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00:30Hello, everybody.
00:32Thursday, March the 28th,
00:34and time to lift the lid on another episode of Countdown.
00:37Thank you so much for tuning in.
00:38We never, ever take it for granted.
00:40And by we, that means all of us here in the Countdown studio,
00:44including our Rachel Riley.
00:46Rach, we can combine two lovely things together today
00:49because it's International Women in Music Day
00:52and it's also World Piano Day.
00:54And this actually connects from a book that you lent me
00:57called Invisible Women.
00:59Yeah, the gender data gap, it's amazing.
01:01And it's something I never thought about.
01:02The actual piano design,
01:04it means that so many of the best pianists have massive hands
01:07and naturally women have smaller hands.
01:08I think it's 87% of women that the piano is too big for
01:12and 25% of men.
01:13So they've invented a 7-8th piano,
01:15which makes perfect sense.
01:16Yeah.
01:16But isn't particularly popular.
01:18The, like I said, the double bass was considered unseemly.
01:22That's why more women were pushed towards piano,
01:25whereas putting the double bass in was considered to be on female-like
01:30and there was hardly any play in it.
01:32So all of those tropes still to this day run into music.
01:36Love it.
01:36We could talk all day, but we've got to move on.
01:38Let's get over to Dictionary Corner.
01:40Susie Dent, our G of the D.
01:41Pianist?
01:43No, I used to play the clarinet.
01:45Clarinet.
01:45Paul Sinner?
01:46I'm male when I've played the piano for 30 years
01:49and to counter the stereotype, I'm rubbish.
01:52I love it.
01:53I love it.
01:53Well, listen, it's all about words today.
01:55That's all that matters.
01:56And will it be a 7th win for our champion, Toby Byfield?
02:00Are you musical?
02:01I'm going to say yes.
02:02Not at all.
02:03No, not a single thing.
02:04I can play the piano insofar as I can bash my hands on the keys.
02:08Listen, we got to know you really well this week,
02:10but now I'm counting numbers.
02:12Do you want to be number one seed?
02:13You're going to have to score 240-odd points
02:16over the next two days if you win?
02:18I think the pressure would be too much.
02:20Too much expectation on being number one seed.
02:22So as far down as possible, I think.
02:24Just get there.
02:24Just be at the party.
02:26You just want to be in the dance floor.
02:27It doesn't matter what seed you are.
02:28And you're not there yet.
02:29So Sonia Daria is going to try and stop you.
02:32She's from Birmingham.
02:33We've had a really good chat off air.
02:35She used to be a secondary school maths teacher.
02:37But she's an expert in mathematical biology.
02:42And everyone else is nodding their head, going,
02:45yeah, we know what that is.
02:45For everyone that does, and I'll represent you.
02:47What's mathematical biology?
02:49Because I have no idea.
02:50So it is, the focus is on the maths,
02:53but it's trying to use maths and equations
02:55to model biological phenomena.
02:57Yeah, so I specifically work in modelling wound healing.
03:02Wound healing?
03:04Yeah.
03:04That's sensational.
03:05So within it, it's broken down.
03:06You specialise in one part of it.
03:08Yeah, yeah.
03:09Paul will be loving this.
03:10Once a doctor, Paul always a doctor, right?
03:13Nope.
03:15No, absolutely hated that, Sonia.
03:17But I think you're great.
03:18Good luck to you today, Sonia and Toby.
03:20Here we go, Toby.
03:23Letters, please.
03:24Afternoon, Rachel.
03:25Afternoon, Toby.
03:26Another consonant, please.
03:27You can indeed start today with S.
03:29And a vowel.
03:31U.
03:32And a consonant.
03:34G.
03:34And a vowel.
03:36E.
03:37And a consonant.
03:38T.
03:39And a vowel.
03:41A.
03:42And a consonant.
03:43J.
03:44And a vowel.
03:46O.
03:47And a final consonant.
03:48And a final.
03:49N.
03:50At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:53T.
03:54T.
03:55T.
03:56T.
03:56TALL B.
04:247.
04:25And Sonia? I'll try seven.
04:27Toby? Outages.
04:28Outages for you and Sonia?
04:30Unstage.
04:32Unstage. To unstage.
04:34Something can be unstageable,
04:38but unstage is not there on its own.
04:41I'm sorry, Sonia. Come on, Susie.
04:42I know. The first round.
