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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Tuesday afternoon as we try and spice things up with 15 rounds of letters and numbers.
00:39And, Rachel Riley, we do it today on Hot and Spicy Food Day.
00:44Oh, yes.
00:45It's actually about extreme eating challenges and big cook-offs, which I love the big chilli cook-offs.
00:51But simple question, how hot do you like it?
00:54Very. I do like a bit of spice.
00:56And I remember when my first baby was, she was two weeks overdue by the time she came out.
01:01And it's an old wives' tale that you have spicy food to get the baby out.
01:04So I was doing a tour of London, Indians, Thais, everything, and nothing hit the sides.
01:09Rachel, if only we had somebody on the show who was some sort of food expert, that would be nice.
01:14And we do, in Dixonry Corner, Susie Dent.
01:17She's a great cook.
01:18Oh, no, sorry, Prue Lees here. Yay!
01:23Well, Prue, yesterday, my goodness, Jan Scowcroft, our double champion now, is just about too hot to handle.
01:29She got flower pot with about 0.2 of a second left on the Crucial Countdown conundrum.
01:37Phew! Have you calmed down from that?
01:38Just about, yeah.
01:39Just about, just about.
01:40I mean, that was unbelievable. That was unbelievable. Did you just see it? Just see it?
01:47I did just see it, yeah. I'd seen all kinds of other things, but not that.
01:50Right, well, listen, good luck to you today.
01:52You're up against Mark Finnerty, who's from my county. He's from Countdown. One letter off Countdown. It was destiny.
01:59Really nice to have you here. And I'm just going to say this, because it's true, you're not the best quizzer in your family.
02:05Tell me about your son, Owen.
02:07Well, my son, Owen, was on Junior Mastermind in Ireland.
02:11Yes.
02:12Got to the final.
02:13Yes.
02:13He let me down. He came third.
02:15As soon as I've never been on Mastermind, it's still better than me.
02:19Yeah, I mean, the next day, obviously, moving him in with his auntie and uncle was a long day, but that's what he gets.
02:25Well, listen, let's see if you're up for the cup today. Good luck to Mark and Jan.
02:31OK, Jan, let's heap things up.
02:33Hi, Rachel.
02:34Hi, Dan.
02:34Can I start with a vowel, please?
02:36You can indeed start today with I.
02:38And a second.
02:40U.
02:41And a consonant.
02:43R.
02:44And another consonant.
02:47G.
02:48And another consonant.
02:49N.
02:51A vowel.
02:52E.
02:54A consonant.
02:56L.
02:56A consonant.
03:01D.
03:02And a final consonant, please.
03:04And a final T.
03:05At home and in this studio.
03:07Let's play Countdown.
03:08One голос.
03:09Two голос.
03:09One eating.
03:11The mechanic.
03:11One ingredient.
03:14Two attributed.
03:15And a sixth вариант.
03:16огр 생각을 o'clock.
03:18Tapers.
03:18And a hole.
03:19To be one entity.
03:20Oneesa.
03:22This.
03:22This, this guy Found.
03:27Two 것을.
03:29St estim.
03:30Things.
03:31Two lower İ.
03:33Two.
03:34JAN. Seven. Seven. And Mark? Seven.
03:42OK, what do you get, JAN? Gilder. Gilder. And Mark?
03:46Eluding. Eluding? Eluding.
03:49Yeah, eluding, escaping. Yeah. Absolutely fine.
03:52How did you get on, Prue? We got an eight with underlit.
03:57Would a cabinet be underlit as well? Yeah, a room.
04:00A room might be underlit, exactly, if you can't see what you're doing.
04:02Nice. Underlit was the eight. Seven's all round here as we get more letters and Mark.
04:08Hi, Rachel. Hi, Mark. Consonant, please.
04:12Thank you. Start with S. And another.
04:17Q. And another consonant.
04:20N. And a vowel.
04:23A. And a vowel.
04:26O. And a vowel.
04:30E. And a consonant.
04:32O. And, lastly, C.
04:34And 30 seconds.
04:36O. And a vowel.
04:38O. And a consonant.
04:40O. And, lastly, C.
04:42And 30 seconds.
