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00:30Hello, everybody. Midweek Countdown is here.
00:34So extra effort to make sure we keep a smile on all of our faces.
00:38So let's start by just saying thank you so, so much for tuning in.
00:41Hi, Rachel.
00:42Hi, Nicole.
00:43Yes, there's a lovely chat today because in this day, way back in 1931,
00:47the Dracula movie starring Bela Lugosi was released.
00:51Many would say the first Dracula movie, but actually before that,
00:54you had the silent movies.
00:56There's a couple of lesser known ones.
00:58And then, of course, Nosferatu.
00:59But in terms of speaking and all of that, you know, the modern day movie,
01:04this was the first.
01:06I can't remember not knowing Dracula.
01:10Like, even when I was a kid, it feels like Dracula is almost like,
01:14maybe with Frankenstein, the original villain.
01:17Right? The bogeyman in the closet.
01:19Yeah.
01:20Like, I've always been afraid of Dracula.
01:22What about you?
01:23Well, I actually met Dracula recently.
01:25What, is he here?
01:26Yeah, no.
01:27You know how they do the Christmas lights and you get to walk through?
01:29Yes.
01:30Well, our favourite place to do that, they did a Halloween one.
01:33And Dracula was one of the characters that you get to go round and meet.
01:36Well, listen, smelling blood when it comes to those nine-letter words in Dick's Street Corner.
01:41It's our G of the D.
01:43True story sleeps upside down.
01:45It's Susie Dent.
01:46And leaving his mark yet again in Dick's Street Corner, it's Les Dennis.
01:52Well, let's reintroduce ourselves to our champion, Verity Ridgeman.
01:56Three victims so far, looking for a fourth today.
01:59But let's change the subject to something lighter, because Zumba is your thing.
02:04Tell us about that, Verity.
02:06Well, I've been going to Zumba for about, well, probably more than ten years.
02:11You feel like an elephant when you first join, because you don't know what's going on.
02:15But if you stick with it, gradually the routines become familiar.
02:20But I think the trick is just to keep your eyes on the teacher.
02:23Don't look in the mirror.
02:26That's great life advice, really, isn't it?
02:28And Dracula advice.
02:31Very good, very good.
02:32Well, today you're up against young Isaac McElrath, just 20 years young.
02:37And when it comes to music in your Zumba class, he could supply it.
02:41Buddy musician makes his own music and, of course, a DJ.
02:44Is it the drum and bass, a little bit of chasing status in the house?
02:48Oh, 100% chasing status.
02:49I love a bit of dimension as well, yeah.
02:51What about making your own music?
02:52So different these days as well, of course.
02:55You do most of it from your room, couldn't you?
02:56Yeah, that's like, all I really need is a laptop and maybe a keyboard if I just need a bit of extra stuff.
03:01And, yeah, you don't need big studios anymore.
03:04Just do it in my room.
03:05Simple as that.
03:05Simple as that.
03:07Love it, Isaac.
03:08Well, let's see what happens today.
03:10Looking forward to this.
03:10It's Isaac against Verity.
03:12Good luck.
03:15And Verity, choosing the first letters.
03:18Could I have a consonant, please?
03:19Thank you, Verity.
03:20Start today with F.
03:23And another, please.
03:25R.
03:25And another, C.
03:30And a vowel, please.
03:32E.
03:33And another, A.
03:36And another, U.
03:38And another consonant, L.
03:42Another consonant, G.
03:46And a final vowel, please.
03:49A final I.
03:50At home and in the studio, let's play Kite Dine.
04:23Verity.
04:24Seven.
04:25And for you, Isaac?
04:26Just a five.
04:27Just a five.
04:27It's the early rounds, though.
04:28What have you got?
04:29Farce.
04:30And the seven?
04:31Fragile.
04:31Yeah, well spotted with fragile.
04:33And it's going to be slim pickings, I think, after that.
04:35Let's find out.
04:36Suzanne Mays.
04:37We found an eight.
04:39Yes.
04:40It's graceful.
04:41Fantastic.
04:42Right.
04:42Let's go again, Isaac.
04:43Your letters, mate.
