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00:31Hello everybody, welcome to Countdown this Monday, February the 12th.
00:35Of course, a week of love ahead with Valentine's Day imminent, but it's love every day on this show.
00:40So let's begin like we always do by introducing Rachel Riley, a shock of pink today, how are you?
00:46Yeah, you didn't get the fuchsia memo today.
00:48I love it. You were the first, the whole Barbie era of pink coming back into fashion.
00:53I remember you telling me all about it. It was going to explode. You were ahead of the game on that front.
00:57Well, listen, let's start at the beginning quite literally because today is Darwin Day to mark the birth on this day in 1809 of Charles Darwin.
01:07It's a day to celebrate his contribution to science, the theory of evolution, of course, and his book on the origin of species.
01:14Well, listen, when it comes to humans, you won't find many better than you'll find in Dictionary Corner this week.
01:19Of course, our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent, and we are all so, so excited, making his long-awaited return to Dictionary Corner.
01:27You can view him all this week in amazing Technicolor.
01:31The Emmy winning, the Grammy winning, the Tony winning, the Oscar winning.
01:36So, Tim Rice!
01:37Lovely to have you here, Tim, and you might witness an octo-champ today because it's Jack the Cat Harvey.
01:48How many lies have you got? Well, I'll tell you. Five. Five out of seven crucial countdown conundrums.
01:54The one I'll remember forever from last week against Catherine, unpowder she went for.
01:59Yeah.
01:59And you stole him with gunpowder. Amazing.
02:01It still took me a while to get it. So, the next 10 seconds or something, yeah. I got lucky with that one.
02:06Well, listen, you're up against Keith Aldridge from Wickford in Essex. Hello, sir.
02:10Hi. Nice to be here.
02:11Yeah, nice to have you, mate. I know you're a big countdown fan. I know you're a big sports fan as well.
02:17The rugby in particular, you like your trips. But you were one of the games makers at London 2012.
02:21And those volunteers really did make it because in every street corner, there was a happy person in London.
02:26That never happens. That never happens. Tell me about the experience.
02:29Yeah, no, it was a fantastic experience. I was very lucky to spend two weeks at the hockey centre during the actual Olympics
02:35and two weeks in the Olympic Stadium at the Paralympics as well. So, it was a fantastic time.
02:40I think my favourite time at the Paralympics, I got the task one night to sit on the finish line
02:45and make sure that nobody walked past the photo finish camera as a race was finishing.
02:51That would be a nightmare if you just had somebody's backside when you went to check it.
02:55Exactly. I don't know if it's true, but I was told that I was there because it was a reserve photo finish camera
03:02because they'd actually built one into the stadium for the Olympics.
03:06But on Super Saturday, when Jess Ennis got the crowd really going, the photo finish camera was wobbling,
03:12which is why they put the spare one in. And that's why I had to sit there and make sure no one went past that.
03:16But forget Super Saturday. Let's see if it's a magic Monday for you.
03:19Good luck to Keith and good luck to Jack.
03:23OK, here we go, Jack. First letters of the week.
03:27Hi, Rachel. Hi, Jack. Can I start with the consonant, please?
03:29You can indeed. Start the week with M.
03:32And another.
03:34T.
03:35And one more.
03:37W.
03:38A vowel.
03:40A.
03:41Another vowel.
03:42O.
03:43And another vowel.
03:45I.
03:46A consonant.
03:48R.
03:49Consonant.
03:51S.
03:53And a final vowel, please.
03:56And a final A.
03:59At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:01MUSIC PLAYS
04:19Jack.
04:32Just a six.
04:33A six from you.
04:34And Keith?
04:35Just a five.
04:36The five is?
04:37Storm.
04:38Yeah, what's the six?
04:39Ratios.
04:39Yes.
04:40I'm going to start taking points off people when they say just.
04:43Ah.
04:44When it's a really good word.
04:45Because I think you might have a seven over there, you might have something better, but there won't be many.
04:49No, absolutely not.
04:50Just one more, in fact.
04:52How do you get on?
04:53Well, we have amorist.
04:55Beautiful.
04:55I think Tim is an amorist, but it's somebody who writes about love.
04:59Oh, is it?
04:59Yes.
