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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown, a show that's perfectly layered, cleverly rolled and just about enough flakiness to get us through this afternoon. How are you doing, Rachel Riley? Bonjour. Enough flakiness? Well, I was describing how you make a croissant because today is National Croissant Day. You know, it's like correct pronunciation because I can feel the glare. I can hear the tune in the first one and we're about to pounce. Croissant. Is that right, Suzy? Yeah, croissant. Thank you very much.
01:00Or in America, croissant. Yeah.
01:02I love it. That's the point, actually. As long as it's done the right way and it's got that puff pastry feel to it. Like, I don't like big doughy, bready croissants. I like it to be light. But they are, when done perfectly, beautiful.
01:14Yeah. Yeah. I remember, actually, I think we were on a school trip when I was about 11 and we went to a place where they showed you how they make them. They roll them all up.
01:20Oh. And then I went on holiday last year and on the buffet, they had handmade vegan croissants every morning. And thankfully, I didn't discover it till, like, the penultimate day because then I had four a day.
01:31So it would have been a very different waistline had I have realised on the first day. But my daughter hasn't got this love of croissants. Whenever I make her toast, she always says, no croissants, no croissants.
01:40But it turns out she's saying no crusts on, but she's heard it as croissants. It's one of those egg corns that my four-year-old now says, no croissants.
01:49Aww. She wants the crusts off. Keep her. That's cute. Keep her. Very much so. To Dictionary Corner then, Susie Den. Croissant without the T.
01:57Yeah, very nice.
01:58Well, Susie Den, we have a delight this week, haven't we? We're getting to know Tasha Goury so well, as we've said. So many strings to her bow. We'll talk about more of them today.
02:07But podcaster, author, ambassador, model, so many things. Tasha, lovely to have you back.
02:13I'm excited to be back.
02:14And we met James for the first time yesterday as well. He's our new champion, clocked in with 100, our management consultant.
02:23Are you relaxing a little bit?
02:25A little bit. I hope so.
02:26Yeah, good. We'll get to know you more. We were talking about your jobs yesterday, but tell me about your, sort of, away from that. You married?
02:34Recently married, yeah.
02:35Oh, OK.
02:36Yeah, recently married, just September gone by. So, enjoying that.
02:40And I believe you, like, a late bloomer for, like, horse riding is a big thing. Is it a phase you're going through?
02:46I thought it was a phase. But, yeah, just during lockdown, brought my godson horse riding. He hated it. I loved it. Kept it going.
02:56So, regular occurrence now?
02:57Yeah, weekly, yeah.
02:58What is it? Is it the actual exercise or is it the connection with the horse?
03:03Bit of, I'd love to say I had the connection with the horse, like a natural, but no, it's the exercise and the fresh air and, yeah, yeah.
03:09Well, you got off to a great start yesterday. Off at a canter with the 100. So, let's see how you get on today in this two-horse race.
03:16You're up against Grainne Stevenson, who may live in Birmingham, but she's from back in the Emerald Isle.
03:22County Cork, was it?
03:23County Cork, yes. County Cork.
03:24You've retired now and living it up. You headed over, didn't you, to Paris for the Rugby World Cup?
03:30Yeah, myself and my son and daughter. And my brother came from Ireland and we went for the Ireland-Scotland game.
03:36At least, at least that's good, right?
03:39I'm not quite ready to talk about, you know, I know we've went out in so many quarterfinals.
03:44Thought it was going to be the moment we'd be champions of the world, but champion of countdown is all that matters today.
03:49Let's see if it's going to be Grainne or if James stays in the seat. Good luck to both of you.
03:55And James, we'll start with the letters.
03:57Thanks, Colin. Hi, Rachel.
03:58I'll start with a consonant, please.
04:00Thank you. Start today with...
04:02M.
04:03And another.
04:05R.
04:06And another.
04:08N.
04:09And a vowel, please.
04:11E.
04:12And another.
04:14I.
04:15And a consonant.
04:17S.
04:18And another.
04:20D.
04:21And another.
04:23N.
04:24And finish with A vowel, please.
04:27Finish with E.
04:29At home and in the studio, let's all play Kainta.
04:31A vowel, please.
04:32And a vowel, please.
04:33And a vowel, please.
