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00:30Hello everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Thursday afternoon. Thank you so, so much for tuning in. We never ever take it for granted. So thank you very much. Hello glittery Rachel. Hello non-glittery Colin. At the moment we'll see how the afternoon goes. Now you know we love an animal day. It's World Hippo Day today. Naturally. Always follows Valentine's Day.
00:51They've got two traits. One of which I think you'd want to have as a human and one you definitely wouldn't want to have. So the one that you'd want to have is they secrete this red oily liquid which is a natural sunblock. So they create in sub-Saharan Africa. Oh the sun's out. No worries. They create their own sunblock. You never have to buy it in duty free. You never see a hippo in duty free. And that's why.
01:17Right. So it would be great if we could all secrete an oily liquid. Oh wouldn't that be lovely. I was just thinking that to myself. Have you ever spoken to a woman before Colin?
01:26But here's the one you wouldn't want. But this is brilliant. It's a lovely thing but it's crazy. So they can tell whether some creature is their friend or foe by sniffing their poop.
01:43So this is a hippo quality. So if they're marking their ground down they'll sniff the poop and then they know whether that's friend or foe who's left that little present there. We don't want to be doing that.
01:56I mean you could try. I'm not sure how much it would tell you. You might get some strange looks. I think that would be the case. Funny enough Susie Dent was nodding her head there like a hippo expert.
02:06I was thinking Chris. Oh I see. And I was thinking Chris Packham because that would be absolutely a fact that he would love because he collects different animal poos and then just infers so much information from that. It's incredible.
02:18Absolutely. Absolutely. We'll have to get him in that seat at some stage. But hey big shoes to fill for whoever's going to follow this man.
02:24I'm glad he hasn't been in it already.
02:25It's been great this week hasn't it? The lyricist extraordinaire. The brilliant Sir Tim Rice.
02:35Right. OK. Well we have a two-time champion going for a hat-trick today. Michael Calder. A bit of a struggle yesterday wasn't it?
02:43Yeah. Got out of jail free yesterday definitely.
02:46You're up against Jill Martin today who's now retired enjoying a quieter life.
02:51Yes. And I mean that literally because you were an assistant air traffic controller. What a brilliant job.
02:59So when I say assistant air traffic controller because I've read about this.
03:04Are you the person that sits beside the air traffic controller in case they make a mistake?
03:08No it's not in case they make a mistake. You're there to assist them in mainly it's the communication side of things.
03:17Yeah. You make the phone calls and you pass the information on to them and they use it for when they talk to the aircraft.
03:24You can't have a bad day at the office when you do that job.
03:26No. No. I love it. Well the taxi is over. We're ready for take off. Good luck to Jill and Michael.
03:35Off you go Michael. Get us up to speed.
03:37Good afternoon Rachel. Good afternoon Michael.
03:39Yes there with a consonant please.
03:40You may indeed start today with T.
03:43And another.
03:45D.
03:45And another.
03:47And a vowel.
03:52A.
03:53And another.
03:55O.
03:56And another.
03:58E.
04:00And a consonant.
04:02T.
04:04A consonant.
04:07S.
04:09And a vowel please.
04:12And a final O.
04:13At home and in the studio.
04:16Let's play Countdown.
04:16BELL RINGS
04:18And a vowel please.
04:46Michael?
04:48Seven.
04:49Seven food.
04:50Jill, first game?
04:51Six.
04:51Well done.
04:52Six is a good, strong start.
04:53What have you got?
04:54Stodge.
04:55What have you got, Michael?
04:56Toasted.
04:57Very good.
04:58Toasted was as good as we could do, really, as well as we could do.
05:01Good start for you, Michael, unlike yesterday.
05:03Jill, your letters.
05:04Hello, Rachel.
05:05Hi, Jill.
05:06Can I have a consonant, please?
05:08Thank you, Jill.
05:09G.
05:10And another?
05:12L.
05:13And another?
05:16T.
05:17A vowel.
05:19E.
05:21And another vowel.
05:22I.
05:24And another vowel.
05:26E.
05:27And a consonant.
05:30M.
05:32And a consonant.
05:35Another G.
