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00:30Hello, everybody. We're officially on the other side of the mountain as we negotiate another week. It's downhill from here. It's Thursday afternoon. Thank you for tuning in. Hello, Rach.
00:41Hey, Colin.
00:41Listen, weird question for you, but as often is the case, it will make sense once we introduce our challenger today. When have you been on a stage and you went, how did I end up on a stage with this person?
00:53Oh, that's a really easy one. So the Queen's Jubilee, obviously, before she died, I was invited to be a national treasure. So I got to go on the stage as Ed Sheeran came out and sang the national anthem.
01:04Wow. And at that stage, everyone was looking around and all these celebrities were like, you know, peering over the edge of the stage to get a glimpse of the Queen as she came out on the balcony.
01:14I used to compare, this is a real drop down in level of story, by the way. I used to compare the main stage at the Leeds Festival. And the one I remember most fondly in terms of somebody being on stage and going, how am I here, was Rage Against the Machine.
01:27Zach de la Rocha, the lead singer, was being brought up on a golf cart to the back of the stage by a student.
01:31And he drove Zach de la Rocha up and some random older lady on the golf cart. And when they got there, he'd talked to this kid who was like, I'm a really big fan, not meant to talk to the artist.
01:43And he got off and he said, where are you going? And he went, I'm going to, I've got to go and do the rest of the morning.
01:47And he says, no, you're my mother's personal bodyguard. And he brought this kid on the stage and he stood him beside me.
01:53And this kid had the greatest night of his life sharing the stage with Rage Against the Machine.
01:58It reminds me of actually how Susie travels around the Countdown studio.
02:01On your head, Bait, that you've mentioned the golf buggy. I was told specifically when I got this job, don't mention the white lilies, don't mention the size of the dressing room and do not mention the golf buggy.
02:12Well, it's going to be tense when the closing titles roll. Well, let's introduce her like she doesn't get ferried around the golf buggy.
02:17It is the one, the people's champion that is.
02:20I would love a golf buggy and I would love a bodyguard. So can we just flip all that so that I can have it, please?
02:26Oh, you're my bodyguard. I'm your bodyguard. Come on.
02:28Susie Dent. We love her so much.
02:30Joined by a man who knows every single stage in the UK.
02:34It's the author and stand-up comedian Mark Watson.
02:38I think just in terms of proximity, I'm the closest Susie's got to a bodyguard.
02:41OK.
02:42In the hopefully unlikely event that an anti-Dent uprising takes place here, I'm the first line of defence, surely.
02:48Caroline McManus would probably do a better job.
02:51She's from Guernsey.
02:52We had a lovely chat about Guernsey yesterday and I want to just pick your brain a little bit more about that.
02:56Because you're involved in the Island Games. Tell me about it.
02:59Well, we had the Island Games in Guernsey in early July.
03:04It was the most amazing atmosphere for the week that we had everybody there.
03:10It was really great.
03:11Well, you're up against the man today from my island.
03:13Gary McDonnell joins us from Bambridge. How are you, sir?
03:16I'm good, Colin. Thank you very much. Nice to be here.
03:18You're a bagpiper?
03:20I am a bagpiper. I have been for many, many years.
03:22Your bagpipes have put you on stage with some, well, an Irish legend.
03:26Absolutely. I was very privileged, 2003, to be one of the musicians taking part in the World Special Olympics,
03:35which were in Croke Park in Dublin.
03:36And it was a phenomenal few days.
03:38And we shared a stage, actually, with U2, Bono, and we met Muhammad Ali.
03:45Among others, among lots of others. It was an incredible experience.
03:49I absolutely love it. Good luck to you.
03:50Let's see if you hit the right note.
03:51Well, Caroline, best of luck. Let's do it.
03:56Play on, Caroline. Let's go.
03:58I'll start with consonant, please.
03:59Thank you, Caroline. Start today with R.
04:02And another, please.
04:04L.
04:05And another.
04:07F.
04:08And another.
04:10W.
04:11And a vowel, please.
04:13A.
04:14And another.
04:15E.
04:16And another.
04:18U.
04:20And another.
04:22O.
04:25And consonant, please.
04:27And a final.
04:28R.
04:29At home and in the studio.
04:30Let's play Countdown.
04:47That'll do it, Caroline.
05:03Erm, I'll try a seven.
05:05Going to try the seven. Gary?