05:00Oh, right, OK.
05:00What a great first word on Valentine's week.
05:03It's absolutely right.
05:04Yay!
05:05It's almost like we planned it.
05:06But six points for Jack, and we're underway.
05:08Keith, you're choosing these letters.
05:10Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:11Afternoon, Keith.
05:12Can I have a consonant, please?
05:13You can, indeed.
05:14D.
05:15And another, please.
05:18W.
05:19And a vowel.
05:20O.
05:21And another.
05:23E.
05:24And another.
05:25O.
05:26And a consonant.
05:28T.
05:29And another.
05:31N.
05:34And another, please.
05:36S.
05:37And I've finished with a vowel.
05:38Finish with a vowel.
05:41And 30 seconds.
05:43MUSIC PLAYS
06:08Keith.
06:14Let's try and eight.
06:15Why not?
06:16Jack.
06:17I'll also try and eight them.
06:18OK, have to now.
06:19Keith.
06:21Downiest.
06:22Diniest.
06:22Same word.
06:23Diniest.
06:24Susie, OK?
06:25Yes, might have a downiest pillow of the whole neighbourhood.
06:28It's in the dictionary.
06:29Yes.
06:29Well done.
06:30Tim, how did you get on in that?
06:32Well, I didn't get downiest, but a team effort produced woodiest,
06:37which is eight letters, and appropriately for this romantic week,
06:41swooned, but that was only seven.
06:44Yes.
06:44But well spotted, though.
06:46I like the theme.
06:47Yeah, I like the theme.
06:48Right, let's go to the numbers before we get overexcited.
06:51Jack.
06:51One large and five small, please.
06:53Thank you, Jack.
06:54One large five little coming up.
06:55First numbers of the week.
06:57And the little ones are one, eight, nine, three, and seven.
07:03And the big one, 100.
07:05And you need to reach 978.
07:08978 numbers up.
07:09You need to reach 978.
07:39978 the target Jack yeah 978 and Keith no 983 just missed it big 10 points for
07:46mr. Harvey a hundred on eight odd one add eight add 109 times the nine nine
07:5481 and then take the three well done 978 yes early lead for Jack betting to
08:02become an octo-champ today 24-8 as we get our first tea time teaser outer 10
08:08outer 10 instructions to reduce speed were given by hand instructions to
08:15reduce speed were given by hand
08:31welcome back outer 10 becomes written uto instructions to reduce speed were given
08:37by hand and this is a special musical term because of course we've got an absolute
08:43musical legend over in Dixonry corner Tim Rice is here as well but Susie what does
08:48this mean so written uto means as a musical direction performed with an immediate
08:54reduction of speed so suddenly suddenly slows down Rachel's given the brilliant
08:58example of Bohemian Rhapsody which she was singing to us in the break absolutely love
09:03but right the show must go on 24 8 more letters Keith consonant please Rachel
09:09thank you Keith H and another T and a vowel please O and another E and another A and a
09:22consonant H and another N and another please K and a vowel final I and here we go again
09:37and here we go again
09:41so
09:43And there you go.
10:09Time up, Keith?
10:11Six.
10:12Six.
10:13And Jack?
10:14No, just a five.
10:15Just a five.
10:16What have you got?
10:17Thank.
10:18Chance to make these points up.
10:19Hanky?
10:20Hanky with the I-E.
10:21Absolutely fine.
10:22Very well done, indeed.
10:23Yep.
10:24That is about the only six that we could find.
10:26It was really tricky.
10:27Brilliant.
10:28Well, very important for you, Keith.
10:30Back within the ten points.
10:31So, it's very much game on.
10:32And Jack, you're picking more letters.
10:34A consonant, please, Rachel.
10:35Thank you, Jack.
10:36A J.
10:37And another one.
10:39S.
10:40And another.
10:41R.
10:42One more.
10:43T.
10:44A vowel.
10:45E.
10:46And another vowel.
10:47U.
10:48Another vowel.
10:49A.
10:50A consonant.
10:51M.
10:52And a final consonant, please.
10:53And a final G.
10:54And half a minute.
10:55And half a minute.
10:56A consonant.
10:57M.
10:58And a final consonant, please.
10:59And a final G.
11:00And half a minute.
