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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Monday afternoon.
00:34Thank you so, so much for starting your week with us.
00:37Without you, we are absolutely nothing.
00:39So thank you very much.
00:40Hello, Rachel Riley.
00:41Hello, Colin Murray.
00:42It's a big happy birthday today to EastEnders, 39 years old.
00:48I mean, when I was growing up in the 80s,
00:51you only had three, then four channels when this started with Countdown.
00:55Soaps were huge.
00:56I mean, 20 million, 20, you know, the viewing figures were huge.
01:00EastEnders, Coronation Street, whatever.
01:02Did you ever get the soap bug?
01:03The Hollyoaks, maybe, or something?
01:05Well, my parents, I mean, back in the day, it was Brookside.
01:08Yes.
01:08And Coronation Street.
01:10Big.
01:10And still, 39 years, I've still never watched an episode of EastEnders.
01:13Yeah.
01:14So quietly.
01:14It's interesting.
01:15You haven't watched it, but it's one of those institutions
01:18like Barbara Windsor, and you still get infected by them.
01:21But I think EastEnders produced the greatest soap star of all time,
01:25with respect to Hilda Ogden, which is the late, great June Brown,
01:30Doc Cotton.
01:31I think she's the greatest soap character of all time.
01:33And one of my first ever jobs in television,
01:36I made a programme called EastEnders Revealed,
01:38where I went behind the scenes on EastEnders.
01:40And don't ask me why, but when I interviewed June Brown,
01:44who was an amazing human being,
01:46it was in a jacuzzi at a health farm.
01:49So I've had a jacuzzi with Doc Cotton.
01:51Is that your request or hers?
01:52I've no idea how that happened, but...
01:54And she was so nice.
01:56That's how Susie likes to do all of her press, actually, as well.
02:00Right, let's end the dictionary quarter.
02:02And a new week and a fresh face.
02:05Joining our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent,
02:07is the businesswoman, the entrepreneur,
02:10and, of course, the television star,
02:11our very own dragon, has landed.
02:14Sarah Davies is here.
02:16I'm feeling the pressure, Colin.
02:18I'm feeling the pressure already.
02:20Don't you worry.
02:20Just you feel at home.
02:21We've all got business ideas.
02:23I've got one for an underwater hair dryer.
02:25We'll speak later.
02:26We've got a whole week together.
02:27No rush.
02:28No rush.
02:29I'm looking at 100 grand for 5%.
02:31Excellent.
02:33Right, Sarah.
02:34We'll get to know you really well this week.
02:36And you may get to know Michael Calder very well,
02:38because he's halfway to becoming an octochamp.
02:41Four wins so far.
02:43Our Scotsman from the Trussell Trust and a huge dog lover.
02:47What do you call your dogs?
02:48Because you didn't tell us last week any of the names.
02:50So you've got the greyhound, for starters.
02:52The greyhound's called Ace.
02:53Ace.
02:54Yeah.
02:54And to really demonstrate the original and creative thinking,
02:59the Dalmatian was called Spot.
03:00Oh, no.
03:01Oh, no.
03:02That's dreadful.
03:03It's pretty dreadful.
03:04I'll give you that.
03:05You didn't think of calling them Versace or Calvin Klein or anything like that?
03:12That was the second choice.
03:13Second and third choice, but Spot and Ace just nipped in there.
03:16Because you wouldn't name your dog after a designer brand, would you?
03:19My dog, isn't it?
03:19Because that's interesting, because Aaron McAree, who joins us from Craig Alvin in County Ormond,
03:24did exactly that.
03:25How's your two-year-old dog, Gucci?
03:29I'm probably barking at home.
03:31I love it, Aaron.
03:33Delight to have you here.
03:34Good luck to you and good luck to our champion as well.
03:39All right, Michael.
03:40Let's get our nine letters and get the week started.
03:43Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:44Good afternoon, Michael.
03:44Mess that with a consonant, please.
03:46Start the week with H.
03:47And another.
03:50L
03:51And another.
03:53R
03:53And another.
03:56N
03:57And a vowel.
04:00E
04:01And another.
04:03U
04:04And another.
04:07A
04:08And a consonant.
04:12R
04:13And a final vowel, please.
