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00:00Music
00:00Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:22On the very day, sadly, 25 years ago, Anthony Perkins passed away, actor and singer.
00:28Interestingly, he was a singer as a young man, cool jazz, but then he became an actor.
00:32And of course, he will be always remembered, always remembered as Norman Bates and Alfred Hitchcock.
00:39Psycho, that terrifying film made way back in 1960.
00:45The chilling scene, of course, in Bates Motel.
00:49The music behind that shower curtain will be forever terrifying.
00:55And it got me thinking, what sort of terrifying hotels have I been?
00:58And I've been in a few pretty dodgy hotels, I've got to tell you, Rachel.
01:02And it was in Semi-Palatansk, which is in Kazakhstan, nudging the border with Russia,
01:09that I found myself in the worst hotel you can ever imagine.
01:13Soviet style, but it hadn't had a lick of paint for you.
01:15In fact, all the wood was rotten.
01:17And I asked for my room to be changed because the door was rotten.
01:20You couldn't lock it.
01:21Do you have any bad hotel experiences?
01:25Nothing that bad.
01:26But I remember when we were young, for my mum's 40th, my dad booked a surprise trip to New York.
01:31So we got to this hotel in New York and there's kind of sirens going past the window.
01:35That's all you can hear is police or ambulances, whatever there are.
01:37And there was this big red patch in the middle of the room on the carpet, this big stain.
01:44And the only thing you can imagine is this big blood stain.
01:46So we did not want to know what had gone on in that room before.
01:49Not sure what happened there.
01:50What a terrifying story.
01:52My word, my word.
01:54Now, welcome back to Sarah Holy, marketing manager from Culver in the brick business.
01:59And we talked when you first arrived, we said, brick, so what?
02:02And you said, excuse me, we sell 434 types, I think it was.
02:06Over 450.
02:08450, was it?
02:09My word, fantastic.
02:10Anyway, you've got win number three tucked away.
02:12Well done.
02:13100% record.
02:14Well done.
02:14You've got now to meet Ben Laburn, a teacher from Silchester near Reading.
02:21Big football fan, Arsenal fan.
02:23But not only are you a football fan, you coach two local football teams.
02:27What's all this about?
02:28Yeah, my son, who's 10, I coach his under-11s team.
02:34And my daughter's under-13s team, I coach them as well.
02:37Not just me, the team of coaches that we work together.
02:41And you're teaching in the local primary school in Silchester?
02:43Yeah, not quite local.
02:44You don't want to teach exactly where you live.
02:47That's a teaching no-no.
02:50Oh, is that right?
02:50Why, did they come and shout at you?
02:52Well, I haven't done it yet, but I assume that they would.
02:55There we are.
02:56Let's have a big round of applause for Ben and Sarah.
03:03And over in the corner, Susie.
03:05And for the last time, and I will say this, until we drag her back, the wonderful, wonderful First Lady of Broadcasting.
03:13How's that?
03:15Gloria Hanifel.
03:15That's pretty good.
03:15Now, I've told you.
03:18I'll be under here.
03:19I don't care who's coming up next week.
03:21I'll be under here anyway.
03:23All right.
03:23Well done.
03:25And now, Sarah Holy, take us away.
03:27Afternoon, Rachel.
03:29Afternoon, Sarah.
03:30Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:32Start today with L.
03:33And a vowel.
03:35A.
03:36And a consonant.
03:38S.
03:39And a vowel.
03:41O.
03:42And a consonant.
03:44G.
03:45And a vowel.
03:47E.
03:48And a consonant.
03:50T.
03:51And another.
03:53P.
03:54And I'll finish with a vowel, please.
03:56And finish with a.
03:58And here's the countdown clock.
04:00Do it if you can run it.
04:14And that's it for you.
04:15Yes, Sarah?
04:31A six.
04:33A six, and Ben?
04:35A slightly risky seven.
04:37Right, we'll come to you in a second, Sarah.
04:40Her gloats.
04:41Gloats and?
04:42Pelotas.
04:43Mm-hmm.
04:45Yeah.
04:49Absolutely fine, because pelota is the game played in the court with the ball and the racket's attached to the hand,
04:57but you can pluralise the ball that is used in the game, and that's also called a pelota.
