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00:30Hello, everybody, and hello again.
00:33For the last time this week, we put pen to paper for another 15 rounds of letters and numbers,
00:39and we're approaching the end of November now.
00:42Rach, it depends where you are in the nation.
00:44At this stage, people are watching as darkness is starting to fall.
00:48It's that time of the year.
00:50So I've got a little winter quiz for you. Are you ready?
00:52Always ready for your quizzes.
00:53It's about rain, not temperature.
00:56I'm going to give you two countries, and you have to tell me which one gets the most amount of rain in the year, on average.
01:04OK.
01:04Really much more interesting than it sounds.
01:07OK.
01:08The Seychelles are, wouldn't it be great to be there now, or the United Kingdom?
01:13The way you're pitching it, you're directing me towards the Seychelles.
01:18Double bluffing.
01:19I think it's the Seychelles.
01:20Well, the UK gets 1,220 millimetres.
01:24Feels like a lot more.
01:26Seychelles, catch your breath.
01:282,330.
01:30But, you know, most of that might come in a week.
01:33Do you know what I mean?
01:33It's probably proper weather over there, you'd imagine, wouldn't you? Tropical storms.
01:36OK.
01:37Egypt or Cuba?
01:41You'd have thought tropical storms, you'd chuck it in Cuba, wouldn't you?
01:45Cuba has 1,335 millimetres of rain a year.
01:52Egypt has...
01:53Would you like to have a guess?
01:54No.
01:55Come and tell me.
01:5618.
01:5718?
01:58Bottom of the list of any known country in this planet, and I think we know them all.
02:03Yeah, well, that's...
02:04You know, you don't really see mudslides down the pyramids, do you?
02:07Yeah.
02:08Right, let's get over to Dictionary Corner.
02:10She's our rainbow, our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent, and beside her, her debut week,
02:16a ray of sunshine every day, Angela Scanlon.
02:19Yay!
02:19Hi!
02:21Well, we have a new champion, of course, we didn't think we were going to,
02:24because Logan was supreme.
02:25He was averaging over 100, and then in came Nicky Whisson, our whiz of a gardener,
02:30and got her first win.
02:32Did you think you were going to beat Logan?
02:33No, I didn't.
02:34No?
02:35Not at all.
02:35You were just great.
02:37And we were talking about the gardening, so what's it like for a gardener at this time of the year,
02:41so late November?
02:42Horrible.
02:44It is so wet and miserable.
02:46Right.
02:46But you've got to crack on.
02:47Nicky is going up against Helen McGivern today, who lives in Wigan, born in Warrington.
02:52You're a police community support officer.
02:55Correct.
02:55Which I imagine is a fairly full-on involved job.
02:58Tell me a bit about that.
02:59Yeah, well, I'm on mat leave at the moment, so I'm having a nice break.
03:02But, yeah, it's a lovely job.
03:04We get to do a lot with the, well, the speech for itself, really.
03:08Do a lot with schools, the elderly, a lot of the low-level stuff,
03:13so I'm not getting involved in the really nasty jobs.
03:15It tends to be the nicer jobs.
03:16And that's the tail end of your maternity leave, because I believe it's young Phoebe.
03:20Yes, that's right.
03:20Yeah, excellent.
03:21But, of course, the most important thing in your life is your dog, Harlow.
03:25He's our firstborn, we tell him, yeah.
03:26Exactly.
03:27Right.
03:28Best of luck to Helen and Nicky.
03:32Right, here we go then.
03:33Nicky, your letters.
03:35Hi, Rachel.
03:35Hi, Nicky.
03:36Consonant, please.
03:38Start today with S.
03:40And another.
03:42M.
03:43And a vowel, please.
03:45A.
03:46And another.
03:47U.
03:48Consonant.
03:50R.
03:52And another consonant.
03:54D.
03:54And one more.
03:56G.
03:57And a vowel, please.
03:59E.
04:00And a final vowel.
04:02And a final I.
04:05At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:38And that is time.
04:39Nicky.
04:39I'll risk an eight.
04:41And Helen.
04:42Same, I'll risk an eight.
04:43Excellent.