11:01A consonant.
11:02And a final consonant, please.
11:03And a final G.
11:04And half a minute.
11:05A consonant, please.
11:07So, it's fake.
11:08Yes.
11:09I will.
11:10To be quiet.
11:11Oh, my.
11:12photo is direct.
11:13I will.
11:14High shadow is direct, India.
11:15Based in one sentence.
11:16minutes ago.
11:17Did you notice that TV deal with data?
11:18In a half a minute.
11:19I am.
11:20And one one.
11:21There you have.
11:22A consonant.
11:23Is mute.
11:24compensates.
11:25Lauren, in aplin.
11:26A consonant?
11:27optual.
11:28Oneモ fijner?
11:29Oh.
11:30You'll be glad.
11:31All that crap.
11:32There you go. Time up.
11:38How many do you manage, Jack?
11:39Six.
11:40And for you, Keith?
11:40Six as well.
11:41Well done. What have we got, Jack?
11:42Gamers.
11:43Gamers, yes. And Keith?
11:45Master.
11:46Yeah, master gamers. No problems there.
11:50Whatsoever. Again, not expecting anything massive.
11:53Well, we have Matures, which is seven.
11:56Nice.
11:58Susie gets the credit for that, by the way.
12:00Yeah. Matures and that's it.
12:03That was it.
12:03Ten points to the difference then, Keith.
12:05And funny enough, that's what's up for grabs now. Off you go.
12:07Can I have one from the top, please, Rachel?
12:09Yeah, no gambles yet. Slow and steady, eh?
12:13One large, five little. These five little ones.
12:15Eight, two, seven, five.
12:20Another two and the large one, 75.
12:23And the target, 306.
12:25306. Numbers up.
12:30Jack was drinking water for 20 seconds.
12:58Keith, you were much more busy. Did you manage to get it?
13:01306.
13:01Well done. He got there in the end. Jack?
13:03Yep, 306.
13:04Yeah, off you go, Keith.
13:0575 times two times two.
13:08300.
13:09Eight minus seven is one.
13:11Yep.
13:12Plus the five.
13:13Yeah, it's your six.
13:14And I did all.
13:14Lovely.
13:15Well done. And what about you, Jack?
13:16Started the same, and then just to get the six, I did seven minus five is two, and then eight minus that two is the six to add on.
13:23Yeah, that's the same thing. Yeah.
13:25Well done.
13:25OK, it's time for our first chat this week with Sir Tim Rice.
13:32And listen, Tim, I want to say you're hitting the road, a chance for people to come along and really talk to you in a very intimate environment.
13:40So you're out on tour from the 18th of April, so people can check dates on that.
13:45I'm recklessly going on the road as a, I wouldn't say performer, but as somebody who chats about the business of songwriting.
13:55And I've got some very good performers to help me because we do the hits, if I may be so arrogant.
14:01So we get 15 or 20 songs that I hope most people will know, and I tell the stories behind them in between each song.
14:11And we did four test shows, as it were, earlier, early last year, actually, the very beginning of last year, about this time last year, and they went quite well.
14:20I think the producers lost money on it, which didn't worry me too much.
14:24But they said, well, in four shows, which went quite well,
14:29we'd now like to do a bigger tour in 2024, so that's what I've agreed to do.
14:34And we're doing 20 shows around England, and I've got four wonderful singers, two guys, two gals,
14:41and I just chat between the songs and say how some of them came to be and how some of them worked out in a different way
14:48and some were flops when we thought they'd be hits and vice versa.
14:52And I can chat about the great composers I've been lucky enough to work with,
14:57Andrew Lloyd Webber, Bjorn and Benny of ABBA, Alan Menken,
15:02somebody else in John, that's the one, yes, yes.
15:06And I've been very, very fortunate to be able to write words with these great, great composers.
15:11So the music is quite varied because they all have their own styles.
15:16And I just chat.
15:18Now, if any of the singers fall ill, you've heard Rachel now in the break, you've got her number,
15:23she can be at any of these venues within two hours.
15:26So you've got to back up now.
15:27And you know every word, right?
15:29Oh, if I'm not there, my husband will be there.
15:31He's even better than me.
15:33Could he sing Don't Cry For Me Argentina?
