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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to our world of wordcraft as two contestants answer the call of Judy and hope it's game over for the other one after 15 rounds of letters and numbers. And if they want joy, stick to how you play at home. Don't let national TV put you off. How are you doing, Rachel?
00:48I'm good. What was that? What was that? Computer game references? Loads of computer game references because on this day in 1994, the PlayStation came out. The first ever PlayStation. It was released in Japan first.
01:00And of course, I should say you got the Wii and the Cube and the Xbox and the PC and all sorts of rivals to it. But over the dictionary corner and there she is. The only computer game she's ever played is Pong. And even then, I'm not too sure.
01:13Susie Dent and the Cider, the stand-up comedian and Countdown superfan, Justin Murhart.
01:20Hi.
01:20Lovely to have you. And we are halfway to your seventh octochamp of Series 90. I didn't think we were going to get more than four or five, but we had this rush towards the end. Chris Kirby, welcome back.
01:34Thank you very much.
01:34We share a little passion for driving the highways and byways of the United States of America. Tell me about your Route 1, because I think that's your favourite on the west coast.
01:43Yeah, absolutely. The coastal route's down Route 1. We did that about five years ago. So, started in San Francisco, worked our way to LA, to San Diego and then finished in Las Vegas.
01:53That's the mistake you made the last bit. Did you go to Santa Cruz when you left San Francisco? Everyone forgets.
02:00No, I don't think so. Maybe went past through it, perhaps.
02:02Well, Santa Cruz is when the Lost Boys was filmed, as they called it, Santa Carla in the movie. It's a great little hidden spot in the way, but that old drive is absolutely sensational.
02:14Well, listen, best of luck to you today. You're up against Jack Wheeler from London, from out Greenwich way. How are you?
02:21I'm good, thank you.
02:22Listen, no matter what happens, that is a shirt, isn't it? Love it. Brilliant.
02:27Now, something in common with Justin, because you worked in IT for a quarter of a century.
02:32But when you retired, you've been getting into stand-up comedy as a hobby. How's that going?
02:38Well, I was doing it. It was great fun. I was only doing it at a very low level, and I always had a very clear idea of how good or how bad I was.
02:44Yeah.
02:44If I was good, I was very good, but if I was bad, I was appalling.
02:47And I know that. I mean, I had some very, very poor gigs. So, yeah.
02:51Well, Jack, best of luck to you today. You're up against a great champion in Chris. Let's enjoy every night.
02:57And Chris, you're up.
02:59Hi, Rachel.
02:59Hi, Chris.
03:00Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:01You can indeed. Start today with P.
03:03And a vowel.
03:05O.
03:06A consonant.
03:08N.
03:09A vowel.
03:09A.
03:10A consonant.
03:11D.
03:12A vowel.
03:13E.
03:14A consonant.
03:15S.
03:16Another consonant.
03:17B.
03:20And a final consonant, please.
03:22Final T.
03:23At home and in the studio, Tuesday afternoon, let's play Countdown.
03:27Final T.
03:28At home and in the studio, Tuesday afternoon, let's play Countdown.
03:32innerers
03:37Haynes
03:54Haynes
03:57Haynes
03:58Haynes
04:00Haynes
04:02OK, Chris?
04:05Eight.
04:06Wow. Jack?
04:07Only five.
04:08The five is?
04:09Stand.
04:10And what is your eight?
04:11Notepads.
04:12Sometimes it's so simple, isn't it?
04:14I know, it's all one word. Well done.
04:16OK.
04:17APPLAUSE
04:19He is relentless. What did you spot in there, Justin?
04:22There's another eight, which Susie found, which is tone pads,
04:26which I don't know what they are.
04:27No, and I'm still none the wiser reading the definition.
04:30Maybe Jack will know this from his experience in IT.
04:33But it's...
04:34I think, you know, when you are on the phone
04:36and you hear lots of drrrr on the other end?
04:38I think that's the device generating lots of different codes.
04:41Right. More letters, please. Jack, let's do it.
04:44Consonant, please, Rachel.
04:46Thank you, Jack.
04:47S.
04:48And another one, please.
04:50M.
04:51And another, please.
04:53D.
04:55Vowel, please.
