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00:30Hello, everybody. Wednesday afternoon, hopefully for the next 45 minutes or so, you can pop the kettle on, maybe grab a snack and chill out with us for 15 rounds of Letters and Numbers. Hi, Rachel. Hi, Colin. What did you have for lunch? I had a poke bowl. Oh, nice. Is that allowed? Yeah, it's fine, but disrespectful, if you don't mind me saying that you would have that today, because I had two rounds of white bread, lashings of butter and a packet of salt and vinegar Christmas.
01:00I had crisps in the middle of them, because today is crisp sandwich day. Amazingly, there was a survey, there's a survey on everything. In Britain, we still eat around two billion crisp sandwiches a year.
01:14You say we. I'm only one billion of those. I don't know who eats the other billion. Do you like, I think it's, I get that it maybe isn't the healthiest and all that. I think it's a poor man's chip butty, personally.
01:26Wow, wow, this is hugely controversial in a day like today. Well, listen, sandwiched in between every letters round today, of course, will be our dictionary corner, our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent. I can't imagine you eating a crisp sandwich.
01:41Do you know, my eldest loves a hummus crisp sandwich, and I know that sounds a bit artisan, but that is delicious.
01:47That is good, that is good. Well, alongside you all day, definitely a Worcestershire sauce man, you know by just looking at him. It's comedian and author Mark Watson.
01:55APPLAUSE
01:56I'm so hungry after that, Colin. Genuinely, that's put me right on edge, hunger-wise.
02:03And I don't remember Des Lynam doing this much stuff about crisp sandwiches.
02:08Laura Brookfield is our new champion. What a nail-biter yesterday. Nobody got the crucial countdown conundrum.
02:14And, Laura, you were flying, it felt like you hit nerves in the last part.
02:17Yeah, definitely.
02:18Good. Well, you need to get, you need to channel that energy and that temperament that you bring to the bingo every week.
02:24Yeah. So you're a dabber. Do you win much?
02:28I've won a few things, yeah.
02:29But, like, most things, about the community, isn't it?
02:31Yes.
02:32The people you get to see every week, and that's what I love about it.
02:34That's right.
02:34Same as here. The game is the most important thing, but then it's sort of all just a chat.
02:38Meeting up with people.
02:39Exactly. Right, well, listen, you're up against Caroline McManus today, who lives in Guernsey, and you are a woman of numbers. Tell me a bit more.
02:48Only in the sense that I was a maths teacher for an awful long time.
02:51Listen, we've had maths teachers succeed and fail on countdown.
02:56That's what worries me.
02:57It's a bit of pressure. I want to ask you about words, because you live in Guernsey, and you're very proud to live in Guernsey.
03:02Yes, I am.
03:02Guernsey has its own language, right?
03:04It does. It has its own patois, so it's called Guernseyes, and it kind of derives from Norman French.
03:12Yeah.
03:13I can't speak yet. I wish I did. It has some beautiful words in it.
03:16Give me your favourite.
03:17Budiacs.
03:18Budiacs? What's that?
03:19It means horrible.
03:20Horrible.
03:21But the grandchildren learn them very quickly, and so, and the classic one is, if I put cauliflower cheese on the table, Budiacs.
03:29Budiacs, right.
03:30Let's hope it's not Budiacs for you this afternoon.
03:32I hope not.
03:33Caroline and Laura, best of luck.
03:37OK, Laura, aren't they?
03:39Hello, Rachel.
03:39Hi, Laura.
03:40Can I have a consonant, please?
03:41You can indeed.
03:42Start today with P.
03:44And another one, please.
03:47S.
03:47And again.
03:50G.
03:51A vowel.
03:53E.
03:54Another one, please.
03:55A.
03:56And one more.
03:57U.
03:59A consonant.
04:00R.
04:02Consonant.
04:04T.
04:05And a final consonant, please.
04:08And a final F.