04:16And
04:17A final I.
04:19At home and in the studio.
04:21Let's play Countdown.
04:21And another.
04:23Let's playлад.
04:26A
04:32John S,
04:35A
04:35And a
04:35And a
04:36And a
04:36and a
04:37And a
04:39and a
04:39And a
04:39and a
04:40and a
04:40And a
04:41And a
04:41and a
04:42And a
04:43And a
04:43and a
04:43And a
04:43And a
04:44And a
04:44Ti
04:47all right that's time up michael seven and aaron just the five just the five yeah tricky first
04:58round what do you got learn learn and what did you learn holier holier h-a-u-l-i-e-r a holier
05:05a truck driver absolutely yeah very good indeed well done trucking already seven for you good
05:11stuff uh sarah it's your first round just like aaron the nerves are jangling how did you get on
05:16well i came up with a seven had no help from susie whatsoever did this all on my own nice yes
05:23honestly uh inhaler inhaler we got yes i'm just i don't know whether i trust you with that
05:29not sure whether that would stand up in court what do you think at home
05:34we're a team though susie we are always a team it's fine she said i can take the glory so so inhaler's
05:41fantastic holier's great nothing above that no hernia for six bit of a painful one but oh dear
05:47let's not go there right aaron you're choosing the letters this time good afternoon rachel afternoon
05:52aaron can i have a consonant please you can indeed g and another p and a vial a and another e and a
06:06consonant s and another l and another m and a vial a and a consonant please and lastly r and 30 seconds
06:26so
06:28so
06:34so
06:36so
06:40so
06:46Time's up, Aaron.
06:58Six.
06:59Six from you, well done.
07:00And Michael.
07:01Eight.
07:02He's found an eight.
07:02The champ's on fire to start, Aaron.
07:04What have you got?
07:05Grapes.
07:06Grapes.
07:06No sour grapes here.
07:07What's the eight?
07:08Rampages.
07:10Rampages.
07:10Oh, excellent.
07:11Didn't see that one.
07:12Very good indeed.
07:13Ha, ha, you can't see as you don't think.
07:14I love that.
07:18It's a rare thing.
07:19What?
07:20What?
07:21So the eight was there.
07:22We know that we didn't get that.
07:24No.
07:25We did very well.
07:27Susie got a seven and I turned it into an eight.
07:30Yes.
07:30Yes.
07:31Susie got a glamper.
07:32Yes.
07:32And we've taught, we'll get it plural.
07:35People who love to go glamping, glampers.
07:37Glampers, yes.
07:37That is a word, isn't it?
07:38It is absolutely a word.
07:39Glamper's camping.
07:40Yeah, well done.
07:41And that is the old fancy camping, isn't it?
07:45Oh, yeah.
07:46Yeah.
07:46Fancy version where you get a loo and that in your toilet, you know.
07:49Yeah, it always seems like a good idea at festivals, but then you see the price and I'm like, no chance.
07:53What?
07:53For three days?
07:55First numbers round.
07:56Michael, off you go.
07:57One large, five small, please, Rachel.
07:58Thank you, Michael.
07:59Start the week with potentially a gentle one.
08:02And the five little ones are four, three, nine, seven and two.
08:09And the big one, 25.
08:12And the target to reach 130.
08:14Yay, 130.
08:15Numbers up.
08:15Okay, go ahead.
08:431.30, nice, low target. Michael?
08:481.30. And Aaron?
08:501.30. Good stuff. Off you go, Michael.
08:533 plus 2 is 5.
08:55Yep.
08:56Times 25.
08:581.25.
08:599 minus 4 for the other 5.
09:011.30.
09:03And you're there, same way, Aaron?
09:05Exactly the same.
09:06Let's have a little look, show it over to Michael there.
09:08Nice one, well done.
09:09APPLAUSE
09:11Nice to get on the board, well done to you.
09:1325 to 10 as we get our first tea-time teaser of the week.
09:17Very tricky, this.
09:19Cure Ball. Cure Ball.
09:21It sounds like you can buy a cup of tea from him
09:23and it could make you ill.
09:25It sounds like you could buy a cup of tea from him
09:27and it could make you ill.
