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00:30Hello, everybody. We are halfway through the working week, which is a reason to be cheerful. Wednesday afternoon and countdown. Let's say hello to Rachel Riley. Hi, Rach. Hello, Colin Murray.
00:41Well, from high Rach to high jump. A weird one, this, but on this day in 1947, a great teenage athlete called Dick Fosbury was getting so frustrated with his high jump performance. And he decided just to see was there a different way to jump over the bar.
00:58I think most inventions come out of necessity, don't they? Or frustration or desperation. So up until then, they used to jump front first. And he tried the backflip and, you know, the rest is history. The Fosbury flop.
01:12So I'm looking at you as an athlete, right? At school. I'm going to say, see, you're, I don't take this the wrong way. You're smaller than what many people think. You're what, you're 5'7"?
01:245'7 and a bit.
01:265'7 and a quarter?
01:27Yeah.
01:28You're measuring in quarters. That says it, right?
01:30I don't know. It's 5'7 and a bit.
01:31Yeah. So, no, I don't think you would have been a high jumper. You might have been more of a lot. I don't know, shot put?
01:37I think you mean that as an insult, but yes, I did do shot put.
01:40Yeah.
01:41No, I was really good at sport at school, but I just could not do the Fosbury flop. So I could just about do the scissors. And in all the groups I was, you know, really sporty.
01:50Yeah. Except for high jump. I might be out in the first group, sitting there with the people who weren't interested at all.
01:56The first time I threw a javelin, I caught the back of my head with it, full pelt, and I had to get taken off the field.
02:03So you never throw it again, right?
02:05I mean, it's a shame you're not doing it today when there's always a smartphone around and we could have made 250 quid out of it.
02:10Exactly. Exactly. Well, listen, let's try and stay on course throughout today's countdown. 15 rounds coming your way.
02:16And all in the company of our doyen of the dictionary, Susie Dent, and beside her going the distance all week, it is our Rory Bredner.
02:23Yes.
02:26And here we are yet again in the company of the brilliant Isabel Huard, who just brings...
02:31I think you're radiant, if you don't mind me saying so.
02:33Oh, thank you very much.
02:34That is the right word, isn't it, Susie? She brings radiance.
02:37She does. She does. Love light.
02:39And every time I think you're beaten, you come up trumps. Yesterday you had a maximum 18.
02:45It was real harum-scarum stuff and you're six wins to the good and just getting better and better.
02:50How are you feeling?
02:51I'm feeling I'm living on borrowed time and I'm soon will be out of that door and on my way home.
02:56That's how I'm feeling.
02:57Well, there's not much more borrowing to do. There's only this afternoon and tomorrow and that's it.
03:02Nobody can borrow anything. You'll be an octo-champ. I wouldn't bet against you.
03:06You're up against Michael Douglas today. Now, I've never said this. I know. Let's not. Come on.
03:10Behave yourselves, everyone. Act your age. It's just a name. You won't be getting any cheap gags from me.
03:15Michael Douglas is here. And for the first time ever I can say this. You have no fixed abode. Tell me why.
03:21I've been living in a camper van for the last two years almost. I moved to Germany and converted it with my girlfriend.
03:32Yeah. And then we were travelling all over Europe. She unfortunately passed away.
03:36Oh, sorry to hear that. Thanks. I've been living in it since just all over Europe. So no fixed abode.
03:43Now, you left the camper van behind, right, to come back to be on countdown. Be honest. How are you finding the hotel room?
03:50It's warmer.
03:52Well, listen, it's an open invitation. You could be in there for eight nights plus the weekend.
03:59This could be the most you've been in one place for a long time. We will find out one game at a time.
04:04Best of luck to our Michael and Isabel.
04:06Lovely. Great. Off you go, Isabel.
04:11Hello. Hi, Isabel. Consonant, please. Thank you. Start today with W.
04:16And another. R. And another. T. Foul, please. U. And another. A. And another. E. Consonant. G. Consonant. N. And a consonant, please.
