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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown. Thank you very much for tuning in. Let's start by saying hello to the Queen of the Numbers. Rachel Riley, how are you?
00:40Very nicely done. Oh, I'm sweating a little bit. Today is the 21st anniversary of British Sign Language being actually recognised as an official language of Great Britain. You have to say, considering it started in the 1700s, what took so long?
00:56But what I didn't know is British Sign Language and American Sign Language are entirely different, Rachel. Oh, really? Like French and Spanish.
01:07Well, I know one very important word in sign language. Oh, no. A friend called Lisa, who's deaf, and she came round and she taught... Well, the girls picked it up straight away. Do you know what this is?
01:15For kids? Yeah. Sweeties. It means cake. Cake. Cake. It became her favourite word. She's just running around going, Mummy.
01:24I love that. We can say hello. We can ask for cake. We've got the basics covered, but we'll try and do better.
01:31Let's head over to Dictionary Corner, then. First time this week. There she is. Our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent. We talk a lot about origins of words, and, of course, your whole word is languages.
01:42Language in itself, right?
01:43That is a language in itself, too.
01:45I suppose a lot of what we do is accidental sign language.
01:49Yeah, yeah. Body language is all important.
01:50Yeah, usually Neil Delamere, who's in Dictionary Corner this week. He does a lot of sign language to me, and I know the meaning of that as well. Not just a top comedian, but also very much part of the Countdown family now. Neil Delamere, lovely to have you here.
02:04Thank you very much.
02:06Well, I said you arrive at a really good time. When isn't a good time to arrive at Countdown? But we have young Lucas Glanville going great guns. 412 points and four wins so far. Student from Edinburgh. Hello, young man.
02:18Hello. Right, we know you well enough now we can talk about when you got arrested in China. Now, I've slightly exaggerated that, but you were detained in China. Tell us the story.
02:30Yeah, I mean, this was when I was quite a bit smaller than I am now. My mum took me to China, and this was when swine flu was becoming a thing, when that was about as bad as the pandemic got.
02:40Mm. And we had a great time. Third day, went to the Great Wall of China, and we were intercepted by the Chinese health authorities, who were in these white biochemical suits, something quite dystopian, really.
02:52And it's because the man behind us on the flight in had swine flu, and they tracked us down.
02:57No!
02:58Oh! In China, and we were put into quarantine for a week to even have it. Don't think we even had swine flu.
03:04Wow.
03:05But saw a side of China we didn't expect to see.
03:07My goodness.
03:08Yeah.
03:08Happy holidays.
03:09Yeah.
03:09Happy holidays.
03:11Well, you're up against another ville. Today, maybe we'll look at the origin of that surname at some stage, but Jenny Melville's here. She's from Dunfermland. Fife, how are you?
03:19I'm fine, thanks.
03:20Good. Loads we could talk to you about. You're a registered nurse. You also did the bingo column when you were younger. You still remember all the numbers?
03:29I do, yeah. Plenty of numbers.
03:31They update them, don't they? Because the number 10, is that not the Prime Minister? So that's changed like 40 times in the last six years.
03:41That's right.
03:43Listen, we'll keep it simple here. We don't update much. Jenny and Lucas, good luck.
03:48Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:53Afternoon, Lucas.
03:54May I start with a consonant, please?
03:56Thank you. Start the week with P.
03:57And a vowel.
03:59I.
04:00And a consonant.
04:02G.
04:03And a consonant.
04:04K.
04:05And a vowel.
04:07E.
04:08And a consonant.
04:10N.
04:11And a vowel.
04:13A.
04:14And a consonant.
04:16R.
04:16And a vowel, please.
04:18And a final U.
04:20At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:22A consonant.
04:23T
04:52Time's up, Lucas. Seven. And Jenny. Seven. Well done, Lucas. Reaping. Reaping and Jenny. Parking. And parking. Parking and reaping. A nice ING to start the week. Susie and Neil.
05:08Yeah, there's a couple of sevens. As you said, parking, peaking. I'm assuming that's claiming a peak, is it? Rather than peaking. Oh, as in we're peaking now. Yeah, not peaking through something. Yeah. And gar pike, which is a type of fish. Gar pike, it absolutely is. Another name for the gar fish. Any of the number of long slender fish with beak-like jaws and sharply pointed teeth. Nice. That's scary. Fishy start. Fishy start. Seven points each. Well done. Time to pick some letters, Jenny.
