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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown on the last show of this week.
00:35Whether you're watching on Channel 4 Friday afternoon or you're catching up whenever suits you, thank you very, very much.
00:40We never take it for granted all these decades later.
00:43And for the weekend ahead, a happy new year to you, Rachel.
00:46Yeah, year of the flamingo.
00:49Oh, if only that existed, or the year of the penguin.
00:52But you're right, yeah, Chinese New Year, yes, is this weekend.
00:55But for those people that don't know, I know you know, it's basically the year you were born ties into one of 12 animals.
01:02It's horoscopes, basically, a bit of fun.
01:04This year is the year of the dragon, by the way, which feels like a bit cliché, maybe I'm being cliché, but with China and the dragon, I think that's really great.
01:13And it is good to know we do have a dragon, because Susie Dent is a dragon.
01:17There you go, it's your year.
01:19I think it's really strange, this, because I'm also a Scorpio.
01:22So, really, it makes me feel like I should be incredibly fiery and vindictive.
01:26And maybe I am.
01:28And who wouldn't want to be joined all this week by our little rooster?
01:32Mm-hmm.
01:35Joe Brad's with us.
01:38APPLAUSE
01:39Can I tell you what?
01:40It's been pure drama this week.
01:42Thanks to our champion, Jack Harvey.
01:44If you haven't been able to tune in, Jack has won six, only two away from being an octo-champ.
01:49He's went to the wire four times, four crucial countdown conundrums.
01:54I love it, my friend.
01:55And we've got to know you well.
01:56I'm talking off air.
01:58And I keep forgetting you're a young'un.
01:59You're 32.
02:01So, talk me through it.
02:02Your favourite record is Definitely Mebbe by Oasis.
02:04Yeah, favourite album, yeah.
02:06And Slide Away is your favourite song.
02:08Yeah.
02:08Correct, by the way.
02:09That's the best Oasis song ever.
02:10Yeah.
02:11All right, Jack.
02:11Well, it is a case of Definitely Mebbe in terms of whether you'll win or not.
02:14Today, and you're taking on Peter Newton, who's from Surrey and joins us today.
02:20How are you doing, sir?
02:21I am really good, thank you, for a Friday.
02:24Yeah.
02:24So, tell me a little bit about you.
02:26What's your usual week?
02:28Well, I run my own business, so I'm quite often at home.
02:32So, I take a little time out to watch a bit of Countdown every day.
02:35Nice.
02:36I'm beginning to keep fit, and I write music to keep myself occupied.
02:40Yeah, because you're a cellist, which is a beautiful instrument.
02:43I was trained on the cello.
02:44I love the cello.
02:45It's like, it sounds the closest to the human voice, but...
02:48I love it.
02:48Well, listen, good luck to you.
02:50Today, let's see if you can make our champion slide away.
02:53It's Peter against Jack.
02:55Good luck.
02:57Jack, you're picking the first letters.
02:58Start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
03:00Thank you, Jack.
03:01Start today with S.
03:02And another.
03:05G.
03:06And another.
03:08T.
03:09Vowel.
03:10E.
03:11And another.
03:13O.
03:14One more, please.
03:15I.
03:17A consonant.
03:20H.
03:22A consonant.
03:24F.
03:26And a final consonant, please.
03:30A final R.
03:31At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:33Fourblood –
03:35One more, please.
03:44I.
03:44Fourblood.
03:47Threeblood.
03:48Two more, please.
03:49Fourblood.
03:50Three more, please.
03:51A Assembly.
03:51Eight more, please.
03:52Two more, please.
03:54Five more, please.
03:56Two more, please.
03:57I.
03:58Fourblood.
04:00One more.
04:02OK, time's up, Jack.
04:06Eight.
04:07Eight from you.
04:08And Peter?
04:09Six.
04:10The six is?
04:11Softer.
04:11What's the eight?
04:12Fighters.
04:13Fighters.
04:14Very good indeed.
04:15Nice.
04:15Well done to you.
04:18What else did we spot?
04:20Well, I've got an eight as well.
04:21And I think sometimes, I mean, football fans moan about refs all the time.
04:26And so if one is really getting on your nerves, just buy a ref hoist and get them off the pitch.
04:32Oh, I'd love to have one of those.
04:34I'd love to have one of those.
04:35Can we add anything to the eight?