04:10OK, at home and in the studio.
04:12Good luck, everyone.
04:13Let's play Countdown.
04:14New York.
04:20New York.
04:23He told me.
04:26All right.
04:27They told me.
04:27They told me.
04:28They told me.
04:33They told me.
04:34They told me.
04:36And a world's coming.
04:37St.
04:37Hey, are you.
04:38They told me that you have one next thing.
04:40T.
04:40Time is up, Lore?
04:46Seven.
04:47And Caroline?
04:48Just six.
04:49Just don't say, just six is fantastic.
04:51What's the six?
04:52Purges.
04:53And the seven?
04:55Pasture.
04:55Pasture, yeah.
04:56Don't worry, Caroline, she's been here before.
04:58Yeah.
04:59Very good.
04:59Over the dictionary corner, grazing over there.
05:01How'd you get on?
05:02There's also Upstage, another seven.
05:05Nice.
05:05Nothing more than that, I don't think.
05:06No, we could find.
05:08You've done the origins of Upstage before.
05:10We have.
05:10Yeah, indeed.
05:11Yeah, I remember every single one of them.
05:13Caroline, you're picking the letters, which is always fun for the first time.
05:17Hello, Rachel.
05:17Hi, Caroline.
05:18I'll start with the consonant as well, please.
05:21Start with N.
05:23And another.
05:25W.
05:26And another.
05:28S.
05:30And another, please.
05:32Z.
05:34And a vowel.
05:36O.
05:37And another vowel.
05:38I.
05:39And another vowel, please.
05:42E.
05:46Another vowel, I think, please.
05:48O.
05:49And a consonant.
05:50And lastly, N.
05:52OK, do your best.
05:5330 seconds.
05:53And another vowel, please.
05:55And another vowel, please.
05:56And another vowel, please.
05:56And another vowel, please.
05:57And another vowel, please.
05:57And another vowel, please.
05:58And another vowel, please.
05:59And another vowel, please.
05:59And another vowel, please.
06:00And another vowel, please.
06:01And another vowel, please.
06:01And another vowel, please.
06:02And another vowel, please.
06:03And another vowel, please.
06:03And another vowel, please.
06:04And another vowel, please.
06:05And another vowel, please.
06:06And another vowel, please.
06:07And another vowel, please.
06:08And another vowel, please.
06:09And another vowel, please.
06:10And another vowel, please.
06:11And another vowel, please.
06:12And another vowel, please.
06:13And another vowel, please.
06:14And another vowel, please.
06:15And another vowel, please.
06:16Caroline?
06:26I'll gamble. I'll try an eight.
06:27Why not?
06:28I doubt it's there, but I'll try it.
06:30Well, you can be here eight times plus the end of season,
06:32but you know what I mean.
06:33Laura?
06:34I've got a six.
06:35A six. What's the six?
06:37Onions.
06:37Right. Listen, this is a big gamble if you find an eight.
06:42It's most unlikely.
06:43Noon-wise.
06:44Yes. As in, Susie, noon-wise, it's midday.
06:48Yes, I know. Lovely idea.
06:51Not in, though, I'm afraid.
06:52Caroline, you know, it was a risk. Sorry.
06:54Does ozones count? Plural.
06:56I was hoping I had ozones here, but...
06:58We have this discussion whispering, but, yeah,
07:01strictly speaking, according to the dictionary, you can.
07:03I mean, I'm not sure when you would use it,
07:04but we'll follow the rules.
07:0613-0 at the moment.
07:07No reason to panic.
07:09And it was good to have a gamble there, Caroline.
07:10And we move on to the numbers.
07:12Laura, you're picking the first round.
07:13Can I have one large, please, Rachel?
07:15You can, indeed, up against the maths teacher.
07:17Even more of a challenge on your hands today.
07:20Five little ones for this first round.
07:22Six, seven, ten, one, two.
07:26And the large one, 75.