04:44A vowel.
04:56O. And a vowel.
05:02Mark?
05:16Six.
05:17Six from you, Jan.
05:18Five.
05:19And a five. Jan, what's the five?
05:21Mason.
05:21And to take an early lead?
05:23Canoes.
05:24Canoes. There you go. Paddles up, get you a lead.
05:28Prue, Suze?
05:29We've got two sixes, cameos and oceans.
05:33Cameos, oceans and canoes go together.
05:36Well, you wouldn't want to canoe across an ocean,
05:37that would be a bit dangerous, but you get my point.
05:39We do.
05:41Numbers for the first time today.
05:43Jan, you're choosing.
05:45Can I have one large and five small, please?
05:47You can indeed, thank you, Jan.
05:48One large, five little ones.
05:51And the first numbers of the day are eight, two, four, ten, nine.
05:58And the large one, 50.
06:00And the target, 754.
06:03Seven, five, four.
06:04Numbers up.
06:04We'll see you next time.
06:277-5-4, Jan.
06:377-16.
06:40No, nowhere near.
06:40Oh, my goodness me, no.
06:43Mark.
06:447-5-4.
06:457-5-4.
06:46What a strong start.
06:47Off you go.
06:489 plus 8, 17.
06:5017.
06:51Check away at 2.
06:5215.
06:52Times 50.
06:53750.
06:54Add the 4.
06:55Well done, 7-5-4.
06:57Well done.
06:57Right, what a start from a challenger.
07:03Mark, 23-7.
07:04Up still 12 rounds to go.
07:06So let's get our first tea time teaser.
07:08It's Amber Sat.
07:10Amber Sat.
07:12Twinkle, twinkle.
07:13It's like a diamond in the sky because of this.
07:16Twinkle, twinkle.
07:16It's like a diamond in the sky because of this.
07:19It's a lovely tea time teaser.
07:40Amber Sat becomes Starbeam.
07:42Starbeam.
07:43It's also a little bit like a name you give a little kid, isn't it?
07:45My little Starbeam.
07:46Oh, yeah, it's very cool.
07:48Nice.
07:48Very sweet.
07:49Right.
07:50OK, Mark Finnerty from Newry and County Down has a healthy lead and it's your letters.
07:56Consonant, please.
07:57Thank you, Mark.
07:57S.
07:59Another.
08:01H.
08:03And another.
08:05T.
08:07A vowel.
08:09O.
08:10And another vowel.
08:12U.
08:13And another.
08:14I.
08:15And a consonant.
08:18F.
08:19And a consonant.
08:21R.
08:23And a vowel.
08:24And lastly, A.
08:26Thanks, Rich.
08:27I.
08:42And a consonant.
08:44Time's up, Mark.
08:59A six.
09:01Jan.
09:01A six.
09:02Look at this.
09:03Mark.
09:04Ratios.
09:04Ratios.
09:05Fruits.
09:06And fruits.
09:07Fruits and ratios scrambling about to get anything better than that.
09:11How did you get on Prue?
09:12We got a seven with authors and, what's that one?
09:17An oarfish.
09:18Oarfish.
09:18What an oarfish is an oarfish?
09:20It's very long, narrow, silvery marine fish of deep water.
09:25She has the advantage of a dictionary.
09:27I do.
09:28Maybe spot them when you're out for a canoe, eh?
09:31On the ocean.
09:33Oarfish.
09:34Oarfish.
09:35My goodness me.
09:36OK, six points each in that round.
09:38And, Jan, you're in charge of these letters.
09:40I'll start with a vowel, please.
09:43Thank you, Jan.
09:44E.
09:46And a consonant.
09:48N.
09:50Consonant.
09:51Z.
09:53A vowel.
09:55A.
09:56Another vowel.
09:57O.
09:58A consonant.
10:00S.
10:02Consonant.
10:03C.
10:03A vowel.
10:07E.
10:08And a final consonant, please.
10:10And a final T.
10:12Half a minute.
10:13C.
10:14C.
10:16One.
10:17C.
10:17C.
10:18C.
10:18C.
10:18datos.
10:22C.
10:26ot.
