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00:30Hello, everybody. It is the last countdown of this week. It's Friday, November the 22nd. Thank you so, so much for tuning in. How are you doing there, Rachel?
00:40I'm all right. You're all right?
00:41Yeah, good. There's a bit of an historical one today and probably not a famous anniversary, an infamous anniversary, which on this day, back in 1963, the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
00:53I think we've got Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley are the only three other American presidents to be assassinated.
00:58It's one of those straight away, you immediately go in your head to conspiracy theories and much debate and it still swirls all these years later.
01:06I don't know why, but people just seem to love, they just don't like normal stories. They have to add something in there.
01:12Yeah. There's a gentleman called Clint Hill, FBI secret agent, bodyguard to JFK. And he kept his counsel for a long time. But in retirement, he wrote his memoirs and I got to interview him.
01:24And, you know, when you watch it back, Mr Hill is the Secret Service officer who jumps, you know, after the first bullets. He's the first to the car.
01:33But in his memoirs and in the interview I did with him, he said that his biggest regret is he couldn't do more. Yet he was the person that threw his body in front of any more bullets, jumped in, was the first on the scene.
01:46But really interesting into that mindset that he thought, I could have done even more.
01:51Yeah. Well, I guess, you know, if your claim, the biggest claim to fame is the person that you were looking after was killed, it's not really something you're going to be advertising too wildly, is it?
02:00No, but he couldn't have done anything about it.
02:02No, no, absolutely. But still.
02:04Well, these moments live forever, don't they?
02:06And it's one that people will be talking about today, the anniversary of JFK and his assassination.
02:11Let's get over to Dictionary Corner.
02:14And there you are, the last word always lies with our Susie Dent.
02:17And what a delight to have back all this week a member of the Countdown family.
02:22What have we got on that shirt, Levi Roots?
02:26Isn't it amazing? Strictly for Countdown, of course.
02:29I love it. Now, you know you're in trouble if it's me pointing out what you're wearing.
02:33I came dressed today as a lollipop person.
02:37Right, our champion then, five wins in the bag.
02:41And we've mentioned a couple of times, because you're a new mother, Phoebe at home.
02:44We haven't mentioned the husband.
02:47Yeah, Matthew, Matt.
02:48There you go.
02:49Yeah, yeah.
02:50Took you to your sixth show to mention.
02:51I know, yeah, sorry. Yeah.
02:54Are you someone that thrives on pressure?
02:55Erm, so-so, yeah.
02:59I suppose my job can be quite high pressure at times.
03:03But, yeah, I'm just trying not to take this too seriously.
03:07Just trying to have fun and, yeah.
03:08OK, well, you've convinced me then, because you're a police community support officer.
03:11And you talk about that pressure.
03:12So I'm going to put a little bit on you.
03:13Oh, no.
03:14Just in terms of, there's 13 shows left before we get to our quarterfinals.
03:19And it would be absolutely impossible for you not to be in the final eight if you win today.
03:23OK.
03:24OK, so it's a guaranteed place.
03:27Wow, OK.
03:28In our end-of-season quarterfinals.
03:31So, you asked for it.
03:32That's pressure, yeah.
03:33You've got it, yeah.
03:34You're up against Claire Rees, a psychotherapist in private practice in Chepstow, but it's Sheffield native.
03:40How are you today?
03:41I'm good, thank you.
03:42Excellent.
03:43You and I are obsessed with jigsaws.
03:45We are.
03:46Do you find, because my jigsaws don't come out in the summer much, and then about a month and a half ago, bang, I'm back in jigsaw mode again.
03:54The cold nights.
03:55No, I'm 12-month jigsaw.
03:56So you're properly addicted.
03:58You need help.
03:58I don't know if it's an addiction.
04:00It's a pleasure.
04:01Yeah, let's see if you can put the pieces together today.
04:04Claire and Helen, best of luck.
04:07And Helen, it's your letters.
04:09Hi, Rachel.
04:10Hi, Helen.
04:10Can I have a consonant, please?
04:12You can indeed.
04:12Start today with T.
04:14And another.
04:16N.
04:17And another.
04:19S.
04:20And a vowel, please.
04:22A.
04:23And another.
04:24I.
04:26And a consonant.
04:27B.
04:30And a consonant.
04:32N.
04:34And a vowel.
04:35O.
04:37And the final consonant, please.