04:44I know. Onstage and upstage, but not unstage. I'm so sorry.
04:49How did you get on there, Dr Sinna?
04:51I got tongues for seven.
04:54Susie's got sutan.
04:56Sutan, which is a Roman Catholic priest's cassock.
04:59Oh, there you go.
05:01Sonia, that's the way to play a great champion, by the way.
05:04You've got to go for it.
05:05You know, remain impartial, but you've got to go for it, right, Susie?
05:09Yeah. There's no point sitting back.
05:10Take your chances. If it comes off, it does.
05:13Let's get your letters. Hi, Rachel. Hi, Sonia.
05:15A consonant, please. Thank you. Start with P.
05:18Another consonant.
05:20T. A vowel.
05:23A. A vowel.
05:26E. A consonant.
05:28H. A consonant.
05:31M. Another consonant.
05:33P. A vowel.
05:36A. A consonant.
05:38Lastly, T.
05:40That's 30 seconds.
05:41A consonant.
05:43A consonant.
05:45M. Another consonant.
05:50Fames
05:51T. A consonant.
05:52F Terra.
05:53Sasa.
05:54B
06:09Sonia?
06:13Just five.
06:14A five, and Toby?
06:15A risky five.
06:16A risky five.
06:18Sonia?
06:18A tempt.
06:19Toby, what's the word?
06:20I've got tame.
06:21How are you spelling that?
06:22T-H-A-M-E.
06:24T-H-A-M-E.
06:25Susie?
06:26It's not there without the A.
06:27If you put the second A in front of it, you can have that,
06:30and it's actually a knife used in modern witchcraft.
06:32OK, so just five.
06:34One of them didn't count.
06:35Sonia gets on the board.
06:36Big five points.
06:37Paul, what did you find?
06:38Well, not me, Susie, but a couple of sixes.
06:41Empath, a very modern, trendy word for people who empathise.
06:45Hamate, which I do know is a bone in the wrist.
06:48Yes.
06:49I was...
06:50I don't think it exists, but is haptate a word?
06:53Haptate.
06:54Is it like haptic?
06:55No.
06:56No.
06:56It sounds very plausible.
06:59Tapit, which is moving part in a machine.
07:01And actually, you could have had that second A for attain,
07:05or a thame even.
07:06As I say, double-edged knife used in modern witchcraft.
07:11Nice.
07:11Yeah.
07:11Thank you very much, Susie.
07:12Seven plays five, but batting down the hatches,
07:15kiss your kids, tell them you love them,
07:17because Toby's picking the numbers.
07:18Four large, please.
07:19Four large.
07:20Thought you might say that.
07:21And the default, two little ones,
07:23but you're up against a mathematician today.
07:24Right, your two little ones are eight and seven.
07:28And then the usual suspects.
07:30Fifty, seventy-five, one hundred and twenty-five.
07:34And the target, one hundred and nineteen.
07:37Ha-ha-ha!
07:38One-one-nine.
07:38Numbers up.
08:091-1-9, the target, Toby?
08:121-1-9.
08:13Low one here, Sonia?
08:14I just got 1-1-8.
08:151-1-8, one away.
08:16Toby, for the ten points?
08:18100 plus 25.
08:20125.
08:217 times 8.
08:237 times 8 is 56.
08:25Take away 50.
08:26Take away 50 from this for the six?
08:28Yeah, and then take that away.
08:30Lovely, well done, 1-1-9.
08:31Thanks, well done.
08:32APPLAUSE
08:34Well, you said, Sonia, you were most nervous about the first
08:37numbers round, right?
08:39It's out of the way.
08:40Never have to do it again.
08:41Oat syrup is your first tea time teaser.
08:44Oat syrup, is this what the more successful Mantis does?
08:48Is this what the more successful Mantis does?
08:51The Mantis prays, the praying Mantis out prays, was the answer.
09:06No need for prayers yet, Sonia.
09:07Early doors, and it's your letters.
09:09Um, consonant please, Rachel.
09:10Thank you, Sonia.
09:11D.
09:12A consonant.
09:13C.
09:14A third.
09:15R.
09:16A vowel.
09:17O.
09:18Another vowel.
09:19E.
09:20A third vowel.
09:21A third vowel.
09:22I.
09:23A consonant.
09:24C.
09:25A consonant.
09:26D.
09:27A final consonant, please.
09:29Final R.
09:30Thanks, Rachel.
