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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio on the day, the very day, back in 1990, that Nelson Mandela walked free after 27 years of imprisonment, most of it spent, of course, on the dreaded Robben Island prison in South Africa.
00:47What a day it was. I remember watching that along with millions of others as he walked with his then wife, Winnie, and it was a great, a great day.
00:55My office for many, many years was in Trafalgar Square. And if I look to my right, I saw South Africa House and outside South Africa House on a daily basis, there were demonstrations, free Nelson Mandela.
01:08And here he was, this great man had walked free, dignified, proud, erect, already quite elderly. And what an extraordinary influence he's had on the people of South Africa. We love him.
01:21Now, Rachel, you were a young girl, so probably didn't mean much to you. But who would you pick, perhaps, as being the one person that you would recognise as having changed people's lives for the better?
01:33Oh, one person's pretty hard, isn't it? But for someone that's alive at the moment, I think Bill Gates is doing a pretty good job. The amount of money they've put into the Bill and Linda Gates Foundation is fantastic, isn't it?
01:43Absolutely. Absolutely. Absolutely. So, good old Bill, and God bless you, Nelson.
01:48Now, who have we got here with us? We've got Tom Ryle, a prison worker from Husbands Bosworth, quarterfinalist back in 2010.
01:56In the last round, of course, you dealt a death blow to the hopes of millions by defeating our Irish weatherman, Peter Lee.
02:04But here you are now in the final 16, fighting for the champion of champions of all countdown champions over 30 years.
02:13Yep.
02:13Looking forward to it?
02:15Yeah, I feel very privileged to be here, yeah.
02:17What do you reckon to your co-competitor here, Jonathan Rawlinson?
02:21I think he's very good.
02:22He's good, isn't he?
02:23Young Jonathan, studying maths at Cambridge, beat finalists last year, my first year in this revered seat.
02:31A bit of a comeback kid, Jonathan, because I think that you got through on a tie-break conundrum in your first game.
02:38And on Friday, you were trailing to Andrew Hulme, going into the conundrum.
02:42But you snuck in there again and stole the victory.
02:45Yep.
02:45Yes?
02:46I did.
02:46Brilliant stuff.
02:47It's good to see you back here, Jonathan.
02:49And good luck to you both.
02:50So, big round of applause to both Tom and Jonathan.
02:59Very, very good competitors.
03:00So, let's see how we get on today.
03:02Monday, first day of the week, and we're joined, of course, by Susie.
03:05Pleasant weekend, Susie.
03:06Lovely weekend, thank you.
03:08And I should say it's an important day for us in our household as well, because it's my daughter Lucy's birthday today.
03:13Oh, happy birthday, Lucy.
03:15Big cake and celebrations today?
03:17Big cake, lots of celebrations today.
03:18Not too many candles, though.
03:19No, not yet.
03:21Unlike me.
03:21Anyway, good for you, Lucy.
03:23Happy birthday.
03:24And you're joined by the great Ken Bruce.
03:27The first time I've met you, Ken, but, of course, you're a regular on the show.
03:30Yeah, over a few years, yes.
03:32I've been here once or twice.
03:33It's wonderful.
03:34And you, of course, are sort of the voice, the morning voice of Radio 2, and have been for many, many years now.
03:41More years than the listeners care to remember, I have to say.
03:43One of the BBC's, one of the nation's great voices, and not only Breakfast Radio, but, of course, we're not so far away from the Eurovision Song Contest, where you've been the radio commentator for many years.
03:56We have 25 years I've done that, and, you know, they say Pavlov's dogs learned quicker than I did, not to go back there.
04:03But I keep going back because it's great fun.
04:06Good for you.
04:06Well, we'll talk lots more about that and many other things, Ken.
04:09Good to see you.
04:10Good to meet you.
04:11But now it's time to kick off with the day's business.
04:15Now then, Tom, would you be good enough to kick things off for us today?
04:19I will.
04:20Hi, Rachel.
04:20Hi again, Tom.
04:21Can I have a consonant, please?
04:23Start the week with T.
04:25And another.
04:27D.
04:28A vowel.
04:30I.
04:31A consonant.
