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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown. It's Monday, February the 24th, and things are really exciting around here. Not because Rachel's off for three weeks, we're going to miss her, but we've got a new member of the Countdown family to introduce to you, Dr Tom Crawford. How you doing, mate?
00:47I'm good. A little nervous, but, you know, very excited to be here.
00:50So, listen, if we didn't have you here, for anyone that doesn't know, tell them what you would be doing.
00:54Oh, I would be teaching my students. So, I teach maths at Oxford University, been there for seven years, and I just started also teaching at Cambridge University.
01:04So, one of those two places, talking maths, kind of the same sort of as I'm going to be doing today, really.
01:10It's, that's like, because obviously someone who only has four GCSEs, that's the equivalent of, like, winning the Champions League and the Premier League, isn't it? Oxford and Cambridge together.
01:19Yeah, I think so. I think that's a good way of describing it.
01:22It doesn't matter how amazing you are, Masson, I know you are. I want to unpeel you like an onion over three weeks. We'll get to know you little by little, the real you, which will be absolutely fantastic.
01:34Tom's here, everyone. How lovely is that?
01:36Yes!
01:37CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
01:38Harry, you literally picked the best ever day to start on Countdown. Reason number one, of course, is the Guardian of our Dictionary, the absolute heartbeat of Countdown.
01:48Always a joy to welcome her back, Susie Dent. But look who is alongside her.
01:53I could list so many reasons why I admire this person that even Dr Tom couldn't add them up.
01:59Stephen Fry's here!
02:01CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
02:02Well, listen, the brilliant Christine Smith is back.
02:07Your reign has crossed three weeks, two weekends, and I fall in love with Christine every time we introduce her.
02:13But you're going for your eighth win to become an octo-champ today. How are you feeling?
02:16More nervous than ever.
02:18Listen, I don't usually do this, but win or lose today, you're getting your nickname. You're getting a Countdown nickname, because we love you so much.
02:24So the pressure's off on that front, Christine.
02:26OK.
02:26Lovely.
02:27You're up against Bill Elliott, 18 years old, lives in Newcastle, and is here. How are you, sir?
02:33I was great until I found out I was facing Christine.
02:36It's won seven in a row.
02:37So that's a bit, yeah.
02:38There's stories everywhere here. There really is.
02:41Yeah.
02:41This is the second biggest day of your year. I don't mind taking second place, because as a youngster who didn't do it the first time around, you managed to get tickets and all of the millions trying to get them to see Oasis in the summer.
02:54I did.
02:54Tell us about that.
02:55It was about seven in the morning. I was waiting for a boat. Got into the queue on Ticketmaster. I was waiting. I got into a train, got to the front of the queue, and my Wi-Fi cut out.
03:04So I had about a half hour away, but I managed to get a seat at tickets in the end for Wembley Stadium. So, yeah.
03:09Excellent. Right, both of you. Christine, Bill, it's a big day. Let's just roll with it. Good luck.
03:16Off we go. Christine.
03:18Hi, Tom. Can I have a consonant, please?
03:20Sure can, Christine.
03:21First up, we have an R.
03:24And another.
03:26B.
03:27And a vowel.
03:30A.
03:31And another.
03:34A.
03:35O.
03:36And a consonant.
03:38S.
03:39And another consonant.
03:42R.
03:43And a vowel.
03:46I.
03:47And another consonant.
03:51T.
03:52And a vowel, please.
03:54And your last letter is an O.
03:56All right, at home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:59A.
04:03A.
04:05And a vowel.
04:06And that's time.
04:30Christine?
04:31Eight.
04:31And for you, Bill?
04:33Five.
04:33The five for you, Bill?
04:35Razor.
04:35What's the eight?
04:37Arborist.
04:37An arborist.
04:39Arborist is absolutely fine.
04:42But did you say race?
04:43Razor with an S.
04:44Yes, that's with a Z, I'm afraid.
04:47But I know it's dwarfed anyway by arborist,
04:49which is absolutely brilliant, mate.
04:51Wasn't a close shave anyway, Christine.
04:52What a start, Stephen.
04:54Can we add anything?
04:54I can't beat arborist.