09:31Thanks, Rachel.
09:36Thanks, Rachel.
10:06Sonia, give me a number.
10:23Uh, six.
10:24And Toby?
10:25Yeah, six.
10:26Six as well.
10:27Sonia, what have you got?
10:28Record.
10:29And Toby?
10:30Yeah, same way.
10:31There you go.
10:32Easy spot.
10:33Probably quite early on as well.
10:34and nothing else from Sonia and Toby.
10:36So, 30 seconds for you, Paul.
10:39Absolutely nothing more.
10:41We've got Corrie for six, which is a geology term.
10:44Absolutely, yeah.
10:45It's a steep-sided hollow at the head of a valley.
10:48Nay good. Nay good. Just sixes. Right.
10:50Toby, let's go again.
10:52Consonant, these, Rachel.
10:53Thank you, Toby.
10:54B.
10:55And a vowel.
10:56A.
10:57And a consonant.
10:59N.
11:00And a vowel.
11:01E.
11:02And a consonant.
11:04F.
11:05And a vowel.
11:06A.
11:07And a consonant.
11:09G.
11:10And a vowel.
11:12E.
11:14And a final consonant, please.
11:16A final R.
11:18And half a minute.
11:19And a vowel.
11:30And a vowel.
11:31I feel like I have a vowel.
11:32Tobi.
11:50Six.
11:51Sonia.
11:52Six as well.
11:54Bit of a slog, this part.
11:55What have you got, Tobi?
11:55Banger.
11:56Yeah, Sonia.
11:58Banger as well.
12:00Right, again, spotted early, I bet you.
12:02And Les couldn't go any further again.
12:04Dextry corner.
12:05Well, all I got was Banger and Farage.
12:08And I don't think the second one's allowed.
12:11But Susie's got, like empath,
12:13the word more in existence now than ever,
12:15freegan.
12:16These are people who kind of reject consumer culture.
12:20They will often eat food that would otherwise be discarded,
12:23et cetera.
12:23Right.
12:2429 plus 17, second numbers round.
12:27Sonia.
12:27One large, please.
12:29One large.
12:29Let's find a friendly one.
12:32Settle the nerves.
12:32One large, five little.
12:33Come on, numbers.
12:34This time we have nine.
12:36Nine.
12:38One.
12:39Two.
12:40Three.
12:41And the large one, 25.
12:43And the target, 459.
12:45Four, five, nine.
12:46Numbers up.
12:47Two.
12:48Three.
12:48One.
13:00Two.
13:00Two.
13:014.59, the target, Sonia?
13:214.59.
13:22Look at this, Toby?
13:23Yeah, 4.59.
13:23See, easier second time, Sonia, especially when you don't have four large.
13:27Off you go.
13:2850 plus 1.
13:29How did you make a 50?
13:31Oh, sorry, 25 times 2.
13:3325 times 2 is 50 plus 1, 51.
13:36And then times by the 9.
13:37Perfect.
13:384.59.
13:39Toby?
13:40Yeah, I did 9 times 2.
13:419 times 2, 18.
13:43Times 75.
13:44Is 450.
13:45I did 9.
13:464.59.
13:4710 points, please.
13:51Well, we are six rounds in, Toby, and it's been a while since it's been this close, right?
13:56Let's stop and let you have a breather,
13:59and we'll have a little chat with Paul Sinner.
14:01You've been looking at birthdays this week.
14:03Famous births.
14:04I love all this stuff.
14:04Examining dates.
14:05Three very different people are celebrating their birthday today.
14:08All have interesting facts about them.
14:10Joseph Bazalgette is an underrated man, really, and he's one of the most significant figures
14:16of the 19th century, as he designed the sewer systems in London that allowed London to eradicate
14:22cholera.
14:23So a very important man in terms of clinical epidemiology, and in fact, mathematical biology.
14:28But this poor, poor guy is still just as famous, because his great-great-grandson, Peter Bazalgette,
14:36was the man at Endermall that brought big brother to this country.
14:39So the family giveth with one hand and taketh with the other, if you like.
14:42But another one of his great-great-grandsons was the guitarist on The Vapors Turning Japanese.
14:49Oh, no.
14:50So the more trivial of the two facts about him.
14:53And talking of trivia, the second person whose birth date is today is a truly legendary broadcaster
14:59who sadly died last year.
15:02And he was the first voice that you hear on the official video for Moves Like Jagger by Maroon 5.