05:02So you can have pelotas.
05:03Oh, well done.
05:03Very good.
05:03Very clever.
05:04Very good.
05:05Well done.
05:05Yes.
05:07We had seven.
05:07We had postage.
05:09Mm-hmm.
05:10Very good.
05:10And you had some others, didn't you?
05:11Portage is just an example of that.
05:13Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:13Ben on seven.
05:14Well done.
05:15And your letters came now.
05:17Yes.
05:18Afternoon, Rachel.
05:19Afternoon, Ben.
05:20Could I start with a consonant, please?
05:23Start with H.
05:25And a vowel.
05:27O.
05:28And another vowel, please.
05:30U.
05:32And a consonant.
05:34G.
05:36Consonant.
05:38W.
05:38I.
05:41Consonant.
05:42S.
05:44Vowel.
05:46I.
05:49Another vowel.
05:51E.
05:53And a consonant, please.
05:55And lastly, T.
05:57Don't buy it.
06:11Yes, Ben?
06:30I think I've got a nine.
06:32Sarah?
06:34Just a six.
06:35And that six?
06:37Whites.
06:39Ben?
06:40Outweighs.
06:43It's absolutely brilliant.
06:44We haven't seen that one.
06:45Well done.
06:50We can't beat that.
06:51We had a toughies for eight, and I think that's what you are.
06:55A toughie.
06:55A toughie.
06:56Now, it's a numbers game for Sarah.
06:58Yes, Sarah?
06:59One large and five small, please.
07:01Thank you, Sarah.
07:02One from the top and five little.
07:04And for the first time today, they are ten, eight, one,
07:10six, another six, and the large one, 50.
07:14And the target?
07:15653.
07:16Six, five, three.
07:17Six, five.
07:18One, three.
07:21One, tre pub.
07:22One, tre pub.
07:23Six, five, three.
07:24Same.
07:24Six.
07:33Five, three.
07:35Six.
07:36Three, seven.
07:36Six, four, three.
07:37Six, five, three.
07:37Six, five.
07:38Seven, six, five.
07:38Seven, nine.
07:39Six, five.
07:44홉
07:44Sarah?
07:506.50.
07:52Ben?
07:536.52.
07:55Let's go.
07:576.52.
07:596 plus 6 plus 1.
08:016 plus 6 plus 1.
08:0413.
08:04Is 13 times 50.
08:076.50.
08:08And 10 take 8 is 2.
08:10Yeah.
08:11And how about on?
08:12Yeah, 6.52, 1 away.
08:14Well done, Ben.
08:15Well done.
08:15Not quite there, though.
08:166.53.
08:17Rachel, can you help?
08:19Leave it with me.
08:21All right.
08:21So 32 points to Ben.
08:23My word.
08:24Let's take the pressure off and go to a tea time teaser, shall we?
08:27It's teen vital.
08:28And the clue, as a teenager, it was vital I did this to my room at times.
08:32As a teenager, it was vital I did this to my room at times.
08:43Welcome back.
08:54I left with the clue.
08:54As a teenager, it was vital I did this to my room at times.
08:58And the answer to that is ventilate.
09:02Ventilate.
09:02Now, Rachel, have you cracked it?
09:04I found a way.
09:05If you say 6 times 10 is 60.
09:09Add 50 is 110.
09:12Times by the other 6 for 660.
09:15And then 8 minus 1 is 7 to take away for 653.
09:18Well done.
09:19Well done.
09:19653.
09:22And it's with Ben again who's built up a 32-point lead.
09:27My word.
09:28Ben, let us go.
09:29Can I start with a consonant, please?
09:32Thank you, Ben.
09:33R.
09:35And a vowel?
09:37O.
09:38And another vowel?
09:39U.
09:40And a consonant?
09:42D.
09:45And a consonant, please?
09:46P.
09:49And a vowel?
09:51I.
09:53And another vowel, please?
09:56E.
09:56And a consonant?
10:00T.
10:02And another consonant, please?
10:04And the last one, M.
10:06Down, down.
10:07.
10:07B.
10:10.
10:22.
10:25.
10:25.
10:29.
10:32Yes, Ben?
10:39Eight.
10:41Sarah?