04:43Nicky.
04:44Smudgy-er.
04:45And for you, Helen.
04:46Same word, smudgy-er.
04:48Pass it on over there.
04:49Don't smudge it.
04:50Excellent.
04:51But is it in?
04:52It is specified in the dictionary, yes.
04:54And we went there, too.
04:55Very good.
04:56Yeah.
04:58There's nothing else to add.
04:59No.
05:00OK.
05:01Helen, off we go.
05:03OK.
05:04Hi, Rachel.
05:04Hi, Helen.
05:05Can I have a consonant, please?
05:06You can, indeed.
05:07B.
05:08And another.
05:10N.
05:12And a third.
05:13S.
05:15And a vowel.
05:16O.
05:17And another.
05:18E.
05:20And another.
05:22A.
05:23And a consonant.
05:25M.
05:26And a consonant.
05:30F.
05:32Final consonant, please.
05:34Final.
05:35C.
05:35On 30 seconds.
05:36And a consonant.
05:37And a consonant.
05:38And a consonant.
05:38And a consonant.
05:39And a consonant.
05:39And a consonant.
05:39And a consonant.
05:40And a consonant.
05:40And a consonant.
05:41And a consonant.
05:41And a consonant.
05:41And a consonant.
05:42And a consonant.
05:42And a consonant.
05:42And a consonant.
05:42And a consonant.
05:43And a consonant.
05:43And a consonant.
05:43And a consonant.
05:43And a consonant.
05:44And a consonant.
05:44And a consonant.
05:44And a consonant.
05:44And a consonant.
05:45And a consonant.
05:46And a consonant.
05:46And a consonant.
05:46And a consonant.
05:47And a consonant.
05:47And a consonant.
05:47And a consonant.
05:48And a consonant.
05:49And a consonant.
05:49And a consonant.
05:50And a consonant.
05:51And a consonant.
05:51And a consonant.
06:06Helen seven I'm for Nicky seven as well Helen beacons beacons and Nicky bemoans
06:14bemoans can we add to that not better no cameos at six but yeah that's it
06:22yeah sevens do the job let's get to the numbers first time today for Nicky can
06:27I have an inverted T please Rachel you can indeed inverted T one large five
06:32little and the first one of the day is eight eight four seven five and 75 and
06:42the target 663 663 numbers up
07:02there you go 663 for Nicky 663 and for Helen I only got 660 missed it okay Nicky eight times 75
07:26eight 75 is 600 and then five plus four is nine yeah times that by the seven 63 63 and add them
07:36together lovely ten points for Nicky nothing to worry about for Helen first numbers round is
07:44nerve-wracking let's get her tea time teaser fountain fountain it sounds like he paid no entry fee at the
07:51cyber cafe it sounds like he paid no entry fee at the cyber cafe
07:56info not as an infinite infinite infinite 25 15 so numbers being the difference so far and Helen you're
08:26choosing these letters I'll go for a consonant please thank you Helen L and another S and a third
08:35T and a vowel I and another O and a third E and a consonant N another consonant H and I finish with a vowel please
08:56finish with a
08:58and push the button
09:00all right
09:05so
09:07okay
09:08so
09:11MUSIC PLAYS
09:31Helen. I'll try an eight.
09:33And for you, Nicky? Just seven.
09:35Seven. Chance to get those points back. What's the seven?
09:38Loads. What are you going to try?
09:40Hotlines.
09:40Well done, yeah.
09:41Oh, wow. Excellent.
09:44Did not spot that. Not even close. What about you, Angela?
09:47We have one better. Hailstone.
09:50Hailstone. It's raining nines.
09:55Very good. What a lovely round. Let's get more from Nicky.
09:58Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Nicky.
10:01R. And another.
10:03W. And another.
10:06D. And a vowel, please.
10:09U. And another.
10:11E.
10:11And one more.
10:13A.
10:14And a consonant.
10:16S.
10:17And another consonant.
10:19L.
10:20And a final vowel, please.
10:22And...
10:23A final O.
10:24And half a minute.
10:25A final O.
10:26And another.
10:26And another.
10:28We'll see you next time.