04:40Final D.
04:41OK, at home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:45All righty.
05:15All righty.
05:16Helen.
05:16A seven.
05:17And Claire.
05:18Just a five.
05:19Yes.
05:19Tricky first round when it's your first time on national TV.
05:22Claire.
05:23Boast.
05:24And Helen.
05:25Bandits.
05:26Bandits.
05:26Very good indeed.
05:27Very good.
05:28A seven for Helen to get her off the mark.
05:31Talk to me there, Levi.
05:33Yeah, it is an eight year.
05:34You could have heard banditos.
05:36Ah, there you go.
05:37But you would think, like, is it Spanish?
05:41Yeah, although you will find it in North American English,
05:43so I think it's a bit of a kind of riff on Spanish.
05:46It's a Mexican bandit, especially as represented in films.
05:49Right.
05:49You see, I would struggle with thinking that was in our dictionary,
05:53so I would have left it too.
05:54Yeah.
05:54Seven points there for Helen.
05:56Claire, it's your letters.
05:57Can I have a consonant, please?
05:59Thank you, Claire.
05:59And a vowel.
06:02E.
06:04And a consonant.
06:06S.
06:08And a vowel.
06:09A.
06:10And a consonant.
06:12K.
06:14And a vowel.
06:16O.
06:17And a consonant.
06:19N.
06:20And a consonant.
06:21W.
06:23And a vowel.
06:25Lastly, E.
06:28All right, let's play.
06:29I miss you.
06:45Bye.
06:48Bye.
06:53Bye.
06:57Bye.
06:57Bye.
06:58Bye.
06:58Bye.
06:58Bye.
06:58Bye.
06:59Clare? Seven. Very good. Helen?
07:03Just a six. The six is? Awoken.
07:06And to draw a level, Clare? Weakens.
07:09Weakens. Weakens, absolutely brilliant.
07:11Yeah!
07:12APPLAUSE
07:14And we're back at level, Peggan. Anything to match it or to beat it, Levi?
07:18No, couldn't beat Weakens for seven.
07:20There you go. Good. That's it, that's it. There you go.
07:22That's how you bounced back. First numbers of today, Helen?
07:25One large and five small, please.
07:27One from the top row, five not.
07:29First numbers of this contest are five, seven, ten, eight, three,
07:36and the large one, 25.
07:38And you need to reach one, three, six.
07:41One, three, six. Numbers up.
07:57What about that? One, three, six. Nice and low, but did you get it, Helen?
08:16One, three, six. And for you, Clare? One, three, six.
08:18One, three, six. Yes, you were both sitting idly for about 20 seconds. Off you go, Helen.
08:2325 times five.
08:25One, two, five. And eight plus three is 11.
08:28Lovely. Well done. One, three, six.
08:30Same way, Clare. There you go.
08:33APPLAUSE
08:3517 points each. Tea-type teaser this Friday afternoon is Ray Given. Ray Given.
08:42Ray was given a glass of wine with his meal, but it tasted terrible.
08:46Ray was given a glass of wine with his meal, but it tasted terrible.
08:50Susie got this straight away. She knows her words and she knows her wine.
09:06Vinegary. Vinegary.
09:07Vinegary.
09:08Back to the game. The champagne on ice for both everyone and everyone.
09:13It's been a pleasure.
09:15It's been a pleasure.
09:17It's been a pleasure.
09:19The champagne on ice for both Helen and Clare.
09:22It's level pegging.
09:2317 points each.
09:24And your letters, Clare?
09:25Can I have a consonant, please?
09:27Thank you, Clare.
09:28S.
09:29And a vowel.
09:30I.
09:31And a consonant.
09:33L.
09:34And a vowel.
09:36A.
09:37And a consonant.
09:39D.
09:40And a vowel.
09:42I.
09:43And a consonant.
09:45T.
09:46And a consonant.
09:48N.
09:49And a vowel.
09:50And the last one.
09:51E.
09:5230 seconds.
09:53.
09:55.
09:59.
10:00MUSIC PLAYS
10:25Time's up, Clare. Seven. And Helen. Seven.
10:27Seven-two. All right, Clare.
10:29Laddiest. And Helen.
10:31N-tails. Let's go over to Susie.
10:33N-tails, absolutely fine.
10:35You can't spell laddy with one D,
10:38but actually, I don't know if this will make you feel better,
10:40but it's not in the dictionary anyway.