04:57A.
04:58And another one, please.
05:00I.
05:01And another one, please.
05:02E.
05:03A consonant, please.
05:05N.
05:07And another consonant, please.
05:09G.
05:11And one more vowel, please.
05:13Promising selection and a final A.
05:15A.
05:16And 30 seconds.
05:17G.
05:18G.
05:23C.
05:24A.
05:26C.
05:28побли.
05:29To
05:31C.
05:32México.
05:33C.
05:37Jack, how did you get on?
05:49Seven.
05:50Yes, and for you, Chris?
05:51I'll try an eight.
05:52Going to try, isn't it?
05:53So, Jack, the seven might stand.
05:55What have you got?
05:55Seeming.
05:56All right, let's see what Chris has managed.
05:58Magnesia.
05:59Absolutely fine.
06:00I remember milk of magnesium.
06:03Magnesium oxide, essentially.
06:05OK, 16-0 at the moment.
06:07Chris, let's get the first numbers of the day.
06:09Can I get one large and five small, please?
06:11You can indeed.
06:12One large, five little, coming up.
06:15First numbers of this contest are four, five, six, ten, one and the large 175.
06:24And the target to reach, 562.
06:265-6-2, numbers up.
06:575-6-2, Chris.
07:01I've got 5-6-3, not written down.
07:02One away.
07:03Jack?
07:04I've got nothing.
07:05I panicked.
07:05Easy to do, Jack.
07:07Put your name on a long list.
07:08Chris, off you go.
07:09So, 75 plus 4.
07:1175 plus 4, 79.
07:136 plus 1 is 7.
07:146 plus 1, 7.
07:16Times them together.
07:18553.
07:19And add 10.
07:20563.
07:21One away.
07:22Yeah, one away.
07:24So, a little chance.
07:255-6-2.
07:26Well, Chris is staring at me and he's going to kick himself in.
07:2975 plus 6 is 81.
07:33And there we go.
07:3310 minus 4 plus 1 is 7.
07:3610 times those together and you get 567 with a 5 left over for 5-6-2.
07:41Yeah.
07:44Tea time teaser then is pet odour.
07:47Pet odour.
07:48Joe's medal stomp cartwheeled across the ground.
07:50Joe's medal stomp cartwheeled across the ground.
07:52Welcome back.
08:09Joe's medal stomp was a reference to the England cricketer Joe Root.
08:12It cartwheeled across the ground.
08:13It was uprooted.
08:15Uprooted.
08:15No problem for our champion, Chris, for that.
08:17He's a cricket fanatic.
08:19But, Jack, we need to get you off that duck and it's going to happen now.
08:22OK, let's get your letters.
08:23A consonant, please, Rachel.
08:24Thank you, Jack.
08:26P.
08:26And another one, please.
08:28R.
08:30And a third.
08:32S.
08:33A vowel, please.
08:36U.
08:37And another vowel, please.
08:40A.
08:41And another one, please.
08:43O.
08:45And a consonant.
08:47M.
08:48And another consonant, please.
08:51R.
08:52And one more vowel, please.
08:55A final E.
08:57And let's play.
09:19MUSIC PLAYS
09:29Jack, how many?
09:30Seven. Chris? Seven as well.
09:31Look at this. Go ahead, Jack. Supremo.
09:34Supremo. And for Chris?
09:36Armours. Armours and Supremo.
09:38Very good. Nice. Well done.
09:39Told you you were getting off the mark, Jack. Well done.
09:42What can we beat? Seven.
09:44You know, you're talking about computer games and stuff like that.
09:48If somebody was buying that sort of stuff,
09:51but not just at a consumer level,
09:53they'd be a prosumer.
09:54A prosumer. Yeah, it's a word I've never heard of before.
09:57No, it's actually from the 1970s,
10:00but obviously a portmanteau, a professional and consumer,
10:04so someone who knows their stuff and buys it.
10:07So you're a semi-professional buyer.
10:09That's great. Right, more letters, Chris.
10:11Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
10:13Thank you, Chris.
10:14F. Anaval.
10:16O.
10:17A consonant.
10:18R.
10:19A vowel.
10:20A.
10:21A consonant.