15:07Do you know of whom I speak?
15:08No idea.
15:09The late, great Michael Parkinson.
15:11Oh.
15:12On the video, the first thing you hear vocally is him interviewing the Rolling Stones on television.
15:18Oh, wow.
15:19So he's got a number of claims to fame.
15:21The third is a very, very famous person whose career was boosted by an Argentinian called Frank Fernandez.
15:28The Argentines are very famous for their steaks.
15:31And Frank Fernandez did something with a flank steak that was truly revolutionary.
15:36And do you know what that was?
15:37They barbecued.
15:38He created a dress for Lady Gaga.
15:42Oh, the meat dress.
15:44The meat dress, yes.
15:45Frank Fernandez is the missing part of that story.
15:47But Lady Gaga's birthday is today.
15:49But International Women's Music is not the only festival today.
15:52It is Triglycerides Day.
15:54Yes.
15:55It's very important that we're aware of the dangers of high cholesterol in our diet.
16:00But it's also Black Forest Gato Day as well.
16:03Oh, they don't work together.
16:04Which seems to be sending a mixed message.
16:06They're having their festivals and fields beside each other as well.
16:09Which is just for me a recipe for a riot.
16:11And at lunch today I ordered a chicken yakitori unaware that I was joining the National Festival of Something on a Stick Day.
16:19It is actually National Something on a Stick Day today.
16:22And inspired by accidentally celebrating something on a stick day, I found out that it was International Wear a Hat Day.
16:29So, you know, nothing ventured.
16:31If you can't beat them, you've got to join them.
16:33There we go.
16:34There's more contribution.
16:36Paul, thank you very much.
16:40Now back to the game.
16:41An interest in battle, eh?
16:43So let's get more letters now.
16:44Toby.
16:45Consonant piece, Rachel.
16:46Thank you, Toby.
16:47T.
16:48And the vowel?
16:49A.
16:50And a consonant?
16:51M.
16:52And the vowel?
16:53I.
16:54And a consonant?
16:55G.
16:56And a vowel?
16:57O.
16:58And a consonant?
17:00S.
17:00And a vowel?
17:02E.
17:03And a final consonant, please.
17:06And a final D.
17:07Good luck, my friends.
17:28Time's up.
17:39Toby?
17:40Eight.
17:40Found an eight.
17:41Sonia?
17:42A seven.
17:43And a seven.
17:43Seven's great.
17:44What did you get?
17:45A game-iest.
17:46And an eight?
17:47Atomized.
17:47Atomized.
17:48Sensational work, Susie.
17:49Very good indeed, yeah.
17:51Well done.
17:51APPLAUSE
17:52Interesting letter, so Paul?
17:56Yeah, I'm annoyed at missing that.
17:57That's a classic countdown word.
17:58Yeah.
17:58It is.
17:59Not only that, though, but I've been outclassed by Susie, who has a nine.
18:02Yes, go on, Susie.
18:03Well, if you're really dogmatic about things and just present something as being undeniable fact,
18:09you are dogmatising.
18:10So to dogmatise...
18:12Dogmatise.
18:13...to give you a nine.
18:15Well done.
18:16APPLAUSE
18:16Right, if you got that at home, you actually get 18 points.
18:20You double up if you get a maximum in a regular letters round.
18:24Sonia hoping to do that.
18:25Now, let's see if they're lucky for you.
18:27A consonant, please, Rachel.
18:29Thank you, Sonia.
18:30S.
18:31A consonant.
18:33D.
18:34A vowel.
18:36U.
18:37A vowel.
18:38A.
18:39A consonant.
18:41C.
18:42Another consonant.
18:44D.
18:45A consonant.
18:47Y.
18:48A vowel.
18:50I.
18:51And a vowel.
18:53And a final E.
18:55Start the clock.
18:56MUSIC PLAYS
19:14And that is time, Sonia Diary.
19:29A seven.
19:29Seven from you.
19:30And Toby Byfield?
19:31Seven.
19:32Seven to two.
19:32Sonia?
19:33Caddies.
19:34Yes.
19:35And Toby?
19:35Yeah, the same.
19:36Thought so.
19:36Well done, both of you, caddies.
19:39Let's chip it over to Dexter's Corner, see if we can get anything better.
19:42The same.
19:43Caddies, caddies, and adduce is a word?
19:45Yeah.