05:06Just the six.
05:07Stick to the six. Play it nice and safe early doors with a straight bat.
05:10What's the word?
05:11Flower.
05:11Flower. And what about you?
05:12Well, I was wondering if you could re-flower,
05:15but it's the kind of flower that you use in cooking.
05:18Oh, you can't.
05:19The other flower is there to re-flower, to flourish again,
05:23but not that one, I'm afraid.
05:25Gary, you see, very good way to start your first countdown appearance.
05:28Just steady in, get the six points on the board.
05:30Was there a fantastic seven?
05:33Er, we had hardly anything over here.
05:35I had flower, erm...
05:37Furore, earful.
05:38Loafer, but nothing beyond six, we think.
05:40All right.
05:40Yes.
05:41Let's get on with it then, Gary.
05:43Early lead.
05:44More letters.
05:45Hello, Rachel.
05:46Can I have a consonant, please?
05:47You can, indeed. Thank you, Gary.
05:49N.
05:51Could I have a vowel, please?
05:53A.
05:56Consonant.
05:57T.
05:59Consonant.
06:01B.
06:04Consonant.
06:05D.
06:07Vial.
06:09E.
06:11And another vowel, please?
06:13I.
06:14Consonant.
06:14I.
06:16Consonant.
06:18S.
06:19And I will finish with consonant, please.
06:23Finish with...
06:25L.
06:26OK, 30 seconds.
06:28We'll see you next week's together.
06:30Well, there's a lot of words
06:31when everybody is here,
06:32where it's the end of the war that we're speaking with.
06:33We'll be there.
06:33teaspoon of 안� digits on that map,
06:34too.
06:34Let's get you next week.
06:34We'll be here.
06:37All right.
06:38See you next week.
06:39Next time.
06:41Bye.
06:43Two, uh.
06:45Bye-bye.
06:46Bye-bye.
06:47Bye-bye.
06:48Bye-bye.
06:48We'll be here.
06:51Bye-bye.
06:52Bye-bye.
06:53Bye-bye.
06:55Bye-bye.
06:55Bye-bye.
06:56Gary, how many?
06:59Seven. Seven, and Caroline?
07:02Eight. And an eight, my goodness me.
07:04Gary, what's the seven? Blasted.
07:05What have you seen? Blandest.
07:07The blandest. Absolutely.
07:10Beautiful. No-one wants to be...
07:11Very good.
07:13I just assumed you were going to do island.
07:17How do we get on? Can we go beyond that?
07:20Good letters. I don't think you can go beyond that.
07:22You can have bandiest. Yes.
07:23Great start to today's show. Caroline, your numbers?
07:26One large, please.
07:27He's still not making a gamble yet.
07:30The maths teacher still wants to play it safe.
07:31One large, five little. Let's see how safe.
07:34First one of the day.
07:35Four, eight, two, one, two, and 75.
07:42And the target, 208.
07:45208, numbers up.
07:56208, Caroline?
08:18I've just made a mistake.
08:20Chance, Gary?
08:22205.
08:22That'll be for seven points. Off you go.
08:2575 times three.
08:27How did you make your three?
08:29Two plus one is three.
08:31It's 225.
08:33Yep.
08:33Then eight times two is 16.
08:36And the four.
08:37And take that off.
08:39Yep.
08:39205, three away.
08:40There you go.
08:41That'll be good enough for the points.
08:42Bit of a mind blank from Caroline.
08:44Take me to 208.
08:45Nice, low number, but a bit tricky.
08:46Couple of ways.
08:47One of them.
08:48Eight times four is 32.
08:51Take one of the twos and the one for 29.
08:54Add 75 for 104.
08:57And times it by the second two.
08:58208.
08:59There it is.
09:03That two-time teaser is tuna loin.
09:06Tuna loin.
09:07It sounds like the whole country's on the toilet for about a month.
09:11It sounds like the whole country's on the toilet for about a month.
09:31Welcome back.
09:32The clue was it sounds like the whole country is on the toilet for about a month.
09:37Lou Nation.
09:39Lou Nation was the answer.
09:40It's got to be lunar-related, moon-related, Suze.
09:43Yeah, yeah.
09:44It's a lunar month.
09:45Another name for a lunar month.
09:46So a month between two successive new moons.
09:48Good stuff.
09:49Thank you very much.
09:50Right, Gary, you get a slight lead of five points.
