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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Thursday afternoon.
00:34If you're watching on the traditional old goggle box,
00:37but whatever time of the day you're catching up,
00:39thank you very much for watching Countdown.
00:40We never take it for granted.
00:42Hi, Rachel.
00:43Hi, Colin.
00:44A good one for you today, actually.
00:45We're going back to 1882.
00:48You're thinking, how's this going to be a good one for me?
00:50That was the birth of the writer A.A. Milne.
00:53If I remember correctly, you were brought up in the Winnie the Pooh books, weren't you?
00:56Well, my Zayda used to love A.A. Milne and all his poems.
00:58But, yeah, Winnie the Pooh.
00:59I've taken my kids to see Winnie the Pooh in theatre already.
01:02Yeah, that's a big hit.
01:03Introducing it to the next generation. It's lovely.
01:05Yeah, it is that timeless.
01:07It goes through, doesn't it?
01:08Like Disney movies or, you know, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and all of that stuff.
01:13Because Winnie the Pooh is based on his son Christopher Robin Mill,
01:18hence Christopher Robin.
01:20He takes him to buy a teddy bear and that's Winnie the Pooh.
01:22But what I didn't know until I researched it was Christopher's toys also have Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Rue and Tigger.
01:30All just in that bedroom that Christopher Robin Milne had.
01:35And then I found out you can still see them.
01:36They were preserved.
01:37And if you go to the main branch of the New York Public Library,
01:41which I've never read, you know, New York, you go here and you go there,
01:44but you can actually see all the original teddy bears that created it.
01:47All right, let's head over to the dictionary corner.
01:50Ready to poo-poo any words that are not in that dictionary.
01:53It's our Susie Dent.
01:54And all week, rising to the occasion every day, it's the brilliant Prue Lee.
02:01Did you read Winnie the Pooh growing up?
02:03Absolutely.
02:04Yeah, great books, great books.
02:06Stand the test of time, as is our champion so far, Mark Finnerty.
02:11He's got two epic wins under his belt, both centuries each and every time.
02:16Our man from County Down, our consultant psychiatrist.
02:20Your wife Dawn's been with you the whole time?
02:22She has.
02:23She's been supporting me.
02:24Taking all the nerves for the team.
02:26Yeah.
02:26Young Owen, of course, we talked to him.
02:27He's not that young now, but we talked about the son.
02:29So what do you get up to when you're not doing quizzes and when you're not working?
02:33Mostly football.
02:34So being from Newry, follow the mighty Newry town.
02:39Yeah.
02:39Local team, Irish League.
02:40So go over there for 90 minutes each week to just shout and get frustrated.
02:46Yeah.
02:47Well done for supporting your local team.
02:50Very good indeed.
02:51I say that with a bit of shame here, but well done on that.
02:54Right.
02:54You're up against Alison Fairclough today.
02:56A warm welcome to Alison.
02:57She's from Liverpool.
02:58She's a mass tutor.
02:59How are you?
03:00I'm very well, thanks.
03:01How are you?
03:01Yeah.
03:02I can't wait to hear all about this.
03:03You're doing something called 70 by 70.
03:06Yes.
03:07Tell us everything.
03:07Well, the kids started me off on this.
03:10They set themselves 30 tasks that they wanted to complete by the time they were 30.
03:14So they were in their early 20s or teens at the time.
03:17So I want to do something similar.
03:20My first thought was 60 by 60, but I didn't have much time in which to do that.
03:24So it's 70 by 70.
03:26And I've got no guess.
03:28I've picked out 70 tasks that I want to complete.
03:31How many have you done?
03:32Nine.
03:33Nine!
03:34Yeah.
03:34Long way to go.
03:35Long way to go.
03:36But you could get into double figures today because this is brilliant.
03:39One of them is to win a television quiz.
03:43Here's the problem.
03:47She's been on countdown before.
03:48That didn't go too well.
03:50Catchword.
03:51Didn't manage to win that.
03:52The chase.
03:53Didn't manage to win that.
03:54So it's a long time coming.
03:55Today's the day.
03:57Yes.
03:57Let's seize the day, Alison.
03:58Good luck to you.
03:59Win or lose.
04:00We'll have fun.
04:00And good luck, Mark.
04:04Mark, your letters to start.
04:06Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:07Afternoon, Mark.
04:08Could I have a consonant, please?
04:10Start today with K.
