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00:00Music
00:00Good afternoon and welcome to Countdown Studio and a very happy birthday to actor Tom Selleck.
00:22Unlikely to be watching this program, I guess he's probably out in Hawaii somewhere.
00:27Remember, of course, he was the great P.I. Magnum P.I., his great role back in the 80s.
00:33But everybody loves detective stories. There are so many of them, so many great detectives.
00:38Mine happens to be Poirot, the great David Suchet, whose brother John, of course, was a great foreign correspondent
00:45and who now hosts a classical music show and is a regular on this show.
00:49What a decent bloke he is. And who are you? Miss Marples or a Cluso fan?
00:54I'm more of a Luther fan, actually. Have you seen Luther?
00:58No.
00:59With Idris Elba. It's brilliant.
01:00Is it?
01:01It's fantastic. It's slightly darker. It's not really Murder, She Wrote.
01:05Yeah.
01:05But it's brilliant acting. And it's all set in London as well, which is nice.
01:08It's kind of like an American style, got big money and big drama.
01:13Tell me about it later on.
01:14Because now we've got to introduce you all to our contestants here.
01:18Paul Keene, a semi-finalist back in 2011, an accountant from London. Is that right?
01:23That's right, Nick.
01:24And apparently you want to talk to us about The Hobbit, which is, I think, a favourite book of yours.
01:29Is that right?
01:30It's a favourite book of mine. I really enjoyed it when I was young.
01:32And the lovely thing now is that my son, who's 10, is really into it as well.
01:36So he reads it to me in bed and I fit in the bits he's still slightly uncomfortable with.
01:41But it's just a lovely thing now to refresh my memory with the book as well.
01:45And a great movie too now, apparently.
01:47It is, yeah. I think so.
01:48I met James Nesbitt, who I think plays a dwarf. Is that right, in the new film?
01:52I think so. I've not seen the film. I think you could be right.
01:54And Martin Freeman plays The Hobbit.
01:56He plays Bilbo Baggins, I think, yeah.
01:58What an extraordinary sort of franchise, to use that ugly word, it's been, though.
02:01Yeah, they've managed to string one book into three films, so I'm not sure how they've done it.
02:05They're all filmed down in New Zealand, apparently.
02:07They are, yeah.
02:08Brilliant. Well, good to see you back.
02:09Thanks very much.
02:10Good to see you back.
02:11And you're joined by Neil Zussman, a semi-finalist a couple of years before you in 2009,
02:17and from Halifax, a data analyst.
02:19And you've done pretty well, I think, in the World Sudoku and Puzzle Championships.
02:23Is that right, Neil?
02:24Yeah, every year there's a World Championships for Sudoku and other logic puzzles.
02:29And a few years ago, I finished in the top ten, which was the best ever finishing position
02:35by a UK participant in the Puzzle Championship.
02:38Good for you.
02:38And you've got, I think, an abiding desire, and that's to present Countdown.
02:45Oh, well, I think it would be great to spend an hour every day with Rachel and Susie.
02:50I think we decided a few years ago that he won't fit in my dresses, and we put that to bed.
02:55We had somebody on recently who was very keen to take over from Susie.
02:59Isn't that right, Susie?
03:00That was right, Adam, yes.
03:01So we're under pressure here, chaps.
03:03We have to up our game.
03:05Anyway, big round of applause.
03:06Big round of applause for Paul and Neil.
03:11Very good indeed.
03:12Well, Susie, we've got to watch our backs here.
03:15And who have we got with you?
03:17The great Mark Foster, the greatest British swimmer ever.
03:21Welcome.
03:22And we want to talk to you a lot about the Olympics.
03:24You played a pivotal role, I think, in the swimming Olympics.
03:28So more from you later on.
03:29But now it's time to kick our little game off here today with Paul.
03:34Would you be good enough?
03:35Hello again, Rachel.
03:36Hi again, Paul.
03:37Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:39Oh, of course, thank you.
03:40Start today with T.
