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00:30Hello, everybody. Thank you for tuning in to Countdown this Friday afternoon, or should I say Dioc, because it is St David's Day today, so a big special hello to everybody watching in Wales.
00:42And good that it falls on a Friday, because it's a bit of a party night, Cardiff especially. Great parades and stuff and all sorts going on today.
00:50Yeah, I remember my friend's mum coming up for it when I was at uni in my first year, and I think she ended up falling asleep in a flower bed.
00:57Daffodils, hopefully.
00:58Yeah, exactly. She kept it national.
01:01There you go. Any Welsh?
01:03I do have a teeny tiny bit of Welsh, yeah. My nan was a Daniels.
01:07So if you do the ancestry stuff, my dad's family, they didn't move from the north-west.
01:11So Manchester, Liverpool, a tiny bit of Liverpool and a tiny bit of Wales in there.
01:16Love it. Thank you very much. Dictionary Corner then.
01:18There's our Susie Dent, ready to go for the last time this week.
01:22And finishing up her third stint, it's Vic Hope.
01:24How are you?
01:25Thanks, Susie.
01:26And for most of your journey this week, you've been joined by our champion, Isabel Huard, and you've made it, Isabel, to Friday.
01:34Yes, by the skin of my teeth.
01:36Yes. Oh, yesterday was epic, that crucial countdown conundrum, a one-point win.
01:42We know you've got a love of films, but you've actually taken it onto TV.
01:45This is ridiculous. Mastermind champion, countdown champion.
01:48But you were on a show called Film Buffer the Year, and it was you and 79 men.
01:55This was over five series, so it wasn't in just one show.
02:00Oh.
02:01But I was the only female contestant they had in those five seasons.
02:06Yeah.
02:07And we still actually meet for a reunion once a year in Manchester, do film quizzes, and anybody who's interested in the film quizzes is more than welcome to come along.
02:18Yeah.
02:18And so we've kept in touch all these years.
02:21That's brilliant. That's lovely. And 79 plus you, how did you get on in your series?
02:28I was actually quite fortunate. I was runner-up in the grand final.
02:32Magic.
02:32Yes.
02:33Magic. Look at that. She's a Bourne quiz show winner, isn't she?
02:36Already got the teapot here. Could make octal chant. We'll see. You could be halfway there by the end of today.
02:42What a way to go into the weekend.
02:43James MacDonald hopes she'll be leaving the studio for good at the end of this programme.
02:47From Donny, from Doncaster. How are you doing, sir?
02:49I'm very well, Colin. Very well.
02:51Really nice to have you here. Now, listen, you love to travel and you go on the cruise.
02:57Now, I've always wanted to go on a cruise, but always whoever I'm with or whatever is like, no, don't fancy a cruise. Sell it to me.
03:04So, cruising is basically just at a hotel on the ship, on the sea.
03:09Correct.
03:10Cool.
03:12You can enjoy many varieties of entertainment. You can even go swimming and you can even, if you're lucky, you can even get to meet the captain, which I've never done. I would like to do, though.
03:25Yeah, that would be good. But you've got your buffets every night, right? Food right there.
03:31Unfortunately, that was my guilty pleasure.
03:34Same here. Same here. Love it. Thank you very much. All aboard for today's countdown. James and Isabel.
03:41Love it. Right, Isabel, you're picking the first letters.
03:44Hello. Consonant, please. Thank you, Isabel. Start today with S.
03:49And another, please. C. And a third, please. T.
03:57Vowel. O. And a second. E.
04:02And a third, please. I. Consonant. D.
04:08Consonant. H. And consonant, please.
04:12And lastly, S. Half a minute.
04:19S. Half a minute.
04:49S. For you and James.
04:50Seven. Could be a good start. Isabel, what have you got?
04:52Hissed. Hissed. For you. What are you hissing, James?
04:56Dissects. Dissects.
04:58So you need three S's for dissects, unfortunately. So it's G-I-S-S-E-C-T.
05:03Yeah, I'm sorry.
05:04Isabel gets the safe six points there, so that was a good decision.
05:08But nice letters there. How did you get on, Susan? Vic?
05:10There were a couple of sevens, yeah.
05:13You could have had ditches or discos. My favourite thing.