10:42OK, thank you. So, Helen picks up those points.
10:44I like those letters. I'm expecting big things, Levi.
10:47And big things indeed. And nine in denialist.
10:50Yes, well done.
10:52APPLAUSE
10:54This week has been crazy for nines.
10:56I don't know, we had six, seven, something like that.
10:58That's cos I'm the eight.
11:00We even had a misdeclared nine,
11:02as declared as an eight yesterday was so fake.
11:04Wow. Yeah, Levi.
11:06You've definitely contributed, Roots.
11:08You've definitely contributed.
11:09All right, more letters now.
11:10Let's see if we can add another maximum.
11:12Helen.
11:13A consonant, please.
11:14Thank you, Helen.
11:15G.
11:16And another.
11:18R.
11:20And another.
11:22D.
11:23And a vowel.
11:24U.
11:25And another.
11:27E.
11:28And a consonant.
11:30Z.
11:31L.
11:32And a vowel.
11:33I.
11:34And a final consonant, please.
11:35Final G.
11:36And start the clock.
11:37B.
11:38I.
11:39And a final consonant, please.
11:42Final G.
11:43And start the clock.
11:44Final G.
11:45And start the clock.
11:57MUSIC PLAYS
12:16Helen. A six. And Clare. Seven.
12:19Seven. Look at this. Six from Helen. Digger.
12:22And this seven from Clare. Riggold.
12:25Oh, we need a W in front of it.
12:27Do you? Yes, you do. Oh, sorry. I'm so sorry.
12:29So Digger takes the points. We could rig it.
12:32We could have rigged as well. Come on, let's go above six.
12:35I believe. Yeah, there's a seven.
12:37It's gurgled. Gurgled.
12:39I know you gargle, mouthwash, right?
12:42So what gurgles? I think of babies, taps and stomachs.
12:47Very succinct. Thank you.
12:49It's like you'd thought about it before.
12:51Right, 30, 17. Second numbers round.
12:54Clare, you're still right in this. Let's go.
12:55Can I have one large and five little ones, please, Rachel?
12:58You can indeed. No sudden moves, no big gambles.
13:01One large, five little coming up.
13:03And your five little are three, three, seven, eight, two.
13:09And the large one, 75.
13:11And the target, 521.
13:13521, numbers up.
13:15I don't think so.
13:16We'll see you next time.
13:17Do it.
13:21Bye.
13:22Bye.
13:34Bye.
13:35A look of confidence on two faces.
13:48Let's see if it was misplaced.
13:49Claire?
13:515-2-1.
13:52And Helen?
13:535-2-1.
13:54Right, let's hear it, Claire.
13:5575 times 7.
13:575-2-5.
13:588 divided by 2.
14:01Here's your 4.
14:02Take it away.
14:03Lovely.
14:03Same way, Helen?
14:04Yeah, exactly the same, yeah.
14:05Pass it all over.
14:07Yeah.
14:07Yeah.
14:11All right, Friday afternoon in the company of Levi Roots.
14:14And with the weekend here, you're going to take us to the movies.
14:17I am indeed.
14:18Actually watching recently, Strangers on a Train came on the TV.
14:24One of my all-time favourites.
14:25The Hitchcock version, you know, the original version.
14:28And it just got me thinking about how much I love movies.
14:31Obviously, you know that my movie is actually within the planning as well, too.
14:35So it gives me more of a chance now to be watching movies and sort of getting used to scripts and sort of reading the director's cuts of a film.
14:43So I know you talked about movies earlier on in the week, so here's a list of some of my favourite movies.
14:50So my first one, this is not in any order, this is sort of back ways about it.
14:54But the first one I'll choose is the old classic Cool Hand Luke.
14:59Yes, what film?
14:59I don't know if you remember that.
15:00The old Paul Newman and George Kennedy.
15:03Absolutely amazing film.
15:06Favourite line from that film is when he escapes quite a few times and the old governor gets him back and he comes back and he says,
15:13what we have here is a failure to communicate.
15:17All-time classic line.
15:18My second one is another one here now, which I've sort of chosen it because it was very inspirational to me.
15:24And it's Boys in the Hood because it was the first sort of all black cast film that I ever saw and that was directed by a black director as well.
15:33Launched the careers of Ice Cube, Coobert Gooding Jr. and starring Larence Fishburne.