09:52And you're picking these letters.
09:54I will have a consonant, please, Rachel.
09:58Thank you, Gary.
09:59M.
10:01Vial, please.
10:02O.
10:04Consonant.
10:06T.
10:08Consonant.
10:08And I will have a final consonant, please.
10:30A final...
10:31X.
10:32Thank you, Rich.
10:33I'll see you next time.
11:04Gary.
11:05Seven.
11:06And Caroline.
11:07Just six.
11:08Oh, she banged her pen down there in frustration.
11:10Caroline, what's the six?
11:12Export.
11:13Gary.
11:14Remount.
11:15To remount.
11:16Ah, there you go.
11:17Well done.
11:17Seven points on the board.
11:20Anything else from Dictionary Corner?
11:21Could you also have mounter?
11:23You could.
11:24The E and the R the other way.
11:25Yeah, absolutely fine.
11:26Right, more letters, please, Caroline.
11:28Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
11:30Thank you, Caroline.
11:31N.
11:32And another, please.
11:34D.
11:35And another.
11:37M.
11:39And another.
11:39T.
11:41And a vowel, please.
11:44O.
11:45And a vowel.
11:47E.
11:49Another vowel, please.
11:51A.
11:54Let's have another vowel, please.
11:57E.
11:57And a consonant, please.
12:01Lastly, N.
12:03Right, half a minute.
12:35Caroline.
12:36Keep getting sixes.
12:38Sixes, good.
12:38Gary.
12:39Six as well.
12:40What have we got, Caroline?
12:41Demote.
12:42Demote and Gary.
12:43Mound.
12:44And moaned.
12:45Demote and moaned.
12:47Very negative.
12:48Six points for both of you.
12:49Anything more positive for me?
12:50I don't care about the length.
12:51The length of this is impressive,
12:52but I couldn't tell you what it means,
12:54and I'd be astonished if anyone else got it.
12:56There is an eight,
12:57but I'm going to have to defer to Susie
12:59as to whether it is a positive word or not.
13:01Yeah, I think it is.
13:03Nematode.
13:04It's a worm,
13:06so it's just a roundworm or a threadworm,
13:08but they're quite useful,
13:09so if you have pests
13:10or invading moths or caterpillars in your box hedge,
13:15for example,
13:16you can use nematodes to actually get rid of them.
13:18So they do have a positive ecological effect.
13:21Good stuff.
13:22Numbers round.
13:23Gary,
13:23is it going to be one large?
13:25Let's find out.
13:27Rachel,
13:27I will go two large, please.
13:29Yes!
13:29You tell him, Gary.
13:31You tell him.
13:31That's put Colin Murray in his place.
13:33Two large
13:34and four little.
13:36And for this round,
13:36they are three,
13:38nine,
13:39seven,
13:40eight,
13:40and the large two.
13:4125 and 100.
13:43And the target to reach 217.
13:46217, whatever.
14:16217.
14:18Gary.
14:20217.
14:21And Caroline.
14:22217.
14:23Both written down, yes?
14:24Both written down.
14:25Yeah.
14:25Off you go, Gary.
14:26Nine times eight.
14:28Nine,
14:29eight,
14:2972.
14:30Plus the 25.
14:3297.
14:33And add the 100.
14:34197.
14:35And then seven plus three is the ten.
14:39That gets you ten short.
14:41Oh, yeah.
14:42I'm afraid.
14:43Yeah.
14:44Goodness me.
14:44Ball dropped.
14:45Caroline,
14:45can you pick it up?
14:46I hope so.
14:47100 over 25 is four.
14:49Yeah.
14:51Nine threes are 27.
14:5427.
14:54Add them together.
14:5631.
14:56Times it by seven.
14:57Yeah.
14:58Well done.
14:59Good factoring.
15:00Oh.
15:00Do you think there's something in, you know, we're talking to somebody who spent most of
15:08their life as a mass teacher, that when it's obvious, it's harder for someone who's brilliant
15:12at mass to see it.
15:14You've got the seven there and you see 31 times seven and she picked a route and she found
15:18it.
15:18Yeah.
15:19I mean, God forbid if you just multiplied 25 by nine, taking away eight.
15:23But never mind.
15:25Never mind.
15:25Never mind.
15:25Never mind.
15:25Ten points.
15:26That's all that matters.
15:27My goodness, Mark.
15:28I've got to stop the game.