04:35And a final L. At home and in the studio. Let's play countdown.
04:40Take a closer.
04:41Yeah.
04:43Bye.
04:44Bye.
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05:10Isabel? Seven. And for you, Michael?
05:13Try a seven, yeah. Try the seven as well. Isabel?
05:16Well, I'm trying, it's a comparative, gaunt-er.
05:19Gaunt-er. More gaunt. And Michael?
05:23Tangler. Well, gaunt-er is absolutely fine,
05:25because our rule is if an adjective has one syllable,
05:28you can stick the er or est on it without it being specified in the dictionary.
05:32So that's absolutely fine.
05:34Tangler, you might think, you know, something is a tangle
05:36if it gets your hair all tangly, but it's not in the dictionary, I'm afraid.
05:40Not used often enough, Michael, I'm sorry.
05:42Unlucky, Michael, but keep trusting your basic instinct.
05:44How did you get on the dictionary corner?
05:46Well, I wrangled with this for a while. Wrangled is there for seven.
05:49Yeah. But there is an eight there. And it's regulant.
05:52Regulant. Yes, something, a substance that regulates,
05:55and the example here is a synthetic plant hormone.
05:58Thank you very much, Michael. You're up your first time choosing the letters.
06:01Good luck. Consolid, please, Rachel.
06:03Thank you, Michael. B.
06:05And another.
06:07C. And a vowel.
06:10I.
06:11And another.
06:12U. Consolant, please.
06:14R.
06:16And another.
06:17N.
06:19Vowel, please.
06:21O. Consolant.
06:24T.
06:25And a final vowel, please.
06:29Final I.
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07:04Michael.
07:05Just a five.
07:06Just a five from you. And Isabel?
07:08Just five.
07:09Just five as well. OK, Michael?
07:10Burnt.
07:11And Isabel?
07:12Count.
07:13Count and burnt.
07:14Yes.
07:15So there you go.
07:16Yes, absolutely five.
07:175.8. Are you going to use that out and why me?
07:19No.
07:20No?
07:21Well, I'm sure you can, but we aren't.
07:24We're going to stick with the word that we had yesterday, actually.
07:26Yeah.
07:27We had bionic for six, but we had ruction for seven.
07:31Back again.
07:32Two days in a row.
07:34Yeah.
07:35Causing ructions again.
07:36Good.
07:3712 players, five.
07:38First numbers round of the day.
07:40Isabel?
07:41My favourite.
07:42One large, please.
07:43Your favourite, indeed.
07:44One from the top.
07:45And five, not.
07:46And the first numbers of the day are three, nine, ten, seven, four.
07:52And the large one, 75.
07:54And your targets, 971.
07:57971 numbers up.
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08:10$200.
08:12Ooh.
08:13If you look on the chart for our first numbers,
08:15do you find this outüm?
08:16When you look on the chart you go.
08:17You've got found you on the chart.
08:18And the sort of chart you already can,
08:19let's get in the chart.
08:20You just want to make a missing tape and cut.
08:21And it is your硬件 plate.
08:23Como this looks like,
08:24your load do thing you'll need to actually place in your pocket?
08:26Big, big target. 9-7-1, Isabel.
08:329-7-2.
08:33One away. 9-7-1.
08:35You've got it. OK, let's hear it.
08:3710 plus 3 is 13.
08:39It is indeed.
08:40Multiply by 75.
08:419-7-5.
08:42Minus the 4.
08:43Well done. 9-7-1.
08:45Look at that.
08:48Nice one, our challenger, Michael, with a three-point lead.
08:51This will give you this first tea-time teaser of this Wednesday.
08:54And it's toad arms.
08:56Toad arms.
08:58It sounds like Matthew loves bullfighters.
09:00It sounds like Matthew loves bullfighters.
09:11APPLAUSE
09:12Welcome back.
09:19It sounds like Matthew loves bullfighters.