15:35He could dance and mime.
15:37Is that good?
15:37I'll let you know.
15:41So, Tim, I'm so excited to have you here all week.
15:44Thank you so much.
15:45APPLAUSE
15:46All right, here we go.
15:49Jump back to your letters.
15:52A consonant, please.
15:53Thank you, Jack.
15:54N.
15:55And another.
15:57R.
15:58And another.
16:00S.
16:01A vowel.
16:02E.
16:03Another vowel.
16:05I.
16:05A consonant.
16:06N.
16:09A vowel.
16:11U.
16:12A consonant.
16:14D.
16:16And a final consonant, please.
16:20A final R.
16:22Start the clock.
16:22A vowel.
16:36A consonant.
16:37B
16:41A consonant.
16:43A consonant.
16:47THEY CONFER
16:53Jack.
16:54Seven. And Keith.
16:56Seven as well for me.
16:57Matching each other now, really into your strides, Jack.
17:00Sunnier. Yeah, sunnier.
17:02Dinners. And dinners.
17:04Sunnier and dinners. Nice. Beautiful.
17:07Susie and Tim. We have an eight.
17:10Yes. Which is a very clean...
17:13No, not a clean word. No.
17:16Unrinsed. Unrinsed.
17:18Very nice. Top of the list.
17:20We're all hoping for that tea coming out,
17:22so we could have runniest and we could talk about eggs,
17:24but no sodglock. That's brilliant, unrinsed.
17:26Love it. But seven points each for you guys,
17:29so that leaves us just ten points of difference.
17:31Keith, you're up.
17:33Consonant, please. Thank you, Keith.
17:35Y. And another.
17:38N. And a vowel.
17:42A. And another.
17:45U. And another.
17:47O. Consonant, please.
17:50D. And another.
17:53G. And another.
17:57B. And a final vowel.
18:00A. And a final A.
18:03Let's do it.
18:04This is it.
18:19Time's up.
18:37Keith?
18:38Five.
18:39Jack?
18:40I'll try a six.
18:41He's going to try it.
18:42So the five might count, Mr Aldridge.
18:44What is it?
18:45Bandy?
18:45Mr Harby.
18:46Abound.
18:47Abound.
18:48Abound, yeah, no risk there.
18:49Can you match that or do better?
18:50We matched.
18:51No, we got abound, but we bow to the champion.
18:55This makes all the difference.
18:57Jack gets about your six points and back to the numbers.
19:00I'll stick with one large, please.
19:01Sticking with it.
19:02One from the top, five little.
19:04And for the third time today, the selection is five, five, nine, eight, ten and 75.
19:15And this target, 905.
19:17905.
19:18Numbers up.
19:19And this target, 905.
19:20And this target, 905.
19:21And this target, 905.
19:22And this target, 905.
19:23And this target, 905.
19:24And this target, 905.
19:25And this target, 905.
19:26And this target, 905.
19:27And this target, 905.
19:28And this target, 905.
19:29And this target, 905.
19:30And this target, 905.
19:31And this target, 905.
19:32And this target, 905.
19:33And this target, 905.
19:34And this target, 905.
19:35And this target, 905.
19:36And this target, 905.
19:37And this target, 905.
19:38And this target, 905.
19:39And this target, 905.
19:40And this target, 905.
19:41And this target, 905.
19:42And this target, 905.
19:439.05, the target. Jack?
19:51Yeah, 9.05.
19:52Got there. Well done, Keith.
19:549.05, but badly written down.
19:56I'll say badly written down is the same as not written down at all,
19:59so you can go first.
20:01OK. 8 minus 5 is 3?
20:03Yep.
20:04Plus the 9?
20:0512.
20:06Times the 75?
20:07900.
20:08Plus the other 5?
20:09Nothing to argue about there.
20:11And Jack, yeah, exactly the same way.
20:12Lovely.
20:14Brilliant.
20:18Right, second tea-time teaser of the day is Ran Mango.
20:22Ran Mango.
20:24An older relative gains a little bit of weight.
20:27An older relative gains a little bit of weight.
20:30MUSIC PLAYS
20:40Welcome back.
20:47Ran Mango became nano-gram.
20:50An older relative gains a little bit of weight.
