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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34You thought it was just another Thursday, didn't you?
00:36Well, it's not, because this Thursday marks our 7,000th show.
00:42Isn't that amazing? 7,000 shows.
00:44We're in the Guinness Book of Records anyway, but that's when we were 6,000,
00:48so we'd better give them a ring later on and get them to update it, reprint the lot.
00:527,000 shows, that's amazing.
00:54Now, you will tell me if I'm wrong, because this is mathematical, Rachel Riley,
01:00we reckon, or I reckon, that the Countdown Clock has checked it down more than 86,000 times.
01:06Can you imagine? And never malfunctioned once.
01:12Do you remember?
01:12Not today.
01:13Not today.
01:14Not yet.
01:14I wonder how many people, is there anybody living, I wonder, that's watched all 7,000 answers on a postcard?
01:21Yeah, if there is who want to hear from them, we should go round to their living room and do it live from there.
01:25Wouldn't that be fun?
01:26I've watched 7,000 of them, yeah.
01:27If anybody's seen all 7,000, I don't know how you're going to prove it, but listen, we'll give you a good time if you write to us.
01:35There we are.
01:35Is there anything that you watch constantly?
01:41Anything that you say, yep, I've seen them all?
01:44Well, apart from Countdown, I'm a bit of a friends addict.
01:48Friends?
01:48Yeah, whatever episode comes on, I can pretty much quote the next line, it's terrible.
01:52It is good, isn't it?
01:53But I've used that amount of time to do something useful, I don't know, I could probably speak another four languages by now, but very funny, I like it.
02:00What is it? No, I agree with you.
02:01What is it that makes it so watchable, the characters are so good, and they've all gone on to have extraordinary careers too, I think, but it's a great show.
02:09It's nostalgic as well for me, because I was a kid when it came out, so, you know, it's ageing nicely.
02:16It has indeed.
02:17It has indeed. Now, I'll tell you who's ageing nicely, having won a great game yesterday. That'll be all win.
02:24How are you feeling after that good win yesterday?
02:26Feeling great, thank you.
02:27Adam was a good player too.
02:29Yes, excellent.
02:30He just snatched the conundrum.
02:31He did.
02:32But you were a nanosecond behind him anyway. Brilliant. Well, good luck today.
02:36You're joined by Jimmy Page, a fleet sales advisor from Manchester, who's been telling me before we came on about American football.
02:45You're a San Francisco 49ers fan, and you and your mates get together and watch American football. It's a mystery to me.
02:53Every Sunday, 6 o'clock, between the hours of 6 and 12, that's us. Pizza, beer, American football and that's us.
02:58Is it sort of constructed so that they can have 53 sort of commercial breaks during a game?
03:03As soon as they've started, they stop again.
03:07Maybe 153, but every time the ball hits the floor, we have an advert, and off we go again.
03:12Fantastic.
03:13Well, good luck to you both. Big round of applause now for Jimmy and Alvin.
03:21And over in the corner with Susie, the wonderful Jay Rayner, restaurant clinic, author and jazz pianist. Welcome back, Jay.
03:29Thank you. Thank you very much.
03:35It's a countdown.
03:37Alvin, 7,000th game. Off you go.
03:42Hello, Rachel.
03:43Hi.
03:44May I start with a consonant, please?
03:45You may. Start today with X.
03:48And another.
03:50L.
03:51And another.
03:53G.
03:55A vowel, please.
03:56O.
03:57And another.
03:58I.
04:00And another.
04:01O.
04:02And a consonant, please.
04:04D.
04:06Another.
04:07M.
04:10And a vowel.
04:13And the last one, I.
04:15And here's the countdown clock.
04:17I.
04:17And here's the next one.
04:18I'll see you next time.
04:19I'll see you next time.
04:19I'll see you next time.
04:20I'll see you next time.
04:20MUSIC CONTINUES
04:50Five or so.
04:51Olwen, gloom.
04:53Jimmy, igloo.
04:55And igloo.
04:56Yes.
04:57Well done.
04:58And over in the corner there, Jay.
05:00Well, this is a language game, so idiom.
05:03Yep.
05:04For five.
05:05And the vegetable mooli.
05:07M-double-O-L-I.
05:09It's a very solid root.