09:21Matadors.
09:22Matadors, the matadors, your tea-time teaser.
09:25Right, so close.
09:26Let's get back to it.
09:27Michael, you're picking these letters.
09:28A vowel, please.
09:29Thank you, Michael.
09:31E.
09:32And consonant.
09:34M.
09:35Consonant again.
09:36S.
09:38Consonant again.
09:41N.
09:42And a vowel, please.
09:44O.
09:44And a vowel.
09:46E.
09:47And a vowel again.
09:51O.
09:52Consonant, please.
09:54T.
09:55And the near consonant.
09:56And lastly, C.
09:58Thanks, Rich.
09:59C.
10:00Concord.
10:31Six. And Isabel? Six. And six as well. Okay. Michael, your word. Comets. Isabel? Emotes. Absolutely fine, both. How'd you get on, Marie? I think we've got an eight here. Is ecotones a word? Ecotones is, yeah. They are regions of transition between two biological habitats. So it's when they sort of meld into each other and they're richer in species than either of the communities on their own.
11:00I thought it was like a net zero music scene, you know, the ecotones, like it's a part of that scene, you know. Eco and the bunny men or something. Hey! Oh, I could go all day now. All day.
11:11Right, save us from this, Isabel. Consonant, please. Thank you, Isabel.
11:18N. And another. V. And a third, please. S. Vowel. A. Another vowel. O. And a third. E. Consonant. H. Consonant. T. And consonant, please.
11:40Lastly, Al. Al Green, obviously. Start the clock.
12:14Last time, Isabel. Six. Six from you, Michael.
12:18Yep, six. Six as well. Here we go again.
12:21Hovels. Hovels. And Michael?
12:24Talons. Yet again, different words, but the same number, which is key. So six points each. Happy with both of those, Susie?
12:30Very happy. And where are you taking me, Rory?
12:32I think there is an eight there. If you allow me to pluralise ethanol. Can you stick an S on the end? Ethanols?
12:39You can. Yeah, you absolutely can. Not a mass noun. It is a volatile liquid produced by fermentation of sugar. It's alcohol.
12:47Yeah. Still three points, the difference. Let's get back to the numbers. Michael, your first time choosing.
12:53Can I get two large and four small?
12:55You can indeed. Thank you, Michael. Two from the top and four little. Carefully decided upon.
13:00And for this round, they are three, two, nine, one. And the large ones, 75 and 25. And the target, 486.
13:11486. Numbers up.
13:13486. Numbers.
13:24496. Numbers.
13:3040, nothing.
13:36406.
13:3940, not 95.
13:40Can I get five?
13:42Michael, how did you get on? 486. And Isabel? 490. Michael, a chance to make a 20
13:49points out of 20 in the numbers so far? 75 plus 25. 100. Minus the 1. 99. 3 plus 2 is 5.
13:57Yeah. Multiply them together. 495. And then minus the 9. Perfect. 486.
14:03Big numbers round again from Michael. 13 points in the lead at the moment as we
14:11break the chat with Rory. And I mentioned the other day, if you don't mind humour me,
14:14about sort of meeting the people that you've done the impression of. Or do they
14:19even request it at times? Well, I kind of used to try not to meet the people I did
14:23because if you do meet, then you think, oh my god, what have I said about you? What
14:26have I done in the impression or whatever? And sometimes not, didn't like to get too
14:29close to them. And then I remember John Fortune, lovely John Fortune, he said, well,
14:32well, nobody ever accused David Attenborough of getting too close to the
14:36animals. So, you know, and I did. Some of the people that I actually became friends
14:41with Tony Benn, if you remember Tony Benn a few years ago. And he was wonderful.
14:44He loved the programme. He used to watch the programme. And I liked to study him in
14:48the wild. It was at a Channel 4 political awards. And he came out and said, are you
14:51doing me in the show this week? He said, because I feel if you're not doing me, I feel in some
14:56way I don't matter anymore. So he said, yes, we are doing a show. You are in the show.