04:13And another.
04:15W.
04:17And another.
04:19P.
04:21And a vowel.
04:23O.
04:24And another.
04:26E.
04:27And another.
04:29I.
04:31And a consonant.
04:33S.
04:34And another consonant.
04:37G.
04:39And another consonant, please.
04:42And a final M.
04:44At home and in the studio.
04:46Let's play countdown.
04:47And another.
04:49Let's talk about this.
04:57On the gotta.
04:58ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYS
05:17Mark? A six. A six from you. And Alison? Only a five.
05:21A five? No worries. What's the five? Poems. Poems. Well, what a lovely five, yes.
05:26And Mark? Pookies. Right. I was thinking you might go for this.
05:32Now, whatever it's in the dictionary, to Mark and I, it's the ice cream man.
05:36Ice creams. I remember you saying, not in the dictionary, fruit machines.
05:40Oh, yeah. But, yeah, I do remember you talking about the ice cream.
05:43What a delightful start. Anything other than sixes? Egoism.
05:48Yeah, that would just give you another six, nothing beyond that.
05:50Nothing to spout about there. Right. Alison, your letters.
05:54Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Alison. May I please have a consonant?
05:58You may indeed. S. And another, please.
06:02Q. Vowel, please.
06:06A. Another one.
06:09U. OK. Another consonant, please.
06:15D. And another one, please.
06:16And lastly, T.
06:1730 seconds. Go.
06:48YÑ–Ñ€ir, please.
07:02Alison. A six. A six from here, Mark.
07:05Seven. Found a seven. Alison, what's the six?
07:07Squat. Yes. And what have you got there, Mark?
07:10got there, Mark? Squalor. Squalor, Susie Dent. No squart, I'm afraid. Such a lovely sounding
07:17word, isn't it? But not in the dictionary, unfortunately. And we just have the same seven.
07:22Well, no squarter given as we get our first numbers round. Mark? Could I have one large
07:27and any other five? Thank you, Mark. One from the top. Five little to start us off numbers
07:33wise. And this first selection is three, nine, seven, seven, ten, and twenty-five. And the
07:42target, 571. 571, numbers up.
08:03571, our first target of today. Mark? 571. And how did you get on there, Alison?
08:23570. Yeah, tricky one. Mark's nailed it. Good with the numbers. Off we go.
08:2725 times seven. That's 175. Yep. Plus ten. 185. Times three. Times by three is 555. Plus
08:41the nine and the seven. And then the other seven and nine, 16 to add on. Well done. Yeah.
08:49Tough target. Good job, Mark. As we get our first Tea Time teaser of this Thursday afternoon,
08:54Drip Nora. Drip Nora. Drip Nora. The first one is usually followed by tens of thousands.
09:01The first one is usually followed by tens of thousands.
09:20Welcome back. Drip Nora.
09:22Drip Nora. We've been having a debate about this in the studio. The first one is usually
09:25followed by tens of thousands. Raindrop is the answer. And I'm saying to Susie, surely
09:30even in a mild rainfall, it's millions, right? And you find out per square metre. Is that
09:37right? Well, yes. According to one website, it says 200,000 drops per square metre an hour
09:44in heavy rain. Yeah. But often a lot more, as in several millions. Wow. Yeah. I love, you never know
09:51what you're going to talk about in this programme until the titles roll. Let's get back to it then.
09:56Alison, you're choosing these letters. May I have a vowel, please? Thank you, Alison.
10:00E. And another. I. And another, please? A. And a consonant, please? C. And another. S. And another, please? M.
10:15Vowel, please? O. And consonant. Lastly, G. Thanks, Rich.
10:29G. Thanks, Rich.
10:59G. How did you get on, Alison? Eight. Eight from Alison. And Mark?
11:04Um, seven. Seven from you. What have you got, Mark? C. C.
11:08Alison, for a big eight point. Menacing. Menacing.
11:12Me too. Oh, no! Oh, no!
11:15Wow, that is a menace. Oh, dear.
11:17Ooh. All right, so the seven then? Yes, C. C, absolutely fine.
11:21We had a seven and an eight. We had amnesic, which means the same as amnesiac,
11:26pretty much, and we had an eight. Magnesic. Magnesic.
11:31Which is related to magnesium. Yeah. Yeah. Well spotted.