10:58Helen? Seven. Look at this. Go ahead, Nick. Reloads. And Hells? Same word. There you go. Pass it over. Twice this week we've had Reload and we've had it from both contestants again. Angela Scanlon, can we go beyond that? We have Waldo's. As in, where's Waldo's? Kind of. They're actually remote controls. What? Waldo's with the E are remote controls and it's named after a fictional inventor in a science fiction story.
11:28Oh, really? Excellent. Excellent. But we can go one better. Go, do it. Oh, Reloads. At Christmas time, chocolate Reloads. Delicious. Showboating in Dictionary Corner this Friday afternoon.
11:43And we're back to the numbers and you're going to be choosing them, Helen. I'll try one large and five small, please. Thank you, Helen. Try one from the top and five not. Same selection again, but this time our numbers are nine, three, six, five, another five and 25. And the target, 123.
12:03One, two, three. Number's up.
12:05One, two, three.
12:06One, two, three.
12:07One, two, three.
12:08One, two, three.
12:09One, two, three.
12:10One, two, three.
12:11One, two, three.
12:12One, two, three.
12:13One, two, three.
12:14One, two, three.
12:15One, two, three.
12:16One, two, three.
12:17One, two, three.
12:18One, two, three.
12:19One, two, three.
12:20One, two, three.
12:21One, two, three.
12:22One, two, three.
12:23One, two, three.
12:24One, two, three.
12:25One, two, three.
12:26One, two, three.
12:28One, two, three.
12:30One, two, three.
12:31One, two, three.
12:32One, two, three.
12:33One, two, three.
12:34Nice little target, Helen.
12:371, 2, 3. Yes, as easy as...?
12:401, 2, 3. Yes, off you go, Helen.
12:4225 times 5.
12:441, 2, 5.
12:45And then I did 5 minus 3 is 2.
12:48Yeah. Straightforward.
12:49Nikki? Pretty much exactly the same.
12:51I did 6 over 3 for the 2.
12:5310 points. Very good.
12:54APPLAUSE
12:56All right, let's get over to Dictionary Corner.
12:58Now, all this week, Angela, we've been chatting about
13:01when things have gone wrong and presenting.
13:04But what's really going right for you at the moment
13:06is discovering... I suppose rediscovering,
13:09cos your career's a real love of radio.
13:11Yeah.
13:12But it's always... People don't like change.
13:14And you're doing the weekend breakfast,
13:17a good time to mention it, on Virgin Radio,
13:19but taking over from Graeme Norton.
13:20Yeah.
13:21So it's an Irish legend and, you know, it's always hard.
13:25Big old boots to fill, but it's been lovely, actually.
13:29And I haven't been, you know, pied off just yet,
13:32which is always nice.
13:34And I love radio, have always loved radio,
13:37and the broadcasters that I kind of admire over the years
13:40have always, you know, kind of davelled in both radio and telly.
13:44And, yeah, so it feels like a real privilege
13:46to sit there every weekend and wake people up in the morning, you know?
13:50How do you feel about... I do a Sunday morning show.
13:53How do you feel about, sort of, working at the weekend?
13:56I'm getting used to it.
13:58Yeah.
13:59I'm just figuring out how to make sure that I have a bit of time off
14:02during the week, cos I've got two small kids.
14:04I mean, I'm up at that time anyway,
14:06so I may as well be making a bit of hay, you know?
14:09So I, yeah, the early mornings haven't rattled me so much,
14:15because my girls are early risers anyway.
14:16So, but, yeah, I actually love working at the weekend.
14:21Yeah.
14:21On the odd time where you've got a weekday off,
14:25you kind of can have a bit of smugness with it.
14:27It feels like a double day off cos most people are working.
14:29Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's lovely, cos you can...
14:32And you have the place to yourself, you know?
14:34Go to the supermarket, nobody bugging you, lovely.
14:38Cinema, sit wherever you want.
14:39Oh, legs on the chair, I would never do that.
14:42You can buy a normal seat on a Monday
14:44and then wait the lights go down onto the premium ones.
14:46I love it.
14:47You only have to pay one cos you know it's going to be half empty.