05:16Surely that has to be a verb, then, is it? To disco.
05:19Yeah, with the E. It's she discos all night.
05:22To disco dine.
05:23She does.
05:24I don't.
05:26Not anymore. James, more letters, please.
05:29Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:30Afternoon, James.
05:31Consonant, please.
05:32Thank you. Start with J.
05:34And again.
05:37R
05:38And again.
05:42S
05:43Vowel
05:44U
05:46And again.
05:48E
05:49And again.
05:52A
05:53A consonant.
05:56N
05:57And again.
06:00G
06:00And a final vowel, please.
06:04And a final O.
06:06Ooh, 30 seconds.
06:07And a final vowel, please.
06:26And a final vowel, please.
06:31And again.
06:36James?
06:39Try seven again.
06:40Going to try seven. And Isabel?
06:41Seven. Seven as well. James, what have you got?
06:44Jaguars. Jaguars. And Isabel?
06:46Surgeon. And Surgeon.
06:48Susie? Surgeon, great.
06:50Jaguars we love, but it has two A's.
06:52It's J-A-G-U-A-R-S.
06:54Oh, OK. Sorry, James.
06:56That's why there's 15 rounds,
06:58because it allows our new friends to settle in.
07:00Yes. Is that right? OK, anything else to add?
07:03We had Surgeon.
07:04Surgeon for seven. Great.
07:0513-0. Very early days, though.
07:07Isabel, let's do our first numbers.
07:10One large, please.
07:11Your favourite one large. Five little.
07:14Thank you, Isabel.
07:15First numbers of the day are 10,
07:184,
07:194, 9,
07:227, and the large one, 50.
07:24And the target to reach...
07:26800. 800.
07:28Numbers up.
07:35Nice round, 800, Isabel.
08:01800.
08:01Yes, and James?
08:02800.
08:03Yes, getting off the mark.
08:04Isabel, off you go.
08:0550 times 4 times 4.
08:08800.
08:09Nice.
08:09And for you, James?
08:119 plus 7 is 16.
08:12Yeah.
08:12Multiply by 50.
08:13Yeah, it couldn't have been easier.
08:15Well done.
08:16APPLAUSE
08:16That tea time teaser, then, is Liam's Cab.
08:20Liam's Cab.
08:21Would Michael have it on a salad?
08:23Would Michael have it on a salad?
08:25BELL RINGS
08:25Welcome back.
08:42Would Michael have it on a salad?
08:44It's balsamic or balsamic.
08:46You can pronounce it either way.
08:47I thought it was Michael Ball was the clue,
08:49but producer Damien said,
08:51no, would Michael balsa,
08:53and short for Michael is Mick.
08:54But either way, as long as you got it,
08:56then you get no points whatsoever.
08:58But the joy.
08:59The joy.
09:00Where it matters, it's 23 tender champion,
09:03but Challenger James, you're picking these letters.
09:05Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:06Thank you, James.
09:07P.
09:08And again.
09:10L.
09:11And again.
09:13S.
09:15Vowel.
09:16I.
09:17And again.
09:19E.
09:20And again.
09:21A.
09:21Consonant.
09:24T.
09:26And again.
09:28R.
09:30And a vowel, please.
09:32And lastly, O.
09:34Here we go.
09:35T.
09:36T.
09:36T.
09:38T.
09:39T.
09:39MUSIC CONTINUES
10:09I'll try an eight.
10:10I'm going to try an eight.
10:11Look at that.
10:12Caution to the wind.
10:13James?
10:14Politer.
10:15Politer.
10:16And Isabel?
10:17Re-plats.
10:18Re-plats.
10:20Would that be as in the old hair, re-platting the hair?
10:22Give me a platter and I wasn't sure about re-plat,
10:24but it is in to plass again.
10:26Wow.
10:26Yes, well done.
10:29Well, we could add the O in and we can have epilators for nine.
10:35Epilators for nine.
10:36Brilliant.
10:39Isabel, we're going to roll on and it's your letters.
10:42Consonant, please.
10:43Thank you, Isabel.
10:44N.
10:46And a vowel, please.
10:48E.
10:50And a consonant, please.
10:52R.
10:54Consonant.
10:55W.
10:57Vowel, please.
10:58O.
11:00And a vowel, please.
11:01A.