11:34I think, Mark, you had a few risky words and you thought,
11:36yeah, I'm going to stick with the seven, I'll stick with the seven.
11:38It paid off well.
11:40But keep on taking those risks, Alison. Love it.
11:43Let's get more letters. Mark.
11:44Could I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Mark.
11:46And a final consonant, please.
12:15And a final R.
12:17Half a minute.
12:18We'll see you next time.
12:48Mark? Seven. A seven from you. And Alison? Six. And a six. What's a six, Alison?
12:54Um, waster. Waster. Nice word. And Mark? Curates. Curates.
13:01Yes. Yep. Very good for curates for seven. Well spotted. We couldn't do much more than seven.
13:08Creators? No, we got carters, but it's only seven.
13:12Thank you, Dictionary Corner. Don't panic at all, Alison. It's coming. I can feel it, my bones. Let's get your numbers.
13:19Can I have two from the top, please, Rachel, and any of the four?
13:23Lovely. Two from the top and four of the little ones. And ten points are coming.
13:30Right. For this round, we have five, three, four, seven, 75 and 25.
13:38And the target, 372.
13:41Three, seven, two. Numbers up.
13:43Three, seven, three, four, four, four, four.
13:44And the target, 372.
13:45All right.
13:45All right.
13:46Two, two.
13:473-7-2.
14:15Alison?
14:163-7-2.
14:17Come on.
14:18Mark?
14:193-7-2.
14:20Yeah, whatever.
14:21Alison, off you go.
14:225 times 75.
14:233-7-5.
14:24Takeaway three.
14:25Yes!
14:2610 points!
14:28And it really is after the Lord Mayor's show now, but Mark?
14:31I did it the same way.
14:33Fantastic.
14:3410 points each, thank you very much.
14:36And Alison, so good to get rid of that pressure build-up.
14:39Everything will just relax now, so that's sensational.
14:42Well done.
14:43And in terms of relaxing, what better than just having a chat with Prue Leith?
14:46Prue, I can't believe the phenomenal amount of work that you do.
14:51And then you've added to it, like, oh, yeah, and the farm.
14:54Like, it's crazy the amount of energy you have.
14:57But talk to me about the rock and roll lifestyle of heading out on tour,
15:01because you do your one-woman show.
15:02I'd love to know about that.
15:04Yeah, well, they're connected, really, because I thought if I didn't...
15:09If I was going to do a one-woman show, I'd better do it now.
15:12I'll be 84 next month in February.
15:15Wow.
15:16So, last year we toured England 34 stops.
15:23And it was the most possible fun.
15:26I saw towns that I'd never thought I'd ever see
15:29and turned out to be absolutely wonderful.
15:31I mean, did you think Southend would be worth seeing?
15:34Oh, Southend's all right.
15:35Yeah.
15:36It's wonderful.
15:37It's wonderful.
15:38Mm-hm.
15:39I will refer you to Rachel Riley in Southend.
15:41Mm-hm.
15:42And my hometown and my parents would say this.
15:44Yes, that's true.
15:45It is so lovely.
15:46And...
15:48And Ipswich...
15:49I mean, Ipswich turned out to be wonderful.
15:51I knew Norwich would be wonderful.
15:53But anyhow, what I loved was that we were in the bus with four of us
15:57and when we went to Belfast...
15:59Belfast was the first town to fully book us out.
16:03As soon as we went online, they filled the theatre.
16:07So I felt real affection for them and we had a fantastic show
16:12and they all stood up, shouted and screamed.
16:15And I thought, this is just...
16:17A standing ovation is the best thing you'll ever feel.
16:20So the next day we went to Dublin and I said to the techie
16:24who was helping us, who's an Irish guy, I said,
16:27you know, last night we got a standing ovation in Belfast.
16:32It was fantastic.
16:33And he said, oh, well, you know, we're Irish.
16:36He said, we stand up for anyone.
16:38LAUGHTER
16:39That's about right.
16:40That is about right.
16:41We stand up for anyone.
16:42Well...
16:43Yeah.
16:44Well, listen, you started badly by the south end comment,
16:47finished brilliantly with the Belfast comment.
16:49So all is beginning.
16:50Thank you very much.
16:51APPLAUSE
16:53All right, let's get back to the game.
16:57Everything's a bit more relaxed now.
16:59Alison's on the board and Mark, you're picking the letters.
17:02May I have a consonant, please?