04:44You're picking for the first time.
04:45Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:46After you, Isaac.
04:47Could I have a consonant, please?
04:48You can, indeed.
04:50T.
04:50And another.
04:52R.
04:53And a vial.
04:55A.
04:56And a consonant.
04:58B.
04:59And another.
05:01S.
05:03And a vial.
05:05E.
05:05And another.
05:09I.
05:10And a consonant.
05:13N.
05:14And one more consonant, please.
05:16Definitely a promising round with a final D.
05:19Goodness me.
05:2030 seconds.
05:21And another.
05:45That's a good one.
05:46Right, Isaac?
05:53Maybe an eight.
05:54An eight.
05:55And for you, Verity?
05:56Eight.
05:57Yeah, let's see if it's the same word.
05:59Randiest.
06:00Oh, maybe not.
06:00And Verity?
06:01Trapes.
06:02Yes.
06:03Oh, of course.
06:04I had trapes.
06:05I didn't say randiest.
06:07Les, randiest?
06:09I had trapes, but then Susie told me if you put a D on.
06:13Yeah.
06:13All right, first numbers round, and it's you, Verity.
06:16Could I have two from the top and four small ones, please?
06:19Thank you, Verity.
06:20Two large, four small, and the first numbers of the day are ten, one, ten, seven, and the
06:28large one's one hundred and seventy-five.
06:31And the target, five hundred and forty-three.
06:34Five, four, three numbers up.
06:36We'll see you next time.
06:525-4-3. Verity?
07:105-4-5.
07:12Two away. Isaac?
07:135-4-4.
07:14One away. Seven points up for grabs.
07:17That'll get you back to even.
07:18Stephens, let's hear it.
07:2075 times 7.
07:2175 times 7, 5-2-5.
07:25Add on the two 10s.
07:26And the two 10s.
07:29And take away the 1.
07:31Yeah, 5-4-4, one away.
07:335-4-3. Come on, Rachel, why is with this one?
07:37Well, if you say 75 plus 1 is 76,
07:41times that by 7 for 532,
07:45then you can say 100 plus 10 is 110.
07:48Divide that by the 10 for 11,
07:50then add it on to 5-4-3.
07:52Right in.
07:53APPLAUSE
07:53Sensational stuff.
07:57First teatime teaser with the scores of 15 points each.
08:00Fair lady.
08:02Fair lady.
08:03The act of pain for the elderly, perhaps.
08:06The act of pain for the elderly, perhaps.
08:08Yes, to defray costs is to essentially make up the money to meet them.
08:37So you might have a fundraiser to defray the costs of building, for example.
08:42I'm trying to get the elder.
08:43Oh, defrayal.
08:45OK, very good.
08:47All right, Isaac then.
08:49A little swig of water for you as we get more letters.
08:51Can I start with the consonant, please?
08:53Thank you, Isaac.
08:54T.
08:55And a vowel.
08:57A.
08:58And another, please.
09:00E.
09:01And another.
09:03U.
09:04And another.
09:06A.
09:07And another.
09:09U.
09:11And a consonant.
09:12L.
09:13And another.
09:14T.
09:14And one more.
09:15And a final D.
09:17Thank you, Rich.
09:17Thank you, Rich.
09:48Time's up, Isaac.
09:50Four.
09:51Yeah.
09:52Verity?
09:52Five.
09:53Isaac?
09:53Lead.
09:54And Verity?
09:55Adult.
09:56Yeah, with the ED, we thought we'll get an easy six and we'll build from there.
10:00I'm sure a lot of people tried that at home and we drew blanks.
10:02What about you, Liz?
10:04Well, if you take adult and you add an A and an E, you get adulate.
10:08Adulate, fantastic.
10:09That'll get you a magnificent seven.
10:11Seven.
10:11And that's it, right.
10:13You didn't even bother with six, you just went straight to seven.
10:16All right, Verity, let's go again.
10:17Could I have a consonant, please?
10:19Thank you, Verity.
10:20S.
10:21And another.
10:23Q.
10:24And another.
10:25M.
10:27And a vowel.
10:29E.
10:30And another vowel.
