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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Tuesday afternoon and it's time to dot the I's and cross the T's on another episode of Countdown. Hello, Rachel Riley. Hello, Colin Murray. Now, is your handwriting I'm interested in today? Because today is handwriting day. Right. So I've asked you to write out a sentence that I'm going to analyse now. They say you've got to write something that's very natural and truthful to you. So I've got you to write down, hello, Colin, what a joy it is to work with you again today, because that's obvious.
00:59So the first thing is, is it rounded or very rigid? Now, yours is quite rounded the way that you write. And that means you're relaxed and open minded. Oh, OK. I like this so far.
01:11The second thing is, where are the dots of the I's? If they're very close, that means you're very organised and kind of regimented. Then the further away they are, the more creative you tend to be. Yours aren't even above the I's.
01:24So you wrote is and your I is closer to the T of two than it is to the I. So that's very good. Yeah, not regimented at all. Well, the other thing is where you cross your T's. So there's all sorts of things. Now, if you divide them directly in the middle, like a plus sign, which is applicable to you, that means you're very successful.
01:43So there you go.
01:44Oh, I mean, I like, I'm enjoying this analysis. What else have you got?
01:47But if it had been bad, you probably would have been like, this is all nonsense.
01:50Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly. No, I'll take all that.
01:52Well, actually, I did the same for Susie, but we don't have time to go through it all.
01:56But I've looked at the shape, I've looked at the dots, I've looked at your crosses. One word, psychopath.
02:03And that's all you need to know.
02:05Susie, you're joined by a man with many different masks that he can wear throughout today.
02:10So the brilliant impressionist and comedian and actor, John Coulshaw.
02:17I will vouch for Susie's handwriting. I find your handwriting very graceful.
02:20Oh, thank you.
02:21Elegance of thought, you'll see.
02:22Well, yours must be terrible.
02:24Oh, it is.
02:24Susie will admit her handwriting is atrocious at times.
02:27It looks pretty, but yes, not so legible, possibly.
02:32Well, listen, Mark's been writing his own story, hasn't he?
02:34Five wins so far.
02:36A century every time Mark Finnerty from Nureen County down.
02:39You've got 556 points so far.
02:42So you're on target if you can win eight for 900,
02:45which is, you know, up there in the upper echelons of Countdown history.
02:49At this age, I'm just happy to take a scrappy 1-0 win.
02:52Get over the line.
02:54I'll get over the end of the day.
02:56Good luck.
02:56You're up against David Finch, who is a London boy.
03:00How are you, mate?
03:00Very well, thank you, Colin.
03:01How are you?
03:02Yeah, good.
03:02And listen, you're a proper Countdown fan.
03:05I am.
03:05I believe to the detriment of your university education.
03:07Yeah, well, there was one of my modules, the lecture was at 2pm on a weekday, so I don't know what else I was supposed to do, but I would miss the lectures and watch Countdown, of course.
03:19Well, if you win by, like, one point today on a crucial Countdown conundrum, it'll have been worth every failed grade.
03:26That's what I'm hoping.
03:26We'll see what happens.
03:28David and Mark, good luck.
03:32Right, off we go, Mr Fennerty.
03:34Nine letters, please.
03:35Hi, Rachel.
03:36Hi, Mark.
03:37Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:39Start today with M.
03:41And a second.
03:43S.
03:44And another.
03:46N.
03:47And a vowel.
03:49O.
03:50And another vowel.
03:51E.
03:52And another.
03:54I.
03:55And a consonant.
03:57L.
03:58And a consonant.
04:00G.
04:01And a final consonant, please.
04:04A final L.
04:06At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:09A consonant.
04:10MUSIC CONTINUES
04:408. Wow, well, a start, David.
04:44Just a risky 6. The risky 6 is?
04:46Monies. Monies. The 8, please, Mark.
04:49Smelling. Oh, yes. Smelling.
04:53Smelling is in there for 8.
04:54Money is absolutely fine for 6. But, yep, smelling, very good.
04:57Well done. Well done.
05:01Mr Culshaw? Yeah, nothing to top with that.
05:04I do remember, just on the smelling, it reminded me of sort of a brass plate
05:08of a doctor or a dentist.
05:09S-melling. I've seen that somewhere.
05:12There's a memory tucked away somewhere.
05:14David, there you go. Let's get more letters.