04:37Yeah, we can actually add a nine with foresight.
04:41Well done.
04:42Fantastic.
04:45Well spotted the foresight for nine, Susie.
04:48Good start, though, for a champion.
04:50Peter, you're choosing these letters.
04:51Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:52Afternoon, Peter.
04:53Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
04:54You can indeed.
04:55Start with S.
04:56And another.
04:59L.
05:00And a vowel.
05:02O.
05:03And another.
05:04A.
05:06And a consonant.
05:07C.
05:10And a vowel, please.
05:13O.
05:14And a consonant.
05:16S.
05:18And another consonant.
05:21R.
05:21And finish with a vowel, please.
05:24Finish with A.
05:2630 seconds.
05:27S.
05:39And another consonant.
05:49A consonant.
05:51Superных.
05:55Peter, not easy again. How'd you get on?
05:59Six. Six, that's good. Jack? Also a six.
06:02Yes, might be the best.
06:04Corals. Corals.
06:06Corals, then. Corals and carols.
06:09Susie? Yes, and just one more six from us was a cross.
06:13Yeah. Well, I love it when words and numbers collide.
06:17In this round, that's the case. Rachel?
06:19I think I've got a maths word. Yes.
06:22Is it pronounced scalars? Scalars.
06:24What's that, Susie?
06:26That is a scalar quantity,
06:29and if it is scalar, it means it has only magnitude, not direction.
06:32Yes.
06:33APPLAUSE
06:36If you can make a word out of the numbers in this next round, Susie,
06:39do let me know, cos that's what we're moving on to now, Jack.
06:41You're choosing. One large and the rest small, please.
06:44Thank you, Jack. One from the top row, five from the other lot.
06:48And the first numbers of the day are nine...
06:51..three, four...
06:53..five, four and 50.
06:55And the target to reach 635.
06:58635. Numbers up.
07:00Ooh, like, four as well.
07:02!!
07:02So here are the numbers of these numbers
07:05which are moving on to the right.
07:06Transcription by sending us along the channel,
07:07which shows us the number of numbers색.
07:08We are on the top of this anxious field in this moment.
07:09We are just gonna hit above the left of the S-CEO
07:12out of the dash.
07:14We are already moving up on to the bottom of this little room,
07:15but our goal is going to jaun.
07:17We have to stop becoming 20 to lean towards the kid.
07:18We will just do, and please want your answers all to the right.
07:21So now we're going to see the Kemp and call it the S-Cgemone.
07:22We are going to the next round and the next round.
07:24And we'll see the – there's a safe vicinity.
07:26That's time, Jack.
07:326-3-4.
07:336-3-4, one away, Peter.
07:356-3-5, I think.
07:36Off you go for ten points.
07:38OK, nine plus four is 13.
07:40Yep.
07:41Times 50.
07:426-50.
07:43And then three times five is 15, and take it away.
07:46And you've nipped into the lead.
07:50Right, let's get our first tea-time teaser of the day.
07:53Lass free.
07:54Lass free.
07:55The last was free of any uncertainties.
07:58The last was free of any uncertainties.
08:16Welcome back, everybody, this Friday afternoon on Countdown,
08:19the tea-time teaser.
08:21The last was free of any uncertainties.
08:23Fearless.
08:23Fearless.
08:25Not quite fearless, Peter, but your nerves are settled,
08:27you're doing well, you've got a slight lead,
08:29and it's your letters.
08:30I'll start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
08:33Thank you, Peter.
08:34E.
08:34And another, please.
08:36O.
08:37And a consonant, please.
08:39T.
08:40And another.
08:43N.
08:44And another.
08:45G.
08:46And a vowel.
08:49I.
08:52And a consonant.
08:54V.
08:57And another consonant.
08:59N.
09:00And I'll finish with a vowel, please.
09:03Finish with E.
09:05Ooh, thanks, Rachel.
09:06Thanks, Rachel.
09:06Thanks, Rachel.
09:06Thanks, Rachel.
09:06Thanks, Rachel.
09:06Thanks, Rachel.
09:07Thanks, Rachel.
09:07Thanks, Rachel.
09:07Thanks, Rachel.
09:08Thanks, Rachel.
09:09Thanks, Rachel.
09:10Thanks, Rachel.
09:11Thanks, Rachel.
09:11Thanks, Rachel.
09:12Thanks, Rachel.