11:02Consonant.
11:04N.
11:06Consonant.
11:08T.
11:09And a consonant, please.
11:10And lastly, M.
11:12Half a minute.
11:23MUSIC PLAYS
11:44Isabel?
11:45Um, six, not written down.
11:48OK, and James?
11:49Five.
11:50Five from you. What is it, James?
11:51Tower.
11:52The tower and Isabel?
11:54Um, wanter.
11:56Let's try.
11:57It's in the dictionary, yes, we have it quite a lot, actually.
11:59Well done, Isabel.
12:00Susie and Vic.
12:01Well, for seven, we found remnant.
12:04Remnant.
12:05Yes.
12:06And that's our lot.
12:06That is our lot.
12:07That's our lot.
12:08All right.
12:0837-10, back to the numbers.
12:11And James, you're in control.
12:12Can I take four large, please?
12:14Oh, you can indeed.
12:15Four from the top and two little.
12:17Not had this choice for a while.
12:18Let's see if we get a challenge.
12:20The little ones are one and four.
12:23And your big ones, 125, 50 and 75.
12:27And the target to reach 841.
12:30Numbers up.
12:31That's it.
12:34I'll have a nice break.
12:36cohorts.
12:36That's it.
12:40That's it.
12:43The only ones have it.
12:45And then the plate is our best.
12:46Every and five tribus.
12:48And then-
12:48We'll pay a ticket.
12:49ổngos.
12:50And then the αναitems.
12:51Big target with four large, James?
13:04Er, 850.
13:06Nine away, that would get you five points.
13:08Isabel?
13:08No, gone blank.
13:09Gone blank, so big five points for you.
13:11Off you go, my friend.
13:12100 plus 75 plus 25 is 200.
13:17200.
13:18Multiplied by four.
13:20800.
13:21And add the 50.
13:22Add the 50.
13:24850.
13:25Good work.
13:26Really difficult target.
13:27Well done.
13:28At rates, 841.
13:30Well, if you take away the one there before you times by four,
13:33you get four closer.
13:35This was impossible.
13:36844 was actually the best you could have done.
13:38As good as you can get.
13:39So that's a fantastic five points.
13:41Very good.
13:41Yeah, well done to you.
13:42APPLAUSE
13:42Rightio.
13:4537-15, so a little bit of that gap closed.
13:48Well done, James.
13:50And Vic, hope your last day in Dictionary Corner then for this thing.
13:54I love it here so much.
13:55Yeah.
13:55It's such a lovely show.
13:57So thank you for having me.
13:59Yeah, I think you definitely are sort of, because I remember at Radio 1, there's very
14:03different, really, on DJs when you're there.
14:05And there was a few of us who were just a little bit older than our age.
14:09I think you're in that bracket, right?
14:11OK.
14:11I'll take that.
14:12You're looking forward.
14:13You're looking forward.
14:13Do you know what I mean?
14:14Happy days.
14:15No worries.
14:15We're getting a bit older.
14:16So, listen, what about podcasting for you?
14:20I've got, yeah, I've got a podcast called Bookshelfie.
14:24It's a podcast about books.
14:26Every week I have a brilliant woman.
14:29We've had everyone from Baroness Lawrence to Kerry Washington the other day.
14:33We've had Gillian Anderson.
14:35And they come on and they talk to me about their lives through the prism of their favourite
14:38books.
14:38Oh, wow.
14:39The books that have shaped them, whether they've helped them, they've been advised them when
14:42they needed it, whether it's the book they remember from their childhood that their parents
14:45read to them, or a book that they themselves have written.
14:49I love books so much.
14:51I love reading.
14:52I love getting lost in my favourite pieces of literature.
14:55You were mentioning earlier in the week that we often re-watch movies or films.
15:00So it puts us back in that place, the comfort of the predictability.
15:04We know what's going to happen.
15:05We've been here before.
15:06I think that's with books as well.
15:08I tend to reach for a book I read maybe 15, 20, 30 years ago when I'm highly stressed.
15:15Like I lifted out Wind in the Willows recently and re-read it.
15:18I know what's happening.
15:19It's just like I've read it three or four times, but the first time I read it was as
15:22a kid.
15:22Yeah.
15:23And it just puts you back in that safe place again, doesn't it?