09:29BELL RINGS
09:31MUSIC
09:36APPLAUSE
09:38Welcome back.
09:44It sounds like you can buy a cup of tea from him.
09:47That's Bruce you could buy it from, but it can make you ill.
09:50And that illness, Susie, then, apparently is Bruce Seller,
09:52which doesn't sound too healthy.
09:55No. Named after a Scottish physician, Sir David Bruce.
09:58It infects cattle and pigs, this particular bacterium,
10:02and it can be transmitted from livestock to humans,
10:04so don't want it.
10:05All right, Bruce Seller, it is.
10:07Right, OK, 25 plays 10.
10:09The nervy first part out of the way, as always, for a challenger.
10:12And, Aaron, you're picking these letters.
10:14Councillor, please, Rachel.
10:15Thank you, Aaron.
10:16D.
10:18And another.
10:19E.
10:20And another.
10:21U.
10:22And a consonant.
10:23R.
10:24And another.
10:25C.
10:26And another.
10:27T.
10:28And a vial.
10:29And...
10:30A final I.
10:31And here we go again.
10:33And here we go again.
10:46And a vial.
11:00And a vial.
11:02T.
11:03And a vial.
11:05T.
11:06And a vial.
11:08All right, that's your time up, Aaron.
11:19Just a five.
11:19A five from you and Michael.
11:21Seven.
11:22And a seven.
11:22Aaron, what's the five?
11:24Truth.
11:24Truth.
11:25And what is the seven?
11:26Courted.
11:27Courted.
11:28Very good.
11:29And I managed to haul five on my own.
11:32Yes.
11:33Yes.
11:34I got D to her.
11:35Very nice.
11:36That's a six.
11:36It is.
11:39Yes, it is.
11:39So I can spell, just not count.
11:42We've also got Dutye and Cordite.
11:45Good stuff.
11:4732 players.
11:48Ten more letters, please.
11:49Michael Calder.
11:51May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:53Thank you, Michael.
11:53P.
11:55And another.
11:56G.
11:58And another.
12:00N.
12:02And a vowel.
12:03E.
12:05And another.
12:05O.
12:08And another.
12:09A.
12:12And another.
12:14O.
12:16A consonant.
12:18K.
12:22And a final vowel, please.
12:26A final E.
12:27You tried your best to get it.
12:29Here we go.
12:29A consonant.
12:31A consonant.
12:31A consonant.
12:32A consonant.
12:32A consonant.
12:32A consonant.
12:33A consonant.
12:33A consonant.
12:33A consonant.
12:33A consonant.
12:33A consonant.
12:34A consonant.
12:34A consonant.
12:34A consonant.
12:35A consonant.
12:35A consonant.
12:35A consonant.
12:35A consonant.
12:36A consonant.
12:36A consonant.
12:36A consonant.
12:36A consonant.
12:37A consonant.
12:37A consonant.
12:37A consonant.
12:38A consonant.
12:38A consonant.
12:38A consonant.
12:39A consonant.
12:39A consonant.
12:39A consonant.
12:40A consonant.
12:40A consonant.
12:40A consonant.
12:41A consonant.
12:41A consonant.
12:42A consonant.
12:42A consonant.
12:43A consonant.
12:43A consonant.
12:43A consonant.
12:43A consonant.
12:44A consonant.
12:44A consonant.
12:45That's time, Michael.
13:01Four.
13:02A four from you and Aaron.
13:04Also a four.
13:04Four as well.
13:06What have you got, Michael?
13:06Page.
13:07Page and Aaron.
13:08Same.
13:09Same.
13:09OK, show me your page.
13:10Yes.
13:11Excellent.
13:11Right, four points each.
13:13Oh, felt for you, Michael.
13:14Just how many vowels can you pick to try and get that I?
13:16Didn't come.
13:18So we can have the I-N-G.
13:20And it didn't come, and that's what made it really difficult,
13:22Susie and Sarah.
13:23So anything above a four?
13:26I've got a different four.
13:28Yeah.
13:28I've got a gunk.
13:29A gunk?
13:30You know the little things you have at Christmas?
13:32No.
13:33Yeah, yeah, yeah.
13:33It's like a norm.
13:35It's like a...