05:38And another consonant, please.
05:41And lastly, S.
05:4430 seconds.
05:46Exactly.
05:46The melhor пользовater.
05:59And another?
05:59And another?
06:03I.
06:04I.
06:04I.
06:04I.
06:05I.
06:06I.
06:07I.
06:07I.
06:08I.
06:08Jill, how many?
06:17Eight.
06:17Michael?
06:18Eight.
06:18Eight as well.
06:19What have you got, Jill?
06:20Leggiest.
06:21Leggiest.
06:22And Michael?
06:22The same.
06:23What have you got, Tim?
06:25Leggiest.
06:26That's it?
06:27Yeah.
06:27All right, all right.
06:28Fifteen players, eight.
06:29Well done, Jill.
06:30Very impressive indeed.
06:31And Michael, you're picking these numbers.
06:33One large, five small, please.
06:35Thank you, Michael.
06:35One from the top.
06:37And five not.
06:38And we'll start the day with ten, six, four, six, two, and one odd one, twenty-five.
06:48And the target to reach, four hundred and thirty-eight.
06:51Four, three, eight.
06:52Numbers up.
07:08Four, thirty-eight.
07:24The target.
07:25Michael, what are you declaring?
07:27Four, three, six.
07:28Two away.
07:29Jill, what are you declaring?
07:30Four, three, eight, I think.
07:31That'll be bang on for ten points.
07:33You'll be covered in glory.
07:34Let's find out.
07:35Ten, add six, is sixteen.
07:39Yep.
07:40Multiplied by twenty-five.
07:42Is four hundred.
07:44Four times six.
07:46Four times the second six is twenty-four.
07:48Oh.
07:49No.
07:49Unlucky, Jill.
07:50So that goes to you, Michael, to pick up seven points.
07:53So ten plus six.
07:56Sixteen.
07:56Times twenty-five.
07:58Again, four hundred.
07:59Four plus two is six.
08:01Yep.
08:01Times it by the other six.
08:03By the, yep, for thirty-six.
08:06And two away.
08:07Four, three, eight.
08:08Rachel Riley.
08:09Yes.
08:10If you say two times four is eight, plus ten is eighteen.
08:15Eighteen times twenty-five is four hundred and fifty,
08:18and you have two sixes.
08:20So take away four, three, eight.
08:21Let's get our first Tea Time teaser of the day.
08:27Not power.
08:28Let me say that in a way that people can understand it.
08:31Not power.
08:32P-O-W-E-R.
08:33This could definitely be said about Billy's girl.
08:36This could definitely be said about Billy's girl.
08:39The Billy's Billy Joel.
08:44She's an up-towner.
08:49She's an up-towner.
09:03She's an up-towner.
09:0422 plays it.
09:06Jill Martin, you're picking these letters.
09:07Good luck.
09:08A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:10Thank you, Jill.
09:11N.
09:12And another one.
09:15S.
09:16And another one.
09:18K.
09:20And a vowel.
09:22U.
09:24And another one.
09:25E.
09:26And a consonant, please.
09:33S.
09:34And another consonant.
09:37M.
09:40And a vowel, please.
09:43And to finish, I.
09:45Excellent.
09:46Thank you, Jill.
09:47Thank you, Jill.
09:47Thank you, Jill.
10:16Time's up.
10:19Jill Martin?
10:20Seven.
10:21Nice.
10:21Michael Calder?
10:22Seven.
10:23Seven as well.
10:24Jill, what have you got there?
10:25Unmasks.
10:27Unmasks.
10:27And Michael?
10:28It's the same.
10:29Very good indeed.
10:30Tim Rice?
10:32Unmasks is the best we've got, I think.
10:34Yes.
10:35Minuses are there as well.
10:37There's a series of minus symbols.
10:39It's tough.
10:4029, 15.
10:42Well done there, Jill Martin.
10:44Michael, you're picking these letters.
10:45May I have a consonant, please?
10:47Thank you, Michael.
10:48L.
10:50And another.
10:51S.
10:53And another.
10:55Y.
10:57And another.
10:59L.
11:00And a vowel.
11:02E.
11:04And another.
11:05A.
11:08And another.