07:29And the target, 926.
07:31926.
07:32926, numbers up.
07:32926.
07:33926.
07:34Number's up.
07:34926.
07:35Number's up.
08:04926, the target, Laura.
08:06No, I've lost it.
08:07Really difficult one.
08:08Caroline?
08:09925, I hope.
08:10This will be your seven points if your hope turns to reality.
08:1575 plus 1.
08:1775 plus 1.
08:1876.
08:1910 plus 2.
08:2212.
08:22Times them together.
08:24912.
08:25And I hope you've got a 7 and a 6 to add together.
08:28For one away.
08:28Lovely.
08:29925.
08:31Well done.
08:32Really difficult.
08:32Could you get the 926?
08:34You could.
08:35I just found one way.
08:36If you say 75 times 6 is 450,
08:417 plus 1 is 8,
08:43add those for 458,
08:45times that by 2 for 916,
08:48and add on the 10, 926.
08:50Love it.
08:51Love that.
08:54Top draw if you pick up 10 points at home.
08:56Really difficult.
08:56First tea-time teaser to get you through the break
08:58is take Ben's.
09:00Take Ben's.
09:01These young men were victorious over the basketball team.
09:04These young men were victorious over the basketball team.
09:07The team with the New York Knicks and the answer was Beat Knicks.
09:31Beat Knicks.
09:32All right.
09:32Nothing but net in the letters rounds for Lore.
09:36And then Caroline got her first 7 points in the numbers round.
09:39And you're picking these letters.
09:40So let's go.
09:40I'll start with the continent, please, Rachel.
09:42Thank you, Caroline.
09:43And another.
09:44And another.
09:46D.
09:47And another.
09:49T.
09:51And another.
09:52P.
09:54And a vowel, please.
09:56A.
09:57And another vowel.
09:58I.
10:00And another vowel, please.
10:02O.
10:03And one more vowel, please.
10:09U
10:09And a consonant, I think, please.
10:15And finally, M.
10:16Thank you, Rachel.
10:33Not easy again, Caroline, how many?
10:50Just five.
10:51Yeah, and lower?
10:52Five.
10:53Yeah, it's going to be a good score, I think, Caroline.
10:56M-O-U-L-T, M-O-L-T.
10:59And lower?
11:00Audio.
11:01Audio.
11:01Audio and M-O-U-L-T.
11:05Yes, of a bird.
11:06Very good.
11:06Yeah.
11:07Yeah, we did get to an eight with this one.
11:09Remarkably, there is an eight in there.
11:12Diplomat.
11:13Sensational.
11:13Well done to you.
11:14Diplomat would have got you eight at home.
11:16Apart from that, really was slim pickings.
11:19These letters are testing us today, Laura.
11:21Let's do it again.
11:22Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:24Thank you, Laura.
11:25T.
11:25And another one.
11:28N.
11:28And one more.
11:31B.
11:32A vowel.
11:33A.
11:34Another one, please.
11:36E.
11:36And one more.
11:38I.
11:40A consonant.
11:41S.
11:43Another consonant, please.
11:45M.
11:46And a final consonant, please.
11:50Final N.
11:52Half a minute.
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12:00Half a minute.
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12:22ORCHESTRAL MUSIC
12:24Lower.
12:25I'll try a seven.
12:27You must, you must. Caroline? Seven.
12:29What have you got there, Lower? Bassinet.
12:31Bassinet. And Caroline? Ambient.
12:34Ambient and bassinet. OK with the spelling of bassinet?
12:37Yes, B-A-S-I-N-E-T. It's a close-fitting steel helmet.
12:40You can put a C in the middle if you want to, but you don't have to.
12:43And where do we go from there, if anywhere?
12:45Inmates was in there as well.
12:47As you say, slightly more forgiving letters, those ones.
12:49And all done? Yeah, all done. All done.
12:5125 at 19. Second numbers round.