05:11A mooli.
05:12Where does that come from, Susie?
05:14It's a radish.
05:15It's a good question, actually.
05:17I'm not sure which language it comes from.
05:19Hindi.
05:20It says, yep, and ultimately from Sanskrit meaning root.
05:23Thank you for that.
05:24All right.
05:25Five or P's, Jimmy.
05:26Your letters game.
05:29Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:29Afternoon, Jimmy.
05:30Can I have a vowel, please?
05:31Can indeed.
05:33U.
05:34And a consonant, please.
05:36R.
05:36And another.
05:39H.
05:40And a vowel.
05:41E.
05:42And another vowel, please.
05:43A.
05:45Consonant.
05:46R.
05:48Consonant.
05:50Your heart.
05:51T.
05:51Consonant.
05:53F.
05:54And a vowel to finish, please.
05:55And lastly, E.
05:58Stand by.
06:00And another vowel, please.
06:11This is a Rap swear, it's a trigger.
06:13So it's an acetate and a vowel to finish in line.
06:15It says, keep rolling.
06:17And another vowel to finish.
06:18It has a vowel to finish, please.
06:18The vowel, please.
06:19The vowel, please.
06:19And a vowel, please.
06:21What am I leaving?
06:22And I'm leaving.
06:23Very wrath when we come.
06:23One, please.
06:24Officine, please.
06:25七 over.
06:26Cover.
06:26Los voices,��는 province.
06:27Bye for free.
06:27Mypra está.
06:27I'm being devastated.
06:28Jimmy?
06:31Seven.
06:32Seven.
06:33Alwyn?
06:33I'll risk an eight.
06:36So, Jimmy?
06:37Feather.
06:39Now, Alwyn.
06:40Fatherer?
06:45It's not there, Alwyn, I'm afraid.
06:47I'm sorry.
06:49Bad luck.
06:50Worth a shot, perhaps?
06:52How about Jay?
06:52So, for seven, there's feature and further.
06:59Susie?
07:00Yes, that's a really good one.
07:01And also for seven, urethra.
07:05I find an important part of the body, I find.
07:07I think so.
07:08I think it's only that we'd be in terrible trouble without one.
07:12Now, 12 plays five.
07:14Jimmy on 12.
07:15It's time for Alwyn's first numbers game.
07:18Alwyn.
07:19Hi, could I have one from the top and five from the bottom row, please?
07:24You can indeed, thank you, Alwyn.
07:25Five little ones and the first one of the day.
07:27Is four, one, four, one, three, and twenty-five.
07:35And the target, two hundred and ninety-eight.
07:38Two, nine, eight.
07:38One, six, seven, eight.
07:50Alwyn.
08:112, 9, 8.
08:122, 9, 8.
08:13Jimmy?
08:142, 9, 8.
08:15Alwyn.
08:163 times 4 is 12.
08:19Yep.
08:20Times 25 is 300.
08:23Minus the two ones.
08:25Perfect.
08:252, 9, 8.
08:26And Jimmy?
08:27Same way.
08:28Same way, yeah.
08:29Yes.
08:30Well done.
08:34So, Jimmy, in the lead, 22 to Alwyn's 15s.
08:38We turn to our first tea time teaser, which is lured cons.
08:42And the clue.
08:43He lured people into his cons.
08:45He was a dishonest rogue.
08:47He lured people into his cons.
08:49He was a dishonest rogue.
09:06Welcome back.
09:07I left with the clue.
09:08He lured people into his cons.
09:10He was a dishonest rogue.
09:12He was, in fact, a scoundrel.
09:15A scoundrel.
09:17Hmm.
09:18A lot of them around, unfortunately.
09:2022 to 15.
09:22Jimmy in the lead.
09:23Jimmy, your letters game.
09:24Vowel, please.
09:27I.
09:28And a consonant.
09:29V.
09:30And another vowel.
09:33O.
09:34And a consonant, please.
09:35T.
09:36Consonant.
09:38N.
09:39Another consonant.
09:41H.
09:42Vowel.
09:43I.
09:44Another vowel.
09:45E.
09:48And a consonant, please.
09:49And lastly, C.
09:52Stand by.
09:52Vowel.
09:59Wh.
09:59And a consonant.
10:05A consonant.