10:22G.
10:23There we go. A vowel.
10:26O.
10:27A consonant.
10:29W.
10:31Another vowel.
10:33E.
10:36And a final consonant, please.
10:40Final C.
10:42And start the clock.
10:43Okay.
10:48Time.
10:48Thanks.
10:51Thanks for the rest.
10:52You're welcome.
10:57Yeah.
10:57You're welcome.
10:59Sorry about that.
11:01Come on.
11:01Thanks for theай effectivement.
11:03See you later.
11:11Bye.
11:11Chris?
11:14Six.
11:15And for Jack?
11:16Six.
11:17Look at this.
11:18Chris, what have you got?
11:19I've got forage.
11:20Yeah, what a surprise.
11:21I love forage.
11:22Pass it over.
11:23Yeah.
11:24As you know, we hope one day we're going to sit here
11:26and see that eight-letter word spell itself out.
11:28It's never happened.
11:29To Dictionary Corner, what can you add to forage, then?
11:32We've got...
11:33Well, I really wanted crowage,
11:35which is the amount of bragging you can do.
11:37But apparently it's not allowed because it's not in the book.
11:40The consumers do that a lot.
11:41The consumers are always crowing.
11:43Have you got a nice one?
11:45Well, cowage is there, not crowage, which is a climbing plant.
11:48Four go, we'll give you another six.
11:50But couldn't get beyond.
11:51Right, 36, 13.
11:53Back to the number second time today.
11:55You both missed first time around, so let's see if you can do better.
11:58Jack?
11:59Can I have two large and four small, please, Rachel?
12:01Thank you, Jack.
12:02Two from the top and four little.
12:04Coming up.
12:05Second numbers of the day.
12:07Three.
12:08Seven.
12:09Seven.
12:10Ten.
12:11Five.
12:12And the large two.
12:13Fifty and twenty-five.
12:15And the target?
12:16Eight hundred and nineteen.
12:17Eight, one, nine.
12:18Numbers up.
12:19Holy, two, three.
12:31And that's all.
12:32One, one.
12:34Of of of the eight, influenza.
12:35And now we're going to ridge what.
12:36The H2O Nish of the writers who are doing Depot in Washington.
12:40All right, the target then, 8-1-9. Jack?
12:558-2-1.
12:568-2-1. Admirable effort. Two away, Chris?
12:598-20.
13:00And the one away will get you seven points.
13:0350 plus 25, plus seven.
13:0775, 82...
13:09Times 10.
13:09Times 10. 821 away.
13:13Rachel, one closer?
13:15I don't know.
13:16You'll have to ask me in a little bit.
13:18We shall see.
13:19A good time. Don't need to take a break.
13:21We're going to have a chat with Justin Murray.
13:23Same time every day.
13:24We're talking superheroes.
13:26Yeah, I've picked subjects I want to talk to you about this week, Colin,
13:29because I like to think in real life we are friends.
13:32But a combination of his countdown job and his dog
13:36means that we don't get a chance to just talk about nothing anymore.
13:39So I wanted to bring this subject up.
13:42I like comics.
13:44I like comics.
13:45I loved the Beano when I was a kid.
13:46I loved all that.
13:48And my daughter, me and my daughter reading the Beano,
13:50was a halcyon three or four years,
13:52a lovely time of togetherness.
13:54And then when she started to grow out of it,
13:56I lost her a bit.
13:56And I thought, where are we going to go?
13:57And then luckily she got an interest in comics, DC, Marvel,
14:01and all this sort of stuff.
14:03And they're great these days and they're very empowering.
14:06And then I wrote a show a few years ago called Northern Joker.
14:09And it was a little bit about that.
14:10And it was also, the poster was me done as the Joker,
14:13but like an archetypal Northern bloke,
14:16some darts and a pint and a pie and all that sort of thing.
14:19But I look into the world of superheroes
14:21and you've got your Batmans, you've got all the ones,
14:24but then you can delve and there's some real kind of,
14:27when you get down to the bottom.
14:28And here's some of my favourites, OK?
14:31Which of these are real and which are not?
14:32Yeah.
14:33Matter-eater lad.