09:13Thanks, Rachel.
09:14Thanks, Rachel.
09:15Thanks, Rachel.
09:16Thanks, Rachel.
09:17Thanks, Rachel.
09:18Thanks, Rachel.
09:19Thanks, Rachel.
09:20Thanks, Rachel.
09:21Thanks, Rachel.
09:22Thanks, Rachel.
09:23Thanks, Rachel.
09:24Thanks, Rachel.
09:25Thanks, Rachel.
09:26Thanks, Rachel.
09:27Thanks, Rachel.
09:28Thanks, Rachel.
09:29Thanks, Rachel.
09:30Thanks, Rachel.
09:31Thanks, Rachel.
09:32Thanks, Rachel.
09:33Thanks, Rachel.
09:34Peter, how many?
09:39Seven.
09:39Seven from you.
09:40And Jack?
09:41I'll try now.
09:43And Peter?
09:44Vetoing.
09:45Vetoing.
09:46We'll veto that if this eight is in the dictionary.
09:48Eventing?
09:49Yes.
09:49Yes, equestrian event.
09:50Well done.
09:54So let's horse it on the dictionary corner.
09:56Is that it?
09:57That was it from me.
09:59Well, for me, I think a lot of people are disillusioned with all the political parties at the moment.
10:04So when the next election comes, as it inevitably will, within the next year, vote Gin.
10:12We can all get behind that.
10:14More letters, please.
10:15Jack.
10:16A consonant, please.
10:17Thank you, Jack.
10:18T.
10:19And another.
10:20S.
10:21And another.
10:23M.
10:24A vowel.
10:26O.
10:27And another.
10:28E.
10:29And another.
10:31O.
10:32A consonant.
10:33F.
10:35Consonant.
10:36T.
10:38And a final consonant, please.
10:40And a final N.
10:42Here we go.
10:43One new day.
10:44Two new day.
10:44I'm the third one.
10:45I'll see you next day.
11:15Thank you, Jack. Seven. And Peter? Seven. Yes, here we go. Jack? Footman. Yeah. And Peter? Footman. Well spotted, both of you. Footman, Susie. Very good indeed. Otherwise, we have the beautiful moon set for seven. Right. Numbers again, please, Peter. Can I have three from the top, please, Rachel? And three random little ones. Yeah. You can indeed, Peter. Let's see what we have, the little ones for you. Eight.
11:44One and four. And the big three, 75, 100 and 50. And the target, 204. 204. Numbers up.
11:56And the big three, two. And the big three, 75, 100 and 50.
11:57From the top, please. Thank you.
12:09MUSIC PLAYS
12:26Time's up. Peter.
12:28204. Yes, and Jack.
12:30304. Peter, off you go.
12:3250 plus 1. 51.
12:34Times 4. That's it. 204.
12:37Jack. Yeah, same way.
12:38Well done.
12:41Right, Joe, what are we talking about last day of the week?
12:44Goodness knows with you. Can't wait.
12:46Well, I'm doing baking words today.
12:48Baking? Baking, you know.
12:50Because I do a show called Extra Slice,
12:53which is the kind of after show of the bake-off,
12:56so we talk to the baker that's been chucked off the show.
13:00And I'm just doing some of my favourite words in baking.
13:05Now, I like the baking term plumping, right?
13:09And that means letting food soak up liquid and get larger in size, right?
13:15Whereas I prefer letting myself soak up liquid and get larger in size,
13:20and that's called going down the pub.
13:22So, lamination is a baking word that I failed to understand for a very long time.
13:28And it's basically folding dough and butter together over and over again.
13:33So you get the very fine layers that you get in something like meal foie
13:38or sausage rolls or something like that.
13:40The words are great, though. Plumping is stunning because I love a tiramisu
13:45and I can just see it, it's just in its coffee liqueur
13:48and it's just soaking in and getting bigger.
13:50Nom, nom, nom. I love it. Thank you very much.
13:53APPLAUSE
13:55All right, back to the game. Enjoying every single round.
13:57Jack, more letters?
13:58Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jack.
14:00Thank you, Jack.
14:01P.
14:02And another.
14:03N.
14:04And another.
14:05S.
14:06Vowel.
14:07A.
14:09And another.
14:10I.
14:11And another.
14:12A.
14:13Consonant.
14:14D.
14:15Another consonant.