05:35Hi, Rachel. Can I have a consonant, please? Hi, Jenny. Of course. Let's start with S. Another consonant. L. Vowel. A. Vowel. I. Consonant. S. Consonant. F. Vowel. E. Vowel. A.
06:05Consonant. And lastly, D. 30 seconds.
06:35Jenny Melville. Six. Lucas Glanville. I'll try seven. I'm going to try the seven. Okay, Jenny, the six. Slides. This might count. Dailies. Let's go to...
06:50Er... It's in the newspapers. There's only one eye in there. Oh, Dailies absolutely fine for newspapers, etc. But, yeah, sorry, Lucas.
06:57That's right. I need that second eye. So, the headline is, no points for you. Six points for Jenny. Were there any sevens in there?
07:04Yes, one. Yeah. Yes. Er... I'm not going to... I don't know how to define it. Well, I do know how to define it. Let's go with teeth.
07:12Er, falsies. Falsies? Yes. Eyelashes as well. Oh, aye. Yeah. Right. Er, first numbers round. Er, Lucas, you're choosing. Er, two large, please, Rachel.
07:22Thank you, Lucas. Two from the top row. Four little ones. And the first numbers of the week are five, four, two, eight.
07:32And the large one, 75 and 25. And the target, 380. 380. Numbers up.
07:52380, Lucas. Er, yeah, 380. And Jenny? No. Missed it? Yeah. Missed it? OK, Lucas, off you go.
08:16Er, eight divided by four divided by two is one. Yep. Add that to the 75. 76.
08:23Times by the five. Well done. 380. Nice.
08:27APPLAUSE
08:2917-13. Champion goes into the lead for the first time today.
08:33But, Jenny, you've got to be happy with that, haven't you? Really good start. OK.
08:37Yay, brilliant. Now it's settled. First two-time teaser.
08:40What a Monday afternoon. Parasite. Parasite.
08:44Breathe in to make the sound. Breathe in to make the sound.
09:00Welcome back. Breathe in to make the sound.
09:05Parasite becomes aspirate, Susie. Now, the A-S-P-I-R is connected to breathing, right?
09:12Yes. Is it connected to aspirin or two very different origins of words?
09:15Not aspirin as far as I know, because that looks back to a plant,
09:19Spirineus, which is meadow sweet, which is where they get it from.
09:22But lots of S-P-I-R, go back to the Latin,
09:24Spirare meaning to breathe, conspire, expire, respire, et cetera.
09:29OK, cool. Fairly breathless start to today's countdown.
09:32Our champion, Lucas, not having it all his own way.
09:3617-13, slender lead. Jenny, you're up again.
09:39Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jenny.
09:42B. Another.
09:45M. Another.
09:48M. Another.
09:51T. A vowel.
09:54E. Another vowel.
09:57O. Another vowel.
10:00U. Consonant.
10:04F.
10:06And another consonant, please.
10:08And the last one, L. Thanks, Rich.
10:10ucius app from
10:29P Grace B.
10:29You're welcome.
10:30T. A vowel.
10:32The vowel.
10:33No, L. Thanks, Rich.
10:3530 seconds. Passes in a flash. Jenny?
10:44A risky seven.
10:46Lucas? Just a five.
10:47There's no risk. No risk from Glanville. What's the five?
10:51Mount.
10:52Right. Is it going to pay off, Melville?
10:54Note full.
10:55Note full.
10:56Might be going for a full word.
10:58And that one is in.
10:59Yes, very good indeed.
11:00APPLAUSE
11:01There you go. Seesaw battle today, Neil.
11:06I just like entomb for a six.
11:09We've got tumble there.
11:10And there is a seven, though.
11:12Yeah, very similar.
11:14Not toneful, which I thought we'd be in,
11:16but tomeful, as in filling a tome, a volume.
11:20Thank you so much. More letters, please.
11:23Lucas?
11:23May I start with the consonant, please?
11:25Thank you, Lucas.
11:26H.
11:27And a vowel.
11:28E.
11:29And a consonant.
11:31Q.
11:32And a vowel.
11:34O.
11:34And a consonant.
11:36G.
11:37And a consonant.
11:39W.
11:40And a vowel.
11:42A.
11:43And a consonant.
11:45P.
11:46And a vowel, please.
11:47And a final O.
11:50Half a minute.
11:50G.
11:52G.
12:05E.
12:05A.
12:05A.
12:06E.
12:06A.
12:07A.
12:07A.
12:08MUSIC PLAYS
12:21Lucas? Five. Five from you. And Jenny? Four.
