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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Monday afternoon and Countdown is back for five more weekday afternoons of Letters and Numbers. Thank you so, so much for tuning in. And, Rachel Riley, we begin this week by talking about pie. And I don't mean 3.14. Calm down, Mass Geek. I'm talking savoury. I'm talking sweet. I'm talking pizza pie. I'm talking crumble.
00:53I mean, I prefer those kind of pies myself, even, to be honest. Yeah. It's British Pie Week. And the average Briton eats 2,160 pies in their lives.
01:06Wow, I've got to get a wriggle on. Yeah. Susie's face just crumpled up because she's only had about six pies in her life. But it's all right, Susie. I've had 4,000. Listen, earning her crust all the way through today will be our G of the D, Susie Dent.
01:21That's bad if you've got that look on your face and you've got five shows to do, Rory. The brilliant and precious comedian winners all week, Rory Bredner.
01:31Now, you might see another Octo Champ. Another one this series. We shall see because Isabel Heward is halfway there as she left us on Friday. Four wins so far.
01:43How are you feeling about becoming an Octo Champ? It's certainly more difficult than winning Mastermind.
01:47Oh, yeah. Well, it's a very long way away. And I'm just happy that I'm back after the weekend and I survived the weekend.
01:55That was like a media-trained Premier League footballers interview. Just taking one game at a time. I'm not thinking ahead. You know, every game's hard these days. Love it, Isabel.
02:06You're up against Richard Phillips, who's hoping to make it a very short week for you. He lives in Tottenham. He's from Lincolnshire. How are you doing, sir?
02:12Yeah, good. Thanks, Colin. You've got so many lovely stories in your life and you spent years living off the grid. Tell me about that.
02:22Yeah, after university, I moved to Costa Rica and lived there for four years total across five years.
02:28Lived in the middle of a national park, isolated from everybody else. No running water, no electricity.
02:35And then was there a moment then when the police could no longer arrest you for the crime?
02:39I was exonerated of all crimes and could return to the UK to live my life.
02:45Was it animal-related? Was it wildlife-related?
02:47Yeah, that's right. So it was a wildlife research station.
02:49I ran the base, had some more skilled people than I running the wildlife research.
02:54But we were looking at jaguars, sea turtles, all the birds locally. It was great.
02:58I have only one question for you. Why come back?
03:00It does great on you a little while, not having running water.
03:05I mean, she's a well.
03:06No countdown.
03:07Well, that was the main reason.
03:09That's the one. Good luck to you, Richard and Isabelle. Let's do it.
03:12APPLAUSE
03:12All right, champion, let's go.
03:15Hello. Can I have a consonant, please?
03:17You can indeed. Thank you, Isabelle.
03:18I'll start the week with N.
03:20And another, please.
03:22S.
03:23A vowel.
03:25A.
03:26A consonant.
03:27G.
03:29Consonant.
03:31T.
03:32Vowel, please.
03:34U.
03:35Another vowel, please.
03:37E.
03:38Consonant.
03:40S.
03:41And consonant, please.
03:43And a final L.
03:45At home and in the studio, let's play Kindtime.
04:17How many, Isabelle?
04:19Not written down, but a seven.
04:21OK, and Richard?
04:22Seven.
04:22Good stuff. Off you go, Isabelle.
04:24Tangles.
04:24Richard?
04:25Gutless.
04:26Nice start.
04:27Yes, got those who, but also, there's a word which isn't popular in our house,
04:31because our daughter does a lot of horse riding, unseats.
04:34Well, back in the saddle nicely as Isabelle.
04:36Richard, let's see what we can do about that.
04:37Your letters.
04:38Thanks. Hi, Rachel.
04:39Hi, Richard.
04:40Can I get a consonant, please?
04:40You can indeed. Start with C.
04:43And another.
04:45R.
04:46And a vowel.
04:48I.
04:49And another vowel.
04:50A.
04:51And a consonant.
04:53J.
04:54And a consonant.
04:56W.
04:58And another.
05:00L.
05:00A vowel.
05:01A vowel.
05:03I.
05:05And another vowel.
05:07And a final U.
05:09And 30 seconds.
05:10In a consonant.
