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00:30Hello, everybody. It is Monday, March the 11th.
00:34You're more than welcome for another week of Countdown,
00:37Monday to Friday, every afternoon on Channel 4,
00:40or catch up whenever you like.
00:42How are you doing, Rachel?
00:43Very well. How are you?
00:44Well, I'm a year older than when we last saw each other.
00:46It was my birthday at the weekend.
00:48I know. Don't look, a day over 46, 47 now.
00:51I'm shocked, shocked, I tell you.
00:54It flies, doesn't it? I always say a day lasts forever,
00:57but years fly by as you get older.
01:00It's interesting because on my 16th birthday,
01:03a little band called Oasis were going into a recording studio
01:07in Liverpool to record their first demo.
01:10Liverpool? How could they?
01:11Yeah, I know, exactly.
01:13And they made this little demo called Live Demonstration,
01:15which fans know they released later.
01:18So there's only 10 of them originally.
01:21And they're like...
01:22I was surprised at this, actually.
01:23So one went up for auction quite recently.
01:27Now, bear in mind,
01:28this is one of the biggest British bands of our lives.
01:31How much do you think that cassette sold for at auction?
01:36The original Oasis demo.
01:38Well, I mean, no-one's got a Walkman any more,
01:40so it's just worthless, isn't it?
01:42Probably 20 quid.
01:43Six grand.
01:45Six grand.
01:45Okay.
01:46I thought it would have been higher.
01:48Yeah.
01:49You know what they say,
01:49the key is,
01:50don't look back in anger.
01:52Let's just head to Dixonry Corner
01:53and introduce Susie Dent,
01:55back and ready to keep countdown
01:57on the straight and narrow
01:58and alongside her,
02:00the radio and television presenter of my generation.
02:02I think, not sure, actually.
02:04Yeah.
02:05You're one of those ones.
02:06No, I am, unfortunately, I think.
02:08I am younger than you, of course,
02:09but not enough to be a different generation.
02:11Not enough.
02:12Annoyingly.
02:13Rick Edwards is here.
02:17Well, listen, Fiona Covey is our new champion.
02:20We had two new challengers
02:21after Isabel became yet another octachamp
02:23of a series 89.
02:25So just a one win for Fiona.
02:26How are you?
02:27I'm fine, thank you, yes.
02:28Good.
02:28You had the weekend to revel in your newfound glory.
02:32Build up my nerves a bit more.
02:33Maybe Dutch courage
02:34because even though you're a support worker now,
02:36you spent a lot of time working in the pubs.
02:38You were a landlady for, what, 12 years?
02:40Yeah, yeah.
02:40Had my pub for 12 years.
02:41What was that like?
02:42What was it called?
02:43Jolly Colliers.
02:44The Jolly Colliers.
02:45Jolly Colliers, yes.
02:46See, I'm thinking of spitting sawdust,
02:48dart boards.
02:49Oh, definitely darts.
02:50Yes, love it, love it.
02:53You're going up against Alex Munro today
02:55from Marple in Stockport, just up the road.
02:57How are you?
02:58Great, thank you.
02:59Happy to be here.
03:00Good.
03:00Now, listen, I don't often talk about jobs
03:02when I find them interesting, you know.
03:04Not everyone should be defined by their job,
03:07but you're a choir manager.
03:09I am.
03:10I'm the manager of the Halle Choir,
03:12who are a wonderful, absolutely brilliant bunch.
03:15Really, really enjoy it.
03:17I've only been doing it since last March.
03:18It's the best job I've ever had.
03:20Oh, tell me all about them.
03:21What type of stuff do they sing?
03:23Where do they perform?
03:24Oh, well, they're really, they're world-renowned.
03:27Yeah.
03:27They sing the big choral works.
03:30We performed at the proms last year, which was great.
03:34Yes, it's just, it's a great job, very happy,
03:36and I get to sit and listen to this 240-strong choir
03:39on a Wednesday evening while doing my spreadsheets.
03:42I was trying to work out what a choir manager does.
03:45Do you sort of go, right, we're going four altos at the back,
03:47two baritones through the middle, right?
03:50Play it, keep it tight for the first 20 minutes.
03:52Oh, we're going to get the hair dryer treatment.
03:54I missed that note.
03:55I missed that note in the first half.
03:57Oh, I love it.
03:58Well, listen, let's see if you're on song today.
04:00Thank you so much for being here.
04:01Good luck, Alex and Fiona.
04:02Fiona, you're getting us underway.