15:00And he came out with this wonderful line. He said, well, don't be too unkind. He said,
15:03because I'm going to see Saddam Hussein this week. He said, but I've got to see him on Saturday or Sunday,
15:08because I've got to be in Leeds on Tuesday. But yes, and year before Tony Blair became
15:13Prime Minister in 96, I was on holiday in the south of France and he was in the next village.
15:19So I ended up sort of meeting him. And the first time I met him, he said, gosh, my kids,
15:24they love doing impressions of you doing impressions of me. And his youngest, I think,
15:29stood there and went, I like apple pie. And of course, you don't like cream or something.
15:35So it was a weird. And he said, he said, you know, I, and I love your job major. And I said,
15:39well, you know, if you're prime minister next year, you know, the boots on the other foot and,
15:42and, you know, it's going to be you. And he said, he thought about it for a second. He said,
15:45golly, well, how does, how does Lord Bremner sound?
15:49That was his. Oh my goodness.
15:51I know how to put a stop to that. But yeah, but yes, watching the moon while David Frost for years,
15:56I used to do those programs and he had wonderful guests. And one day he hadn't,
15:59he had Nelson Mandela on. And there's a wonderful moment where Nelson Mandela was sitting in the green room.
16:05And David Frost put his head round the corner and match of the day was on Sunday morning before that.
16:09And David Frost looked at match of the day and said, oh, do you know, I once,
16:13I once had a trial for Nottingham Forest.
16:17And Mandela looked up and said, yeah, what, on trial?
16:23And David Frost just sort of shook his head and walked out.
16:26So, yeah, so meeting people, it, I, I, I don't appear on the same programs.
16:31Mike Yarwood used to go on the same program as Harold Wilson, you know,
16:34and then do that sort of thing. But I think I'm mellowing in my old age.
16:37I don't mind, don't mind meeting the people that I do.
16:40It's a really interesting dynamic, isn't it?
16:41It's really intriguing to see when you come face to face.
16:44Brilliant. Thank you so much, Rory.
16:45OK, let's get back to letters now.
16:51Isabel, a little bit of catching up to do.
16:53Consonant, please.
16:54Thank you, Isabel.
16:56N.
16:57Vowel, please.
16:58A.
16:59And another vowel.
17:01E.
17:02And another vowel, please.
17:04A.
17:05Consonant.
17:06P.
17:08Consonant.
17:09C.
17:09Consonant.
17:11R.
17:12Consonant.
17:14P.
17:15And consonant, please.
17:16And lastly, G.
17:19Here we go.
17:21MUSIC CONTINUES
17:51Lines up, Isabel. Six. Six for you, Michael Douglas.
17:55Six. Isabel. Prance. Prance for you.
17:59And Michael. A capper.
18:01A C-A-P-P-E-R. A capper, Susie, then.
18:05Yes. In North American English, it is a more surprising, upsetting
18:09or entertaining situation than anything else that's gone before.
18:13So it's almost like that takes the biscuit.
18:15So six points each. How did you get on, Rory?
18:17I'm afraid capper was... Yeah, we can't cut that.
18:21Well, there is actually a seven at the very last minute.
18:24Carnage. Fantastic stuff.
18:26If you've got that at home, you take all the points.
18:29Here in the studio, you get six each as we go at it again, Michael.
18:32Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Michael.
18:34K. And another.
18:37R. And another.
18:40D. And the fourth.
18:41M. And the vowel.
18:46I. And another.
18:48O. And another one.
18:52E.
18:53And the consonant.
18:55S.
18:56And another consonant, please.
18:58And lastly, M.
19:00Start the clock.
19:01Middleazz.
19:01The consonant.
19:02And another.
19:04Please.
19:07Undertale.
19:07Trans positiva.
19:08If you have any written,
19:13Mark trophy.
19:14You have to agree with letter.
19:16On 1000...
19:18You'd fear.
