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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to the first countdown of the week as we try to light up the world and stomp our way through 15 rounds of letters and numbers. So say you'll be mine because it would be a tragedy if you tuned in to something else. And look, here and now, it's Rachel Riley. Five step songs.
00:48Yeah. Yeah. Obvious Easter eggs. Have we got some more to be looking out for during the show? Or have you just spent your lot?
00:54Well, all week will be stepstastic because we have a Dictionary Corner debutante in Claire Richards, which is fantastic. We'll introduce you officially soon. But for now, just sit there while we talk about you.
01:04I love the girl-boy bands that we get into when we're kids. It defines our generations. We're intergenerational at home and here. So who were yours when you were like four or five or whatever?
01:16Four or five? No, more like, you know, nine, ten, eleven. Yeah. I had to be either team Backstreet Boys or team Boys Zone. I was team Boys Zone.
01:23Yeah. And once my dad, we were decorating my bedroom and they said they were going to take me somewhere to choose some carpet.
01:29And we went to the place to choose some carpet in a big field. And when we got to this big field, there were loads of cars going in and they were selling Boys Zone posters and whistles and lights.
01:40And my dad was like, do you want it? I was like, no, no, no, it's fine. We'll just go into the carpet. Obviously, he'd tricked me and he'd taken me to the Chelmsford Spectacular where Kavanagh was with a support act and then Boys Zone were headlining.
01:50It's me and my dad aged about 11. That's beautiful. Can I give a shout out for anyone my age to Five Star? Who rarely get a mention because they were fantastic.
02:01I used to try and wear like leather gloves and all sorts to try and be like Stedman. Yeah, completely passed me by. What songs would I know?
02:09I'll make you a little playlist, send it over to you. Such is the modern way. Well, let's head to Dictionary Corner where we introduce little known fact.
02:17Back in the 80s, she was the president of the New Kids on the Block fan club. Absolutely obsessed.
02:24Or Susie Dent. And we can officially welcome Claire Richards!
02:30Can I hear you gasp at the mention of Five Star? I loved Five Star. I was obsessed. Still slightly obsessed.
02:37Me, H and Faye, in the dressing room, that's what we stick on. Five Star. Absolutely love it.
02:42Did you ever meet them? I don't think I've ever met them. I've got friends who...
02:46I've got a friend who used to run their fan club.
02:50Claire, I'm so happy to have you here this week. Thank you for being here. Thank you for having me.
02:52And it's a good week to be here. We've got a fantastic young champion.
02:57Veeraj is back with us. How are you doing, sir? I'm doing good.
03:00Good. Listen, 19 years old, scores already of 113, 93 and 109.
03:05So that's just north of 104 points per win so far. That's elite level countdowning.
03:11Today, you're going up against a financial advisor from Edinburgh with a surname fit for a king.
03:17We've got Norman Dalgleish. How are you, sir?
03:20I'm good, Colin. Thank you very much.
03:21We've got to check with the accent. Any relation?
03:23Unfortunately not, no. Slightly different spelling, so I can't even pretend.
03:27Yeah, you've got the E in there, haven't you?
03:29Yeah.
03:29So listen, you're 54, I hope you won't mind me mentioning that, and there's a reason for it.
03:35He just made his first trip to Ibiza, but did your mate pull out and you ended up going on your own?
03:40It was a real shame because it was entirely my friend Dave's idea.
03:44He did all the planning and then on the day we were meant to go, he went down with Covid quite badly.
03:50He was quite unwell.
03:51But it was all paid for, so I still went.
03:54And what was it like? Did you then just stay in your apartment or did you go out on your own and did you rave?
03:59No, I did the things we were booked and intended to do, so David Guetta, across the road, he was 2.30 to 5am.
04:06So it's a while since I've made it to 5am, it has to be said.
04:10Good luck to Norman and Veraj.
04:14Right, Veraj, you're just about old enough to go to a rave now. Off you go.
04:18Hi, Rachel.
04:19Hi, Viraj.
04:20I will have a consonant, please.
04:22Thank you. Start the week with R.
