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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34Now, we all know that old saying that dogs are a man's best friend.
00:38Well, now apparently there's proof.
00:40The statisticians, the surveyors have been out again, Rachel.
00:44Here we go.
00:44A recent survey, I hear you groaning,
00:47has revealed that 53% of pet owners admit that they enjoy the company of their pet
00:51more than the company of their friends.
00:54And here's one that I would absolutely go along with.
00:58And 17% favoured quality time with their pets over time with their partner.
01:05Now, my problem is that I've been forbidden to have a pet.
01:09But you've got cats and you've got an owl in the freezer.
01:13Proper pets.
01:13I'm a dog.
01:14You've got to have a dog.
01:15I had a dog.
01:16Died under my desk.
01:17I was way at the time.
01:19But there we are.
01:20It's buried in the garden.
01:21Lovely.
01:22Anyway, I said, I need to have another dog.
01:25She said, no.
01:26I said, what do you mean, no?
01:27I want a replacement dog.
01:28She said, no, not until you've retired.
01:30I said, well, you can look after it.
01:32She said, I can't look after dogs.
01:33I said, well, you looked after the last one until they died.
01:36And I'm not blaming you for the death.
01:38And she said, no.
01:40So I've got a bit of a battle which I shall win.
01:42You know what?
01:43I mean, I know we're in Countdown at the moment.
01:45But we're filming the same studio.
01:46So it's Judge Rinder and Nurse Jeremy Kyle.
01:48If you get Catherine on one of those, they'll be able to sort it out.
01:52That's true.
01:53We could go to Rinder.
01:54Yeah.
01:54And he could make the judge.
01:55He could adjudicate.
01:56Yeah, he's a professional.
01:57She's too clever for that.
01:58She'd duck it.
01:59But no, I'm very distressed.
02:01What about you?
02:01You've got your cats.
02:02I lost one of my cats.
02:05Oh, my lovely, lovely friend Lindsay took in Bex.
02:09Yeah?
02:09And he went.
02:09He was 16.
02:11That's a pharaoh.
02:12That's a pharaoh.
02:12Very sad.
02:13He was a lovely boy.
02:14So down to two pussycats now.
02:16Okay.
02:17I'm desperate for a dog.
02:18I don't know what to do, Rach.
02:20Hold on a bit.
02:21Let's break this up.
02:22Otherwise, I am going to be in tears.
02:23Or I'm going to get really, really ratty with Madam.
02:26Now, guess who's back, Rach.
02:28We've got Mark Takuto back, who beat Jeff.
02:32Who was actually...
02:33He sort of fell apart slightly.
02:35But anyway, you're here.
02:36You've got your cheap pod.
02:37How are you feeling?
02:38Pretty relaxed.
02:39I was a bit nervous at the end of the first game, but...
02:42Well, you're here now.
02:43Looking forward to it.
02:43You had a peaceful weekend.
02:44Well, good luck.
02:45Social worker from Richmond.
02:46Loves his indie music.
02:48Loves his stone roses.
02:49And now you're up against Alison Batchelor, a caregiver from Devizes Wiltshire.
02:54Welcome.
02:55Welcome.
02:55You were the first female Rotarian President, or Rotary President, in your local Rotary.
03:02Congratulations on that.
03:04And you ring the bells, too.
03:05I ring the bells, yes.
03:07In Devizes which church you're at?
03:09In St. James' South Broom, Devizes.
03:11Lovely.
03:12Ring the bells there.
03:13Lovely.
03:13Well, good luck to you both, Alison and Mark.
03:15Big round of applause for our brave competitors.
03:21Fantastic.
03:22And over in the corner there, Susie, after a peaceful weekend, I trust, and Raj, you had
03:27a good weekend, Raj?
03:28Lovely weekend, thank you.
03:29Good to have you back.
03:31Now then, Mark, off you go.
03:33Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:34Good afternoon, Mark.
03:34Could I have a consonant, please?
03:36You can indeed.
03:36Start the week with J.
03:39A vowel.
03:39O.
03:42And a consonant.
03:44D.
03:45Vowel.
03:47U.
03:48Consonant.
03:50F.