12:25And just a four. Low scoring round. Not a surprise. Jenny?
12:29Hope. Lucas?
12:31Whoop. Yes. Whoop, whoop.
12:33I think we should be whooping at five, unless you can why me with better.
12:38Sadly not. Can't whoop any further.
12:40Phage is there for five as well.
12:42Yeah, and that's quite a complicated one.
12:44It's from biology, short for bacteriophage,
12:46and it's a virus that infects bacterium and reproduces.
12:51It's used in genetic research.
12:53All right, 22-20.
12:55Lucas back in the lead now. And Jenny, your numbers.
12:59Two large, please, Rachel. Andres, small.
13:02Same. Again, two from the top four. Thank you, Jenny.
13:05This time, the four small ones are four.
13:07Five, seven and nine.
13:10And the large one's 100 and 50.
13:13And you need to reach 587.
13:16587. Numbers up.
13:17Large,ardaidae.
13:29You are.
13:31Big,icket.
13:31Talk to you.
13:33Low,
13:36solid.
13:38Go,
13:41Jenny?
13:49Five, eight, six.
13:50One away. Lucas?
13:52I think I've got five, eight, seven.
13:53Just thanks. Let's see, for ten points.
13:55Seven plus five is 12.
13:57Yep.
13:58Times the 50.
14:00600.
14:01Take away the nine and the four.
14:02And the nine and the four you have left over. You do indeed.
14:04APPLAUSE
14:05Right, 32 players, 20.
14:10As we have a chat with Neil Delamere for the first time this week.
14:14I believe it. Happy St Patrick's Day to you for you.
14:16Happy St Patrick's Day to you as well.
14:18What are we talking about today?
14:20I thought I'd answer a question I often get asked,
14:22which is people ask me, are audiences different in different countries around the world?
14:26And I put up a video the other day that has gone a little bit viral
14:30because I think it speaks to the differences between...
14:33Well, I think, broadly speaking, would you agree that Irish people's attitude towards the rules
14:37is somewhat lax?
14:38Yeah, they're suggestions to us, I would suggest.
14:42Rather than...
14:43It's a great way of wording it.
14:45Yes, I kind of know what you mean.
14:46Hard and fast rules.
14:47A little bit of rebelliousness.
14:48I put up this video, and this is true.
14:50A few years ago, myself and my wife and a friend of mine, Dieter, from Berlin,
14:53we went to the cinema.
14:54And I walked up, nobody else there, and I said, three tickets, please.
14:58And the Irish guy behind the counter goes, that's 36 euro.
15:00Unless, of course, you're students who's forgotten your student card.
15:06So we went, of course we're students.
15:09Sure aren't we in your class?
15:11And he went, I knew, I knew your face from somewhere.
15:15And Dieter goes, I am not a student.
15:17And he goes, please let the record show I'm not a student.
15:21And your man goes, is he on his gap year?
15:23Which is absolutely beautiful as a response, right?
15:26So we buy the tickets, and your man says, it's a tough course we're on.
15:31I've never met this fella before in my entire life, right?
15:33And it is a tough course.
15:35Yeah, double anatomy was tough this morning.
15:36Because if you're going to be a fake student, you might as well be a fake medical student.
15:39And he goes, yeah, I was.
15:41He goes, I wasn't at that lecture.
15:43This is the guy in, right?
15:44He goes, can you send me on the notes?
15:48Now the lie is more complicated than the film we're about to go and see.
15:51And my wife is in full-on student mode.
15:53She's eating pot noodle from the pick and mix.
15:55She's in love with this whole thing.
15:57And I said, I didn't take any notes.
15:59Dieter will send on the notes.
16:01And Dieter goes, I was, you were not a student.
16:03And he's losing his mind at this point.
16:05The other guy's really enjoying it.
16:07And I said, relax, Dieter, your blood pressure's going to go through the roof.
16:09Your man goes, we learned about that in a lecture last week.
16:11I said, you were not helping this situation.
16:13So eventually he kind of calms down.
16:14I said, my friend, okay, is not a student.
16:16I said, I'm a student.
16:17My wife is a student.
16:18And my wife is like, yeah, we're students.
16:19And the guy goes, okay, so your friend is not a student.
16:22I said, yes.
16:23And Dieter calms down.
16:24And he leaves a couple of seconds and he goes, is he a pensioner?
16:27And I said, yes, he is a pensioner.
16:28You're going in for about 12 quid.