04:24At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
05:20And that's time virage seven and Norman seven what start what we got dealers dealers
05:27loaders loaders and dealers both using the ERS over to Susie and
05:34Claire, how'd you manage? I think I've got seven. Yeah. Yeah
05:38Leaders leaders. Yeah, do you know what? It's just a seven right?
05:43It's the same as what they got, but the fact that you did that thing with your glasses just made it look really a
05:48Sorry, I can't see it was it was so intelligent. I was like, yes, that's a better seven
05:54Leaders great anything else sevens best and then lots of sevens yet all deals another one good right Norman want to start off
06:00We go again. Hi, Rachel. Hi Norman. I could have a consonant, please you can indeed
06:06Consonant
06:07S
06:08Consonant
06:10T a vowel, please
06:12a
06:13a
06:14Vial I and another vowel. Oh
06:19Consonant
06:21G and
06:23Consonant, please
06:24L and the vowel. Thank you. And
06:28Lastly you 30 seconds
06:42That's time, Norman. Five. Well done and
06:51Veeraj. A seven. A seven. Norman the five. Loutes. And the seven. Agoutis. Mm-hmm. I will pass straight over to Susie.
07:00Well, the agoutis, yeah, they could crop up all the time on countdown. They're large-legged long-legged
07:05Burrowing rodents and they're native I think to Central and South America. Nice. Very good indeed. There you go apart from agoutis
07:08Anything else for me?
07:09Gloats
07:10Gloats
07:11Gloats
07:12Gloats
07:13And one more seven.
07:14Outsail
07:15Sail
07:16Faster than anyone else.
07:17Yeah.
07:18Veeraj, first numbers of the day.
07:19I'll take six.
07:20I'll take six.
07:21And one more seven.
07:22Outsail
07:23And the seven.
07:24And the seven.
07:25Agoutis
07:26And the seven.
07:27Agoutis
07:28And the seven.
07:29Agoutis
07:30Agoutis
07:31Agoutis
07:32Agoutis
07:33Agoutis
07:34Agoutis
07:35Agoutis
07:36Agoutis
07:37First numbers of the day.
07:38I'll take six more.
07:39Again.
07:40Six little ones coming up.
07:41Here we go Norman.
07:42Strap yourself in.
07:43Bit of a challenge.
07:44First one of the week.
07:45Nine.
07:46One.
07:47Four.
07:48Six.
07:49Five.
07:50And ten.
07:51And the target.
07:52One hundred and forty seven.
07:54There you go.
07:55Snooker loopy.
07:56There you go.
08:13There you go.
08:19There you go.
08:20There you go, maximum break, but did it, Snooker, our champion, our challenger,
08:30Viraj? 147 partially written down. Partially written down. Norman? 148. One away. OK,
08:37partially written down, let's find out. 10 times 5, minus 1. 10 times 5 is 50, minus 149. 9 minus 6
08:45for three. Yeah. And then times them together. Well done. Nice. OK, three rounds under the belt,
08:54so time for our first Tea Time teaser of the week. It's walk door. Walk door. The minute you
09:00walked through the door, you were burdened by this. The minute you walked through the door,
09:06you were burdened by this.
09:15It was workload. It was workload. Back to the game. Bit of work to do for our challenger,
09:33Norman, and it begins now. A consonant, please. Thank you, Norman. N. And another. G. And another.
09:42D. And a vowel. I. Another. E. And a consonant. T. And a vowel. A. And a consonant. B. And a vowel,
09:57please. And lastly, A. Thanks, Rachel.
10:01For now.
10:12Thanks.
10:14Things.
10:15Things.
10:17And a vowel.
10:20zawties.
10:24Things.
10:25Things.
10:26Things.
10:27People.
10:27Time's up. Quite generous letters, Norman. How many?
10:34Eight. Well done. And verage? Eight.
10:36I think it might be the same word, Norman.
10:38Debating. Yes.
10:39Debating.
10:40Well done, Boulthia.
10:43It kind of jumped out, Clare and Susie, but you still have to see it.
10:48I'm assuming there was no maximum there.
10:51Not that we could find.
10:53We just had one of eight.
10:55Yes. Badinage?