19:19You have your note.
19:21You'll need to agree with letter.
19:22Why?
19:23That's some comment.
19:24You've a helfen tonight.
19:25You have to take the ball.
19:26You've got to be aì „ In Hallo.
19:26I'll be able to agree with a hand Palace.
19:28You have to approve.
19:28Time's up. Michael?
19:33A seven. Seven from you.
19:35Isabel? Not written down, it's a seven.
19:38OK. What's your seven you haven't written down?
19:40Dimmers. Dimmers, as in the dimmer switches.
19:43And Michael? Smirked.
19:45And smirked. Yeah, great words, both.
19:48Rory? We had a couple more sevens.
19:50Skimmed. Yeah.
19:52And, of course, whoever wins this could put this in their memoirs.
19:56Yes.
19:57Lovely. Great tranche of sevens in there.
20:01Right. So, 50 points already for our challenger.
20:05But, Isabel, 37, right within striking distance.
20:08Numbers that have been a problem today.
20:10Let's see if you can remedy that.
20:11Oh, the normal plays one large.
20:14You're not changing. It ain't broke.
20:16Right, one large, five a little.
20:19And this round is ten, nine, two, seven, eight.
20:24And the larger one, 50.
20:26And the target, one, seven, nine.
20:29One, seven, nine.
20:30Numbers up.
20:31So, I'm good.
20:32I am good.
20:33MUSIC CONTINUES
21:03How did you get on?
21:04Um, 117.
21:06Oh, missed it.
21:07And Michael's been sitting doing nothing for about 28 seconds,
21:10so I think you've got it, yeah?
21:11Off you go.
21:13Two multiplied by nine, one multiplied by ten.
21:15Two by nine by ten, 180.
21:17And then eight minus seven.
21:19Nicely done.
21:20Beautiful.
21:23Fantastic.
21:24Well done to you.
21:25Another ten points in the bag
21:26as we get our second Tea Time teaser this Wednesday afternoon.
21:29Great win.
21:31Great win.
21:32Luke Littler had a great win
21:34and left many eyes like this.
21:36Luke Littler had a great win
21:38and left many eyes like this.
21:48APPLAUSE
21:48Hello again.
21:56Great win was the Tea Time teaser.
21:57Luke Littler had a great win
21:59and left many eyes like this.
22:00The eyes were watering.
22:02They were watering.
22:03Well, listen, Michael,
22:04you're about two-thirds of the way there to a great win.
22:07Not there yet, though.
22:07Six rounds to go
22:09and you're choosing these letters, Michael.
22:11Uh, consonant, please.
22:12Thank you, Michael.
22:13Good luck, everybody.
22:39Thank you, Michael.
22:41Bye-bye.
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23:07Bye-bye.
23:08That's time. Michael?
23:12Seven.
23:13Isabel?
23:14Seven.
23:14Very good. Michael?
23:16Shapier.
23:16And Isabel?
23:17Harpies.
23:19Harpies and Shapier.
23:21Yeah, it's not in, I'm afraid, Michael.
23:23Harpies, absolutely fine.
23:24These were monsters in Roman and Greek mythology.
23:28Woman's head and body and bird's wings.
23:31It's a bird of prey with a woman's face, essentially.
23:33OK.
23:34Yeah.
23:34So seven points to Isabel.
23:36Well done.
23:36How did we go on in Dixnery Corner?
23:38Yeah, we had, I think, two eighths there.
23:40One is perished.
23:41Wow.
23:42P-A-R-I-S-H-E-D.
23:44But you came up with an amazing one.
23:45Yes, botanical one.
23:47Rayphides.
23:48These are needle-shaped crystals that you'll find in the tissues of certain plants.
23:52Sensational.
23:52Both of you.
23:53There you go.
23:55What a team.
23:56But Isabel, pulling those points back, 16 in it now.
24:00Will we get a crucial countdown conundrum today?
24:03One round at a time, Isabel, your letters.