12:54Caroline McManus, a masked teacher most of her life. Here we go.
12:58And a coward. One large, please.
13:00Well, see, as the game plays on, you're starting with the one large,
13:04but they always go to the six draw if they need them.
13:06Right. For this round, they are ten, four, seven, six, nine.
13:12And the large on 100.
13:14And the target for you, 272.
13:17272, numbers up.
13:19Three, four, seven, nine, five, seven, six, eleven a year.
13:24One, four.
13:26What's your name, is the one large all year?
13:27The chicken.
13:28And the fish.
13:30And the two bullies.
13:32Then the fish.
13:33And the other one, four.
13:34The fish.
13:35And the fish.
13:38And the fish.
13:40And the fish.
13:41And the fish.
13:42And the fish.
13:432-7-2, Caroline.
13:53Yeah, 2-7-2.
13:54Well done, lower.
13:55Now 2-7-4.
13:56Two away.
13:58Hold that thought, Caroline, for a big 10 points.
14:0010 minus 4, 6.
14:0210 minus 4, 6.
14:04Times it by 6.
14:0636.
14:07Add it to 100.
14:08100 and 36.
14:099 minus 7.
14:11And you haven't used any of those.
14:132-7-2.
14:17And just like that, Caroline McManus,
14:20who did not score in the first two rounds of Countdown today,
14:24after six rounds, takes a four-point lead.
14:27I love this game.
14:28Right, let's cross over to Dixonry Corner.
14:30Mark Watson making his debut and a lifelong Countdown fan.
14:33And it's interesting because we see you as, you know,
14:36a stand-up comedian and a television personality
14:38and doing great at the moment with the latter.
14:41But an author from a very young age.
14:45Yeah, it's an odd thing.
14:46I've spent more of my life in a way doing that
14:48because books take ages to write.
14:49But most people don't really know that I...
14:51Well, that will all change after Countdown.
14:52Yeah.
14:53But the public is largely in the dark about that.
14:56But, yes, I've been doing it for most of my...
14:58It was what I said actually, actually, being an author.
14:59And then comedians sort of came after that
15:02and much later Dictionary Corner veteran came after that.
15:06So who knows what will happen to me next.
15:07It's a strange thing because when you think of various arts,
15:10a lot of bands make their best music early.
15:12But I would say more often than not, an author gets better.
15:16Have you found that, that you look back at your early work and go,
15:18oh, look, I can see really obvious things I'd love to change now?
15:22Oh, definitely.
15:22The first two novels, I don't even acknowledge them.
15:25I haven't taken off the list about the author sex
15:28and I try and disavow the first two.
15:31And you're right, it's one of the nice things.
15:33It's hard to think of many disciplines where people do get better.
15:36But, I mean, I'm in the 40s, you watch football
15:38and footballers are talked about, like, as if they're absolutely relics
15:42at about 32.
15:43I was always just slightly older than Wayne Rooney.
15:46So every time you'd see a commentator say,
15:49for a man of his age, Rooney is still...
15:50Excuse me.
15:51And that, you know, that happens throughout sport.
15:53You're right, with music, it often happens.
15:55I think there's a nice thing about writing that if you...
15:58Well, if you make it into your 70s, you should technically still be...
16:00It might take you longer, but you've amassed more
16:03sort of wisdom and technique, you'd hope.
16:05So I'm anticipating my best work will still be 30 years old.
16:08I haven't written a word of my best work, yeah.
16:10No, don't look at any of it yet. Wait till I'm 70.
16:13Well, I look forward to your magnum opus. Thank you very much.
16:15Well, I'll let you know in three decades when it's ready.
16:17Yeah.
16:17Right, champ. Bit of work to do. Your letters.
16:24Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:26Thank you, Laura.
16:27G.
16:28And another one, please.
16:30H.
16:31And one more.
16:33S.
16:34A vowel, please.
16:35E.
16:37Another one.