15:41I seem to remember New Jack City coming out in that same year.
15:45Absolutely.
15:46That was Ice-T, wasn't it?
15:47Yes.
15:48Ice-T, yeah.
15:48Yeah, and we were in our teen years and we watched Boys in the Hood and New Jack City.
15:54Felt like it was roughly the same time.
15:56Absolutely.
15:57Great, great soundtracks.
15:58Great soundtracks.
15:59Yeah, R&B music at the time was at the heights of it.
16:02So, absolutely brilliant.
16:04So, that's two.
16:05Three, the good, the bad and the ugly.
16:09Yes, come on.
16:10Clint Eastwood as Blondie.
16:11Yeah.
16:13Eli Wallach as Tuco the Rat.
16:16Yeah.
16:16And the great Lee Van Cleef as Angel Eyes.
16:20But the best part of that movie has got to be the music.
16:23Got to be.
16:24My final film, which I've got to do, is Shawshank Redemption.
16:27Oh, yes, come on.
16:28To see that movie and to see how it pans out and the friendship between those two.
16:33And the tagline, you know, which is one of my favourite when I see the movie and I really
16:37get the tagline, where it says, fear can hold you prisoner, but hope can set you free.
16:43So, those are some of my favourite movies.
16:49Excellent.
16:49Right.
16:50We don't know the end of this movie yet, do we?
16:5240, 27.
16:53Back to it.
16:54Helen, your letters.
16:56I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
16:57Thank you, Helen.
16:57And a final vowel, please.
17:21Final E.
17:23And 30 seconds.
17:55And that'll do us.
17:56Our time is up, Helen.
17:57I'll try a seven.
17:58And for you, Clare?
17:59Seven.
18:00And a seven.
18:01What have we got, Helen?
18:02Remount.
18:02And for you, Clare?
18:03Remount.
18:04Yes, pass it on over there.
18:07Excellent.
18:08Remount.
18:08Happy enough?
18:09Absolutely happy, yes.
18:10There you go.
18:10As in a horse.
18:11As in a horse.
18:12And we can do no better.
18:14You can have mounter.
18:15But that's about it for us.
18:17Someone who remounts a horse, is it?
18:18Someone who mounts a horse in the first place.
18:20Or just mounts it in the first place, yes.
18:21You don't have to do it twice to be a mounter.
18:23My goodness me.
18:25Let's move on.
18:25I think that's the safest thing at this stage.
18:27And get more letters from Clare.
18:28Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:30Thank you, Clare.
18:31B.
18:32And a vowel.
18:34U.
18:35And a consonant.
18:36And a consonant.
18:36C.
18:39And a vowel.
18:40I.
18:42And a consonant.
18:44M.
18:45And a vowel.
18:47A.
18:49And a consonant.
18:51F.
18:53And a vowel.
18:55E.
18:56And a consonant, please.
18:58And lastly, H.
19:01And here we go.
19:01James on.
19:14And now, we have a second.
19:15H 번 rescate on the vowel.
19:18And let's flow.
19:19And we have a second.
19:20We have a Kathoneau, right?
19:23We have a second.
19:25I'm done.
19:26And we have a second.
19:26H avons a consonant.
19:26We have a second.
19:27We have a typed.
19:27And now, we have a second.
19:28We are aáºt anche.
19:28We have a fourth.
19:29And now, we have a 소리.
19:30Clare? No, I thought there was an N. I'm sorry, I've messed up.
19:36Oh, no worries. Thank you for being honest. Helen?
19:38Just a four on that one. The four is going to steal it. What have you got?
19:41Cube. Cube. And over the dictionary corner for hopefully a little bit more from Susie and Levi.
19:47And this is six in biface.
19:49Biface, yes. You have to go back a long way for this.
19:52In archaeology, it's a type of prehistoric stone implement that is flaked on both faces.
19:57There you go.
19:5851, 34 then. Just the four points in that round. Maximum of 10. Up for grabs now. Third numbers, Helen.
20:05I'll stick with one large, please.
20:07Thank you, Helen. One large, five little once again.
20:11And for this round, they are five, four, ten, eight, seven.
20:17And the large one, 25. And the target to reach 820.
20:218-2-0. Numbers up.
20:28And that's time. 8-2-0. Helen?
20:41No, I lost it. Wow. Claire, a chance. 8-2-2.