19:46To cite something as evidence is to adduce it.
19:49But I like caddies, because it's an old word for a donkey.
19:51Right.
19:52Toby, four large, please.
19:53Four large.
19:55Too small.
19:56Coming up.
19:57Time to turn the brains up a gear again.
19:59The little ones are four and seven.
20:02And the big ones.
20:0325, 75, 50, 100.
20:07And you need to reach 740.
20:10740 numbers up.
20:11The little ones are four and seven.
20:41740 is the target.
20:45Toby?
20:46740, but not written down.
20:47Oh, well done for spotting it.
20:49Sonia?
20:50738, but not written down.
20:51Two as well.
20:52OK.
20:54Toby, off you go.
20:55I think I've just gone wrong.
20:56Oh, wow.
20:56So, Sonia, chance to pick up seven points.
20:59100 times seven.
21:00100 times seven.
21:02700.
21:03Add 50.
21:04750.
21:0575 over 25 is three.
21:07Multiply by the four is 12.
21:10And take that off.
21:12Yep.
21:13738.
21:13Oh, well done.
21:15APPLAUSE
21:15Seven, four, zero.
21:20Rachel Riley.
21:21Well, you could have got to one away, but this was impossible, so seven points is the best you could have done.
21:26Wow, really?
21:27There you go.
21:27Impossible.
21:27So two away gets seven points, one away, the best you could have done at home as we get our second Tea Time Teaser, which is something you'd never want to drink.
21:35Duck beer.
21:36I suppose ducks would want to drink it.
21:37Duck beer.
21:38You can study literature and find the animal at the same time.
21:42You can study literature and find the animal at the same time.
21:45Hello again.
22:02You can study literature and find the animal at the same time.
22:05That animal from duck beer is reed buck, Susie, which is antelope family.
22:10Yeah, African antelope, a distinctive whistling call, and get this, high bouncing jumps.
22:16Do you remember what they're called?
22:17Oh, my brain, help me, Rach.
22:18Like prinks or prunks or something along the way.
22:21Prunking.
22:22Prunking.
22:22Prunking, so they're very prone to prunking.
22:25Yes.
22:26Love it.
22:27Right.
22:2954 plays 41.
22:31It's been a long time since I welcomed you back to the last part of Countdown and said, hey, this one's still in the balance.
22:36But that's the case today, Sonia, and that's more power to your elbow.
22:39Let's go again.
22:40A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:41Thank you, Sonia.
22:43N.
22:43A consonant.
22:46S.
22:47A consonant.
22:48W.
22:50A vowel.
22:51O.
22:52Another vowel.
22:53U.
22:54A third.
22:56I.
22:57A consonant.
22:58N.
22:59A consonant.
23:00T.
23:01And a final vowel.
23:04Final.
23:05E.
23:06Good luck, everybody.
23:07activity.
23:08directamente.
23:10Those Ne容.
23:12Pierkat.
23:15Good luck.
23:16Whoa.
23:24One.
23:25On.
23:25Er.
23:26Same.
23:27One.
23:27One.
23:28One.
23:28One.
23:29很多.
23:30One.
23:30Two.
23:31One.
23:31Two.
23:32Three.
23:32One.
23:32One.
23:33One.
23:34One.
23:34Three.
23:35NEED A NUMBER, SONYA.
23:39Er, a risky seven.
23:41You've got to risk it at this stage. Toby? A risky seven.
23:44SONYA? Outwinds.
23:46Outwinds. Yes, I thought you might be using this. Out.
23:48Toby? I've got townies.
23:50OK, townies. People who live in towns. Outwinds.
23:54So, townies, absolutely fine.
23:56And, oh, SONYA, outwind, outwing, outwit, but not outwin.
24:02Sorry.
24:03Anything with the ite in there?
24:05Er, no, I couldn't see very much there, but Susie, incidentally,
24:09may have made history of getting a word and the SI unit for that word.
24:15Oh, well, sort of, yeah.
24:16Tension and newtons.
24:18Yes, SI unit of fourth, um, equivalent to 100,000 dines.
24:24Mmm, hard line, SONYA.
24:2620 points to difference at the moment.
24:28So, still very much up for grabs.
24:30Toby, your letters, mate, gunning for that seventh win.
24:32Consonant, please.
24:33Thank you, Toby.
24:34G.
24:35And a vowel.
24:36O.
24:37A consonant.
24:38L.