04:34L.
04:35Consonant.
04:37S.
04:38A vowel.
04:39O.
04:42Another vowel.
04:44E.
04:46Another vowel.
04:49A.
04:50And a final vowel, please.
04:53And a final O.
04:55And here's the countdown clock.
04:56We'll talk.
05:08Tom?
05:28Eight.
05:29And Jonathan?
05:30Eight as well.
05:31OK, Tom?
05:32Diastole.
05:33Jonathan?
05:34Soda light.
05:35Now then, I'm none the wiser.
05:38Yeah, yes.
05:40Well, that's really, I think it's all to do with your diastolic,
05:43you know, when you have your blood pressure done,
05:44you have a systolic and diastolic result.
05:46Oh, I know about that.
05:47So that's absolutely fine, I know.
05:49And sodalite, I think, is also fine.
05:51Yeah, it's a blue mineral of sodium,
05:54which you will find in alkaline igneous rocks.
05:57Excellent.
05:58Well done.
05:59Eight all, but in the corner.
06:02We couldn't do better than eight, I don't think.
06:04Isolated, we'd go up to eight.
06:05Isolated.
06:05But eight's brilliant.
06:07That's good enough.
06:08Yeah, not as impressive as they are.
06:10Very good.
06:11All right, now then, Jonathan, off you go.
06:14Hi again, Rachel.
06:15Hi, Jonathan.
06:15Can I have a vowel, please?
06:17Start with E.
06:19And a consonant.
06:21N.
06:22Vowel.
06:24A.
06:25Consonant.
06:27C.
06:28Vowel.
06:30I.
06:31Consonant.
06:32S.
06:33S.
06:34Another consonant, please.
06:36D.
06:38A vowel.
06:40E.
06:41And a final vowel, please.
06:43And a final O.
06:45Stand by.
06:46sort of.
06:55I.
06:56I.
06:57I.
06:57I.
06:59I.
07:00I.
07:00I.
07:01I.
07:04I.
07:04I.
07:04I.
07:05I.
07:06I.
07:06Jonathan?
07:18I'll stick with eight.
07:20Tom?
07:21I'll risk a nine, then.
07:23All right.
07:24Jonathan, Jonathan?
07:25Diocesan.
07:27Yes, and Tom?
07:29Deaconise.
07:30Deaconise?
07:31Oh.
07:31Pushing his luck around.
07:33Was that the one you were going to go for?
07:34I was going to go for Oceanside.
07:35Ah, OK.
07:36I'll come back to you on that one in a second.
07:39Deaconise.
07:42It's not there, Tom.
07:44I'm sorry.
07:45Bad luck.
07:46And conversely, Oceanside is, actually,
07:48so you could have risked that one.
07:50Very good.
07:51Right, Johnson, slightly ahead now, 16 to eight,
07:54but in the corner.
07:55Yeah, Oceanside we got.
07:57Slightly surprising, because you'd think seaside, yes,
07:59but Oceanside is too much of a composite word.
08:02It is American, yeah.
08:03But, yeah, it's there,
08:04and it would have been worth the risk, perhaps.
08:06Anything else?
08:07No, we can start with that.
08:08That's it.
08:08All right.
08:09Well done, Jonathan.
08:10Now then, Tom.
08:11I'll have a consonant, please.
08:12Thank you, Tom.
08:14K.
08:15And another.
08:15A Z.
08:18And a third.
08:20L.
08:21A vowel.
08:23E.
08:24Another.
08:26A.
08:27A consonant.
08:29P.
08:31Another consonant.
08:33R.
08:35A vowel.
08:37O.
08:39And a consonant to finish.
08:41And the last one.
08:42G.
08:43Clock time.
08:43A vowel.
09:03A vowel.
09:05Tom.
09:16Six.
09:17Jonathan.
09:18Seven, I think.
09:19And Tom?
09:20Glazer.
09:21Glazer.
09:22Jonathan.
09:23Pergola or pergola?
09:25Pergola.
09:26Pergola, absolutely excellent.
09:28Yep, comes from Italian and it's the projecting roof.
09:31It's the framework that you trail your climbing plants over.
09:33Indeed, very good.