21:01For seven points. Let's hear it.
21:028 times 4 is 32. 8-4 is a 32.
21:06Times 25. Times 25 is 800.
21:10Plus the seven.
21:12Plus 10. Plus 7. Plus 5.
21:14Yeah, there you go.
21:168-2-2.
21:17Yes, so 8-2-0.
21:19A couple of ways.
21:20You could split the multiplication and say 8 times 25 is 200.
21:26But before you times it by 4, add 5.
21:29And that gets you to 820.
21:31Love it.
21:34Magic, Rachel.
21:35Look, just 10 points in it.
21:37Now, six rounds to go.
21:38So stay where you are.
21:39Dave isn't.
21:40Dave isn't is your tea-tang teaser.
21:43Dave isn't mixing with his old friends anymore.
21:45They're these.
21:46Dave isn't mixing with his old friends anymore.
21:48They're these.
21:49Hello again.
22:06Dave isn't mixing anymore with his old friends because they're deviants.
22:09They're deviants.
22:10Let's not deviate from the six rounds ahead.
22:12Fantastic stuff.
22:1410 points in it only.
22:16And it's your letters, Clare.
22:17Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:20Thank you, Clare.
22:21R.
22:22And a vowel.
22:24A.
22:24Consonant.
22:27W.
22:28And a vowel.
22:30O.
22:31Consonant.
22:33M.
22:34Vowel.
22:35I.
22:36I.
22:37Vowel.
22:38E.
22:39Consonant.
22:40P.
22:45Consonant, please.
22:46Lastly, Y.
22:47And good luck, everybody.
22:48Good luck, everybody.
22:49Very good.
22:49Good luck, everybody.
22:49Good luck, everybody.
22:51Good luck, everybody.
23:15All right, time's up. How did you get on there, Clare?
23:23Just five. And for you, Helen?
23:25A six. A six. Clare, what's the five?
23:28Prune. Helen, a six.
23:29Winery. Winery is absolutely fine. Yes, well done.
23:34Good stuff. And, you know, a nervy round, that.
23:37How did you get on, Levi? Yeah, it is innate weaponry.
23:40Yes, well spotted. Believe it or not, if something is boring,
23:43it can be yawnier than the next thing.
23:45It's yawnier. Yeah. Love that. I quite like that, too.
23:47I'll be using it today, as soon as you get out of the studio.
23:49Oh, thanks. Origins of words.
23:52Never. Never. More letters, Helen.
23:55Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, Helen.
23:58S. And another.
24:01P. And a third.
24:04N. And a vowel, please.
24:07O. And another.
24:09A. And a third.
24:11O. And a consonant.
24:15R. And a final vowel, please.
24:22A final E.
24:24Let's do it.
24:24Number one.
24:36We're supporting you.
24:37Beginning here.
24:38R. And a vowel.
24:38One more.
24:39One more.
24:39Number one.
24:41clarify.
24:41The phone.
24:41ulever.
24:41The knife.
24:42The knife.
24:42The knife.
24:43The knife.
24:43A headphone.
24:43The knife.
24:44Our time is up yet again. It's always so fleeting.
24:59Helen? Eight. And Clare? Seven.
25:02You had a nod of respect there. I really like that.
25:04That is seven, Clare. Spooner. And Helen?
25:08Personal. Well done. Well done. Absolutely excellent.
25:11And yes, a spooner is in. A person kissing and cuddling another person.
25:14Oh, it's the most romantic of meanings. It is.
25:17Well, we got a bit personal with spooning,
25:19so let's stay in Dictionary Corner for Origins of Words.
25:22Yes, a lovely email arrived from Anne in West Humble in Surrey,
25:28which I just think is the loveliest name.
25:30And it turns out that West Humble,
25:33that the name I think is from Old English for Witch Elm Tree Stump.
25:37So that was where the settlement was, which I love.
25:39Anyway, Anne says,
25:41The moon waxes and wanes, and there is also a gibbous moon.
25:45Where do these terms come from?
25:47So I'll start with wax and wane.
25:49So the Old English verb waxen meant to grow or increase.
25:52And Old English based very much on Germanic languages,
25:57and waxen still in German means to grow.
26:00So we use it to mean to become in expressions like
26:05he waxed lyrical, for example.
26:07And when we talk about the moon waxing and waning,
26:09the moon is growing and then waning in that sense.
