.
03:24And another.
03:26S.
03:27A vowel, please.
03:28E.
03:30And another.
03:32A.
03:33And another.
03:35O.
03:36And a fourth.
03:39U.
03:41A consonant, please.
03:43T.
03:43And another consonant, please.
03:47Lastly, V.
03:49At home, man, in the studio.
03:50Let's play Countdown.
03:51I canП入 you.
03:55I can.
03:59I'm so sorry.
04:02You can Plan.
04:04yn o'
04:04Who is?
04:05I can.
04:06I can.
04:07I can.
04:07I can.
04:08I can.
04:09I can.
04:09I can.
04:10I can.
04:11I can.
04:11I can.
04:12I can.
04:12I can.
04:13That'll do us, Fran?
04:23Seven.
04:24A seven for you, and Andy?
04:25Just a five.
04:26Five's a decent start.
04:27What have you got, Andy?
04:28A sneak.
04:29And the seven?
04:30Sutan.
04:31Sutan.
04:32Very good, yes.
04:32It's a Roman Catholic priest's cassock.
04:35Yes, it's such a countdown word.
04:38Very good indeed.
04:39There you go.
04:39A divine star, a good seven for our champion, Fran.
04:43John, how did you get on this Wednesday afternoon?
04:46Six.
04:47Yep.
04:47Tokens.
04:48Tokens.
04:48Good word.
04:50Andy, off you go, mate.
04:51Consonant, please.
04:52Thank you, Andy.
04:53G.
04:54Vowel.
04:56I.
04:57Vowel.
04:58A.
04:59Consonant.
05:01M.
05:03Vowel.
05:05U.
05:06Consonant.
05:08N.
05:09Consonant.
05:11L.
05:12Vowel.
05:13Vowel.
05:15E.
05:16Consonant.
05:17And lastly, J.
05:19And 30 seconds.
05:20C.
05:22C.
05:23C.
05:24How many, Andy?
05:52Six.
05:53And Fran?
05:54I think seven.
05:55A little seven there.
05:56Go ahead, Andy.
05:57Naming.
05:58Naming?
05:59Mauling.
05:59Yes, the ING was there.
06:01Mauling was the golden goose.
06:02Well done, indeed.
06:04Yes, can't have naming, need two Ns, unfortunately.
06:06But, yeah, Mauling, very good.
06:08That was the best we had, actually.
06:11Let's just get the first numbers.
06:12And Fran?
06:13Two large, please, Rachel.
06:15Thank you, Fran.
06:16Two from the top row, four from the other, Rabble,
06:18and the four little ones for you.
06:20Four, three, four, five, and the big one's 25 and 50.
06:27And the target to reach 935.
06:30935.
06:31Numbers up.
06:33Yes, I shall not.
06:36You may be happy.
06:43It's over.
06:45You may be happy.
06:46You may be happy.
06:47You may be happy.
06:47We may be happy.
06:48You may be happy.
06:49You're welcome.
06:50Please, will you lock your eyes.
06:50Please, will you quickly take more time.
06:52Thanks, everybody.
06:53You may be happy.
06:53You may be happy.
06:54Please, will you be happy.
06:56Bye.
06:56Well done, folks.
06:57All right.
06:589-3-5, Fran.
07:05Yeah, I messed up. 9-3-7.
07:079-3-7, 2-0-8. Andy?
07:09No, just 9-50.
07:10Don't you worry about that.
07:12So, for seven points, Fran?
07:14Five times four is 20.
07:17Yep.
07:17Times a 50 is 1,000.
07:20Yep, sorry, 50, 1,000.
07:22Sorry, yeah, minus a 75.
07:25What's 75?
07:26Oh, right, yeah, no, and you've gone wrong.
07:3025 times three was a 75.
07:3325 times three, 75.
07:36And you add on the two fours.
07:37You've used one of the fours.
07:39Right, yeah.
07:39Sorry, Fran.
07:40No, it's all right, and you've gone wrong.