09:35Anything else?
09:35We had the same, didn't we?
09:36No, pergola was the best we could come up with.
09:39All right, 23 to 8, Jonathan, well done.
09:41Early lead, but plenty of time, Tom.
09:44Jonathan.
09:45Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
09:46Thank you, Jonathan.
09:48I.
09:49A consonant.
09:51R.
09:52A vowel.
09:54E.
09:55A consonant.
09:57L.
09:58A vowel.
10:00I.
10:01A consonant.
10:02S.
10:04A vowel.
10:06O.
10:08A consonant.
10:10P.
10:12And a final consonant, please.
10:15And a final H.
10:17Countdown.
10:18A vowel.
10:33A suspension.
10:33A vowel.
10:34We'll stay with it.
10:38As kalkinja.
10:39A gerekó.
10:43A vowel.
10:43Jonathan?
10:50Seven.
10:51Seven.
10:52Tom?
10:52I'll risk an eight then.
10:53OK, Jonathan?
10:54Spoiler.
10:55Yes, Tom?
10:56Polisher.
10:57Polisher, why not?
10:58Well done.
10:59Why not?
10:59Yep, excellent.
11:00Very good.
11:06What else have we got?
11:07Anything else?
11:08Yes, Ken.
11:09Once you'd been a polisher, you could just turn the world around slightly and be a re-polisher
11:12the next time.
11:13Or re-polish, I should say.
11:15Very good.
11:15Yeah, all right.
11:16Right then, Jonathan, 23 to Tom, 16.
11:19And Tom, first numbers game.
11:20There's Rachel.
11:21I'm going to have six more, please.
11:22Bit of a risk early on?
11:23Yeah.
11:24Fair enough.
11:26Right, against these two good competitors and hopefully a good numbers game to start.
11:30And this round, they are two, one, another two, four, another four, and five.
11:36All quite small.
11:38And a target, 477.
11:40Four, seven, seven.
11:43Tom?
11:57Tom no nothing away Jonathan 480 for 83 away off you go a two plus one is three two plus one is
12:21three and that's about all the work you have to do and then multiply by all the remaining
12:24by two by four by the other four and by five and you get 480 is it possible Rachel I think
12:30that's the best that's it yeah there's not much I can do with the small ones all right very good
12:35so Jonathan 32 Tom 16 but now now it's our chance to hear from Ken one of the things that struck me
12:42in recent years that we have to pay more these days for things that we used to get for nothing
12:48um you used to go into a shop didn't you and years and years ago you go into a shop and the man behind
12:53the counter would take it off the shelf put it in a bag for you give it to you all within the cost
12:58well now of course the supermarkets it's all self-service you go around you even have a little
13:02in some supermarkets a little thing that you pressed and cost it up for you on your way around
13:06they will deliver of course but there's a charge for that so I kind of feel that we ought to charge
13:12for our time spent in doing these things it's very difficult to achieve but we ought to see some kind of
13:18recompense for that let's say 25 pounds an hour for our time is that too much I don't think so I
13:24think that's all right now bins it's one of the great bet noire of my life we have four bins where I
13:30live one for recycling one for food one for landfill and one for garden stuff I reckon I spend an hour
13:37a week sorting out rubbish you know putting one in the right bin an hour a week so shall we call that
13:4325 pounds a week well we'll just sit down and work out 25 pounds times 52 is 1560 pounds over a year
13:54okay 1560 pounds now I looked up the average council tax in England and Wales in 2012 that was just under
14:011500 pounds 1500 pounds plays 1560 pounds now as I said I'm not greedy I won't charge the council
14:10the extra 60 pounds let me off for the council charge council tax we'll call it quits I'm not greedy
14:16do you think that will work Nick do you think that work worth a try but a nice argument I think I need the
14:22money because somebody once said to me you know how to make a million pounds in radio start with two million
14:28very well argued case I think yes I think the nation will agree with you now then time for tea time teaser and the
14:41teaser is drub lose might these rocks be associated with brass might these rocks be associated with brass
14:50and the answer is boulders boulders now if you'd like to become a countdown contestant you can email
15:19countdown at channel4.com to request an application form or write to us at contestants applications
15:26countdown leads LS 3 1 j s now then Jonathan 30 to Tom 16 in the lead there
15:36do you want to extend it Jonathan off you go I can have a vowel please thank you Jonathan
15:41E a consonant D a vowel O a consonant F a vowel U a consonant W another consonant T a vowel
16:03final I and a final consonant please and a final J countdown
16:12countdown
16:12you
16:21MUSIC PLAYS
16:42Jonathan? Seven. And Tom?