10:41I'll try an eight.
10:43Ben?
10:44Eruption.
10:45And Sarah?
10:47Routined.
10:48Yeah, absolutely fine to put something into a routine
10:50as to routine it.
10:52That's absolutely funny as a verb.
10:53Well done.
10:54Anything else, Susan?
10:54Yep, eruption, great for eight.
10:56And there was a seven there as well.
10:58Poor tens.
11:00So Sarah's off the blocks.
11:01Eight playing Ben's 40.
11:04And Sarah, here we go.
11:05Letters again.
11:06I'll start with a consonant, please.
11:08Thank you, Sarah.
11:09R.
11:10And another.
11:12L.
11:13And a vowel.
11:14A.
11:16And another.
11:17I.
11:18And a consonant.
11:20D.
11:21And a vowel.
11:23U.
11:25And another.
11:28A.
11:29A consonant.
11:30X.
11:31And I'll finish with a consonant, thank you.
11:33And finish with T.
11:35Stand by.
11:36B.
11:40And another.
11:42And another.
11:47So.
11:48And a vowel.
11:49And a vowel.
11:52If.
11:52Listen.
11:55I'll finish with a vowel.
11:58a Notice.
11:59�
12:06Yes, Sarah?
12:08A six.
12:09A six, Ben?
12:10I only have five.
12:11And your five?
12:12Trail.
12:14Yes, Sarah?
12:15Radial.
12:17Radial, very good.
12:18Yes.
12:19Tyres, radio tyres, etc.
12:21Really tricky, this one.
12:22It is tricky.
12:23We had Laird as well as your trail.
12:26But really, that was all we had.
12:28We had audio for another six, so related to hearing, audio.
12:33Thanks, Gloria.
12:3314 plays 40, and now it's numbers.
12:36Ben?
12:37Can I have two from the top and four from the rails, please?
12:39You can indeed.
12:40Thank you, Ben.
12:41Two big, four little.
12:42And they are five, seven, three, eight, 50, and 75.
12:51And the target, 513.
12:53Five, one, three.
12:57Mr.
12:58Five, four issues.
12:59Good.
12:59Very likely.
13:00Well, we'll be right back.
13:01Yes, Ben?
13:27513.
13:28513, Sarah?
13:30Yeah, 513.
13:31Ben?
13:337 plus 3 is 10.
13:35Yep.
13:36Times 50.
13:38500.
13:398 plus 5 is 13.
13:41That'll do.
13:42Have them together.
13:42Well done.
13:44And Sarah?
13:45Yeah, the same way.
13:45There we go.
13:51So, Sarah, 24.
13:53To Ben's 50s, we turn to Gloria.
13:55What have you got for us today, Gloria?
13:56Yeah, I could do with some of this figure knowledge that Rach has.
14:00I'm not going to dwell on this, but last year I got scammed to the tune of 120 grand in a savings account, which is locked away, etc., etc.
14:09So, although I got the money back, we spend so much of our time on Ripoff Britain talking about scams, warning people, you know, not to take those phone calls, you know, not to answer the door, etc.
14:21But we have a scam in this year's series, and it's one of the worst I've heard of.
14:26This man was sitting, I think, just idly on his computer, and he thought, gosh, that looks like my house that's up for sale.
14:34And at the same time, his daughter rang and said, Dad, I didn't know you were moving.
14:38He said, I'm not.
14:39But these are the facts on the strength of just two household bills, which you can take out of the letterbox, or you can get somehow easy enough, and a Ford signature.
14:51However, scammers had got his house signed over to them, and it was up for sale.
14:58Can you believe it?
14:59How about that?
14:59No, I can't believe it.
15:01Half a million pounds.
15:03And he went through and...
15:04No, it didn't go through.
15:05It was caught on time.
15:06But the point I want to make is that you can never be too careful about not throwing out bank statements, details.
15:14I mean, in my case, it was turned out after a lot of investigation.
15:21This woman had a fake driving licence made in somebody's sitting room with her photograph on it and my details.
15:27And believe it or not, even with Crimewatch and a lot of police activity, still on the run.
15:33Never got them.
15:34So you can't be too careful, folks.
15:36Absolutely not.
15:37Good advice, Paul.