05:16MUSIC PLAYS
05:39Meh. Richard? Just five. Yeah? Isabel?
05:44No, gone completely four. You've gone again.
05:46Yeah. You've gone again. What's the four?
05:48Curl. Curl and the five...
05:51Isn't that...? No!
05:54It's spelled cruel wrong. My goodness!
05:56Whoa! Hold on, what did you spell wrong?
05:59Cruel. Oh, cruel. OK, excellent, right.
06:03So the four picks up the points, Isabel,
06:06which is a little cruel. Rory, but you want to rub salt into the wounds?
06:09No, not on this occasion.
06:12There's not a lot, actually. We would start with fives.
06:15Cruel we had and rawly, R-A-U-L-I,
06:19which is a southern beech tree native to Chile.
06:22So you have to go quite a long way to get a good one.
06:25Right, first numbers round of the day.
06:26Isabel, you're going to choose six.
06:28One large, please, and the rest are small.
06:30Thank you, Isabel.
06:31One big, five not coming up.
06:33First numbers of the week are six, nine, four, five, seven.
06:40And the large one's 75.
06:42And you need to reach 974.
06:44974. Numbers up.
06:46It's right.
06:56One, two, three.
06:58What is that?
07:039-7-4, big target, but did you hit it, Isabel?
07:209-7-4.
07:21And Richard?
07:22Yeah, 9-7-4.
07:23Fell nicely, didn't it? Off you go, Huard.
07:269 plus 4 is 13.
07:2813.
07:29Multiplied by the 75 is 9-7-5.
07:32Yep.
07:32And the 6 minus 5 is the 1.
07:34Take it away.
07:35Lovely.
07:359-7-4.
07:36Nice.
07:37Exactly the same.
07:40APPLAUSE
07:41Very good indeed.
07:4421 plus 17 as we get our first tea time teaser of the week.
07:49It's almost as if we planned it.
07:51Acorn pie.
07:53Acorn pie.
07:54You're in support of Michael at the dentist.
07:57You're in support of Michael at the dentist.
07:59Michael Cain, pro-cain.
08:11Welcome back.
08:17Our first tea time teaser of the week was acorn pie.
08:19Not a lot of people know that.
08:21You're in support of Michael at the dentist.
08:23Michael Cain, pro-cain.
08:26Now, Susie Dent, novocain.
08:28Yes.
08:29Pro-cain.
08:29I've never been given a dose of that.
08:31Very similar and from the same family, I think.
08:34Synthetically derived from benzoic acid and used as an anaesthetic,
08:38particularly when you're having your teeth done.
08:39There you go.
08:40Thank you very much.
08:41Right, just four points in it here as we get back to the game.
08:44Richard, great start.
08:45All those nerves in national TV handled very well.
08:48Off you go.
08:49Okay, a consonant, please.
08:50Thank you, Richard.
08:51G.
08:52And another.
08:54P.
08:55And another.
08:57R.
08:58And a vowel.
08:59I.
09:01And another.
09:03U.
09:04And another.
09:06E.
09:07A consonant.
09:10S.
09:11Another consonant.
09:11B.
09:15And a final vowel, please.
09:17Final O.
09:19Thanks, Rich.
09:47MUSIC
09:51Time's up, Richard. Five.
09:53And Isabel? Six. Yeah, what have you got, Richard?
09:56Purge. And Isabel? Purges.
09:59Putting the S on the end, Richard.
10:02I didn't put down an S. That's probably why you didn't pluralise it then,
10:06over the dictionary corner. Yeah, brogues was in there, I think.
10:09Brogues, yes. Six letters.
10:11And, yeah, you can stretch it to an eight with pirogues,
10:14which Countdown viewers might well be familiar with.
10:17So they're long, narrow canoes made out of a single tree trunk.
10:20Right, more letters, Isabel.
10:22Consonant, please. Thank you, Isabel.
10:24P. And another.
10:27N. And a vowel, please.
10:30I. And another vowel.
10:33E. And another vowel, please.
10:36O. Consonant.
10:39T. Consonant.
10:42G. Consonant.
10:45N. And consonant, please.
10:48And lastly, S.
10:50In half a minute.
10:52ощ�.
10:55How do you do?
10:56In half a minute.