10:31A.
10:32And another.
10:33I.
10:34And a consonant.
10:37D.
10:38And another.
10:40N.
10:41And a final vowel.
10:42And a final E.
10:45And start the clock.
10:59Bye.
11:01Bye.
11:05Bye.
11:07Bye.
11:10Bye.
11:13Bye.
11:15Bye.
11:17Verity? Seven. And for you, Isaac? Risky seven.
11:20Fantastic. Verity, what's your word? Maidens.
11:23And Isaac? Demeans. He's trying demeans.
11:26It's not risky at all. Well done. Very good.
11:28And very good to get sevens with the Q there with no U.
11:31So we're really working with eight.
11:33Were we able to use all eight? That's the question.
11:36I don't think we could, could we? No, we have more sevens.
11:38Yeah, and his seed was there.
11:40Give you the big build-up and everything.
11:42Right, back to the numbers. Isaac, you're choosing.
11:45Can I have four large, please? You can indeed.
11:48You obviously like these numbers.
11:50Four large, two little.
11:52And they are two and one.
11:56And we know the big ones. 75, 25, 150.
12:00Strap in. Target, 355.
12:03355, numbers up.
12:15355, Isaac. 353, not written down.
12:26Two away. Verity. 352.
12:30Oh, three away. So, Isaac, off you go for seven points.
12:46So, one plus two.
12:47One plus two, three.
12:49Three.
12:50Times 100.
12:51300.
12:5275 over 25.
12:54Is three.
12:55And then add on that and the 50.
12:57Yes.
12:58Two away. 353.
13:00Excellent. 355, please, Rich.
13:02Well, all the ingredients are here.
13:04You just have to jumble them around.
13:05Such is life on this programme.
13:06Yeah.
13:0775 over 25 is three.
13:10Yeah.
13:11Before you times 100, add one for 101.
13:14OK.
13:15And you get to 303.
13:16And then you can add the two and the 50 for 355.
13:20Brilliant.
13:21APPLAUSE
13:23Right, let's head over to the dictionary corner.
13:25Today's chat was with Les Dennis.
13:27Am I wrong?
13:28Did you do the celebrity boxing that was a phenomenon for a while?
13:32I did, absolutely.
13:33I did the first celebrity boxing.
13:35It was for sport relief.
13:36And I got a call from lovely Bob Mortimer.
13:39Yeah.
13:40And I thought, oh, that's nice of Bob to call me.
13:42Because I'd done shooting stars when they christened me Les Denis,
13:46the French fire engine.
13:47Yes.
13:48Which people still call me to this day.
13:50I still call you Les Denis.
13:51Yeah.
13:52Well, Bob called me and said, Les, do you fancy a fight?
13:55And I thought, well, have I upset you, Bob?
13:57He said, no, I'm doing this thing for sport relief.
13:59I have to box against somebody.
14:01And I thought, I'd ask you.
14:03So, stupidly, I said, OK.
14:06You know, I thought it was a comedy fight.
14:09I said, it's comedy then.
14:10He said, no, no, it's a proper boxing match.
14:13We'll train individually for five weeks.
14:15And then, on a Friday night, in front of the great and good of the comedy world,
14:21on Bob's side, all the alternative lot, on my side, all the light entertainment lot,
14:26we fought three rounds together.
14:29But he came into my dressing room.
14:31I sound like Marlon Brando on the waterfront.
14:33Remember that night you came into my dressing room, you said,
14:36kid, this ain't your night.
14:37He came into my dressing room.
14:39He said, Les, I think in the first round, we should just dance around a bit.
14:43And then, because, you know, the adrenaline, we need to just settle down.
14:47Let's dance around in the first round and then get going in the second and third.
14:51I said, OK.
14:52Ding, ding.
14:53The bell went.
14:54I went out.
14:55I'm standing there dancing around.
14:56He went, bang!
14:57Talk about shooting stars.
15:00I literally did see stars.
15:02And I remember kind of thinking, you said we were dancing.
15:07And that really motivated me.
15:08And I went for him then.
15:10But three rounds, I think, in the second round, he ran away from me.