03:51Vowel.
03:53E.
03:55Consonant.
03:57R.
03:58Consonant.
04:00V.
04:02And another consonant, please.
04:04And lastly, T.
04:05And here's the countdown clock.
04:09We'll see you next time.
04:10We'll see you next time.
04:10We'll see you next time.
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04:20We'll see you next time.
04:21We'll see you next time.
04:22We'll see you next time.
04:22Mark.
04:40Seven, not written down.
04:42Alison.
04:43Seven.
04:44Mark.
04:44Trudges.
04:45Trudges.
04:46And?
04:47Jousted.
04:48Jousted.
04:49Jousted.
04:49Very good, you just posted, Mark, there's no G.
04:52Sorry.
04:53No.
04:54Right, what have you got?
04:56Can't be jousted.
04:57Got Devour.
04:58Yes.
04:58Which is six.
05:00Give it the S on for seven.
05:01Oh yes, Devour.
05:02Devour.
05:03There we go.
05:03One, seven.
05:04Anything else, Lucy?
05:05No, they were at our top seven.
05:06It'll do.
05:06Alison sprung into an early lead.
05:09All the time in the world now, though.
05:11Alison, let's get him.
05:13Good afternoon.
05:14Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:15You can't do.
05:16Thank you, Alison.
05:17D.
05:18And another.
05:20S.
05:21And a third.
05:22C.
05:24And a vowel, please.
05:26A.
05:27And another.
05:28I.
05:30And another.
05:32E.
05:33And another consonant, please.
05:36S.
05:37And another consonant.
05:39K.
05:40And a final vowel.
05:42A final U.
05:44Son.
05:45Son.
05:46And another consonant.
06:18Six.
06:19Mark?
06:20Six.
06:21Alison?
06:22Caused.
06:23And Mark?
06:25Tossed.
06:26I'm really surprised at that, Mark.
06:27It's not there as a verb or cast as an adjective.
06:30So I can't allow it.
06:31I'm really sorry.
06:32It surprised me there.
06:33Now, Raj and Susie.
06:35I think I've got seven.
06:35Seasick.
06:38Seasick.
06:38Queasy.
06:39Anything else there, Susie?
06:40Duckies.
06:41Duckies?
06:42Duckies.
06:42What's that?
06:43We say, all right, ducky.
06:45Well, you don't, but, you know.
06:48That's a term of address.
06:50Or if there are more than one, come along, my little duckies.
06:53Exactly.
06:55Quack, quack.
06:56Thirteen plays.
06:57Mark, who's yet to score.
06:59Mark, your numbers game.
07:01One large and five small, please.
07:03Thank you, Mark.
07:04One from the top.
07:05And five little.
07:06And the first one of the week is seven, nine, nine, three, five, and one hundred.
07:16And the target, one hundred and eighty-seven.
07:19One eight seven.
07:20One eight seven.
07:21One six.
07:22One six.
07:23Four six.
07:23Two seven.
07:24Three nine.
07:26One nine.
07:27Two minus.
07:27Nine six.
07:36One eight.
07:36Two Sure.
07:38One.
07:39Two.
07:39One nine.
07:40Two.
07:41One.
07:41Two.
07:41Two.
07:42One.
07:43One eight.
07:45Two.
07:45One eight.
07:46One nine.
07:47One.
07:47Mark.
07:52186.
07:54186.
07:55Alison.
07:56187.
07:58Alison.
07:599 times 9 is 81.
08:0281.
08:037 take away 5 is 2.
08:05Yep.
08:06Multiply it by the 3 to make 6.
08:08Well done.
08:09Add that on and add the 100.
08:10Lovely.
08:10187.
08:11Ooh, there you go.
08:13APPLAUSE
08:14Rapid start there, Alison.
08:20Well done.
08:21Now, it's time for our first Tea Time Teaser,
08:24which is Mrs. Tip.
08:26And the clue.
08:28If there's a negative to be found,
08:30you can bet that this sort of person will find it.
08:32If there's a negative to be found,
08:34you can bet this sort of person will find it.
08:37APPLAUSE
08:45Welcome back.
08:54I left you with a clue.