05:16Let's get you on the board.
05:18Hi, Rachel. Hi, David.
05:19Consonant, please. Thank you.
05:21Start with R.
05:23Another one, please.
05:25S.
05:26Vowel.
05:28E.
05:30Vowel.
05:31A.
05:32Consonant.
05:32D.
05:35Consonant.
05:36P.
05:38Vowel, please.
05:40E.
05:42Consonant.
05:44R.
05:45Final consonant, please.
05:48Final B.
05:49And 30 seconds.
05:49Michael Mets.
05:51Fr says,
05:52we're home from Banda's Heart.
05:53We're home from a grand term.
05:54We're home from Banda's Heart.
05:55We're going to be at Mr Angels State Park.
05:56We'll be at the hospital.
05:56We're home from Banda's Heart.
05:57We're home fromied Redf productivity.
05:57We're home from A.
05:59Massive.
06:00Italy or Monday year of
06:15Pacino Plant.
06:17That's time, David.
06:22Seven.
06:23Seven from you.
06:24And Mark?
06:25I'll try, Nate.
06:26He's going to risk it.
06:27He's not sure, though, David.
06:29What's the seven?
06:30Re-reads.
06:31Re-reads.
06:32And Mark?
06:33Spreader.
06:34Spreader.
06:35Fantastic from Mark.
06:36Anything to even match it.
06:38Another intriguing eight was there.
06:40Bearders.
06:41Bearders.
06:41People with beards.
06:42No, to beard a situation, particularly a difficult one,
06:47is to confront it boldly.
06:49So one very old expression is to beard the lion,
06:52to take it on with real courage.
06:54Beautiful.
06:55Yeah.
06:56Well, courage needed at the moment, David.
06:58Mark's off to another fast-starting champion.
07:00You're choosing the numbers.
07:02Just one from the top, please, Rachel.
07:04Just one from the top.
07:05You're not deviating just yet.
07:06You want the points.
07:07You want a safe ride.
07:08Let's see if you're going to get it.
07:10First numbers of the day.
07:11Two.
07:12Six.
07:13Eight.
07:14Nine.
07:15Three.
07:16And 100.
07:18And the target to reach 204.
07:21There you go.
07:21204.
07:22Numbers up.
07:22Eight.
07:33And the target to reach 205.
07:34I am a sidestective.
07:36I am a sidestective.
07:36And the target to reach 205.
07:37What is this?
07:462-0-4 the target, Mark?
07:55Yeah, 2-0-4.
07:56Yeah, David?
07:572-0-4.
07:57Lovely, off you go, Mark.
07:598-6 is 2.
08:01Yep.
08:02Plus 100.
08:02102.
08:04Times 2.
08:05One way to get there, 2-0-4.
08:07Might be the same way.
08:08Same way.
08:08Yeah.
08:09Good work on the board.
08:10On the board.
08:13Yes, a big moment.
08:14It's all uphill from here.
08:16Right, let's get our first tea-time teaser of this.
08:19Tuesday afternoon, and it's Ram Creek.
08:22Ram Creek.
08:23Back in the day, all he touched was a triumph.
08:26Back in the day, all he touched was a triumph.
08:29MUSIC PLAYS
08:31APPLAUSE
08:36APPLAUSE
08:39Hello again.
08:46Back in the day, all he touched was a triumph.
08:48Very clever clue.
08:49Carmaker was her tea-time teaser.
08:52Well, a bit of a stuttery start for David Finch.
08:54You're sucking diesel now, though.
08:56Let's get more letters.
08:57Consonant, please.
08:59Thank you, David.
09:00K.
09:01Another one.
09:03N.
09:04Another one.
09:07T.
09:08Vowel.
09:10U.
09:11Vowel.
09:12I.
09:14Vowel.
09:16U.
09:17Consonant.
09:19N.
09:20Consonant.
09:21A final vowel, please.
09:25Would you like a challenge?
09:27A final E.
09:28Thanks, Rich.
09:29MUSIC PLAYS
09:31MUSIC PLAYS
09:33MUSIC PLAYS
09:51All right, how did you get on, David?
10:03Just a five.
10:04Yeah, Mark?
10:05Six.
10:06A six from you.
10:06OK, David, what have you got?
10:07Unite.
10:08Yeah, and Mark?
10:10Kitten.