10:27MUSIC PLAYS
10:44Jan Scowcroft.
10:45A six, not written down.
10:47And Mark Finnerty.
10:48Six.
10:49What have you got, Jan?
10:49A tones.
10:50A tones.
10:51And Mark?
10:52Uh, oceans.
10:53There you go.
10:54We're on oceans.
10:55There you go.
10:56Yeah, aren't we?
10:56Can't stay dry on this show.
10:58All right, Dixie Corner?
11:01We have a note case.
11:03A note case for eight?
11:04Yes.
11:05One of those cases for holding bank notes, simply.
11:08All right, brilliant.
11:09At 35-19, you're holding that 16-point lead.
11:12And we're back to the numbers, Mark, you're choosing.
11:15Um, could I have just one large, please?
11:18Don't look so nervous.
11:19You can definitely have just one large and five little ones coming up.
11:23And this challenge is eight, seven, five, nine, six.
11:30And the large one, 100.
11:32And the target, 816.
11:34816.
11:35Numbers up.
11:36We'll be there.
11:46You can't Stop.
11:46Mark, 8-1-6.
12:088-1-6.
12:08Yeah.
12:09Jan?
12:098-1-6.
12:10You've got a lead.
12:11You go for the one large, don't you?
12:13Off you go, Mark.
12:157-5 is 2.
12:17Yep.
12:17Plus 100.
12:18102.
12:19Times it.
12:20Perfect.
12:20Yeah, Jan.
12:21Exactly the same.
12:24Love it.
12:27Nice and simple and straightforward,
12:28which gives us more time on hot and spicy day
12:32to chat a little bit about Proulice Cotswold Kitchen.
12:35That's the only kitchen I'm interested in.
12:37Tell me all about it.
12:39Well, it's my new show,
12:40and I can't quite believe it,
12:41because it's ITV,
12:43and it's on a Saturday morning,
12:44and it starts next month, in February.
12:47Yes.
12:48So it's called Proulice Cotswold Kitchen.
12:52So guess what?
12:53It's sort of cook and chat.
12:55Yeah.
12:55But I have really interesting guests come.
12:58But not all...
12:59A lot of them are very famous,
13:00but most of them are just very interesting.
13:03Can you give us a little sneak preview
13:05of maybe somebody you've had in the kitchen?
13:07Yes.
13:10Some of the most interesting conversations I've had
13:13was we had Sandy Toksvig one week.
13:15Yeah.
13:17We had the wonderful Alison from Bake Off, you know.
13:21Yeah.
13:23Alison Hammond,
13:24who just comes in like an absolute whirlwind,
13:27and she's just herself.
13:28She's wonderful.
13:30She made brownies.
13:31Anyway, you'll have to watch it.
13:33Yes.
13:34You've got to keep it all a secret for when it goes on.
13:36I love it.
13:37Right, Proulice, thank you so much.
13:38APPLAUSE
13:39All righty, all righty.
13:4416 points has been the difference for the last three rounds.
13:47Let's continue on, see if we can change that, Jan.
13:50Start with a vowel, please.
13:52Thank you, Jan.
13:53I.
13:54And a second.
13:56U.
13:56And a third.
13:58A.
13:59A consonant.
14:01G.
14:02A consonant.
14:04L.
14:05A third consonant.
14:07M.
14:09A vowel.
14:11I.
14:12Consonant.
14:14P.
14:17And a vowel, please.
14:19And lastly, O.
14:21And start the clock.
14:21MUSIC PLAYS
14:35MUSIC PLAYS
14:38AND MUSIC PLAYS
14:38AND MUSIC PLAYS
14:47AND MUSIC CONTINUES
14:49A risky five.
14:55OK, and Mark?
14:56Five.
14:57I'm not even risky, Jan.
14:59He's playing mind games here.
15:00What's the risky?
15:01Glamp.
15:02Oh, I think you're fine.
15:03Mark?
15:04Glamp.
15:05There you go.
15:06Yeah.
15:07It's something I've always wanted to do, especially at Glastonbury,
15:09and then I look at the price, I'm like, no chance.
15:12But posh camping, right?
15:13Yeah, glamorous camping.
15:15Absolutely fine.