04:34And a vowel, please.
04:35And a vowel, please.
04:36And a vowel, please.
04:37And a vowel, please.
04:38And a vowel, please.
04:39And a vowel, please.
04:40And a vowel, please.
04:41And a vowel, please.
04:42And a vowel, please.
04:43And a vowel, please.
04:44And a vowel, please.
04:45And a vowel, please.
04:46And a vowel, please.
04:47And a vowel, please.
04:48And a vowel, please.
04:49And a vowel, please.
04:50And a vowel, please.
04:51And a vowel, please.
04:52And a vowel, please.
04:53And a vowel, please.
04:54And a vowel, please.
04:55And a vowel, please.
04:56And a vowel, please.
04:57And a vowel, please.
04:58All right, James.
05:04Start with a seven.
05:05Yeah, and Grainne?
05:06I cut a seven as well.
05:07James?
05:08Reminds.
05:09Reminds and same, yes.
05:12Anything better for us, Tash?
05:14Talk to me.
05:15We've got seven letters.
05:16Dinners.
05:18Dinners.
05:18Yeah.
05:19All very nice, simple words in there.
05:20They are, yeah.
05:21Couldn't push it beyond unfree.
05:23That's because James only gave us the three vials,
05:26which made it pretty difficult.
05:27Right, Grainne, at yours.
05:30I'll start with her consonant, please, Rachel.
05:33Thank you, Grainne.
05:34T.
05:34And another.
05:36L.
05:37A vowel.
05:39O.
05:40Another vowel.
05:41U.
05:42A consonant.
05:44R.
05:45Another consonant.
05:46P.
05:47A vowel.
05:49A.
05:50A vowel.
05:52E.
05:53And a consonant.
05:54And lastly, R.
05:56And 30 seconds.
05:57A vowel.
05:58And a consonant.
05:59A essence.
06:00A vowel.
06:01A vowel.
06:18A vowel.
06:20A vowel.
06:20This is a vowel.
06:23Interesting. GrĂ¡inne?
06:30Only a six. Only a six. And James?
06:32And six as well. Six as well. All right. GrĂ¡inne?
06:35Report. Report. And what are you reporting, James?
06:38And report as well. There you go.
06:41Right. You're matching each other in points and words so far.
06:4413 apiece as we head over to Dictionary Corner.
06:48Susan, Tash.
06:49So, the seven-letter word that we got was plowter.
06:52Plowter.
06:53It's a dialect word and I love it because it means dabbling in mud.
06:57Oh, nice. What do you mean dabbling in mud?
06:59You're either in or you're out, Suze.
07:01I think just mucking about in mud is nice.
07:03All right. There you go.
07:04That's as much as I can contribute in that front, so let's get on.
07:07Numbers, please, James.
07:09Go for one large, please, Rachel.
07:11One large, five little, gentle start.
07:13Wondering if this will break any dead luck.
07:15The first numbers of the day are four, eight, four, one,
07:21two and 100 and the target, 485.
07:27Four, eight, five.
07:28Numbers up.
07:29The first number of the day is the first number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day.
07:36The third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day is the third number of the day.
07:44485, the target, James.
08:03480.
08:04Five away, Gronje Stevenson.
08:07486.
08:08Well, that's closer. One away for seven points. Let's find out.
08:11OK, 100.
08:12400 times four plus one.
08:16500.
08:17And then two and eight, ten and fourteen. Take it off.
08:22So two plus eight plus four, fourteen.
08:25Yep. One away.
08:27Very good. Well done. Seven points and an early lead for a challenger.
08:31485. Rachel, can you take me one closer, please?
08:34A squillion ways for one away.
08:36Really?
08:36But this one was a rare impossible one.
08:38That's crazy. The 485 seems so meanable with those numbers.
08:42No, too many even numbers.
08:44Crazy. Right, there you go. Couldn't be done.
08:46So, Gronje, as good as it gets, which is fantastic from a challenger.
08:50Let's get our first tea time teaser.
08:52Clean rap.
08:53Clean rap.
08:54For those who are visually impaired, no W on the rap.
08:57He could rap in a manner of speaking.
08:59He could rap in a manner of speaking.
09:01Welcome back.
09:18He could rap in a manner of speaking.
09:21Clean rap as soon as he becomes parlance.