14:49Yeah, exactly.
14:50You get away with so much on a Monday.
14:52So much, yeah.
14:53And also, people feel a bit sorry for you.
14:55What I find is when you come home on a Sunday
14:57or you go somewhere, people treat you.
14:59It's like you've worked Christmas Day.
15:01Yes.
15:02You know, they feed you, it's great.
15:03Absolutely.
15:04Thank you so much.
15:05We've loved having you in Dictionary Corner, by the way, this week.
15:08Oh, Pat and Bob, thank you.
15:09Thank you, cheers.
15:10APPLAUSE
15:12Just two points in it.
15:13Nicky, nose in front in your letters.
15:16Consonant, please, Rachel.
15:17Thank you, Nicky.
15:18G.
15:19And another one.
15:21P.
15:22And a third.
15:24R.
15:24And a vowel, please.
15:26I.
15:27And another vowel.
15:28E.
15:30And a consonant, please.
15:32K.
15:33And another consonant.
15:34Y.
15:36And a vowel.
15:38U.
15:39And another consonant, please.
15:43Final.
15:44D.
15:44And start the clock.
15:46DR.
15:55Uhh,
15:56I'll see you at the 9th
15:57arc.
15:57MUSIC PLAYS
16:16Nicky? Six. And Helen? And a six. A six. OK. Nicky?
16:21Purged. Purged? Griped.
16:24Yeah, griped and purged. Yeah.
16:26Hmm. Pudgier for seven.
16:29Grab the cheeks, grab the cheeks. Right, more letters, please, from Helen.
16:34I'll have a consonant, please. Thank you, Helen.
16:36S. And another.
16:39T. And a third.
16:42C. And a vowel.
16:45E. And another.
16:47O. And a third.
16:50A. And a consonant.
16:53N.
16:56Another consonant.
16:58G.
17:00Finish with a vowel, please.
17:02Finish with...
17:03E.
17:04And here we go.
17:05E.
17:11E.
17:13E.
17:15E.
17:15E.
17:15I'll have to do's, Helen.
17:37I'll risk an eight.
17:39And Nicky.
17:40I'll go for a six, then.
17:42OK, save six.
17:44Seance.
17:44Will it be points in the bank?
17:47Helen, is there somebody there?
17:48Stone Age?
17:50Oh, Stone Age or even Stone Age.
17:54Not there, unfortunately.
17:56Stone Age capitalised in two words.
17:58The six points counts and they were much needed.
18:01The gap increases to just eight.
18:04But, Angela, was there anything that did count above six?
18:07We got cognates at eight.
18:09Cognates, fantastic.
18:10Yes, they are words that come from the same family in language.
18:13Excellent.
18:13There you go.
18:1554-46.
18:16Third numbers round of the day.
18:18It's maximum 20 points so far for Nicky.
18:21And you're choosing?
18:22Can I have two large ones this time?
18:24You can do.
18:25Two from the top and four little.
18:28And the third numbers game of the day.
18:30Four, five, four, one.
18:3475 and 100.
18:36And the target?
18:38562.
18:39562.
18:39Two numbers up.
18:40Two numbers up.
18:47Okay.
18:49OK, 5, 6, 2.
19:13Nicky? Nothing.
19:15And Helen? I think I've got 5, 6, 7.
19:17Which would get you 7 points. Let's hear it.
19:21100 times 5.
19:23100 times 5, 500.
19:25Plus 75.
19:275, 7, 5.
19:28And then I did 4 plus 4 is 8.
19:31It's going to take it away.
19:32Yep.
19:34Well done.
19:35And Rachel, take us to 5, 6, 2.
19:37Yes.
19:38Well, 100 minus 1 is 99.
19:41Times that by 5 for 495.
19:44Add the 75 for 570.
19:47And you've got 2 4s left over for 5, 6, 2.
19:49Excellent.
19:52Use them all up.
19:53Use them all up.
19:54You don't have to, but needed to that time for 5, 6, 2.
19:58And your second Tea Town teaser, last of the week.
20:01Fit Bella.
20:02Fit Bella.