03:42Another one, please.
03:44D.
03:45And another.
03:47L.
03:48A vowel.
03:50I.
03:51Another vowel.
03:53A.
03:54And a third vowel.
03:56U.
03:58A consonant.
04:00N.
04:02Another consonant.
04:04S.
04:05And a final vowel, please.
04:08And a final E.
04:10And here's the countdown clock.
04:12And here's the countdown clock.
04:12What do you, OANA?
04:14And you will be at a moment.
04:21What do you think?
04:21bothers me?
04:25And the other one?
04:26The one?
04:28What does the enforcing?
04:30To do it.
04:30What is it?
04:31And now?
04:32Will it be better?
04:32The talk.
04:33To do it.
04:33Time on應該.
04:33gente need it.
04:33So i've made it.
04:34So it's those and then...
04:36And now we'll be on, please.
04:38What does it?
04:38What is it?
04:39And then?
04:40What does it matter?
04:40Oh
04:44Eight eight very good. Yes, Neil eight two eights rifle
04:49Unsalted, thank you and unlisted
04:53Unlisted yes, no arguments that are going to be they're very good. What have you got for us mark?
04:58We actually found a nine. Yeah
05:01Insulated very good
05:03Atoll and Neil would you be good enough good to be back nice to see you again. I'll start with a consonant please
05:13Thank you, Neil start with G and a vowel
05:18O consonant
05:22Y consonant
05:25S vowel
05:27I consonant
05:31F vowel
05:34A
05:35consonant
05:37N
05:39And the final consonant please and the last one Q and here's the clock
06:03Nihil
06:15That's six six. Yes. Six as well two sixes Neil six saying thank you and saying yourself. Yeah, Paul's the same
06:23And in the corner if we corner Susie mark
06:29Well, we had a couple of six as well one was saying and
06:32Gasify
06:34Yes, there's something into a gasp, but just six still nothing too exciting
06:38Fourteen all says the scoreboard and it's Paul's shout let us go in Paul
06:43Thank you, Paul
06:45M and another
06:49T and a vowel
06:51E
06:52Another vowel
06:53A
06:55Consonant
06:56G
06:58Consonant
07:00P
07:01Vowel
07:03O
07:05Consonant
07:06Consonant
07:07T
07:09And a final
07:11Consonant please
07:13And a final
07:14D
07:15Standby
07:16Standby
07:47Yes, Paul.
07:48Just six.
07:49A six.
07:50Neil?
07:50A seven, I think.
07:52OK.
07:53Paul?
07:54Pottage.
07:55Pottage.
07:56And Neil?
07:57I put a D on the end.
07:59Pottaged.
08:00No, I did check that.
08:01You can't pottage and make a stew that way.
08:04It's no verb, I'm afraid.
08:05That's bad luck.
08:06Bad luck.
08:06And in the corner, what else have we got?
08:08Mark, Susie?
08:09We actually didn't do a lot better, do we?
08:11No, although Paul could have added a tea to his potage and had pottage,
08:16which is a good old English word for a soup or stew.
08:19Mess of pottage?
08:20A mess of pottage.
08:21That goes back, I was just looking, to a biblical story of Esau,
08:25who sold his birthright.
08:26Really?
08:27Sell something for a mess of pottage is to sell it for a ridiculously small amount.
08:31Yeah, give it away.
08:32Give it away.
08:33Naughty boy Esau.
08:34Now then, 20 to 14 seats, Paul in the lead.
08:36And whose letters came, is it?
08:38Neil, off you go.
08:39A consonant, please.
08:39Thank you, Neil.
08:41S.
08:42And a vowel.
08:44I.
08:45Consonant.
08:47N.
08:48Consonant.
08:50M.
08:51Vowel.
08:53E.
08:55Consonant.
08:56P.
08:57Vowel.
09:00U.
09:02Consonant.
09:04R.
09:04And a consonant, please.
09:07And lastly, C.
09:10Tick-tock time.
09:11Tick-tock time.