26:13So that's that.
26:15Gibbous moon is really interesting.
26:16Now, I didn't really know about this one,
26:18but the gibbous moon is one in which the illuminated part
26:20is greater than a semicircle, but less than a circle.
26:24OK, so it's kind of just beyond a half moon, if you like.
26:27And it comes back to the Latin gibbous, which meant a humped.
26:32And around the same time it was applied to the moon
26:35in the 15th century, it was also used of hunchbacks,
26:38believe it or not.
26:39And the connection becomes clear when the two terms
26:41that Anne was asking about come together.
26:44So a waxing gibbous moon is one that we see a lot.
26:47And it's so cool because the surface area of the moon
26:50that you can see is increasing,
26:52and the shape of the lit-up part of the moon
26:54begins to look like a humpback.
26:56This is one of my favourite of all time
26:59because I've said it so many times,
27:01and I'm always looking to see whether the moon's waxing or waning.
27:04But what I didn't know, unless I misunderstood this,
27:07is it's over halfway before it becomes a waxing gibbous.
27:10Exactly.
27:11So it has to be over half lit.
27:13Right, and saying the other way,
27:14so it's a waning gibbous only for 49% of the moon.
27:17I don't know if it's called a waning gibbous,
27:19but, yeah, it probably is.
27:21But the whole idea is that it just looks humped
27:23because of the shape of the crescent.
27:26I love it.
27:27Shine on, Susie.
27:28Brilliant stuff.
27:31OK, well, listen, it's 6541.
27:35So in terms of coming back from that, Claire,
27:37I wouldn't even use the phrase once in a blue moon.
27:39It's not that unusual.
27:40So let's get your letters.
27:41Can I have a consonant, please?
27:43Thank you, Claire.
27:44M.
27:45And a vowel.
27:47I.
27:48A consonant.
27:49S.
27:51Vowel.
27:52E.
27:54Consonant.
27:55T.
27:56Vowel.
27:58O.
27:59Consonant.
28:00H.
28:02Vowel.
28:02I.
28:03I.
28:05Consonant, please.
28:06Lastly, N.
28:08And good luck.
28:08I.
28:10I.
28:12I.
28:13I.
28:14I.
28:15I.
28:15I.
28:16I.
28:16Clare, how many?
28:40Seven.
28:41And for you, Helen?
28:42Just the six.
28:43Just the six.
28:44The sixes, Helen?
28:45Monies.
28:45And the seven for you?
28:47Homiest.
28:48Homiest.
28:49Very nice indeed.
28:50Yes, it means the same as homeliest.
28:51Yeah.
28:52So, lovely.
28:52Nice.
28:53Excellent stuff.
28:54What did you manage there, Levi?
28:56Yeah, it couldn't be a seven.
28:57Moisten is perhaps the other seven that's there.
29:00It's not Susie's favourite word, so let's move on.
29:02Her last letters, and it's on you, Helen.
29:05Continent, please.
29:06Thank you, Helen.
29:07R.
29:08And another.
29:10S.
29:11And a vowel.
29:13E.
29:14And a consonant.
29:19L.
29:20And a consonant.
29:22R.
29:24And a vowel.
29:26E.
29:27And a consonant.
29:29G.
29:30And a final consonant, please.
29:33A final T.
29:34All right, last letters.
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29:50All right, last letters.
29:51All right, last letters.
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29:54All right, last letters.
29:55All right, last letters.
29:56All right, time's up.
30:07How did you fare in our final letters, Helen?
30:10A seven.
30:11And for you, Clare?
30:12A seven.
30:13Seven as well.
30:14What have you got, Helen?
30:15Largest.
30:16And Clare?
30:17Graters.
30:18Largest and graters, as in I'm assuming the cheese.
30:21So no worries there whatsoever.
30:22But did you cut the mustard?
30:23What have you got?
30:24Did cut the mustard designate in relators?
30:27Oh, E-R-S.
30:29E-R-S.
30:29Can be O-R-S, but these are essentially narrators or people who tell stories.
30:32All right, it's relating.
30:34Simple as that, right?
30:3572.55.
30:36So our last show of the week is still game on.
30:39Helen hasn't booked her place in her final eight of season 90 just yet.
30:43And Clare, more Jeopardy.
30:45You're in charge of the numbers with just 17 points in it.