04:07It's your letters.
04:08Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
04:09Thank you, Fiona.
04:11Start the week with F.
04:15And another one, please.
04:17S.
04:19And a third.
04:20N.
04:22And a fourth.
04:24G.
04:26And a vowel.
04:27O.
04:28And another one.
04:30E.
04:30And a third.
04:34A.
04:36And a fourth.
04:39I.
04:40And a consonant, please.
04:42And the last one, S.
04:44At home and in the studio.
04:45Let's play Countdown.
04:59ING there, in the first letters. Fiona, how did you get on?
05:20Six. Six there, and Alex? I got a six, two sixes.
05:24I can only accept one, you're going to have to choose.
05:27Stop showing off.
05:28Fiona, what's yours? Singes.
05:32Singes. And what about yourself, Alex? Season.
05:35And season. So no one using the ING.
05:38Over to Rick and Susie, how'd you fare?
05:40Seven. Fessing.
05:42Yes. Yeah, fessing up.
05:44There is note there as well, yes, agonises.
05:48Great spot. Well done.
05:50Great start for Dictionary Corner, but six points apiece for Fiona and Alex.
05:54And you're up, Alex.
05:55Consonant, please. Thank you, Alex.
05:57G. And another one.
06:01H.
06:03A vowel.
06:05A.
06:06Another vowel.
06:07E.
06:09Another consonant.
06:11W.
06:13A vowel.
06:14O.
06:15A consonant, please.
06:18C.
06:21A vowel.
06:23E.
06:24And another consonant, please.
06:26And lastly, D.
06:27And 30 seconds.
06:28A vowel.
06:42M.
06:46A vowel.
06:47M.
06:47B voices.
06:50Alex?
07:01A six.
07:01Six from you, 36ers and Fiona?
07:03Yeah, six as well.
07:04Yeah, absolutely.
07:05Alex?
07:06Chowed.
07:07And Fiona?
07:08Chewed.
07:09Yes, which may just be roughly the same thing,
07:11if I'm getting this right.
07:13The chow down.
07:14Chow down.
07:15Chow down on lobsters, they would say, in North America.
07:18Yes, absolutely fine.
07:19To eat.
07:20Anything not digestion-related?
07:22Well, I suppose you could have a go at eating hogweed.
07:24Yeah.
07:26Hogweed.
07:27And to go with that, to go with the hogweed,
07:29you've got the cowage,
07:31which you can spell with an H in the middle,
07:33and that's a climbing plant that causes stinging and itching,
07:36so avoid.
07:37A dozen points each.
07:38And it's numbers time.
07:40Fiona?
07:40Oh, we'll have one large and five small, please.
07:44Thank you, Fiona.
07:45One large, five little first numbers of the week.
07:47And they are six, four, three, ten, two, and the large one,
07:5425, and you need to reach 745.
07:57Seven, four, five.
07:59Numbers up.
07:59One large, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
08:29seven four five first number target of the week Fiona seven four six missed it
08:37by one Alex seven four six same as well you struggled to get the five I think
08:43you both be kicking yourselves Fiona off you go definitely definitely three times
08:4725 is 75 yep times a 10 750 and then minus the four yep one away I did 30
08:57times 25 for 750 and then took away the four and how did you get 30 sorry three
09:03times ten if you just pass it over because you've done exactly the same
09:05thing lovely excellent rich well a couple of different ways to get there but one
09:10of them if you start with this method six plus four is ten and divide that by two
09:14for your five to take away so close thank you
09:18look at that 19 points of piece as we get our first tea time teaser run to dip run
09:25to dip you dip a toe in the water and see this running towards you you dip a toe in
09:30the water and see this running towards you
09:32welcome back you dip a toe in the water and see this running towards you the answer is
09:51fortunate I'm gonna have to go to Susie on this hopefully she won't get too crabby with me ah very
09:57good yes um it is a swimming crab I didn't realize that some crabs can only crawl as
10:03they crawl under the water rather than swim and those that can swim can swim and crawl
10:07brilliant thank you very much right more letters please Alex you're up um a consonant please
10:15thank you Alex why and another one p and a vowel please you and another one a and a consonant please
10:29T and a vowel please O another vowel I um and a consonant please and lastly R thanks Rich
10:47thank you all for watching
11:04Alex.
11:18Six.
11:18Six from you and Fiona.
11:20Just five.
11:21Just the five.
11:22Could the challenger take the lead?
11:24Fiona.
11:25Party.