20:03Bella was fit, so a 50kg weight was easy for her.
20:07Bella was fit, so a 50kg weight was easy for her.
20:11It was liftable.
20:24Well, what about this?
20:36We've been spoilt this week in terms of competition.
20:38And here we go again.
20:39This might beat them all.
20:4054 for Nicky, our new champion.
20:4353 for Ellen, our challenger.
20:45And Helen, it's your letters.
20:47A consonant, please, Rachel.
20:49Thank you, Helen.
20:50P.
20:51And another, please.
20:53S.
20:54And a third.
20:55D.
20:57And a vowel.
20:59O.
21:01And another.
21:02I.
21:03And a consonant.
21:05T.
21:07Another consonant.
21:09H.
21:11And a vowel.
21:12O.
21:15I'll finish on another vowel, please.
21:17Finish with U.
21:20And good luck, everybody.
21:21I'll see you next time.
21:52Helen?
21:53Er, five.
21:54Nicky?
21:55Five.
21:56I think Helen must think there's something bigger.
21:58What have you got, Helen?
21:58Stood.
22:00And for you, Nicky?
22:01South.
22:02OK, you stood your ground.
22:03Was there something else you'd written down?
22:05Er, Oatship.
22:07Right.
22:07I'm so glad you went there, because I had Oatshop in this consumer-driven society that we have.
22:13I think we might both be wrong, though.
22:14Let's find out.
22:15Well, Oatship, not there.
22:18But Oatshop is.
22:19Yes, well done.
22:21But it's not what you might think.
22:22It's to send a railway vehicle out from a workshop after it's been repaired.
22:26Nice.
22:26Anything else there, Angela?
22:28Still in the sixes.
22:29Upshot, studio, stupid.
22:32Yeah.
22:32I think you want that one.
22:33Nice.
22:34Listen, what a game.
22:37What a game.
22:38Let's do one more round of letters before origins of words.
22:43Nicky, this one's on you.
22:44Consonant, please.
22:45Thank you, Nicky.
22:46F.
22:47And another one.
22:49R.
22:50And a third.
22:51T.
22:52And a vowel, please.
22:54E.
22:55And another vowel.
22:56A.
22:58And another vowel.
23:00I.
23:01And a consonant, please.
23:03Q.
23:04And another consonant.
23:07L.
23:08And another consonant, please.
23:11Lastly, N.
23:13And let's play.
23:44Nikki? A risk an eight. Helen? Just a six. OK.
23:49Well, it's a risk over there, so save six, mate. Linear. OK, now,
23:54risky eight, mate. Ferntail. Ooh.
23:57I know that in Scotland a freckle can be a fern tickle.
24:03Oh, it's not there, unfortunately. It's a lovely idea.
24:08Right, Angela, talk to me. We have a seven at Reliant.
24:13Yes, and last minute eight we have with Inflator.
24:17Inflator and Reliant. There you go.
24:19Well, look, the lead switches again.
24:22Helen, you're five points up. There's four rounds to go.
24:26Always the cruelest time to break for Origins Awards,
24:29even though we love it, because for Nikki and Helen,
24:32it's all about the game. Let's get our Origins Awards.
24:34Yes, I'm going to get everyone involved with the second of the questions
24:37I'm going to come to today. So two relatively quick ones,
24:40but the second I think we'll be scratching our heads over.
24:43The first one, though, is fairly straightforward.
24:46It's from Joe Kelly in Waterford, and he asks,
24:49could Susie explain where the expression hue and cry comes from?
24:53And we have to go back to the days after the Norman Conquest for this,
24:57when anybody who witnessed a crime or surprised a criminal in the act...
25:01We had red-handed the other day, so possibly with blood on their hands.
25:04They had just one job to do. They had to raise a hue and cry.
25:08They had to really, you know, make a lot of noise and clamour
25:13and call on others in that way to join in on the pursuit of the offenders
25:17and eventually capture them.
25:19And there was a law of hue and cry which said it had to be raised,
25:23this clamour, by the inhabitants of the district
25:25in which the crime had been committed because if it wasn't,
25:28then those inhabitants would be liable for damages.