15:43Good advice.
15:44The thing is, being trusting is quite a nice quality in somebody, that we all should be so suspicious and cynical now is a sad thing, isn't it?
15:53It's bad.
15:54I don't trust any bank now.
15:56I don't.
15:56And I hate that because I'm, by nature, a trusting person, but I don't.
16:00Me too.
16:0150 plays 24.
16:02Ben in the lead.
16:03And it's Sarah's letters game now.
16:05Yes, ma'am.
16:06I'll start with a consonant, please.
16:08Thank you, Sarah.
16:09S.
16:10And a vowel.
16:12E.
16:13And a consonant.
16:15R.
16:16And a vowel.
16:18I.
16:19And a consonant.
16:21L.
16:22And another.
16:24V.
16:25And a vowel.
16:28A.
16:29Consonant.
16:31R.
16:32And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
16:35And finish with M.
16:37Stand by.
16:38morning,
16:52I'll finish with a mów.
16:54I'll finish with a consonant.
16:57Bye.
16:58And a vowel.
16:58I'll finish with aå”±
16:59æ ·, please.
17:03Bye.
17:04Bye.
17:06Bye.
17:07Yes, Sarah.
17:09Dodgy seven.
17:10Seven, Ben.
17:11Seven.
17:12Sarah.
17:13Murray's.
17:14And?
17:15Marvel's.
17:17Gloria?
17:17Yes.
17:18Yeah, we just had realism.
17:19Yep.
17:20And we had marvels as well.
17:21Well done.
17:2257 to 31.
17:24Ben, your letters again.
17:26Can I start with a consonant, please?
17:28Thank you, Ben.
17:28T.
17:30An avowal.
17:32O.
17:33An avowal.
17:35E.
17:36And a consonant, please.
17:39S.
17:41And another consonant.
17:44B.
17:46And a vowel.
17:47I.
17:50And a consonant, please.
17:53P.
17:55A consonant.
17:57S.
18:02And a vowel, please.
18:04And lastly, E.
18:06Stand by.
18:07And a vowel.
18:09And a vowel, please.
18:10And a vowel, please.
18:11And a vowel, please.
18:11And a vowel, please.
18:12And a vowel, please.
18:13And a vowel, please.
18:13And a vowel, please.
18:14And a vowel, please.
18:14And a vowel, please.
18:14And a vowel, please.
18:15And a vowel, please.
18:15And a vowel, please.
18:16And a vowel, please.
18:17And a vowel, please.
18:18And a vowel, please.
18:19And a vowel, please.
18:20And a vowel, please.
18:21And a vowel, please.
18:22And a vowel, please.
18:23And a vowel, please.
18:24And a vowel, please.
18:25And a vowel, please.
18:26And a vowel, please.
18:27And a vowel, please.
18:28And a vowel, please.
18:29And a vowel, please.
18:30And a vowel, please.
18:31Yes, Ben.
18:40Six.
18:41Six, Sarah.
18:42Yeah, six as well.
18:43Ben.
18:44Posits.
18:45Now then, Sarah.
18:46I got, is it posit?
18:48Posit, yes.
18:49It's a thick cream, lemon-flavoured pudding, normally.
18:52It tastes delicious.
18:54Is it?
18:54Yeah.
18:55And in the corner, Gloria.
18:57I have nothing, but Susie does have a very interesting word.
19:00Well, you can be the posiest person in the world,
19:03so that will give you a seven.
19:04And poetisers is there for eight, to make poetry.
19:07I like that one.
19:08Well done.
19:12Thanks, Susie.
19:13And now, numbers.
19:15Numbers for Sarah.
19:17Can I have one large and five small, please?
19:19You can indeed, thank you, Sarah.
19:20One from the top, five small.
19:23And this time, your selection is five, six, three, ten, eight, and fifty.
19:33And the target to reach, 515.
19:35Five, one, five.
19:37Six, seven, five, six.
19:51Six, seven, five.
19:53About five, six.
19:57Sarah?
20:09Yep, 515.
20:11And Ben?
20:11515.
20:13Sarah?
20:14I did 50 times 10, 500, and then five threes of 15.
20:18They are indeed lovely.
20:19There we go.
20:20Ben?