04:56Wonderful.
04:56Someone who looks after trees, I suppose.
04:58Absolutely right, yeah.
04:59Yeah, aorist I had,
05:00which is a kind of old thing from Latin lessons.
05:02It's a form of past tense, isn't it?
05:04The tense, isn't it?
05:04Yes, and very difficult to define.
05:07That's not very exciting.
05:09Oh, it's exciting enough, let me tell you.
05:11Bill, you're choosing these letters.
05:13A consonant, please.
05:14Sure thing, Bill.
05:15G.
05:16And a consonant.
05:19M.
05:20And a vowel.
05:23A.
05:24And a consonant.
05:25And your final letter is an E.
05:47And 30 seconds.
05:48And 30 seconds.
05:48And 30 seconds.
06:18Time's up. Mr Elliot? Seven. And our Mr Smith? Seven. And seven as well. Let's get you on the board, Bill. Muggers. Well done. And for you, Christine? Muggers. Muggers as well. Just pass it over, Christine. Sorry. Eighth show we still don't trust you. Yeah. There you go. Brilliant. And the Stephen. Muggers as well. And Jaggers, who's a Dickensian character and would be a capital letter, but he's... But! Jaggers are in. Oh, Jaggers is in. Yes, Jaggers is in. And I didn't know this, actually, until I read this, that it's a tour
06:48used by bakers. Yeah. So it is a wheel mounted on a wooden handle with a fluted cutting edge used to crimp pastry. There you go. Fifteen, seven, then, after two letters. First numbers, Christine. One from the top.
07:18Your target is 982. 982.
07:22982. Numbers up.
07:23992.
07:24992.
07:45992.
07:47992.
07:48993.
07:49993.
07:52OK, 9, 8, 2 was the target.
07:57Christine?
07:58I think I have it.
08:01Thinks? Not sure?
08:02But it is not properly written down.
08:05Bill?
08:06I've got 9, 8, 3.
08:07OK, off you go, Christine.
08:09Right, 50 times 10...
08:1150...
08:12..times the 10, yep, that gives you your 500.
08:167 plus 2 is 9.
08:187 plus the 2 will give you 9.
08:20Take it away.
08:21Take those away, that will give you 491.
08:25Yes, and multiply it by the other two.
08:27And then multiply it by two, brilliant, that will give you 982.
08:30APPLAUSE
08:32Let's get your two-time teaser.
08:34It's laid bare, laid bare.
08:36This applies more to the white swan than the black bull, said Mark.
08:41This applies more to the white swan than the black bull, said Mark.
08:46The mark is Mark Bull in a T-Rex.
09:00The song is Ride a White Swan.
09:01And therefore, Rideable is the answer.
09:02Right, let's get back on the horse.
09:03Let's get more letters.
09:04Bill?
09:05A consonant, please.
09:06Sure thing, Bill.
09:07A consonant, please.
09:08A consonant, please.
09:09Sure thing, Bill.
09:10A consonant, please.
09:11A consonant, please.
09:12A consonant, please.
09:13Sure thing, Bill.
09:14A consonant, please.
09:15A consonant.
09:16A consonant, please.
09:17D A consonant.
09:18A consonant.
09:19A consonant.
09:20R A vowel.
09:22R A vowel.
09:24A consonant.
09:25C A vowel.
09:27A consonant.
09:29R.
09:30A vowel.
09:32I.
09:34Consonant.
09:36C.
09:38Vowel.
09:40O.
09:42Vowel.
09:44A.
09:46Consonant.
09:48N.
09:50And another consonant, please.
09:52And your last one is an L.
09:54A presidential set of letters. Good luck.
10:24R.
10:27Bill, how did you get on? Five.
10:29Yes, and for you, Christine? Six, I think.
10:31And a six-year... There's a lot of thinking going on today, not a lot of knowing.
10:34Bill? Drain.
10:36And Christine? Florid? Florid.
10:39Florid, very nice indeed. Don't need to look that one up. Well done.
10:41Talk to me about florid.
10:43A bit red and flushed. Yes, pink-cheeked.
10:45Rosy-cheeked, yeah. OK, better florid than horrid.