25:31So it was quite punitive, even if they'd had...
25:33Obviously, they had nothing to do with the crime in the first place.
25:35But anyway, hue and cry goes back to Norman French,
25:38which was a hybrid that we created
25:40when we couldn't quite grasp the French over here
25:43and we had to kind of muddle through with our hybrid of English and French.
25:46Ut écrit, which was literally tautology, it means outcry and cry.
25:51So that one I can nail, but I definitely can't nail this one
25:56and I wish I could.
25:57So this is from Dan and the lads at the Greyhound.
25:59Today is Friday, says Dan.
26:01Could you explain when this Saturday becomes next Saturday?
26:05And what is the correct terminology to use
26:07from referring to days of the week?
26:08This would help resolve a decade-long argument in our local pub
26:11and would be much appreciated.
26:13Well, everyone's got a different view.
26:14So apart from if it's Friday, what would Saturday, i.e. tomorrow be?
26:18Would you say this Saturday or next Saturday?
26:20This Saturday is the very next Saturday.
26:22Yes.
26:23Next Saturday is two Saturdays away.
26:24I agree.
26:25If today is Sunday, do you talk about the coming week
26:30as next week or this week?
26:32Next.
26:33Next week.
26:33Next week?
26:34Yeah.
26:35OK, so this week for you would be in the past.
26:37But it's still this Saturday.
26:39But it's still this Saturday.
26:40Yeah, because also, if you don't do it that way,
26:43what happens to the Saturday after next?
26:45Yeah, well, this is where English is incredibly imprecise
26:48and people do really, it's a kind of matter of taste.
26:51They use it in very different ways.
26:53And I wish I could help Dan out, because I'm going to cause
26:55even more of a rumpus in the pub.
26:57But I do think that people use them very, very differently.
27:00Yeah.
27:01So I'm sorry, Dan.
27:02I'm sure they do, but...
27:03But they're wrong.
27:04I live with a Russian and he gets very angry about this kind of thing.
27:07OK.
27:08Because that's a lot more precise.
27:09And he never knows what's going on in English.
27:11Yeah.
27:12Yeah.
27:13Goodness.
27:14So, right, fun to talk about.
27:15We're none the wiser as The Hoop will be coming back onto this show
27:19this Monday.
27:21Is it going to be Nicky or Helen?
27:24There's five points in it.
27:26Four rounds left to go.
27:28And it's your letters, Helen.
27:29I'll have a consonant, please.
27:30Thank you, Helen.
27:32G.
27:33And a second.
27:35M.
27:36And a third.
27:38T.
27:39And a vowel.
27:41U.
27:42And another.
27:44E.
27:45And a third.
27:46A.
27:47And a consonant.
27:49C.
27:51Another consonant.
27:53J.
27:54Erm, I'll finish with another vowel, please.
27:58Finish with O.
28:00Kind time.
28:02MUSIC PLAYS
28:05That's time.
28:08Helen?
28:09Six.
28:10MUSIC PLAYS
28:32That's time. Helen. Six.
28:34And Nicky. Just five.
28:36If five is... Comet.
28:38This would be a massive six.
28:41Outage. Outage.
28:42Yes. Outage. Well done.
28:44Well done.
28:46And we clap that six, because under pressure,
28:48that puts the lead to 11, of course,
28:50which is outside of the crucial countdown conundrum territory.
28:53Four now.
28:55Angela, how did you get on?
28:56So, outage. We had cameo at five, but, yeah.
29:00Outage it is. Right, last letters.
29:02Nicky, you're choosing.
29:04Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:05Thank you, Nicky.
29:06R.
29:07And another one.
29:09N.
29:11And another.
29:13S.
29:14And a vowel, please.
29:16I.
29:17And another vowel.
29:18E.
29:20And another vowel.
29:22E.
29:23And a consonant, please.
29:25W.
29:26And another consonant.
29:29R.
29:30And another consonant, please.
29:33P.
29:34I.
29:35Lost letters.
29:35P.
30:06All right, Nicky?
30:09I'm going to say eight.
30:11And Helen?
30:12Just a six.