14:34From the planet Bismol, he's in a legion of superheroes
14:37and his real name is Tenzil Khan.
14:39Is he real?
14:41Yes, he is.
14:42And what's his superpower?
14:43He can eat anything to get out of trouble.
14:45Yeah.
14:46So, yeah, and the final one is,
14:47and I picked it for you, Susie,
14:49defenestrator.
14:50Yeah, I will be talking about this later,
14:52but yes, it is someone who throws something out of a window.
14:56Slightly different.
14:58His special power is,
14:59he carries a window round and hits people with it.
15:02But obviously there's a market for it all.
15:05You know, it has to sell for it to continue.
15:07Yeah, I mean, I've dipped my toe into it,
15:09but I love it.
15:11You were talking before about Route 1.
15:13I've done a similar trip there and spent some time in LA.
15:15I went with my daughter to buy a comic
15:18in a real nerdy comic book shop
15:20and it was brilliant.
15:22A guy came in, asked for something out of the cabinet,
15:25sniffed it, looked at it, pondered it,
15:27I went, yes, I love it.
15:29It was a really old thing.
15:30It was worth a few grand beer.
15:31A friend of mine, Claire,
15:32she works on comic conventions and other things.
15:35She's really clever at all this stuff
15:37and, you know, she really knows her stuff
15:38and it takes her all over, America in particular,
15:41but also the world.
15:43And that's the thing.
15:44You don't know what's happening.
15:45And just down the street from you,
15:46in London, Manchester, Glasgow, wherever you are,
15:49at one stage of the year,
15:51there's 50,000 people there over a weekend.
15:55Absolutely phenomenal.
15:55I think it's a beautiful thing for kids.
15:56It helps them read, helps them learn stuff.
15:59It gives them a community,
16:00especially for a lot of disenfranchised kids.
16:02They can see themselves in a lot of these comics
16:04and I think they're wonderful.
16:06Excellent, thank you.
16:09Well, listen, we had the numbskulls going crazy
16:12inside Rachel's head to try and get to 819.
16:15Did you get there?
16:16Well, this is all by 7, 9 and 13.
16:18Some of them were useless,
16:20but if you say 10 plus 3 is 13,
16:2325 plus 50, 75,
16:26and take the 5 and the 7 for 63,
16:29and 13 times 63 gets you to 819.
16:32Nice.
16:32Well, you know who a menace is.
16:36It is Chris, our champion in 43,
16:38but Jack, I told you you'd start getting on the board.
16:40That's happening,
16:41so we'll return now to the letters and Chris.
16:44Can I have a consonant, please?
16:45Thank you, Chris.
16:47Z.
16:48And a vowel.
16:50O.
16:50A consonant.
16:53H.
16:53And a vowel.
16:55E.
16:56A consonant.
16:58P.
16:59A vowel.
17:00I.
17:01A consonant.
17:04N.
17:07Another consonant.
17:10T.
17:13And a final consonant, please.
17:18Final S.
17:19And here we go again.
17:20And here we go again.
17:20And here we go again.
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17:30And here we go again.
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17:31And here we go again.
17:31And here we go again.
17:32And here we go again.
17:33And here we go again.
17:34And here we go again.
17:35Chris, eight.
17:52Jack, six.
17:53Six is?
17:54Shinto.
17:55And for you, Chris?
17:57Phoniest.
17:58Over to Susie.
18:00Phoniest, absolutely fine.
18:01Shinto, the Japanese religion, capitalised, unfortunately.
18:05But, yes, great for an eighth, Phoniest.
18:07Yes, fantastic spot.
18:10I mean, anything less than a nine, I'd be so disappointed in you now.
18:15Come on.
18:17Zed left over.
18:18I don't even know why I'm asking.
18:19No, we did have a lovely seven with that said.
18:21Yeah, whenever I play Countdown at home, as soon as the Zed comes out,
18:25I'm fixated, I'm just like a dog with a bone.
18:28Zenith.
18:29More letters, please.
18:30They're going to come via Jack, our challenger.
18:33Fail, please.
18:34Thank you, Jack.
18:35A.
18:36And another one, please.
18:37I.
18:38And the third one, please.
18:40U.
18:41A consonant, please.
18:43N.