15:26So I can get how that sort of story about, well, I was reading, you know, To Kill a Mockingbird
15:31and I was stressed about my exact, you know, puts you back there.
15:34It's so funny.
15:35Literally on that book, on To Kill a Mockingbird, I remember I found my old copy of it and it
15:40had been the copy that my mum gave me and it still had her markings in it in the sort
15:44of, yeah, from when she was doing her O-levels.
15:47At the time they were called O-levels.
15:48And I must have read it when I was really young and maybe too young to have properly
15:53understood it.
15:53But I remember at the time, like, when you're a child, your moral compass is very clear.
15:57It's not compromised yet.
15:58I remember being really triggered by the injustice, the inequality I was reading about and then
16:03to come back to it for my GCSEs and to read it again and be in a different headspace and
16:07to see it in a different light.
16:08And you keep returning to these moments.
16:10And your childhood books as well.
16:12I think one of my favourites was The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me by Roald Dahl.
16:15My dad used to read it to us and it was such a sing-song.
16:20It was almost like melodic, the way the book went.
16:22And so when I read it back, I almost sung it again, like in his voice.
16:27Yeah, books can utterly transport you and I think that's one of the most special things
16:32in life.
16:32That's why I care so much about literacy for kids.
16:35It's something I volunteer with and work in is literacy for kids because every child
16:40deserves that escape.
16:41Every child deserves to see themselves on the page of a book and to find confidence.
16:45And fulfil the potential through literature, through reading, through writing, through
16:51knowing that their voice and their story is important and valid.
16:55And I just love it.
16:55Brilliant.
16:56You see, good old conversation for a Friday afternoon.
16:59I'm sure everyone at home is thinking of their book as well.
17:01Thank you, Vic.
17:01APPLAUSE
17:02OK, last chapter of the week.
17:07It's reading OK so far for Isabel, but that leads us 22 points.
17:11Let's get more letters.
17:12Consonant, please.
17:13Thank you, Isabel.
17:14R.
17:16And another.
17:18D.
17:18Third, please.
17:20N.
17:22Vowel.
17:23I.
17:24Vowel.
17:25O.
17:26Consonant, please.
17:28R.
17:29Consonant.
17:30G.
17:32Consonant.
17:34M.
17:36Vowel, please.
17:37And lastly, U.
17:40All right, start the clock.
17:55MUSIC PLAYS
18:11Time's up for both of you, Isabel.
18:13I've only got five. Just the five here, James.
18:16Just the five. And the five as well, what have you got?
18:18Mound. Mound, James.
18:21Mourn. Yeah, very good.
18:22Wow, with the I-N-G, did we spot anything there?
18:26But it was tricky. It was.
18:27I had I-N-G just written down the page,
18:29just trying to find a prefix, but mouring.
18:32Yeah. Yes, mouring.
18:34It's quite a rare Scottish verb, meaning to purr.
18:38Good stuff. You share the points there,
18:40and James will have more letters from you.
18:42Consolant, please. Thank you, James.
18:44T. And again.
18:47N. And again.
18:50G. A vowel.
18:53E. And a vowel.
18:55I. And again.
18:58E.
18:59Consonant.
19:00T.
19:01And again.
19:03B.
19:05And a final vowel, please.
19:07And a final A.
19:10Let's do it.
19:10Tym min.
19:11But,
19:15E.
19:24Good.
19:25Let's do it.
19:29There it is, James.
19:42Seven.
19:43Seven for you.
19:44And Isabel?
19:45Seven.
19:45Seven as well.
19:46And James?
19:47Beating.
19:48Yes, the ING.
19:49Easier this time.
19:50Isabel?
19:51Batting.
19:52And batting.
19:52No marine insight, you two.
19:54No, not today.
19:56Anything to add?
19:57Well, we think you could have abetting.
19:59Yeah.
20:00Yes, you can.
20:00Which would be eight.
20:01Yes.
20:02Aiding and abetting.
20:04Yes.
20:04And a nice beignet, which is French for a donut,
20:08but we use it for, I don't know, fritters, that kind of thing.
20:11So that's there for seven.
20:12Lovely.
20:1349, 27.
20:15Third numbers and your choosing, Isabel.
20:17One large one, please.
20:18Thank you, Isabel.