14:16R.
14:17And a final vowel, please.
14:19A final E.
14:21Here we go.
14:22B.
14:23B.
14:24B.
14:25And a final vowel, please.
14:26A final E.
14:27Here we go.
14:28B.
14:29B.
14:30B.
14:31B.
14:32B.
14:33B.
14:34B.
14:35B.
14:36B.
14:37B.
14:38B.
14:39B.
14:40B.
14:41B.
14:42B.
14:43B.
14:44B.
14:45B.
14:46B.
14:47B.
14:48B.
14:49B.
14:50B.
14:51B.
14:52B.
14:53B.
14:54B.
14:55B.
14:56B.
14:57B.
14:58Jack.
14:59Eight.
15:00And Peter.
15:01Eight.
15:02Jack.
15:03Sprained.
15:04Peter.
15:05Excellent.
15:06APPLAUSE.
15:08Anything else jump out of the dictionary corner?
15:11There's a lovely eight as well.
15:13Paradise is there.
15:14Ah.
15:15Yeah, could have been.
15:16Paradise.
15:17There's a lovely nine.
15:19And I don't know if you have a problem with this at home in your kitchen, that your peas kind of leak from time to time.
15:26And so what you have to do is, you have to put something underneath to catch the liquid.
15:31And that's, that's pea drains.
15:33A pea drain?
15:34Yes, indeed.
15:35It'll exist at some stage.
15:37More letters then, please, from you, Peter Newton.
15:40Um, I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
15:43Thank you, Peter.
15:44P.
15:45And another, please.
15:47D.
15:48And a vowel.
15:50U.
15:51E.
15:52And a consonant.
15:53H.
15:54And another consonant.
15:55L.
15:56And a third.
15:57C.
15:58And a vowel.
15:59A.
16:00And finish with a consonant, please.
16:01Finish with T.
16:02Good man, thank you.
16:03Start the clock.
16:04BELL RINGS
16:05BELL RINGS
16:06BELL RINGS
16:07And a third.
16:08C.
16:09And a vowel.
16:10A.
16:12And finish with a consonant, please.
16:15Finish with T.
16:17Good man, thank you.
16:18Start the clock.
16:19BELL RINGS
16:21How many, Peter?
16:50Six.
16:51Six for you.
16:52And Jack?
16:53Seven.
16:54And a seven.
16:55What's a six, Peter?
16:56Upheld.
16:57Upheld.
16:58And let's see if we can uphold a seven.
16:59Patched.
17:00Patched, of course we can.
17:01Yeah.
17:02Very good.
17:03Dictionary corner.
17:04You know, like, when you're, like, really, really busy,
17:06you're carrying something, you've got your hands full,
17:08rushing around, but you really want a drink?
17:11Mm-hm.
17:12That's when you need to attach a head cup.
17:14HE LAUGHS
17:15What have you got, Susie, then?
17:17Just other sevens, really, to add to the mix.
17:19It's a mix latched, and there's also chaplet,
17:21which is a garland for the head,
17:24or a string of 55 beads for counting prayers.
17:27Thank you, Susie.
17:28Shall we do more numbers?
17:29Third round of today.
17:31Jack, what are you going to do?
17:32I will stick with one large and five small, please.
17:35Stick with one big five,
17:36little tactics coming into play in a big way today.
17:38And for the third time, the numbers are five, ten,
17:42four, six, one, and the large one's 75.
17:46And this target, 501.
17:49501.
17:50Try that on for sight.
17:52DUNCH
17:59DUNCH
18:01DUNCH
18:03DUNCH
18:04DUNCH
18:09Time's up pens down Jack just about 501 just about and Peter 500 you've missed it by one Jack off you go
18:2975 times 6 is 450 450 5 times 10 is 50
18:35Oh no yes 501 lovely well done easy to miss it Peter don't beat yourself up still plenty of time left as we get our last tea time teaser of the week we're taking you to the wine bars wine bars classes not glasses servers not bar staff classes not glasses servers not bar staff
19:05hello again really good tea time teaser that clever classes not glasses servers not bar staff the service from your computer of course so wine bars becomes webinars webinars all right 64 41 enjoying this game and Peter you're choosing these letters
19:35and and another place and and a vowel a and another vowel a and a consonant are and another and and a vowel please I and a consonant T and a final consonant a final Y let's play
20:03effect
20:15music
20:18music
20:21music
20:23All right, time's up, Peter.