07:41This is one of those ones, because there's a 25 and a five,
07:44and the number ends in a five.
07:46I was one away.
07:47I feel like Rachel's going to kind of, like, admonish us,
07:49like, kind of shout at us.
07:51No, no, but you're getting you on the right track.
07:53Your tactics are good, Cole.
07:54Well, if you say 50 plus four is 54,
07:59times that by three for 162,
08:02add the 25 for 187,
08:05and times it by five.
08:07Yes.
08:07935.
08:11Right, tea time teaser is girls' pen, as in a penalty.
08:15Girls' pen.
08:16No pen needed to write down their order.
08:19They're hardly having anything.
08:21Quite involved, that.
08:23No pen needed to write down their order.
08:26They're hardly having anything.
08:28Welcome back.
08:45We might need about seven or eight minutes
08:46to work this tea time teaser out.
08:48So girls' pen becomes pinglers.
08:51The clue was no pen needed to write down their order.
08:53They're hardly having anything.
08:55I'm just going to rip it up and pass over to Susie.
08:57Susie?
08:57I love the verb pingle,
08:59because it can mean almost anything you want it to.
09:01Lots of different meanings.
09:02But in this one,
09:03it is when you pick at your food a little bit,
09:06so you've not got much appetite at all.
09:07That's a pingler.
09:08Thank you very much.
09:09Right, let's not pingle any further.
09:11You said I could use it for anything.
09:13Let's get back to the game.
09:14And Andy, your letters.
09:16Consonant, please.
09:17Thank you, Andy.
09:17Thanks, Rachel.
10:14How did you get on, Andy?
10:16Just a five.
10:17Just a five there.
10:18And Fran?
10:19Seven.
10:19And a seven.
10:20She's on fire today, Andy.
10:21What have you got?
10:22Right.
10:23Yes.
10:24And Fran?
10:25Bustier.
10:26Ooh.
10:27Yes.
10:28Bustier?
10:29Yeah, it can be an article of clothing
10:30as well as a noun or more busty.
10:32Anything else there, Mr Virgo?
10:34Yeah, we had an eight.
10:36Sobriety.
10:37Nice.
10:39Sobriety.
10:40Sobriety.
10:40A beautiful eight.
10:41Well done.
10:45Long way to go, Andy.
10:47We've been here countless times before.
10:49The nerves start to settle.
10:51Never forget you're here on merit.
10:52Go ahead, Fran.
10:53A consonant, please, Rachel.
10:56Thank you, Fran.
10:56Half a minute.
11:56Fran.
11:58Risk a nine.
12:00Going to risk a maximum.
12:02Andy did not want to hear that right now.
12:04Andy, what have you got?
12:06Just a five. What's the five, my friend?
12:08Addict. Right, addict.
12:10Oh, and that would be two days.
12:12But she might not score, cos she's...
12:14I think you're pushing the ball out. What have you got?
12:16Factioned. Factioned.
12:18I'm looking at it right now.
12:20Belonging to a faction. Factioned, well done.
12:22APPLAUSE
12:26Sensational. That doubles up.
12:2818 points. Well done, Fran.
12:30On the numbers now, Andy, and you're going to pick them
12:32for the first time. Two large, please.
12:34Thank you, Andy. Two from the top.
12:36Four not coming up.
12:38And...
12:40This round is five. Six.
12:42Two. Nine.
12:44And a large one's 50. And 25.
12:46And a target.
12:48104. I'm OK with that.
12:50104. Numbers up.
12:52For this round.
12:56Four, seven.
13:00Five, seven.
13:02Sixty, 13.
13:03One.
13:04Someнить.
13:05Zero.
13:06studios.
13:08Two, assigned.
13:09Pl està s.
13:10You're the best one.
13:11One.
13:12Two.
13:13One.
13:14Two.
13:16Two.
13:17Two.
13:18One.
13:20Let's just confirm it. Andy, 1-0-4?
13:24Yeah, 1-0-4. Yeah, and Fran?