08:55If there's a negative to be found,
08:57you can bet this sort of person will find it.
09:00That's the pessimist who's always sniffing around
09:02for a negative point of view.
09:05Twenty-three points to Alison and Mark,
09:09who hasn't scored yet.
09:10He said in a negative sort of way.
09:13You'll be fine, Mark.
09:14Don't you worry.
09:15Alison, your letter's game.
09:17Can I start the consonant, please?
09:19Thank you, Alison.
09:20N.
09:21And another.
09:23Z.
09:24And another.
09:27T.
09:28And a fourth one, please.
09:30T.
09:32And a vowel, please.
09:34E.
09:34And another vowel.
09:37O.
09:38And another one.
09:40U.
09:42And a consonant.
09:44R.
09:45And a final vowel, please.
09:48A final I.
09:50Stand by now.
09:51One.
09:53One two, three.
09:53One.
09:54And another one.
09:54One two.
09:55One.
10:08And another one.
10:09One.
10:09One, one.
10:10One two.
10:11One, one two.
10:12One.
10:12One, two.
10:13One, two.
10:14One.
10:14One, one.
10:15I'm going to say it falls China,
10:16because it's not fair.
10:17Two, one, two.
10:17One, two, one.
10:19One, two.
10:19One, two.
10:19Alice
10:226
10:24Mark
10:257
10:26Alison
10:27Region
10:28Now then Mark
10:29Touring
10:30Very good
10:31Touring, there we are, you see
10:32Raj and Susie
10:34I didn't manage anything but Susie
10:36Well, you can have routing, which is an anagram of touring
10:38But you can put the E in for rooting
10:40And that would give you an 8
10:41A rooting in the end
10:43Well, well done there
10:47So, Alison 23
10:48Mark on 7, it's Mark's letters game now
10:51Thank you
10:51We'll start with a consonant, please
10:53Thank you, Mark
10:54S
10:54Another consonant, please
10:56W
10:58A vowel
10:59E
11:01Consonant
11:02P
11:03Consonant
11:05T
11:06Vowel
11:08I
11:10Vowel
11:11I
11:13Consonant
11:15N
11:17And a consonant, please
11:19And lastly
11:20R
11:21Standby
11:22R
11:31I
11:33and
11:35I
11:36And
11:38I
11:40I
11:40And
11:41I
11:41E
11:41I
11:42I
11:43I
11:43I
11:44I
11:45I
11:46I
11:48I
11:48I
11:49I
11:50Mark.
11:55Six.
11:56A six.
11:56Alison.
11:57Six as well.
11:58Mark.
11:59Sprint.
12:00Alison.
12:01Sprint.
12:02Two sprinters here.
12:03Raj and Susie.
12:05I've got Christine.
12:07Christine.
12:07Christine.
12:08Yeah.
12:08Christine, yes, of course.
12:09Christine, yeah.
12:09Christine, and anything else?
12:10Yeah, well, that would give you an eight.
12:12Very good.
12:13Christine.
12:15Christine, eight.
12:16Twenty-nine plays.
12:18Thirteen.
12:19And now, Alison, it's your numbers game.
12:22Alison.
12:22One large and five small, please.
12:25Thank you, Alison.
12:25One from the top row.
12:27And five little uns.
12:29And for the second time today, the numbers are four, six, five, eight.
12:35Eight and seventy-five.
12:37And this target, one, five, eight.
12:40One, five, eight.
12:48One, five, eight.
13:14Yes, Alison?
13:15One, five, eight.
13:16I guess so.
13:16Mark?
13:17One, five, eight.
13:18Thank you, Alison.
13:19Off we go.
13:20Six take away four is two times seventy-five at eight.
13:23Very simple, this one.
13:24Mark?
13:24I'm quite sure you have.
13:25That's it.
13:26All right.
13:27So, thirty-nine plays.
13:28Twenty-three.
13:30Alison in the lead.
13:32And we turn to Raj.
13:34Antiques road trip takes you all around the country.
13:38Any standout expeditions?
13:40Well, apart from Countdown, it's one of the shows I really enjoy doing.
13:45And one of the reasons for it is because, like you say, you know, I get to travel all
13:49over the country and I kind of rediscovered Britain.