10:08A lamented one.
10:10Election.
10:11All right.
10:13Bye.
10:14Bye.
10:19Later.
10:19Gas.
10:21Bye.
10:22Yes, Jimmy?
10:24Just the four.
10:26Oldman?
10:26I have an eight.
10:28Jimmy?
10:28Thin.
10:29Now then.
10:31Eviction.
10:32Eviction.
10:33Excellent.
10:34Very well done.
10:36Well, it's spotted.
10:38Put you a point in the lead, too.
10:4023 to Jimmy's 22.
10:42Jay, what's up over there?
10:44Not that I'm food obsessed, but lurking in there is the word chive.
10:49It's fine.
10:49A fine, fine herb.
10:50It'll do.
10:51And it's pronounced cheviot?
10:54Yeah, I think.
10:55The wool from a sheep?
10:57Yes, from the cheviot sheep, specifically.
10:58Oh, I see.
10:59From the cheviot hill.
11:00Oh, that's a seven.
11:01OK.
11:02It's a type of sheep, is it?
11:03It is a type of sheep, yes.
11:05OK.
11:06Cheviot.
11:07Cheviot?
11:08Cheviot.
11:08I don't know.
11:0923 to 22.
11:10Olwen on 23.
11:12Now then, Olwen.
11:15Consonant, please.
11:16Thank you, Olwen.
11:18S.
11:19And another?
11:20M.
11:22And one more?
11:25T.
11:26A vowel, please.
11:28A.
11:29And another?
11:31E.
11:31And another, please.
11:34A.
11:35A consonant.
11:37M.
11:39Consonant.
11:40S.
11:42Consonant.
11:43And the last one.
11:45L.
11:47Stand by.
11:47And another can who's ever after this show is the authority of the NorthATH estáçi.
12:00Oh, no.
12:01And one more.
12:01And us are the right.
12:02And that is the one that always is the's love.
12:03And another can who's ever here.
12:04And another?
12:05Two more.
12:06And another!
12:06And another?
12:07One time...
12:07We have the right.
12:08And another one.
12:09One can only make up my favorite and aanska free to scare you by sitting in front with the Mess.
12:10And another, let me pull out my favorite and haunt your Fi.
12:10And another.
12:11There's a' a thing that would want you to pay me.
12:13ALWEN
12:18Alwyn
12:19Er, five
12:20Jimmy
12:21Six
12:22Alwyn
12:23Stale
12:24Jimmy
12:25Steamed
12:26Yes, very good
12:28Very good
12:29Nice one
12:30Jay
12:31Erm, so, tamales, which are a kind of Mexican dish of ground corn, which, funnily enough, you would steam
12:39Well done
12:40That's good
12:41Good
12:42And Susie
12:43A couple of less edible ones, erm, there's malate, which are derivatives of, erm, malic acid, which you'll find in unripe apples
12:51Erm, and there's also maltase, er, which is an enzyme that you'll find in saliva and pancreatic juice
12:58Lovely
12:59Yes
13:00Lovely, lovely, quite edible
13:01Thank you very much for that, 28 plays 23
13:04Jimmy, back in the lead there, and it's, er, Jimmy's numbers game now, yes sir
13:09Thank you, can I have two larger and four small, please?
13:11You can indeed, thank you, Jimmy, two from the top, four little, and for this next round, the selection is six, four, eight, nine, one hundred and seventy-five, and the target, three hundred and eighty-one
13:26...
13:27...
13:28...
13:30...
13:31...
13:32...
13:33Jimmy, 382, not really well written down.
14:02382.
14:03And, Alwyn?
14:04I think I've got 381, but not at all written down.
14:08Well, let's give it a shot, Alwyn.
14:119 minus 6 is 3.
14:14Yes.
14:15Times 100.
14:17Times 100, 300.
14:22Then add the 75.
14:24375.
14:27No, I've gone wrong on it, sorry.
14:29Sorry, Alwyn.
14:31Chance for Jimmy.
14:32So, 4 times 100.
14:344 times 100, 400.
14:368 minus 6 is 2.
14:37Yep.
14:38Times by the 9.
14:39Times 9 for the 18.
14:4118, and then take that off, the 400 for 382.
14:43Yep.
14:44Pretty close, but not quite perfect.