11:26And Alex.
11:27Parity.
11:28Parity, there you go.
11:29Slip an eye in.
11:30Take the six points.
11:31Six is all the way so far for Alex.
11:34How do we go on the next three corner?
11:37A couple of nice animals.
11:38The tapia and the agouti.
11:41And then guitar for six.
11:44And topiary for seven.
11:47Ornamental hedgework.
11:49Right, more letters, please.
11:50Start with a vowel, please.
11:52Thank you, Fiona.
11:53U.
11:55And a consonant.
11:57M.
11:58And another.
12:00S.
12:02And a third.
12:03L.
12:04And a fourth.
12:07S.
12:08And a vowel.
12:11O.
12:12And another vowel.
12:15A.
12:16And a consonant.
12:19N.
12:21And a vowel, please.
12:24And a final E.
12:25And a half a minute.
12:26And a half a minute.
12:26And a half a minute.
12:26And a half a minute.
12:57How many, Fiona? Six. And Alex? Six. Six. What have you got, Fiona? Season. And Alex? Solemn. Susie? Yeah, absolutely fine. Well, we were messing about here and Rick came up with something that wasn't quite what we thought it meant. Yeah, molasse. So I was thinking the singular of molasses. Yeah. No, but it is something else. Yes. It's a geological term for a deposit of soft green sandstone found in the Miocene Age. Okay.
13:2625 plus 31. Second numbers round of the day. Alex, it's our first time finding out your tactics. I'm going to go one big and the rest small, please. We'll go for this big one. And this lovely lot of little ones. And your five smalls this time. Six. Two. Eight. Five. And ten. And the big one, 25.
13:47And the target, 739. Seven. Three. Nine. Numbers up.
14:21Seven. Seven. Three. Nine. Did you hit it, Alex?
14:25Seven. Three. Eight.
14:26Seven. One away again. Fiona?
14:27Seven. Four. Two.
14:28And further away. So seven points, Alex, if you can nail this.
14:32Yeah. Five times six is 30.
14:34Times 25 is 750.
14:37Yep.
14:38And then take away the ten, take away the two.
14:41Yep. Ten for one above, two for one below.
14:43How did you get on, Rich?
14:44I have to leave it with me.
14:45Yeah. One away as well.
14:47There you go. One away as well.
14:48So you matched Rich, 38 players, 25, as we pause to talk with Rick Edwards for the first time this week.
14:55And it is British Science Week this week.
14:58You studied science at Cambridge.
15:00Yes.
15:00Where did the switch to television, just out of interest?
15:04Where did that happen?
15:04Was it an accidental thing?
15:06Yeah. I mean, I wasn't the most academic, so I didn't do brilliantly at university.
15:14And so it became apparent that I probably wasn't going to pursue a kind of academic career.
15:19And I was just looking for something easy.
15:21And you well know, this is quite easy.
15:25This fits the bill perfectly.
15:28And science, what interested you about it?
15:30Or what did you learn at university that sort of stuck with you to this day?
15:34I learned to be wrong about things.
15:35I think that was quite useful.
15:36Yeah.
15:37So I went from being clever at school to being average at best at university.
15:44And so then you have to kind of learn how to deal with being wrong.
15:47And I sort of reframed it in my mind.
15:48I was like, actually, being wrong is quite good.
15:49Because as long as you accept that you're wrong and you sort of take on board what you're being told,
15:54then you can kind of, you can know more stuff.
15:56And that's good.
15:57And then I also slightly learned not to always believe what smart people say.
16:05Because smart people don't know everything and they don't have all the answers.
16:09So, for example, I did, for my sort of big paper at the end of my degree,
16:14I wrote about the conservation and re-release programme of the Oryx.
16:18And I wrote about the fact that it had gone extinct in the wild in 1972
16:23and they started a breeding in captivity programme,
16:27started re-releasing it into Oman.
16:29And I was writing about this and I was sort of, as I was writing,
16:32and this is not quite pre-internet, but it's not, you couldn't Google stuff.
16:35I was having to sort of read books and call up people and sort of find papers and what have you.
16:41And the whole time I was like, the thing that seems to be driving,
16:44what was driving the extinction of this animal was mainly poaching.
16:49And nowhere could I find anyone talking about the poachers.
16:53And so, and I thought, well, I can't, you know, these are very,
16:56these are clever people who are sort of designing these programmes.
16:58They will have thought about this.
16:59But I thought, I've got to write something.
17:00So I wrote, I'm concerned that they're just going to be poached back into extinction.