10:11Oh, for goodness sake.
10:12Oh, how did we miss that, David?
10:14Missed it, didn't we?
10:15Oh, my goodness me.
10:17Kitten, a beautiful, lovely little six.
10:19Yeah, one other intent was there for another six.
10:23Kitten intent, it sounds like a movie that's going to be a budget movie.
10:27Yeah, one that we're not going to go and see, if we're being honest.
10:28Oh, I'm there.
10:29You be there with your kids.
10:31Kitten intent, that's a day out.
10:33Is that all?
10:34Yep, that's about it.
10:36Yep.
10:36Right.
10:37All right, let's get back to it, Mark.
10:38Could I have a consonant, please?
10:40Thank you, Mark.
10:40S.
10:42And another.
10:44C.
10:45And a third.
10:47T.
10:48And a vowel.
10:50A.
10:51And a vowel.
10:53E.
10:54And another.
10:55O.
10:56And a consonant.
10:59G.
11:00And a consonant.
11:03S.
11:04And a final consonant, please.
11:07And a final G.
11:09Half a minute.
11:09We'll see you next time.
11:10We'll see you next time.
11:11We'll see you next time.
11:11We'll see you next time.
11:11We'll see you next time.
11:12We'll see you next time.
11:12We'll see you next time.
11:13We'll see you next time.
11:13We'll see you next time.
11:14We'll see you next time.
11:15We'll see you next time.
11:15We'll see you next time.
11:15We'll see you next time.
11:16We'll see you next time.
11:16We'll see you next time.
11:17We'll see you next time.
11:17We'll see you next time.
11:18We'll see you next time.
11:19We'll see you next time.
11:19We'll see you next time.
11:20We'll see you next time.
11:20We'll see you next time.
11:21We'll see you next time.
11:22We'll see you next time.
11:22All right, Mark?
11:41Six. Six from you and David? Six as well.
11:44Well done. Mark? Stages. And David? Coasts.
11:48Coasts and stages.
11:51Can we get anything better out of that?
11:54Nothing beyond six, actually, Colin.
11:56Socage was there for another six.
11:59I want to say that was Boyce's Socage, Rodney.
12:03I have to go way back in time for this.
12:05It's feudal tenure of land involving payment of rent.
12:09Socage. All right, 38 plus 16.
12:12Second numbers round. David, what way are you going to go?
12:15I'll have one large, please, and the rest small. Sorry.
12:18One large, not panicking, not taking any chances just yet.
12:22Five little.
12:23Two.
12:24Two.
12:25Five.
12:26Three.
12:27One.
12:28And the large one, 100. Fairly small little uns.
12:31And the target 261.
12:32Two.
12:33Six.
12:34One.
12:35Numbers up.
12:36Two.
12:37Two.
12:38One.
12:39Two.
12:40Two.
12:41One.
12:42Two.
12:43Two.
12:44One.
12:45Two.
12:46Two.
12:47Two.
12:48Two.
12:49One.
12:50Two.
12:51Two.
12:52Two.
12:53Two.
12:54Two.
12:55Two.
12:56Two.
12:57Two.
12:58Two.
12:59Two.
13:00Two.
13:01Two.
13:02Two.
13:032-6-1. Low target. David?
13:07Just 2-6-5.
13:092-6-5. There is a weigh-in, Mark.
13:112-6-1. Off you go.
13:132 times 5 is 10.
13:15Plus 2 plus 1 is 13.
13:18100 minus 13.
13:2087. Times 3.
13:22Perfect. Well done, 2-6-1.
13:24APPLAUSE
13:27Very good indeed. 48 plays 16.
13:30As we break to have a chat with John Culshaw.
13:33Across a week, John, on Countdown,
13:35as someone who does voices,
13:37I mean, today we've got a particular County Down accent
13:41in Mark, alongside David Finch from London.
13:44All the different accents.
13:46Yesterday we had a strong Southern Irish accent.
13:48What's the most difficult local dialect to do,
13:51say, in the UK and Ireland?
13:53Oh, my goodness, there's some challenging ones.
13:55Stoke is always an intriguing one,
13:58because it's got little elements of many things,
14:00but it's so unique.
14:01Robbie Williams is a great example.
14:03You all right? You all right?
14:05You wouldn't say chips, it'd be cheps.
14:07You having some cheps? You all right?