10:57My books?
10:58What's the title?
11:00What are you Donna?
11:01I.
11:02As human as butter.
11:03I'm 1996.
11:04The next one here.
11:05T. Consonant.
11:06New Testament.
11:07sven
11:08Him correlation.
11:09He позelf.
11:10In Hupin.
11:11The seventh.
11:12The seventh.
11:13A Harmon.
11:14September One.
11:15Part Jordan.
11:16One.
11:17Ledger.
11:18Those elements.
11:19Thousands
11:19View Nep Ä°nekenis.
11:20Isabel?
11:24Seven. Yeah, seven for you. And Richard?
11:26Six. And a six for you. Richard, what have you got?
11:28Towing. And Isabel? Stoning.
11:31And stoning. Yeah, very good.
11:33Yeah, we've got eight with openings, is there?
11:36Nice. As well, I think. Yeah.
11:38Yeah, absolutely. And towing is in towing the line.
11:40So it was a nice six.
11:42All right, let's get back to it.
11:44And it's numbers for the second time today.
11:46And Richard? I think we have to go six more, please.
11:48Six more, we've started gambling early.
11:50Good tactics, I think, anyway.
11:52Six little ones coming up and they are...
11:55Four, two, four, five, eight and one.
12:02Fairly small-ish. And the target, 713.
12:05713. Numbers up.
12:18How's your fair, Richard?
12:39720.
12:40Isabel?
12:40720.
12:417 away. Also.
12:43OK, Richard, off you go.
12:444 plus 4 is 8.
12:464 plus 4 is 8.
12:47And the 1 is 9.
12:49Yep.
12:50Times the other 8.
12:5272.
12:53Times 5 times 2.
12:54And then 5 and 2 for 10 and 720.
12:567 away.
12:57Very good indeed.
12:58Isabel, same way.
12:59Right.
13:004 plus 5 is 9.
13:02Multiplied by the 8 is 72.
13:05Yep.
13:06And have I then got a 4, a 5 and a 1 to add together for the 10?
13:10You've used your 5, I'm afraid.
13:12Right.
13:13That's fine.
13:14I thought I'd made a mistake.
13:15You could have added your 4 to the 1 there for the 5.
13:17And then you'd have got there.
13:18Yep.
13:19Sorry, Isabel.
13:20There you go.
13:20So the gamble paid off for Richard.
13:22He picks up 5 points.
13:24What about you, Rach?
13:25Any closer than 7 away?
13:28Well, if you say 4 times 5 is 20.
13:33And then 8 plus 1 is 9.
13:35Times those together for 180.
13:38Take away 2 here for 178.
13:40Times that by 4, you get to 712.
13:44But this was impossible.
13:451 away.
13:45Either side was the best.
13:46Well done.
13:47Fantastic stuff.
13:48First chat of the week then.
13:49With the brilliant Rory Brenner.
13:51We'll never run out of things to talk about.
13:53So I can throw anything at you and you'll talk about it.
13:55I want to know about the people that employ you off air, if that makes sense.
14:01Yes.
14:01Right?
14:02In terms of, you know, somebody has to play the part of somebody.
14:05An actor.
14:06And then they want you to off air, teach them how to speak like that person.
14:10Well, yeah, this is a sideline.
14:11Because when I was last on, I was doing Chris Tarrant myself in a play.
14:14Which is great, because I got heckled all through the run.
14:16I get these texts from Chris Tarrant.
14:17And it's like, who are you, me, you're nothing like me at all.
14:22I, I, I, I, and of course I did a lot of hee, hee, hee.
14:25He said, I have never said T, I've never said hee.
14:28And so anyway, yes, a sideline is to coach proper actors who really do know what they're doing.
14:32And the first one was during lockdown.
14:34And I got a call from Kenneth Branagh.
14:35And he was, he was being Boris in that thing by Peter Winterbottom called This England, I think.
14:42And so he said, would I help him with his Boris shots?
14:44And I said, this is Kenneth Branagh.
14:45So he appeared on this Zoom screen.
14:47And I spent the first half and I think, it's Kenneth Branagh.
14:49And there were things, so with Boris, you start with the consonants, not the vowels, the consonants.