17:05Yeah.
17:05When they're re-released.
17:08And didn't really think anything of it.
17:09And then, lo and behold, that is pretty much what happens.
17:12They very nearly went extinct again in Oman in the year 2000,
17:18because they hadn't bothered to talk to the poachers about,
17:21the poachers were basically quite happy to see the oryx back.
17:23Yeah.
17:24And they hadn't really addressed that.
17:27And so I guess that gave me some confidence.
17:30Like, have the courage of your convictions,
17:32even when you think that people must know what they're doing.
17:34Sometimes they don't.
17:35Thank you, Rick.
17:36APPLAUSE
17:37Fiona, 13 points adrift.
17:41Bit of catching up today.
17:42Let's go.
17:43Start with a consonant, please.
17:44Thank you, Fiona.
17:45R.
17:46And another one.
17:48V.
17:50And a vowel, please.
17:52A.
17:54And another.
17:55O.
17:57And consonant.
17:59D.
17:59And another one.
18:02T.
18:04And a vowel.
18:06A.
18:08And a consonant.
18:11G.
18:14And another consonant, please.
18:16And lastly, N.
18:18And here we go.
18:19T.
18:20And another consonant.
18:20T.
18:21And another consonant.
18:21T.
18:22And another consonant.
18:22And another consonant.
18:23And another consonant.
18:24And another consonant.
18:24And another consonant.
18:24And another consonant.
18:24And another consonant.
18:25And another consonant.
18:25And another consonant.
18:25And another consonant.
18:25And another consonant.
18:26And another consonant.
18:26And another consonant.
18:27And another consonant.
18:27And another consonant.
18:28And another consonant.
18:28And another consonant.
18:29And another consonant.
18:29And another consonant.
18:30And another consonant.
18:30And another consonant.
18:31And another consonant.
18:31And another consonant.
18:32And another consonant.
18:33And another consonant.
18:33And another consonant.
18:34And another consonant.
18:35And another consonant.
18:36And another consonant.
18:37And another consonant.
18:38And another consonant.
18:39And another consonant.
18:40And another consonant.
18:49How many Fiona? Six. And Alex? Just the four. Just the four. What we got? Dart. Dart. Well, Fiona saw that straight away. What was the six? A dragon. A dragon. There you go. On fire. You pulled back those six points. Anything else in Dixie Corner? I think we got vagrant for seven. Vagrant for seven. Nice seven. Push it one further. Good. And dragon for six takes the point. So let's truck on and Alex will need nine letters from you.
19:18A consonant, please. Thank you, Alex. P. And another one. K. And a vowel, please. U. And another one. I. And another one. O. And a consonant, please. R. And another one. D. And a vowel. E.
19:46Phew. And finally... A consonant, please. And a final. N. And start that clock.
19:55A consonant, please.
20:25Talk to me, Alex. Five. Fiona? Six. The comeback continues. Alex, the five.
20:34Drone. And the pool within one point? Ruined. Oh, there you go. Wonderful. Wonderful. There you go. That's what champions do. 37, 38 now. Rick, how do you get on?
20:44Um, I think a seven. Punkier. Yeah. Punkier. Bit more punky. And I don't know if Oryx do this. Do they pronk?
20:53Do they not do? Prank. So... I think most of us do. We just don't like to talk about it in public. I think most of us do when the alarm clock goes off in the morning. But this is when you jump up with an arched back, stiff legs of antelopes. Usually when they're threatened.
21:06What a great word, Susie. Thank you so much. You're welcome. Third numbers round of the day. Fiona?
21:11Er, this time two large and four small, please. Thank you, Fiona. Two in the top. Four Littlands. And for this round we have five, one, eight, nine, 25 and 75.
21:25And the target? 104. 104 numbers up.
21:55104. Just confirm it for me, Fiona. Yes, 104. And Alex? 104. Off you go, Fiona.
22:07Er, 75 plus 25 is 100 and then five minus one for the four. No surprises. Yeah. Same way, Alex? Yeah. Let's have a little glimpse. Yes. There you go. Nice one.
22:17Well, Alex started this part with a healthy lead. She still has a lead, but it's down to just one point.
22:25So it's going to be a brilliant last part after this tea time teaser, which is lower lap. Lower lap.
22:31This isn't a tiny fib. It's a great big lie. This isn't a tiny fib. It's a great big lie.