14:09If you ask for directions in Stoke,
14:11somebody might say, yeah, you go street up that straight.
14:14LAUGHTER
14:16And, er, I do love the Hull accent,
14:19the flat vowels, where you have a white wine
14:22at five to five.
14:23LAUGHTER
14:24And there's no snore.
14:26And Libby Road I heard on the fern.
14:28LAUGHTER
14:29And I grew up in Lancashire, in Ormskirk, in Lancashire,
14:32where there was sort of two accents that you tended to get.
14:36You know, the Lancashire end, you know, to be like that,
14:38where it curls up that way.
14:40I like to describe it visually as a...
14:42like a cheese sandwich left out in the sun to long,
14:45and it curls up that way.
14:46It takes you to, you know, Fred Dibner,
14:48Paddy McGuinness, Peter Kaye,
14:50it curls up raw time, like that, you know, that way.
14:53Whereas Yorkshire goes the other way.
14:55Yorkshire bends down, like that, that, that,
14:57it's in that sort of...
14:58Lancashire's in it, is he?
14:59Yorkshire's leaning on bar.
15:01LAUGHTER
15:03But there's so many wonderful ones,
15:05and how they evolve, the Liverpool accent,
15:09you know, for instance, if you take, you know,
15:11the great Irish influence,
15:12if you take the Dublin accent like that,
15:14it's not too far before, you know,
15:16the Industrial Revolution and, you know,
15:18a Lancashire influence,
15:19and you get that Scouse accent like that.
15:21That sort of, you know, with the tightness in the chest.
15:24And that brings a whole range, you know.
15:26At the base ends, that's where you'll get Paul Hollywood,
15:29like that.
15:30Sort of lift it up a bit, make it a bit more, you know,
15:32that's where you get dearly loved,
15:33much missed Paul O'Gracy, God love him.
15:35Sort of take it up another level, you know,
15:37give it a bit of a wobble and a swirl,
15:39that's where you get Paul McCartney, you know.
15:42How lucky was I to have those men in my life, you know.
15:45This song is really starting to cook now.
15:48And then sort of like, really proclaim it,
15:50that's when you get John Bishop sort of like,
15:53talking out of the whole arena, like that.
15:57So even one accent can vary so strongly.
16:00Stunning. Thank you, John.
16:04APPLAUSE
16:06Right, back to the language of Countdown,
16:08which we all love so much.
16:09And Mark, you're choosing the letters.
16:11A consonant, please, Rachel.
16:12Thank you, Mark.
16:13H.
16:14And another.
16:16D.
16:17And another.
16:19L.
16:20And a vowel, please.
16:22U.
16:23And another.
16:24I.
16:25And a third vowel.
16:27E.
16:28And a consonant.
16:30W.
16:32And a vowel.
16:34I.
16:36And a consonant, please.
16:39Final N.
16:40And here we go again.
16:41And here we go again.
16:42D.
16:43D.
16:44And there we go again.
16:45D.
16:48D.
16:49D.
16:50And here we go again.
16:52D.
16:53D.
16:54D.
16:55D.
16:56D.
16:57D.
16:58D.
16:59D.
17:00D.
17:01D.
17:03D.
17:05D.
17:06Eine.
17:07D.
17:08D.
17:09D.
17:10As.
17:11Mark? Yeah, stick with a six.
17:14Gonna stick with a six. David? Oh, risk a six.
17:18Risking a six. Both written down?
17:20Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Mark, what is it?
17:23Wild. And David?
17:25Unwild. And unwild, spelt W-I-L-D.
17:29Hmm. No unwild, sadly, that's not in the dictionary.
17:34And wild is absolutely fine as she wild away the hours.
17:37Right. Yeah, so that's a good six and that was about the only thing
17:40that could be had out of that. Really? Yeah.
17:42Let's get on with it. More letters. David, you're in control.
17:45Consonant, please. Thank you, David.
17:47L. Consonant.
17:50R. Vowel.
17:54U. Vowel.
17:56E. Consonant.
17:59M. Vowel.
18:02I. Consonant, please.
18:05P. Vowel.
18:09E.
18:10And a final consonant, please.
18:13A final G.
18:14And start the clock.
18:15I.
18:18I.
18:19M. Vowel.
18:21.
18:26I.
18:27All right, David?
18:47Just five.