20:36Seven. Seven and Jack?
20:39I'll have to try a very risky seven, then.
20:41Peter? Remnant. Remnant. And what have you got?
20:44Mania.
20:46It's Manlia, sadly.
20:49We've had our Jack moment of the day, so it feels like a normal countdown night.
20:52What else do we have there, Susie?
20:54There is an eight there with train men, those who work on the trains.
20:59Very nice. Love it. And anything for us, Josephine?
21:02Yes.
21:03Eight. And do your ears smell?
21:08I don't know, cos I can't get my nose round to them.
21:11One thing you can do is, like, rub a polo round them,
21:14and then you have minty ear.
21:17That's... I would buy that product. That's very good.
21:20Right, OK, a few points back.
21:22It's nearly in the mixer again.
21:24More letters, Jack.
21:25A consonant, please.
21:27Thank you, Jack.
21:28D.
21:29And another.
21:31M.
21:32And another.
21:33S.
21:34A vowel.
21:36U.
21:37Another vowel.
21:39A.
21:40Another vowel.
21:41E.
21:43A consonant.
21:44C.
21:46A consonant.
21:47R.
21:48And a final consonant, please.
21:51And a final B.
21:53Kindine.
21:53A consonant.
22:00And a oralatal.
22:01Bеть,
22:02a även water.
22:03A consonant.
22:08A A consonant.
22:08A consonant.
22:08A consonant.
22:10K économot.
22:11A plumbing.
22:12A consonant.
22:12A minion.
22:13A consonant.
22:19A vowel.
22:19A consonant.
22:20Acık Feder.
22:21What are you saying, Jack?
22:25Seven.
22:26Peter?
22:27Seven.
22:27Look at this.
22:28What have you got, Jack?
22:29Crumbed.
22:29Yes.
22:30And Peter?
22:32Also crumbed.
22:33There you go.
22:34Little baking word.
22:35Covered with breadcrumbs.
22:36Absolutely fine.
22:37Very good.
22:37Nice.
22:38What else have we got?
22:39Dictionary corner.
22:40Just a couple more sevens.
22:41Crusade and cambers of the road.
22:44Cambers?
22:45Yes.
22:45What's that?
22:46A camber of a road is where it goes sort of slightly down.
22:50It's the kind of slightly convex area of a road, of a surface.
22:53Nice.
22:53Thank you very much.
22:54Well, listen, as you're on a roll, we'll stay with you for Origins Award, Susie.
22:59Well, I was chatting to Joe a little bit earlier about Jamie Lang, who she had met on, well, I think he came on An Extra Slice.
23:11And we used to go out with each other.
23:14Imagine.
23:16So Jamie Lang, famously from Made in Chelsea.
23:18Very nice.
23:20And I slightly disgraced myself because he put up on Twitter, on X, the origin of the word posh.
23:28And he repeated the well-known myth that it stands for port out starboard home.
23:33And the idea that tickets on cruise ships or ocean liners were stamped P-O-S-H if you were slightly well-to-do and could afford the superior ticket.
23:45And it meant that if you were on the port side on the way out and the starboard on the way home, you would be shielded from the intense tropical sun.
23:51And he put this down and I was my usual party pooper self.
23:56And I just said, hate to be the one to break it to you, but it actually probably goes back to a Romany word meaning money.
24:02And then there were quite a few articles afterwards about how I had roasted Jamie Lang, which I absolutely hadn't.
24:10A Twitter beef.
24:10I am about to be the party pooper again.
24:13And it's a similar, in some ways it's a similar origin and it concerns where the word pom comes from.
24:21What the Australians call as pommies or poms or limeies as well.
24:26But I'm going to concentrate on pom.
24:27And here again, lots of acronyms, as we call them, have been invented for pom and where it comes from.
24:33And the most popular is that it is either a permit of migration or a prisoner of her majesty.
24:40And people think it looks back to convict ships when people were transported over to Australia if they had been convicted of a crime.
24:48In fact, it's a little bit later than that.
24:51And another one is that it stands for pom de terre because British troops during World War 1 ate a lot of potatoes is the idea.
24:57Sadly, none of those are true.
25:00Very seductive as they are.
25:02And it probably looks back to a bit of rhyming slang.