09:11Tick-tock time.
09:12Tick-tock time.
09:13Tick-tock time.
09:14Tick-tock time.
09:15Tick-tock time.
09:15Tick-tock time.
09:16Tick-tock time.
09:16Tick-tock time.
09:17Tick-tock time.
09:17Tick-tock time.
09:18Tick-tock time.
09:18Tick-tock time.
09:19Tick-tock time.
09:19Tick-tock time.
09:20Tick-tock time.
09:20Tick-tock time.
09:21Tick-tock time.
09:21Tick-tock time.
09:22Tick-tock time.
09:23Tick-tock time.
09:24Tick-tock time.
09:24Tick-tock time.
09:25Tick-tock time.
09:26Tick-tock time.
09:27Neil?
09:42Seven.
09:44Seven.
09:44Yes, Paul.
09:45Seven as well.
09:45OK, Neil, seven?
09:47Princes.
09:49Yes, Paul.
09:49Umpires?
09:51Umpires.
09:52Umpires.
09:53Very nice.
09:53Yeah.
09:54Very nice.
09:55Yeah.
09:55Nothing to argue about, but what have we got?
09:58Anything else interesting?
10:00We have pumices, which is to rub yourself down with pumice, to smooth or clean.
10:06Yes.
10:07And minces as well, things that mince.
10:1027 to 21.
10:12Now then, Paul, numbers game.
10:14There's Rachel.
10:15Expectant.
10:16Can we get one large and five small, please, Rachel?
10:19Just in a numerical way, let's clarify.
10:21Right.
10:22Right, one large and five small.
10:25You wouldn't be the first to know, I'll tell you, Nick.
10:27Right, here we go.
10:28How many have I got?
10:29You've flustered me.
10:30Right, the five small ones are four.
10:33Oh, here we go.
10:35Ten.
10:38Settle Rachel.
10:39Come along.
10:39Ten.
10:41Three.
10:43Seven.
10:44And the large one, 75.
10:45And the target, 733.
10:48Seven.
10:48Three.
10:49Three.
10:49Thank you, Rachel.
10:50Thank you, Rachel.
10:50Thank you, Rachel.
10:51Thank you, Rachel.
10:51Thank you, Rachel.
10:51Thank you, Rachel.
10:52Thank you, Rachel.
10:52Thank you, Rachel.
10:53Thank you, Rachel.
10:53Thank you, Rachel.
10:54Thank you, Rachel.
10:54Thank you, Rachel.
10:55Thank you, Rachel.
10:55Thank you, Rachel.
10:55Thank you, Rachel.
10:56Thank you, Rachel.
10:56Thank you, Rachel.
10:56Thank you, Rachel.
10:57Thank you, Rachel.
10:57Thank you, Rachel.
10:58Thank you, Rachel.
10:58Thank you, Rachel.
10:59Thank you, Rachel.
11:00Thank you, Rachel.
11:01Thank you, Rachel.
11:02Thank you, Rachel.
11:03Thank you, Rachel.
11:04Thank you, Rachel.
11:05Thank you, Rachel.
11:06Thank you, Rachel.
11:07Thank you, Rachel.
11:08Thank you, Rachel.
11:09How was it, Paul?
11:227.3.
11:23Good.
11:24Neil?
11:24Yeah, 7.3.
11:25Both of you, well done.
11:26Paul, take it away.
11:27OK, 75 times 10.
11:3075 times 10, 7.50.
11:32And then take off the 10 and the 7.
11:34Yeah, well done.
11:347.3.
11:35Yeah, pretty good.
11:36Same again?
11:37Same way.
11:37Yeah, it was fine.
11:38OK, that would be good.
11:42Close call.
11:43Close call here, 37 to 31.
11:45But now it's time to turn to you, Mark.
11:49Mark, you've had a hell of a summer.
11:50Tell us about it.
11:51From my point of view, there were lots of emotional stories.