15:14Yeah.
15:15Steve Collins, the ref, said, you stop running away and you stop punching him in the bum.
15:20And at the end, I thought, what is it?
15:23Who's won?
15:24And they put our hands up and he said, Bob Mortimer on a split decision.
15:28No!
15:29On a split decision.
15:30But Charlie Magri, the great Charlie Magri, came up to me after he went, you were robbed.
15:35Yes.
15:36You were robbed.
15:37And even Bob said, he said when he watched it afterwards, he said you won that.
15:40It was an amazing experience.
15:42One by one punch, which was the sucker punch at the start of that round.
15:45Yeah.
15:46Yeah.
15:47Interesting that I would do it.
15:49Nearly did it.
15:50That series actually.
15:51But I absolutely would do it.
15:53What about the bruiser there?
15:54Susie, would you do it?
15:55I'd love to do kickboxing.
15:56I'm not sure about that.
15:57Wow.
15:58You've taken that up a step there.
15:59Yeah.
16:00I'd love to.
16:01I'd love to like it.
16:02Celebrating UFC.
16:03I'd love to like it.
16:04If you're watching UFC, get it together.
16:06I'd love to see that.
16:07Brilliant.
16:08Thank you very much.
16:09We never have any knockouts on Countdown.
16:14And like old school boxing, we always go 15 rounds.
16:17And we get back to it now.
16:19It is round seven.
16:20And Verity.
16:21Could I have a consonant, please?
16:23Thank you, Verity.
16:24S.
16:25And another.
16:26R.
16:27And another.
16:30G.
16:31And another.
16:32C.
16:33And a vowel.
16:35O.
16:36And a consonant.
16:38H.
16:39And another vowel.
16:41E.
16:42And another vowel.
16:44O.
16:45And a final consonant.
16:47A final R.
16:49And here we go again.
16:51The rhythm.
16:55Done.
16:56Second letzte section.
16:57We're gonna be the last several years.
16:58Let us see.
16:59Let us call it family.
17:01The belong feelings of textiles.
17:02The evolВО Buckostat.
17:04And then we get lots of ?
17:05Let us call it mouth up on perch.
17:06We keep trying to endダ prettiest.
17:08And every moment.
17:09We've receivedнийichtig approach.
17:10Doesn't matter.
17:11Do we hold the beginning?
17:13We're werashing Parker with the body.
17:16Re chill around, yup.
17:17We're gonna be too late.
17:18It's pretty much pleasant.
17:19That's awesome.
17:20We're gonna be the one we're headed.
17:20Click outside of an envelope.
17:21Verity eight and for you Isaac six the six for you chores and the haymaker from Verity choosers
17:30There's only one S unfortunately
17:32Oh
17:33Verity because chooser is an excellent seven, but we can't have the plural
17:36Ah, so Isaac that scores for you. Well done big moment of today's a game
17:42And what about you? We didn't get anything better than that. There's grocer. Grocers
17:46You can add the S. Yes, that will give you another. Grocers, but that's it. So beggars can't be choosers back to the game
17:53More letters Isaac. I'll start with a vowel, please. Thank you, Isaac. E and another. I
17:59And a consonant
18:01H and a vowel
18:03E and another
18:05O
18:07and a consonant
18:09P and another
18:11B and another
18:13M
18:15And a vowel, please
18:17And lastly
18:18And lastly
18:19Another E
18:20And half a minute
18:21T
18:51Isaac?
18:53A risk of six.
18:55Why not?
18:56Verity?
18:57Four.
18:58Listen, it could count here.
18:59What's the four?
19:00Hope.
19:01Hope, and that's what you've got right now.
19:04Isaac?
19:05Hempy.
19:06Hempy?
19:07With the I-E?
19:08Not bad, no, sorry.
19:10The four points count.
19:12Les.
19:13Is this a six or is it a name Phoebe?
19:16It's both.
19:17So it is there with a small p and it's an American tyrant flycatcher.
19:23So this is a bird so-called because it's quite aggressive towards other birds approaching its nest.
19:28But yes, a Phoebe.
19:29Four points then for Verity.
19:31More than just hope.