16:30And I put it up the other day.
16:32And I think it's on 2 million views or something like this.
16:34Because there must be some element of kernel of truth.
16:37Yeah, yeah.
16:38Thank you very much.
16:39APPLAUSE
16:40All right.
16:43Strictly by the rules here.
16:45And those rules dictate that Lucas has to pick nine letters.
16:48Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:50Thank you, Lucas.
16:51N.
16:52And a vowel.
16:54E.
16:55And a consonant.
16:57L.
16:58And a consonant.
17:00D.
17:00And a vowel.
17:02U.
17:03And a consonant.
17:04B.
17:05And a vowel.
17:07E.
17:08And a consonant.
17:10D.
17:11And a vowel, please.
17:12And lastly, A.
17:14Here we go again.
17:15Here we go again.
17:15Here we go again.
17:45Lucas? Seven. Seven from you, strong. Jenny? Seven. Well done. What have you got, Lucas? Bundled. Yes, and Jenny? Bundled. Neil, what did you spot? Blended is seven. Yeah. And do we have the eight? We do. Unleaded, as in Patrick. Well spotted. Well spotted. You're sucking diesel there, Susie. You're sucking diesel. More letters, Jenny. A vowel, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jenny. O. Another vowel.
18:15I. Consonant. R. Consonant. C. Consonant. L. Vowel. A. Vowel. O. Consonant. T.
18:45That'll do as our Jenny. How many? Seven.
18:58That'll do as our Jenny. How many? Seven. And Lucas? Just the five. Just the five. Look at this battle. Five?
19:17Uh, clout. And seven. Cartail. Well spotted, Jenny. Very good.
19:22APPLAUSE
19:23What have you got? We just have the exact two that you got, which is clout and cartail, I'm afraid.
19:29Right. I can't believe we're back at the numbers already. Lucas?
19:33Two large, please. Thank you, Lucas. Two from the top and four.
19:37Not once more for the third time today. The selection is one, six, six, five, fifty, and twenty-five.
19:46And your target, 215.
19:492-1-5. Numbers up.
19:513-1-5. Numbers up.
20:072-1-5. Numbers up.
20:153-3-6. Trip now.
20:182-1-5. investigations In the marketplace.
20:193-5.
20:192-1-5.
20:20All right, that's time. 2, 1, 5. Lucas?
20:242, 1, 5, not written down. OK, and Jenny?
20:27Oh, I've lost it. Well, you missed it,
20:29and the little genius there only got it late, so off you go.
20:3250 minus 6 minus 1.
20:3443. Times the 5.
20:36Well done, 215. Well done.
20:38APPLAUSE
20:41Right, let's get a tea-time teaser.
20:43It's encrusts, encrusts.
20:45The Scottish monster was known for this.
20:48All be it briefly. The Scottish monster was known for this.
20:51All be it briefly.
21:08Hello again. Good tea-time teaser, that.
21:10The Scottish monster was known for this.
21:12All be it briefly.
21:13Curtness. Curtness. Very nice.
21:16Let's get back to the game. Jenny, it's letters time.
21:19You're up. Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:21Thank you, Jenny.
21:22J. Another.
21:25T. Vowel.
21:27A. Vowel.
21:29O. Vowel.
21:31E. Consonant.
21:34M. Consonant, please.
21:37And, lastly, I.
21:38Good luck, everybody.
21:50And.
21:53Two.
21:56Two.
21:59Six.
22:05Jenny.
22:06Six.
22:08Two.
22:10игр
22:19Six. Six. That's good with those letters. Lucas. Seven. That's even better. Jenny, the six. Motive. Motive. And Lucas. Emotive. Oh, no. Salt in wounds. Salt in wounds. Well done. Right, how did we fare? Yeah, not any better than that. No, that's brilliant. Well done. Great standard today. Absolute great standard today. All right, Lucas, more letters. Constant, please. Thank you, Lucas. N. And the vowel.
22:48O. And a consonant. C. And a vowel. E. And a consonant. N. And a consonant. R. And a vowel. U. And a consonant. T. And a vowel, please. And lastly, E. Let's play.
23:18Time's up. Lucas. Seven. Jenny. Nine.
23:45A maximum has been declared here in the Countdown Studio this Monday, March 18th, 2024. Lucas, what have you got?
23:53Counter. And what do you think you've spotted? Encounter.
23:57Encounter. Revenge. Oh, revenge. Goodness me.