10:48I would agree. That's for sure. Can we do any better, though?
10:50I got one better with cordial.
10:52Cordial.
10:53Lovely.
10:5431.7.
10:55More letters, Christine.
10:57May I have a consonant, please?
10:59Sure thing, Christine.
11:00We'll start with an S this time.
11:02And another.
11:04H.
11:06And a vowel.
11:08U.
11:10And another vowel.
11:13I.
11:15And a consonant.
11:17T.
11:18T.
11:19And another consonant.
11:23D.
11:24And a vowel.
11:28O.
11:30And a consonant.
11:34N.
11:36And another vowel, please.
11:38And your last one this time is an A.
11:41And let's play.
11:42.
11:55.
11:57.
12:01.
12:14Christie.
12:15Seven.
12:16And for a U-bell.
12:17Five.
12:18And the five.
12:19What's the five?
12:20Shunt.
12:21Let's find out what Christie knows.
12:22Astound.
12:23Astine.
12:24Very nice indeed.
12:25Lovely.
12:26Mr Fry.
12:27And there's an anagram of that that Susie got.
12:30Oh, yeah.
12:31Thousand.
12:32Oh, yes.
12:33All right.
12:34Sobering score for Bill so far.
12:35But a lot of rounds left.
12:36And you're in charge of the numbers for the first time.
12:38So off you go, sir.
12:39I'll have one large, please.
12:41Yes.
12:42Sure thing, Bill.
12:43I like this selection again.
12:45Three.
12:46Four.
12:47Five.
12:48All right.
12:49Seven.
12:50Two.
12:51Eight.
12:52Six.
12:53Three.
12:54Twenty-five.
12:56And your target is 561.
12:59561.
13:00Numbers up.
13:01Ooh.
13:02Two.
13:03Three.
13:04Three.
13:07Three.
13:09Three.
13:10Three.
13:11Two.
13:12Two.
13:13Victory.
13:14Two.
13:15Three.
13:16Three.
13:17ól Five.
13:19Three.
13:20Two.
13:22Four.
13:25One.
13:26One.
13:28ех benchmarks.
13:29And that's time. 5, 6, 1 the target. Bill?
13:35I think I have 5, 6, 5 and not written down.
13:38Four away for you. Christine?
13:40I haven't got it.
13:42Thank you very much.
13:43Never know where you're, Christine. It could be anything.
13:45Bill, you could get seven points here.
13:4725 times 8 is 200.
13:5025 times 8 gives you 200, yeah.
13:52Times by 3 is 600.
13:55Yes.
13:57And then...
13:582 plus 3... Oh, no, I've used the 3.
14:02Never mind. Fluffed it.
14:03Unlucky. Dr Tom, 5, 6, 1, did you get it?
14:06I did indeed, yes.
14:07So, very similar to what Bill's done.
14:09We want to do the 25 times the 8 to get 200.
14:14But then we want to actually subtract 13.
14:16So, the 6 and the 7 gives us 13.
14:20We minus that to get 1, 8, 7.
14:22And then we multiply by the 3 to get 561.
14:26APPLAUSE
14:2738-7 scores its stands at the moment between Christine and Bill.
14:32And it's our first chat of the week with Stephen Fry.
14:35Well, I've been very fascinated all my life by Greek myths,
14:38and I've recently written four books on the subject of retelling Greek myths.
14:42Well, the first ones that appealed to me were the equivalent of Greek just-so stories,
14:47certain kind of origin stories of animals.
14:50And there's a very early one, which isn't the best known, which I adore.
14:54When Zeus and Hera, who are the king and queen of heaven,
14:58Olympus, Mount Olympus,
15:00decided to wed,
15:02they put out a request to all the animals in the world
15:06to devise a food suitable for the wedding of the two gods.
15:12And they would be granted a wish
15:14if they could come up with something that really pleased them.
15:17So, on the great day, you have to picture Zeus and his wife Hera
15:20pacing up and down, looking at the tables,
15:23a bit like judges on, you know, MasterChef or something.
15:26And they're trying these various things, you know,
15:28kangaroos come up with a form of Vegemite or something.