25:05Well, not really rhyming slang, but a nickname for English immigrants in Australia who they used to call Jimmy Grant for immigrant, if you like.
25:14And over time that became pomegranate.
25:17And then eventually the idea was of a pomegranate.
25:20And they were so called because very often those arriving on ships on Australian shores,
25:25especially if they were fair-skinned Brits, would be very, very burned from the sun.
25:29So they would be extremely red and look like a pomegranate.
25:33So it's very possible that all of those combined, the Jimmy Grant, the immigrant,
25:37and then the fact that they were as red as pomegranates,
25:39that finally made them settle on the word pom.
25:42Nice. Thank you very much.
25:44APPLAUSE
25:45Four rounds left of today's countdown.
25:49The difference is just 16 points.
25:52Peter, the light of hope is there.
25:54Let's go.
25:56A vowel, please, Rachel.
25:58Thank you, Peter.
25:59O.
25:59And another.
26:01E.
26:02And a consonant, please.
26:04J.
26:05And another.
26:07W.
26:07And another.
26:10L.
26:12And a vowel, please.
26:15I.
26:17And a consonant.
26:20R.
26:21And another consonant.
26:24K.
26:26And another consonant.
26:30And finally, D.
26:32Good luck, everybody.
26:35Peter.
27:05Slightly risky seven.
27:06OK, but it's time to do that.
27:08And Jack?
27:09I'll do the same, then. Risky seven.
27:10Peter?
27:12Jowlia.
27:13Oh, Jowlia.
27:15And Jack?
27:16Worldie.
27:17Oh, as in a football, a Worldie, a great goal.
27:20Oh, my goodness. Susie?
27:21OK, well, Jowlia is definitely in.
27:23We have that over here.
27:25And Worldie, I know, is used quite a lot.
27:29It has been submitted to the dictionary and is under consideration,
27:32but it's not in there yet.
27:33I'm so sorry.
27:34Do me a favour.
27:35When you do consider it, please don't put it in the dictionary.
27:38It's one of the most annoying words in football punditry ever.
27:42That's a Worldie.
27:43But not for Jack.
27:44My goodness.
27:44I'm sorry that I can't say for once, Jack, it's in.
27:47Isn't that difficult, Jow, for people to say that's world class?
27:52What, that's a Worldie?
27:53That's a Worldie.
27:54Do we have to shorten everything?
27:55Who says that?
27:56Well, these football types.
27:58You're Shearers, you're Savages, you're Linekers, you're Ferdinands.
28:02You're Adverb Destroyers.
28:04You're Adverb Destroyers.
28:07Nice one.
28:08Well, listen, look what's happened, Jow earlier.
28:11Just nine points in it now.
28:12What else do we have in that round?
28:14We only have one more seven, which is Rod-like,
28:17if something looks like a rod.
28:19Nice, thank you.
28:20That's the type of word Joe would get, and then it would be in the dictionary.
28:23All right, here we go, Jack.
28:25My goodness, surely not another crucial.
28:27Well, let's, let's, one round at a time, go.
28:30A consonant, please, Rachel.
28:31Thank you, Jack.
28:32M.
28:33And another.
28:34R.
28:36And another.
28:37S.
28:39A vowel.
28:40E.
28:42Another vowel.
28:43O.
28:44Another vowel.
28:45I.
28:47A consonant.
28:48N.
28:50A consonant.
28:51T.
28:52And a final consonant, please.
28:56A final G.
28:58My goodness, last letters.
28:59A consonant.
29:00¶¶
29:29Time is up. Jack?
29:33I'll try an eight.
29:35Peter? Eight.
29:37What are you trying, Jack?
29:38Remoting.
29:39Remoting. And we've been here before.
29:41And Peter? Storming.
29:43And storming.
29:44Yes, storming, absolutely fine.
29:46Remote is not there as a verb, I'm afraid.
29:49Yes.
29:49I'm sorry, Jack.
29:50Yes.
29:51And look what that does.
29:52Well, actually, in a strange way,
29:54it doesn't change the picture just yet.
29:57Nine-point lead, one-point lead.
29:59It still means we're heading in the same direction.
30:02Jack keeps his lead, but only just...
30:04What else do we have over there?
30:06Too far, sir.
30:07I think, like, quite a lot of TV detectives
30:10don't wash their hair enough, in my opinion,
30:12which would account for the existence of the morse nit.