15:29Even if we weren't scheduled to have a little chat now as we do every day with the dictionary
15:34corner, I guess I would do it just to take a break from the madness that just happened.
15:38The drama is unrelenting, isn't it?
15:40Yeah.
15:40We'll just move on from it.
15:42Don't take this the wrong way, but we mentioned earlier about being possible bodyguards.
15:46You and I are so far removed from being any type of physical protection for any human being.
15:51But you did the Bear Grylls show.
15:53Don't take this wrong.
15:54I've known you for a long time.
15:56So, well, actually, take it whatever way you want.
15:58Just, wow.
15:59You're on a survival show.
16:00No, it's not a natural.
16:02And I think, and some people like me, and in fact some of the people on the show had
16:07a sort of hankering to do it.
16:10They were like, I've always felt I'm an outdoors man at heart or, you know, I've always, I've
16:15seen the show, I think I could do it, but I definitely wasn't that.
16:17Someone just dropped out two weeks before I was the reserve.
16:21So I thought I was safe from doing it.
16:23I had to have all these injections, all of that stuff, but I was still only a sub.
16:26And then someone failed a medical or something and suddenly it went from, would you in theory
16:31be on a Bear Grylls survival show to, you have to do it now?
16:35Which meant I didn't even get to prep.
16:36A lot of people put on weight preemptively or did survival training.
16:41I was, and I think what was appealing to me, appealing about me, was definitely that
16:45I was the last person that should be doing it.
16:47And sure enough, it was horrible.
16:50Yeah.
16:51I'm glad now that I did it, but for the whole, it lasted three weeks.
16:54And for the whole of that time, I wished that I hadn't.
16:57Well, the list is this, apparently, I don't know, but the people on TV say it's the Bear
17:02Grylls, the Island, I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here, and A Week Alongside Susie Dent.
17:07So, you know, I hope you can make it to the end of Friday.
17:09Well, I've done two of those three now and we'll see if I'm a Celebrity called.
17:14Thank you, Mark.
17:16APPLAUSE
17:16Right, I don't know who's going to be getting out of here come the end of this programme.
17:22Just two points in it between champion Caroline, challenger Gary and Caroline, you're up.
17:28I'll start with a consonant again, please.
17:30Thank you, Caroline.
17:31L.
17:31And another, please.
17:34S.
17:35And another, please.
17:37D.
17:37And another.
17:39P.
17:40And a vowel, please.
17:42I.
17:43And another.
17:45E.
17:46And another.
17:48O.
17:52I'll have another consonant, please.
17:56N.
17:57And another vowel.
17:59And the last one.
18:01I.
18:02Thank you, Rich.
18:02I.
18:14I.
18:15I.
18:15I.
18:18I.
18:20I.
18:20I.
18:30I.
18:31I.
18:31A number, Caroline, please. Seven.
18:35Seven. And Gary? Seven.
18:37Sevens. Let's hear, Caroline.
18:39Er, spoiled.
18:40Ah, let's hear, Gary. Spoiled for choice.
18:43Dextry corner.
18:45There is an A, which is lionised.
18:47Fantastic. Well done.
18:48APPLAUSE
18:50To lionise someone is to give them a huge amount of attention
18:53to treat them like a celebrity.
18:55Well, that's what we will do to Caroline and Gary if they keep this up.
18:58More letters. Gary, you're up.
19:00I would have a consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Gary.
19:03G. Vial, please.
19:06A. Consonant.
19:09S. Consonant.
19:12F. Consonant.
19:15N. Vial.
19:18E. Vial.
19:22O. Consonant.
19:25T. And a final vial, please.
19:29A final U.
19:30And here we go.
19:31T. And here we go.
19:32T. And here we go.
19:33T. And here we go.
19:34T. And here we go.
19:35T. And here we go.
19:36T. And here we go.
19:37T. And here we go.
19:38T. And here we go.
19:39T. And here we go.
19:40T. And here we go.
19:41T. And here we go.
19:42T. And here we go.
19:43T. And here we go.
19:44T. And here we go.
19:45T. And here we go.
19:46T. And here we go.
19:47T. And here we go.
19:48T. And here we go.
19:49T. And here we go.
19:50T. And here we go.
19:51T. And here we go.
19:52T. And here we go.
19:53T. And here we go.
19:54T. And here we go.
19:55T. And here we go.