11:55Something I was connected to at the Paralympics was a guy called James O'Shea,
11:58who I talked about when I was on the show before the summer started.
12:02This guy that I found on a show called Dancing on Wheels,
12:04he'd lost his legs 15 years ago in a train accident.
12:09And we were doing a dancing show and I basically could see what he could do in the chair and out of the chair.
12:12And I basically went to him, could you want to make the Olympic Games or the Paralympics?
12:16Can you swim?
12:17And he said, yes, I'd love to swim.
12:18So I put him in the water, put him with the coach.
12:20Anyway, he made the Olympic team, the Paralympic team.
12:22And he came fourth.
12:24That was one of the stories from the Olympic Games.
12:25Another one was, I don't know if you remember, I was working with Claire Boulding.
12:29We had a story with Chad's dad.
12:30It was a guy called, it was Bert LaClosse, who was Chad LaClosse's father.
12:34Yes.
12:35And Chad LaClosse won the 200-metre butterfly, beating Michael Phelps.
12:39And Michael Phelps is arguably the greatest Olympian of all time.
12:42And he got touched out by five hundredths of a second to Chad LaClosse.
12:46And it came down to the finish, and basically Chad LaClosse hit the finish correctly on a full stroke.
12:51And Michael Phelps ended up on the wall like this.
12:53But the main part was medal ceremony.
12:55He's standing there getting his gold medal, Chad LaClosse.
12:58And his mother and father are standing there, and they're weeping.
13:01And Claire turned to me and she said, do you know his parents?
13:05Because the camera was on his parents.
13:06And I said, no, I don't.
13:07But I said, I know the people stood behind.
13:09So I ran around to them, I tapped them on the back.
13:11And I basically said to Reich, I said, do you think Chad's dad will talk to us?
13:15And he went, he will, but he swears a lot.
13:19Basically said, Chad's dad, Bert, will you come and talk to us over on the TV?
13:24So he ran around, and the bit for me was it was the sort of the pride and the joy.
13:27Every time he was, they were watching his son getting his medal.
13:30They were watching him walk around the poolside and taking the photographs and everything else that goes on after the ceremony.
13:35And it was just pride and joy.
13:36And he just kept looking at his son going, my beautiful boy.
13:38He's South African, but I'm not very good at a South African accent.
13:40So he kept going, my beautiful boy, my beautiful boy.
13:42Oh, he's amazing.
13:43And it was just pride and joy.
13:45And I think what calculated it for me was how much had gone into making it happen and how much sacrifice had gone into making it happen.
13:52From the family's sacrifice, I know from my own family, what your family give up, what your sisters give up,
13:57and what they go through to make this happen, these sacrifices.
14:01And just seeing him beaming the joy, the tears, it was a very, very emotional time.
14:05Excellent stuff.
14:06Well done.
14:07Well done.
14:07Lovely stories.
14:10Lovely stories.
14:11Now it's time for a Tea Time teaser, which is Ask Basin.
14:15And the clue, did someone put graffiti over these Australian shrubs?
14:19Did somebody put graffiti over these Australian shrubs?
14:23Welcome back.
14:39I left you with the clue.
14:40Did someone put graffiti over these Australian shrubs?
14:43And the answer is...
14:45Bankseers.
14:47Help me out here.
14:48They are evergreen Australian shrubs, named not after the great Banksy graffiti artist,
14:54but after someone called Sir Joseph Banks.
14:57I'll find out more about Joseph Banks.
14:59No, I wouldn't bother, actually.
15:01I'm not very interested.
15:0237 to 31.
15:04And Neil, it's a letters game.
15:07A consonant, please.
15:08Thank you, Neil.
15:09N.
15:10And a vowel.
15:13E.
15:14Consonant.
15:14V.
15:17Consonant.
15:19R.
15:20Vowel.
15:22O.
15:23Consonant.
15:25G.
15:26Vowel.
15:28E.
15:31Consonant.
15:33S.
15:35And a consonant, please.
15:37And lastly, D.
15:40Stand by.