24:00Well, look at that. Jenny, back within four points. Sensational stuff. Loving this. Both of you playing your part today. Four rounds to go. Nothing between yous. Time for Origins of Words.
24:14Susie Dent. Is it all different every day this week or are we on a theme?
24:17No, it's different because I am very grateful to our wonderful viewers who keep sending in the most fantastic emails.
24:24This is from Pat Roberts, who plays Countdown with her son every day.
24:29And she says she's started to notice words that have multiple meanings. And she wonders if I could say more about them. And she gives lots of examples.
24:38Might have to stretch this over two days, actually. She talks about the word strop, which I hadn't known this, but it's a sharpener for an old cutthroat razor.
24:47But, of course, you can have a strop as well. You can have a temper tantrum.
24:50She mentions bolt, as in a bolt of cloth, a bolt on a door and a horse bolting.
24:56And then she mentions a few others, which, as I say, I think I might come to you tomorrow.
24:59But we're going to start with those two. So, strop. Yeah, I didn't realise.
25:03So, this is used for sharpening razors. And its device is normally a strip of leather.
25:09And there's also nautical application for this as well, which is quite similar to the strip of leather.
25:14It's also rope sling. So, when cargo is being handled, particularly on board ships, etc.
25:20So, this one is quite easy. And it's a different word to the one that we use for having a strop.
25:26Because it comes from the Latin stropus, meaning a thong.
25:30So, you go back to that strip of leather.
25:33The other strop, as I say, of course, is a bad mood, a temper, he's having a strop, etc.
25:37And that is from stroppy, which, in turn, is from obstreperus.
25:43So, it's a shortening of that, we think.
25:46And obstreperus itself, from Latin, is ob, against, and strepare, to make a noise.
25:50So, you're making a right clamour or a right fuss.
25:53So, those two meanings of strop I quite liked.
25:55Bolt is the other one.
25:57So, in Old English, a bolt was an arrow. Simple as that.
26:01That's the bolt in bolt upright, as straight as an arrow.
26:04Although, arrows are usually horizontal, not vertical, but that's how eccentric we are.
26:09To have shot your bolt, to be able to do no more, that's also from archery.
26:14The bolt from the blue, something really unexpected, that's a thunderbolt.
26:18A bolt, an arrow of lightning accompanied by a crash of thunder.
26:22And that would be, obviously, if it came from a clear blue sky, then that would be very surprising indeed.
26:27And when a horse bolts, that's the same illusion, flying like an arrow.
26:31And the bolt on a door, quite often, particularly in old-fashioned doors, they are arrow-shaped.
26:36So, that one does account for everything, unlike a strop.
26:39And that's a very long entry in the dictionary.
26:42But I'll come to the other two tomorrow.
26:43Brilliant.
26:46Let's get back to the game.
26:48Jenny, you're choosing these letters.
26:50Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
26:52Thank you, Jenny.
26:53N.
26:53Another.
26:55R.
26:57Another.
26:58S.
26:59Vowel.
27:08Vowel.
27:13And another vowel, please.
27:15And lastly, E.
27:17Count down.
27:21So, first, we'll see you next time.
27:21We'll see you next time.
27:24Bye-bye.
27:25Bye-bye.
27:26Bye-bye.
27:26Bye-bye.
27:28Bye-bye.
27:37Bye-bye.
27:39Bye-bye.
27:45Bye-bye.
27:46Bye-bye.
27:47Bye-bye.
27:49Jenny
27:50Seven Lucas six six Jenny to take the lead the sixes Lucas unless
27:57Jenny reasons reasons to be cheerful very good indeed Neil Delamere
28:03Runless as in a cricketer who has no runs a runless cricketer you're out for a duck you're runless
28:09Yeah, that's seven. Right. My goodness. What's gonna happen next? Let's find out Lucas
28:14Consonant please Rachel. Thank you Lucas see and the vowel oh
28:20And the consonant
28:22D and a vowel I
28:25And the consonant D and a vowel
28:30E and the consonant N and a consonant
28:35S and a vowel please promising round a final oh
28:41Goodness me last letters
28:44So
28:46Such a crasher.
29:14Lucas?
29:15Seven.
29:16Jenny?
29:17Eight.
29:18I think.
29:19You think?
29:20I love that you've added, I think, because we're all wondering.
29:24Lucas, the seven?
29:25Scooted.
29:26Scooted.
29:27And for Jenny?
29:29Sectioned.
29:30Sectioned, Susie?
29:31Yeah, section is there as a verb, but we need two E's for that,
29:34and they're not here, I'm afraid.