09:23Am I pronouncing that right, or would you like me to say parlance?
09:25No, parlance is lovely. That's how we pronounce it.
09:30Yes.
09:31OK, really good start from Gronje, our challenger today.
09:35A seven-point lead, and it's your letters.
09:38OK. I'll start with a consonant, please.
09:40Thank you, Gronje.
09:41All right, thank you, Rachel.
10:06Thank you, Rachel.
10:37That'll do, Gronje.
10:39Six.
10:39Six for you, James.
10:41Try a seven.
10:41That'll draw your level, Gronje.
10:43Last.
10:44What are you trying?
10:45Er, baldies.
10:46Baldies.
10:47Yes, I wrote it down to touch with a bit of an exclamation mark,
10:50but yes, in the dictionary.
10:51Baldies is in there.
10:52Well done.
10:52Keep your hair on, though.
10:54APPLAUSE
10:54Nothing above that.
10:57We have disabled.
10:59Yeah.
10:59And alibied, as in she alibied him.
11:03Providing an alibi for somebody.
11:05Yeah, there is a verb.
11:06All right, we love baldies, though.
11:07We love baldies of the world unite.
11:09Right.
11:10More letters from you, James.
11:11Here we go.
11:11Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
11:13Thank you, James.
11:14Q.
11:15And another.
11:16And a final vowel, please.
11:21And a final vowel, please.
11:37A final O.
11:41Goodness me, half a minute.
11:55Okay.
11:55All right, time is up.
12:15But tricky, James, how many?
12:16Try a six.
12:17Going to try it.
12:18And Gronje?
12:19I'm going for a six as well.
12:20Excellent.
12:21What's the word, James?
12:22Gooner.
12:22Yeah, and Gronje?
12:23I went for goner with two Ns.
12:25So, goner with two Ns.
12:26Gooner, which we use for Arsenal fans, which you are, Sue.
12:30So, you should know if this is in the dictionary.
12:32That was the very first thing I checked,
12:34just in case it's gone in the dictionary,
12:35but hasn't yet, I'm afraid.
12:37I also checked goner with two Ns.
12:39That's not in.
12:40So, yes, I'm afraid we strike out on those ones.
12:44We could only get a single six.
12:45So, what did you get that's a six, then?
12:47We got noona.
12:49A noona.
12:50A noona, someone that gets up at noon.
12:52Um, it's something that occurs in the middle of the day,
12:55especially something, it's just a bit of hanky-panky in the middle of the day.
13:00Really?
13:00That's what it means?
13:01I suppose it would work up an appetite for lunch, wouldn't it?
13:03Right, Gronje, let's get more numbers.
13:06I'll have one large and five small, please, Rachel.
13:08Thank you, Gronje.
13:09One large, five little coming up.
13:11Let's see if we can separate you this time.
13:12These numbers are seven, three, seven, two, four, and 75.
13:21And the target, 125.
13:24One, two, five, numbers up.
13:25One, two, five, numbers up.
13:55One, two, five, Gronje.
13:57Missed it.
13:57Oh, missed it.
13:58James, chance.
13:59One, two, five.
14:00Yeah, off you go.
14:02So, start with 75 by two is 150.
14:05Yep.
14:06Seven by three is 21.
14:08Add the four and take the 25 from the 150.
14:12One way to get there.
14:13Well done.
14:13Well done.
14:17Oh, Gronje, that's your first mad moment of the day, isn't it?
14:20Oh, you'd be kicking yourself.
14:21Well, listen, regroup because we're going to have a chat with Tasha
14:24and I've been looking forward to this.
14:26So, we were talking yesterday about Love Island
14:28and why you went on, mainly to get a dog.
14:32And for representation.
14:34Yeah, so I was born completely deaf into a hearing family.
14:37So, then I got a cochlear implant when I was five years old.
14:40It's like a special, magical thing that gives me my hearing.
14:44So, it sits behind the ear?
14:45Yeah, so it's like an ear device.
14:47It's kind of like an ear hook.
14:48Yes.
14:49You've got a magnet and it connects to a magnet inside my head
14:52and that's what activates the cochlear implant.
14:54So, that's what makes me hear.
14:56And then how does it actually make you hear?
14:58Because I read about it but I'd love to hear just first hand.