11:10I.
11:12And another.
11:15A.
11:17And a consonant, please.
11:19Lastly, W.
11:21Half a minute.
11:21One.
11:22And another.
11:25Exactly.
11:25Come on.
11:30Bye.
11:31Bye.
11:32Bye.
11:35Bye.
11:36Bye.
11:36Bye.
11:38Bye.
11:48Bye.
11:48Bye.
11:49Bye.
11:50Michael, talk to me.
11:54Seven.
11:55Yes, Jill.
11:56Seven.
11:56Nice.
11:57Who you got, Michael?
11:58Wollies.
11:59Yeah, Jill's got a Wally as well.
12:01We're also both Wollies.
12:03Second number join of the day, Jill.
12:06Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
12:08Thank you, Jill.
12:09Two from the top, four not.
12:11Let's see what this round has in store.
12:13The small ones are six, nine, three and five,
12:17and the big ones are 75 and 50.
12:20And the target to reach 877.
12:23877.
12:24Numbers up.
12:25The small ones are six, nine, three and five.
12:30The small ones are six, nine, three and five.
12:30The small ones are six, nine, three and five.
12:32The small ones are six, nine, three and five.
12:33The small ones are six, nine, three and five.
12:34The small ones are six, nine, three and five.
12:35The small ones are six, nine, three and five.
12:36The small ones are six, nine, three and five.
12:37The small ones are six, nine, four and five.
12:38The small ones are six, nine, four and five.
12:39The small ones are six, nine, four and five.
12:40The small ones are six, nine, four and five.
12:41The small ones are six, nine, four and five.
12:42The small ones are six, nine, four and five.
12:43The small ones are six, nine, four and five.
12:44The small ones are six, nine, four and five.
12:558-7-7, the target.
12:59Nowhere.
12:59Nowhere. And Michael?
13:018-7-0.
13:03That'd be seven away for five points. Off you go.
13:06Nine plus three is 12.
13:08Nine plus three is 12.
13:11Times 75.
13:12Times 75, 900.
13:14And then six times five is 30, and take that off.
13:188-70.
13:19Yeah, I didn't get it. 8-7-7.
13:21I got to one away, so you have to come back to me.
13:24Wow.
13:2541 plays 22.
13:27Well, a good time to try and work that out,
13:29as we're going to head to Dictionary Corner
13:31and have a chat with Tim Rice today.
13:33So let's say tonight, right,
13:36we meet four people, first day on Earth,
13:39and we have to choose to take them to see your work.
13:43Where do you take them?
13:44What would you want them to see?
13:46Well, I think I'd show mercy on them
13:48and take them to the shortest of my shows.
13:51Because every musical
13:53is ten minutes too long.
13:56In fact, everything in life is ten minutes too long.
13:58LAUGHTER
13:59Other than the show, of course, he said hastily.
14:02LAUGHTER
14:02So the qualification there would, I think, be Joseph,
14:07which began life as a 25-minute piece for schoolchildren.
14:12And one of the reasons why the show Six has done very well,
14:17and it's a very good show, don't get me wrong,
14:19but it's short.
14:21So people who think,
14:22I'm not sure if I want to spend the whole evening in the theatre,
14:25the partner who wants to take them can say,
14:27but it only goes on for one hour, ten minutes, darling.
14:30So he or she would say,
14:32oh, fine, because they know there'll be time for supper afterwards
14:34or time for a relaxed supper.
14:36What is it for you that makes them magical,
14:38that to this day, you know,
14:40has your heart in your head, you know?
14:42Well, funnily enough, musicals were ever in my blood.
14:45And I think that helped me,
14:46because when I met Andrew,
14:48who was at 17,
14:50was writing magnificent tunes
14:52before any of them got recorded or performed,
14:56he was absolutely determined and driven
14:58to work in musical theatre.
15:00He was aware of what was happening in pop and rock and roll.
15:02If it was the swinging 60s,
15:04you could hardly not be aware of the Beatles and the Stones, etc.
15:07But I was much more into rock and pop.
15:10I was aware of great songs from the shows,
15:13but I think the combination of Andrew knowing
15:16everything about musicals
15:17and me knowing very little about them
15:19almost helped,
15:20because it pulled Andrew...