13:26Yep. Well done. Off you go, Andy.
13:2850 times 2? 100.
13:30And then 9 minus 5. We can all do that in our heads.
13:33Yeah, Fran? Yeah, I got it right this time.
13:35Is that the same way? Well done.
13:38Well done on the board, Andy.
13:40As we break for another chat with John Virgo,
13:43you know, it's interesting the era where Snugger became absolutely massive
13:46and the players became giants kind of followed just on the heels
13:49of the first footballing superstars.
13:52And they didn't have all the sort of media protection
13:54that there is now or any of the training.
13:57What was that world like that you walked in?
14:00Well, I was lucky enough, coming from Salford, where I was born,
14:07I used to go into Snugger Club and George Best used to come in.
14:10We're roughly the same age.
14:12And then when Big Break got popular, I was invited to do Pantomime.
14:18And I'm appearing at the Ashcroft Theatre in Croydon,
14:22which is next door to the Fairfield Halls.
14:24And next door, George Best was doing an evening with Alan Murray.
14:29And I'm putting the little bit of ruse,
14:32makes me look like the jolly policeman.
14:34I get a knock on my dressing room door saying,
14:38George Best is in the green room,
14:40wants to know if you fancy a drink before you go on.
14:44So I went, yeah, sure.
14:46And then it's only when I've turned round
14:47and looked at myself in the mirror, I'm a policeman.
14:51You know, a little blue hat, tunic and everything else.
14:54But I couldn't get changed.
14:56You know, I didn't have time.
14:57So I went into the green room,
14:59and I'm sort of swinging this truncheon
15:02to make it look a bit Charlie Chaplin-esque.
15:04And George has gone, blimey, John, what happened?
15:08And when someone hits you with something,
15:10I went, that's Steve Davis got all the money.
15:13So that was it.
15:14We had a drink before I went on, you know.
15:16But, yeah, George was, well,
15:20being a Manchester United supporter as I was.
15:22Yeah.
15:23Coming from Salford, you see, you have a choice.
15:25You can support Man United or Man City.
15:27I couldn't support Manchester City because of my mother.
15:31She used to say,
15:31don't you can hear that main road?
15:34I was a kid, you listen, don't you?
15:36Lovely, John, thank you.
15:40Right, back to the game.
15:42Andy's found his feet and Fran's picking the letters.
15:45Can I have a consonant, please?
15:46Thank you, Fran.
15:47W.
15:49And another.
15:51R.
15:52And another.
15:54T.
15:55Vowel, please.
15:57O.
15:58Another vowel.
15:59A.
16:00And third.
16:02U.
16:04Fourth.
16:06B.
16:07A consonant, please.
16:10G.
16:11A final consonant, please.
16:13And a final M.
16:14And start the clock.
16:27That's time, Fran.
16:48Seven.
16:49Andy.
16:49Just the five.
16:50She's flying.
16:51You keep the fifth.
16:52What's the five, mate?
16:52Root.
16:53Well done.
16:54And the seven, Fran?
16:55Out where?
16:56Out where?
16:57We're back to out where again.
16:59Very good.
17:00And, John, was there anything better?
17:02Well, I think Susie might have one.
17:04I was struggling with that one, to be honest with you.
17:06Same.
17:07What about you, Susie?
17:07Yeah, Mork for six.
17:09But there is a funny-sounding plant called Mugwort.
17:14I think it's been Midgewort.
17:16But looking it up, there are several kinds which have been connected for centuries with magic and superstition.
17:21OK, more letters now.
17:23And you're picking, Andy.
17:24Consonant, please.
17:25Thank you, Andy.
17:26R.
17:27Vowel.
17:28I.
17:30Consonant.
17:31L.
17:33Vowel.
17:34E.
17:35Come on, now.
17:36Vowel.
17:37Oh, I'm not playing the game.
17:39U.
17:41Consonant.
17:42Oh, G.
17:44You're lucky.
17:45Consonant.
17:47N.