30:48Could I have three large, please, and three small?
30:50Three large and three small.
30:52Absolutely.
30:53Gambling time.
30:54You need this one.
30:55Good luck.
30:55Final numbers of the week.
30:57Four, five, five.
30:59And the large one's 100.
31:0150 and 25.
31:04And the target, 755.
31:06Seven, five, five.
31:08Last numbers.
31:09We'll see you next time.
31:23Okay.
31:24Bye.
31:26Okay.
31:26Bye.
31:26Bye.
31:27Bye.
31:30Bye.
31:31Bye.
31:35Bye.
31:36Bye.
31:377-5-5, Clare.
31:417-5-5.
31:43Well done. And Helen?
31:44Just 7-5-4.
31:45Well, can you catch your breath?
31:48Clare, off you go.
31:49100 divided by 25 is 4.
31:52Yeah. Plus 4.
31:548. Times 100.
31:56You've used your 100, Clare.
31:58I'm so sorry.
31:59And Helen can breathe.
32:01Well, regardless of what happens now,
32:03you're going to be in the final eight of series 90.
32:06What an achievement.
32:06But listen, one round at a time.
32:08Helen, get your seven points.
32:10So, 50 plus 25, 75.
32:1350 plus 25, 75.
32:14And then 100 divided by 5 plus 5.
32:18100 divided by the...
32:19Are there two fives?
32:20Yeah, sorry, yeah.
32:22It's 10.
32:22For 10, yeah.
32:23Yeah. Times them.
32:26750.
32:26And then add the 4.
32:27Yeah. One away.
32:29Under pressure.
32:30And that is the key words, because you really were.
32:32Because have a look at this.
32:33Off you go, Rachel.
32:34Um, well, one way.
32:35100 plus 50, 150.
32:38Times by 5, 750.
32:41And the second 5, 755.
32:42There it is.
32:43Brilliant.
32:45What a week.
32:46What a week.
32:46Never a dull moment.
32:48We're not done yet.
32:49Let's do it then, Helen and Clare.
32:51Fingers on the buzzers, please.
32:52It's Friday afternoon,
32:54and this is our Countdown Conundrum.
33:02Go on, Clare.
33:04Budgeting.
33:04Let's have a look.
33:06Yes.
33:09Well done, Clare.
33:10Goes out on a high,
33:12taking those 10 points.
33:14And a little bit of nerves, Clare,
33:17is the only difference, I think,
33:18between you and the teapot.
33:19So, from that point of view,
33:21it's only natural to feel nervous in television.
33:23So, are you happy enough for the afternoon?
33:24Yeah, absolutely.
33:25Lovely.
33:26Yeah.
33:26Lovely to meet you all.
33:27A bit more nerve-wracking than a jigsaw.
33:30It was too, so that's the point.
33:32Need a nice cold glass of something
33:33in your jigsaw tonight.
33:35Yeah.
33:35Okay.
33:36The good news is,
33:37your loss is Helen's victory,
33:40and we love her.
33:41So, Helen McGivern,
33:43you're up to six wins.
33:44People might be wondering
33:45why I'm saying you're guaranteed
33:46to be in the last eight.
33:47It's because we've only got 13 shows
33:49left of the regular season.
33:51We've got five octal champs.
33:53You've now got six wins,
33:54and below you, two five wins.
33:56So, there's no way we can end up
33:58with three people going ahead of you.
34:00Wow.
34:01But you've got to just have a higher goal.
34:04You could be number one seed.
34:05You never know.
34:06So, two more shows to go, yeah?
34:08Yeah, I'll try my best.
34:09But you can relax.
34:10You've done the week.
34:11Enjoy your weekend.
34:12Excellent.
34:13Levi Roots, we will see you soon,
34:15and maybe next time you're here,
34:16we'll be talking about
34:17the release of your own movie.
34:18Can't wait for it.
34:19I love it.
34:20Thank you, Susie.
34:21Excellent.
34:22And, Rachel, you have a great weekend.
34:24You too, Colin.
34:24Yeah, and there is
34:25a Dragon's Den connection
34:27because from Levi Roots
34:28it's Sarah Davies
34:29back in Dictionary Corner,
34:30who we love.
34:31She'll be here on Monday,
34:33as will Helen,
34:34as will Rachel,
34:35as will Susie,
34:36because you can count on us.
34:39You can contact the programme
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