15:16Oh, is that what they call it?
15:17Glamping?
15:18Glamorous camping?
15:18No, I never knew that.
15:19Exactly.
15:20Yes.
15:22Prue?
15:23Susie has dug up something called Magilp.
15:26Magilp?
15:27Magilp.
15:27Yes.
15:28The I-L-P.
15:30Magilp.
15:30You don't know what a Magilp is?
15:31Oh, the Magilp.
15:32The Magilp.
15:33Magilp.
15:34Yeah, she used to have done her own for me.
15:35I'll Magilp.
15:36Yeah.
15:39Normally Magilp, but Magilp also.
15:41A mixture of resin and linseed oil added to oil paints.
15:44You'll find it in the 19th century.
15:46Yeah.
15:46Oil paintings.
15:47And there is also glioma, not so nice, a malignant tumour of one of the tissues of the nervous system.
15:54Aye, that's brilliant stuff.
15:56Right, OK.
15:57Let's get more letters now.
15:59And Mark Finnerty, you're going to choose him.
16:02Consonant, please.
16:03Thank you, Mark.
16:04R.
16:05And another.
16:07N.
16:08And another.
16:10D.
16:11And a vowel.
16:13A.
16:15And a vowel.
16:16I.
16:17And another vowel.
16:19E.
16:22And a consonant.
16:24C.
16:26A consonant.
16:28J.
16:29And a vowel.
16:32And a final A.
16:34Right, here we go again.
16:35E.
16:38E.
16:43And a vowel.
16:45And a vowel.
16:48And a vowel.
16:50Time's up, Mark.
17:08Six.
17:08Six for you.
17:09And Jan.
17:10Six.
17:11Six.
17:12Here we go.
17:13Rancid.
17:14Rancid.
17:15Rained.
17:16And rained.
17:17Two sixes.
17:18What did you have in Dixie Corner, Prue?
17:19We've got an eight.
17:21Radiance.
17:21Oh, radiance.
17:22Radiance.
17:23You come up with lovely words.
17:24Isn't it a good word?
17:25Radiance for eight.
17:27Upscoring just the J left over.
17:29Let's truck straight on and get more numbers from you, Jan.
17:33Can I have two large and four small, please?
17:35You can indeed.
17:36Thank you, Jan.
17:37Two from the top, four small.
17:38Let's see if we can close that gap.
17:40Mark's hoping we don't.
17:42The four little ones.
17:43Six, five, seven and four.
17:45And the large two.
17:46One hundred and seventy-five.
17:49And the target, two hundred and twenty-five.
17:52Two hundred and twenty-five.
17:54Numbers up.
17:54Two hundred and twenty-five.
17:56One hundred and twenty-five.
17:58MUSIC PLAYS
18:282, 2, 5. Yes, I'm Mark. 2, 2, 5.
18:30All right, off you go, Jan.
18:326 plus 4 is 10.
18:346 plus 4 is 10.
18:355 times 10 is 50. Yep.
18:38Plus the 75 plus the 100. Perfect.
18:41Why not? Why not have fun, eh?
18:43Mark?
18:447 minus 4 is 3.
18:45Great. Times 75.
18:47Straight there. Well done, both of you.
18:50Right, let's get a second tea time teaser,
18:52and it's no surfer.
18:54No surfer.
18:55It goes before it rolls over the boundary.
18:59It goes before it rolls over the boundary.
19:14Hello again.
19:18It goes before it rolls over the boundary.
19:20Cricket reference, so we can get to four runs.
19:23Spelled F-O-R-E.
19:26So four runs means?
19:27Yes, the four, like before, it means to go before,
19:30to indicate the coming of.
19:32So the unease that four runs the storm, for example.
19:35OK. Well, it's a perfect description for what we have here,
19:39because I think we are in the calm before the storm at the moment.
19:41There's just 16 points in it.
19:43Our champion is so strong,
19:46and there's six rounds left, and you're playing catch-up.
19:48So this could go all the way, Mark.
19:50Let's see if you can hold your nerve.
19:52You do look a bit nervous.
19:53Let's get more letters.
19:54Consonant, please.
19:57Thank you, Mark.