17:48Vowel.
17:49E.
17:51A consonant.
17:52And lastly, D.
17:54Here we go.
17:55You're lucky.
17:55You're lucky.
18:06I am.
18:06I.
18:06I am.
18:09I am.
18:10You're lucky.
18:10Andy.
18:27Oh, sorry, six.
18:28Six.
18:29Six for Andy.
18:31Fran.
18:31Six.
18:32Six as well.
18:33Now he's got his head in his hands.
18:34Andy, what have you done?
18:36It's a seven.
18:37Right, I know.
18:37It can't be a pun.
18:39What was a seven?
18:40Because even though you won't get points, I'm going to give you credit.
18:42Alluding.
18:43Alluding.
18:44Well, counting is alluding you.
18:46Right now, Fran.
18:47Guider.
18:48You got lucky there.
18:49I did.
18:49You got lucky.
18:51Anything else, John?
18:53Yeah, there was an eight.
18:54Lingered.
18:55Oh, lingered, yes.
18:57Yes, and there were quite a few eights, actually.
18:59There was underlie and girdle, which I love to surround.
19:03Just double-checking on Guider.
19:05Yeah, it is in.
19:06Very well done.
19:07Third numbers round.
19:09And, Fran, it's your choice.
19:11Two large, please, Rachel.
19:12Thank you, Fran.
19:13Two from the top row.
19:14And four more little ones and hopefully another ten points apiece.
19:18This round is nine, eight, five, five, fifty and seventy-five.
19:26And the target you need to reach, 917.
19:30Oh, Big E, nine, one, seven, numbers up.
19:32Two might be different.
19:34But then, if you don't find your way, guys, I'll give the world free from the top row.
19:36And the traffic you need to reach, 917.
19:37That's how I'm saying.
19:37Yes, and I'll be talking to you today.
19:37And the traffic you need to reach, 917.
19:52We'll get out the started again.
19:529-1-7, Fran.
20:059-1-6.
20:06Well done, Andy.
20:08Just 9-0-9.
20:09Yeah, 9-0-9's a really good effort there, let me tell you.
20:129-1-6, Fran.
20:148 plus 5 is 13.
20:168 plus 5, 13.
20:18Times the 75.
20:199-7-5.
20:21Take away the 50.
20:229-2-5.
20:23And then use a 9, take a 9 off.
20:25Yep, one away, 9-1-6.
20:28Yeah, felt like you had to go up to go down, is that how you get 9-1-7?
20:31Yeah, and it took me all of that 30 seconds to find it.
20:34If you say 9-5 is 4, times the second 5 is 20, 20 times 50 is 1,000,
20:42and take away the 75 and the 8.
20:459-1-7.
20:46Well done.
20:46Second tea time teaser and a nod back to the summer, after sun, after sun.
20:54No after sun for him, he wasn't having any of it.
20:57Very dangerous indeed.
20:58No after sun for him, he wasn't having any of it.
21:01How you doing?
21:18After sun.
21:19No after sun for him.
21:20He wasn't having any of it.
21:21He was a refusant.
21:23A refusant.
21:24Six rounds left today.
21:25Andy, let's get underway again.
21:27Constance, please.
21:28Thank you, Andy.
21:30H.
21:30Consonant.
21:32R.
21:33Vowel.
21:34I.
21:36Consonant.
21:37S.
21:38Vowel.
21:40A.
21:41Vowel.
21:43E.
21:45Consonant.
21:46M.
21:48Consonant.
21:49C.
21:50And vow, please.
21:52And lastly, I.
21:54Let's play.
21:55Let's play.
22:01Let's play.
22:14How did you get on, Andy?
22:28Mind blank.
22:29Don't worry about that, Fran.
22:31Seven.
22:32And a seven for you.
22:34Well, mind blank is a nine, so well done.
22:37What's the seven?
22:38Cashier.
22:39Cashier.
22:40You get the seven points.
22:42And, John, how did you get on there?
22:44You're doing very well.