15:31You know, they're all these different...
15:33They're trying them and thinking...
15:34And then they come to this tiny little pot,
15:37absolutely tiny,
15:38they take a taste on their finger,
15:40and it's completely delicious.
15:43And there's this little creature
15:44who announces that her name is Melissa
15:46and that she's made this.
15:48And they love it.
15:50They cannot believe how gorgeous it is.
15:51And they say,
15:52You have won.
15:53What is your wish?
15:54And she said,
15:55Well, I collect this by going to flowers
15:58and taking their nectar and taking it back home
16:01and making more and more of it.
16:02But it's an enormously labour-intensive job.
16:06And you've given Zeus the scorpion a sting.
16:10You've given snakes venomous bites.
16:13You've given claws and all kinds of weapons to animals.
16:16I'm just a little fairy insect and I don't have anything.
16:19So I'd like you to give me a weapon
16:21that would kill anybody who attacks me
16:24and tries to take my, I call it honey, away from me.
16:28And Zeus frowns.
16:29He's very angry at this.
16:30He thinks it's a very selfish wish.
16:32He says,
16:33I'll grant you a weapon, he said.
16:36But instead of the weapon killing your enemies,
16:40it will kill you if you use it.
16:42And she feels this sting growing out of the back of her
16:44with a barb on it.
16:46And as we know,
16:47bees, when they sting an animal,
16:49they leave the sting in
16:50and when they try and fly away,
16:52it pulls their insides out and they die.
16:54Unlike a wasp,
16:55which can sting you time and time again.
16:57So that's how the bee got its sting.
17:00That was brilliant.
17:01Thank you so much.
17:04Glorious stuff.
17:05Glorious stuff.
17:06Let's get back to the game now.
17:07Christine, let's get your letters.
17:09May I have a consonant, please?
17:11Absolutely.
17:12Christine, we'll start with an L.
17:13And another.
17:15And another.
17:16C.
17:18And a vowel.
17:20E.
17:21And another vowel.
17:24U.
17:26And a consonant.
17:27N.
17:29Another consonant.
17:31Y.
17:33And a vowel.
17:36E.
17:37And a consonant.
17:39Q.
17:43And a consonant, please.
17:48And finally an N.
17:49And start the clock.
17:50And a consonant.
17:52And a consonant.
17:52And a consonant.
17:52And a consonant.
17:53And a consonant.
17:53And a consonant.
17:53And a consonant.
17:53And a consonant.
17:54And a consonant.
17:54And a consonant.
17:54And a consonant.
17:55And a consonant.
17:55And a consonant.
17:56And a consonant.
17:56And a consonant.
17:56And a consonant.
17:56And a consonant.
17:57And a consonant.
17:57And a consonant.
17:57And a consonant.
17:58And a consonant.
17:58And a consonant.
17:59And a consonant.
17:59And a consonant.
18:00And a consonant.
18:00And a consonant.
18:01And a consonant.
18:01And a consonant.
18:02And a consonant.
18:02And a consonant.
18:03And a consonant.
18:03And a consonant.
18:04And a consonant.
18:04And a consonant.
18:05And a consonant.
18:05And a consonant.
18:06And a consonant.
18:21Christine. I'll try seven. And Bill? Five.
18:25OK, the five is? Queen. Queen, yes. Are you adding to that, Christine?
18:29Queenly. Yeah, right. So there's queenie, there's queenly,
18:33and we'd all been hovering at home the pen over the page.
18:36Should we go for it? In or out? Always going for the adverb.
18:39Yeah, it's in. It's very good indeed. Well done. Anything else?
18:42I was also queenly, as I often am. Yes, and actually it's an adjective,
18:45not an adverb in this case. Usually the L-Y is an adverb,
18:48but it's absolutely brilliant, yes. Back to Bs. Excellent.
18:51Right, Bill, here we go again. I have a consonant, please.
18:54Sure thing, Bill. We'll start with a P.
18:57And a consonant. S. Another consonant.
19:03N. A vowel.
19:07I. Consonant.
19:11L. Another consonant.
19:15M. A vowel.
19:18A. A consonant.
19:24T.