20:19One from the top.
20:21Five little.
20:22You don't deviate.
20:23This time your little numbers are three.
20:25Nine.
20:26Two, seven and eight.
20:30And the large one, 100.
20:32And the target, 737.
20:34Seven, three, seven.
20:36Numbers up.
20:36One, six.
20:49One, seven.
20:51One, one.
20:52One, two.
20:55Anyone, one?
20:56One, two.
20:56One, two.
20:57One, one.
20:57One, two.
20:58One, three.
21:01One, two.
21:03One, two.
21:04One, one.
21:05737 was the target, Isabelle?
21:09738, but not written down.
21:11One away, James.
21:13737.
21:13That'll be for the ten points, off you go.
21:15100 plus three.
21:17103.
21:18Multiplied by seven.
21:20721.
21:21And then eight by two is 16.
21:24Eight by two, you haven't used those.
21:25And you're closing the gap.
21:27Well done.
21:29Well done, James, well done.
21:31Marathon, not a sprint, as we get our last tea time teaser
21:34of the week, which is Irish pan, as in pan bread.
21:39Irish pan.
21:39Great clue, this.
21:41They're a prominent feature in Barnet and Monaco.
21:44They're a prominent feature in Barnet and Monaco.
22:02Hello again.
22:03Love this clue.
22:04They're a prominent feature in Barnet and Monaco,
22:07but not Barnet the place.
22:08Barnet, your head.
22:10Hairpins.
22:11Hairpins in the Monaco Grand Prix, of course.
22:13Well, this race is not run yet.
22:15We've six more rounds to go.
22:17Just 12 points in it.
22:18Now, James, you're on the charge.
22:19Let's go.
22:20Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:21Thank you, James.
22:22T.
22:23And again.
22:25F.
22:26And again.
22:27L.
22:29Vowel.
22:30O.
22:31And again.
22:32E.
22:33And again.
22:35O.
22:36Consonant.
22:38G.
22:39Consonant.
22:41S.
22:42And a vowel, please.
22:43And the last one.
22:45U.
22:46Let's play.
22:47MUSIC PLAYS
23:19James?
23:20Six.
23:21A six from you.
23:22And how did you get on, Isabel?
23:23Six.
23:24A six as well.
23:25James?
23:26Flouts.
23:27Flouts.
23:28Isabel's reaching for a bit of paper.
23:29Yep.
23:30Flouts.
23:31Bit of flouting going on.
23:32Excellent stuff.
23:33You get your six points each.
23:35Susie and Vic, I'm seeing the out is there.
23:39All sorts.
23:40Yeah, the out is there, as is a goes.
23:42And you can put them together to have outgoes.
23:44Outgoes.
23:45For seven.
23:46Yep, goes faster than.
23:47And also for seven, footles.
23:49Footles.
23:50Footles.
23:51We love footling.
23:52Well, some people do.
23:54Well, we know the pootle.
23:55We pootle.
23:56It means the same thing, actually, messing about.
23:59But I think for some people footling is just sort of touching feet under the table.
24:03Let's mess about instead.
24:04OK.
24:05OK.
24:06A little bit frisky for Friday afternoon.
24:0812 points still the difference.
24:10Isabel, letters, please.
24:11Consonant, please.
24:12Thank you, Isabel.
24:13C, and a vowel, e.
24:17And a consonant, v.
24:20And a consonant, k.
24:23And a vowel please, a.
24:26And a consonant, r.
24:29And a consonant, t.
24:31And a vowel please, i.
24:35And a consonant.
24:36And lastly, P.
24:38Kind time.
25:10Isabel?
25:11Seven.
25:12Strong seven.
25:13James?
25:13Seven as all.
25:14Seven, two.
25:15OK.
25:15Isabel?
25:16Takier.
25:17Takier.
25:17James?
25:18Private.
25:19Private and takier.
25:21Excellent.
25:22Both, yes.
25:22Very straightforward.
25:23Sevens.
25:24What else did you spot?
25:25We also got picrate for seven.
25:27Picrate.
25:28Picrate, yes.
25:29It's a derivative of picric acid,
25:30which is used as a dye
25:32and in the manufacture of explosives.
25:34Right.
25:34Thank you very, very much.