18:48Just five, and Mark?
18:49Seven.
18:50I swear, he's spotted something.
18:51David, what have you got?
18:52Grump.
18:53Come on, why is all?
18:55Lumpier.
18:56Oh, nice.
18:56We lumpier.
18:57Like my porridge, a bit lumpier than Susie's.
19:01Right, lumpier?
19:02Lumpier, very good.
19:03That's in the dictionary.
19:04And we could only match it with another seven.
19:06Yes, puerile.
19:08Puerile was there for another seven.
19:10Great word.
19:11Puerile, lumpier.
19:13And that is as good as it gets,
19:14so let's switch back, Mark,
19:16and choose the third numbers round of the day.
19:19Let's try six small.
19:20Yeah, why not?
19:22Deviate from the plan.
19:23Six little ones, put your brains to the test.
19:25And they are one, two, ten, eight, four, and nine.
19:34And the target to reach 726.
19:37726.
19:38Numbers up.
19:38One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:39One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:40One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:40One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:41One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:42One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:43One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:44One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:45One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:46One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:47One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:48One, two, ten, eight, four, and ten.
19:49726 the target mark 726 and David yeah 726 off you go mark 9 times 8 times 10
20:1872 times 10 720 plus 4 plus 2 yep also do this all by 11 if you want a different way to do
20:24I went a roundabout way of getting the 6 did 4 minus 1 times 2 yeah same result still got there
20:32well done 10 points each as we get our second tea time teaser this Tuesday afternoon which is
20:40into cubs into cubs it's not one over the eight it's one under the eight it's not one over the
20:47eight it's one under the eight
20:49welcome back it was a musical tea time teaser so if you can read music play an instrument you would
21:10have had the upper hand it's not one over the eight Susie it's one under the eight and the answer was
21:14sub tonic yes the seventh note of the diatonic scale of any key right 71 players 26 six rounds left to go
21:24David Fench you're up consonant please Rachel thank you David M another one consonant S a consonant
21:32consonant S consonant R and a final vowel please and a final O and let's play
21:54so
22:04so
22:08David how'd you get on it's the five five there and mark six the six okay David
22:18moats and mark storms and storms nice how'd you get on John Culshaw a bunch of sixes in there roasts samosa torsos and then at that last moment Susie as you always do there was a seven
22:36um
22:43massua double O and you can put the second S on the end to give you massuares for seven and more food actually and red lentils orangey red lentils
22:45tricky round tricky round that mark let's get more letters start with a consonant please Rachel thank you mark in and the second
22:53M and another
23:07M and another
23:09and another
23:11H
23:13and a vowel
23:15I
23:17and another vowel O
23:19and a third
23:21A
23:23and a consonant
23:25N
23:27and a consonant
23:29J
23:31vowel
23:42a vowel i
23:44a vowel i
23:56P
23:58I
23:59I
24:00THEY CONFER
24:07Mark?
24:08Six.
24:09Six for you, and David?
24:10Just a four.
24:11Just a four.
24:12All right, no worries.
24:13That's terrible.
24:14That's what it is.
24:15We're here for a good time.
24:16What do you get?
24:17Mine.
24:18Yeah, no worries.
24:19And Mark?
24:20Minion.
24:21Minion.
24:22Minion.
24:23We like the minions.
24:24Yes, and that was as good as it got for us as well.
24:26Really?
24:27Yes.
24:28That's it, that's it.
24:29There you go, there you go.
24:30Even in the tricky rounds he's scoring fairly big, isn't he?
24:32That's nice.
24:33All right, let's stay with you then in Dictionary Corner
24:36as Susie Dent addresses all our minions here in the Countdown Studio
24:40with another Origins of Words.
24:42I have no minions.
24:44But, yes, I was talking yesterday about modes of transport
24:47and the etymologies of the words connected to that,
24:50so we thought we would continue.
24:52I didn't mention train yesterday when we take the train.
24:55Now, this one has quite a history, because it goes back to the Latin verb trajere,
25:01which meant to pull, and it gave us so many words.
25:05It gave us tractor, something that pulls something along.
25:08It gave us a contract, which is pull together, your muscles contract,
25:11you pull a document together in a contract.
25:14Protract, retract, when you pull back so many different words.
25:18Bicycle, very simple.
25:20Bi-cycle, two wheels.