16:38O.
16:38And one more.
16:40U.
16:42A consonant, please.
16:44C.
16:44One more.
16:47Y.
16:48And...
16:50Another consonant, please.
16:52And lastly, L.
16:54Start the clock.
16:55L.
16:57A vowel.
16:57I don't know.
17:27I'll try a six.
17:28Caroline.
17:29Just six, yes.
17:30Six as well.
17:32Lower the word.
17:33Housey.
17:34Housey.
17:35And Caroline.
17:36Coughs.
17:37Coughs.
17:38And housey.
17:40Yes.
17:40I did not expect this to be in.
17:42She's playing it with the E.
17:43Yeah.
17:43What a bingo episode.
17:46Housey in the style of house music.
17:48So housey beats.
17:49Sensational.
17:50Anything better?
17:51Coughs turns into cluffs with the L,
17:54which, as in Brian and Nigel, of course,
17:55but also is a, well, some sort of geographical feature.
17:58Yes.
17:59Ravine.
18:00Steep or a steep valley.
18:01Yeah.
18:02Lots of the sevens.
18:03Actually, slouchy is a nice one as well.
18:05I like slouchy.
18:06Slouchy's really nice.
18:07Right.
18:07More letters then.
18:08So let's kick off again.
18:09Caroline.
18:10A consonant, please.
18:12Thank you, Caroline.
18:13S.
18:14And another, please.
18:16K.
18:18And another, please.
18:19P.
18:20And another.
18:22M.
18:24And a vowel.
18:25E.
18:26And another vowel.
18:28O.
18:30And another vowel.
18:32A.
18:36Another vowel, please.
18:38U.
18:40And a consonant, please.
18:42Lastly, R.
18:44OK, start the clock.
18:45R.
18:46Czy.
18:51Czy.
18:54Czy.
19:01Czy.
19:13Czy.
19:14Caroline?
19:17Six.
19:18And Laura?
19:19Six.
19:20Matching each other again.
19:21Caroline?
19:22Pokers.
19:23Pokers.
19:24And will this be dance music related?
19:27OK, pokers.
19:28OK.
19:29Oh, pokers.
19:30There you go.
19:31Yeah.
19:32Very good.
19:33Can we add anything, Bob?
19:34These were quite tough again, I think.
19:36There was Supremo for seven.
19:37Can we pre-soak?
19:39You can pre-soak.
19:40Yeah, pulses, that kind of thing.
19:41So sevens, no eights in there.
19:43At all third numbers round of the day, and it's lower.
19:47Can I have one large one, please, Rachel?
19:48You can indeed.
19:49Tight contest.
19:50Just the one large coming out so far.
19:52And this time your five small numbers are ten, four, two, nine, and eight.
20:00And the large one, 100 again.
20:02Keeps coming up.
20:02The target, 207.
20:05207.
20:06Numbers up.
20:06The target, 207.
20:07The target, 207.
20:08The target, 207.
20:09The target, 207.
20:10The target, 207.
20:11The target, 207.
20:12The target, 207.
20:13The target, 207.
20:14The target, 207.
20:15The target, 207.
20:16The target, 207.
20:17The target, 207.
20:18The target, 207.
20:19The target, 207.
20:20The target, 207.
20:21The target, 207.
20:22The target, 207.
20:23The target, 207.
20:24The target, 207.
20:25The target, 207.
20:26The target, 207.
20:27The target, 207.
20:28The target, 207.
20:29The target, 207.
20:30The target, 207.
20:31The target, 207.
20:32The target, 207.
20:332.07, the target, easy in theory, but in reality, lower?
20:41I think I've got 2.07.
20:43OK, and Caroline?
20:44Yeah, 2.07.
20:45Off you go, lower.
20:46So, 2 times 100.
20:48200.
20:49And then 10 minus 8 is 2.
20:51Yeah.
20:52Take that away from the 9.