22:45We are an eight, but this is a big wee.
22:47Yes.
22:48Chimeras.
22:49Oh, yes, there used to be a band called Chimera.
22:51Ah, OK.
22:52So Chimera in Greek mythology was a fire-breathing female monster,
22:58but in kind of metaphorical use, it just means something illusory,
23:01something that you can never achieve.
23:0476.10.
23:06As we get another letter sound.
23:08And Fran, it's on you.
23:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:10Thank you, Fran.
23:12R.
23:13And another.
23:14And a fourth.
23:21T.
23:22Vowel, please.
23:24A.
23:25Another vowel.
23:27O.
23:28Another vowel.
23:31E.
23:33A consonant.
23:36C.
23:36And a final vowel, please.
23:40A final A.
23:42Kind of.
23:42A consonant.
23:43A consonant.
23:44A consonant.
23:44A consonant.
23:45A consonant.
23:45A consonant.
23:46A consonant.
23:46A consonant.
23:47A consonant.
23:47A consonant.
23:48A consonant.
23:48A consonant.
23:48A consonant.
23:48A consonant.
23:48A consonant.
23:49A consonant.
23:49A consonant.
23:49A consonant.
23:49A consonant.
23:49A consonant.
23:50A consonant.
23:50A consonant.
23:50A consonant.
23:51A consonant.
23:52A consonant.
23:52A consonant.
23:53A consonant.
23:53A consonant.
23:53A consonant.
23:54A consonant.
23:54A consonant.
23:55A consonant.
23:55A consonant.
23:56A consonant.
23:56A consonant.
23:56A consonant.
23:57A consonant.
23:57A consonant.
23:57A consonant.
23:58A consonant.
23:58A consonant.
23:58A consonant.
23:59A consonant.
23:59A consonant.
24:0030 seconds up, Fran.
24:15Seven.
24:16A seven from Fran.
24:17She's steady and strong all day, Andy.
24:20Just a five.
24:20Just a five.
24:21What's the five, my friend?
24:22Apart.
24:23Good stuff.
24:24And the seven?
24:25Placate.
24:26Placate.
24:26Placate for another seven.
24:28She is on fire.
24:30To Dixonry Corner.
24:31How did you get on there?
24:33I'll leave it to Susie.
24:34Why not?
24:35Why not?
24:36That's stage of the show, innit?
24:37Leave it to her.
24:39We had a polecat.
24:41We'll have a polecat for seven, but there is a nine hiding there.
24:45Acropetal.
24:45So, acro, as in acrobat, and then petal.
24:50It describes a plant or whatever that grows upward from the basal point of attachment.
24:55So, we're probably talking about branches, I think.
24:57What's a beautiful word.
24:59Acropetal.
25:02All right.
25:0283 plays at 10.
25:04Fans sensational today.
25:06Andy, you still enjoying yourself?
25:08Yeah, I'm having a great time.
25:09Enjoyment is a strong word, isn't it?
25:11No, we are.
25:12So, good.
25:13We'll enjoy everything.
25:14It's a good fun.
25:14Yeah.
25:14Let's take a little break over to Dictionary Corner.
25:18Yesterday was a treat, the origins of words, because it was all about collective nouns,
25:22Susie.
25:22Yes, I'm going back to that today.
25:25And part of the reason I love the history, first of all, is that it is quite random.
25:29And people are always making up new collective nouns as well.
25:33So, a number of mathematicians or, you know, that kind of thing.
25:37But a lot of them are rooted in history and reflect society's preoccupations or what they felt about particular people and animals at the time.
25:45So, a misbelief of painters I absolutely love.
25:49And that is because people sitting for a portrait essentially wanted to be airbrushed.
25:55So, they wanted the portrait painted to kind of paint them in a very flattering light.
25:58So, that actually the painter would kind of add a bit of misbelief or suspend disbelief, if you like.
26:04But I have got some for you now, for you and Rachel again.
26:08Are we going to team up today?