16:45Er, I'll risk a seven, then.
16:47OK. Jonathan? Wide out.
16:49Wide out. Two wide outs? Same word, yeah.
16:53Right. Two American football fans here.
16:56And in the corner?
16:57Yes, and you know your American football too, Nick,
16:59because I didn't know this one.
17:00It is, in American football, a wide receiver.
17:03Well done. Very good. Excellent.
17:05Now then, what else have we got? Ken?
17:06No, I'm a cricket man, I'm afraid, so I couldn't get even wide out.
17:09But seven has as many letters as we can fill.
17:12All right. Very good.
17:1437 plays 23. Tom?
17:16Off you go. Have a vowel this time, please.
17:18Thank you, Tom.
17:19E.
17:20And another one.
17:23I.
17:24A consonant.
17:26S.
17:27A consonant.
17:29R.
17:30Another consonant.
17:32G.
17:34A vowel.
17:36A.
17:37Consonant.
17:39S.
17:41Another consonant.
17:44Y.
17:44And a final vowel, please.
17:47And a final U.
17:49Standby.
17:50BELL RINGS
17:52Tom.
18:00And a final vowel, please.
18:02I don't know.
18:03Yeah.
18:04Aå±€.
18:08I won't know.
18:09I won't know.
18:10I won't know.
18:10You've got to.
18:11You've got to be a vowel.
18:11I won't know.
18:11You know?
18:12I won't be a vowel.
18:13I won't be a vowel.
18:13I won't know.
18:13I won't know.
18:14And a puree.
18:14I won't know.
18:15I won't know.
18:16Tom?
18:22Seven.
18:23And Jonathan?
18:24Seven as well.
18:25Tom?
18:26Gassier.
18:27Gassier.
18:28I've got the same.
18:29Equally gassy over there, and in the corner.
18:32Same.
18:32Yes, yeah, we are gassy.
18:34We gassed away through there, and we couldn't come up with anything more than that, I'm afraid.
18:37Very good.
18:3844 plays at 30.
18:39And Jonathan?
18:41A vowel, please, Rachel.
18:42Thank you, Jonathan.
18:43A.
18:44And a consonant.
18:46N.
18:47Vowel.
18:49I.
18:51Consonant.
18:52P.
18:54Vowel.
18:56E.
18:57Consonant.
18:58T.
19:01Another consonant.
19:03L.
19:05Another consonant.
19:06T.
19:08And a final vowel, please.
19:12And a final I.
19:15Top time.
19:44Jonathan?
19:47I'll try an eight.
19:48An eight. Tom?
19:50I'll stick with a seven.
19:51And your seven?
19:52Pantile.
19:53Pantile.
19:54Jonathan?
19:55Tinplate.
19:56OK.
19:56Tinplate.
19:58It is all one word.
19:59Yep, excellent.
20:00Tinplate.
20:01It is, well done.
20:01Very, very good.
20:02Yep.
20:03Very good.
20:08And in the corner?
20:09It's slightly redundant, I'm afraid, at the moment,
20:12because we can't be innocent.
20:13Nothing beyond tinplate.
20:14All right.
20:1652 plays 30.
20:18And now, Tom, your game.
20:21A consonant, please.
20:22Thank you, Tom.
20:23D.
20:24And another.
20:26N.
20:28A vowel.
20:30U.
20:31And another.
20:33O.
20:34A consonant.
20:36M.
20:38A consonant.
20:40R.
20:40A consonant.
20:42A consonant.
20:44P.
20:45A vowel.
20:48A.
20:49And a consonant, please.
20:50And the last one.
20:52N.
20:53Tick tock.
20:53A consonant.