24:39And a vowel.
24:40I.
24:41And a consonant.
24:42S.
24:43And a vowel.
24:44E.
24:45And a consonant.
24:46X.
24:47And a vowel.
24:48I.
24:49And a final vowel, please.
24:50A final A.
24:51Let's play.
25:03Time's up.
25:04Toby.
25:05A seven.
25:06Sonia.
25:07A seven.
25:08A seven.
25:09Well done.
25:10Toby.
25:11A goalies.
25:12A goalies.
25:13Yes, and Sonia.
25:14A goalies as well.
25:15A goalies as well.
25:16Well done, both of you.
25:17A isolixia.
25:18Is that a word?
25:19Oh, I love that.
25:20Equal reading.
25:21Yeah.
25:22I think it's a vowel.
25:23A vowel.
25:24A vowel.
25:25A vowel.
25:26A vowel.
25:27A vowel.
25:28A vowel.
25:29A vowel.
25:30A vowel.
25:31A vowel.
25:32A vowel.
25:33A vowel.
25:34A vowel.
25:35A vowel.
25:36A vowel.
25:37A vowel.
25:38A vowel.
25:39A vowel.
25:40done both of you uh isolexia is that a word oh i love that equal reading i don't think so uh no
25:48uh 68 48 big final four rounds to come after our origins of words it's been food for thought
25:55literally last two days what about today i'm staying with food but i promise it's the last
25:58time um but i could just get stuck into these that's just obviously smorgasbord um quite
26:04literally of things um so have you heard of living high on the hog yes um yeah that means
26:09living in great comfort and wealth you're enjoying the best of everything um from north america and
26:14seems to refer to the upper portions of a pig which were thought to be the best for eating
26:20uh similar then to the upper crust um because the upper crust was thought to be the sort of
26:25nicest bit and it didn't get burnt very often which is uh you know fairly obvious i suppose
26:30um a hot pot there's a lot of words for kind of rubbish and jumbled messes that come from uh food
26:36in fact um mess itself uh was originally a plate of food the officers mess was when officers would
26:42come and eat uh together um so a hot pot was a thick broth um had meat and vegetables and all sorts
26:49of other things thrown in it was pot luck in other words which is exactly where that comes from you throw
26:54in whatever you can you can get um and it comes from the french oche meaning to shake and uh and pot
27:01so it was just sort of you know shaken up jumble if you like that's a fine kettle of fish uh that's a
27:07really old saying and it's an old name from the scottish borders for a riverside picnic where they would
27:13um catch a salmon and then they would boil it and um and eat it and the remnants of the fish in the pan
27:18probably look like a right mess so if you say well that's a pretty kettle of fish or that's a fine
27:23kettle of fish it means it's a confused and not particularly good state of affairs um a larder
27:28was originally a place for keeping bacon so it's a relative of lardin a pantry was where you kept
27:34your pan or your bread oh so that makes sense too um lots of eponyms and toponyms so place names and
27:43um personal names in our foods um mayonnaise um we know all about mayonnaise but it's said that when
27:50the duc de richelieu uh captured port mahon in minorca in the mid 18th century it is said he demanded
27:57food on landing and there wasn't anything prepared for him and so his chef took whatever he could and
28:03beat it together and the original form generally was mayonnaise rather than mayonnaise and the ploughman's
28:09lunch i don't think this is a staple that's gone back centuries but believe it or not
28:13it was a marketing ploy of the english country cheese council in the early 70s oh wow thank you
28:18susie you're welcome okay let's indulge yourselves in the last four rounds of countdown it is still
28:26in the balance remember of course 10 points for the final conundrum so the next three rounds that
28:31takes us there are pivotal sonia dary your letters uh consonant please thank you sonia f a consonant
28:39l a consonant l a consonant n a vowel e another vowel a a third vowel o a consonant k a consonant l uh and
28:59another consonant and lastly r let's play
29:04so
29:10so
29:12so
29:14MUSIC PLAYS
29:34Big 30 seconds. Sonia.
29:36Erm, I'll try a six.
29:38Got the six. And Toby.
29:39I'll try a seven. OK, it'll be a big one. Sonia.
29:42Erm, Faller.
29:43Seventh. Flanker.
29:45Yes, fantastic. Great spot.
29:48All good with that, Susie.
29:49We're both in the dictionary, but, yeah, flanker, particularly rugby,
29:52but lots of other sports as well.