29:35I'm so sorry, Jenny.
29:36What a moment.
29:38Neil?
29:39Yeah, we had scooted, and there is another seven there,
29:42but we couldn't do any better than that.
29:43Noticed.
29:44Noticed.
29:45Well, the lead changes hands again.
29:47We've lost count how many times.
29:49Listen, we know this has been a story of letters and a story of
29:52numbers.
29:53It writes itself, Jenny.
29:54Let's just have our final numbers round.
29:56Two from the top and four from anybody else, Rachel, please.
29:59Thank you, Jenny.
30:00Two large, four little.
30:01And hopefully a crucial conundrum coming our way.
30:04Final round of the day, numbers-wise.
30:06Two, one, seven, five, fifty, and one hundred.
30:11And the target, nine hundred and seventy-seven.
30:14Nine, seven, seven.
30:15Numbers up.
30:16One, seven, seven, ten.
30:17We'll see you next time.
30:18Bye.
30:19Bye.
30:20Bye.
30:21Bye.
30:22Bye.
30:23Bye.
30:24Bye.
30:25Bye.
30:26Bye.
30:27Bye.
30:41Bye.
30:44Bye.
30:45Big target, big numbers. Jenny.
30:49990.
30:51990. Lucas.
30:53981 not written down.
30:55981 not written down, but...
30:58seven points.
30:59That's the crucial part of it,
31:01because we will not have a crucial countdown conundrum.
31:03Let's go.
31:045 plus 1 is 6.
31:065 plus 1 is 6.
31:07100 plus 50 minus 2.
31:11148.
31:12Multiply them together.
31:13888.
31:16Oh!
31:17You're 100 away from where you thought you were.
31:20Yeah.
31:21Oh, my goodness.
31:23Are we releasing this episode as a box set?
31:25Come on, this is crazy.
31:27This is Hall of Fame stuff.
31:28The game is still alive.
31:30You could have said...
31:3250 divided by 5 is 10.
31:35100, take away 1 and take away 2 for 97.
31:38Times those together for 970
31:40and added the 7 for 970.
31:42Wow.
31:43What a show.
31:47Jenny Melville, our challenger, has scored...
31:50Let me add it all up.
31:52Zero on the numbers.
31:53She sits with 59 points on the letters.
31:57Lucas has scored 30 on the numbers,
31:59sits on 63.
32:01Our champion, which all adds up to this,
32:04it all comes down to this final 10 points.
32:07Well, Jenny loves her bingo,
32:09but the number 10,
32:10will it be Jenny's den
32:12or will it be jackpot for Lucas yet again?
32:15Fingers on the buzzers.
32:17Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:21We'll see you then.
32:27Let's get to this one.
32:41We'll see you then.
32:44No late buzzer, Lucas, survives.
32:57I thought, Neil Delamere, if any show was going to have a 29-second
33:01crucial countdown conundrum win, it was going to be there.
33:04I thought it was going to be a word for a number,
33:07and I didn't know who of them would get it then.
33:11Jenny, how do you sort of sum up today?
33:14It's been really, really good. I've really enjoyed it.
33:18Just a bit nervous round the numbers, but it's been good.
33:21Well, listen, insult the injury, let's have a look at what the answer was
33:24to the countdown conundrum.
33:27Defocus. We can't accuse you of that.
33:29We absolutely can't accuse you of that.
33:31We'll give you the goodie bag, we'll send you back the face.
33:33Thank you for being part of one of the absolute shows of the series.
33:36Thank you. Thanks very much.
33:37Lucky young man. Yep.
33:40Lucky. Jenny's an amazing player, so...
33:43I feel like I got away with it today.
33:45I think you did.
33:46I mean, a week in isolation in China are 45 minutes playing against Jenny.
33:51It's a toss-up, isn't it?
33:52Yeah.
33:53Phew.
33:53We will see you tomorrow.
33:54I don't know how, but we will see you tomorrow.
33:56Well done, Lucas.
33:57Same with you, Neil and Susie.
33:59See you tomorrow.
34:00See you then.
34:00And it's funny you should say about the old sign language, Rachel.
34:04Yeah, goodbye's just that.
34:06Right, we can all remember that one.
34:08Not going to forget that.
34:09Absolutely sensational.
34:10What a show.
34:11Let's see what tomorrow brings.
34:12Rachel, Susie and I will be waiting for you.
34:15You can count on us.
34:16You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:22You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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