20:55B œ� mentale.
21:05B œ� mentale.
21:06A consonant.
21:06A consonant.
21:07B œ� mentale.
21:09A consonant.
21:09A translation.
21:11Tom?
21:26Six.
21:27Jonathan?
21:28Er, six, yeah.
21:29Tom?
21:30Pardon.
21:31Jonathan?
21:32Around.
21:33All right, nothing too exciting there.
21:34In the corner, anything?
21:36No, no, nothing exciting for us.
21:37These were the two words that we came up with,
21:38but we can't find anything more than six, you'd think,
21:40looking at them, there was something there.
21:42You would have thought so, wouldn't you?
21:43Yeah.
21:43But no, I'm afraid not.
21:44Never mind, never mind.
21:46It's not a criminal offence.
21:4758 pays 36, but now it's time to concentrate
21:51on Susie's origins of words.
21:52I'm going to talk all week about names,
21:56at least in English, what's in a name.
21:59And I'm just going to start with some expressions
22:01that involve names.
22:02And usually, a person's first name is taken purely
22:06as a nickname, as an average name, if you like.
22:09So we talk about Jack of all trades.
22:11Jack appears lots of times.
22:13And Charlie, as in proper Charlie,
22:15has so many entries in the Oxford English Dictionary
22:18for its meanings.
22:19It can mean a fox, part of the female anatomy up top,
22:23an enemy soldier in the Vietnam War,
22:25a coward, and of course, it's the 1930s cocaine.
22:28In all of these, it was simply used as a very popular name,
22:31and so an easy nickname to take.
22:33But in some cases, a name is used and does refer
22:37to a very specific individual.
22:38They're much rarer cases.
22:39But if you take Smart Alec, that did actually refer
22:42to one very specific individual.
22:45And he was actually an Alex, but an Alexander.
22:48Alexander Hogue, Alec for short.
22:51And he was a notorious thief in New York in the 1840s.
22:55And he ran a brilliant business with his wife, Melinda.
22:58She would play a lady of the night.
23:00She would lure customers into her room and make them leave their clothes
23:04after they'd undressed on a chair, which was easily accessible from the door.
23:09She would then obviously distract them in all sorts of ways we won't go into.
23:12Her husband would creep in and steal the unsuspecting victims' belongings.
23:17And these deceptions were carried out in full knowledge of the police,
23:20and they would take a commission from their ill-gotten gains.
23:24But when he tried to double-cross them, it was they who,
23:27when they flung him into prison, gave him the sarcastic nickname, Smart Alec.
23:33Well, I'm dashed.
23:35APPLAUSE
23:35What a rotten trick.
23:4158 plays Tom's 36, and Jonathan, your numbers game.
23:45Rachel, poised, waiting to hear from you.
23:49Can I just have one large, please?
23:50You can, thank you.
23:51One large one and five little ones this time, and let's hope for a possible one.
23:56And for this round, the numbers are 3, 9, 8, 2, and another 3, and a large one, 50.
24:04And the target, 876.
24:06876.
24:07876.
24:23876.
24:24976.
24:32175.
24:331276.
24:33Jonathan?
24:39876.
24:40876.
24:41And Tom?
24:42874.
24:43874.
24:44Yes, Jonathan?
24:459 times 2.
24:479 times 2, 18.
24:49Times 50.
24:50Times 50, 900.
24:51And 8-3 is a 24.
24:538-3 is a 24.
24:55Yeah.
24:56876.
24:57Well done.
24:58Yeah, good stuff, Jonathan.
24:59Well done.
25:00APPLAUSE
25:02Very good indeed.
25:03But now it's time for a tea-time teaser, which is Spice Vat.
25:07And the clue.
25:08You won't hear them uttering John Inman's catchphrase.
25:12You won't hear them uttering John Inman's catchphrase.
25:16APPLAUSE
25:19Welcome back.
25:20I left you with a clue.
25:21You won't hear them uttering John Inman's catchphrase.
25:36And the answer is captives.
25:38In other words, we're not free.
25:41Captives.
25:42Right.
25:4368, place 36.
25:45Well done, Jonathan.
25:46And...