20:53What precisely is it?
20:55Is it a millionth of a gram or a hundred thousandth?
20:58Something like that.
20:58I don't think she's going to be seeing it on the scales.
21:00One thousand millionth of a gram.
21:02Bless her.
21:03Bless her.
21:0463, 47.
21:06Six rounds left.
21:07Keith, oh my goodness, it's still close enough.
21:09Let's go.
21:11Consonant, please.
21:12Thank you, Heath.
21:13G.
21:14And another.
21:15S.
21:16And a vowel.
21:17I.
21:18And another.
21:21E.
21:21And another.
21:23O.
21:24And a consonant.
21:26D.
21:27And another.
21:29N.
21:31And another.
21:33T.
21:35And finish with a vowel.
21:37Finish with A.
21:39My goodness me, let's go.
21:41Start the clock.
21:41I don't think I'll hang out.
21:54Good.
21:54Good.
22:00Good.
22:00Good.
22:09Good.
22:10Good.
22:11A lot of possibilities here. How did you get on, Keith?
22:14Seven. Seven for you. And Jack?
22:17I'll try it out. Proper risk here, Keith. So what's the seven?
22:21Datings. Jack? Steading.
22:24Steading means the same as a farmstead.
22:27Ah! Absolutely brilliant.
22:29APPLAUSE
22:32Now, we have the ING up there, we have the I-E-S-T.
22:36There's always that hope of a nine, was there one?
22:39We didn't find one, so if anyone did at home, they are amazing.
22:43But we did scramble to an eight as well.
22:45Which are team effort. Sedation.
22:47OK, right. Your lead is extended, Jack.
22:50You're pulling away at the right time. Your letters.
22:52A consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jack.
22:55C. And another.
22:58L. And one more.
23:00S. Vowel.
23:03E. And another vowel.
23:05A. And another vowel.
23:08O. A consonant.
23:10R.
23:12Consonant. D.
23:15And a final consonant, please.
23:18And a final C.
23:20Let's play.
23:22To do some morning.
23:23Szczep, therabagPS
23:25CFO
23:27Sometimes it'll be late too.
23:28Feat...
23:32SIL...
23:33CFO
23:35Peter showed up with me.
23:44Oh, how can't we wait to see you now?
23:46MUSIC PLAYS
23:53Talk to me, Jack.
23:54A seven.
23:55And Keith?
23:56I'll try a seven, then.
23:57You've got it, right? You've got it. OK, Jack?
23:59Accords.
24:00Accords.
24:01Keith?
24:02Sealord.
24:03A sea lord.
24:04A lord of the sea.
24:05Either of two senior officers in the Royal Navy,
24:07but they're two separate words with a capital S and a capital L.
24:10So Jack extends his lead, then, with accords?
24:13Yes, we had a lovely eight, actually.
24:15Yeah, but an eight which also has naval connections.
24:18Coracles.
24:20Coracles.
24:21Little boats.
24:22Yes, especially in Wales and Ireland,
24:24small round boats made of wicker work,
24:26watertight and you have a paddle to steer them.
24:28Oh, nice. Oracles of coracles.
24:3078.
24:3247.
24:33Four rounds left.
24:34Our first Origins and Words of this week.
24:37Susie.
24:38Yes.
24:39What are we doing?
24:40What are we up to?
24:41And it's really inspired by music,
24:42so I thought it was very relevant today,
24:44sitting next to Tim.
24:45And it's a lovely email from Kitty Kaplan,
24:48who has been a Countdown fan, she says,
24:50since she moved to London 33 years ago as an adult.
24:53But she's originally from the US and she's still enjoying it today.
24:57As a rock music fan, writes Kitty, from the 60s and 70s in the US,
25:02I used to listen to the Kinks record album.
25:05Ray Davies is an amazing lyricist who,
25:07through his delightful descriptions of English life in London,
25:11taught me about words, phrases and lifestyles over here.
25:14From his lyrics, one slang word I'm fascinated with is spiv,
25:18in his song Second Hand Car Spiv.
25:21So, my questions are, what is the origin of spiv,
25:24and what is the difference, if any, between a spiv and a white boy?
25:27Mm-hm.
25:28So, great questions, Kitty.