22:37Hello again. It isn't a tiny fib. It's a great big lie. Shouldn't tell them. Walloper. Walloper. Isn't that a wonderful word? Walloper was the tea time teaser.
23:02Right. I'll not lie to you. This could go either way. Our champion, Fiona, has 47. Our challenger, Alex, our choir manager, has got 48.
23:11And you're choosing these letters? Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, Alex.
23:15R. And another one? T. And a vowel, please. I. And another one? E.
23:24And a consonant? S. A vowel, please. A. And another one? E. And a consonant? And a final? R.
23:44Good luck.
23:45Good luck.
24:14How many, Alex?
24:17Er, seven.
24:18Good effort, Fiona.
24:20Er, dodgy seven, I'm not sure.
24:21Dodgy seven. Have you written it down OK?
24:23Yeah.
24:23All right. Alex?
24:25Reverts.
24:26Reverts? That's not dodgy.
24:27Fiona?
24:28Veritas.
24:29Veritas.
24:30Oh, in vino, veritas.
24:32Er, only there in that expression, I'm afraid.
24:34Er.
24:35Er, means truth in Latin, but, yeah, has to be.
24:38Yeah, yeah.
24:39Formula, sorry.
24:40How do we get on in DC?
24:42Er, can I have rest if?
24:44Is that a word?
24:45Restive, yeah.
24:47Er, absolutely fine.
24:49Yeah, the crowd's getting restive.
24:51It means the opposite of rest, they're getting...
24:53They're jiggly.
24:53Jiggly, yeah.
24:54They're pronking all over the place.
24:55They're pronking.
24:56They are.
24:57Er, and we did have an eight with traverse.
25:01Oh, very good.
25:01That's the mountain range.
25:02Very good.
25:03Right, here we go.
25:04Back to it then, Fiona.
25:05You're back in catch-up mode.
25:07Er, a consonant, please, Rachel.
25:09Thank you, Kona.
25:10L.
25:11And another one?
25:13S.
25:13And a third?
25:16F.
25:17And a vowel, please.
25:19O.
25:20And another one?
25:22I.
25:24And a consonant, please.
25:27L.
25:28And another one?
25:31S.
25:32And a vowel, please.
25:35E.
25:36And another one?
25:38And a final I.
25:40And another 30 seconds.
25:41And another one?
25:51Ah!
25:55Please.
25:56There you go. Fiona? Five. Five. Five. Bit of a stutter there. And Alex? Seven. Fiona? Floss. Floss. And Alex?
26:20Follies. Follies. There you go. Very good indeed. Rick? Yeah, we have follies and fillies and fissile. Which is a nice word. Yes, you would like this one. Yeah, able to undergo nuclear fission. Yeah. 15 points in it. Champion under pressure with four rounds left. And Susie, it was all about games and gaming terminologies last week in Origins Awards. What journeys are you taking us on this week?
26:46Well, I thought I would start with the calendar, in the spirit of this being a leap year, which we talked about quite recently.
26:54And I always thought the vocabulary of the calendar is interesting because it takes you to so many different places, not just the names of the months.
27:00So, starting with calendar itself, in medieval Latin, the calendarium was an account book.
27:07But it actually goes back to the calends, which was the day at the beginning of each month when accounts would be totted up and people had to pay their debts.
27:15And it actually goes back to a Latin word, if you take it all the way back, calare, meaning to proclaim, because citizens would be called together on the first day of the month.
27:27And not only would they have to pay their accounts, but the pontifex would tell them about the new moon and the festival and the sacred days that had to be observed in that particular time.
27:36Red letter day, lucky day, day to be recalled with pleasure, in almanacs and also ecclesiastical calendars.
27:44These were really important feast days and saints days that would be marked in red on the calendar because they were the special ones to be observed.
27:52The ones in black were the normal ones, but the ones to absolutely avoid at all costs were the dismal days or the evil days.
27:59They were called the Diaz Mali, and these were particular days of the year when it was considered to be incredibly unlucky even to go out because calamity would before you.
28:09And dismal, our adjective, which has been weakened over time, comes from that idea of the evil days, when things were very likely to go wrong.
28:16When are the dismal days? I want to note them down.
28:18Oh, my goodness, there's loads of them. I'll give you a list.
28:20Yes, please. Yes, thank you.
28:21Brilliant. Thank you so much.
28:22You're welcome.
28:22Well, on this day, the 11th of March, we have quite the competition.
28:29Still very much alive. Will Alex get her teapot? Four rounds away. Off you go.
28:35A consonant, please, Rachel.