10:56Badinage.
10:57Badinage.
10:57It's a posh way of saying bant.
10:59I have never heard anyone.
11:01Have you not?
11:01Has anyone ever heard anyone say, oh, that was top badinage?
11:05Susie, there you go.
11:07I'm going to use that from now on.
11:10Verage, let's continue the badinage with more letters.
11:14I'll have a consonant, please.
11:15Thank you, Verage.
11:17S.
11:18A vowel.
11:20O.
11:21A consonant.
11:22T.
11:23Another consonant.
11:25D.
11:26Another consonant.
11:29N.
11:30A vowel.
11:31I.
11:33A consonant.
11:35S.
11:36A vowel.
11:38A.
11:39And finish with a vowel, please.
11:40And finish with E.
11:43OK, half a minute.
11:44A vowel.
12:15Varash? I'm going to risk a nine. Going to risk the nine, Norman? Seven. The seven is? Stained. Listen, stained may count. What have you spotted? Toadiness. Ah, not what we thought you were going to go for. It's not in. You can toady up to somebody, you can be a toady, but there's no toadiness, I'm afraid. Sorry, Varash, it's a lovely word. More's the penny, Varash. It's a good word, toadiness.
12:45So obviously you have spotted a nine, because you said not the one I thought you were going to go for. We had one and then we discounted it, so we stepped back to an eight. An eight, sedation. Sedation was there. A good round for you, Norman. You've made up ground and it's your numbers.
12:59Two large and four small, please.
13:03Six little. Back to the comfort of large numbers. Four little ones this time. Four, seven, one, ten. And the large two, 175. And the target, 519.
13:17519. Number's up.
13:49519 the target. Norman? 519. Well done.
13:55Viraj? 519. 519 as well.
13:57Norman has a degree in maths.
13:59The nerves have settled and he's delivered. Off you go.
14:027 times 75 is 525. Yep.
14:06And then 10 minus 4 is 6 and take it away.
14:09Straightforward enough. 519.
14:11Viraj, same way? Same way.
14:13Great work.
14:15Look at that.
14:1710 points in it. 42 plays 32. Good game today.
14:21And our first time this week to talk with Claire Richards.
14:24I've got to be careful I don't interview you because I've got so much I would ask you about.
14:28But we were talking at the top of the show about the boy bands and girl bands we were into.
14:32But actually when you look back at who was in them we know now because we were born in 77 both of us.
14:37Yeah.
14:38We thought we were growing up when we were 20. We were still kids.
14:41What was that like that explosion of hit after hit and being thrown at that age into the public eye?
14:48It was very strange because I mean I'd been in a group before I was in Steps and I'd had about a year or so of what I would call my experience and learning.
14:59And I thought, you know, we toured, we supported Boyzone a couple of times on tour.
15:04And, but then the difference from that to having hits actually in the charts with Steps was huge.
15:11And it was, it just became this bubble that you just don't really realise.
15:15We know all this stuff is happening and we knew everything that was going on but it wasn't real.
15:21We didn't have the same perception of it that everybody else has.
15:24So it was just our job and just what we were doing and everybody else was kind of a bit like, wow, you've really made it and it's amazing.
15:30But we were just doing our job.
15:32Yeah.
15:33If that sounds weird or makes sense.
15:35It makes total sense.
15:36I've lost count of the amount of musicians and singers and artists I've interviewed who were just huge for five, six years.
15:45Who then say, well, I enjoyed the stuff after more because it was so fast and it was so crazy.
15:51Yeah.
15:52And we never slowed down to enjoy the view.
15:54Do you feel like that?
15:55A hundred percent.
15:56It's much better now.
15:57And we've got much more freedom.
15:59So there's much more freedom for Steps to do stuff.
16:02I've just done a solo album, which I don't think I would have been brave enough to do back then.
16:07And now I'm, you know, I'm 46 and I'm on my second solo album.
16:11I reached the first one when I was 40.
16:13So it's, I feel like I've earned my stripes.
16:16I've earned all the kind of experience that I needed to get to this point.
16:20And you, there's a balance now.
16:23There was never a balance before.