20:21I did the same.
20:22Same way.
20:23Not too complicated there.
20:25So 73, page 47, Sarah on 47, and it's time for our second Tea Time teaser, which is Cyan Pooch.
20:34And the clue, The Little Blue Dog Made One Hell of a Racket.
20:37The Little Blue Dog Made One Hell of a Racket.
20:55Warm welcome back.
20:56I left you with the clue, The Little Blue Dog Made One Hell of a Racket.
21:00The answer to that one is cacophony.
21:03What a cacophony.
21:05So 73 to 47.
21:07Ben in the lead.
21:08Ben, letters came.
21:10Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:13Thank you, Ben.
21:14R.
21:14And a vowel.
21:17A.
21:18And another vowel, please.
21:21E.
21:22And a consonant, please.
21:24C.
21:25And a vowel.
21:28O.
21:30And a consonant.
21:32S.
21:34And another consonant.
21:36T.
21:38And another consonant.
21:40S.
21:43And a vowel, please.
21:48And lastly, I.
21:51Stand by.
21:51S.
21:54S.
21:55Yes, Ben?
22:23Eight.
22:24Eight.
22:25Sarah?
22:26Yeah, eight as well.
22:27Ben?
22:28Scariest.
22:29Now then, Sarah?
22:30Coasters.
22:32Very good, yep.
22:33Anything else?
22:34Yes, we have a nine.
22:36Ostracise.
22:37Perfect.
22:38Ostracise.
22:39Well done.
22:40Good.
22:41Let's get that.
22:43Well done.
22:45Well done.
22:4681 plays 55.
22:48Sarah?
22:49Let us go.
22:50Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:51Thank you, Sarah.
22:52R.
22:53And a vowel?
22:54E.
22:55And a consonant?
22:56C.
22:57And a vowel?
22:58A.
22:59And a consonant?
23:00D.
23:01A vowel?
23:02O.
23:03A.
23:04And a consonant?
23:05D.
23:06A vowel?
23:07O.
23:08A consonant?
23:09P.
23:10And another?
23:11S.
23:12And another?
23:13S.
23:14And another, please.
23:15And the last one?
23:16F.
23:17And here's the countdown clock.
23:18And here's the countdown clock.
23:19F.
23:20F.
23:21And here's the countdown clock.
23:22o'clock.
23:23We'll see you next time.
23:24Let's have a Cap
23:41of theühl
23:43Sarah?
23:54I may as well try an eight.
23:56Thank you, Ben.
23:57Seven.
23:58And that's seven.
24:00Forceps.
24:01Forceps and?
24:02Scorepad.
24:04Scorepad.
24:08No, it's not there.
24:10I'm really sorry, Sarah.
24:11It was a very good try.
24:13Gloria?
24:14Something I'm sure that's happened to you quite a few times.
24:16Corpsed.
24:17All the time.
24:19Now then.
24:20Yeah, more sevens for Doris are there for seven.
24:22And scraped as well.
24:24Scraped.
24:24And corpse, indeed.
24:2688 plays 55.
24:28Susie, may we?
24:30Your origins of words?
24:32You may.
24:33Well, I have talked so many times on Countdown
24:35about the misfortune of left-handers in English.
24:40But I've learnt a couple of new things recently,
24:43which has to do with left-handers and right-handers.
24:45And the first was southpaw.
24:47Why we call a left-hander a southpaw.
24:50And also, of course, it's a left-handed puncher in boxing.
24:53The baseball term goes back to the orientation of the diamond,
24:58which is basically aligned to the points of the compass,
25:02which means that the pitcher has his left hand on the south side of his body.
25:07And that's what inspired both the baseball term and the boxing term.
25:11There's another one that surprised me.
25:13And I have to say, I learnt this from the Accidental Dictionary,
25:16which is a really nice book written by Paul Anthony Jones.
25:20And it was about ambidextrous.
25:23Because, of course, if you're ambidextrous,
25:24that's usually a very, very good thing.
25:26It means you can write with both hands.
25:28But that literally means, when you think about it,
25:30right-handed on both sides.
25:32So it's not really something that I pondered before.
25:35So it means, really, that your skills, and therefore right-handed,
25:39again, it's a bit of a jibe, if you like, at left-handers.