15:40Okay.
15:44Neil.
16:12Seven.
16:12Seven.
16:13A seven. Yes, Paul?
16:15Eight, I think.
16:17OK. So, Neil?
16:18Endorse.
16:20Endorse. Yes, Paul?
16:22Governed.
16:23Yep, buzzworded. Excellent.
16:24Pretty good.
16:25Very good.
16:27Very good indeed.
16:29Puts you 45 to 31, but in the corner.
16:32Now, what news?
16:34No, we have no more than governed.
16:37No? You chatting amongst yourselves, not concentrating.
16:39All right, 45. Well done, Paul.
16:42To Neil's 31.
16:44And, Paul, you're off again. Let's go.
16:46Start with consonant, please, Rachel.
16:47Thank you, Paul.
16:48B.
16:49And another.
16:52S.
16:53And a third one.
16:55Z.
16:56A vowel.
16:58U.
16:59Another vowel.
17:01A.
17:02And a third vowel.
17:05A.
17:07Consonant.
17:08R.
17:12Another consonant.
17:14N.
17:16And a final vowel, please.
17:18And the last one.
17:20E.
17:21Clock time.
17:22Two vowels.
17:31Okay.
17:31Yes, Paul?
17:54That's six.
17:55Six.
17:56Neil?
17:57Stick with six.
17:58All right.
17:59Paul?
18:00Abuser.
18:01Abuser.
18:02Neil?
18:03Brazen.
18:04Brazen.
18:05A brazen abuser.
18:06Very good.
18:07Anything else?
18:08No, we have brazen as well.
18:09Neil, I don't know what you were going to risk.
18:11Urbanez?
18:12Urbanez.
18:13Ah, just there as an adjective, so it was good to leave that one.
18:16Very good.
18:17Yeah.
18:17All right, we all set.
18:1851 plays 37, and we look to Neil for the next letters game.
18:23Consonant, please.
18:24Thank you, Neil.
18:25C.
18:26And a vowel.
18:28A.
18:29Consonant.
18:30P.
18:33Consonant.
18:35R.
18:36Vowel.
18:37O.
18:38Consonant.
18:40L.
18:42Vowel.
18:44E.
18:46A vowel.
18:48I.
18:50And a vowel.
18:51And the last one.
18:53E.
18:53Tick tock.
19:04Tick tock.
19:04MUSIC CONTINUES
19:34Piroli
19:36Piroli is certainly in the dictionary
19:38That's extremely good
19:40And Neil, you had Carriol
19:42That's a variant spelling of
19:44Carriol with two Rs
19:46Forgive me while I look that one up
19:48It is
19:50A small open horse drawn carriage for one person
19:52Very good indeed
19:5458 to 44
19:56But anything else there? Anything interesting?
19:59Mark?
19:59We had an 8 for Capriol
20:02Capriol
20:04Capriol is a kind of dance
20:05Well, it's a movement
20:08Performed in classical riding
20:09In which the horse leaps from the ground
20:11And kicks out with its hind legs
20:13It's that Austrian job, isn't it?
20:16With the Vienna
20:17The Viennese horses
20:19Looks very awkward
20:21And why would you bother?
20:24Do you know what I mean? Why?