16:24It was, you were all in that world.
16:26And when you weren't in that world, I didn't know what to do with myself.
16:29What was the, of that whole explosion and super fame?
16:34When I, when you think back to, okay, yeah, that was the craziest moment where you were like, how did we get here?
16:40What was that moment when you looked around the room or you were in the presence of somebody and you went, goodness me.
16:46Do you know, I think probably the, the most bizarre, and I've got this photo on my wall at home.
16:51We did party in the park and Prince Charles, King Charles, as he is now came.
16:56We were invited to be in the lineup.
16:59And Lisa or H asked him to put his hands up like this.
17:04What, the tragedy thing?
17:05Yeah.
17:06And, and I was going, oh my God, you can't ask him to do that.
17:10You can't ask him to do that.
17:11And he did it.
17:12And he went, I hope this isn't anything rude.
17:14And we've got a photo.
17:16I've got a cowboy hat on.
17:17I'm wearing a bikini top, bright yellow, and King Charles doing tragedy in a photo with all of us.
17:23And I've got it on my wall at home.
17:25And it's just that reminder of just, yeah, it was the most random, weird, bizarre thing, but brilliant.
17:31That will definitely qualify as a crazy, crazy moment.
17:35Thank you, Claire.
17:36Great to have you here.
17:39And you get to enjoy a fantastic game today.
17:42Let's get back to Veeraj, your letters.
17:45I'll have a consonant, please.
17:47Thank you, Veeraj.
17:48C.
17:49Another consonant.
17:51J.
17:52A vowel.
17:53I.
17:54A consonant.
17:56N.
17:57Another consonant.
17:59W.
18:00A vowel.
18:02O.
18:03O.
18:04Another vowel.
18:06A.
18:07A consonant.
18:09R.
18:10And a vowel, please.
18:12And lastly, E.
18:14Start the clock.
18:33O.
18:34O.
18:35Okay.
18:36Veeraj.
18:37A six.
18:38A six from you and Norman.
18:39A six.
18:40I think you've done very well to get the six.
18:42What are the words?
18:43Rejoin.
18:44Rejoin.
18:45I'll go join her.
18:46Join her.
18:47And rejoin, just for a bit of fun.
18:48Thank you, Norman.
18:49Six points each in the bag.
18:50Yeah.
18:51I think a nation's struggling to get above six.
18:52Yes.
18:53We were too.
18:54We've got Winsor.
18:55Oh.
18:56Like that?
18:57Yes.
18:58Yeah.
18:59But that was it.
19:00That's it.
19:01Yeah.
19:0248, 38.
19:03So let's truck on Norman.
19:04It's on you.
19:05Consonant, please.
19:06Thank you, Norman.
19:07P.
19:08Another.
19:09L.
19:10Another.
19:11S.
19:12And another.
19:13G.
19:14And the vowel.
19:15O.
19:16Vowel.
19:17E.
19:18Another vowel, please.
19:20O.
19:21O.
19:22I think we've got Winsor.
19:23We've got Winsor.
19:24We've got Winsor.
19:25Oh.
19:26Like that.
19:27Yeah.
19:28But that was it.
19:29That's it.
19:30Yeah.
19:3148, 38.
19:32So let's truck on Norman.
19:33It's on you.
19:34Consonant, please.
19:35Thank you, Norman.
19:36P.
19:37Another.
19:38Another vowel.
19:40A.
19:41And a consonant, please.
19:43And the last one.
19:44T.
19:45Here we go.
19:47Talk ten.
19:49Nice.
19:50Long differing with your neck.
19:56See ya very soon.
20:00Here.
20:01Hmm.
20:02Norman.
20:18Six.
20:20Viraj.
20:20Seven.
20:21A seven.
20:23Norman the six.
20:24Staple.
20:24Seven.
20:25Postage.
20:26Postage.
20:27Right on the money.
20:28Well done.
20:29Seven points for a tremendous...
20:32...champion.
20:32Clare, how did you get on?
20:34I think we've got an eight.
20:36Yeah.
20:36Which is goalpost.
20:38Oh, my goodness.
20:39No hyphen in that one.