19:25And a vowel, please.
19:28And an I.
19:29All right, let's police another ride.
19:57MUSIC
20:01Belle. Sex. Sex for you.
20:03Cresting. Eight. It for you. Right. Belle.
20:06Spinal. It. Implants.
20:09Implants. Very good.
20:12APPLAUSE
20:14How did you get on, Steve?
20:15Palmist, as in someone who reads a palm, but that's one letter less,
20:19so she beat me there. Goodness.
20:21There is one more eight to add to the list.
20:23An alpinist to climb those high mountains, especially the Alps.
20:26Beautiful. Christine, it's the third numbers round.
20:29You don't need me to explain anything. Let's go.
20:31May I have one from the top and any other five, please?
20:34Sure thing, Christine. I appreciate this.
20:37OK.
20:38Two...
20:40..seven...
20:41..two...
20:43..five...
20:44..eight...
20:45..twenty-five.
20:47And your target is 760.
20:507-6-0 numbers up.
20:52Maybe they'll be the owner of the problem, but.
20:56This year is the one of Thinking Drafts.
21:02So, we've got a chance for the number of 10,000,
21:04but it's just going to have to be here.
21:06If the name is Drafts, it can make the name of the tunnel.
21:10We'll see you later.
21:12You made the name of the building.
21:13It's the name of the building.
21:15There's called Lannuola and T-Windo.
21:16It's the name of the building.
21:17You made the name of the building.
21:18All right. 7, 6, 0. Did the zero help? How do you get on, Christine?
21:277, 5, 8. OK, two away. For you, Bill?
21:307, 6, 5. 7, 6, 5 is five away. So, Christine, for seven points.
21:362 over 2 is 1. 2 divided by 2 will give you 1. Yep.
21:407 minus 1 is 6. 7 minus the 1 will give you 6.
21:44Multiply by the 5 for 30.
21:46Times 5 is 30, yep.
21:4830 times 25 is 750.
21:52Yep. And add the 8. Add the 8. That is very good. 758.
21:56It is very good, but 7, 6, 0. Would it be great, Dr Tom?
22:01All right. Pressure's on. 2 plus 2 will give us a 4.
22:05And then we multiply that by the 25 will give us 100.
22:10Minus the 5 gives us 95. And then that times 8 should be 760.
22:16Yeah, it's brilliant.
22:19Let's get the second Tea Time teaser.
22:21Sits ages. Sits ages.
22:24Become windy when you clap eyes on the London arena.
22:29Very, very clever.
22:31Become windy when you clap eyes on the London arena.
22:34Welcome back.
22:52Oh, a naughty Tea Time teaser this was.
22:55Become windy when you clap eyes on the London arena.
22:58Yeah, it's sponsored by a telecommunications company.
23:04So a gas is CO2.
23:06And it's gaseous.
23:08Gaseous.
23:09Right, let's get back to it.
23:10More letters.
23:11And Bill, we're going to enjoy every one young man.
23:14So let's get your letters.
23:15A consonant, please.
23:16Sure thing, Bill.
23:17A consonant, please.
23:19And a consonant.
23:21M.
23:22Another consonant.
23:25S.
23:26A vowel, please.
23:29A.
23:30Another vowel.
23:33E.
23:34A consonant.
23:37D.
23:38Another consonant.
23:39A consonant.
23:41K.
23:43Another consonant.
23:46P.
23:47And a vowel.
23:48And your last one is an A.
23:50And let's play.
23:51A consonant.
24:19MUSIC
24:22Bill? Six. And for you, Christine? Six.
24:25And a six as well. Bill, let's get points.
24:27Mapped. Yes. And for you, Christine? Masked.
24:30Masked and mapped. And loads of sixes flying out of there.
24:34Could you squeeze anything else? Sadly, I couldn't.
24:37Sapped, I tried to pull all the sap out of it, but that was the best I got.
24:41I had damask, which is... I love the word,
24:44the rich, heavy fabric from Damascus.
24:47But that will give you another six. Right, let's get back to it.
24:50More letters from you, Christine. A consonant, please.
24:53Sure thing, Christine. T.
24:56And another.
24:58N.