13:52It's so beautiful.
13:54And there's so much history here that, you know, apart from, you know, we do a little
13:58bit of buying.
13:59I don't know if you've ever seen the show.
14:00But, you know, you're up against another antiques expert and we travel around the country.
14:05We don't actually, we really do not know where we're going to be taken, which shops
14:09we're going to be taken to.
14:10So, we get taken to the shops and we get given some money.
14:12And the idea is that we have to make a profit on everything during the course of the week.
14:16But in between that, every day we get taken, it's not just seeing the country, but we get
14:21to make things or do things as well.
14:24Things that I would never have dreamt that I would have done.
14:27For example, I've learned how to make a trug.
14:31So, you know, if I ever am out of work, you know, there's something I can do.
14:34So, one thing that I wasn't too good at, I learned how to share a sheep.
14:39I went to Norfolk and, you know, there I was.
14:42I actually shared a sheep, which was something I never, ever thought I would do.
14:48While I was in Norfolk, we also went to Houghton Hall.
14:53Do you know Houghton Hall?
14:53It was, it's this amazing country house.
14:57It's actually right next to Sandringham, to the Royals.
15:00And it was built by Robert Walpole, the first British Prime Minister.
15:06And it's a bit of controversy there because his wages certainly couldn't have paid for this house.
15:10Oh, dear.
15:10I think it all came from the British public, to be honest, to build this.
15:14And it is a magnificent place.
15:15It really, truly is.
15:17It's, it's just lovely.
15:18I, I've had a fantastic time.
15:21I hope it never stops because, you know, we do, we do live in a beautiful country.
15:26Indeed.
15:26And, you know, we're so busy these days, we never get a chance to actually take the time to look at it.
15:32Stand and stare, you're right.
15:33Good for you.
15:41Shearing as sheep.
15:42Who would have thought it?
15:43Indeed.
15:43All right.
15:45So, 39 plays 23.
15:46Mark on 23.
15:48And it's Mark's letters game.
15:49Yes, sir?
15:50Can I start with a consonant, please?
15:52Thank you, Mark.
15:53B.
15:54Another consonant, please.
15:56C.
15:57And a vowel.
15:58U.
16:00Vowel.
16:01I.
16:03Consonant.
16:04R.
16:06Consonant.
16:07T.
16:10Consonant.
16:11C.
16:13Vowel.
16:15E.
16:17And consonant, please.
16:19And the last one.
16:21M.
16:22Stand by.
16:23Stand by.
16:23обс oleh.
16:24shining.
16:32T.
16:33C.
16:33C.
16:33C.
16:34C.
16:34C.
16:34στ.
16:36C.
16:37C.
16:37C.
16:39C.
16:41C.
16:41C.
16:41C.
16:43C.
16:44C.
16:45C.
16:46C.
16:50Mark.
16:55Seven.
16:56Alison.
16:57Six.
16:58And your six is?
16:59Curing.
17:00Mark.
17:01Curbing.
17:02Yep, very good.
17:03Curb that dog.
17:05Enthusiasm.
17:06What kind of thing?
17:07Garage.
17:08Yep.
17:08Curbing, that's the only one I've got written here.
17:10That's it.
17:11Susie and Liam.
17:12Thanks.
17:12All right.
17:14Thirty-nine plays thirty.
17:15Getting dangerous, Alison.
17:17He's on the march.
17:18It's your letters game.
17:21Consonant, please.
17:22Thank you, Alison.
17:23W.
17:24And another, please.
17:26R.
17:27And another.
17:30M.
17:31And a vowel.
17:33O.
17:34And another.
17:35E.
17:37And another.
17:39U.
17:40And a consonant.
17:42V.
17:44And another.
17:47F.
17:48And a final vowel, please.
17:49A final A.
17:51And here's the countdown clock.
17:53And another.
17:55After.
17:55And another.
17:57There's the.
17:59I.
17:59And another.
17:59Be with you.
18:01Feels like.
18:05Hey.
18:13In the decline.
18:13A rearrange.
18:14And another.
18:15In the language.
18:16Over.