15:01I try my best.
15:02I'm not like the best scientist, you know.
15:05But, basically, you have an operation.
15:07So, it's internal as well.
15:09So, you've got wires to the brain
15:10and you basically have the cochlear implant inside
15:13and it's got a magnet
15:15and the outer piece connects to that magnet and it activates.
15:18So, I hear through a microphone on the implant.
15:21So, I don't hear through my ear.
15:22I hear through the implant.
15:24So, it's like a robotic, cool spy device thing.
15:27That's what I like to say.
15:28Was it Malawi you went to where there was a project
15:31to give them to a lot of people?
15:33Yeah, so, basically, my cochlear implant's registered with MEDDAL
15:36and they provide an audiologist and cochlear implant
15:39to patients in Malawi
15:40because the hearing loss is very high percentage.
15:43So, I went to go out and see the work that they do
15:47and it's incredible that the work they do
15:48because, you know, they don't have the healthcare like we do
15:51and it's all about giving back.
15:53It's so important to do that.
15:54Brilliant. Thank you very much, Tash.
15:56Thank you very much.
15:58All right, ten points of difference now.
16:01The pendulum has swung back to our champion,
16:02James, as we get back to the letters
16:04and it's you, Mr Hussie.
16:06Start with a consonant, please.
16:07Thank you, James.
16:09W.
16:09And another.
16:12G.
16:13And another.
16:15B.
16:15And a vowel.
16:16A.
16:18And another.
16:20E.
16:20And another.
16:22I.
16:23And a consonant, please.
16:25G.
16:26And a consonant.
16:29T.
16:30And finish with a consonant, please.
16:33Finish with N.
16:35And here we go.
16:35E.
16:48G.
16:49G.
16:49And another.
16:50E.
16:50James?
17:08Seven.
17:09Seven for you, GrĂ¡inne.
17:10Seven.
17:11James?
17:11Beating.
17:12Yes, beating, GrĂ¡inne.
17:14Beating.
17:16Excellent.
17:17Yet again, same word today.
17:19Seven points each.
17:20Right, beating jumped out very, very quickly, I think, for a lot of people with the ING.
17:25Can't spot much more.
17:27What about you two?
17:28Got an eight-letter word.
17:29Oh, stop showing off now.
17:31What do you get?
17:32I like this one.
17:33This is wing beat.
17:35A wing beat.
17:36Is it that sound?
17:38Oh, I wish it was the sound.
17:39It's just a complete set of motions of a wing when it flies.
17:43It's lovely.
17:44Which does make that noise.
17:45It does.
17:46Yeah.
17:47I like that.
17:48Yes, beautiful word.
17:49Yeah.
17:49Beautiful word.
17:50Wing beat.
17:50Word of the day.
17:51Word of the week so far.
17:53All right, let's get back to it.
17:54Love it.
17:54Every round takes us on a different adventure, GrĂ¡inne.
17:57Here's your letters.
17:58Okay.
17:59I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
18:01Thank you, GrĂ¡inne.
18:01Start the clock.
18:26All right.
18:42Grainne?
18:58Oh, near five this time.
18:59Difficult. That might be as good as it gets. James?
19:01Six. Oh, he spotted something.
19:03Right, Grainne, what's the five?
19:05Floals. And what's the six?
19:07Wolves. Wolves.
19:08Now, James, Grainne, and I cannot pronounce that word,
19:11but it sounds right, the Oswalds.
19:13Yeah, of course. We just have one of the six.
19:16Which one's vowels?
19:18Vowels, as in the word that is written below the letters
19:22that we didn't spark her on you.
19:24That's bad. That really is bad.
19:27There's no way back from that, really, is there?
19:31Yeah, I only had a five as well.
19:34But anyone that only had a five, how do we miss vowels?
19:36Right. OK, let's retreat to the numbers, James.
19:40One large, please, Rachel.
19:41One large, five little coming up for you both.
19:44And these little numbers are ten, six, two, one, and four.
19:52And the large one, 100.
19:54And the target, 210.
19:57210. Numbers up.
19:58Thank you, James.
20:04Thank you, James.
20:14All right.
20:31Easy, but if you're on national TV, it can get a little bit more difficult, James.
20:35Yeah, 210.