28:36Thank you, Alex.
28:38W.
28:39And another one.
28:41T.
28:42And a vowel, please.
28:45O.
28:46And another one.
28:47E.
28:49And a consonant.
28:50H.
28:51And another one.
28:53M.
28:55And another one, please.
28:58C.
28:59And a vowel.
29:02A.
29:03And another vowel, please.
29:05Lastly, I.
29:07Countdown.
29:09Let's go.
29:24Thank you for the Зап cant.
29:25OK, Alex.
29:40Just a five.
29:41Just a five here.
29:42A little window of opportunity, Fiona.
29:44Just a five.
29:45A five as well.
29:46Alex.
29:46Match.
29:47Match.
29:48And Fiona.
29:48Clearly match as well.
29:50OK.
29:50Both matched.
29:51Perfect.
29:52Yeah.
29:52Loads of five floating about.
29:54Yeah.
29:54But come on, the fine minds of Susie and Rick, take me higher.
29:59My fine mind was having a shocker there.
30:01I only got cheap.
30:02But we did do better, didn't we?
30:03Yes.
30:04I say we.
30:04Yeah, I'm getting that.
30:05I did not.
30:07Reading between the lines.
30:08Susie.
30:08That is really tough.
30:10Achioti is another word for annatto, which is an orange-red dye obtained from a tropical fruit.
30:16That is a brilliant word.
30:17One for the back pocket.
30:21Right, last letters round.
30:23Off you go, Fiona.
30:25Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
30:27Thank you, Fiona.
30:28D.
30:29And another one.
30:31L.
30:32And a third, please.
30:34And a third, please.
30:35R.
30:36And a vowel.
30:39E.
30:40And another vowel.
30:42O.
30:44And another vowel.
30:46E.
30:48And a consonant.
30:49M.
30:51And another one.
30:55P.
30:57And a final consonant.
30:59And a final C.
31:01And last letters.
31:01And a
31:27T.
31:27I'm going round this, Fiona, how did you get on?
31:35Five.
31:35Yeah, tricky letters.
31:37Yeah, no, it's tricky letters.
31:38No, don't be hard on yourself.
31:39Alex?
31:40Five.
31:40Five as well, you see.
31:41Fiona?
31:42Elope.
31:43Yes, and Alex?
31:44Pence.
31:45So five-point seats, missed opportunity there.
31:48Something needs to give for Fiona or we're going to crown a new champion
31:51as we head into the last numbers, and Alex, you're in charge of them.
31:54One from the top and any more of your choice, please.
31:58This is for the teapot, Alex.
32:00One from the top, five little.
32:01Not all over yet, though, Fiona.
32:03Final numbers today.
32:05Eight, ten, seven, six, nine.
32:10Ooh, and a hundred.
32:11Could be tricky.
32:12Let's see.
32:12Target, 406.
32:14Ooh, 406.
32:15Numbers up.
32:244-0-6 for the win, Alex.
32:484-0-6.
32:49And Fiona?
32:504-0-6.
32:51Well done, anyway.
32:52Alex, off you go.
32:53Nine minus seven is two.
32:55Yep.
32:56Ten minus eight is two.
32:58Two add two is four.
32:59Times that by the hundred.
33:01400 add the six.
33:02Lovely.
33:03That's the teapot.
33:04Nice.
33:04And Fiona?
33:05Just the same.
33:07Let's have a look.
33:07Sorry.
33:08Yeah, well done.
33:09And a new champion is crying, but what a competition it was today.
33:16Let's not worry about that yet, because we have one more round to go.
33:19So, our Fiona, let's get your finger on that buzzer.
33:22Last time you'd be touching that buzzer, you're moving to the champions chair, Alex.
33:26Let's get your finger on it.
33:27Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:59Both Fiona and Alex have drawn a blank.
34:04Let's reveal the answer.
34:06Algebraic.
34:07Fantastic.
34:08Listen, Fiona, you can't be too disappointed with that.
34:10No, no.
34:11Two cracking games on a Friday and Monday.
34:13Teapot, bit of crack.
34:14Happy days.
34:15Yay.
34:16Double thumbs up.
34:17And Alex, there you go.
34:19Yeah.
34:19Fantastic.
34:20On song.
34:20Got the big win.
34:21On song.
34:22I like it.
34:23We'll see you tomorrow, yeah?
34:24Yeah.
34:24Rick Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:26See you tomorrow.
34:27Great start to the week, Rachel.
34:28We will all be back tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:31You can count on us.
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