19:32Just four points behind now.
19:33Let's get the numbers.
19:34Could I have two large and four small please?
19:37You can indeed.
19:38Numbers playing an important role today.
19:40Let's see how this round changes things.
19:43Your little ones.
19:44One, ten, five and four.
19:46And the big two, twenty, five and fifty.
19:49And you need to reach 895.
19:52Eight, nine, five.
19:53Numbers up.
19:54Keeps up the speed.
19:55Maniphe Virewish Superinflammation.
19:57That comes up with 235 miles a day.
19:59Keeps up.
20:00Don't work the speed up.
20:01Keeps up to 30 miles.
20:02And just check them out.
20:03See ya.
20:06That's time. 8-9-5. Verity, Regiman.
20:28900.
20:30So, five away. Isaac McElrath.
20:328-9-5.
20:338-9-5 for a huge ten points. Off you go.
20:36So, 25-10.
20:3725-10, 15.
20:40Add on the four.
20:4119.
20:42Take away the one.
20:4318.
20:43Times by 50.
20:45900.
20:45And take away the five.
20:46Another important numbers round. Well done.
20:49Yeah, well done.
20:51Numbers have played such a huge part in today's game.
20:54And it's because of that, with just one numbers round to come,
20:57this could get very close indeed.
20:59But as it stands at the moment, Isaac on 45,
21:01our champion Verity on 31.
21:03And here's your tea time teaser.
21:04Seats end.
21:07Seats end.
21:08Well, that's the end of all the spur seats,
21:10said the hundreds on the train.
21:12Well, that's the end of all the spur seats,
21:14said the hundreds on the train.
21:15APPLAUSE
21:24Welcome back. Nice big long clue.
21:33That's the end of all the spur seats, said the hundreds on the train.
21:37And it's standees, standees, yeah?
21:40Yeah, sounds very American, doesn't it?
21:41It's people who are standing rather than seated on the passenger vehicles.
21:45Probably not by choice.
21:46Right, OK.
21:47Here we go.
21:47Let's get back to who's catching the train home,
21:50who's staying at the hotel for another night.
21:52We don't know yet.
21:53Verity and Isaac, very close.
21:55And it's your letters, Isaac.
21:57We'll start with the consonant, please.
21:58Thank you, Isaac.
21:59T.
22:00And another.
22:02P.
22:03And a vowel.
22:05I.
22:06And another.
22:07A.
22:08And another.
22:09E.
22:10And a vowel, please.
22:13I.
22:14And a consonant.
22:16R.
22:17And another.
22:19V.
22:20And a vowel.
22:22And lastly, E.
22:25And good luck.
22:26E.
22:54E.
22:55Isaac. Five. Verity. Seven. And here's a big change. Isaac. Tripe. Tripe. And for you, Verity?
23:03Private. Private, yes. Well done. Seven points back. Anything better, Liz?
23:09I got private as well, but I think you got another. Still just a seven, but peatia of soil.
23:14There you go. Whiskey, peatia? Whiskey, exactly. There you go. Better than soil.
23:18At seven points in it, that lead cut in half. Verity, let's go again.
23:26Could I have a vowel, please? You can indeed. O. And a consonant. S. And a vowel. U. And a consonant. G. And a vowel. O. And a consonant. L. And another consonant. M. And a vowel.
23:48Another U. And another, um, a consonant. And lastly, D. And countdown.
24:14MUSIC
24:27Not easy. Verity?
24:29Six.
24:30And for you, Isaac?
24:31Five.
24:32Yeah, the five is?
24:33Pools.
24:34Six is a great spot.
24:36Moulds.
24:37Yes.
24:38Oh. Moulds in it. It's fantastic.
24:41How did you get on the dictionary, Courtney?
24:42Just say no pools there for five.
24:45You don't have the letters for that.
24:46But we did manage to struggle to a seven, but it was quite tricky.
24:51Modulus, which in maths is another term for an absolute value.
24:55And look at that. Within two rounds, the 14-point gap becomes just one point.
25:00The good news is, Isaac, you only have to win Countdown by one point,
25:03then you've still got that, with four rounds left,
25:05as we get today's Origins of Words.