24:05Consonant, please.
24:06Thank you, Isabel.
24:07T.
24:08And another.
24:09S.
24:10And another.
24:12M.
24:13And another, please.
24:14D.
24:16Vowel.
24:17A.
24:18Another, please.
24:20O.
24:21Another.
24:22I.
24:24Consonant.
24:25Y.
24:27And a consonant, please.
24:28Lastly, B.
24:31Let's play.
24:31Let's play.
24:31Let's play.
24:39Let's play.
24:41Isabel?
25:03Seven.
25:04And Michael?
25:05A five.
25:06A five.
25:06What's the five, Michael?
25:08Just boats.
25:09Boats and full steam ahead here for Isabel.
25:12Mastoid.
25:13Mastoid.
25:14Yes, that speaks a true Countdown fan.
25:16Yeah, mastoid, related to the mastoid process,
25:19which is actually a bone behind your ear to which your neck muscles are attached.
25:23Right, Rory, can you add anything beyond mastoid?
25:26No, I bow to her superior wisdom that she's got it again.
25:31That's great.
25:31Mastoid.
25:32OK, so nine points to difference with four rounds left today.
25:36Let's stay with you, Susie, for more Origins of Words.
25:38Well, I'm sticking with games, as I have been all week,
25:42because many words and phrases in English began with games, board games,
25:47all sorts of things, quizzes as well.
25:50I'm going to talk about level pegging.
25:52So if you're level pegging, you're sort of keeping pace with someone.
25:55And it actually looks back to what has been called Britain's national card game,
26:01which is cribbage, which I mentioned also yesterday.
26:04And those who play, if they have a proper scoring board,
26:06they probably know exactly what I mean,
26:08because I don't play this, so forgive me.
26:11I'll try and explain this.
26:12So points are won by grouping cards in a player's hand
26:15with the help of a face-up card in the middle
26:17to make a total of 15 pairs or runs.
26:21And they're totted up, this I do know,
26:24by placing a peg along a line of holes called streets, actually.
26:28And it's a very distinctive-looking scoring board.
26:31So obviously, if your pegs are on the same level,
26:34if they're tied, you are level pegging.
26:37You are keeping, as I say, keeping pace with your opponent.
26:41And it's as simple as that.
26:43But it's quite a few centuries old, that one.
26:46Not by a long chalk.
26:48You might wonder about that one.
26:50Now, that refers to the length of a line of chalk
26:52that you will find on a blackboard.
26:54And it was probably on this blackboard
26:56that people who were playing games,
26:59games had been played in pubs, for example,
27:01for, again, a long, long time,
27:03their scores would be marked up with chalk on a blackboard.
27:07And the person who had the longest chalk mark,
27:10obviously, was going to be streets ahead of their opponent.
27:14So not by a long chalk means you don't have a hope
27:17of actually sort of, you know,
27:19coming up to level peg with them
27:21because you were so far behind.
27:23So to win by a long chalk was to win very decisively indeed.
27:28And that also brings me back to the whole idea of scoring
27:31and tallying, which I will come to tomorrow.
27:33Nice. Fantastic. Thank you.
27:35We are at nine points.
27:39The difference just our champion, Isabel,
27:42with six wins going for a seventh.
27:44You look down and out,
27:45and you've managed to come back fantastically
27:47in the last couple of rounds.
27:49So it's all in the mixer again, Michael,
27:51as you choose these letters.
27:53A consonant, please.
27:54Thank you, Michael.
27:55S.
27:56And a vowel.
27:58E.
27:58And a consonant.
28:00G.
28:01And the neuroconsonant.
28:04L.
28:05And another.
28:07G.
28:08And the vowel.
28:09I.
28:10And the neurovowel.
28:12E.
28:13And a consonant.
28:15L.
28:15And a consonant, please.
28:19And lastly, W.
28:21Let's play.