20:53Yeah, don't sound so unsure.
20:562.07, well done.
20:57Yes, Lord, believe in yourself.
20:58Come on, you're champion.
21:00Caroline?
21:01I just made the 7 slightly differently.
21:03I did.
21:0310 minus 9 is 1.
21:05Yeah.
21:058 minus 1.
21:06Sorry.
21:06Yeah, got it.
21:07A different order.
21:0810 points.
21:08OK, well done.
21:12And being bold is your second tea time teaser, and the bean is with two Es.
21:16Being bold.
21:17The rules can be manipulated like a straw.
21:20The rules can be manipulated like a straw.
21:23MUSIC PLAYS
21:25Welcome back.
21:40One and all.
21:40The clue is the rules can be manipulated like a straw.
21:43You can bend it.
21:44Being bold becomes bendable.
21:46Bendable.
21:46We'll look at this.
21:47Six rounds still to play.
21:48And between Lauren and Caroline, we've almost doled out 100 points already.
21:53Caroline has a four-point lead, and you're picking these letters.
21:57I'll start with the consonants again, please, Rachel.
21:59Thank you, Caroline.
21:59S
22:00And another, please.
22:03G
22:04And another, please.
22:07N
22:07And another.
22:09L
22:10And a vowel.
22:12E
22:12And another vowel.
22:14I
22:15And a consonant, please.
22:20S
22:20Vowel, please.
22:26E
22:27Consonant, please.
22:32Lastly, J.
22:34We got there.
22:36In the end, start the clock.
22:37MUSIC PLAYS
22:57Time's up, Caroline.
23:10Seven.
23:11A seven for you.
23:12And lower.
23:12Seven.
23:13Well done.
23:14Fill your boots here, Caroline.
23:15Jingles.
23:16Jingles.
23:18No.
23:20Right.
23:20From jingles, can we go any higher?
23:22No, you could have singles instead, of course.
23:24But that's as much as it, that J gets in the way a bit.
23:29Yeah, I was hoping for gin-less.
23:32That wasn't there.
23:33Something you've never been.
23:34No.
23:35Right.
23:36More letters, please.
23:37I'll start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
23:40Thank you, Laura.
23:40T
23:41And another one.
23:44D
23:44And one more, please.
23:47R
23:47A vowel, please.
23:49A
23:50And another one.
23:51A
23:52And one more.
23:54E
23:55A consonant, please.
23:58T
23:58One more.
24:01B
24:01And can I finish with a vowel, please?
24:04Finish with O.
24:06Lovely.
24:07Count down.
24:07objet
24:08I
24:09Was
24:14E
24:20And we want to
24:33see you soon.
24:34Bye.
24:34Bye.
24:35Bye.
24:36OK.
24:40Lore, how many do you manage?
24:42I'm going to go for a nine, but not written down.
24:44Good, good knowledge. I need to know that. Caroline?
24:46Six. What's the six?
24:48Boater. Right.
24:50Listen, this is not a done deal.
24:51If it is, it will turn today's countdown on its head.
24:55Lore, what is it?
24:56Boat trade.
24:58Boat trade.
24:59Boat trade.
25:01I think there might be two words if it was used.
25:04It's not actually in the dictionary.
25:05Oh, come on.
25:06I'm really sorry.
25:08I think it would be two words if it was written in an article.
25:11I'm so sorry, Lore.
25:12That was audacious.
25:13So the six counts.
25:15Ten points the gap now after really eventful letters round.
25:18Four more to go after origins of words.
25:20Well, we had diplomat as a possible word over here in the corner
25:25a little bit earlier.
25:25And I love the origin of that one because the DI, the di there,
25:31means two, so you will find that in a dilemma
25:33when you're caught between two things, or a dichotomy,
25:36similarly a discrepancy between two things.
25:38And a diplomat was someone carrying a diploma.
25:41And a diploma was carrying, well, basically a folded piece of paper.