18:44And another one, please.
18:46K.
18:47And the third consonant, please.
18:49N.
18:51One more consonant.
18:53P.
18:54A vowel, please.
18:57O.
18:58And another consonant, please.
19:01Final L.
19:03Half a minute.
19:03We'll be right back now.
19:27I'm sorry.
19:28Let's go.
19:28Mmm, Jack.
19:35Six, I think.
19:37And Chris?
19:37I think I've got a six as well.
19:39That'll be good going. Jack?
19:41Kaolin.
19:42And for you, Chris?
19:43Uplink.
19:44OK, over to Susie. Uplink is there, but kaolin.
19:48Yeah, uplink, communications link to a satellite, absolutely fine.
19:51And kaolin, yes, absolutely fine.
19:54Soft white clay used in various medicines, et cetera.
19:57Excellent.
19:58And for you, Justin?
19:59Nothing better than that, but a lovely word that you don't hear a lot these days.
20:03Plonk.
20:04Plonk.
20:04Yes.
20:05It's nice.
20:05Nice little journey through those five-letter words.
20:08But let's get back to the numbers.
20:09We're going to need six of them, Chris.
20:11Can I get an inverted T, please?
20:13You can indeed.
20:13A boring old inverted T.
20:15One large, five little.
20:18You want the points.
20:18They are nine, eight, eight, one, six, and 100.
20:25But saying that, they've been tricky lately.
20:26So, this target, 308.
20:29Inverted T is my favourite, Chris.
20:31There you go.
20:32308.
20:32Numbers up.
20:33Inverted T, please.
20:34I'll see you next time.
21:02There you go, nice and easy. Chris?
21:06Yeah, 308.
21:07Jack, you were done quick as well?
21:08Yeah, 308, yeah.
21:09Off you go, Chris.
21:10Nine minus six, times 100, plus eight.
21:12It's your fault, Chris.
21:13Yeah, and I love it, give me the points, Jack.
21:15Sign.
21:16Yes.
21:17Snaffle them up, well done to both of you.
21:20APPLAUSE
21:22And that means it's 67.29, Jack had zero after our first break.
21:27Going into the second, he's doing much better.
21:29Let's get this tea tank teaser.
21:31Nicer ply, nicer ply.
21:33It can be a large sum, but in this case, it's a fraction under 20 quid.
21:38It can be a large sum, but in this case, genius clue,
21:42it's a fraction under 20 quid.
21:49APPLAUSE
21:52Welcome back.
22:01The Tea Time teaser and what I think was a BAFTA award-winning clue.
22:05It can be a large sum, but in this case, it's a fraction under 20 quid.
22:09Now, Rachel, Susie, Chris, Jack, they all got it, but they can't work out quite why.
22:16The answer is princely, princely.
22:20Justin, princely.
22:23Tonight, we're going to party like it's...
22:25APPLAUSE
22:271999.
22:30Wow.
22:3167.29.
22:33And it's your letters, Jack.
22:35Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:37Thank you, Jack.
22:38M.
22:39And another one, please.
22:41L.
22:42And the third.
22:45W.
22:46And a vowel, please.
22:48A.
22:49And another vowel, please.
22:51O.
22:52And another one, please.
22:54E.
22:55E.
22:56A consonant, please.
22:57D.
22:58And another consonant, please.
23:01T.
23:02And a vowel, please.
23:06A final A.
23:08Let's go crazy.
23:10MUSIC PLAYS
23:25Jack, how many?
23:41Six.
23:42And for you, Chris?
23:43Seven.
23:44Seven.
23:45Jack, what's the six?
23:46Malted.
23:47Yeah, that'll be there.
23:48And Chris?
23:49Oatmeal.
23:50Oatmeal's all there too.
23:51We could have a malted oatmeal, so no controversy there at all.
23:55How did you get on, Justin?
23:56Nothing.
23:57There were our two.
23:58That's it.
23:59That's it.
24:00You've got the look of a beaten man.
24:01I'll just move on.
24:02Yeah, I'm deviled.
24:03Excellent.
24:04More letters now.
24:05And it's Chris.
24:06Can I get a consonant, please, Rachel?
24:07Thank you, Chris.