20:41No hyphen.
20:42Goalpost.
20:43Brilliant.
20:43Jimmy didn't have the other S there.
20:45I know.
20:45Would have been lovely.
20:4755 plays 38.
20:49And already we're on to our third numbers round of the day.
20:52And champ, you're choosing.
20:54I'll have six more.
20:55Six more, your favourite.
20:56Coming up once more.
20:58Norman seems to be a match.
20:59Let's try this round.
21:00Your little numbers are three, two, three, six, seven, and two.
21:07Oh, dear.
21:07Quite small.
21:09And the target, 322.
21:11322.
21:11Numbers up.
21:24Very small numbers.
21:44322.
21:46Viraj.
21:46322.
21:47Got it.
21:48Brilliant.
21:48Norman.
21:49No, nothing, sorry.
21:51That's a crazy round.
21:52But what have you done?
21:53Let's hear it.
21:543 plus 2 is 5.
21:563 plus 2, 5.
21:586 times 3 is 18.
21:59Yep.
22:00And add them together.
22:0123.
22:02And times the 2 and the 7.
22:03Times by 2, 46 and 7, 3, 2, 2.
22:06Brilliant.
22:08APPLAUSE
22:08That is sensational.
22:11Well done, Viraj.
22:1265 plus 38, second tea time teaser of the day.
22:16And it's Salon Ragh.
22:18Salon Ragh.
22:19S-A-L-O-N.
22:21Elderly relative greets you in Spanish with breakfast cereal.
22:25Elderly relative greets you in Spanish with breakfast cereal.
22:28Welcome back.
22:45Let's break this one down.
22:46Elderly relative greets you.
22:48That's your gran.
22:49In Spanish, that's hola with a breakfast cereal.
22:53So it's granolas.
22:54Granolas.
22:55Very good indeed.
22:56Six rounds left to go.
22:58It's not over yet.
23:00And Norman, you're choosing these letters.
23:01So let's go.
23:02A vowel, please.
23:04Thank you, Norman.
23:05O.
23:05Another one.
23:07E.
23:08Another one, please.
23:09I.
23:10Consonant.
23:12K.
23:12And another.
23:14S.
23:15And another.
23:16P.
23:17And a vowel, please.
23:20O.
23:21Consonant.
23:23H.
23:23And a consonant.
23:25And a final.
23:26M.
23:27Let's play.
23:28Let's play.
23:41How did you get on, Norman?
24:00Six.
24:00Six for you.
24:01And Veeraj?
24:02Six.
24:02And a six as well.
24:03What have we got?
24:04Homies.
24:05Homies.
24:06Same.
24:06Homies.
24:07Homies.
24:076.8.
24:09There's a lot of whispering going on in Dictionary Corner.
24:12Share it with the nation.
24:13Impose or pokies.
24:15Pokies.
24:16Fruit machines in Australian English.
24:19Right.
24:19Let's get back to the game.
24:20Veeraj, choose these letters.
24:22I'll start with a consonant, please.
24:24Thank you, Veeraj.
24:25G.
24:26A vowel.
24:28E.
24:29A consonant.
24:32S.
24:33Another consonant.
24:34R.
24:36A vowel.
24:37A.
24:38Another vowel.
24:40U.
24:42One more vowel.
24:44O.
24:45A consonant.
24:47B.
24:48And another consonant, please.
24:50And the last one.
24:51T.
24:53Kind of.
24:53B.
25:06B.
25:06B.
25:07A Gateway.
25:07B.
25:07B.
25:07Time's up.
25:25Viraj?
25:25Eight.
25:26An eight from you.
25:27Very strong.
25:27Norman?
25:28Seven.
25:28Told you he was great.
25:30You're doing very, very well, but he is special.
25:32What have you got?
25:33Storage.
25:34Storage.
25:34And what aid are you storing?
25:36Outrageous.
25:38Outrageous.
25:38Very good indeed.
25:39Very good.
25:40Anything above outrageous?
25:44Can we get a maximum out of this?
25:46We have got a nine.
25:47Yes.
25:49Outgraves.
25:51Outgraves?