20:37And GrĂ¡inne?
20:37210.
20:38All right, off you go, James.
20:40So, 2 by 100 plus 10.
20:43Yeah, enough of that.
20:442 by 100 plus 10.
20:46Nice, 10 points each.
20:47You're not even getting a round of applause for that.
20:50How are you, Tasha, with the numbers?
20:52Because a lot of people in Dictionary Corner, they don't go near the numbers.
20:56I was actually very proud of myself getting that one,
20:58because it was very, very bad.
20:59I was like, yes, I've got it.
21:00You can have the round of applause there.
21:02Well done.
21:04All right, second Tea Time teaser of the day is Alert Yes.
21:08Alert Yes.
21:10Heading to Scarborough for Good Friday, perhaps.
21:12Heading to Scarborough for Good Friday, perhaps.
21:16We're heading to Easterly.
21:18We're heading to Easterly.
21:23Thank you, GrĂ¡inne.
21:25Thank you, GrĂ¡inne.
21:26T.
21:27And again.
21:27F.
21:28And again.
21:29Y.
21:31And again.
21:32And again.
21:33And again.
21:34And again.
21:35And again.
21:36And a vowel.
21:37And a vowel.
21:38And a vowel.
21:39And a vowel.
21:40And a vowel.
21:41And a vowel.
21:42I.
21:43And another.
21:44And another.
21:45A.
21:46A.
21:47A consonant.
21:48And another.
21:49T.
21:50And another consonant.
21:51And another consonant.
21:52K.
21:53And we finish with a vowel.
21:54Finish with a vowel.
21:55Finish with E.
21:56All right, good luck everybody.
22:01All right, good luck everybody.
22:31To catch a vowel.
22:48So.
22:49He's a six.
22:50Neil's.
22:51James.
22:52And a six.
22:53And a six.
22:54What have you got?
22:55Faulty.
22:56Faulty.
22:57And fatty.
22:58With an I.
22:59Yeah, unfortunately, fatties, as fat people, derogatory, obviously,
23:05would take the IE, but in the singular, it's just the Y.
23:07So I'm sorry about that, James.
23:09And faulty, also no good, cos there's no L.
23:11Oh, no! That was a sting in the tail, wasn't it?
23:13That was a twisting of the knife.
23:15Sorry, Grainne.
23:17The bit was really, really tricky.
23:19Yeah. There you go.
23:21So faddy with a Y would have got you five.
23:23It would, yes.
23:24Yes. And that's what we had.
23:26And kitty for five, so miserable.
23:28That's it. Miserable.
23:29All right. OK.
23:30Let me ask you a question then, Tasha, cos we were talking earlier.
23:35Are you hearing me or are you lip-reading me?
23:37I'm lip-reading you right now.
23:39Cos we are accent.
23:41I need a bit more lip-reading.
23:43Right. So is this your kind of worst scenario,
23:46having James, Grainne and myself?
23:48Like three Irish accents?
23:50A little bit.
23:52I love that.
23:53So if you're watching Countdown at home,
23:56are you lip-reading the whole show
23:58or would you put subtitles on?
24:00Oh, subtitles. It makes it so much easier.
24:02Yeah.
24:02Certainly if I'm presented.
24:04Yeah.
24:05Definitely subtitles.
24:06Yeah.
24:06A special volume goes all the way up as well.
24:10Brilliant.
24:10Lovely.
24:11Good to know.
24:11Good to learn a bit more.
24:13Right.
24:14More letters now.
24:15And James.
24:16Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
24:17Thank you, James.
24:18And another.
24:19And another.
24:21C.
24:22And another.
24:24M.
24:25And a vowel, please.
24:26U.
24:28And another.
24:29E.
24:30And another.
24:32O.
24:33And a consonant.
24:34C.
24:36And another.
24:38S.
24:39And a final consonant, please.
24:42Final T.
24:44All right. Let's play.
25:15James.
25:16Six.
25:17Six for you.
25:18And GrĂ¡inne.
25:19I'm just going to try a seven.
25:22It's that time of the show, isn't it?
25:24It's that time of the show.
25:25James, the six.
25:27Comets.
25:27You've got to admire GrĂ¡inne for going for it.
25:29She needs to make up a little bit of ground.