29:53Talk to me, Paul.
29:54That's all we had, flanker. Big rugby union.
29:56Yeah, great spot. Well done to you.
29:5875, 48. Takes the sting out of it a little bit, Toby,
30:02as we get our last letters.
30:03Consonant, please, Rachel.
30:04Thank you, Toby. N.
30:06And a vowel.
30:07U.
30:08And a consonant.
30:09T.
30:10And a vowel.
30:11I.
30:11And a consonant.
30:13S.
30:14And a vowel.
30:15E.
30:16And a consonant.
30:17G.
30:18And a vowel.
30:19O.
30:20And a final consonant, please.
30:22Another promising start and a final R.
30:25And last letters.
30:26The A vowel.
30:28The B
30:44The A application.
30:54TOBY
30:57A risky eight.
30:59SONYA
31:00A seven.
31:01OK, the seven, SONYA, what have you got?
31:03Uh, outings.
31:05Outings. Will it score?
31:07TOBY
31:08Tongers.
31:09Tongers?
31:10Um...
31:11No, not specified, I'm afraid.
31:14Anything from you, Paul?
31:16Uh, not from me.
31:18My learned partner's been brilliant today.
31:21Routines.
31:23Yes.
31:24Routines for eight.
31:25Rousting for eight.
31:26Very good stuff.
31:27OK, you've got the seven points back, SONYA.
31:3020 points in it, 20 points left that you could get.
31:33Problem is, you have to better Toby at the numbers round.
31:36Not easy, but good news is you're picking.
31:39I'll go for six more.
31:40Six more, I think it's a good tactical decision.
31:42You can't go with his favourite four large.
31:44So let's hope this gives you ten points and we get that crucial.
31:48Final numbers today.
31:49Nine, three, seven, three, four and eight.
31:54And the target to reach 264.
31:57264.
31:58Last numbers.
31:59.
32:00.
32:01.
32:02.
32:06.
32:08.
32:09.
32:10.
32:17.
32:21.
32:22.
32:23.
32:29.
32:302-6-4 is the target. Sonia?
32:332-6-4. That's half the battle, the problem is this is the other half.
32:372-6-4.
32:382-6-4.
32:39I nearly had the crucial.
32:42Sonia, let's see if this works out.
32:449 times 7 is 63.
32:4663. Add 3.
32:48Add 3 is 66.
32:50And multiply it by 4.
32:51And multiply it by 4. Well done.
32:54Very good. Toby?
32:55I hope. 8 times 3 is 24.
32:57Yes, 8 times 3, 24.
32:597 plus 4 is 11.
33:01Then times them together.
33:02You are correct, 2-6-4.
33:04Yes!
33:05APPLAUSE
33:07We love that. Many congratulations to Toby getting a seventh win.
33:11Great to see you pushed. Great to see you pushed.
33:14And we've got one more push.
33:15It may be over as a contest, but ten points.
33:18Not to be sneezed at, Sonia, so let's get your finger on that buzzer.
33:21Toby, you know the score by now.
33:23Let's reveal today's not-quite-crucial conundrum.
33:26BELL RINGS
33:32Come on, Tobes.
33:33Survey.
33:34Let's have a look.
33:35Well done.
33:36APPLAUSE
33:38There you go.
33:39The score of 95 to 65 really just tells half the story of today.
33:43How did you find that, Toby, being pushed a bit more?
33:46Yeah, that was something.
33:47Yeah, it was close.
33:49So you just got one more push tomorrow, OK?
33:51Great. Well done.
33:52Sonia, sad, I think, you know, nine times out of ten, you're getting a teapot, you're a countdown champion.
33:56But I hope you sort of go away, solace knowing that you pushed a great champion all the way.
34:01Yeah, honestly, it's been a great day and he's a great champion, so 65 points, I'm pleased with that.
34:07So you should be. If you could do me a favour and stay behind and explain mathematical biology to me seven more times,
34:12so I can understand that, I'd appreciate that.
34:14Thank you. Well done, Sonia, well done, Toby, Paul, Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:18Yeah, see you then.
34:19Rachel, happy days.
34:21See you tomorrow.
34:22Yeah, we will be here tomorrow.
34:23I know for a lot of people it's a bit different.
34:25We're heading into the Easter long weekend, but we don't know the meaning of a bank holiday.
34:30We'll be here, same time, same place, you can count on us.
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