26:09Yes.
26:09Because we were dreadful yesterday.
26:11Okay, come on.
26:12Okay.
26:12Okay, so, I'm not quite sure whether to start with a collective noun or to start with it.
26:16I'll start with peacocks, I think.
26:19Yes.
26:19Whether you can guess this one or have a go.
26:22Oh, I feel like I know this one.
26:24Yeah, because peacocking is that.
26:26Yes.
26:26A swagger, a straddle, a straddle.
26:29Excellent.
26:29No, you'd be both...
26:31A straddle?
26:31No, it's actually an ostentation.
26:33That swagger was very good.
26:35We were close enough.
26:36Owls.
26:38Oh, a parliament.
26:39Very good.
26:39Parliament of owls.
26:40Parliament goes back to the Latin for talking.
26:44And owls, obviously, talk to each other.
26:47Jellyfish.
26:48Flop of...
26:49A flop.
26:51Yeah.
26:52A sting.
26:53It's not a sting.
26:54A swarm.
26:56Smack.
26:56A smack.
26:57A smack.
26:58Yes, it's quite strange.
27:00And lawyers.
27:01An invoice of lawyers.
27:03I love that.
27:05It's actually an eloquence, but I prefer yours.
27:07And two others that I came across, I think probably quite modern, although maybe they're
27:13rooted in the past.
27:14I will explore.
27:15A twinkling of today's and a promise of tomorrow.
27:19Ah, yes.
27:19It's quite sweet, isn't it?
27:20Anyway, there you go.
27:21This is just such a brilliant subject and anyone can join in.
27:24So, all suggestions welcome.
27:26I like a foothurt of Lego.
27:27That's one of my things.
27:29That's not right.
27:30No.
27:31Someone's just made it up and I think it's very good.
27:33That's sensational.
27:34Yeah.
27:34Foothurt of Legos.
27:37APPLAUSE
27:37Andy, let's enjoy this.
27:41Nine letters from you.
27:43Constance, please.
27:44Thank you, Andy.
27:45D.
27:46Bow.
27:46And a final vowel, please.
28:06And a final O.
28:08And good luck to everybody.
28:39Andy.
28:42I'll try a six.
28:43Good man.
28:44Fran.
28:45I'll also try a six.
28:46Good stuff.
28:47Andy, what have you got?
28:48Pooted.
28:49Yes, that's in.
28:50Fran.
28:51Pogoed.
28:52Oh, Pogoed.
28:53Pogoed, I think, absolutely fine.
28:56And did we say pooted?
28:58Pooted.
28:59Poot is absolutely fine as well.
29:00Yes, we found that.
29:01Well, yeah, to poot.
29:03To poot.
29:03Right, 89 plays 16.
29:06Final letters round.
29:08You're choosing, Fran.
29:09A consonant, please, Rachel.
29:10Thank you, Fran.
29:12T.
29:13And another.
29:15S.
29:16And another.
29:18F.
29:19Vowel, please.
29:21A.
29:22A vowel.
29:24A.
29:24A vowel.
29:26I.
29:29Another vowel.
29:31O.
29:32A consonant.
29:35S.
29:38Another consonant.
29:39And a final.
29:40H.
29:41Last letters.
29:42A vowel.
29:43A vowel.
29:43A vowel.
29:44A vowel.
29:44A vowel.
29:44A vowel.
29:45A vowel.
29:45A vowel.
29:45A vowel.
29:45A vowel.
29:46A vowel.
29:46A vowel.
29:47A vowel.
29:47A vowel.
29:47A vowel.
29:48A vowel.
29:48A vowel.
29:48A vowel.
29:48A vowel.
29:48A vowel.
29:48A vowel.
29:49A vowel.
29:49A vowel.
29:49A vowel.
29:49A vowel.
29:49A vowel.
29:50A vowel.
29:50A vowel.
29:50A vowel.
29:51A vowel.
29:51A vowel.
29:52A vowel.
29:52A vowel.
29:52A vowel.