25:00And a vowel.
25:02I.
25:04And another vowel.
25:07O.
25:09And a consonant.
25:11T.
25:13And another consonant.
25:16And finally, a P.
25:19And let's go. Countdown.
25:21C.
25:22And a consonant.
25:23C.
25:24And another consonant.
25:26And finally, a P.
25:28And let's go. Countdown.
25:30And a consonant.
25:31And a consonant.
25:32And finally, a P.
25:33And let's go. Countdown.
25:35And a consonant.
25:36And a consonant.
25:37And a consonant.
25:38And a consonant.
25:39And a consonant.
25:40And a consonant.
25:41And a consonant.
25:42And a consonant.
25:43And a consonant.
25:44And a consonant.
25:45And a consonant.
25:46And a consonant.
25:47And a consonant.
25:48And a consonant.
25:49And a consonant.
25:50And a consonant.
25:51And a consonant.
25:52And a consonant.
25:53And a consonant.
25:54And a consonant.
25:55And a consonant.
25:56And a consonant.
25:57And a consonant.
25:58And a consonant.
25:59And a consonant.
26:00And a consonant.
26:01And, Christine? Eight.
26:07And for you, Bill? Seven.
26:09You're on a seven, she gets an eight. My goodness me.
26:11Bill, what have you got? Pointer. Pointer.
26:13Yeah, that's what I add. Christine, what do you spot?
26:15Contrite. Well done. Very good indeed.
26:22I mean, there's so many top scores here from Christine,
26:25where there's nothing in the dictionary to beat her.
26:28Is it the case again?
26:29We had cornetty, the plural of cornetto.
26:32Not the kind you eat, the kind you play.
26:34Right, four rounds to go, but we'll take a little break here, Bill.
26:38You'll have a front row seat now to our first origins of words of the week.
26:41Susie Dent.
26:42Yes, this is from Nina Davis, who has asked about the word scullery,
26:46because when she was growing up, they had a scullery behind the kitchen
26:49for things like laundry.
26:51And Nina is wondering whether the word scullery has the same root
26:54as sculling when rowing a boat,
26:57because she can't see an obvious connection.
26:59And I love the idea that maybe a scullery was where you would, you know,
27:03store your skulls in old houses, a bit of the sort of backroom of a boathouse.
27:07But actually, they are entirely different.
27:10So I'll start with the skulls that you use in rowing.
27:12So sculling is when you have two oars, primarily,
27:15and you are, you know, self-propelling, really.
27:18And they are a real mystery to us.
27:21We have absolutely no idea where that word came from.
27:24So you will just see of unknown origin in the dictionary.
27:26And as I always say, the detective work will go on.
27:29But the scullery we can tell you about.
27:31So this was at the back of the house.
27:33It was a small room used for washing dishes,
27:36doing other household work.
27:38So sculleries take their name from the Latin scutella,
27:42which was a salva, or a dish.
27:44And that came into French, as so often,
27:46and then eventually into English.
27:48In French it was a squel.
27:50And it's as simple as that.
27:51It was where you would do the dishes.
27:54APPLAUSE
27:56Let's get back to the game.
27:58Bit of a lap of honour now.
27:59But we're loving it, Bill.
28:00Let's get more letters.
28:01I'll have a consonant, please.
28:02Sure thing, Bill.
28:03F.
28:04A consonant.
28:07G.
28:08A vowel.
28:11U.
28:12A consonant.
28:16V.
28:17A consonant.
28:19An R.
28:20A vowel.
28:23U.
28:24Another vowel, please.
28:28A.
28:29A consonant.
28:31T.
28:32And a vowel.
28:35And O.
28:36And good luck.
28:54Bill, how many?
29:09Five.
29:10And for you, Christine?
29:11Six.
29:12And a six as well.
29:13OK, Bill, let's get the five.
29:14Graft.
29:15And Christine, the six?
29:16Raghu.
29:17Yeah.
29:18Raghu, well spotted.
29:19If you were working with the out, that can pop in.
29:21Anything else in dictionary corner?
29:23We had fugato.
29:24Fugato.
29:25Yes.