14:54So things like, to do, and to do, and to, and T and D, always had a Z, says do this, and if we could to take A.
15:03So we had this conversation and he just took all the notes and we had another one about two or three weeks later.
15:09And everything had gone in and his performance was just absolutely wonderful.
15:14But, of course, you know, there's that whole thing of voice coaching.
15:17And the best was Joan Washington, who was married to Richard E. Grant.
15:20And she was just the doyenne.
15:23She was absolutely wonderful and had so many dialects and accents in her head.
15:28And, but I think, I just bow down towards people who have all those accents.
15:31And dialecticians, like the famous one, Stanley Ellis.
15:34Yeah.
15:34When a guy rang up, he did, he sent these tapes, didn't he, about the time of the Yorkshire Ripper.
15:39And he was known as Wearside Jack, sent these tapes in.
15:43And Stanley Ellis, who was a dialectician, he narrowed it down to the Ocaran Castletown area in the northeast of Wearside.
15:49And when they eventually found Wearside Jack, many, many years later, he was, I think, he was about two streets away.
15:55And absolutely extraordinary.
15:57So they really know their stuff and I just, I just pretend.
16:01Love it. Thank you, Roy.
16:04OK, 12 points in it just today.
16:07Our champion, Isabel, with her nose in front.
16:10And it's your letters.
16:11Consonant, please.
16:12Thank you, Isabel.
16:13T.
16:14And a second.
16:16M.
16:17And a third.
16:19S.
16:19Another, please.
16:21P.
16:22And a vowel.
16:24E.
16:25And another.
16:27U.
16:27And another.
16:29O.
16:30And a consonant.
16:32D.
16:33And another consonant, please.
16:35And lastly, T.
16:36And here we go.
16:51MUSIC PLAYS
17:08How many, Isabel? Seven. And Richard? Also seven.
17:11Well done indeed. OK, Isabel? Spotted.
17:14Spotted for you, what did you spot, Richard? Same word. Yes.
17:17There you go. All right, we've spouted off a couple of spotteds.
17:20There you go. Well, you've got one there, spouted. Absolutely right.
17:23And also the cricket one that Brian Johnson was like,
17:26Stumped. Stumped. Stumped is in there. It's the ushers.
17:30Right, let's get more letters now, Richard.
17:33Consonant, please. Thank you, Richard.
17:35N. And another.
17:38H. Another.
17:41F. A vowel. E.
17:44Second vowel. I. And a third.
17:49O. Consonant.
17:52L. Consonant.
17:55G. And a consonant.
17:59And a final. W. Start the clock.
18:02D.
18:04L.
18:32Richard? Seven. Seven from you. Well done, Isabel. Seven. Spotted it as well. Richard? Howling.
18:39Howling. Are you howling as well? I am. Two sevens in the bag. More INGs this Monday.
18:45It never rains, it pours. How do we get on? Well, not so much pouring as flowing. Yes.
18:50And yes, howling was there. And a whinge, but that was... What's that? Six. Six. I just like the sound.
18:57OK, let's move swiftly back to the numbers then. Isabel, you're choosing. One large, please.
19:01You're not gambling, you're trying to maintain that lead. Thank you, Isabel.
19:04One large, five little coming up. And for this, go.
19:08There's six. One. Nine. Five. Two. And a large one, 100.
19:14And the target to reach 510. 510. Numbers up.
19:19Isabel Lowell.
19:24No.
19:37The target...
19:38Look at that walk in the park. Let's confirm it all up.
19:53Isabel? 5.10. Yeah. Richard? 5.10.
19:56Let's see if any of you have been clever for no reason. Go ahead, Isabel.
19:59No, not clever. 5 times 100 plus 9 plus 1.
20:03Good on you. Keep it straightforward. Richard? Yeah, the same. Yes.
20:07Easy as that. Love it. Let's get our second tea-time teaser of the day.
20:13Probably going to spell this one out. Roan lamb. R-O-A-N.
20:19A roan lamb? That's surely not right. A roan lamb? That's surely not right.
20:25Welcome back. A roan lamb. That's surely not right.
20:45Susie Dent. The answer is abnormal. But just one of the two of you, both of you, explain roan, R-O-A-N.