14:46For that, we turn to Rachel.
14:47381, Rachel.
14:48Tricky?
14:48Um, a few ways for this one, Nick.
14:51You could have said 9 minus 4 is 5, times 75 is 375, and add on the 6.
14:58381.
14:58Perfect.
15:00381.
15:00That's the way.
15:01Thank you, Rachel.
15:04So, Jimmy, on 35 to Alwyn's 23 as we turn to Jay.
15:09Jay, being a food critic, you're constantly trying to come up with new ways to describe
15:14food.
15:14One of the biggest problems, as odd as it sounds, is adjectives.
15:20And what are you going to say?
15:21You're going to say it was crunchy, or it was spicy.
15:24These are deadening words.
15:26They don't really help very much.
15:28And after doing it for quite a while, you tend to run out of them, and you repeat yourself.
15:32So, I've occasionally found myself thinking that the real way to describe a dish is through
15:36the feeling.
15:38Um, so if it's terrible, it tastes of disdain.
15:40Mm.
15:41Um, and if it's really good, it tastes of generosity.
15:45Mm.
15:45And you can, once you start thinking of language as that much more flexible, that really what
15:49you want to communicate is, how does it feel to eat this?
15:52And once you've told people what it is, if it's a meringue, obviously it's crunchy, but,
15:56you know, and it's really sugary, maybe it tastes of childhood.
16:01Mm.
16:01And that takes you back to somewhere else.
16:03Mm.
16:03That's one of the key challenges of what is a very strange job, using the written word
16:08to describe a very physical experience.
16:12It's a neat way of getting round it, isn't it, really?
16:14I would hardly want to suggest it was a trick, Nick, but it might be.
16:19I mean, you know, one of the jobs of a writer is to make people finish what they've written.
16:23And nobody has to read anything I write, not even my wife.
16:27Um, you know, you want to keep people reading to the end.
16:30So you have to find new and inventive ways to keep, to drag people in.
16:34What's more, there are, unbelievably, there are other people who do this job.
16:38And I don't want the readers going off and reading them.
16:40I want them to read me.
16:41So it's sort of my job to find as interesting and challenging a way to describe the experience
16:47of a dish that you might like.
16:48Very good.
16:50Very good.
16:53Mm.
16:55Now, 35 to 23, Jimmy in the lead.
16:58Now, Alwyn, off we go.
17:02Um, I'll start with a consonant, please.
17:03Thank you, Alwyn.
17:04B.
17:05And another.
17:09N.
17:10And another.
17:12D.
17:13And another.
17:15P.
17:17A vowel.
17:18E.
17:20And another.
17:21I.
17:22And one more.
17:24E.
17:26A consonant.
17:28L.
17:30And a consonant.
17:32And lastly, G.
17:34Countdown.
17:35And a consonant.
17:36And a consonant.
17:37And a consonant.
17:38And a consonant.
17:39And a consonant.
17:40And a consonant.
17:41And a consonant.
17:42And a consonant.
17:43And a consonant.
17:44And a consonant.
17:45And a consonant.
17:46And a consonant.
17:48And a consonant.
17:49And a consonant.
17:50And a consonant.
17:51And a consonant.
17:52And a consonant.
17:53And a consonant.
17:54And a consonant.
17:55And a consonant.
17:56And a consonant.
17:57And a consonant.
17:58And a consonant.
17:59And a consonant.
18:00And a consonant.
18:01And a consonant.
18:02And a consonant.
18:03And a consonant.
18:04All win seven Jimmy eight all win peeling no Jimmy bleeding well done Jimmy excellent yeah
18:15good play good play now Jay and Susie okay well there's a whole bunch of words in my sort of
18:25world um I could be accused of having spent all my time having binged on food um and almost
18:33everything I eat almost everything is edible both for six anything else Susie um there's another not
18:40sure if you've done any pingling Jay but um pingled is there um and lots of different meanings but it
18:46means to pick at your food to pingle don't you ever pick at your food that's a word you could pop pop
18:51into now I'm having that pingle there you go there you go thank you 43 to 23 Jimmy your letters game
18:59can I have a consonant please thank you Jimmy p and a vowel o another vowel a consonant
19:09s another consonant r a vowel e a consonant w a vowel i and a consonant to finish please
19:23and lastly why stand by
19:26so
19:35jimmy at six yes six also thank you jimmy powers oh I also have powers
20:05there we are can we match or beat it Jay I think we can beat it sopia for seven sopia indeed
20:13Susie anything else definitely the best we could do sopia yeah all right 49 to 29 numbers game
20:20all win I'll have one from the top and five from the next row down please thank you all will one large
20:27five five little and this round the small ones are seven six two eight and ten and the large one
20:36100 and your target 380
20:40three eight zero
20:41so
20:49so
20:49so
20:50All in.