29:26Which is a musical instruction to be played in the style of a fugue.
29:30Beautiful.
29:31Beautiful.
29:32Right.
29:33Let's see if you can go out into octochampton, if that's even a word,
29:37with a sensory before you come back at the end of this series, Christine.
29:41Three rounds to do it.
29:42You need 20 points.
29:43Your letters.
29:44Have a consonant, please.
29:47First up is a D.
29:49And another consonant.
29:52G.
29:54And a vowel.
29:56O.
29:58And another vowel.
30:00E.
30:02And a consonant.
30:05S.
30:08And another consonant.
30:10R.
30:11And a vowel.
30:12A.
30:13And a consonant.
30:14B.
30:15And another consonant.
30:16And finally a V.
30:17All right, last letters.
30:31TOTALLY.
30:32And a vowel.
30:34More information.
30:35A vowel.
30:36TOTALLY.
30:37ATT top.
30:38EM-DENNI POLICE.
30:40All right, time is up.
31:02Christine? Seven. And Bill? Six. Six.
31:05What's the six? Badges. And Christine? Badgers.
31:09Yes, there's the R in there. Oh, my goodness me.
31:12I'm not going to badger you about it.
31:14I remember we were in our radges as well.
31:16Oh, my goodness me. All right, over to Dixonry Corner.
31:21Well, I know you love your American sport. You have Go Braves,
31:24but that's not a single word. Adverbs is there?
31:29Yeah, that's a lovely spot.
31:30And you can be a bodger as well if you keep getting things wrong.
31:32Of course you can. You can be a bodger and a badger.
31:35You can.
31:37Two rounds to go. Last numbers.
31:39I'll have six more, please.
31:41I would have... I was trying to bribe you with a pint as well, Bill,
31:44but that is off the table now, young man.
31:47All right, four, five, six.
31:50OK, I've earned my money.
31:51Four, seven, nine, two, eight.
31:58Three. And your target this time, 114.
32:02Last numbers.
32:10One, one, four.
32:23Did you get it?
32:23Nope.
32:24It was fun though, wasn't it?
32:26Christine?
32:39No.
32:40Did you get it, Dr Tom?
32:42I did.
32:42So, we're going to do seven plus...
32:46Seven plus four plus eight is going to give us a 19.
32:50Times three is going to give us 57.
32:52And then times two will give us 114.
32:56Brilliant.
32:57APPLAUSE
33:00OK.
33:01Fingers on buzzers, please.
33:02Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:05BELL RINGS
33:20Christine?
33:22Motorcade.
33:23Let's have a look.
33:24Oh, what a start.
33:27What a start.
33:28That's what you should be getting, Christine,
33:30leaving this studio, a presidential motorcade,
33:33after what we've witnessed.
33:34But let's just, first of all, say goodbye to Bill.
33:37Have you enjoyed yourself?
33:38I've loved it, yeah.
33:39She's amazing, isn't she?
33:40She's so good.
33:42She's an OctoChamp, and you were, as you know,
33:45we talked off air, you were bagging hours
33:46when you arrived in this studio.
33:48And look at you now, an OctoChamp.
33:50We're so proud.
33:50So, are you ready for your nickname?
33:53It's so great.
33:54Rachel left this behind.
33:55It's a great shout.
33:57You're Christine Smith, but Doss, you're Granny Smith.
33:59So, your nickname's going to be The Big Apple.
34:02That's you.
34:03The Big Apple.
34:04Christine Smith, our first OctoChamp!
34:06Yes!
34:07APPLAUSE
34:09We'll see you at the end of the series.
34:11See if you can go all the way OK?
34:13Brilliant.
34:13And, Stephen, just very quickly before we go,
34:16perfect person to appraise Dr Tom's first appearance.
34:19Well, he's fine.
34:20His handwriting's a little smaller than Rachel's.
34:22Yeah, about 20% smaller.
34:24You might want to work on that.
34:26Susie, I spotted that too.
34:27No, I think he fitted right in. I'm very impressed.
34:30You did great.
34:30Thank you, mate. We'll see you tomorrow.
34:31My pleasure.
34:32Excellent. And all of you, Ian, count on us.
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