25:46So the die has been fold double and ploma is folded.
25:50So they were carrying state secrets, essentially.
25:53And that is the earliest meaning of a diploma.
25:56And it's those kind of physical beginnings that I've always loved.
25:59So we'll often talk about a book, going back to the German,
26:01Bucher, meaning a beech tree, because it was on a beech tree's bark
26:04that some of the earliest writings were found, which is lovely.
26:08And you had paper coming from papyrus, that pithy stem of a water plant
26:12that was used for writing as well.
26:15And linked to papyrus is both volume, which was a roll of papyrus,
26:19a volumen in Latin, but also protocol.
26:23And a protocol, it actually goes back to the Greek here.
26:26So proto means first, as in prototype.
26:29And then the collar is a glue.
26:31So you still find collé in French, the glue.
26:33You'll find collage and all of that stuff.
26:35And this is because it was the first sheet of a papyrus roll
26:38that bore the date of when it was made, when it was created,
26:43or possibly the author as well.
26:44So it was a bit like a fly leaf.
26:46And it was stuck to that front piece of a papyrus roll.
26:51So you've got stuck first, which I think is gorgeous.
26:54And I could go on, because just so much of what we assume
26:57to be sort of quite modern, maybe not tech,
26:59but sort of modern things that we follow today
27:02actually go all the way back, as I say,
27:04to incredibly basic but beautiful physical beginnings.
27:08Beautiful indeed. Thank you.
27:09APPLAUSE
27:10I wonder if you think there'll be words like desktop and folder,
27:15which gradually shed their physical meanings over time.
27:19Yeah, totally.
27:19And a generation eventually will use them as figuratively as we do now.
27:23It's tough.
27:23Let's get back to the game.
27:25And it's your letters, Caroline.
27:26Consonant to start, please.
27:28Thank you, Caroline.
27:29R.
27:30And another.
27:30And a vowel, please.
27:41And another vowel.
27:43And another vowel, please.
27:48And a consonant, please.
27:53And finally, E.
27:59Right, let's play.
28:31Caroline.
28:32Uh, seven.
28:33Seven.
28:35Lower.
28:36One, two, three.
28:37Seven.
28:37Seven.
28:38The count.
28:39The count.
28:40Caroline.
28:41Realism.
28:42Realism.
28:43And lower.
28:44Mailers.
28:45And mailers.
28:46Not a problem at all.
28:47About 15 seconds into that.
28:49Mark gave me the look that you only get from a debutante in Dictionary Corner
28:53when they have a fantastic word.
28:55You know, you can just tell.
28:56You're thinking, please don't have my word.
28:58Please don't have my word.
28:59What is it?
29:00There's a...
29:01At least theoretical nine.
29:03I can't imagine saying this.
29:04But misleader.
29:06Somebody who misleads you.
29:07Yeah.
29:08First nine ever.
29:12Landmark in my life.
29:13Never mind the TV show, yeah?
29:14OK, ten points remains the gap,
29:16so we're still in crucial countdown conundrum territory,
29:19just like yesterday.
29:21I don't think Laura's nerves can take it.
29:23Right, let's get more letters, please.
29:25Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:26Thank you, Laura.
29:27N.
29:28And another one, please.
29:30R.
29:31And one more.
29:32F.
29:34A vowel, please.
29:35A.
29:37One more.
29:38I.
29:39And again.
29:40O.
29:42A consonant, please.
29:44R.
29:45Consonant.
29:46C.
29:48And can I finish with a vowel, please?
29:50Finish with I.
29:52Last letters.
29:55A consonant, please.
30:25Time's up, Laura.
30:26I'll try six.
30:27Going to try the six.
30:28Caroline.
30:28Seven.
30:29And a seven.
30:30So, big moment today, Laura, the six.
30:33Aircon.
30:33And Caroline.
30:35Carrion.
30:36Carrion.