17:04Thank you, Mark.
17:05Thank you, Mark.
17:06L
17:07And another.
17:08M
17:09And another.
17:11R
17:12And a vowel.
17:14A
17:15And another vowel.
17:17I
17:18And another.
17:20A
17:21And a consonant.
17:23T
17:25And a consonant.
17:27C
17:28C
17:29And a vowel, please.
17:31And a final E.
17:33And start the clock.
17:34And a vowel.
17:35And a vowel.
17:36To a vowel, please respond.
17:37The vowel thing has a constant.
17:38And a vowel Monday is a constant.
17:39And a vowel.
17:40liśmy
17:50And a vowel.
17:51Mark.
18:06Yeah, a seven.
18:07A seven from you and Alison.
18:09Risky seven.
18:10A risky one. Have you written it down?
18:11Yes.
18:12Brilliant. Mark.
18:13Recital.
18:14Recital. And Alison.
18:16Maltier.
18:17Oh, something's a little... A maltier beer?
18:19Yeah, no, absolutely fine.
18:21Bit of a countdown regular, that one. Very good.
18:23Seven points, eights.
18:25All the sevens, or can you move me up to eight?
18:27Yes, we have metrical.
18:29Metrical.
18:30Yes.
18:30Metric measurement. Metrical.
18:32Yes, and caramel for Prue.
18:34Caramel for seven.
18:35Oh, nice.
18:36Yeah.
18:36Lovely spot. Lovely spot.
18:38OK, look at that, Alison.
18:40Never rains, it pours, eh?
18:42Two rounds in a row.
18:4317 points across the two.
18:45And you're choosing your letters now.
18:47Can I have a consonant, please?
18:49Thank you, Alison.
18:49J.
18:51A vowel, please.
18:53O.
18:54Another vowel.
18:56U.
18:57A consonant.
18:58S.
19:00Consonant.
19:01R.
19:02A vowel, please.
19:04E.
19:05Consonant.
19:07G.
19:08Another consonant, please.
19:10L.
19:11Another consonant.
19:13A final T.
19:16Right, here we go.
19:17Here we go.
19:17A vowel, please.
19:18A vowel, please.
19:19A vowel, please.
19:20A vowel, please.
19:20A vowel, please.
19:21A vowel, please.
19:22A vowel, please.
19:22A vowel, please.
19:22A vowel, please.
19:22A vowel, please.
19:23A vowel, please.
19:23A vowel, please.
19:23A vowel, please.
19:24A vowel, please.
19:24A vowel, please.
19:24A vowel, please.
19:25A vowel, please.
19:25A vowel, please.
19:26A vowel, please.
19:26A vowel, please.
19:26A vowel, please.
19:27A vowel, please.
19:27A vowel, please.
19:28A vowel, please.
19:28A vowel, please.
19:29A vowel, please.
19:29A vowel, please.
19:30A vowel, please.
19:30A vowel, please.
19:31A vowel, please.
19:31A vowel, please.
19:32That's time. Alison, how many?
19:49Seven.
19:50Seven again, well done. Mark?
19:51Seven.
19:52Look at this, Alison.
19:54Jouster.
19:54Yeah, Mark, maybe the same.
19:56Yep, same word.
19:58Yeah, kind of jumped out a little bit at most.
20:01There you go.
20:02We've got more jousters on countdown, Susie and Prue.
20:04What did you see?
20:05Yes, we have a gas oven temperature setting.
20:09Oh, a regulo.
20:10Yes.
20:10A regulo.
20:11So we have regulo in the singular, which is there for six years before a numeral to denote a setting on a temperature scale in a gas oven.
20:18It's a noun, so you can put the S on for seven regulos.
20:21Regulos. Nice.
20:2361, 24, and already as quick as that, we're back to the numbers.
20:29And Mark, your second choice of the day.
20:30Third numbers round.
20:32I'll have just one large, please, Rachel.
20:34Thank you, Mark.
20:35One from the top row.
20:36And five not.
20:38And this time around, we have one, eight, two, three, seven, and the large one, 50.
20:47And the target to reach, 440.
20:50Four, four, zero.
20:51Numbers up.
20:52Four, five, two, three, seven, and the largest one.
20:55Five, nine, and the portion of the food.
21:05Five, nine, and the largest one.
21:06collaboratively Flint andé‚ Pier blij Cow.