25:22It's as simple as that.
25:24But, finally, I was going to talk about the juggernaut,
25:26which I mentioned very briefly yesterday.
25:29Juggernauts, huge, huge lorries that we see on our roads,
25:33and you wouldn't expect them to take you to the Bay of Bengal,
25:37which is where it all began,
25:39because it actually goes back to the Sanskrit, Yajanatha,
25:42and that was Lord of the World,
25:44and it was a name given to the Hindu god Krishna.
25:47And he was worshipped in Puri in eastern India,
25:52and there they would have a huge procession,
25:55and almost a carnival, really,
25:57where an image, a giant image of Yajanatha or Krishna
26:03would be dragged along the streets in a giant chariot.
26:06And because of this idea of a really heavy, heavy vehicle,
26:09and an unstoppable force, if you like,
26:12it was transferred over to the vehicles that we see on our road today.
26:15But really exotic and quite divine origins for that one.
26:18Nice. Thanks, Suze.
26:19APPLAUSE
26:22I love that, two days of that. Right, let's chuckle on.
26:24Four more rounds to play, and David, you're choosing the letters.
26:28Constance, please.
26:29Thank you, David. T.
26:31Another one.
26:33S.
26:35Vowel.
26:37E.
26:38Vowel.
26:40O.
26:41Consonant.
26:43D.
26:44Consonant.
26:46F.
26:47Vowel.
26:48E.
26:50Consonant.
26:52C.
26:54And a final vowel.
26:57And a final O.
26:59Good luck, everybody.
27:00C.
27:01C.
27:02C.
27:03C.
27:04C.
27:05C.
27:06C.
27:07C.
27:08C.
27:16C.
27:17C.
27:18C.
27:21C.
27:22David, a six.
27:33A six from you, and how did you get on, Mark?
27:35Seven.
27:36A seven, yeah.
27:38David, cost it.
27:39And let's head over here.
27:41Defects.
27:42Yeah, defects.
27:43Let's defect to Dictionary Corner to confirm, yes?
27:45Yeah, very good indeed.
27:47Well spotted, well spotted.
27:48And again, has he just sort of matched the dictionary?
27:51Yeah, just nothing more than sevens over here.
27:53A rather lovely alternative seven, sestoed.
27:57Yes, not so lovely.
27:58It sounds lovely, but it's actually a parasitic worm,
28:00such as a tapeworm.
28:01Right.
28:02Not so nice, eh, John?
28:03Very elegantly named.
28:06I think that name needs to be made a bit more unpleasant.
28:09Yeah, it doesn't deserve such a beautiful sound.
28:13Right, well, listen, juggernaut, we found out what that meant earlier,
28:16and that's what Mark Finnerty is, David.
28:18You're not the first.
28:20Believe me, he's on 90, heading towards another century.
28:23Could come in this round, if you manage a max.
28:26Last letters, Mark, you're choosing.
28:28A consonant, please.
28:29Thank you, Mark.
28:30Q.
28:32Another.
28:34D.
28:35And a third.
28:36Y.
28:38And a vowel.
28:38There's a U.
28:44And a vowel.
28:46O.
28:47And a consonant.
28:50N.
28:51And another consonant.
28:53R.
28:54And a final consonant.
28:57A final C.
28:59And last letters.
29:00MUSIC PLAYS
29:15MUSIC CONTINUES
29:17Very difficult round again. Mark?
29:32Six. Yeah, that is difficult for Mark when he only gets to six.
29:36David? Yeah, just... Yeah, six.
29:37Well done. Mark?
29:39Corned. Corned. And David?
29:43It's in the old corned beef.
29:45Yes, absolutely fine.
29:46Nice. No problem with that. Preserved in brine.
29:49Beautiful. Love an old corned beef sandwich, John.
29:52Butter, corned beef brine sauce. It's so old school, isn't it?
29:55Oh, yeah. Old school lunchbox stuff, you know,
29:59alongside your Jaffa cakes or whatever it was.
30:01I think that's what it is, it's the memories.
30:02Yes, exactly. Rather than the taste of it.
30:06There's a seven in there.
30:07Oh, hello.
30:08There's a seven, a rather majestic conker for seven.
30:13Yeah. And missed by our champion.
30:16Missed by the all-conquering Mark Finnerty.