21:13380, not written down.
21:16Jimmy?
21:16380.
21:18All in.
21:18All right, so six sevens are 42.
21:23Six sevens are 42.
21:26Eight divided by two is four.
21:29Yep.
21:30And take it away.
21:32438.
21:33And times by ten.
21:35Lovely, 380.
21:37And Jimmy?
21:37A bit different.
21:38Six divided by two, so you get three.
21:40Yeah.
21:40Times about the hundred.
21:41300.
21:42Eight by the ten is 80.
21:43Is your 80.
21:44Add it on.
21:45Lovely, 380, well done.
21:47Well done, guys.
21:48Well done.
21:5159 plays 39.
21:5320 points in it as we turn to our second tea time teaser, which is Horde Port.
21:58And the clue, this creature may not lack courage, but it's certainly spineless.
22:03This creature may not lack courage, but it's certainly spineless.
22:07That's because, Susie Dent, it's an aphropod, which, when it's around, is what?
22:35Uh, it's an invertebrate, which itself means lacking a spine.
22:38Um, and of a family that includes insects, spiders, crustaceans, so, um, yeah.
22:44Invertebrate is the key thing there.
22:45Thank you for that.
22:46All right.
22:4759 to 39.
22:49Jimmy?
22:50Doing well, Jimmy.
22:51Your letters go.
22:52A consonant, please.
22:53Thank you, Jimmy.
22:54And a vowel, please.
22:57E.
22:58And a consonant.
23:00B.
23:01And another.
23:03N.
23:04And a vowel, please.
23:05U.
23:06And a consonant.
23:08R.
23:09Another consonant.
23:11J.
23:12A vowel, please.
23:15O.
23:16And a consonant, please.
23:17And lastly, D.
23:20Stand by.
23:21BELL RINGS
23:22BELL RINGS
23:27BELL RINGS
23:28Everybody
23:29Bye.
23:50Bye.
23:50Bye.
23:51Bye.
23:51Bye.
23:52Bye.
23:52Jimmy?
23:54Eight.
23:56Five and eight also.
23:57Thank you, Jimmy.
23:58Bounders.
23:59And?
23:59Bounders.
24:01Yes.
24:02Now, Jay and Susie?
24:05So we've also got bounders, but we've also got suborned, which is a great word.
24:11Yes, to bribe or induce someone to commit an unlawful act.
24:15Oh, yes.
24:15To suborn them.
24:16To suborn them.
24:17Yep.
24:1867 to 47, still that 20-point difference.
24:22Alwyn, let us go.
24:24OK.
24:24I'll have a consonant, please.
24:26Thank you, Alwyn.
24:27C.
24:28And another.
24:30L.
24:31And another.
24:33G.
24:34And one more.
24:37R.
24:39A vowel.
24:40A.
24:41Another.
24:44U.
24:45Another.
24:47A.
24:49A consonant.
24:51T.
24:52And a vowel.
24:55And lastly, you.
24:59Stand by.
25:00One there.
25:02And lastly, you.
25:14There's a vowel in the car.
25:14A vowel in the car.
25:17And another.
25:18Another.
25:18Indeed.
25:19And another.
25:20You.
25:20Anything.
25:23One there.
25:25Something here.
25:26Yes, Olwen.
25:32A five.
25:33And Jimmy?
25:34Five also.
25:35Olwen?
25:36Carrot.
25:36And Jimmy?
25:37Ultra.
25:39Yeah.
25:40We have you in the corner?
25:41We are.
25:43We're delirious.
25:44We have a six.
25:45Go on.
25:46Um, actual.
25:47Actual, very good.
25:48Anything else, Susie?