25:07Yes. I am going to explore why, when something glitches on our computer,
25:13we say there's a bug, there's a computer bug.
25:16What's the bug got to do with it?
25:17Because most of us know bugs, obviously, as insects,
25:21to entomologists, not etymologists.
25:24An insect of the order Hemiptera, which means half-wing.
25:28And you will find that recorded as early as the 16th century.
25:33But that sense of bug is not really completely known,
25:39but it may come from the same idea of a bogey man, actually,
25:43the idea of a monster or an evil spirit,
25:45because they were feared, they still are, by some of us.
25:49But obviously, we're interested in the computer code bugs
25:52and where that comes from.
25:53And there is an extract from the Pall Mall Gazette of 1889,
25:57and it gives us a clue,
25:58and it is talking about the inventor Thomas Edison.
26:01Mr Edison, I was informed, had been up the two previous nights
26:05discovering a bug in his phonograph,
26:07an expression for solving a difficulty.
26:10So the metaphor is of an insect somehow getting into the works,
26:14a literal one in this case,
26:15and contaminating and gumming up the works
26:18of some kind of electrical device.
26:19But it wasn't the first use, because if you go back a decade,
26:22you'll find it in the Journal of Scientific Telegraphy.
26:26And it says,
26:27the biggest bug yet has been discovered
26:29in the US Hotel Electric Annunciator.
26:32So that is our very, very first usage.
26:35Still the same metaphor,
26:36the same idea of something creeping in.
26:38But I think we do have to thank Thomas Edison for so much,
26:42but including this,
26:42because he really popularised the use of it
26:45and did start to use it himself.
26:47But it was all that, as I say,
26:48that metaphor of something that shouldn't be there,
26:52getting into the works.
26:56Thank you, Susie.
26:57Glad it survived as well that we still use it to this day.
27:00Listen, if there's any word that you're curious about
27:03and you'd like to ask Susie,
27:04you can send her an email.
27:05It's countdown at channel4.com.
27:07Don't spell out four, just use the number.
27:09Countdown at channel4.com.
27:12You can email Susie on that.
27:13And that's also how you take that step.
27:16It's not a big one.
27:17It's a tiny step to apply to come on countdown.
27:20And we're really, really pleased so far
27:22of how we've really stretched out far and wide across the nation.
27:26We're getting so many applications,
27:27but we want more and more from everybody.
27:30So if you're sitting at home and thinking you can't do it,
27:32believe me, you can.
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27:40Isaac, any regrets?
27:42Not at all.
27:43Exactly.
27:43Let's go.
27:45We'll start with a consonant, please.
27:46Thank you, Isaac.
27:47F.
27:48And another.
27:50N.
27:51And another.
27:53T.
27:54And another.
27:56S.
27:57And another.
27:59G.
28:01And a vowel.
28:02I.
28:03And another.
28:05A.
28:05And another.
28:08E.
28:09And a consonant.
28:10And lastly, R.
28:11And another.
28:13Kind time.
28:44Isaac? It. And for you, Verity? Eight. And eight as well.
28:48All right, off you go, Isaac. Feasting? Yep.
28:50Verity? Feasting. Yes.
28:53There you go.
28:55Excellent.
28:57If you're one of those that, as you're writing the letters down,
29:00you're separating endings out, you've got fasting,
29:03feasting before the clock starts,
29:05but it's whether we could take a risk with a refasting
29:08or anything like that. Talk to me.
29:10Yeah, that's not there, that one.
29:11And we were with eights as well.
29:13Yeah? Ingrates are their ungrateful people and angriest as well.
29:17Angriest. Good stuff, good stuff.
29:19Both of you sporting, feasting quite quickly.
29:22And here we are, just three rounds to go.
29:24Just one point in it sells itself.
29:27And we're into the championship rounds. Off you go, Verity.
29:30Could I have a consonant, please?
29:32Thank you, Verity. N.
29:33And another one?
29:36S.
29:37And another one?
29:39T.
29:40And a vowel, please?
29:42I.
29:43And another one?
29:44E.
29:44And another one?