25:47Tom, I call upon you for a letter's game.
25:50I'll have a consonant, please.
25:51Thank you, Tom.
25:52B.
25:53And another.
25:54R.
25:55A consonant.
25:56G.
25:57A vowel.
25:58I.
25:59Another vowel.
26:00I.
26:01A consonant.
26:02T.
26:03Vowel.
26:04U.
26:05And the consonant.
26:06S.
26:07And a final consonant, please.
26:08And the last one.
26:09T.
26:10Clock time.
26:11SO D.
26:18One.
26:19E.
26:20And the last one.
26:22T.
26:23Clock time.
26:24Clock time.
26:54Tom.
26:57Five.
26:58And yes, Jonathan.
27:00Yeah, I'll stick with five then.
27:01OK, Tom.
27:02But.
27:04And Jonathan.
27:05Grits.
27:06Grits.
27:07Nothing to argue about there?
27:09No.
27:09Not as easy as it looks.
27:11Anything else?
27:11Not very much there at all, really.
27:13Grits.
27:13There are six, actually.
27:15I think it's all there.
27:16And that's bruits.
27:18And it comes from the French bruit, meaning noise.
27:20It's B-R-U-I-T-S.
27:22Oh, to bruit it about?
27:23Yes, to spread a rumour widely is to bruit it.
27:26Yeah.
27:26You can get that for six.
27:27Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
27:28Shakespeare used to.
27:29Brutes about, yeah.
27:31Brute it about.
27:3273 plays 41.
27:34Now then, Jonathan.
27:35Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
27:36Thank you, Jonathan.
27:38E.
27:39And a consonant.
27:41L.
27:42A vowel.
27:44O.
27:45Consonant.
27:47R.
27:48A vowel.
27:50A.
27:52Consonant.
27:54W.
27:55Vowel.
27:58E.
27:59Consonant.
28:01D.
28:03And a final consonant, please.
28:05And final X.
28:07Countdown.
28:08Aorge E.
28:21A.
28:22B.
28:22A.
28:22A.
28:23Jonathan.
28:40A seven.
28:41Yes, Tom.
28:41Seven.
28:42OK.
28:43Yes, Jonathan.
28:43Lowered.
28:44Lowered.
28:45Tom.
28:45And Leeward.
28:47Leeward.
28:48Oh, very nice.
28:48Yeah.
28:49Yeah, excellent.
28:50That's a good one, isn't it?
28:50Yeah.
28:51Yeah.
28:52Very good.
28:52Any advances?
28:53No advance, but an additional.
28:56For seven, relaxed.
28:57Yes.
28:59But you've got a very relaxed voice, I always think.
29:01Ah, but I'm paddling away furiously underneath.
29:03No, I don't doubt it, but it's a very comfortable voice.
29:07Yeah.
29:07I wonder if it was helped by the fact that you used to smoke.
29:10Well, I did smoke, but I haven't smoked for 30-odd years.
29:13But maybe you did have something.
29:15They used to say people had a tobacco voice, didn't they?
29:18Yeah, whiskey has been more my accusation.
29:20Oh, well done.
29:21I can give that up, then.
29:2280 plays 48.
29:24Now then, Tom.
29:26I'll have a vowel this time, please.
29:28Thank you, Tom.
29:29O.
29:30And a consonant.
29:32N.
29:33Another consonant.
29:34C.
29:36A vowel.
29:38U.
29:40Another vowel.
29:42A.
29:44A consonant.
29:46S.
29:48Another consonant.
29:50R.
29:52A vowel.
29:54O.
29:56And a final consonant, please.
29:58And a final G.
30:00And aetically.
30:01And they're off.
30:01And they're off.
30:24And they're off.
30:26Tom?
30:34Seven.
30:35A seven.
30:35Jonathan?
30:36Seven, not written down.
30:37Let's hear from you, Jonathan.
30:38Cougars.
30:39Cougars.
30:40Yes, Tom?
30:42Coronas.
30:43Coronas.
30:43Two good words.
30:45Excellent, yes.
30:46Cougars.
30:47Cigars, yeah.
30:48Cougars can also be older women who are on the hunt for younger men, I think.