20:25So Paul's 58 to Neil's 44
20:27And Paul, your turn to choose letters
20:30Consonant please, Rachel
20:31Thank you, Paul
20:32D
20:34A vowel
20:35A
20:36Another vowel
20:38E
20:39A consonant
20:40N
20:42Consonant
20:43T
20:44Vowel
20:46U
20:48Consonant
20:50F
20:52Consonant
20:54C
20:56And another consonant to finish
20:59And the last one
21:00Off
21:01Turn by
21:03覆
21:20Thank you
21:21As
21:24As
21:24As
21:24As
21:24As
21:25As
21:28As
21:29As
21:29As
21:31Oh
21:34Seven thank you Neil think an eight mm-hmm right then Paul centaur centaur and neil under act
21:45Yes
21:49Very good indeed well done Neil very good indeed, but in the corner anything else
21:55We didn't do any better than eight. I actually got a seven, but I'm not sure if it's right or not tranced
21:59Chance you can put something in a trance and trance the world
22:02I don't come out with good good words you say so I have to mention it when I do very good
22:06That's good one trance. I don't think we always have to strive to be the longest
22:10Interesting small words just as good just as entertaining 58 to 52 says balls in the lead by six points
22:17But now it's our joy to listen to Susie's origins of words
22:20I'm going to talk about the origin of the phrase to burn one's boats or to burn one's bridges
22:25Um, it goes back a very long way to the practice Roman generals used to use of
22:30Setting fire to their own boats after mounting an invasion and the idea of this was to remove any idea
22:36Whatsoever of retreat from the minds of their soldiers
22:39It's a very dramatic practice, but was a very effective one and there are historical records supporting this and for example
22:45An army who came to britain in about ad 296 to bring to heal some rebels who'd broken away from rome
22:53Uh, their commander ordered all the ships that had brought his army to be burned in full view of his soldiers
23:00And as a result probably the invading force defeated it killed the mutineers
23:04Um, it was near present-day farnum
23:06And they brought the territory back under caesar's controls and the idea of burning one's boats soon got extended to bridges as well
23:13And it slipped into english in about the 1800s, but very very old
23:17Very good, you know, you can see the logic behind it
23:20You can, you can, terrifying
23:21Yeah, I'd send them away it seems wasteful to burn them
23:25And actually when you put the rebels down you want to get home
23:28Well that's true, I'm not sure how they got home
23:30That's why I'm, maybe they swam, Mark will tell us
23:32Anyway, 58 to 52 we now turn to a numbers game, Neil
23:37I think the first one was too easy so I could have three large and three small pieces
23:40Three large, I was expecting you're six small if I remember rightly
23:42Yeah, I thought I'd try something different
23:43You've changed
23:44Thank you, Neil
23:45Three large and three small
23:47So for this round they are six, seven and another six
23:51And the large one's 50, 25 and 75
23:55And the target 960
23:58960
23:59restricted
24:07One
24:12One
24:14Two
24:28Neil?
24:319, 6, 3
24:329, 6, 3, 3 away, yes Paul
24:359, 6, 3 as well
24:36Right, Neil?
24:397 and 6 is 13
24:417 add 6, 13
24:43Times 75
24:44975
24:4650 over 25 is 2
24:4850 over 25 is 2
24:50Times the other 6 for 12
24:53And take it away
24:53And yep, 9, 6, 3
24:55Very good
24:57And Paul?
24:58Exactly the same way
24:59Same, check it out
25:00Happy Neil?
25:01Yep
25:01Okay, very good
25:02Now Rachel, come on
25:03960 is possible?
25:05Yeah, it took me a while to get this one
25:06But if you say 75 add 7 is 82
25:1150 over 25 is 2
25:1482 less 2 is 80
25:16And then 6 plus 6 is 12
25:18And times the two together for 960
25:20Excellent, well done
25:22As ever, never foxed
25:25But now it's time for a tea time teaser
25:27Which is liked sea
25:28And the clue
25:29He liked the sea
25:29But this location was even better
25:31He liked the sea
25:32But this location was even better
25:34Welcome back
25:50And which location was that?
25:56Why?