19:56T. And here we go.
19:57Gary.
20:04I'll try an eight.
20:05She's going to try an eight.
20:06Caroline.
20:07Seven.
20:08I'm going to try the seven.
20:09Caroline lives every round.
20:11I don't know why you're picking that up at home.
20:12The gasps and the pain getting to her.
20:14What's the seven?
20:15Outages.
20:16Outages, but what is the eight?
20:18Fantage.
20:19F-O-U-N-T-A-G-E.
20:21F-O-U-N-T-A-G-E.
20:24No, it's not there, I'm afraid.
20:26What else have we got in the dictionary corner?
20:28Just more sevens.
20:29Yeah.
20:30Outsang.
20:31Yes.
20:32The fans outsang the other fans.
20:34Yeah.
20:35Or tongues is there.
20:36Tongues.
20:36Yeah.
20:36Delete chopping and changing, then Caroline.
20:39Back with your nose in front, and it's your numbers.
20:41I'll stick with one large, please.
20:43Teacher's pet.
20:44One large, five little.
20:46Thank you, Caroline.
20:47And this time they are...
20:49Ten.
20:50Four.
20:51One.
20:52Two.
20:53Ten.
20:54And 25.
20:55And the target, 968.
20:58Nine, six, eight.
20:59Numbers up.
21:00And the target, 968.
21:05And the target, 968.
21:06And the target, 968.
21:07And the target, 968.
21:08And the target, 968.
21:09And the target, 968.
21:10And the target, 968.
21:11And the target, 968.
21:12And the target, 968.
21:13And the target, 968.
21:14And the target, 968.
21:15And the target, 968.
21:16And the target, 968.
21:17And the target, 968.
21:18And the target, 968.
21:18And the target, 968.
21:19And the target, 968.
21:20And the target, 968.
21:21And the target, 968.
21:22And the target, 968.
21:23And the target, 968.
21:24And the target, 968.
21:25And the target, 968.
21:26And the target, 968.
21:27Nine, six, eight, with the smallest of the biggest numbers.
21:33Caroline?
21:34I haven't written it down.
21:35You're not there.
21:36No, I'm going to have to lose it.
21:38Caroline, it breaks my heart.
21:39I'm going to have to rule you out, Gary.
21:40Yeah, yeah.
21:41Nine, seventy.
21:42Nine, seventy, which will be seven points and the lead exchange.
21:45And again, off you go.
21:47It's ten times twenty-five is two hundred and fifty.
21:50Yep.
21:50Multiplied by the four.
21:52One thousand.
21:53And then one plus two times ten.
21:57Times the second ten for thirty.
22:00And three away.
22:00Nice.
22:01Nice.
22:02Well done.
22:02Nine, six, eight.
22:03Please, Rachel Riley.
22:04Yes, a couple of ways.
22:05One of them, you could have said four times twenty-five is one hundred.
22:10Take away the ten and the two for eighty-eight.
22:13And the second ten plus one is eleven.
22:16And times them together.
22:17Nice.
22:20Second tea time teaser of the day is Anna Suet.
22:24Anna Suet.
22:25S-U-E-T.
22:25Anna couldn't eat suet.
22:27It made her feel sick.
22:28Anna couldn't eat suet.
22:30It made her feel sick.
22:40APPLAUSE
22:41Welcome back.
22:48A queasy tea time teaser.
22:50Anna couldn't eat suet.
22:51It made her feel sick.
22:52Nauseant.
22:53Nauseant.
22:54Butterflies in the stomach for Caroline and Gary.
22:57Caroline's won one.
22:59It was a bit of a nail-biter as well then.
23:01She's got 38 points.
23:02Gary, two points in the lead as her challenger.
23:05Your letters.
23:06I would have a consonant, please.
23:08Thank you, Gary.
23:09W.
23:11Consonant.
23:11Consonant.
23:12R.
23:14Vial.
23:15E.
23:17Vial.
23:18I.
23:20Consonant, please.
23:21G.
23:23Consonant.
23:24C.
23:26Consonant.
23:28B.
23:30Vial.
23:31A.
23:33And a final vial, please.
23:36And a final O.
23:37Here we go.
23:39Here we go.
23:39Here we go.
24:07How many, Gary?
24:11Just a five.
24:12And Caroline?
24:13Me too.
24:15OK, Gary.
24:16Wager.
24:17Wager.