18:16And a irritant.
18:16To be with friends.
18:17And a lantern.
18:17In the morning, the acap.
18:18One.
18:19Fifth PLA.
18:19And another.
18:19Two motion.
18:20Two beach.
18:20Seven.
18:20Two.
18:21Three morning.
18:21Two.
18:22Alison.
18:25Six.
18:26Mark.
18:27Six.
18:28Alison.
18:29Favour.
18:29Mark six.
18:31Favour as well.
18:32There we go.
18:33Any more favours, Roge?
18:34Yep.
18:34Oh, no, I've got a favour as well.
18:36Susie?
18:38Very last minute, eight.
18:41Waveform.
18:42A waveform is, in physics, a curve that shows the shape of a wave at any given time.
18:47OK.
18:50Four to five, please.
18:5136.
18:53Alison, holding on there as it's a numbers game for Mark.
18:58Yes, Mark?
18:59I'll try two from the top and four from anywhere else, please.
19:02OK.
19:02Thank you, Mark.
19:03Your chance to possibly take the lead.
19:05Let's see.
19:06These numbers are four, one, three, another one, and the large one, 75 and 25.
19:15And the target, 388.
19:18388.
19:21Yeah.
19:44yes mark 381 Allison 395 um mark off we go start with you
19:5975 times 4 300 yep 25 plus 1 plus 1 is 27 27 times 3 81 times 3 yep 81
20:117 away Alice I did 75 plus 25 is 100 100 times the 4 times the 4 400 take away the 3 and the 2 ones
20:26and the 3 and the 2 ones yep a bit of a distance away though 388 Rachel what do you reckon um well
20:35if you start the same way as us in 75 plus 25 100 and then just take the 3 away 97 and times that by
20:434 4 3 8 8 oh well thank you Rachel very slick 50 plays 41 Allison on 50 time for our second tea time
20:56teaser which is hairy clad and the clue without the letter I she'd be making tea but as it stands
21:02she's running the show without the letter I she'd be making tea but as it stands she's running the show
21:10welcome back welcome back I left you with the clue without the letter I she'd be making the tea
21:31but as it stands she's running the tea but as it stands she's running the show she is of course the
21:35chairlady the chairlady 50 plays 41 Allison in the lead and it's your letters game Allison
21:42I'll start with the consonant please Rachel thank you Allison 8 and another place
21:48T and another D and a vowel please E another vowel A consonant Y vowel I consonant T and a final consonant
22:12a final consonant andrer
22:15standby
22:15lol
22:21that's way
22:21that's way
22:22that's way
22:23and M
22:24and M
22:25and M
22:31how
22:36Now listen.
22:47Five.
22:49Mark.
22:49Six.
22:50Allison.
22:51Delay.
22:52Now then.
22:53Donate.
22:54Yes.
22:55Very good.
22:56The fight back continues.
22:59Raj.
22:59Seven.
23:00Deathly.
23:01Very good.
23:02Susie, anything else?
23:03Headily.
23:04So a couple of adverbs.
23:05Headily.
23:06All right.
23:07Fifty plays forty-seven.
23:09Mark on forty-seven.
23:10Mark, your letters again.
23:12Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:14Thank you, Mark.
23:15R.
23:16A vowel.
23:18E.
23:19A consonant.
23:21L.
23:22A vowel.
23:24I.
23:26A consonant.
23:27R.
23:29A vowel.
23:31A.
23:31A consonant.
23:35H.
23:35A consonant.
23:39M.
23:40And a consonant, please.
23:43Lastly, S.
23:45Stand by.
23:45A consonant.
23:46A consonant.
23:47A consonant.
23:47A consonant.
23:47A consonant.
23:48A consonant.
23:48A consonant.
23:48A consonant.
23:49A consonant.
23:49A consonant.
23:49A consonant.
23:50A consonant.
23:50A consonant.
23:51A consonant.
23:51A consonant.
23:51A consonant.
23:51A consonant.
23:52A consonant.
23:52A consonant.
23:52A consonant.
23:52A consonant.
23:52A consonant.
23:53A consonant.
23:53A consonant.
23:53A consonant.
23:53A consonant.