28:22MUSIC PLAYS
28:24MUSIC PLAYS
28:54Michael
28:55Seven and Isabel seven seven as well. I think it might be the same word Michael wiggles is about
29:02Wiggle it
29:04Two wiggles could you wiggle anything else out of that?
29:07Well, if you had a pair of wellies you could because there is wellies in there somewhere. Yes wellies and wiggles and a really nice round
29:16Still the same though everything to play for last letters Isabel nine, please consonant, please. Thank you, Isabel
29:24And another
29:25Zed and another please T and a fourth
29:30G a vowel please you and another a and another place a and
29:39Consonant s and consonant, please and lastly L. Yeah last letters
29:54I
29:56Isabel seven and Michael just six the six says steeler and the seven is about glazes
30:10Isabel seven and Michael just six the six says steeler and the seven is about glazes
30:24Glazers
30:26It's in I didn't expect it to be in actually I thought you would have glazier bet glazers. Yeah, absolutely fine in the dictionary
30:33Well done exactly as we would imagine
30:35It's not so much as a glass fitter, but this is literally somebody who glazes or burnishes things that could be pottery
30:41It could be that kind of thing seven points from the mercurial
30:45Isabel back to within two anything they add Rory. Yeah, there's a date there
30:50And that's gestural to make so something that's of a gesture gestural politics. That's wonderful
30:56Okay, 67 65 absolute nail-biter
31:01But we won't get a crucial countdown conundrum unless Isabel can finally match Michael at the numbers
31:07Which I haven't done yet today Michael you're choosing to large for small please to large for small will this be it?
31:14Will we get to the crucial only one way to find out the small ones four one
31:19nine and three and a large to 150 and the targets
31:28899 899 numbers up
31:49Time's up. Let's dot the I's and cross the T's Michael. Yeah, and Isabel. Yes. Yeah, okay off you go Michael
32:089 1 2 by 100 minus 1. Yeah, yeah, and Isabel
32:13Yes
32:15My goodness me I thought it was over for Isabel yet here we are with a crucial countdown conundrum our challenger
32:24Michael Douglas left his camper van somewhere in Europe and this really is the final countdown fingers on buzzers
32:32Let's reveal today's crucial
32:34countdown conundrum
32:36Isabel flyweight, let's have a look
32:57Wow
32:59Wow you were on the canvas we were counting you out the bookies had stopped taking bets
33:07What about that?
33:07Rocky stuff
33:09Yeah, yeah, um, I'm
33:12Completely astonished. I mean Michael and his superior
33:16Numbers games and everything and I was just I was down and out as you say
33:21You know, yeah, yeah, but listen, there's nothing wrong with being apollo creed Michael Douglas
33:26Let me tell you that much. Um must be a weird one. You've been brilliant today
33:30But then a little bit of disappointment day
33:33I
33:33Didn't I wasn't entirely sure how it would go. So I'm pretty happy with the score
33:37So okay, she really is like no other champion. Just just surviving every day brilliant
33:42Really is good. And the good news is Michael as well is I mean you left that camper van
33:48You've only put like three days parking on it
33:51So that's not a bad thing to get you back into the wilderness. So that's okay
33:55We've loved having you here. What a character and Isabel going for Octo Champ
34:00Well, I never thought I'd get here as you know, I really thought you know, I'd thrown in the sponge
34:06I'll level with you Isabel. I didn't think you'd get here either
34:08And it's delightful. It's wonderful. Told you Rory and Monday. It's Isabel unbelievable. We'll see you tomorrow
34:14We'll see you tomorrow Suze. See you then thought Isabel was for the high jump
34:18Yeah, well, I'm still surprised actually with the intro that you did about a high jump that you didn't segue into Susie hitting the bar
34:26That's the type of joke I usually make exactly we know she won't be paying as usual typical right anyway
34:31That's all from us. We will see you tomorrow same time same place. You can count on us
34:36You can contact the program by email at countdown at channel 4.com
34:42You can also find our webpage at channel 4.com forward slash countdown
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