25:51Graves.
25:52Yes.
25:53And you're right to think, what?
25:55Because Lewis Carroll, who was this brilliant inventor of words,
25:58as we know from the Jabberwookie,
26:00he had chortle and galump, lots of brilliant words.
26:03He invented outgrave as a nonsense word,
26:06and it means, kind of, to emit a strange noise.
26:11Very good.
26:14Amazing if you got that at home.
26:15In fact, if you get that at home, you've got to apply to be on Countdown.
26:19And it starts with a simple email.
26:20It's countdown at channel4.com.
26:23Countdown at channel4.com.
26:24And we will take it from there.
26:27Fantastic.
26:28And, in fact, that's the email you use as well.
26:30If there's a word in the dictionary or a word that you've heard
26:33and you're not sure where it comes from or what the origin is,
26:36you can ask Susie about that as well.
26:38And it's time for our origins of words.
26:40Well, I'm going to return, sort of, to a subject that I raised very recently.
26:44I was talking about cartoons and words that we get from cartoons.
26:48And this was kind of inspired by a report by NASA earlier this year
26:53that there is no evidence that aliens are extraterrestrial.
26:56And what they've decided to call them is Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena.
27:01In other words, we don't know what they are, I think,
27:03is the strict translation of that one.
27:06Extraterrestrial recorded as early as 1868.
27:12And made me think of Foo Fighters and Aliens as well.
27:16So long before Dave Grohl took Foo Fighter as a name,
27:20it was used to describe unidentified lights in the air.
27:23And these were encountered by airborne forces during the Second World War.
27:29And they were interpreted in lots of different ways,
27:32as enemy weapons, natural phenomena of some kind, or alien spacecraft.
27:37And Foo was a nonsense word and it appeared in the Smoky Stover comic strip,
27:42which was produced by an American cartoonist called Bill Holden.
27:46So they took it from there and they thought,
27:48this is a kind of nonsense thing, we don't know what it is,
27:50so they decided to call them Foo Fighters.
27:51But alien is quite a nice one as well,
27:54because it's had quite a story, this one,
27:57and it actually began with the word alienist.
27:59And you might think that an alienist is somebody who studies aliens.
28:03But actually, alienist came first,
28:06and it goes back, as does alien, incidentally,
28:09to a Latin word, alias, meaning other.
28:11So it's something sort of other than ourselves.
28:13Again, we don't quite know what it is, it's the idea behind it.
28:16But an alienist was actually somebody who studied mental illness
28:21and treated patients who exhibited it.
28:23So they were essentially psychiatrists, as we would call them today.
28:28An alienist first appeared in print around the 19th century,
28:33and alienate had come a little bit before then.
28:36But alien, and certainly in the senses that we know them today,
28:39UFOs, et cetera, that came on later.
28:42So alienists, much rarer than psychiatrists these days,
28:45but at one time, it was a really common term.
28:47Nice.
28:49APPLAUSE
28:49Right, back on planet Earth, we've got some more countdown to play.
28:55Norman, you're up.
28:56Consonant, please.
28:58Thank you, Norman.
28:59S.
28:59And another.
29:01V.
29:02And another.
29:04P.
29:04And another.
29:06Y.
29:06And a vowel, please.
29:08E.
29:09And a vowel.
29:10I.
29:10And consonant.
29:13C.
29:14And a vowel.
29:15E.
29:17And another vowel, please.
29:18And lastly, U.
29:21Good luck.
29:21MUSIC PLAYS
29:23MUSIC PLAYS
29:35A bit tricky, Norman.
29:53How did you get on?
29:54Six.
29:54Six.
29:55And Veeraj?
29:56Six.
29:56Yeah.
29:57Norman?
29:57Pieces.
29:58Yes.
29:59Pieces.
29:59Yeah.
30:00Well, that really jumped out, but outside of that, it was pretty much 29 seconds of doing
30:05nothing, unless you can whine me with something.
30:08Only one of the six, it's Cuvées.
30:12Yes.
30:13We can give you a French twist with a French acute accent.
30:16These are types, blends or batches of wine, so especially champagne is expressed in Cuvée.