24:08G.
24:09And a vowel.
24:10E.
24:11A consonant.
24:12R.
24:13A vowel.
24:14A.
24:15A consonant.
24:16L.
24:17A vowel.
24:18U.
24:20A consonant.
24:21Q.
24:23Another consonant.
24:26N.
24:27And I'll go for a final consonant, please.
24:31A final S.
24:33Let's take another walk down Alphabet Street.
24:35A consonant.
24:36A consonant.
24:37A consonant.
24:38A consonant.
24:40A consonant.
24:41A consonant.
24:42A consonant.
24:43A consonant.
24:44A consonant.
24:45A consonant.
24:46A consonant.
24:47A consonant.
24:48A consonant.
24:49A consonant.
24:50A consonant.
24:51A consonant.
24:52A consonant.
24:53Go on, Chris, how many?
25:09Eight.
25:10Eight for you, with the Q as well.
25:11Jack?
25:12Six.
25:12The sixes?
25:14Lagers.
25:14Not to be scoffed at at all.
25:17And you, Chris?
25:18Granules.
25:19Granules.
25:20Absolutely excellent.
25:21We did not see that one.
25:22Well done.
25:23Well, he gave it all the begging, didn't he, when the Z came out.
25:28Let's see what Morehouse is like with a Q.
25:31Quagglarans.
25:34Difficult round, right?
25:35Very difficult.
25:35Jasmine's just passed me lunges, slunger.
25:38So I spent 30 seconds looking at words that sadly didn't exist.
25:41I was like a toddler.
25:43This one, mummy, this one.
25:44Right, 82.29.
25:46Susie takes a calm, composed sip of water,
25:50because she knows she's going to be doing a lot of talking right now.
25:52Origins of words.
25:53Well, we did not arrange this, but Justin introduced us to defenestration in his story earlier.
26:02And it all links into an email that we received from Oliver from Stamford.
26:06He says, does the word window have anything to do with wind?
26:09In a similar way, fenêtre in French could sound a little bit like vent, meaning wind.
26:15So what is the connection?
26:17And I'll start with window, because it's one of my favourite kind of secret lives when it comes to English etymology,
26:23because it does go back to an Old Norse word brought over by the Vikings.
26:27And this means that their language very much settled in the Danelaw, the part of particularly northern Britain,
26:33where the Vikings invaded and then eventually settled.
26:36And in their language of Old Norse, vindalga comes from vind meaning wind and auga meaning eye.
26:43So window is the eye of the wind.
26:46And you can still find that word in Norwegian and Icelandic.
26:51And in Swedish, vindurga is a hole through the roof of a hut.
26:55But we've lost that idea of the eye of the wind.
27:00But why is it the eye of the wind?
27:01Well, very often it was an unglazed hole in the roof of a building that was there for ventilation.
27:07So it was before the kind of glass idea.
27:11And so literally the wind would be coming through.
27:12So it was a small opening, the eye of the wind, which I think is just beautiful.
27:16Meanwhile, while all that was going on, many other languages adopted the Latin word fenestra to describe a window,
27:23particularly one with glass.
27:24And you will find that in Swedish, fenster, you'll find it in German, a fenster still.
27:29And it is that that gave us both the French fenêtre that Oliver mentions, nothing to do with vent,
27:35and also gave us the idea of defenestrate, to throw something through a window.
27:39Yeah, I love it. Thank you.
27:43Right, 82.29, four rounds left.
27:46Jack, we're going to enjoy every single one.
27:48So let's see your wheel and deal again.
27:51Consonant, please.
27:52Thank you, Jack.
27:53N.
27:54And another, please.
27:56G.
27:57And another one, please.
27:59T.
28:00And the vowel, please.
28:02E.
28:03And another vowel, please.
28:05O.
28:06And another one, please.
28:07E.
28:08And a consonant, please.
28:10R.
28:12And a vowel, please.
28:14I.
28:15And a consonant, please.
28:18Lastly, S.
28:19And good luck, everybody.
28:20And good luck, everybody.
28:20And good luck, everybody.