23:54A consonant.
23:54A consonant.
23:55A consonant.
23:55A consonant.
23:55A consonant.
23:55A consonant.
23:56A consonant.
23:56A consonant.
23:56A consonant.
23:57A consonant.
23:57A consonant.
23:58A consonant.
23:59A consonant.
23:59A consonant.
24:00A consonant.
24:00A consonant.
24:01A consonant.
24:01A consonant.
24:02Well, Mark?
24:17Seven.
24:18Alison?
24:19Seven.
24:19Mark?
24:20Mailers and...
24:22Marys.
24:23Yes, both absolutely fine.
24:25Nahraj and Susie.
24:26I can't beat seven, I had Mailers.
24:28That was it for me.
24:30Susie?
24:30Yes, there is an eight there.
24:32And Martia.
24:33Martia land.
24:34Indeed, yeah.
24:35Swampia.
24:3657 to 54.
24:38Susie, it's your origins of words we crave right now.
24:43Well, I have to make a confession about this one.
24:46It's a question from Stuart Adamson, who is an early morning viewer.
24:50He has a question that I am asked fairly often, but I've always avoided answering it because it's quite complicated.
24:56And hopefully by the end of it, you won't wish that I had avoided it altogether.
25:00But I'm going to try and answer it.
25:02It's the expression, the exception that proves the rule, which we use fairly often.
25:07And Stuart says, in my experience, this expression is being used when something breaks a rule.
25:12So if anything, I would describe an exception to a rule as a counterexample rather than a confirmation.
25:17And it does seem a little bit nonsensical when you analyse it that way.
25:22And he's right to query it.
25:23And it's actually an expression that's caused as much confusion in English as almost any other that I can think of.
25:29But I'll try and answer it now.
25:31So it is used to justify an inconsistency.
25:35And so those who use it seem to be saying that the existence of a case that doesn't follow the rule proves that the rule applies in all other cases.
25:42And so it's generally pretty much correct.
25:44Which, when you think about it, is nonsense because it makes a mess or a nonsense of the rule itself.
25:51Another suggestion is that proof, in this case, is actually used in the sense of to test.
25:59So that is true.
26:01And proof can mean that.
26:02So if you say the proof of the pudding lies in the eating, that actually means the test of the pudding lies in whether it's tasty or not.
26:09So you can understand why people are going there with that.
26:12However, that's not the real answer to the question.
26:15And actually, it's the exception that we need to look at and not the proof.
26:21And it actually follows a Latin legal principle, which is translated as the exception confirms the rule in the case is not accepted.
26:30Which, again, sounds like a complete gobbledygook.
26:32But I'll try and explain it.
26:33And actually, the linguist Michael Quinian has given examples that I think make most sense of it.
26:37So say you are driving down a street somewhere and you find a notice which says parking prohibited on Sundays.
26:43So you can infer from that that parking is fine on all other six days of the week.
26:49Or say you go to a museum and it says free entry today.
26:53Again, you will infer from that the entry isn't free on any other day.
26:57So that's what this rule means, is that basically the existence of an allowed exception to a rule reaffirms the existence of the rule.
27:07Does that make sense?
27:08Yeah.
27:09OK, I'll leave it at that. It's very, very complicated.
27:12But it all goes back to medieval Latin, so you can blame them.
27:14Absolutely.
27:15Wonderful.
27:2357 to 54.
27:25Alison, clinging on there.
27:27It's your lessons game, Alison.
27:29I'll start with a vowel this time, please.
27:31Thank you, Alison.
27:32I.
27:32And another.
27:34E.
27:35And a consonant, please.
27:36And lastly, Q.
28:00Stand by.
28:37Ignores.
28:38Now then, Mark.
28:39Searing.
28:40Searing is E-A rather than double E, I'm afraid.
28:43Sorry, Mark.
28:45Searing.
28:45Seared tuna.
28:46I always think people should leave the tuna alone.
28:50Can you imagine how painful that would be?
28:53To be seared?
28:55I think it's dead before it's seared.
28:58It's the thought, though.
29:01Now, Raj, seriously, what have you concocted for us?
29:03I've got ignores as well.