30:16LAUGHTER
30:16And anything else?
30:19Yes, there is a nine, actually.
30:21Quite a rare one from theology.
30:23A monergist.
30:24Monergist.
30:25M-O-N-E-R-G-I-S-T.
30:27And it is someone who subscribes to the doctrine
30:29that regeneration is the work of the Holy Spirit alone.
30:33So there's no synergy from anybody else.
30:35Lovely.
30:36APPLAUSE
30:37They were amazingly generous letters.
30:42So, well-spotted you two.
30:43Brilliant from Susie.
30:45Let's just do it.
30:46Cannot wait.
30:47Let's get the last numbers from you, Peter Newton.
30:50OK, Rich, I'm going for three from the top again, please.
30:53We're not getting them out of the way.
30:54We're using them to get some points to make this interesting.
30:56Final numbers of the week.
30:59Three, six, seven.
31:01And the large one's 50.
31:03One hundred and seventy-five.
31:06And the target, 906.
31:08Nine, oh, six.
31:09Numbers up.
31:10One hundred and seventy-five.
31:41Peter.
31:41Nine, oh, seven.
31:43One away.
31:44Jack?
31:44Yep, nine, oh, seven.
31:45Ah, same, same.
31:48Right, Peter, go.
31:49So, 100 divided by 50 is two.
31:52Yep.
31:53Times six.
31:55Twelve.
31:55Times seventy-five.
31:57Nine hundred.
31:58And then add on the seven.
32:00Nine, oh, seven, one away.
32:01And Jack?
32:02Slightly differently.
32:03Three add six.
32:05Nine.
32:06Times a hundred.
32:07Nine hundred.
32:08Seven.
32:09Again, one away.
32:11Brilliant.
32:11Get me the 906, please.
32:13Yep, a few ways.
32:13One of them.
32:14Seven plus three.
32:16Ten times it by 75.
32:18Seven hundred and fifty.
32:19And then add everything else.
32:21One hundred.
32:22Fifty.
32:22Six.
32:23Nine hundred and fifty.
32:24Nine hundred and fifty.
32:25Nine hundred and fifty.
32:25Nine hundred and fifty.
32:26Nine hundred and fifty.
32:27Nine hundred and fifty.
32:28Can you believe it?
32:30Six wins so far for our champion, Jack Harvey.
32:34Four of them have been on crucial countdown conundrums.
32:39It's like our Oasis fan is going to live forever.
32:42But can Peter Newton finally make him slide away?
32:47Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:52Jack for another Harvard.
33:09Let's have a look and see if he's right.
33:12Yes!
33:13APPLAUSE
33:14The cat pounces again.
33:20Another life.
33:2288 to 77.
33:24This one's really special.
33:25You know on the football when they do a really slow motion replay, it's a shame we don't do
33:30that because, Peter, I saw your muscle go.
33:34I literally started pressing it the moment he'd pressed it.
33:36I was like, I knew it.
33:38Split seconds, split seconds.
33:41Well, listen, I have to say, I mean, you take away not a teapot, just a goodie bag.
33:46What more can we want?
33:47Peter, thank you for being here.
33:49It's a pleasure.
33:49Thank you, mate.
33:50What a pleasure.
33:51You are just a delight.
33:53Seven wins, five crucial countdown conundrums.
33:56The cat lives until Monday.
33:58Thank you, Jack.
33:58APPLAUSE
33:59Brilliant.
34:01And, Jo, please come back soon.
34:03Love you lots.
34:04Thank you for having me.
34:05I've had a lovely time.
34:06Susie, have a great weekend.
34:07Yeah, you too.
34:08You too.
34:09And when we come back, Rachel, it's been quite a while, but back in Dictionary Corner,
34:13never with me, so I'm really excited about this, Tim Rice is here.
34:17I think that's Sir Tim to you, isn't it?
34:19Sir Tim to me.
34:20Definitely will be.
34:21I'll mind my Bs and Qs and every other letter in the alphabet on Monday.
34:25Rachel, Susie, and I'll be waiting for you.
34:27You can count on us.
34:28APPLAUSE
34:29You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:34You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:38APPLAUSE
34:39You can also find another channel.
34:41Thank you very much for your time.
34:50You will be a member of the 0001st Zoom all over.
34:53David Hayden Page.
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