25:49No, tough on that one.
25:50It'll do.
25:5172 to 52 as we turn to Susie.
25:55Susie?
25:56What have you for us today?
25:59Well, I have a nice email from Franklin Bovey, who lives in Stroud.
26:03And it's a nice question, actually, because it ties into something that I talked about fairly recently.
26:07And he says, where does double whammy come from?
26:09Is there a single one?
26:12And it ties in with the evil eye.
26:15If you remember, I talked about that a little while ago.
26:18And that, the power of the evil eye and the belief in the wickedness that could come from it,
26:24hides behind some of the most innocuous words in English.
26:28Fascinate, for example.
26:29We use fascinating all the time these days.
26:31But it was first used of witches and serpents.
26:34So, enchanters, who could bewitch you with a single glance of that evil eye?
26:39But on to whammies.
26:41And the original whammy, which arose around the 1940s in the US, was simply a knockout blow.
26:48So, it comes from the idea of a wham.
26:49So, something that kind of bowled you over.
26:52But quite soon, it became something to be avoided at all costs, because it took on the meaning of a hex or a curse.
26:59And the hex comes from the German hexer, meaning a witch.
27:03But, again, it was something that was cast by the evil eye.
27:07And, again, this idea of a knockout blow that is cast by that.
27:11It became used particularly in sport when losing teams were said to have had the whammy put upon them.
27:15And a double whammy, as you might guess, was just a particularly sort of bad curse that befell a team.
27:20And it goes all the way back to that, really, the double whammy.
27:23The double whammy, yeah.
27:24The fear of the evil eye.
27:26Brilliant.
27:26Wonderful.
27:32So much to learn.
27:34Jimmy, let us go.
27:37Vowel, please.
27:38Thank you, Jimmy.
27:39O.
27:40And a consonant.
27:42S.
27:43Another consonant.
27:45R.
27:46And a vowel.
27:48E.
27:49A consonant.
27:51F.
27:52And a vowel.
27:53A.
27:55A consonant.
27:56L.
27:57Another consonant.
27:59N.
28:00And a final consonant, please.
28:02And a final T.
28:04Stand by.
28:05A consonant.
28:05A consonant.
28:06A consonant.
28:06A consonant.
28:07A consonant.
28:07A consonant.
28:07A consonant.
28:07A consonant.
28:08A consonant.
28:08A consonant.
28:08A consonant.
28:08A consonant.
28:09A consonant.
28:09A consonant.
28:09A consonant.
28:10A consonant.
28:10A consonant.
28:10A consonant.
28:10A consonant.
28:11A consonant.
28:11A consonant.
28:11A consonant.
28:11A consonant.
28:11A consonant.
28:12A consonant.
28:12A consonant.
28:12A consonant.
28:12A consonant.
28:13A consonant.
28:13A consonant.
28:14A consonant.
28:14A consonant.
28:14A consonant.
28:15A consonant.
28:15A consonant.
28:16A consonant.
28:17A consonant.
28:18A consonant.
28:18A consonant.
28:19A consonant.
28:19A consonant.
28:20A consonant.
28:20A consonant.
28:21A consonant.
28:22Where, Jimmy?
28:36Eight.
28:37Olwen?
28:38I'm going to have to risk a possible nine.
28:41All right.
28:42Jimmy?
28:43Floaters.
28:44Now then, Olwen.
28:46Four slant.
28:48Four slant.
28:50Yes.
28:52No.
28:53It's not there, Olwen.
28:56I wish I could say yes, but it's not.
28:57I'm sorry.
28:58You can see where you're coming from, yeah.
29:01Jay?
29:02So, in a couple of days, I am going to Blackpool.
29:05And I shall obviously walk along the seafront.
29:08Indeed.
29:09Seafront.
29:10Very good.
29:11Susie and the girls?
29:12Floaters in seafront.
29:12We had Senator for seven otherwise.
29:15All right.
29:1680 to 52.
29:17Well done, Jimmy.
29:18Olwen, final letters game.
29:20Consonant, please.
29:22Thank you, Olwen.
29:23V.
29:25And another.
29:28S.
29:29And another.
29:31W.
29:33And one more, please.
29:35P.
29:37Vowel.
29:39E.
29:40And another.
29:42O.