15:22It wasn't my plan.
15:23I didn't really know what I was doing.
15:25I mean, I still don't know what I'm doing half the time.
15:26But I kind of pulled Andrew away
15:28from being too conventional.
15:30Yeah.
15:30And I think that helped with shows like
15:33Superstar and Evita in particular,
15:35because they were...
15:36Whether you like them or not,
15:37they were game changers.
15:38Yeah.
15:39And they were not quite like anything
15:42that had gone before.
15:43Tim, thank you very much.
15:44APPLAUSE
15:4641, 22.
15:50Back to the letters now.
15:51Michael?
15:52May I have a consonant, please?
15:53You may. Thank you, Michael.
15:54F.
15:56And another.
15:57N.
15:59And another.
16:01W.
16:02And a vowel.
16:04O.
16:05And another.
16:07E.
16:07And another.
16:09A.
16:10And a consonant.
16:11A.
16:12And a consonant.
16:15S.
16:17Another consonant.
16:19B.
16:21And a final consonant, please.
16:24A final N.
16:26Here we go again.
16:27ta.
16:28Here we go.
16:32I...
16:33I...
16:34I...
16:38I...
16:42I...
16:42I...
16:43I...
16:43I...
16:45Michael? Five. A five from you, Jill? Five. And a five, two. OK, what have you got, Michael?
17:03Bones. Bones and Jill? Fones. Fones and bones. Nice indeed, nice indeed.
17:10Susie and Tim, not much going on here. I'm afraid not.
17:14I came up with weans and beans. Weans and beans. Pretty pleased with that.
17:20Not eating in your restaurant. Susie changed beans to beanos.
17:24Yeah, you were mentioning Lord Snooty the other day. You should have got beanos.
17:27Yes, absolutely. Yeah. OK, let's get more letters now. Jill, you're up.
17:33I have a consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jill. T. And another one.
17:39L. And another one. C.
17:44And a vowel, please. O.
17:49And another vowel. E.
17:53And another vowel. I.
17:58And a consonant. G.
18:01And a vowel, please.
18:11And lastly, A.
18:13Start the clock.
18:14I'm going to be saying, I'm going to be there.
18:26In 있고요.
18:27mind looks.
18:28And this one.
18:29Know much more?
18:30See you next time, I'm going to be sure.
18:31Bye bye bye.
18:32No, say you can see a vowel, please.
18:32And you can hear a vowel.
18:34Ooh, now, say—
18:34wijl are there.
18:35We're going to be drinking.
18:36Bye bye bye.
18:37Bye bye bye.
18:39Bye bye bye.
18:41Bye bye.
18:42Time's up, Jill.
18:46Eight.
18:47Eight from you, Michael.
18:49Eight.
18:49And an eight from you.
18:50I have a feeling we might be getting the same word, Jill.
18:53Cleating.
18:54No, cleating and Michael.
18:56Locating.
18:57Yes, locating is probably what most people thought was coming your way.
19:00So, cleating.
19:01Oh, I'm so sad about this.
19:03It's not there as a verb, unfortunately.
19:06It is just there as a noun.
19:07Cleats, you might have them on your shoes if you cycle.
19:10And cleated, but not cleat as a verb.
19:13I'm so sorry.
19:1454, 27.
19:15Those little things, Jill, are sent to test us.
19:18So, let's get back to the numbers, Michael.
19:20One large, five small, please.
19:21Thank you, Michael.
19:22One from the top five, not.
19:24And this time, the selection is ten, eight, two, five, three, and 100.
19:33And the target to reach, 424.
19:36Four, two, four.
19:38Numbers up.
19:40Four, two, four.
20:10Four, the target.
20:11How did you get on, Michael?
20:12No, I messed up.
20:13Jill?
20:14Four, two, three.
20:17Four, two, three.
20:18You're missing a striker there.
20:19Off you go.
20:20100 multiplied by five.
20:23500.
20:23Eight multiplied by ten.
20:2780.
20:27Take it away.
20:28Four, 20.
20:30And add the three.
20:32Yep.