30:21There you go.
30:2385.
30:24Play's 53 rounds to go.
30:26Veeraj, you're heading towards another tonne.
30:29It's your letters.
30:30I'll start with a vowel, please.
30:32Start with A.
30:34Another one.
30:36O.
30:37A consonant.
30:39R.
30:40A vowel.
30:42E.
30:42A consonant.
30:44L.
30:46Another consonant.
30:48T.
30:49Another one.
30:51N.
30:52A vowel.
30:55U.
30:56And a consonant, please.
30:57And lastly, F.
31:00Last letters.
31:12Fairash.
31:32Eight.
31:33An eight from you, Norman.
31:34Eight.
31:35Well done.
31:35What are the words?
31:36Outlan.
31:37Outlearn is there.
31:38Same or a different one?
31:39Flaunter.
31:40And flaunter.
31:41Well done, both of you.
31:42Oh, very good indeed.
31:43Yeah.
31:44Very nice.
31:44Did you not have flaunter?
31:46No.
31:47And I had considered it,
31:48and so I didn't have the right letters.
31:49That's why I looked a bit surprised.
31:51Interesting round.
31:52And Veeraj, good use of the out again,
31:55as we get our last numbers round.
31:56And Norman, you're choosing.
31:57Look at them in the middle.
31:58One large and five small, please.
32:00One big.
32:01Five little final numbers of the day.
32:04And they are two.
32:06Ten.
32:07One.
32:08Nine.
32:10Eight.
32:10And the large one, 50.
32:12And the target to reach, 455.
32:15455, numbers up.
32:16One.
32:17The big line.
32:18Double.
32:20Oh.
32:28Okay.
32:29Hmm.
32:32Come on.
32:34Here we go.
32:34Oh, come on.
32:35We have complete faith in both of you, Norman.
32:504, 5, 5.
32:50Yeah, Viraj.
32:514, 5, 5.
32:52Yeah, go ahead, Norman.
32:549 times 50.
32:559.50 is 4.50.
32:57And then 10 divided by 2 is 5.
32:59That's all there is to it.
33:01Lovely.
33:02Nice.
33:03Viraj, same way?
33:03Yeah, same way.
33:04Yeah.
33:0510 points.
33:08And as I said, you're averaging just north of 104.
33:11That's Viraj at 103 today.
33:14What a champion you are so far.
33:16Norman, fantastic effort.
33:18Let's see if we can go out with another 10 points for you.
33:20Fingers on the buzzers.
33:22As we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:29Go on, Norman.
33:31Unpainted.
33:31Let's have a look.
33:33Yes!
33:34Listen, I know you come here for the teapot and you're not getting one, but 78 for a losing
33:44total against a great champion.
33:45You must be thrilled.
33:47Please.
33:48Brilliant.
33:48Very pleased.
33:49Well done.
33:49Well, listen.
33:50Thank you for being here.
33:51Thank you for having me.
33:52And wherever you're heading out raving this week, enjoy it.
33:54All right?
33:55Thank you, mate.
33:57You were pushed today.
33:58Very good challenger.
33:59Halfway to being an octo-champ, mate.
34:01We'll see you tomorrow.
34:02See you tomorrow.
34:03And Claire, here all week?
34:04I am.
34:05I'll see you tomorrow.
34:05Love it.
34:06One step at a time.
34:07Apologies.
34:08See you tomorrow, Suze.
34:09See you then.
34:10Steps.
34:11Top ten hits.
34:13Have a guess.
34:13Oh, loads.
34:14I mean, they're still played at kids' parties now.
34:16My children, who don't know who steps are, can still do five, six, seven, eight.
34:20Yeah.
34:21Well...
34:21You're not going to mention it if it's not very many.
34:23It's certainly not five, six, seven, eight.
34:25You've got to add a lot more on.
34:27Fourteen.
34:27Wow.
34:28Top ten hits.
34:29Well, listen.
34:29We turn a deeper shade of blue every time I say goodbye, but we will be back in a heartbeat.
34:35Same time, same place tomorrow.
34:36You can count on us.
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34:43You can also find our web page at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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