29:43And another.
29:45I.
29:46A consonant.
29:47D.
29:49D.
29:50And a consonant.
29:52And lastly, G.
29:55Countdown.
30:10Oluwen.
30:26Six.
30:28Jimmy.
30:28Six.
30:29Thanks.
30:30Oluwen.
30:31Wodges.
30:32No, Jimmy.
30:32Widges.
30:33Wodges and widges.
30:37I'm not sure about a widge.
30:38You can definitely have a widge.
30:40You can have a widgey.
30:43But you can't have a widge, I'm afraid.
30:46Sorry, Jimmy.
30:48Shame.
30:49Jay?
30:51What we used to record this on, video.
30:54In fact, videos for six.
30:56Well done.
30:57Anything else, Susie?
30:58You can have podges for six as well.
31:01But, yeah, no further than six.
31:03All right.
31:03So 58 to 80 into the final numbers game.
31:06Yes, Jimmy?
31:07I can have two large and four small, please.
31:09You can indeed.
31:11Thank you, Jimmy.
31:12Two large and the four small ones are three.
31:15Three.
31:16Seven.
31:17One.
31:18And the large, 50 and 75.
31:21And your target, 917.
31:23Nine, one, seven.
31:24Nine, six.
31:26And your target, 917.
31:38Jimmy?
31:57I think I've got 9.18.
32:009.18, Olwen?
32:01I didn't get near enough, sorry.
32:03No? Jimmy?
32:05I might have gone horrendously wrong, yeah.
32:06Yeah. 7 times 3 is 21.
32:10Yep.
32:11Minus 3 for 18.
32:1350 minus 1 is 49.
32:16It is.
32:17And then times them together.
32:1949 for...
32:20..for 882.
32:25Oh, yeah, I've gone completely wrong out of that mod.
32:27Right.
32:28Slightly drift on that one.
32:30Let's have a word with Rachel.
32:329.17 is really what we were planning on.
32:34Um, yes, Nick.
32:36Well, if you say 75 plus 50 plus 3 plus 3 equals 131,
32:43times it by 7.
32:449.17.
32:45So neat.
32:46Oh, lovely.
32:47Well done, guys.
32:489.17.
32:50That's the way.
32:52So, 80 plays 58.
32:55Well done there, Jimmy.
32:56As we go into the final round, fingers on buzzers,
32:59let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:02All right.
33:12All right.
33:13Vengeance.
33:14Let's see whether you're right.
33:16Here it comes.
33:18Vengeance.
33:18Well done.
33:22Well done.
33:25Well done, All right.
33:26So, it's a teapot and a conundrum.
33:30Not bad, is it?
33:31I came for the teapot, Nick.
33:32Indeed.
33:33And you've finished off with a conundrum.
33:35So, well done.
33:36Thank you very much indeed for coming.
33:37You get back to London, back to the choir.
33:40You're still singing in a choir?
33:41Oh, very much so, yes.
33:42Excellent.
33:43Yes, it's an excellent pastime.
33:46I love it.
33:46It's wonderful.
33:46And you sang with your choir at Buckingham Palace, I think.
33:49Yes, at a garden party last summer.
33:51Wonderful.
33:51Yes, yes.
33:52It was a great day.
33:53Great day.
33:53Lovely, sunny, plenty of tea.
33:56Indeed.
33:56Thank you so much for coming.
33:58Travel safely home.
33:59And Jimmy Page, well done.
34:0180 points.
34:02See you tomorrow.
34:02See you tomorrow.
34:03Congratulations.
34:04Congratulations.
34:06Now, Jay.
34:07Jay and Susie, we happy?
34:09See you tomorrow?
34:09Yeah.
34:10Oh, yeah.
34:10All good?
34:11Oh, very, very good.
34:12All right.
34:13And we've got a new good player with us.
34:15Yeah, I can see Jimmy's still staring at that.
34:17If he'd have just added that one.
34:18I've written it down wrong as soon as I was thinking.
34:20Sorry, Jimmy.
34:21Yeah, there we are.
34:23But he's back tomorrow to try again.
34:24Always tomorrow.
34:25See you tomorrow.
34:26See you then.
34:27Join us then, same time, same place.
34:28You be sure of it.
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35:08Amen.
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