30:37Carrion, yes, what a vulture we'll look for.
30:40Very good indeed.
30:41Aircon is actually two words, just to say.
30:44In the dictionary, but not as one word.
30:46Carrion is almost your name, though, so a bit unfair.
30:48Yeah.
30:50You've got to take everything you can.
30:52You've swooped down there, picked up a massively important seven points.
30:56Dictionary corner.
30:58That was ours, actually.
30:58Yeah, that's as good as it gets.
31:00Yeah.
31:00Well done indeed.
31:0117 points in it at the moment.
31:03A maximum of 20 points up for grabs.
31:06So, Caroline, you're this close to becoming our new champion.
31:09But let's get these numbers.
31:11Definitely just one large, please.
31:13Well, sometimes someone goes for the hardest option,
31:15just to put yourselves both in a difficult position.
31:18But you've gone for what you hope is going to be an easy one.
31:21Let's see if you get it.
31:22Final numbers.
31:23Five, one, four, ten, six.
31:27And the large one, 50.
31:29And the target to reach 977.
31:32It's a biggie.
31:32There was a gasp in the studio.
31:34977.
31:35Last numbers.
31:40977, the target.
32:09Big moment.
32:09Caroline.
32:10I've lost it.
32:11I haven't written down.
32:12Lower.
32:13No, I haven't written it down.
32:15Lost it.
32:16You've lost it as well.
32:17So, nil poise.
32:18I do.
32:19Nil poise.
32:19Listen, Caroline, don't worry about that.
32:21It means you're the new champion.
32:22But lower.
32:23We were all tearing her hair out.
32:25Rachel was done after about three seconds,
32:27which puts pressure on you when you see that.
32:29What have you got?
32:29Well, there's loads of dead ends.
32:31So, I could see why if you didn't spot the one way I saw,
32:33you might not get it.
32:3550 by five, 250.
32:38Take away six, 244.
32:41Times that by four, 4976.
32:44And add the one, 977.
32:46Well done.
32:46APPLAUSE
32:47Very good, but I do have the power to give you no points
32:52because we're all really annoyed we didn't get it.
32:54So, no points for you either.
32:55Right, Lower, Caroline, I could play this game with you two
32:58literally through until the Channel 4 News.
33:00It's been such a joy.
33:01Shame it has to come to an end.
33:03But let's do it.
33:03Lower and Caroline, fingers on the buzzers
33:06as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:09Come on, Lower.
33:15Attempted.
33:15Let's have a look.
33:16You've attempted, attempted.
33:18Yes!
33:19APPLAUSE
33:20I don't know it was over,
33:22but I'm delighted you got that
33:23because yesterday was crucial that nobody managed to get.
33:27And I just think that's lovely for you.
33:28You know, you get the teapot, you've got the conundrum.
33:31Have you enjoyed your time?
33:32Fantastic.
33:32Thank you very much.
33:33It's been so good to have you.
33:34Back to the bingo.
33:35Yep.
33:35Back to the bingo.
33:36Caroline, listen, Guernsey,
33:38you'll just have to stay away from the island
33:40for at least one more day.
33:41OK.
33:42I'll try.
33:43I'll think about it.
33:44I'll think about coming back tomorrow.
33:46We'll see you tomorrow.
33:47There you go.
33:48Mark, Susie, great shows all week, right?
33:50Yeah, a very exciting one again.
33:52Yeah, but I see you trying to manipulate
33:55the six small lesbians.
33:57Is this one large every...
33:59Yeah, at least I've had something to do.
34:00But I know as much as I love the hard numbers games,
34:02you love a pun,
34:03and now we're going to be lawless.
34:04Hey!
34:05Right, we will be back tomorrow.
34:08Cannot wait.
34:09Another Countdown for you.
34:11Same time, same place.
34:12Rachel, Susie and I will be waiting for you.
34:14You can count on us.
34:17You can contact the programme by email
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