19:58S.
19:59And another.
20:01P.
20:02And another.
20:04N.
20:05And a vowel.
20:07O.
20:08And another.
20:09E.
20:11And another vowel.
20:13I.
20:14Consonant.
20:16L.
20:18Consonant.
20:20R.
20:20And a vowel, please.
20:25Lastly, E.
20:28Let us play.
20:28Let us play.
20:59Mark?
21:00Yeah, seven.
21:02Jan?
21:03Seven.
21:03Seven as well.
21:04I'd expect nothing less, the way those letters came out.
21:06Mark?
21:07Proline.
21:08Pro...
21:09Proline.
21:10Proline.
21:10Proline.
21:11Proline.
21:12And...
21:12Spoiler.
21:13And spoiler.
21:15Um, yes.
21:16Proline, proline, an amino acid,
21:18which you will find in most proteins.
21:20Yeah.
21:20Very good.
21:21And spoiler almost spelt itself, didn't it, Jan?
21:23Lovely rounds like that.
21:25Can we go beyond it, though?
21:27Pioneers.
21:28Yes, that is there for eight.
21:29Eight.
21:30Very impressive, indeed.
21:32Pioneers for eight would have been the top score in that round,
21:34as far as we could tell.
21:36As we get straight back to it, it's business time again, Jan.
21:39Start with a consonant, please.
21:41Thank you, Jan.
21:42T.
21:42And a vowel.
21:45A.
21:46And a second vowel.
21:48O.
21:49Consonant.
21:51D.
21:52Consonant.
21:54Y.
21:55A vowel.
21:57U.
21:59Another vowel.
22:01E.
22:02A consonant.
22:04S.
22:05And a consonant, please.
22:06And lastly, R.
22:08Tain, tain.
22:09Tain, tain.
22:40Time's up. Jan?
22:42Seven.
22:43Yes, and Mark?
22:44Seven.
22:44Seven for you. What have we got?
22:46Roasted.
22:46Roasted, and Mark?
22:48Roasted.
22:49Roasted and roasted.
22:51We were expecting roasted for sure in there.
22:54Anything beyond the sevens?
22:56Looking for an out word all the way through that 30 seconds,
23:00and there is one.
23:01Very last minute spot.
23:03It's called out dares.
23:04So I...
23:05Out dare you.
23:06Oh, like where you want upmanship and dares.
23:08Very good.
23:09Bolder than someone else.
23:10Let's stay in Dictionary Corner then.
23:12Susie, your origins of words today.
23:14What have you cooked up for us?
23:16Well, I have cooked up an email from Stephanie.
23:19Stephanie Lee, who says,
23:21Being an oldie, I was wondering where the word elderly came from
23:25and if it's connected to the elder tree, which is beautiful.
23:29And it would be lovely if increasing age was somehow linked to trees,
23:34because at the heart of the word tree is the word true,
23:37and they're symbols of steadfastness and strength and sort of loyalty over the years.
23:42But, sadly, the elder tree and elderly are completely unrelated.
23:47They're both Germanic.
23:48The elder tree looks back to a Germanic word for just that tree, so it's ancient.
23:52Whereas elderly is linked to a German word alt, meaning old,
23:57and älter, meaning older, and that kind of thing,
23:59and that gave us elderly.
24:00So two different paths.
24:01But it did get me thinking about the vocabulary that we have for old age, really,
24:08because we should all be celebrating the wisdom of older generations,
24:12but instead our words actually let us down.
24:15So if you look at the word senile, for example,
24:17born in Roman times, a senex was a wise old man,
24:21you know, brimming with knowledge and wisdom gained over time.
24:25It's from the same family as senator, senorita, senate, you know, etc.
24:31Yet senile is another sibling from that family,
24:34and by the late 19th century, so this isn't a new thing,
24:37it had shifted from meaning elderly to then infirm.
24:40And now if you call someone senile,
24:42these days there's a real touch of cruelty about it.
24:45Incompetent is the idea there.
24:47Geriatric, also a similar journey, really,
24:50because that's simply based on a Greek word for growing old.
24:53So a gerontocracy, such as we have in the US,
24:56is a state governed by older people.