25:31Costume.
25:32Yes!
25:33Oh, yes.
25:33Not really good.
25:34Oh, thank you.
25:37Well, I feel like you were humming it up a bit there, GrĂ¡inne,
25:39if you don't mind me saying so.
25:41There was no risk there at all.
25:42I think you were playing us.
25:46Costume fits the bill.
25:47Perfect, yes.
25:48And is that as good as it gets?
25:49It was.
25:50Yay.
25:51Love it.
25:51Love it.
25:51OK.
25:52Right.
25:52We're in crucial countdown conundrum territory
25:55with four rounds left, but we will stop for a second
26:00because it's time for Origins of Words.
26:02Susie.
26:03Yeah, well, I like the fact that the Tea Time teaser was alert,
26:05yes, because I'm carrying on with my theme from yesterday,
26:08which is ways to say yes and where they come from.
26:11So, Roger, as in Roger That, when you hear that.
26:15Yes, that's absolutely fine.
26:17Goes back to radio communications, obviously.
26:20Received, understood, and the R simply stands for received
26:24in quick telephonic communications.
26:26That's where that one comes from.
26:28Similarly, Wilco.
26:29That is military jargon for I will comply,
26:33and that is used by the RAF,
26:35and it's, again, acceptance of a message
26:37that's being received by the radio or phone.
26:41Tickety-boo.
26:42If something's good, OK, all right with the world,
26:45it means in good order, really.
26:48It's a little bit dated.
26:49It goes back to the 1930s.
26:51So, two possibilities here.
26:53One is that it's an extension of that's the ticket,
26:56and that goes back to a custom from the 19th century
26:59whereby charities would issue tickets
27:01to the poor and the homeless,
27:04and they could then use that ticket
27:06for getting soup and clothing and heating, et cetera.
27:11So, that's one possibility.
27:12But it's also possible that it was brought back
27:14by British soldiers returning from India
27:17because there are two Hindi phrases.
27:18One is tikhai, meaning all right,
27:21which, of course, is what tickety-boo means,
27:23but also tikhai babu, everything's all right, sir.
27:26So, two possibilities, depending which way you want to go.
27:29So, the detective work still goes on.
27:32And finally, nice one.
27:34When people say nice one, often, ironically,
27:36if you mess up, they go, oh, nice one.
27:39You haven't done that particularly well.
27:41But it came to fame in the 1970s,
27:44so some of our older viewers will remember
27:46nice one, Cyril, in the ad for Wonderloaf,
27:49and then famously taken up by Tottenham Hotspur fans
27:52as a chant aimed at their player Cyril Knowles.
27:56And they would regularly sing this.
27:59And they actually went on to record,
28:01under the name Cockrell Chorus,
28:02a song based on the phrase, which is the one we know,
28:05nice one, Cyril, nice one, son, nice one, Cyril,
28:07let's have another one.
28:09Nice.
28:11APPLAUSE
28:12Thank you, Susie.
28:14Four rounds left of Countdown this Tuesday afternoon.
28:18All to play for Who's Going to Hold Their Nerf.
28:21Gronje, your letters.
28:22OK, start with the consonant.
28:24Thank you, Gronje.
28:25N.
28:26And again.
28:28P.
28:29And again.
28:31S.
28:31And again.
28:34G.
28:35A vowel.
28:36I.
28:37And a vowel.
28:38O.
28:40And another.
28:40And finish with a consonant.
28:48Finish with D.
28:50Countdown.
28:50MUSIC PLAYS
28:52MUSIC PLAYS
29:03Gronje.
29:23Seven.
29:24All right, James.
29:25Seven.
29:26Yes.
29:26Go ahead, Gronje.
29:27Soaping.
29:28Yes, soaping.
29:29Yep, not the same word.
29:30And soaping.
29:32There you go.
29:33Nine points still the difference.
29:34So let's get on with it.
29:35And James, the last letters.
29:37Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
29:39Thank you, James.
29:40L.
29:41And another.
29:43S.
29:44And another.
29:45R.
29:46And a vowel, please.
29:48I.
29:48And another.
29:50A.
29:51And another.
29:51E.
29:52And a consonant.
29:55H.
29:56And a consonant.
29:58R.
30:00And finish with a consonant.
30:03Finish with L.