25:56It was the lakeside
25:57Lakeside
25:58Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant
26:02You can email countdown at channel4.com
26:04To request an application form
26:06Or write to us at contestantsapplications
26:09Countdown leads
26:11LS3
26:121JS
26:14So, 65 plays 59
26:17Paul in the lead
26:18Paul, your letters game
26:20OK, a consonant please
26:21Thank you, Paul
26:22N
26:23And another one
26:25D
26:27And a third
26:28T
26:30A vowel
26:31E
26:33Another vowel
26:34I
26:35And another vowel
26:37O
26:38Consonant
26:40R
26:42Another consonant
26:44T
26:46And a final vowel
26:51And a final
26:52E
26:55Go down
26:56To be continued
27:27Yes, Paul just six and Neal seven Paul intend intend and Neal
27:37So no candy for Paul, but Dr. It is absolutely fine dot here. It's good work. He good indeed
27:42So Neil 66 to where Paul 65 now then in the corner mark was an eight
27:50Oriented and oriented. Yeah, it means the same as orientated. Yeah, just shorter
27:56Exactly. Anyway, don't let's get stuck on that 65 to 66 Neil in the lead and it Neal's letters game
28:03Consonant please. Thank you, Neil
28:05S and a vowel I
28:09Consonant L
28:12Consonant V
28:15Vowel
28:17U
28:18Consonant
28:20R
28:21Vowel
28:23A
28:25Consonant
28:29M
28:30And a consonant
28:32And a consonant
28:33And the last one
28:34X
28:35Tug down
28:37So
28:45Neil?
29:08Stick with six.
29:09Six. Yes, Paul?
29:10I'll stick with a safe six.
29:13Safe six.
29:15Neil, six.
29:16Murals.
29:17Murals.
29:18Yes, Paul?
29:19Rivals.
29:20Rivals.
29:21Nothing too complicated there.
29:23Nothing at all.
29:24What were you thinking of, Paul?
29:25Valiums.
29:26Valiums.
29:27Oh, I don't think you'd be allowed that, actually.
29:29So I think it might be trademarked.
29:32Yeah.
29:33Anything else?
29:33Any advances?
29:34Murals for us.
29:36Murals.
29:36Yes.
29:37All right.
29:37Very good.
29:3871 plays Neil, 72.
29:41Now then, Paul, what you can do about it?
29:42Well, I'll start with a consonant.
29:47Thank you, Paul.
29:48T.
29:50Another one.
29:52W.
29:53And a third.
29:56J.
29:57Another consonant.
29:59R.
30:01Vowel.
30:03O.
30:04Another vowel.
30:05A.
30:08Another vowel.
30:11I.
30:13A consonant.
30:15S.
30:17And a final consonant.
30:22And a final D.
30:25Stand by.
30:26A because.
30:27I.
30:27More.
30:29I.
30:31I.
30:33A.
30:37A.
30:38A.
30:38A.
30:38A.
30:43A.
30:45A.
30:49Oh, six.
30:58Thank you, Neil.
30:59Seven.
31:00Paul.
31:01Ratios.
31:02Ratios.
31:04Yes, Neil.
31:04Asteroid.
31:05Asteroid.
31:06Asteroid.
31:07Yes.
31:07Very good.
31:08Not asteroid, but asteroid, which is a mathematical turn.
31:11Very good.
31:11Cracking.
31:1279 to Paul, 71 now.
31:15But in the corner, any advances there?
31:18No, no advances.
31:18We had another seven you could have had towards.
31:21Yes.
31:22Asteroid, I think was the best.
31:23Asteroid takes it for sure.
31:25So, Neil, 79 to Paul, 71.
31:28Last numbers game of the day, Neil.
31:30Off you go.
31:30I'll try three large, three small again, please.
31:32Three large again.
31:32Thank you, Neil.
31:33Still all to play for in this game.
31:35So, for the last numbers game, they are six, nine, five, and the large three, 25, 100, and
31:4475.
31:46And the target to reach 142.
31:48One, four, two.
31:49One, four, two.
31:49One, four, two.
31:49One, four, two.
31:49One, four, two.
31:49One, four, two.
31:49One, four, two.
31:49One, four, two.
31:49One, four, two.
31:49One, four, two.
31:50One, four, two.
31:50One, four, two.
31:51One, four, two.
31:51One, four, two.
31:52One, four, two.
31:53One, four, three.
31:54One, four, three.
31:55One, four, three.
31:56One, four, three.
31:57One, four, three.
31:58One, four, three.
31:59One, four, three.
32:00One, four, three.