13:36Michael knows all about gunks.
13:38A gunk?
13:39Yeah, trendy norms.
13:40I make them at Christmas.
13:41Yes.
13:41Egg-shaped dough with three Z.
13:43It has got a capital G.
13:44But egg-shaped doll with frizzy hair.
13:46Wow.
13:47Egg-shaped doll with frizzy hair.
13:48You've learnt something easy.
13:51Susie managed to get a seven, though, didn't you?
13:53There is a seven.
13:54It's a slightly old one.
13:55A peonage.
13:56P-E-O-N-A-G-E.
13:57And it essentially means servitude.
13:59So it's usually used with debt.
14:01Peonage.
14:01When you're a slave to your debts.
14:03Not very nice.
14:03All right.
14:04Painful round.
14:05Painful round.
14:06So let's get back to those numbers, Aaron.
14:08And it's your choice.
14:09One large, please, right, John?
14:11One large one and five little ones.
14:14Coming up once more.
14:15Colin's happy.
14:16And the small ones.
14:17Three, nine, two, five, ten.
14:22And the large one, 50.
14:24And you need to reach 320.
14:26Yes.
14:27Three, two, zero.
14:28Numbers up.
14:28Three, two, zero.
14:58Aaron?
15:01320.
15:01320 for you.
15:02And Michael?
15:03320.
15:04Yes.
15:04Go ahead, Aaron.
15:05Nine minus three.
15:07Six.
15:08Times 50.
15:09300.
15:10And then ten times two.
15:11Yeah.
15:11Lots of ways for this one.
15:12That's one of them.
15:13Yeah.
15:13And Michael, how'd you go?
15:15Nine minus two.
15:16Seven.
15:17Times 50.
15:18350.
15:19And then ten times three.
15:20Yeah.
15:21Another way.
15:22Of the squillions, ten points apiece.
15:24APPLAUSE
15:25Well, Sarah Davies making her debut, of course, in Dictionary Corner, so it means we can properly
15:33get to know her.
15:34So I thought today we could just go sort of right back to the telly start, at least, to
15:39the days of QVC and then making that sort of jump.
15:42Because it's funny how things happen, isn't it?
15:44All this one minute you're doing one thing, next minute you're on Strictly.
15:48You know what I mean?
15:50Oh, I have a feeling someone's heard the tale.
15:52Yes.
15:53So I have actually done television for over 20 years now.
15:57Yeah.
15:57But I've only ever done shopping TV.
16:00And my lifelong ambition, I have to say, was to do so.
16:03I watched you that year on Strictly, Rachel, and I literally hung off every step.
16:07And I was like, that's my lifelong ambition.
16:08My friends used to laugh at me and say, you're hardly airlist enough, Sarah, being on Shopping
16:12Telly, to make it onto Strictly.
16:14You kind of need to get there.
16:16So we would brainstorm on one day, how could I make the transition to Strictly?
16:20And one of my friends said, that's Deborah Meadon.
16:22She's done Strictly.
16:23She's a dragon.
16:24You'd be really good at draggling.
16:26And it's not as odd as it seems, because I had done quite a lot of investing.
16:29So I've just never done...
16:31I've been part of a female investment group.
16:33We used to call ourselves angels, not dragons.
16:35We were the nice ones.
16:37So, yes.
16:39So my friend said, maybe you should go on Dragon's Den.
16:41And I said, well, that's great.
16:42How do we go about going on Dragon's Den?
16:45Surely you don't just ring the BBC and ask if you can be a dragon.
16:48Turns out you just ring the BBC and ask if you can be a dragon.
16:51And, I mean, I didn't ring.
16:53I didn't have the confidence to ring.
16:54But this friend of mine, he literally rang up.
16:56It was this Saturday night we were having the chat, because we were watching Strictly.
16:59Monday morning, he rang up.
17:01Went through the application as though he wanted to be on the show with his business idea.
17:04Got to the very end, spoke to someone, said, yeah, I don't have a business idea.
17:07I've just got a great friend who'd be an amazing dragon.
17:10I want to pass on the details.
17:12Next thing I know, he rings me back.
17:13You've got an interview tomorrow.
17:15Rest history.
17:16Now I am.