20:32And you've snuck seven points in.
20:34Rachel, the Brazilian.
20:35Can it be done?
20:37It depends what you're asking.
20:38This can definitely be done.
20:39Well, that's the famous 1970 Brazil.
20:42People blew their minds, the 424 formation.
20:45You want to be careful how you speak to a woman, Colin.
20:47If you say three times eight is 24, and then ten divided by five is two, times the other two is four.
20:54And you can times the four by 100 and add on the 24.
21:00Thank you, the Pele of Countdown.
21:02Right, tea time teaser.
21:04Brown is a...
21:05Brown is a colour not mentioned in the song about these.
21:10Brown is a colour not mentioned in the song about these.
21:14Hello again, Brown is a...
21:32Brown is a colour not mentioned in the song about these.
21:36Unfortunately, Rachel sang again during that commercial break.
21:39She's making a habit of it.
21:41Brown is a...
21:43Rainbows, rainbows is what you were looking for.
21:46All right, 20 points in it.
21:48Jill, you're picking these letters still very much in this contest.
21:52A consonant, please, Rachel.
21:54Thank you, Jill.
21:55P.
21:56And another one.
21:58N.
21:59And another one.
22:01R.
22:02And a vowel.
22:04O.
22:06And another one.
22:08A.
22:09And another one.
22:12E.
22:13And a consonant.
22:16N.
22:18And another consonant.
22:21D.
22:23And a final vowel, please.
22:27Final U.
22:29Let's play.
22:29A.
22:30We...
22:30And another.
22:31That.
22:35Yeah.
22:38Angel.
22:39Alright.
22:40We'll see you next time.
22:43For now...
22:44Continue.
22:46Time.
22:46There you go.
22:47And another one.
22:47I'll go.
22:47And another one.
22:48Gee.
22:48Little one.
22:49Go home.
22:49Under.
22:49The other one.
22:49And another one.
22:50Another one.
22:50There you go.
22:51Where we're about.
22:51Can I respond?
22:52We'll be here.
22:52One idea.
22:53kind of zwei to seven in the district,
22:53we'll pay you, college, or all the connection to three times with one of the bat.
22:55And another one way would rise up with us.
22:55There's a 유 Princi rec.
22:55adapter, and a message into the house for another стол, and two.
22:56MUSIC
23:00Jill, how'd you get on?
23:02Seven. A seven from you, a big seven, Michael?
23:05Six. Six from you, what's the six?
23:07Pounder. And Jill? Pounder.
23:09Pounder, yes, Jill, no quarter given.
23:12Over the dictionary corner, Tim, anything else?
23:14Well, we have a word called aproned,
23:17which apparently is the act of wearing an apron.
23:21Never heard it in my life before, Susie. What about you?
23:24You could say this is a posh restaurant. The staff are all aproned here.
23:27All aproned up today. Yes.
23:29This is good. Jill's settled in. She's coming back at you strong, Michael.
23:32Let's see if you can stop her in her tracks with your letters.
23:35May I have a continent, please? Thank you, Michael.
23:38N. And another. B. And another.
23:45R. And a vowel. I. And another. E. And another.
23:53A. And another. U. And a consonant. D. And a final consonant, please.
24:06And a final T. Kindle.
24:09bit of the time.
24:10Music.
24:15.
24:37MUSIC
24:40That'll do us, Michael.
24:41Seven.
24:42And Jill.
24:43Seven. Here we go, Michael.
24:45Natured. Yes, natured. And Jill.
24:47Brained.
24:48Well done, seven points each. Both count. Really, really close.
24:53Anything better than that for Mr Rice?
24:55Well, I came up with a seven untried and I was very pleased with that,
24:59but the personality on my right, who is pretty good at this stuff,
25:04urbanite, eight, and interesting one, turbaned.
25:09Yes. So as well as wearing an apron, you can wear a turban and be turbaned.
25:13Brilliant. Just the four rounds left and we're going to pause
25:17on another close encounter today for more Origins of Words.
25:20Susie, what are we talking about?
25:22Lovely, lovely email from Mark Johnson in Twickenham.
25:26Thank you, Mark.
25:27His question was whether I could shed some light on the phrase knight-errant.