29:05Ignored.
29:05Anything else, Izzy?
29:06Another seven, Nick, is soignee.
29:08If you're well-groomed, that's the female votum of the double E.
29:11And a bloke could be soignee, could you?
29:13Yeah, without the double E, just one E.
29:1564, please.
29:1654.
29:16For ten points in it, Mark, let us go in for you.
29:19Consonant, please.
29:21Thank you, Mark.
29:22F.
29:24A vowel.
29:26A.
29:27Consonant.
29:29X.
29:30A vowel.
29:31E.
29:33Consonant.
29:34S.
29:36Vowel.
29:37O.
29:39Consonant.
29:40And lastly, C.
29:51And here's the countdown clock.
29:53C.
30:24Yes, Mark?
30:25Six.
30:26Alison?
30:28Five.
30:30You're five?
30:31Scon.
30:33Now then, coaxes.
30:36Coaxes?
30:37Coaxes, yeah.
30:37Good six.
30:3964 to 64 points in it.
30:41Raj, what have you got?
30:42I've had coaxes, but canoes.
30:45And canoes.
30:46Susie, anything else?
30:47Six seems to be the best, actually.
30:49Oceans is another one.
30:51Thanks for that.
30:51All right.
30:52Into the final numbers game.
30:54Alison, you've got a four-point lead.
30:56Close run thing here.
30:57Could be a crucial one.
30:59Off we go.
31:00Can I have one from the top and the other five, please?
31:02You can, indeed.
31:03Your last chance to avoid a crucial conundrum.
31:06Thank you, Alison.
31:06Final numbers.
31:08Ah, ten.
31:09Ten.
31:10One.
31:12Four.
31:13Nine.
31:13And 100.
31:14And the target, 770.
31:18Seven, seven, zero.
31:49Alison.
31:51776.
31:53Mark.
31:54Nothing, I'm afraid.
31:55Let's hear it, Alison.
31:57Nine take away one is eight.
32:00Nine take away one, eight.
32:02Times a hundred.
32:03Times a hundred.
32:04Yep.
32:06And ten plus ten plus four is the 24 take away.
32:10Ten, ten, and four gets you 24 to take away, and five points, and still a crucial conundrum.
32:17Now, Rachel, 770?
32:20You may kick yourselves, because if you say nine plus four plus ten, 23, 100 minus 23, 77, and you have another ten for 770.
32:32Oh, well done.
32:33Excellent.
32:34Thank you, Rachel, but what we've got here now is a final round, a conundrum, a crucial conundrum.
32:42Fingers on buzzers, good luck to you both.
32:44Let's roll today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:50Mark.
32:51Misguided.
32:52See whether you're right.
32:53Quick out of the blocks there.
32:55Misguided.
32:56Yes.
32:57Well done.
32:59Well done.
33:04Well done, Mark.
33:07That's your second crucial one you've done, I think, since you've been here.
33:10Well done.
33:11Well done.
33:12I'll tell you what.
33:13You were dragging your feet at the beginning, and then, you know, you got a bit of traction, and then you came through.
33:21Well done.
33:22Well done.
33:23Well done.
33:24Second win.
33:25Alison, I feel sort of sorry about all this, because you had him on the ropes.
33:30I did.
33:31You had him absolutely on the ropes, and you wouldn't have it if he came back.
33:36So thank you so much for coming.
33:38It's been a great pleasure.
33:39Well, we've enjoyed having you.
33:40You take this goodie bag back to devices, back to your bell-ringing team, your campinology team.
33:47Indeed.
33:47In St. James' Church, is that right?
33:49That's it.
33:49Yeah.
33:51And we shall see Mark Ducuto tomorrow.
33:54He lives to fight another day.
33:57The risk-taker over there.
34:00Well done.
34:00And we'll see you both tomorrow.
34:02Absolutely, yeah.
34:03And Rachel, too, of course.
34:04That was absolutely Fergie time to steal that at the end there.
34:07That's amazing.
34:08Yeah, the pressure was getting to them, but, yeah, good contest.
34:11Two very good contestants.
34:12See you tomorrow.
34:13See you then.
34:14See you tomorrow.
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