30:54We don't wish to know that sort of thing.
30:57Okay, sorry.
30:57Those are animals.
30:58Now then, what else have we got?
31:00We had Coronas as well.
31:01Madame Cougars.
31:01Coronas we had.
31:02Cougars, red.
31:03Nothing better.
31:04Very good.
31:05Now then, Jonathan ahead by 87 to 55 and it's a last numbers game.
31:09And there's Rachel, poised.
31:12Can I have four large, please?
31:14I'm still poised.
31:14Yeah, four large.
31:15Thank you, Jonathan.
31:16Just for fun.
31:17Obviously.
31:18Four large and two small.
31:19And for the last time today, the numbers are seven and five.
31:23And the large four, 50, 75, 100, and 25.
31:29And the target, 808.
31:31808.
31:32And the star, are the stars.
31:42And that is true.
31:43Yeah.
31:44And the stars are the stars.
31:44You can see it.
31:45Yes, Jonathan?
32:05810, not written down.
32:07810, not written down. Tom?
32:09I've got 806, not written down.
32:10Right, so then, I think, well, we'll look to you, Jonathan, first of all.
32:16OK, 75 plus 50.
32:2075 plus 50, 125.
32:22Add 5.
32:23Add 5, 130.
32:26Multiply by 7.
32:27Multiply by 7, 910.
32:30And take away 100.
32:31Yep, for 810, 2 away.
32:34Very good, and Tom?
32:35I did 7 plus 5.
32:377 plus 5 is 12.
32:38Times 75.
32:40Times 75, 900.
32:42Oh, I've gone wrong.
32:43And?
32:44I've gone wrong.
32:45Oh, I'm sorry, Tom.
32:47All right.
32:49So then, Rachel, can you go straight down the middle there to 808?
32:53It was very easy to get 807, but I'll have another look for 808.
32:57All right, well done.
32:59But in the meantime, Jonathan, 94, just shy of 100 there to Tom's 55.
33:03As we go into the final round, it's conundrum time.
33:06So, fingers on buzzers.
33:08Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:13My word, Tom.
33:14That's quick.
33:14Yes.
33:15Asphalted.
33:17Asphalted.
33:17Let's see whether you're right.
33:18Oh, brilliant stuff, Tom.
33:21Well done.
33:21Well done.
33:27They do not come any faster than that, Tom.
33:30Well done.
33:31But you still get down to Jonathan in 94 to 65.
33:35So, well done, but you're up against a formidable character who's on form today, hot Jonathan.
33:43So, we send you home back to husband's Bosworth, and you take with you your teapot and a priceless piece of kryptonite here, which is inscribed.
33:54And our best wishes.
33:55Cheers.
33:56Very good.
33:56And well done, Jonathan.
34:00We'll see you next week in the quarterfinals.
34:03Yeah, I'm looking forward to that.
34:04Brilliant stuff.
34:04Brilliant stuff.
34:06Go and wrap a wet towel around your head and swat up for it.
34:09Yes?
34:09Yeah.
34:10You missed out on the last series.
34:12Let's see whether you can take it away this time.
34:14Brilliant stuff.
34:15Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:16See you tomorrow.
34:16And more from Cairn.
34:18And I want to talk to you at some stage about how we can do it tomorrow, about the Eurovision Song Contest, which is coming up in May.
34:24Is that right?
34:25End of May in Malmo in Sweden.
34:28Yeah.
34:28And how many years have you been doing that for?
34:30Well, it's 25 years since I did my first, so I've done 25 contests, and this will be my 26th.
34:37Excellent.
34:37We'll talk about it tomorrow.
34:39Brilliant stuff.
34:40Can you imagine how many songs he's heard in his lifetime?
34:43So many bad songs as well.
34:45We'll see you tomorrow, Rachel.
34:47So we look forward to seeing you tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:50We'll be here.
34:51You'll be sure that you're here too.
34:53Good afternoon.
35:06Tonight at nine, I'm running every night until Wednesday.
35:09Murder in the Outback, the Falconio and Lee's mystery, continues with a re-examining of the only eyewitness account that night.
35:15Next this afternoon, it's a place in the sun.