28:51Jack? Seven. And for you, Chris? Eight. And eight. The seven? Storing. The eight? Egestion. Suze? Egestion, yeah. It is the opposite of ingestion. It is to excrete rather than take in. So we went seven, we went eight. Can't we take another step up? We can't. We can stall at eight, can't we? And steer over to steering.
29:13Three more rounds to go. Chris is already hurtling his way to another century. It's a joy to watch. Maybe it'll be this round if you can pull off your first maximum of the day, Chris. Off you go.
29:23Can I start with a consonant, please? Thank you, Chris. N. And a vowel. E. A consonant. R. A vowel. I. Consonant. C. A vowel. U. Consonant. Y. Another consonant. S.
30:23Chris? Seven. Yeah, there's going to be no nines.
30:27Jack? Five. Yeah, the five A's.
30:29Rizin. And for you, Chris?
30:31Cuisine. Very well spotted. Yes, that is there.
30:35Nice. Cuisine means you eat up another seven points.
30:38Anything better, Justin?
30:40I look forward to coming onto this show so much.
30:42I really look forward to it.
30:44And then you come up against something like this,
30:46and you have no fun, the game's over.
30:48But it is a double-edged sword. A joy to watch.
30:51But you're now watching. You're a passenger on the Countdown bus.
30:56And a lot of these lines are so teasy.
30:59You think, oh, there's got to be something.
31:01It's true. Recuser, rescuer.
31:0597.29.
31:08Come on, Jack, let's do it. Let's play hard to the end.
31:10Your numbers.
31:12Three large, three small, please.
31:13Three and three. Let's give you a proper challenge.
31:15I'll try and find one.
31:17One of the lesser-picked, generally trickier.
31:20Seven, eight, ten.
31:23One hundred, twenty-five and seventy-five.
31:26And your target for this final round, 194.
31:29One nine four, last numbers.
31:31One nine four, last numbers.
31:32One, two, three.
32:02One, nine, four.
32:04Jack?
32:05One, nine, seven.
32:06One, nine, seven.
32:07Three away, Chris.
32:08One, nine, four.
32:09Oh, look at this.
32:10Off you go.
32:1175 over 25 is three.
32:1375 over 25, three.
32:15Take that off the hundred.
32:1697.
32:17And then ten minus eight is two and multiply them.
32:21One, nine, four.
32:22Well done.
32:25Usually that's why he's thinking it's going to be very easy.
32:27It wasn't, but you got there.
32:28Well done.
32:29Another century for Chris.
32:30One, nine, seven, twenty-nine.
32:32Ten more points to go.
32:34Jack Wheeler joining us from London.
32:36Let's see if you can go out with a bang.
32:38Or is Chris going to steal these last ten points as we reveal Tuesdays?
32:42Countdown conundrum.
32:43Chris.
32:55Probably not.
32:56Water sill?
32:57Water sill?
32:58Yeah.
32:59Probably not.
33:00It's not funny enough.
33:01Jack, go.
33:01And time is up.
33:24Water sill sounds like something that might exist somewhere, I have to say.
33:28It's not too far off.
33:29It wasn't what we were looking for.
33:31Justin, this might be the only time this week you get to steal Chris Kirby's thunder.
33:37Not even as much as a drop of rain coming from Dictionary Corner.
33:42And you know it's difficult when Rachel has missed it.
33:45You always get them.
33:46I thought it was wasteful for most of that.
33:48Right.
33:48Let's put everyone who didn't get it out of their misery.
33:50Oh, it's easy when you see the answer.
33:56Stare well it is.
33:58Right.
33:59Jack, listen, safe back to London.
34:02Lovely to have you.
34:03Short journey home to witness and then doing it all again tomorrow.
34:06See you then, Chris.
34:07Yep, see you tomorrow.
34:08Excellent.
34:08All done.
34:09Justin, Susie.
34:11Yes, thank you.
34:12I'll try and keep up again tomorrow, won't we, Rachel?
34:14See you tomorrow.
34:15See you then.
34:15Excellent.
34:16There you go.
34:16It's getting close, isn't it?
34:18Thursday of next week is our first quarter final.
34:20Well, Chris could end up being the man to be.
34:23Could become our seventh Octo Champ this week.
34:25Do not miss the show.
34:26Back tomorrow, you can count on us.
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