25:31So, I think most of us will probably be familiar with the spiv.
25:35It's a man, often quite flashily dressed,
25:37who usually makes a living by, shall we say,
25:41slightly underhanded dealings.
25:43Lots of theories as to where it came from.
25:46So, some of us think it's a backwards spelling of VIP,
25:50to a police acronym for suspected persons and itinerant vagrants.
25:56Neither of those probably very plausible,
25:59but we do know it was first recorded in the early 20th century
26:02and there was a petty crook called Henry Bagster,
26:05who was a London newspaper seller and a petty criminal of the time,
26:09and he was in court all the time for theft, selling counterfeit goods,
26:14loitering with intent, et cetera.
26:17And his nickname was Spiv, and that was first recorded in 1904.
26:21So, we do know it was around at that time.
26:24We think it comes from spiffy, meaning smartly dressed.
26:27If you're spiffed up, you look at the business,
26:30which, of course, is what a spiv tries to do.
26:32As for white boy, which was Kitty's last question,
26:35the OED says it means exactly the same thing,
26:38and the use of wide here is in the slang sense meaning sharp,
26:42which is wide awake, just alert and on your feet.
26:45Thank you very much, Susie.
26:46APPLAUSE
26:50Four rounds left to go.
26:52The end, not quite written yet.
26:54Bit of catching up to do, Keith, so let's go.
26:56Consonant, please. Thank you, Keith.
26:58P. And another.
27:01M. And a vowel, please.
27:05E. And another.
27:07A. And another.
27:09I. And a consonant.
27:11N. And another.
27:14R. And another.
27:17T. And a vowel, please.
27:22And a final. E.
27:25And kind kind.
27:27R. And a
27:41R. And a consonant.
27:42R. And a vowel.
27:45müssen �.
27:47R.
27:50R.
27:51OK, Keith.
27:59Seven. And Jack.
28:00Yeah, seven also. Seven as well. Keith, what have you got?
28:03Trainee. And Jack.
28:04Pertain. And Pertain. Very nice.
28:07Generous letters. Seven's fallen off the board.
28:10How did you get on, Tim? Well, I didn't get on a tour with that one.
28:13But Susie has come up with...
28:16Aperiant. Aperiant, yes.
28:18It sounds fairly romantic, but actually it's a drug used to relieve constipation.
28:23Right, there you go. We'll just move on from that
28:26and get our final letters of the day. Jack.
28:29A consonant, please. Thank you, Jack.
28:31P. And another.
28:34T. And one more.
28:37X. Vowel.
28:40U. Another vowel.
28:43A. One more vowel.
28:45I. Consonant.
28:49L. Consonant.
28:52P.
28:54And a final vowel, please.
28:58And a final E.
29:01Last letters.
29:02T. And a final vowel, please.
29:03T. And a final vowel, please.
29:03T. And a final vowel, please.
29:04T. And a final vowel, please.
29:04T. And a final vowel, please.
29:05T. And a final vowel, please.
29:05T. And a final vowel, please.
29:06T. And a final vowel, please.
29:06T. And a final vowel, please.
29:07T. And a final vowel, please.
29:08T. And a final vowel, please.
29:09T. And a final vowel, please.
29:10T. And a final vowel, please.
29:11T. And a final vowel, please.
29:12T. And a final vowel, please.
29:13T. And a final vowel, please.
29:14T. And a final vowel, please.
29:15T. And a final vowel, please.
29:16T. And a final vowel, please.
29:17T. And a final vowel, please.
29:18MUSIC PLAYS
29:32All right, a little frustrated, those letters, Jack.
29:36Try a six.
29:37You've got to try a six. Keith?
29:39I've got a six, but not written down.
29:40What did you not write down?
29:42Tipple.
29:42Oh, nice little tipple, nice little drink, and Jack.
29:46Pilate, like without the S, pilates,
29:48but if you just do one.
29:48Maybe just using one leg.
29:52Maybe, listen, it could be there, but let's find out.
29:55It's actually an eponym, it's a proper noun,
29:57because it's named after Joseph Pilate,
29:59so it's got a capital P anyway,
30:00but it does have to be in the plural.
30:01So, Keith, you pick up the points.