20:52Yeah. So, use of animals of particular colours. So, they've got a coat of the main colour
20:58and then it's interspersed with another colour mixed with white. So, beige, chestnut black mixed with white.
21:04Horses particularly, which Rory will tell you about. Yeah, strawberry roan.
21:08My daughter, when she was like one, two, no, not quite that young, but when we were about four or five,
21:13getting her to identify the horse colours and dappled and things like that.
21:16And strawberry roan kept coming up. So, roan, yeah.
21:19OK, this is really tight today, isn't it? Six rounds left to play.
21:23A lot of points still out there on the table. Let's see how this goes.
21:2712 points in it and, Richard, you're picking these letters.
21:30Consonant, please. Thank you, Richard.
21:32N. And another.
21:35L. And another.
21:38P. And a vowel.
21:41E. Vowel.
21:43A. Another vowel.
21:45I. Consonant.
21:48D. Consonant.
21:51T. And a final consonant.
21:54And a final C.
21:56Good luck.
21:57E. Vowel.
21:59T.
22:01T.
22:02etc.
22:04MUSIC
22:28All right, Richard, talk to me. Just six.
22:30Isabel? Seven.
22:32Richard? Placed.
22:34What about this champ? What have you got?
22:36Planted. Planted. Well done.
22:38Well done. You planted yourself firmly in the lead now.
22:41A 19-point gap opens up. Rory Bremner?
22:44We reckon we've got an eight with pectinol.
22:47A pectinol, is this...?
22:49A muscle thing?
22:50I think it's actually more to do with sort of hairs.
22:53So it means resembling a comb and it's relating particularly to animals.
22:59What a word. Fantastic.
23:0065-46. Here we go, Isabel.
23:03Consonant, please.
23:04Thank you, Isabel.
23:05N.
23:06And another.
23:08D.
23:09And a third.
23:10T.
23:11And a fourth, please.
23:13R.
23:14A vowel.
23:15E.
23:16And another.
23:18I.
23:19And another.
23:21D.
23:22E.
23:23And consonant.
23:24D.
23:25And a consonant, please.
23:27And lastly, H.
23:29Let's play.
23:30Let's play.
23:31House spots.
23:32May be poor.
23:33Thanks a lot.
23:34Jesus is arrivated...
23:36You will be sure.
23:37Alright.
23:38Let's take a pause.
23:39victory.
23:40To be answered.
23:41MUSIC PLAYS
24:02Time's up, Isabel.
24:03Eight.
24:04Richard.
24:05Nah, just seven, possibly.
24:07She's put her foot on the gas, hasn't she?
24:09Right, what have you got?
24:10Thirded.
24:11And what's the eight?
24:12Hindered.
24:13Hindered.
24:14Well, she's hindered your progress, Richard, let me tell you.
24:16But what about this thirded?
24:18I know, I thought you seconded something.
24:20Could you third it?
24:21It's not in the dictionary, unfortunately.
24:23I like the idea of it.
24:24Hindered, absolutely brilliant.
24:26How did you get on?
24:27Yeah, well, we got hindered, but it's fair to say that we dithered
24:31a little bit before we got there, so dithered was there.
24:34Yeah, I only got sort of trended.
24:36That's seven, I think, but yeah, dithered is eight.
24:39Fantastic.
24:40A couple of bits.
24:41All right, first origins of words of this week.
24:43I know what it is, and you're going to love this Richard Phillips
24:45because he's a huge board game fan.
24:47He actually writes online reviews.
24:48Off you go, Susie.
24:49Amazing.
24:50Yeah, I thought I would talk about games because, obviously, we have been playing them for absolutely
24:55centuries, millennia really, and they have given us many, many phrases in the English language.
25:00So, you know, just going to talk about sixes and sevens because there are lots of lovely theories about this one,
25:07but we think it did originate in gaming.
25:10So, we've been using this expression, and it's always meant a state of confusion since around the 14th century.
25:16And the earliest records that we have of it refer to a game of dice called Hazard.
25:22And the phrase was, to set on cinq and six.
25:25So, a bit of French in there.
25:27So, this was after the Normans came when we developed this hybrid language called Anglo-Norman,
25:33particularly when we couldn't quite get our tongues around the French.