25:36A good time as any to mention
25:38that you can join us here
25:39on Countdown whenever you want.
25:41Recently, we put out a big call,
25:42didn't we,
25:43for more Welsh people to apply
25:44because we're a bit low in Welsh.
25:46So it seems like the perfect day
25:47since David's Day
25:48to mention that again.
25:49But if you'd like to be on Countdown,
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25:51to countdown at channel4.com,
25:54using that number four,
25:56and you can also send messages to Susie
25:57about words that you're curious about.
25:59And that's what we're going to do now, Susie.
26:01Yes, well, I'm satisfying my own curiosity today
26:03because just last day of the week,
26:06and I'm sticking with birds,
26:07which were my theme yesterday,
26:08in tribute to your love of birds,
26:13which you've been telling us about
26:14on recent shows.
26:15So these range from the strange,
26:18the cruel,
26:19to the curious and surprising, I think.
26:22So I'm going to start off
26:23with a really cruel,
26:24not very nice one,
26:24but stool pigeon.
26:26Stool pigeon means a decoy.
26:29Someone who uses a stool pigeon,
26:30they're used to deflect attention.
26:32And it refers to a form of practice
26:34of tying a pigeon to a stool
26:36to act as a decoy for other pigeons,
26:39which would then fly down,
26:41and the awaiting hunters
26:42could, yeah, grab them.
26:44So not very nice,
26:45but in case anybody's wondering
26:46what the stool is,
26:46it literally was a stool.
26:49Stork, I didn't realise
26:51that in Scandinavian traditions
26:52there's lots of kind of
26:55quite wonderful associations.
26:57I mentioned yesterday
26:57that the magpie was associated
26:59with witchcraft.
27:00Well, in religious context,
27:03and in Swedish legend,
27:05the stork received its name
27:07from flying around the cross
27:08of the crucified redeemer,
27:10crying, and I had to look up
27:12the pronunciation of this,
27:12styrka, which means
27:15strengthen, strengthen,
27:17which is a lovely idea.
27:18So the stork is all in that tradition,
27:20not about children,
27:21but all about strength.
27:23Swan song, one of my favourite
27:24etymologies in classical times,
27:26and for a long time afterwards,
27:28it was believed that swans
27:29are born mute,
27:30and they remain mute all their lives
27:31until the final moment
27:32just before their death
27:33when they burst into beautiful song.
27:35So someone's swan song
27:36is their final rousing performance,
27:39which is beautiful, really.
27:40And finally, a wild goose chase.
27:43If you've ever wondered about this one,
27:44Shakespeare mentions it.
27:45It's a hopeless enterprise,
27:47and it was originally a horse race
27:49in which one rider would set off
27:51and make a really erratic path
27:53across the fields,
27:54and everyone else had to follow
27:56at certain particular stages,
27:58follow that formation.
28:00And the idea is that
28:02they are literally looking like the birds.
28:03If you look at geese in the sky,
28:05there's one leader,
28:06and the others follow
28:06in strict formation.
28:08So that's what that comes from.
28:09So many good ones.
28:09The swan song will live with me forever.
28:12That was majestic.
28:14Oh, wow.
28:14Great.
28:18OK, our champion Isabel was flying.
28:20You've had your wings clipped
28:21a little bit here.
28:2212-point lead.
28:23I don't think my heart can take
28:25another crucial after yesterday.
28:26Let's see.
28:27Four rounds to go.
28:28James, best of luck.
28:29Your letters.
28:29Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:31Thank you, James.
28:32M.
28:33And again.
28:35T.
28:36And again.
28:37H.
28:39A vowel.
28:40E.
28:41And again.
28:43U.
28:44And again.
28:46E.
28:47Consonant.
28:49L.
28:51Consonant.
28:52D.
28:54And a vowel, please.
28:57A final.
28:58U.
28:58Good luck.
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29:15Good luck.
29:16Good luck.
29:17Well, not easy at home, doubly as difficult.
29:33Under the pressure of the lights here, James?
29:35Four. Four for you. And Isabel?
29:38Six. OK, James? A jewel.
29:40And a big six. Melted. Melted. Well spotted.
29:44Yes. Well spotted. Nice.
29:45You did not melt under the lights, and you get six points for that.
29:50Listen, round of applause if you can beat that.