24:17I've got a caber.
24:19You've got a caber and a wager.
24:21I'll toss that over the dictionary corner.
24:23Anything better?
24:24The big one is aerobic for seven.
24:27Good stuff.
24:28You're two points behind Caroline.
24:30Choose some letters.
24:32Could I have a consonant, please?
24:34Thank you, Caroline.
24:35L.
24:36And another, please.
24:37N.
24:38And another.
24:40Y.
24:41And another.
24:43S.
24:45And a vowel, please.
24:47E.
24:48And another.
24:50I.
24:51And another.
24:53A.
24:54And a consonant.
24:56H.
24:59Erm.
25:01And a vowel, please.
25:04Lastly, I.
25:05Kind down.
25:08There.
25:09I.
25:10Cause you, I.
25:14The.
25:14Still.
25:15And a vowel, please.
25:16Then you can.
25:17I.
25:17And a느� какие-on.
25:17And a vowel, please.
25:19Other.
25:19And.
25:20And a vowel.
25:21And a vowel, please.
25:24I'll why.
25:26And a vowel.
25:29And a vowel, please.
25:30And a vowel up those.
25:32Then a vowel.
25:34THEY CONFER
25:37Altus? Caroline?
25:39Seven.
25:40Gary? Just the five.
25:42The five is...
25:43Sheel.
25:44And for you, Caroline?
25:46Inhales.
25:47Nice.
25:48APPLAUSE
25:51What did we add better?
25:53Shinely was also there for seven.
25:55Yeah.
25:56And I think that's about it, isn't it? Yeah.
25:58Thank goodness everyone can just take a break and calm down.
26:01Origins of Words, Susie.
26:03Well, quite often, and I always say on this programme,
26:09that I end up bursting bubbles.
26:11And this is one of them, and it's just a lovely story.
26:15You know, there's a very strange expression to know your onions,
26:18meaning you know what you're talking about.
26:20And the story goes that this wonderful...
26:24He was a wonderful grammarian and lexicographer, in fact,
26:26called CT Onions.
26:28He was incredibly well-regarded,
26:31but only really within kind of lexicographical circles.
26:35Nevertheless, the story goes that if you know your onions,
26:39you knew your English etymology and you were an expert.
26:41But, as I say, sadly, it doesn't quite get borne out.
26:45And, in fact, if you do your research, and this is around the 1920s,
26:49when there was quite a lot of linguistic exuberance around,
26:53you have knowing one's oats,
26:55knowing one's potatoes, one's apples, one's eggs,
26:58even your sweet potatoes, actually.
27:00So, to know your onions is to know what you're talking about
27:02and you could just put anything in there.
27:04Thank you very much.
27:05APPLAUSE
27:07All right, four rounds left. Five points in it.
27:10Our heads are in a spin. Gary, let's go.
27:12Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:14Thank you, Gary. C.
27:16Consonant. R. Consonant. T. Vial. A. Vial. E. Consonant. S. Consonant. L. Consonant. G.
27:39And a final vial, please. And a final O. Good luck.
28:09MUSIC PLAYS
28:16Gary.
28:17Eight.
28:18Yeah. Caroline.
28:19I'm going to go with an eight, then.
28:21Gary, you're eight. Gloaters.
28:23And Caroline.
28:24I'll go with locators.
28:26Locators.
28:28Sounds like you have more than one to pick from.
28:30I've got gloaters as well.
28:31Oh.
28:32Yes, you'll be happy to know you can be a locator.
28:34Phew.
28:35And hence, locators for eight.
28:36It's like an unnecessary risk if you don't find me.
28:38Huge risk.
28:39The eight points were in the bag.
28:40Right.
28:41That's good.
28:42How much?
28:43Any nines?
28:44No.
28:45We had another eight.
28:46You can have escargot.
28:47Nice.
28:48Right.
28:49Let's see what happens in this round.
28:51More letters, please.
28:52Start with a consonant, please.
28:54Thank you, Caroline.
28:55S.
28:56And another consonant, please.
28:58T.
28:59And another, please.
29:00K.
29:01And another.
29:03R.
29:04And a vowel.
29:05A.
29:06A.
29:07And a vowel.
29:08Another vowel.
29:09E.
29:10And another vowel.
29:11I.
29:12Erm.
29:13And a consonant, please.
29:17P.
29:18And a vowel, please.
29:20A final A.