30:13Right, this is the moment, isn't it?
30:14Let's be honest, this is the moment.
30:17Right, Helen, the six.
30:18It renews.
30:19OK, Nicky, you're stretching here.
30:20What is it?
30:21Rewipens.
30:24Rewipen.
30:25That sounds very Old English.
30:27I don't think it's going to be there.
30:29It's not there, I'm afraid.
30:30I'm sorry.
30:32Going to give it a go.
30:32You have to go for it, right?
30:33Yeah, absolutely.
30:34Not a huge amount of difference in losing those extra points there.
30:39Well done, Helen.
30:40Well done, Helen.
30:41And we go over to Dictionary Corner.
30:43Pre-wires we have.
30:45Pre-wires.
30:45Four and eight.
30:46Yes, we're pre-wired to do something sometimes, aren't we?
30:49If you use it in that context.
30:50And you can whack the old S on the end of that?
30:52You can.
30:53You can also physically pre-wire a fan, for example, or some electrical component.
30:57Goodness me.
30:58Goodness me.
30:58Don't look so suspicious.
31:01I know, sometimes it does come across like, I don't believe you.
31:04The S, really.
31:06Susie, what would you know about words?
31:07Last, at numbers.
31:11It's right there in front of you now, Helen.
31:13You can almost taste it.
31:15I'll go for one large, please.
31:16You want something easy.
31:18Shoes on the other foot from Nicky and yesterday.
31:21Right, let's see what the numbers got to do.
31:23Final one of the week.
31:23Three, four, six, nine, two, and 75.
31:30And the target, 157.
31:33157 numbers up.
31:35The S on the other foot.
32:05157 to seal the deal.
32:08Helen.
32:09157.
32:09Oh, look at that.
32:10Nicky.
32:11157.
32:11You got it in about two seconds.
32:13Off you go, Helen.
32:1475 times two.
32:17150.
32:18And then add the three and the four.
32:19I mean, this is barely a write-up worthy one.
32:22Same way, Nicky.
32:23Exactly the same.
32:23Pass it on over there.
32:24Seal your fate.
32:25Yay.
32:28Wow, what a couple of days we've had here on count.
32:31And the standard's been ridiculous.
32:33Fantastic win for Helen.
32:35But let's save that until we get the last round of the week out of the way.
32:37Fingers on the buzzers, please.
32:39Nicky and Helen, let's reveal Friday's Countdown Conundrum.
32:50Helen.
32:51No, I've gone wrong, sorry.
32:52The rest of time to you, Nicky.
32:53Nothing from Nicky and Helen.
33:19And we have to be honest, all four of us as well have not managed to get that within the time.
33:24So for everyone here in the studio, some of you at home don't need it.
33:27Let's reveal what it is.
33:28Oh, disrepair.
33:31We should have got that after pre-wires.
33:34Right.
33:34Excellent stuff.
33:35Well, Nicky, you can't catch your breath.
33:38You beat such a really good champion.
33:41And then you're only one day.
33:43It's the way it goes.
33:44It's the way it goes, isn't it?
33:45Have you enjoyed your couple of days yet?
33:46I've had a wonderful time.
33:47Thank you so much.
33:48Good crack.
33:48Yeah.
33:49Good to start gardening with you as well.
33:50Absolutely.
33:51Yeah, yeah.
33:51Excellent.
33:52Our shiny, happy gardener, Nicky.
33:55And Helen, you've breezed in here and you've done the Nicky.
33:59What Nicky did to her champion yesterday, so you have to come back on Monday?
34:02Yeah.
34:02OK, thank you so much.
34:04You'll come back, Angela, won't you?
34:05I'd love to.
34:06Thanks for having me.
34:07We'll definitely be having you.
34:08See you on Monday, Suze.
34:09See you then.
34:10Happy weekend.
34:10And you.
34:11What a week it has been, Rachel.
34:12Have a great weekend.
34:13You too.
34:14Can't wait to be back on Monday.
34:15Levi Roots joins us in Dixonry Corner.
34:18Until then, have a great weekend.
34:20See you Monday.
34:21You can count on us.
34:21You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:27You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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