17:16Five seasons of dragons.
17:18So, Strictly, it's a difficult old one, isn't it?
17:22I think the further you get into it, just the more exhausted you are.
17:25Right.
17:25But I have to say, people always say to me, was it as good as it looked?
17:28Did you enjoy it as much as it looked like you're enjoying it?
17:31And I always say, if it looks like I was enjoying it, it was ten times better than it even looked.
17:35Wow.
17:35But I think lots of people have a different Strictly experience, but I think it comes down to your partner.
17:39If you've got a great partner and someone you really get on with, you have a great time.
17:43Isn't that true?
17:43I wouldn't know.
17:46No, hers didn't work out well at all, but I'm glad you had a good time, Sarah.
17:50At least one of the two of you got something out of it.
17:53Brilliant.
17:53Thank you very much, Sarah.
17:59Right, back to the letters with Michael.
18:02May I have a consonant, please?
18:04Thank you, Michael.
18:05H.
18:06And another one?
18:09G.
18:10And another one?
18:12T.
18:13And a vowel?
18:15O.
18:17And another?
18:18A.
18:20And another?
18:21I.
18:23A consonant?
18:25R.
18:27Another consonant?
18:30Y.
18:32And a final vowel, please.
18:35And a final A.
18:37Ooh, OK.
18:38Start the clock.
18:50MUSIC PLAYS
19:09That'll do us, Michael.
19:12And I'll just stick with five.
19:13I'll have the five, and Aaron.
19:14Same, five.
19:15Six with five as well. What have you got, Michael?
19:17Right.
19:17And Aaron.
19:18Harry.
19:19And Harry. Very good.
19:21And I think the spirit of Jo Brand in the studio is Harry Goat.
19:24If she was here, she would have to point out Harry Goat,
19:27which is right there.
19:29Brilliant.
19:30There is a six that you can stretch through,
19:31but it's much less interesting.
19:34Thorium dioxide is also known as thorea.
19:37T-H-O-R-I-A.
19:38Aaron, let us, please.
19:39Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
19:41Thank you, Aaron.
19:43T.
19:44And another.
19:46W.
19:47And a vial.
19:49O.
19:50And lastly, D.
19:58Now, let's do it.
20:13We'll see you next time.
20:13We'll see you next time.
20:14We'll see you next time.
20:14We'll see you next time.
20:15We'll see you next time.
20:15We'll see you next time.
20:16We'll see you next time.
20:16We'll see you next time.
20:17We'll see you next time.
20:17We'll see you next time.
20:18We'll see you next time.
20:19We'll see you next time.
20:19We'll see you next time.
20:20We'll see you next time.
20:20We'll see you next time.
20:21We'll see you next time.
20:21We'll see you next time.
20:22We'll see you next time.
20:22We'll see you next time.
20:23We'll see you next time.
20:23We'll see you next time.
20:24MUSIC PLAYS
20:44Aaron?
20:46Just a five. Five there. And Michael?
20:48Six. And a six there. Aaron, a five?
20:50Five. Yeah, and Michael?
20:53Booted. Yeah, bowed and booted.
20:56Booted will get you the six.
20:58Susie and Sarah.
21:00We got booted as well, but Susie's just come in with a last-minute woody.
21:04Oh, very, very good, yeah.
21:06Yes. An estate car with wood exterior panelling is one of those meanings.
21:11Yeah. Very nice. Only meaning I could think of.
21:14All right, Michael, let's get our third numbers round, please.
21:17One large, five small, please.
21:19One big one. And five little ones.
21:22Coming up for you. And this time, the five smalls.
21:25Eight.
21:26Seven.
21:27Two.
21:28Six.
21:29And five. And the large one.
21:31One hundred.
21:33And the target.
21:34684.
21:35684.
21:36Numbers up.
21:37684.
21:38Numbers up.
21:39684.
21:40655?
21:41674.
21:42684.
21:43662.
21:44684.
21:45659.
21:46684.
21:47155.
21:48Is that correct?
21:51aquell 259.
21:54All right.
21:56At therait of Clownbridge's suites.
21:57706.
21:58On the way, hi.
21:59What about the animals?
22:00684.
22:017316.