29:46U.
29:47And a consonant?
29:49P.
29:50And another one?
29:51D.
29:53And another consonant, please?
29:56Lastly, T.
29:58Last letters.
30:24And time's up. Verity?
30:31Six.
30:32And Isaac?
30:33Six.
30:33Verity?
30:34Upside.
30:35Upside and Isaac?
30:37Upside as well.
30:37There you go.
30:39Two upsides, six points each.
30:42Susie, Les, I'm backing you to do better here.
30:45Well, after my fight with Bob, I had to go and see the dentist.
30:49There you go.
30:50Nice little seven.
30:52Yeah, putties, another seven.
30:53Another seven there with the IES.
30:55Promised a bit more, didn't deliver.
30:58With two rounds to go, Isaac has a one-point lead.
31:02It's your numbers.
31:03Play it safe.
31:04Take a risk.
31:05Let's find out.
31:07We'll go for four large, please.
31:08You're going for it.
31:09You're taking your life into your own hands.
31:11Four large, two little.
31:13The big one, the final round, numbers anyway.
31:16And they are eight, one, and we know.
31:1925, 100, 50, and 75.
31:23And what's often a tricky round, the target, 471.
31:28471, last numbers.
31:29Let's have a risk.
31:29Let's go for it.
31:31Tell them, let's have a risk.
31:334-7-1, Isaac.
32:02Yeah, 4-7-1.
32:03And Verity?
32:044-7-4.
32:05Oh, my goodness.
32:07This is the ticket and not need a crucial.
32:108 times 50.
32:128 times 50, 400.
32:14Add on the 75.
32:154-7-5.
32:16And 100 over 25.
32:18It's your 4.
32:19And take that off.
32:19Great tactics and the numbers win it for you.
32:22Well done.
32:22Ah.
32:24Well, we've been denied a crucial countdown conundrum,
32:27if that's the right word.
32:28That's how it goes in countdown.
32:30We love it.
32:30Fingers on the buzzers, please.
32:32Let's reveal today's kind time conundrum.
33:04Wow, goodness me.
33:06It's maybe how you're going to feel after not getting that.
33:10Les Dennis, you got it?
33:11Lady Nye?
33:11Nothing.
33:12Susie Denticles?
33:13I think so.
33:14Go ahead.
33:15Foolhardy.
33:15Let's have a look.
33:16Well done.
33:17Well done.
33:20You know, it's funny.
33:21I'm terrible at conundrums, but lucky to talk to so many octo-champs
33:25and been picking their brains over the last series or two.
33:28And they all say the same thing.
33:29You either say it straight away or you don't say it.
33:32And if you don't say it within five seconds, write them down in a different order
33:35so you're no longer saying, Lord of A.
33:38You know?
33:39And that's what I did there and got it.
33:40So it definitely does work.
33:42If you struggle with conundrums and that's why you're not applying to be in the show,
33:45then that's how you step up your game there.
33:47It really, really helped.
33:49Right?
33:49Talk about stepping up game.
33:51You didn't need it.
33:52You've got a teapot.
33:53So when you're making all that drum and bass music, we teapot beside the laptop, eh?
33:57100%.
33:58I'm quite a teaman, so I look forward to it.
34:00Brilliant.
34:00And I know, Verity, you were so tickled pink to win one episode.
34:04So how do you feel about winning three?
34:05I feel brilliant.
34:07It's been great to have you.
34:08And we've talked everything from playing the clarinet to Zumba and everything else.
34:11So thank you so much.
34:12Lots of love to you.
34:13No, it's a blast.
34:15Brilliant.
34:15Excellent.
34:16Well, there you go.
34:16Thank you, Les Dennis.
34:18And thank you, kickboxer Susie Dent.
34:21Appreciate it.
34:21We've got to make this happen, Rich.
34:23Who should fight her?
34:24What are we thinking?
34:24Oh, you two.
34:26Susie's scrappy.
34:27My money's on Susie's.
34:28I think the weight difference might be a bit of an issue.
34:31We'll have to think about that.
34:32But listen, we will weigh in.
34:33Same time, same place tomorrow.
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