25:32He said, obviously, it conjures up images of the age of chivalry,
25:36but it simply reversed the word order to errant knight
25:39and a very different picture emerges.
25:41So has the meaning of errant changed over time is Mark's question.
25:45And is knight-errant a kind of linguistic fossil,
25:48preserving a meaning that we don't use any more?
25:51And is errant related to errant?
25:53So quite a lot to unpack there.
25:55So first of all, a little bit about knight-errant.
25:58So they are indeed involved in the age of chivalry.
26:01So there were knights who featured in the literature primarily,
26:04rather than reality of the Middle Ages,
26:06and it focused on chivalry and romance.
26:08And they ventured far in search of adventure.
26:12And the tales of their pursuits were really popular with audiences
26:16throughout the late Middle Ages.
26:18So they included the heroes of the Round Table,
26:21in the Arthurian stories of Lancelot, et cetera.
26:24And also you'll find the errant knight,
26:27or the knight-errant, in romantic literature.
26:30So lots of deeds were performed in the name of ladies,
26:35dragons, giants, enchantresses, just sort of wonderful things.
26:38So you can see why they captured the imagination.
26:41As for the name, it all begins with the Latin errare,
26:44which meant to stray or to wander.
26:46But it could also mean to make a mistake,
26:48because you stray off the path that you're supposed to be on.
26:51And that is where Mark is right.
26:53It could go either way, depending on where you put it.
26:56So errare gave us error.
26:59It didn't give us errant.
27:01That is from a completely different root.
27:04But it gave us erratic as well, and it gave us aberrant.
27:07So all of those ideas are kind of going off course.
27:10But when it came to the knight-errant,
27:12and the errant bit was added as a post-positive adjective.
27:15It's what we used to do, really nice.
27:17You can find them preserved.
27:19Court-martial is another one.
27:22He was in search of adventure.
27:24So he would go off the path, yes,
27:26but it was to find new and exciting things to do,
27:30and women to woo.
27:31So it is a bit of a fossil, unfortunately.
27:35And an errant knight absolutely does mean something else,
27:38as Mark said.
27:38But I love the idea that it's still preserved in the language,
27:41and that errant bit is all about seeking new things and adventure.
27:45Really nice.
27:46APPLAUSE
27:47Right, 61 players, 48.
27:51Well, we get a crucial countdown conundrum today.
27:54Well, Jill, you've a few points to make up,
27:56if that's going to be the case.
27:57So let's see if you can do it here.
27:58A consonant, please, Rachel.
28:00Thank you, Jill.
28:01J.
28:02And another one?
28:04H.
28:05And another one?
28:07H.
28:08Oh, a vowel, please.
28:11A.
28:13And another vowel?
28:15U.
28:16And another vowel?
28:19H.
28:20E.
28:22O.
28:23O.
28:24And a consonant?
28:25R.
28:27And another consonant?
28:29T.
28:33And a vowel,
28:34please.
28:35Good luck with this lot.
28:36A final I!
28:38Yeah, good luck indeed.
28:39Good luck indeed.
29:10Hey, Jill.
29:12Five.
29:13Michael.
29:14Five.
29:15Jill, what have you got?
29:16Houri.
29:17And Michael.
29:18Ratio.
29:19Yes, Houri, a beautiful young woman,
29:22especially one of the virgin companions of the faithful in the Muslim paradise.
29:26Lovely, so five points each.
29:28Tim Rice.
29:29Author.
29:30Oh, my goodness.
29:31It's there, isn't it?
29:32Yeah, that was there for six.
29:34Author is at 66.53.
29:37So nothing has changed in terms of the gap with three rounds left.
29:40Michael.
29:41May I have a consonant, please?
29:42Thank you, Michael.
29:43D.
29:44And another.
29:46R.
29:48And a vowel.
29:50A.
29:52And a consonant.
29:54D.
29:56And a vowel.
29:58O.
30:00Another vowel.
30:02E.
30:04Another vowel.
30:06O.
30:07A consonant.
30:08N.
30:09And a final vowel, please.
30:10Final U.
30:11Last letters.
30:12And a vowel.