21:07One, three, and theriend mystery one.
21:09One, three.
21:10Five, nine, and the antsy함 destac.
21:11One, three, and the insistence of the Això Dios.
21:13One is a pea.
21:14Two, one, a three, and theenee revel.
21:15Two, four, five, and the스테ed Claus€, one.
21:16One, four, five, and the other.
21:17One, two, three, and the other one screen.
21:19Oh, you were both playing statues, so I hope you've got it.
21:254-4-0, Mark.
21:26Yes, 4-4-0.
21:28Alison?
21:28Yeah, 4-4-0.
21:29Brilliant.
21:30Off you go, Mark.
21:3150 plus 3 plus 2.
21:3455.
21:35Times 8.
21:36Well done, 440.
21:37Alison, how'd you go?
21:38Different way.
21:398 plus 1 is 9.
21:41Yes.
21:41Multiply by 50.
21:43450.
21:44Take away 7, take away 3.
21:45Yep, about any route you try, you can get there with this one.
21:48Well done.
21:48Look at that, Alison.
21:52You must have been in such an internal panic after those first lot of rounds.
21:56And look at that, 34 points on the bounce.
21:58We see it so often.
21:59Nurs plays a part when you're here.
22:00Well, at that stage, I wasn't going to tell anybody that I've been on.
22:03No, you'll be sending an email out to everybody you know.
22:06I love it.
22:07Right, excellent.
22:08Let's get our second tea time teaser of the day.
22:11Multi-yen.
22:12Multi-yen.
22:14Prue ran out of a herb at the worst possible moment.
22:16Prue ran out of a herb at the worst possible moment.
22:19Hello again.
22:36Prue ran out of a herb at the worst possible moment, which is ridiculous because the Leith
22:40would never run out of a herb.
22:42Untimely.
22:44Untimely was the tea time teaser.
22:46Right, here we go.
22:46Six rounds to go.
22:47Going to enjoy them all, Alison.
22:48Your choice of letters.
22:50A vowel.
22:51Thank you, Alison.
22:52I.
22:53And another, please.
22:55E.
22:56Another.
22:57A.
22:59A consonant, please.
23:01D.
23:02Another.
23:04T.
23:05And another, please.
23:06H.
23:07Another.
23:09S.
23:10And a vowel.
23:13I.
23:14On a final consonant, please.
23:15A final Z.
23:17Oh, that'll not help.
23:18Let's play.
23:19Let's play.
23:19I.
23:20I.
23:41Here we go.
23:42I.
23:42ALISON
23:49Alison?
23:50Six.
23:51Mark?
23:52Six.
23:53A six from you.
23:54Alison?
23:55Deaths.
23:56Sorry.
23:57Well, it's there though, isn't it?
23:58It's spelt out in front of us and Mark.
24:00Yep, exactly the same.
24:01Exactly the same.
24:02Let's have a little look there.
24:03Even though you only had to move one letter.
24:05Yeah, we'll have a look at that.
24:06I feel bad by saying the Z won't help because it really did.
24:09Well, it did.
24:11We got haziest with a Z.
24:13Wonderful.
24:14Well done.
24:15The mist has cleared.
24:16And that's seven.
24:17Seven for that's fantastic.
24:18Great.
24:19Haziest.
24:2077-40.
24:21Again, that score ticking up, Alison.
24:23Lost in admiration for how you bounced back here.
24:25Brilliant.
24:26Mark, you're picking the letters?
24:27Could I have a consulate, please?
24:29Thank you, Mark.
24:30N.
24:31And another.
24:33P.
24:34And another.
24:36R.
24:37And a vowel.
24:39O.
24:40And a vowel.
24:41E.
24:42And another.
24:43I.
24:44And a consonant.
24:46T.
24:47And a consonant.
24:48D.
24:49And a vowel.
24:50Lastly, A.
24:51Countdown.
24:52And an A.
24:53And an A.
24:54Countdown.
24:55And an A.
24:56And an A.
24:57Countdown.
24:58T.
24:59And a P.
25:00MUSIC CONTINUES
25:30I'll try a nine.
25:32It's going to go for a maximum.
25:34Hold your breath, everyone.
25:36Alison, he's only trying it.
25:37What did you get?
25:37I did well with an eight.
25:39Well, listen, you did do well with an eight.
25:41And at my count, what is the eight?
25:43Rationed.