25:43So that's the literal meaning of ambidextrous.
25:45But if you go right back to the 16th century,
25:48it actually meant deceitful or double-dealing.
25:51So it has a slightly shady past.
25:52And ambidextrous was a dishonest lawyer.
25:55And the idea was that he, who usually was a he,
25:58would accept a payment, literally one in each hand,
26:02from both parties in a dispute.
26:04Today, of course, it only means that you can write with both hands.
26:08But it has, as I say, that slightly interesting past.
26:10But once again, it's a bit teasing, if not mocking,
26:14towards left-handers out there.
26:15So I think we should celebrate left-handers.
26:18Very good.
26:23So 88 plays 55, and we're with Ben for the penultimate letters game.
26:29Yes, Ben.
26:29Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
26:31Thank you, Ben.
26:32L.
26:34And a vowel.
26:35A.
26:36And another vowel.
26:38E.
26:40And a consonant.
26:42R.
26:44And another consonant, please.
26:47W.
26:49And a vowel.
26:50I.
26:51And a consonant.
26:56R.
26:59And a vowel.
27:01E.
27:03And a consonant, please.
27:05And a final N.
27:07Stand by.
27:08And a vowel.
27:10And a vowel.
27:10And a vowel.
27:11And a vowel.
27:11And a vowel.
27:12And a vowel.
27:12And a vowel.
27:13And a vowel.
27:13And a vowel.
27:14And a vowel.
27:14And a vowel.
27:14And a vowel.
27:14And a vowel.
27:15And a vowel.
27:15And a vowel.
27:15And a vowel.
27:16And a vowel.
27:16And a vowel.
27:16And a vowel.
27:17And a vowel.
27:18And a vowel.
27:18And a vowel.
27:18And a vowel.
27:18And a vowel.
27:19And a vowel.
27:19And a vowel.
27:20And a vowel.
27:21And a vowel.
27:21And a vowel.
27:22And a vowel.
27:22And a vowel.
27:23And a vowel.
27:23And a vowel.
27:24And a vowel.
27:25And a vowel.
27:25And a vowel.
27:26And a vowel.
27:38Yes, Ben?
27:40I'll go the seven.
27:42Seven for Ben, and?
27:43Just a six.
27:44And your six?
27:46Leaner.
27:47How much of a risk is this, Ben?
27:49The seven's OK, the eight would have been risky.
27:51All right.
27:52And?
27:53Wearier.
27:54Wearier.
27:55Yeah.
27:55Well done.
27:56What was the eight as a matter of interest?
27:57Nearly-er.
27:59Nearly-er?
27:59Yeah.
28:00I like the idea of nearly-er, but it's not there.
28:02You made the right decision.
28:03Wise man.
28:04Wise man.
28:06And we have a renewal.
28:08A renewal.
28:09Yeah.
28:10Yeah, that would give you a seven, and learner, likewise.
28:12And learner, well done.
28:13All right.
28:14Ninety-five for Ben.
28:16Wow.
28:16Sarah, on 55 as we turn to the final letters game, Sarah.
28:21Start with a consonant, please.
28:23Thank you, Sarah.
28:24D.
28:25And a vowel.
28:26O.
28:27And a consonant.
28:29N.
28:31And a vowel.
28:32U.
28:34A consonant.
28:35M.
28:37Another.
28:39L.
28:40A vowel.
28:42A.
28:44And another.
28:46E.
28:47And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
28:49And finish with N.
28:52Countdown.
28:53A vowel.
28:53B
29:07a tortilla.
29:07And a vowel.
29:10A T
29:10A whale.
29:11Sarah?
29:25I'll try a
29:27one, two, three, four, five, dodgy seven.
29:29Thank you. And Ben?
29:30A six. Your six?
29:33Moaned. Moaned
29:35and? I'm going to try unnamed.
29:38Unnamed.
29:39U-N-N? Yeah.
29:40No, absolutely fine. Sorry.
29:42No hyphen at all. No, very, very good.
29:45Well done. Well done indeed.
29:48And Susie?
29:48Okay. Yeah, there is
29:50a noumenal, which will give you
29:52an A. That's N-O-U-M-E-N-A-L.