30:13And a vowel.
30:14And a vowel, please.
30:15And a vowel.
30:16And a vowel.
30:17And a vowel, please.
30:18Final U.
30:19Last letters.
30:21ho frankly,
30:26can I have only one?
30:27Final U.
30:28No.
30:29No.
30:30Yes.
30:31No.
30:32Yes.
30:33No.
30:34No.
30:35No.
30:37No.
30:37No.
30:38No.
30:40No.
30:44No.
30:45No.
30:47No.
30:48No.
30:49No.
30:50No.
30:50No.
30:51OK, Michael, give me a number.
30:54Seven.
30:55And Jill?
30:56Seven.
30:56Seven as well.
30:57Michael?
30:57Rounded.
30:58Yeah, and Jill?
31:00Rounded.
31:01It's all we've got, so it's the numbers then where something has to get,
31:04but here's the thing, Jill, you're in charge of these.
31:06I think after last time I'll go for one large and four small.
31:09The rest small, please.
31:10Look, not going to gamble.
31:1213 behind.
31:13This is for the teapot.
31:15You need to bet a lot of course.
31:17Four large and two small.
31:18I think, you know, if you want to go home with a teapot,
31:21you've got to try something.
31:23Right, let's see if it works.
31:24Four large, two little.
31:25Come on, Jill.
31:26Little one's nine and two, and then the big one's 100, 50, 75, and 25.
31:34And the target, 582.
31:36Five it, two.
31:37Numbers up.
31:51Five, eight, two.
32:11Jill?
32:11Nowhere.
32:13Nowhere near it.
32:14That's the gamble.
32:15Michael?
32:15Five, seven, nine.
32:17Five, seven, nine.
32:18I'm going to put your three away.
32:19Off you go.
32:2075 times nine.
32:22Six, seven, five.
32:23Minus 100.
32:25Five, seven, five.
32:2750 over 25.
32:28Is two.
32:30Add on the other two and then add it on.
32:32Yeah.
32:32Five, seven, five.
32:32Three below.
32:34Well done.
32:34Five, eight, two.
32:36Surely not.
32:37It was there.
32:38Yes, if you say 100 minus 75 is 25, times the 25 for 625, and then take away the 50 for 575, and nine minus two gives you seven to add on for five, eight, two.
32:52Ah, very good.
32:53Very good.
32:56Michael Calder will win his third countdown today, but Jill's made it really interesting and enjoyable.
33:01Let's get your fingers on the buzzers.
33:03We're not done yet, as we reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:06Come on, Jill.
33:14Monitored.
33:15Let's monitor that.
33:17Yes!
33:18APPLAUSE
33:19Jill, does that make you feel better or a little worse?
33:25Yeah, a little bit worse, probably, yes.
33:28It's a weird one, it's a weird one, but what a score.
33:3070, so you go away absolutely with your reputation and pride intact.
33:36And you get our goodie bag.
33:37Thank you, Jill.
33:38Lots of love, thank you for being here.
33:40And Michael Calder, there you go, every day's eventful with you, but you keep missing those crucials.
33:45Just scraping through and I'll take that.
33:47Thank you, Michael.
33:48Cheers.
33:49And Tim, last day for you tomorrow, looking forward to it?
33:52Absolutely, but it'll be very sad to leave.
33:54Yeah, well, you come back, you're not allowed three years between appearances anymore, all right?
33:59Susie, you're not allowed three days, we'll see you tomorrow.
34:02OK, see you then.
34:03On World Hippo Day, Rich, and I've got this staggering, very nerdy fact for you before we go about hippos,
34:09which I would never have known.
34:10We see them, we're famous in the river with their eyes just above the water, right?
34:14Hippos can't swim.
34:16Hippos always find shallow water and they find a sand bank at which to rest.
34:20Not only can hippos not swim, but they can't even float.
34:24Can't say I've ever thought about it, but there you go, I'm going to remember it now.
34:26Oh, every day on this show is just wonderful, isn't it?
34:30There you go, World Hippo Day today.
34:32We will be back tomorrow, same time, same place, Rachel, Susie and I.
34:36You can count on us.
34:38You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:42You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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