30:03Well done to you, but with 20 points left and 25 points in it,
30:07we can say for once that we're not going all the way
30:10to a crucial countdown conundrum,
30:11and we can also say Jack is the latest countdown octal champ,
30:14so well done to you.
30:16APPLAUSE
30:17It's always something to play for,
30:19because Jack hasn't managed a century yet in his eight wins.
30:23You could do it here in this, your final one,
30:25so it's up to you, Keith.
30:26How kind are you going to be?
30:28Not that I'm a sore loser, but four large.
30:30Four large.
30:31I'm going to make you work for it.
30:34It's four large and two little,
30:36one of the notorious choices,
30:38and the little one, seven, four,
30:40and we know 100, 75, 25 and 50.
30:44Will it be a kind, possible target?
30:47You have to reach 760.
30:50Last number, 7, 6, 0.
30:52You have to reach 660.
31:09You have to reach 670.
31:12You have to reach 770.
31:14Yeah.
31:15You have to reach 770.
31:17You have to reach 680.
31:187-6-0, Keith.
31:277-6-2.
31:29That would be seven points, Jack.
31:31No, I made a mistake.
31:32He's made a mistake, Keith.
31:35You've thwarted him.
31:37What a cruel man you are.
31:39You've went up in my estimation at least 10%.
31:41Off you go.
31:43Seven times 100.
31:45Seven times 100, 700.
31:47Plus the 50.
31:48750.
31:4975 over 25 is three.
31:52Yeah.
31:52Times the four is 12.
31:54And hopefully add that one to 7-6-2.
31:56Well done, yep.
31:57Two away.
31:58Surely that's as good as it gets, Rachel.
32:00You have to leave it with me.
32:01I got one away, but it is possible.
32:03Really?
32:03Give me another minute.
32:04Oh, wow.
32:057-6-0.
32:07Good luck getting that before the end of the programme.
32:0985 players, 67.
32:12I've never seen an octo champ, a newly crowned octo champ.
32:15Looks so crestfallen as Jack there.
32:17But that's the game, Keith.
32:18Well done to you.
32:19Fingers on the buzzers, both of you.
32:21It's not crucial.
32:22It is triumphant, though, for Jack Harvey, as we officially seal the day.
32:26Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:58So, there you go.
32:59It would not have mattered had you got those numbers, Jack.
33:03So, you both draw a blank on the countdown conundrum.
33:07Rachel's busy with her numbers, so she can't save the day.
33:10Tim and Susie are averting my gaze, so I'm guessing that you don't have it either.
33:15So, let's reveal the answer to today's countdown conundrum.
33:19Well done.
33:19Treadmill.
33:20Treadmill.
33:21I never get them, so, you know, it's my Achilles heel.
33:24It really is.
33:25Treadmill was the answer.
33:26You're off it for now, Jack.
33:28But first of all, Keith, you get the goodie bag.
33:31Loves having you.
33:31Great choice in the last numbers.
33:34Has your day been okay?
33:35Fantastic.
33:36Really great experience.
33:37Nice to have you.
33:37Thanks for bringing your positive attitude to the studio.
33:40Loved it.
33:40And you, Jack, what a June you've got ahead, because you're going to have to come back here for the series finals as an octo-champ, I'm guessing.
33:48And you're getting married.
33:49So, we'll have to make the dates work.
33:51Big month coming up, yeah.
33:52Looking forward to it.
33:53Jack, thank you.
33:54We'll see you in June.
33:55Well done to you.
33:56Well done.
33:59Susie, what a delight it is to have Tim Rice.
34:01Always.
34:02Long-term countdown friend.
34:03I know.
34:04So good.
34:04It's been years.
34:05So good.
34:06Can't wait to talk to you more this week about, you know, a life less ordinary.
34:09So, thank you.
34:10Well, thank you, Colin.
34:10Thank you, everybody.
34:11Rachel, all done for today?
34:13Yeah, I've got homework for tonight, Colin.
34:14Oh, that's 7-6-0.
34:16We'll get done eventually.
34:18But that's all from us for today.
34:19The evolution of countdown continues tomorrow.
34:22Susie, Rachel and I will be winning for you.
34:24You can count on us.
34:26You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:31You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:35We'll see you next time.
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