29:52Aw, we're not going to get one.
29:53No round of applause.
29:55Nothing but silence.
29:56We had more sixes. Themed. And helmet.
30:00Yeah. Not interested. I wanted better.
30:03Isabel, last letter.
30:05Consonant, please. Thank you, Isabel.
30:07S. And a vowel.
30:10A. And a consonant, please.
30:12G. And another.
30:15C. And another, please.
30:19M.
30:21A vowel, please.
30:22O.
30:24Another vowel.
30:25E.
30:26And a consonant.
30:28P.
30:30And a consonant, please.
30:31And lastly, T.
30:34Last letters.
30:34To, whoosh, or戴.
30:46And another another, let's do this.
30:46And another, please.
30:47And another, please.
30:52As sort of, we are going to step two.
30:52And another, please.
30:53And another, please.
30:55And another, please.
30:56We're going to do this.
30:56Can you guys.
30:56You're going to go for it.
30:58And another, please.
31:00And another, please.
31:01Isabel?
31:06Six. Six for you and James?
31:08Five. Five for you. Don't worry about that.
31:10What is the five, James? Stage.
31:13And this will give her the win. The stage is set, Isabel.
31:16Comets. Comets. Very nice indeed.
31:21Right, what have we got in the dictionary corner?
31:22Last letters today? A seven. Yes, come on.
31:25Postage. Yay!
31:2774 plays 50. Just out of reach now, Isabel.
31:33So, James, we can relax and enjoy these numbers you're choosing.
31:37Shall we go for six more this time?
31:38Why not? We've had four large. Let's go for six little ones.
31:41We need to keep our brains alive for the last numbers round of the week.
31:45And they are three, ten, six, seven, seven and four.
31:51And the target to reach, 626.
31:54Six to six, last numbers.
31:57Six to six, last numbers.
32:27Six to six, James?
32:28Drawing a blank, sorry.
32:29No worries about that, Isabel.
32:31Six to six.
32:32Off you go for ten points.
32:33Six plus three.
32:35Is nine.
32:36Multiplied by seven.
32:3863.
32:38Multiplied by ten.
32:40Six hundred and thirty.
32:41Minus the four.
32:42Nicely done. Six to six.
32:43Yeah.
32:44APPLAUSE
32:45All right, 84 plays 50.
32:49Such an enjoyable week of Countdown this week.
32:51We're going to top it off with this.
32:52It's not crucial, but an important ten points.
32:55Isabel and James, let's reveal this Friday afternoon's Countdown Conundrum.
32:59Go on, James, what a way to finish.
33:09I was going to say portray it, but it's not.
33:11It's not.
33:12OK, let's roll the clock again, Isabel.
33:14OK, let's roll the clock again, Isabel.
33:14Time is up.
33:38No ten points to finish the week.
33:41And I think I'm the only one who doesn't know it out of the rest of us.
33:45Go ahead, Suze.
33:46Temporary.
33:46Let's have a look.
33:48Yeah, there you go.
33:51Nice work.
33:51Well, hey, James.
33:53Wasn't to be for you.
33:54A bit of early nerves.
33:55And after that, I thought, very good indeed.
33:56You enjoyed your day?
33:57Very much.
33:58Good.
33:59Not bad at all.
33:59Not bad at all.
34:00We are done, though.
34:01And, Isabel, you get the weekend to bask in the glory of yet more game show.
34:07Success for you.
34:08Eh?
34:09Right.
34:10We will see you back on Monday.
34:11Thank you very much.
34:12Excellent.
34:13I look forward to it.
34:13Yeah, can't wait.
34:14Can't wait.
34:14And Vic, hope we will see you around these parts, I'm sure, soon as well.
34:18I hope so.
34:18It's been an absolute pleasure.
34:19Thank you for having me.
34:20Feeling is mutual.
34:21Thank you so much.
34:22Suze, enjoy your weekend.
34:23Yes, you too.
34:24Have a good one, Rach.
34:25Yep, cheese on toast tonight.
34:26What a little bit of rare bit on a Friday night.
34:29You can't beat it.
34:30Happy St David's Day, everyone.
34:31We'll see you on Monday.
34:32Rachel, Susie and I will be here.
34:34You can count on us.
34:36You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:41You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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