25:44Rationed.
25:44Very good.
25:45Nine.
25:46Predation.
25:48Predation, Susie.
25:49Yeah, the act of being a predator.
25:51Absolutely brilliant.
25:51Yes.
25:56That's absolutely sensational.
25:57Look at all those rounds in a row, Alison.
25:59The champion had to pull out a nine to stop you scoring.
26:02And that is sensational, Mark.
26:04What a high standard.
26:05You're up to 95 already.
26:06Four rounds left to play.
26:08As we head to Dictionary Corner for more Origins of Words.
26:11Susie Dent.
26:13And an email from Sandra Cutting, who got in touch.
26:17She was born a Scouser.
26:19And Sandra says,
26:19I always called a sandwich a butty.
26:21Where does that name come from?
26:23And also, why is a Scouser called a Scouser?
26:26So, two good questions.
26:28And I'll start with a butty.
26:30I'm sure Prue can tell us how to make the perfect chip butty.
26:34And it's slightly bland in the dictionary, the definition.
26:37It says a filled or open sandwich.
26:38But it's so much more than that, as most of us know.
26:41We have bacon, chips, all sorts of wonderful fillings.
26:43And everything makes sense, really,
26:45when you realise that butty is short for buttery.
26:48Because a butty originally, in its very first incarnations,
26:52was simply a slice of delicious bread topped with lashings of butter.
26:57So they were very buttery.
26:59And Sandra mentions she's a Scouser.
27:01And as far as we know, the butty actually originated in Liverpool
27:04and then spread throughout the north of England and further afield.
27:08But you will find that word being used in many different places now.
27:12And they always say that if you want to mark where one dialect begins
27:16and another ends, always ask what they call a bread roll.
27:18Because there are so many different words up and down the country.
27:21Sandra also asked for Scouser.
27:23Well, many people will probably know.
27:25It's a shortening of Lob Scouse,
27:27which is a stew made with meat and vegetables and ship's biscuit,
27:31eaten by sailors.
27:33And it was a staple food in the thriving port of Liverpool.
27:37But where that actually comes from, we're not completely sure.
27:39The Beatles popularised it hugely, Scouser.
27:44And before that was in print only once that we can find, in 1945.
27:48It was used in a trial.
27:49And the judge had to ask for an explanation of what that word meant.
27:52But we do know that you'll find equivalents all over the world,
27:55particularly where there are thriving ports.
27:57So in Hamburg, I've eaten Lob Scouse, which is pretty much the same.
28:02It has beets and it has pickles.
28:04It's absolutely delicious.
28:05But where its ultimate origin lies, we do not yet know.
28:09I didn't know it was that modern at all.
28:11That's fantastic.
28:12APPLAUSE
28:1395, please, 40.
28:16And looky here, we have our own favourite Scouser today,
28:19an Alison Furclough.
28:20A perfect origins of words for you.
28:22And you're picking these letters.
28:23Can I have, please, a consonant?
28:26Thank you, Alison.
28:28N.
28:28And another one, please.
28:31Y.
28:32Another.
28:34H.
28:35A vowel, please.
28:37I.
28:39Another vowel.
28:40E.
28:41Another vowel.
28:43A.
28:45A consonant.
28:46N.
28:48Another consonant.
28:50B.
28:50And another consonant, please.
28:53Lastly, L.
28:55Good luck.
28:56Good luck.
28:56Good luck.
29:00Good luck.
29:02Good luck.
29:03Good luck.
29:04Good luck.
29:05Good luck.
29:06Good luck.
29:07Good luck.
29:08Good luck.
29:09Good luck.
29:10Good luck.
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29:12Good luck.
29:13Good luck.
29:14Good luck.
29:15Good luck.
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29:17Good luck.
29:18Good luck.
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29:24Good luck.
29:25Good luck.
29:25Good luck.
29:26That's your lot. Time's up, Alison.
29:29Five.
29:29A five. And Mark?
29:31A five also.
29:32Look at this. Alison.
29:34Hinnie.
29:34Yeah, OK. And Mark?
29:36Hyena.
29:37And hyena.
29:38Yeah, both lovely. So, hinnie is also an animal.
29:40It's the offspring of a horse, a stallion and a female donkey.
29:45Really?
29:45Yeah.
29:46I didn't know that.
29:46I always say a foal.
29:48A mule.