29:21All right.
29:22Last letters.
29:23No.
29:24This is my last letters.
29:25Early
29:26consegu HEALTH
29:34project
29:35voglio
29:36ie
29:37E
29:38enin
29:39ihm
29:42That's it. Time's up. Caroline?
29:57Eight.
29:58An eight. She's pulled an eight out, Gary.
30:00Eight.
30:00Look at that. He struck straight back. Caroline?
30:04Parasite.
30:05Parasite. And Gary?
30:06Partakes.
30:07And partakes.
30:09Very good. Both very good.
30:12Under that pressure, did you pull out the eights?
30:16Any other eights you want to throw at me, or better?
30:18There is a nine, and this is an area of Susie's expertise,
30:22certainly compared with me, so...
30:23Oh, well, I've only done this once.
30:25It was quite scary.
30:26More than me.
30:27Used to parakite.
30:29So parakite's, therefore, a nine.
30:31These are parachutes that are towed along at high speed,
30:34so essentially they are attached to a motorboat that just sets off,
30:38and the idea is that you ascend.
30:39It's like parascending.
30:40Thank you very much.
30:41That would have been a nine.
30:44What a great effort here.
30:46One of you is going to hit the ground with a bump very shortly,
30:48but no idea who.
30:49Just five points of difference, two rounds left.
30:52Will it be a crucial countdown conundrum?
30:54We will know after the numbers, Gary.
30:56I will go for two large, please, Rachel.
30:59Not much of a gamble.
31:00You're banking on the conundrum, I'm guessing.
31:02Two large, four little final numbers of the day.
31:05All to play for.
31:06They are four, three, nine, five, 100, and 25.
31:13And the target, 717.
31:16717.
31:17Last numbers.
31:17The.
31:18The.
31:30The.
31:31The.
31:32The.
31:33The.
31:34The.
31:35717, Gary?
31:51720.
31:52That's three away.
31:54Caroline?
31:54I'm 720 as well.
31:55And you're 720 as well.
31:57Right, both declared.
31:58Both for seven points.
32:00Gary, you're first.
32:01Four times three.
32:0412.
32:04Sorry, four plus three is seven.
32:08Sorry, four plus three is seven.
32:09Multiplied by 100.
32:11700.
32:12And then 25.
32:15And take away the five.
32:18And take away...
32:19Yep.
32:20For 720.
32:23Yep, 720.
32:24Caroline, see it through.
32:25Same way.
32:26Right, there you go.
32:27We are going all the way to that crucial countdown conundrum.
32:30But first of all, 717, Rachel Riley.
32:33Well, they both could have taken the nine away here to get to one away, but both didn't,
32:36so it doesn't matter.
32:37Wow.
32:38A few ways, variation on the theme.
32:39100 divided by 25 is 4.
32:424 times 5 is 20.
32:4320 times the 4 is 80.
32:46And then it falls out times nine, 720, with the three left over.
32:50717.
32:55Will it be a band bridge too far for Gary McDonald's?
32:58Or will it be a case of going back to the island for Caroline McManus?
33:02Fingers on the buzzers.
33:05Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:38No late buzz, which means Caroline just survives to find another day.
33:45APPLAUSE
33:46Right, before we say our goodbyes, now congratulations.
33:50Go ahead, Suze.
33:52She's got it.
33:53Indecency.
33:53Indecency.
33:54I knew you'd get that.
33:56Thanks.
33:56There it is.
33:58APPLAUSE
33:58We shall expose indecency.
34:01And as we say, Caroline, look at that.
34:03You lived every round today, didn't you?
34:05I really enjoy the games.
34:06Yes, I do.
34:07So good.
34:09Real shame to lose you, Gary, I must say.
34:11Not many times you lose and have as much fun.
34:13Absolutely not.
34:14You should be really proud of that.
34:16And Caroline cannot wait till tomorrow.
34:17LAUGHTER
34:18I'll try and calm down.
34:20She's great at box office, yeah.
34:21As for Suze, she'll be back in the buggy with her champagne after that.
34:24LAUGHTER
34:25First rule of Suze Dent, never mention the golf buggy.
34:28We're in sod's trouble at the end of these titles.
34:31Suze will be back tomorrow.
34:33Rachel and I, that's on the edge, but hopefully you can count on us.
34:36APPLAUSE
34:37You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:42You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:47APPLAUSE
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