29:52A vowel.
29:53A vowel.
29:53A vowel.
29:53A vowel.
29:54A vowel.
29:54A vowel.
29:55A vowel.
29:55A vowel.
29:56A vowel.
29:56A vowel.
29:56Fran?
30:14Six.
30:15And Andy?
30:15Six.
30:16Very good.
30:17What have you got, Fran?
30:18Shafts.
30:19Shafts.
30:20And Andy?
30:21Shifts.
30:22Shifts and shafts, and that's not a problem at all.
30:24Difficult letters, John, anything above a six from the Royal Way?
30:29Yeah, we had a seven.
30:30Fastish.
30:31Fastish.
30:32Not the fastest.
30:33Not the slowest, just fastish.
30:36Fastish, and then soft-ish.
30:38All right.
30:39Last numbers round, and Andy, you're choosing.
30:41Two large, please.
30:42Thank you, Andy.
30:43Two large.
30:44Four little ones and ten more points apiece, hopefully.
30:47Final numbers today are 8, 1, 1, 7, 25, and 75.
30:55And the target to reach, 755.
30:587, 5, 5.
30:59Numbers up.
31:307, 5, 5, Andy.
31:327, 5, 7.
31:34Two away.
31:35Fran?
31:35Same, 7, 5, 7.
31:37Off you go, Andy.
31:388 plus 1 plus 1 is 10.
31:4110.
31:41Times 75.
31:44750?
31:45Minus 25 plus the 7.
31:47Oh, no.
31:50If you'd have not had done the 25 part, you'd have got there.
31:53Fran, then, seven points.
31:55Yeah, so 8 plus 1 plus 1 is 10 times 75, and then just add the 7.
32:00Sorry.
32:00Bit of nerves, eh?
32:017, 5, 5, Rich?
32:03Yeah, it actually fell out quite nicely, often hard for the two ones, but 75 plus 25 plus 8, 108, times by 7, 756, and take away 1.
32:157, 5, 5.
32:16Nice.
32:19Well, Fran, you've got 102.
32:21That's what you managed for your debut win.
32:23You've sealed the third, but you could break your highest score.
32:27Andy, I know you're going to play to the end.
32:30You've been such an honest player.
32:31Let's get your fingers on the buzzers, and let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:36Go on, Andy.
33:00Nesting.
33:00It's not.
33:05Rest of the time to Fran.
33:14That is time-up.
33:16Surprised with that, with the ING and the ER and all sorts going on.
33:19Come on, Rach.
33:21Stringent.
33:22Stringent.
33:23Let's have a look.
33:24Correct.
33:25Well done.
33:29Well done.
33:30Well, listen, great performance from you, Fran.
33:33I'm looking at you as a big threat over this series, but one game at a time.
33:37We'll see you tomorrow.
33:38Andy, I know you're a football fan.
33:40As I said, you used to work to Yeoviltown.
33:42There's something to be said for playing it honest, playing it straight, and trying your best.
33:47So, more power to you.
33:48Thank you for being here, mate.
33:49Thanks very much.
33:50John and Susie, we'll see you tomorrow.
33:51Look forward to it.
33:52I know you joked about Jedward for your one club band, going to a club and only hearing one artist.
33:57In all seriousness, because I've been thinking about this, what would be yours?
34:01Oh, I've been thinking, I think it'd have to be a diva, something you can dance to.
34:03So, I was thinking, I was going through Mariah, Whitney, but I think I'd land on Beyonce.
34:07Oh, my God, so close.
34:08So close, because I had the same thought process.
34:11Oh, yeah.
34:11Nobody wants to come to my Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds club night, you know.
34:15So, I'd go Shakira.
34:17Yeah, you could go far wrong with Shakira.
34:19I could do.
34:20I could lose a bit of...
34:20Whacka, whacka.
34:21Yeah, whacka, whacka all night.
34:23I could lose a bit of stone dancing to Shakira for four hours.
34:27Right, that is all from us.
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