25:36We sort of came up with our own little sort of mangling of it, if you like.
25:40And to set on cinq and six was to risk one's chances because these were the two highest numbers on a dice.
25:47And the way that English works is we love a bit of bigging up and we love a bit of hyperbole.
25:51So, five and six, which is completely logical when it came to dice, actually became six and seven.
25:57And if, obviously, you're gambling something and you're chancing everything,
26:01then the result might well be a state of confusion and you will be at six and sevens.
26:05But I mentioned lots of theories about this, and there is a lovely tradition that you will hear today,
26:11and that's that the expression arose out of a dispute between two of the great delivery companies of London.
26:17These were the merchant tailors and the skinners.
26:21And the dispute was over which one of them would be ranked sixth and seventh.
26:25Now, the order of precedence is incredibly important, not least because in formal processions,
26:29one will appear before the other.
26:32And both companies have been chartered within just a few days of each other.
26:36So, they were arguing, each of them were arguing that they should come first.
26:39And in 1484, they submitted the judgment to the mayor and he decided that the master and the wardens of both companies should take it in turns to swap positions in official ceremonies.
26:52One would become sixth and one would become seventh.
26:54It's a lovely story. It doesn't quite... I mean, you can imagine it would be a bit confusing, but it doesn't quite explain the modern meaning or the meaning of the phrase.
27:02And all the evidence suggests that the dicing origins, the game origins are much more likely, but you will still hear that story.
27:09And we do actually get lots of our phrases and lots of our place names at Elephant and Castle from livery companies.
27:15So, it's not completely preposterous, but we think dicing is where it began.
27:18Magic. Thank you.
27:19APPLAUSE
27:22Never bored during origins of words. And it's Richard, a challenger. Who is it? Sixes and sevens?
27:27You were holding your own, but the last two rounds have been really difficult.
27:31Not over yet, though, Richard. Never give up hope. Off we go.
27:34Let's go with the consonant, please.
27:36Thank you, Richard. R.
27:38And another.
27:39K.
27:40And another.
27:41S.
27:42And a fourth.
27:44C.
27:45Barrel, please.
27:46I.
27:47I.
27:48And a second.
27:49E.
27:50And a third.
27:51A.
27:52Consonant.
27:53T.
27:58And a consonant.
27:59And lastly, S.
28:02Countdown.
28:03T.
28:04T.
28:35OK, time is up. Good letters. There's Richard.
28:38Eight.
28:39Well done, Isabel.
28:41Seven. I've not written it down.
28:43Doesn't matter. What is it?
28:44Yeah, streaks.
28:45What have you got?
28:46Stickers.
28:47Stickers!
28:48Stickers. Excellent. Well done.
28:51Has the slang for tracksuits made it into the dictionary?
28:55Yes. Trackies in there.
28:56Yeah?
28:56We'll give you another eight.
28:58Isabel, last letter.
28:59Consonant, please.
29:00Thank you, Isabel.
29:01N.
29:02And another.
29:04F.
29:05And another.
29:07M.
29:08And a fourth, please.
29:10L.
29:11And a vowel.
29:12E.
29:13And another.
29:14A.
29:15And another.
29:18I.
29:18And consonant.
29:21R.
29:22And consonant, please.
29:23And lastly, D.
29:25Yes, indeed. Last letters.
29:26deck,
29:38which institutions,
29:40that when you start up,
29:40and into the process of connection,
29:40which is to be a very good,
29:42and that when you're making manera down,
29:42you're moving on from the outside.
29:43And lastly,
29:44yes, it's a very good thing.
29:45And I'll see you today,
29:45and I'll hear you today.
29:46And I'll see you next time at BC,
29:46and hopefully you'll see you next time at BC.
29:47And I'll see you next time at BC.
29:47OK, Isabel.
29:59Seven.
30:00Going for the seven.
30:00Not too confident.
30:01Richard?
30:02Also seven.
30:03What's this word, Isabel?
30:04Flamier.
30:05Flamier.
30:05Richard?
30:06Manlier.
30:07Manlier.
30:09Yeah, I had flamier, but I had a bit of hesitancy as well with it.
30:12Susie?