32:01One, four, three.
32:02One, four, three.
32:03One, four, three.
32:04One, four, three.
32:05Thank you, Neil.
32:211, 4, 2.
32:211, 4, 2.
32:22Yes, Paul.
32:231, 4, 2.
32:24All right.
32:25Take it away, Neil.
32:26100 plus 75 minus 25.
32:28100 plus 75 minus 25, 150.
32:326 minus 5 is 1.
32:34Yep.
32:349 minus 1 is 8.
32:36It is.
32:36Take that away.
32:37Nice and straightforward.
32:381, 4, 2.
32:39Yes, Paul.
32:40OK.
32:409 times 5 is 45.
32:429 times 5 is 45.
32:44Plus the 100.
32:45145.
32:46Then 75 divided by 25 is 3.
32:49Yep, another way.
32:50Take it away.
32:51Same result.
32:51Well done.
32:52Very good.
32:53Well done.
32:54Well done.
32:56Very good.
32:57Well done.
32:57So, here we are.
32:59Final round.
33:00Crucial conundrum time, gentlemen.
33:02Who's fighting for a...
33:03Well, you're both fighting in place in the final 16.
33:05Who's going to get it?
33:06Fingers on buzzers, please.
33:08Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:14Neil, that was pretty rapid.
33:15Come on.
33:16Moonbreaker.
33:17Let's see whether you're right.
33:21Well done.
33:22Well done.
33:22Well done.
33:23Well done.
33:23Well done.
33:24Cracking very fast indeed.
33:27Well done.
33:28Well done.
33:29Excellent stuff.
33:31So, 99 plays Paul's 81.
33:34Paul, you're going home.
33:36Yeah, I've been by a better player.
33:36Related with your kryptonite trophy and your teapot and our blessings.
33:40Thank you very much.
33:41Thank you so much and great to see you back here again.
33:43Yeah, great to be back.
33:43We shall see you next month.
33:45Well done.
33:46Well done indeed, Neil Zussman.
33:49Yeah.
33:50See you tomorrow, Susie.
33:51Thank you for everything.
33:52And more tales from the pool from you tomorrow, yes?
33:56Yeah.
33:56Yeah.
33:57More tomorrow.
33:58More tomorrow.
33:58Mark.
33:59Thank you very much for everything that you've done to lighten my burden today.
34:03I'd like to know what position Mark could take you to in the next possibly Olympics.
34:0818 months?
34:09Three and a half years?
34:10Three and a half years?
34:11Nothing.
34:11Nothing.
34:12Nothing.
34:13I was so terrified as a child of the water.
34:15I used to wear water wings until I was about 18.
34:18Anyway, there we are.
34:21I didn't like getting water in my eyes.
34:24Is that a common problem?
34:26There's people with water in their eyes, putting their head underneath the water.
34:29Some people don't like the water.
34:30Some people are scared of heights.
34:31There's lots of different things.
34:32Yeah, but we were talking earlier about this Australian plant, Banksia.
34:36Presumably they're all burnt to a shrivel with these dreadful Australian fires.
34:39People are now standing up to their necks in the sea because that's the only place they
34:44can survive in Tasmania, I saw the other week on the television.
34:48Amazing.
34:49And the kids have to dip their heads underneath the water and come up and gasp for air.
34:53I don't think Australians have a problem with the fear of water.
34:56No.
34:56I think they all learn because of surfing reasons.
34:59And everyone hangs out by the seaside.
35:00And so if we hang out by the seaside more in the UK, we'll all be good swimmers.
35:03I guess so.
35:04I guess so.
35:04Anyway, more from you tomorrow.
35:06Tomorrow and tomorrow from you at home.
35:09Same time, same place.
35:10You be sure of it.
35:10Good afternoon.
35:11Fancy a game of hide and seek with a few zebras?
35:25It's not all fun games while working on the wild side.
35:28Today at four.
35:29Next on Channel 4, Lanzarote is the destination for a place in the sun.