22:02That's by 沒有авать.
22:03THEY CONFER
22:07Michael. 684.
22:09Buying on for ten points, Aaron. 684.
22:11Well done, both of you. Off you go, Michael.
22:13100 minus 2.
22:15100 minus 2, 98.
22:17Times 7. Times 7 is 686.
22:21And then 8 minus 6 for the 2.
22:23Yep, that'll do. 684.
22:25Aaron. I did 100 times 7.
22:27700. Minus 8, 2 and 6.
22:308, 2, 6. Well done.
22:33Look at that.
22:37Fantastic. You really do settle in
22:39in this programme as it goes, Aaron.
22:41So 67 against 39
22:43as we head to our second break of the day.
22:45And our second Tea Time teaser.
22:47One for Sarah here. As in
22:49it's business related, not the clue.
22:51Open rant. Open rant.
22:53This woman really needs to mind her own business.
22:55This woman really needs to mind
22:57her own business.
23:03Yes, welcome back. There it is. This woman really needs to mind her own business.
23:17That is a patron, which is that... Is that a restauranteur? A female restauranteur maybe?
23:23Yes, or female owner of a hotel or a cafe, especially in France obviously.
23:27Very good stuff. Right, Aaron, let's get more letters.
23:29Consonant please, Rachel.
23:31Thank you, Aaron.
23:33And another.
23:35And another.
23:37And another.
23:39R
23:41And a vial.
23:43And another.
23:45E
23:47And another.
23:49and a consonant M and another G and another consonant please lastly another
24:03M start the clock
24:33how'd you get on Aaron it well done and Michael eat and what's the word Aaron creamy thank you and it's
24:43the same same for Michael okay Sarah Susie very good indeed nice so creaminess that as good as it
24:54gets it was actually yeah if we couldn't and down to sixes other otherwise margin that kind of thing
24:58okay brilliant creaming it is eight points each very good more letters Michael may I have a consonant
25:03please thank you Michael B and another L and another D and a vowel O and another U and another A
25:22and a consonant N a vowel E and a final consonant please and a final S excellent let's play
25:38so
25:43that's time Michael seven and Aaron
26:13six and a six for you what's the six loaned loaned and what's the seven doubles and doubles yeah very
26:20good indeed excellent how did we get on a dictionary corner we got on great we almost had a nine turns
26:25out you can't stick a mess on the end of this one oh no but we did get the eight we did yep
26:30undoable very good very good indeed well spotted four rounds left to play today and Susie first origins
26:41of words of words of this week yep well it's an email from Jen Lister so thank you Jen and she wonders very simply does the word higgledy-piggledy involve pigs and it probably does because it means jumbled up doesn't it all sort of messed up higgledy-piggledy and it probably is inspired by the slovenly characters or personalities of pigs
27:11and so it probably was the inspiration but I think sound was the primary factor here but it got me thinking about all the expressions in English involving pigs so you have lipstick on a pig which is cosmetic change that doesn't really make very much difference
27:27difference um then you have a pig's ear pigs might fly but also a pig in a poke and that is a reference to a former trick of trying to palm off a cat as a pig in a sack I mean poor animals here and of course opening the poke or the pocket the bag let the cat out of the bag and you realised you had something less valuable so that's very much a buyer beware idiom
27:49isn't the origins of words great every time Susie you do it I'm happy as a pig in any way thank you very much
27:5782 plus 47 and Aaron you're picking these letters
28:01consonant please reach on
28:02thank you Aaron
28:03D
28:04and another
28:05N
28:07and another
28:08S
28:10and a file
28:12U
28:13and another
28:14E
28:15and another
28:16U
28:17and another
28:18E
28:22and a consonant
28:24Q
28:26and a consonant please
28:28and a final T
28:29and a final T
28:30time down
28:48O
29:00we
29:01and a consonant
29:03there. How did you get on, Aaron? Six. Six from you, and Michael? Six. Six as well.
29:09Aaron? Queens. Queens, yes. And Michael? Queues. And queues. Oh, very good. Yeah, I mean,
29:16not often you get the Q-U-E-U-E there. Very good. This is great. Queues and queued and all sorts of
29:21stuff. How did you get on? Yes, we could take it to a seven. Yes. I was going the Q-U-E-U-E round
29:27as well, but Susie got quested. Great stuff. 88.53. Michael, you're choosing the letters.