24:58But to call anyone geriatric these days
25:02is tantamount to calling them incapable, clueless, you know.
25:05But other cultures have got words that do reflect the idea
25:09of gained experience and wisdom and all these wonderful things.
25:12So there's a lovely word in Turkish,
25:15I'm not sure if I'm pronouncing it correctly,
25:16but iliak, which originally means sort of idle,
25:21but has come actually to mean the art of taking things easy,
25:24which you can finally do once you have, you know, worked all your life.
25:29It's just almost like a zen-like state.
25:31And in Japanese, this is my absolute favourite,
25:34there's an aesthetic, which is Sibui.
25:36And this is a subtle, understated beauty,
25:39so it's one that often goes unnoticed,
25:41but it increases with age.
25:43So it's like a time-honed piece of wood,
25:45one that's kind of been polished over the years,
25:48or a wrinkled face.
25:49It is a subtle beauty that kind of radiates wisdom
25:52and, as I say, experience.
25:54So other countries do it so much better than us,
25:56and I think we need to learn a lesson from them.
25:57You're so right, there's not much, really.
26:00When you're talking about seniority on the radio or on TV,
26:04you do struggle for the word that you're going to use
26:06that isn't going to cause any offence.
26:08Mature, experienced, those type of words.
26:11And then you get the sort of euphemisms like senior citizen,
26:17you know, and...
26:19Um, yeah.
26:21Well, I'm all of those things.
26:22Well, listen, I don't know, we'll have to cut...
26:24And, of course, I'm very wise.
26:25Yes. Of course you are.
26:27Wise. Older and wiser is not bad, is it?
26:30I'm less wise now than I was at 24.
26:34Thank you so much.
26:37Well, this particular episode of Countdown
26:39is ageing quite beautifully.
26:40We're still sort of on that knife edge.
26:43We're just 16 points between our champion and challenger,
26:46Wessard challenger in the lead.
26:48And you're choosing the letters, Mark.
26:49And consonant, please.
26:51Thank you, Mark.
26:52T.
26:53And another.
26:55G.
26:56And a third.
26:58S.
26:59And a vowel.
27:01I.
27:02And another.
27:04O.
27:05And another, please.
27:06A.
27:08And a consonant.
27:10P.
27:10And a consonant.
27:14L.
27:17And a final consonant.
27:20And a final N.
27:22OK, good luck, everybody.
27:23Thank you very much.
27:24Thank you very much.
27:25I'll see you very shortly.
27:35Bye.
27:36Bye.
27:48Bye.
27:51Bye.
27:52Bye.
27:52Mark? Eight.
27:56It's going to go for an eight. Jan? Eight.
27:58And an eight as well. Mark?
28:01Stapling. Stapling. And Jan?
28:04Stapling. Stapling from both of you,
28:08both holding it together under this pressure.
28:12Was there anything beyond stapling? Was there a nine?
28:14That was very inviting. Not that we could find.
28:17That was about the only eight that we could see.
28:19That will do us. That will do us. OK, three rounds to go.
28:21Jan, you're in charge of these letters.
28:24Start with a consonant, please. Thank you, Jan.
28:27B. And a second.
28:31M. And a vowel.
28:34E. And another vowel.
28:37O. Consonant.
28:39R. Consonant.
28:43T. Vowel.
28:47U. A consonant.
28:49S.
28:51And a vowel, please.
28:54And lastly, A.
28:56Last letters.
28:57Most worse.
29:10I'll be here.
29:12Someone.
29:12You're the only one.
29:15This.
29:17Now you're the only one.
29:18My one.
29:18This.
29:19There.
29:19MUSIC
29:27Jan?
29:28Seven.
29:29Mark?
29:30Seven.
29:32Jan?
29:33Outseam.
29:34Outseam.
29:36And Mark?
29:38Matures.
29:39And matures.
29:40Now, matures is absolutely fine.
29:42Well done.
29:43Maybe inspired by today's origins of words.
29:45Outseam.
29:46It's not there, I'm afraid.
29:49No, totally.
29:51Yeah, I think we're all stuck on that out theme today,
29:53but it's not in there.