30:05Last letters.
30:05Let's get started.
30:19And a vowel.
30:22And a �.
30:24And one.
30:27And a vowel.
30:28And a vowel.
30:29James.
30:37Seven.
30:39Grainne.
30:39Let's try a seven as well.
30:41OK, what have you got, James?
30:42Harrys.
30:43Harrys.
30:44Hailers.
30:45Hailers and Harrys.
30:47Let's just double-check with Susie.
30:49Yep, you can be a hailer if you are calling to someone
30:53or shouting hello to them, absolutely fine.
30:55Can you be more than a seven?
30:57You can.
30:58Yeah, we've got an eight.
30:59Yeah.
31:00And that is shriller.
31:02What's that?
31:03Yes, it's in your voice is shriller than Tash's.
31:06Yes.
31:07OK, yeah, OK, fair enough.
31:08Well, thank you for that.
31:09And it's true that my voice is shriller than Tash's.
31:13You obviously have rallies there for seven.
31:16Can you be a rallier?
31:17So, ralliers.
31:19Which would be another eight.
31:20Oh, very good indeed.
31:21So, a couple of eights in there.
31:23Shriller and ralliers.
31:24But the key thing is, two sevens here keeps everything on a knife edge, doesn't it?
31:30Just one numbers and a conundrum.
31:32Will it be crucial?
31:33Let's get the last numbers.
31:34GrĂ¡inne.
31:34One large and five small, please, Rachel.
31:36One large, five small.
31:37And you need this to take you into the crucial conundrum.
31:41The chance for the teapot.
31:42Good luck.
31:43Final numbers.
31:44Three, one, six, three, ten, and twenty-five.
31:50And the target to reach, one, two, six.
31:52Low again, one, two, six.
31:53Last numbers.
31:54Two, six, three, ten, and twenty-five.
32:24One, two, six, GrĂ¡inne.
32:27I lost it again.
32:28Oh, no.
32:29Oh, I wasn't expecting that, James.
32:31It's an open goal here.
32:33Yeah, one, two, six.
32:33Off you go for the win.
32:36Six minus one is five.
32:38Yep.
32:38Multiply by twenty-five.
32:40It's the pressure.
32:41One, two, five.
32:42Three over three is one and added on.
32:45Well done.
32:46Oh.
32:49James, don't take it the wrong way.
32:51We're very pleased that you've won your second game, but we love a crucial.
32:55I mean, it gets that close.
32:56It felt like it was in the bag, but GrĂ¡inne, very different sitting there than sitting at home, eh?
33:01Yeah.
33:01And funny because of the one, two, five.
33:03Yeah.
33:04I just panicked when the one, two, six came up.
33:06I couldn't see it.
33:06It happens.
33:07It happens.
33:08There you go.
33:08Oh, what a shame.
33:09What a shame.
33:10All right.
33:10Well, listen, we've had such a good day in the company of both of you.
33:13So let's finish on a high.
33:14James and GrĂ¡inne, fingers on the buzzers.
33:17It's not crucial, but an important countdown conundrum.
33:30GrĂ¡inne.
33:31Filthiest.
33:33Filthiest.
33:34That is filthy.
33:36Oh.
33:39It kind of makes it feel worse now, doesn't it?
33:41Because if you didn't get that, you wouldn't have the, oh, what if?
33:47Yeah.
33:47What if?
33:47Those two number games, yeah.
33:49Oh, my goodness me.
33:49Well done, James.
33:50Yeah, well done indeed.
33:54Nice to have you, GrĂ¡inne, safe home.
33:55It's been a lovely day.
33:56Only going to Birmingham, but from County Cork.
33:59And our man from County Louth stays still in the saddle then, mate.
34:03Two wins.
34:03We'll see you tomorrow.
34:04Just about.
34:04Thanks, Alan.
34:05Excellent.
34:06Tasha, Suze, all done?
34:07Yeah, see you then.
34:08Good.
34:08Can't wait.
34:09Yeah, look forward to it.
34:10All done, Rich.
34:10Nice show.
34:11Coissants for everyone.
34:12See you tomorrow.
34:13Yeah, see you all tomorrow.
34:14We'll be here.
34:14Rachel, Susie and I, you can count on us.
34:18You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
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