29:32I have a consonant, please. Thank you, Michael. P. And another. S. And another. N. And
29:43another. F. And the vowel. O. Another vowel. E. And another. I. A consonant. T. And the
30:01final vowel, please. And a final U. And that's last letters.
30:06All right.
30:07All right.
30:39I'll try an eight.
30:40I'm going to try the eight.
30:41OK, and Aaron?
30:42Just a five.
30:43And a five for you, what's the five?
30:44Cheese.
30:45That's the five, what's the eight?
30:46Puteens.
30:47The old cheese, curd and gravy and...
30:50Oh, yes, which you know from Canada.
30:52Absolutely, if you're ordering a cup all in a restaurant,
30:55you can have puteens, that's very good indeed.
30:56Ah, that's lovely.
30:57APPLAUSE
31:00Very salty affair, very salty affair, an acquired taste of that.
31:04How did you get on Dictionary Corner?
31:05Well, we did all right, we got outspin for a seven.
31:08And then poofiest.
31:11Yes.
31:12Inspired for an eight.
31:13Yes, so bouffant or your hair or your clothes might be all puffed down.
31:17Yes, like a beehive, the old-fashioned beehive.
31:20Poofiest.
31:21Yes.
31:22That's great.
31:23I love that.
31:2496.53.
31:25Michael, you're on course for your record score so far.
31:28Still 20 points up for grabs.
31:30Aaron, you're in charge of these last numbers.
31:32Too large, please reach out.
31:33Thank you, Aaron.
31:34Two from the top and four not to finish the day.
31:36We've had quite easy ones so far.
31:38Let's see if this changes anything.
31:40Final numbers.
31:41Seven.
31:42Six.
31:43Two.
31:44Five.
31:45Fifty.
31:46Seventy-five.
31:47You know, I always want to challenge the target.
31:49One, five, three.
31:50And I don't.
31:51Excellent stuff.
31:52Last numbers.
32:24Aaron, you've been sitting comfortable for a few seconds there.
32:27All good?
32:28Yep.
32:28Yeah, well done to you.
32:29And Michael?
32:301, 5, 3.
32:31Yeah, well done both of you.
32:32Off you go, Aaron.
32:3375 times 2.
32:351, 50.
32:367 minus 5 is 2.
32:38Another 2.
32:396 divided by that 2 to add on.
32:411, 5, 3.
32:42One way to go, Michael.
32:44So, same way.
32:45Same way.
32:45Love it.
32:49Michael, breaking the century.
32:50Well done, young man.
32:52And Aaron, very respectable indeed.
32:5463.
32:55Let's see if you can add to that the big finale of the show.
32:57Fingers on the buzzers as we reveal Monday afternoon's Countdown Conundrum.
33:02Go on, Michael.
33:15Passively.
33:16Let's have a look.
33:18Yes.
33:18Oh, brilliant stuff.
33:23You must be tickled pink with that.
33:251, 1, 6.
33:26Yeah, I can't believe I've won one game, so I'm just happy to be here.
33:31It's five now.
33:32Three more.
33:33You're really going to be tough to beat.
33:34You're going to be tough to beat.
33:36Aaron, you've got to be happy with that performance.
33:37Once you've settled in.
33:38Yeah.
33:39Thank you for being here.
33:40Cheers.
33:40Lots of love to the pooch.
33:42The designer pooch.
33:44Fantastic.
33:44Well done, Aaron.
33:45And you're going to be such a joy this week, Sarah.
33:48Don't you know it.
33:50Thank you, Suze.
33:51And Ray, it's 39th birthday of EastEnders.
33:54We've something in common with them, actually.
33:55EastEnders.
33:57It films six to 12 weeks in advance.
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34:06So they can make it look like the next season.
34:09So isn't that weird?
34:10So I'm not fake, you're not fake.
34:11So who does that?
34:13What's fake on this show?
34:14Well, we don't need that, but we can relate to that because Countdown is filmed in advance.
34:18In fact, this episode is actually being filmed on December the 4th, 1987.
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