29:55It's related to a
29:57noumenon, and if you know your
29:58Kantian philosophy, you will know
30:00that a noumenon is a thing as it is
30:03in itself, as opposed
30:05to a thing that is knowable
30:06by the senses.
30:08We knew that all along, didn't we?
30:10There you go.
30:11Thank you very much.
30:12Clear, very clear.
30:17Good old Kant.
30:18So, 95 to 62,
30:20and into the final numbers game.
30:22Yes, Ben?
30:23One from the top,
30:24and any other five, please, Rachel?
30:26Thank you, Ben.
30:26One large, five little to finish the day.
30:28And these numbers are
30:312, 2, 9, 3, 5, and 25.
30:38And the target, 799.
30:40799.
30:41799.
30:41One large, five times a man.
30:53Yeah.
30:56Yes, Ben?
31:13Er, 800, I think.
31:16Sarah?
31:17799.
31:19So, Sarah?
31:21I did nine times three.
31:2227.
31:23Plus five.
31:2432.
31:25Times 25.
31:27800.
31:28And then I've got two divided by two to give me the one.
31:30Do indeed.
31:30Very well done.
31:31799.
31:32Fabulous.
31:32Well done.
31:36Well done there, Sarah.
31:38Well done indeed.
31:39As we go into the final round, fingers on buzzers, let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
31:50Yes, Ben?
31:51Is it hamburger?
31:52Let's see whether you're right.
31:53I can see Sarah nodding vigorously.
31:56Here we go.
31:58Hamburger.
31:59Well done.
32:02Well done.
32:04105.
32:07Terrific.
32:08What did we talk about when you first came here?
32:10After your first win, I said, a teapot is not enough.
32:13And you went on to a blistering win.
32:14Do you remember?
32:15119.
32:16Yeah.
32:16Yeah.
32:16I've had a great time, though.
32:18Well, we've enjoyed having you.
32:19You've played brilliantly.
32:20And here's your goodie bag and your teapot's outside waiting for you to have a good journey
32:25back to Colville with our very best wishes.
32:28Thanks, Nick.
32:28Brilliant stuff.
32:29And we shall see Ben tomorrow.
32:31Fantastic first time out.
32:34Okay.
32:34Got the teapot.
32:35Indeed.
32:36No, don't say that.
32:37It's not enough.
32:39It's not enough.
32:40We'll see you tomorrow.
32:42Sadly.
32:42May I have a teapot?
32:44No, we'll have to talk to the producers about that.
32:47They're very difficult.
32:48Actually, before I go, I just want to say I've had such a lovely week.
32:51It's just like family, you know, coming to this programme.
32:53I love it.
32:54I'm going to leave you with this thought because this programme is all about words, isn't it?
32:58And it was a man who was blind.
32:59He was begging in the street.
33:01And he was just sitting on the pavement and nobody was paying him any money whatsoever.
33:06And he had a placard that said, I'm blind, so give generously.
33:09And a girl came along and she took the placard and she wrote something different on the back of it.
33:16And then she went away to do her shopping.
33:17And the money was dropping into his container all the time.
33:21And when she came back, she spoke to him and he said, what did you put on the card?
33:26And she said, I put on it.
33:29It's the most beautiful day, but sadly I can't see it because I'm blind.
33:33And the tagline was, change your words, change your world.
33:39Fantastic.
33:40I thought that was lovely.
33:40What a great thing.
33:42You're lovely.
33:43Yes.
33:45Thank you, Gloria.
33:45So that's my last takeaway.
33:46Change your words, change your world.
33:48Brilliant.
33:49Thank you so much.
33:50And you come back and see us soon again.
33:52It's always such a pleasure to have you here.
33:53Thank you so much.
33:54All right.
33:55Well done.
33:55And Susie, of course.
33:56I love that.
33:57And tomorrow we shall have Janet Street Porter sitting there.
34:01Millish woman friend.
34:02Yeah.
34:03Indeed.
34:03All right.
34:04See you tomorrow, Susie.
34:05See you then.
34:06And Rachel, of course.
34:07See you tomorrow.
34:07See you tomorrow.
34:08Same time.
34:09Same place.
34:10You be sure of it.
34:11A very good afternoon to you all.
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