29:48Or a mule, a foal, yeah.
29:50Yeah, I think you can use it a little bit more generally,
29:53but that's its specific situation.
29:55Like that, Prue. Look, we're learning.
29:57We're learning.
29:58What did you manage to get?
29:59We got inanely.
30:01Inanely.
30:02That's a seven.
30:03Nice seven. Nice to find.
30:05We can now mark another century for Mark.
30:09That is sensational. Well done to you.
30:10Please stop.
30:12And still three rounds to go.
30:14So, Champ, you're picking the letters.
30:16Consulant, please.
30:17Thank you, Mark.
30:19S.
30:20And another.
30:22D.
30:23And a third.
30:26R.
30:27And a vowel.
30:30U.
30:31And a vowel.
30:33I.
30:34And another.
30:36O.
30:37And a consonant.
30:39P.
30:41And a vowel.
30:44E.
30:45And a consonant, please.
30:48Lastly, S.
30:50Last letters.
30:51Last letters.
30:51And a vowel.
31:24Perfect. Go for it. Go for it. And Alison?
31:27Six. Six is?
31:29Poised. Very good. And Mark, what was your eight?
31:31Cropsies.
31:33Let's go to Susie then.
31:34OK, can you pluralise dropsies?
31:37You certainly can.
31:38Yes, so dropsy is a less technical term for oedema,
31:42which is swelling in the body.
31:43And it actually gives a plural, so well done.
31:46What a player, Mark, is.
31:47One more numbers round before our conundrum, Alison.
31:50And you're picking?
31:51Can I have two from the top, please?
31:53Rachel, I'm only four.
31:54You can indeed. Thank you, Alison.
31:56Two, two and two.
31:58And the final numbers today are nine, three, two, six.
32:03And the large one's 50 and 75.
32:06And the target?
32:08567.
32:09Five, six, seven.
32:11Last numbers.
32:12Six, seven.
32:29Four, seven.
32:29Five, six.
32:30Six, seven.
32:31Five, six, seven.
32:32As sino.
32:33Six, seven.
32:34Four, seven.
32:35Six, nine.
32:37Five, six.
32:395, 6, 7, the target, Alison?
32:45No, um, 5, 6, 5.
32:48Oh, two away, Mark?
32:50Er, yes, but not written down.
32:51Off you go, Mark.
32:5275 minus 3, 72.
32:5572.
32:566 plus 2 is 8.
32:58Yes.
32:598 times 72.
33:01Is 576.
33:03Er, and take away the 9.
33:05And take away the 9. That'll do.
33:065, 6, 7.
33:08APPLAUSE
33:08OK, listen, monster score already.
33:13You could hit 1, 2, 8.
33:17Er, Alison, you can break the half-century,
33:19which is no mean feat, let me tell you.
33:21So let's get your fingers on the buzzers, please,
33:23as we reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:26BELL RINGS
33:27Go on, Mark.
33:32Repayable?
33:33Let's have a look.
33:35That's on the money.
33:37APPLAUSE
33:38Well done.
33:40The haptic on the board for you.
33:42Well, Alison, a lot of fun,
33:43and well done after a shaky start
33:45for getting points.
33:46But I've just got to point out,
33:47we didn't manage to get you one of your 70
33:49for 70.
33:51No, I just had to keep trying.
33:52Got to keep winning the TV game show.
33:55Gladiators is coming back.
33:56Oh, good.
33:56Fantastic.
33:57Have a go at that.
33:58I'm thinking that's the one.
33:59Lovely to have you on.
34:00Thank you very much.
34:02And you are some player.
34:03Very excited having you here, Mark.
34:05I had a lovely play yesterday onwards for two wins.
34:09You didn't like it.
34:10You're getting nothing today.
34:11Three wins and goodbye.
34:12That's fair enough, Colin.
34:14I accept that punishment.
34:16I'll do better next time.
34:17We'll see you tomorrow.
34:18And it will be a treat.
34:19Prue and Susie will be back.
34:20See you then.
34:20And that's it.
34:21And I think we should finish just by paying tribute
34:23to Southend and Ipswich.
34:25Poor old Southern got a bashing.
34:28Prue won't be invited back.
34:29For the record, Susie, Rachel and I love both of those places.
34:33I hope you can tune in tomorrow.
34:34We'll be here.
34:35You can count on us.
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.
34:46APPLAUSE
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