30:13Yeah, it's using flamier in a modern sense of sort of quite abusive
30:17when it comes to an email, for example, or a trolling message.
30:21It would be described as flamier.
30:23More fiery almost.
30:24Yeah, so flamier, absolutely fine.
30:26Manlier also win.
30:27Nice.
30:27How did you get on there?
30:29You're both manlier and flamier.
30:31Well, we had a good shot with Rifleman.
30:35Yes, I'll give you an eight.
30:36That's an eight?
30:37Yeah.
30:38Rifleman's fantastic.
30:39OK, that means as we get our final numbers round, it's not over yet.
30:4420 points up for Kravis, just 19 points in it, Richard.
30:47Well done for making a fist of it, and it's your numbers.
30:50Yeah, six more again.
30:51Yeah, you need it.
30:53Oh, why am I going for the top?
30:54Six little ones.
30:55That wouldn't help you.
30:56And we need ten points out of this to be in with a shot for the teapot.
30:59And they are five, ten, eight, four, seven, and three.
31:06And the target, 853.
31:09Eight, five, three.
31:11Numbers up.
31:11And the target, 853.
31:12And the target, 853.
31:13And the target, 853.
31:13And the target, 853.
31:14And the target, 853.
31:15And the target, 853.
31:16And the target, 853.
31:17And the target, 853.
31:18And the target, 853.
31:19And the target, 853.
31:20And the target, 853.
31:21And the target, 853.
31:22And the target, 853.
31:23And the target, 853.
31:24And the target, 853.
31:25And the target, 853.
31:26And the target, 853.
31:27And the target, 853.
31:28And the target, 853.
31:29And the target, 853.
31:30And the target, 853.
31:31And the target, 853.
31:32And the target, 853.
31:33And the target, 853.
31:348, 5, 3, the target. Richard?
31:44No, just 8, 5, 5.
31:45Isabel?
31:46Um, 8, 5, 4.
31:48One away.
31:49So this has backfired in Richard spectacularly.
31:52Come on, Isabel. Come on, champ.
31:54Um, 8 multiplied by 10 plus 5 is 85.
31:598 by 10, 80 plus 5, 85.
32:02Multiplied by 3 plus 7.
32:05For 850.
32:07And add the 4.
32:08And add the 4. Very nicely done for one away.
32:11Brilliant. And is that as good as it gets?
32:13No, I think there's more, but you're going to have to leave it with me for a second.
32:17Cliffhanger. Love it.
32:19Well, OK, so the 7 points go Isabel's way.
32:21Good news, Richard, is it wouldn't actually have mattered.
32:247 points was not going to be enough for you.
32:26You needed the maximum, and even Rachel needs some extra time on that.
32:29So no regrets at all.
32:31You were right to go that way, and still a lot of fun to be had.
32:34Let's get your fingers on the buzzers, and let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:07Nothing, not even a guess from Isabel R. Richard.
33:14Stumped faces all round us in the studio today.
33:19Rachel too busy with the numbers to help me with the letters.
33:22So if you've got this at home, I want you to leave your house,
33:25I want you to do a lap of it.
33:26Right? You get the ten points.
33:28Nobody here gets them.
33:29Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:32Indenture.
33:32It literally had your name in the middle.
33:35I'm ashamed.
33:36For shame, for shame.
33:39Yeah.
33:39Richard, what a delight to have you here.
33:41Did you enjoy yourself?
33:42Yeah, absolutely. Thanks so much.
33:43You did really good.
33:44Wonderful stuff, wonderful stuff.
33:46We'll talk about board games after.
33:48Isabel, 87 is your highest score so far,
33:52and you've done that crawling into the studio under the weather.
33:55Thank you so much. We'll see you tomorrow.
33:57And Rory, Susie, see you tomorrow.
33:59Yeah, see you then.
34:00And as if today's first show that we couldn't get any better,
34:038-5-3, which I would need the next Monday to get.
34:07If you say 3 times 4 is 12, times by 7 is 84,
34:12times by 10 is 840,
34:15and you have an 8 and a 5 left over for 8-5-3.
34:18Yes.
34:20And with that, we are Audi.
34:22Same time, same place tomorrow.
34:24You can count on us.
34:26You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
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