30:18Proof? If proof is needed, there's always room, isn't there,
30:21for improvement in there.
30:2396 plays 32.
30:24Two rounds left to play.
30:25Let's enjoy them both, David.
30:27Your numbers.
30:28I'll go for two large, please.
30:30Two from the top and four little to finish us off for the day.
30:34And the selection is seven, ten, five, six.
30:39And the big one, 75 and 50, with the target 968.
30:44Big one, 968.
30:46Last numbers.
30:46Two, five, six.
30:58One, two, five.
30:59One, two, three.
31:00One, two, five.
31:01One star.
31:01One, two.
31:02Two, five.
31:02One, three.
31:03One, two, five.
31:03OK, 9, 6, 8. Big target. How did you get on, David?
31:20Just 9, 7, 5.
31:229, 7, 5. 7 away. Mark?
31:259, 6, 6.
31:272 away for 7 points.
31:297 plus 5 is 12.
31:317 plus 5 is 12.
31:34Times 75 is 900.
31:36Yep.
31:37And add everything else.
31:39And then tell me what you've got. 50.
31:4010 and 6.
31:4110 and 6. Yep.
31:44There you go. 2 below.
31:467 points. Could there have been 10 points there?
31:499, 6, 8, Rich.
31:51You're going to have to leave it with me.
31:54I will do. I'll tell you what I can say.
31:55Just with those 7 points, Mark puts up a 6th successive century
32:00on Countdown. Quite an achievement.
32:02Well done, you.
32:05Yeah, your lowest score so far is 102.
32:08You're on 103 at the moment.
32:09So the pressure's off a little bit.
32:11But yesterday, David, imagine Mark's embarrassment
32:14when he lost out on the Countdown Conundrum.
32:16Let's see if we can make a double embarrassment for him.
32:19Fingers on the buzzers.
32:20David and Mark, let's reveal.
32:21This Tuesday afternoon, Countdown Conundrum.
32:32Go on, Mark.
32:33Debriefed?
32:34Let's have a debrief.
32:37Yes.
32:40There you go.
32:41You'd be a bit worried about that, weren't you?
32:44Well, I mean, we made it up for yesterday, so...
32:461-1-3, another century.
32:48Matches what you had yesterday.
32:50Six wins in the bank.
32:51We'll see you tomorrow.
32:52Yeah, thank you, Cole.
32:53Excellent.
32:54And, David, listen, many will lose to this guy.
32:57Six already.
32:58Another one in the book.
32:59But have you had an all right day?
33:00I had a brilliant day.
33:02It's like playing against a computer.
33:03Well done.
33:04Very strong.
33:04Very strong.
33:05Very good.
33:06And, of course, back tomorrow will be John, Susie and Rachel.
33:09Let me ask you this before we go.
33:11It's handwriting day.
33:13When's the last time that you hand-wrote a letter?
33:17Good heavens.
33:18Do you know, I can't remember.
33:20That long?
33:20I really can't remember.
33:21We're so out of the habit of doing that now.
33:23It's such a shame, really.
33:24And, Susie, I mean, if anyone is still writing letters in this studio,
33:27it's you.
33:28When's the last time you wrote a letter?
33:29I do tend to write letters to slightly older relatives
33:34who I think still really appreciate a letter.
33:36I love getting a letter still, so I do a little bit, but not enough.
33:40I don't think it's that we, you know,
33:44show a lack of respect to the art of writing.
33:46It's just that you can type in email.
33:48Yeah.
33:48You know, they are letters as such.
33:50You're just not handwriting them out.
33:51But if you send someone an email,
33:53how are you, here's what's going on in my life,
33:55or you send a long WhatsApp even, it is similar.
33:58We are still writing.
33:59We're just not writing with the pen.
34:01I think a thank you letter by text is not the same, is it?
34:04Yeah, probably is the younger people, though.
34:07Maybe.
34:07Yeah, just the same.
34:09I'll tell you who has been wasted about half a pen.
34:13Rachel, still trying to work out 968?
34:16We've got about 100 ways for one away.
34:17Do you want any of those?
34:18No, no good, no good.
34:20No cigar.
34:21Well, listen, we'll give you overnight to try and work that one out.
34:24But whether you write a little note or you put it in your phone,
34:27make a note to join us at the same time, same place tomorrow.
34:29You can count on us.
34:30You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:36You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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