29:55Jan, another great challenger you faced here.
29:57Unbelievable.
29:58Anything else?
30:00If outseams is not allowed, is outbeams?
30:04Yes, I'm sorry, Jan.
30:06Outbeams to outshine.
30:07It's an older version of outshine.
30:09Outbeams.
30:10We had starbeam, didn't we, earlier?
30:12We did.
30:13All right, one more numbers round to go.
30:16It's a lap of honour for you, Mr Finnerty.
30:18Erm, let's try six more.
30:21Why not?
30:22Lap of honour, a little bit of fun,
30:24and potentially a tricky challenge.
30:27Let's see, final numbers of the day.
30:29One, seven, eight, five.
30:33Another five, and two.
30:35And your target, 557.
30:38557.
30:40Numbers up.
30:41Two.
30:42Two.
30:43To that reality.
30:44One.
30:45Two.
30:48Two.
30:48Two.
30:49Two.
30:50Two.
30:52Two.
30:53Two.
30:54Three.
30:55Two.
30:56Three.
30:58Two.
31:00Two.
31:02Two.
31:035-5-7, Mark?
31:135-5-6.
31:15Lucky you have that lead.
31:17Jan?
31:17No, nowhere near.
31:18No worries at all.
31:19Off you go, Mark.
31:202 times 5 is 10.
31:22Yes.
31:23Times 8 is 80.
31:25Yes.
31:25Times 7 is 5-60.
31:275-60.
31:28Take away 5 and add the 1.
31:31Yep.
31:33Oh, take away that, add that.
31:34Yep, 1 away.
31:35Well done.
31:35Nice.
31:36Rach, take us one closer.
31:37Well, similar theme.
31:402 times 5 is 10, but first times it by 7 for 70.
31:45Take away 1 here for 69.
31:48And then times by 8 for 552.
31:51And add the remaining 5.
31:53Lovely.
31:57Well, that's enough, Mark, to get you over the century.
32:00The deal already sealed.
32:01On the plus point, Jan, this is much more relaxing than yesterday, isn't it?
32:05Yes, very much.
32:06Silver lining in every cloud, as far as I'm concerned.
32:09So let's just do this for fun.
32:10OK.
32:11Fingers on the buzzers.
32:12It's Tuesday afternoon.
32:14Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:16Mark.
32:32Mark.
32:35Time's up.
32:36Yeah.
32:36Rest of it's for you, Jan.
32:37Is it an ING?
32:55Anybody in the studio?
32:57Look.
32:57It's amazing how everyone just looks away when they don't get it.
33:00All the eyes.
33:01Oh, look at those lights up in the ceiling.
33:02Right.
33:03Well, listen, if you've got this at home, you get more points than anybody here in the
33:06studio.
33:06Let's reveal the answer to today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:10Oh, no.
33:11Gingerade.
33:15Fantastic.
33:16That's a really clever one.
33:17Well, well done, Mark Finnerty.
33:19You and I are better at game shows than your son.
33:22You've eclipsed Owen now.
33:24You're number one in the house and you get to come back tomorrow.
33:26We'll see you then.
33:27Thank you very much.
33:29And, Jan, just such a high quality of challenger you've faced.
33:32So you should be so proud of the two wins.
33:34Lovely.
33:35Thank you so much.
33:36Lovely to meet you.
33:37I've had a great time.
33:38Really interesting week.
33:39Prue, Susie, we'll see you tomorrow.
33:41Lovely.
33:41Look forward to it.
33:42And on Spicy Food Day, Rachel, you'll thank me for this advice one day in the future.
33:47If you ever have an elephant round your house for dinner, always go with something plain.
33:53Elephants are hugely irritated by chillies.
33:57They can't even go near the smell of them.
34:00And only mammals can be irritated by chilli.
34:03So all snails, slugs and birds don't taste it at all.
34:07That's a good fact.
34:08Isn't that nice?
34:09With an elephant.
34:10Yeah.
34:10So birds round your house, use chillies.
34:13Elephant, stick there, play an omelette.
34:15I will remember that.
34:16Right.
34:17Back tomorrow.
34:17Do not forget.
34:18Same time, same place.
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