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This episode's repeat was broadcast on Thursday 11th June 2020.
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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio, and I imagine that there are many, many disappointed people at home who, like me, fail to get any post at all this morning.
00:42Mind you, I didn't send any post either. No Valentine cards from me. Well, not to home anyway.
00:47But what I thought it would be interesting would be to look around and see what songs, what love songs are mostly played at around this time of the year.
00:57And our research department have come up with some particularly appropriate songs.
01:03Some of you will, of course, remember in 1981, John Lennon's great song, Woman.
01:08And then in 1985, Foreigners. This is one with which I'm not familiar.
01:12I want to know what love is.
01:14And Tiffany in 1988, apparently, sang, I think we're alone now.
01:20Well, they should know, I suppose.
01:21So, a few emotional love songs there from the 80s, but not every year, our research department tells me, has had such romantic songs in the charts on Valentine's Day.
01:33Right back in 56, Tennessee, Ernie Ford had a hit with 16 tonnes.
01:39Perhaps not the greatest compliment to be paid on Valentine's Day.
01:41Rachel, if you had to pick a song that would be perfect for Valentine's Day, what would it be?
01:48You're just too good to be true. Which is very romantic, I think.
01:51That's very good.
01:52If you're in a slightly different mood, there's another song that goes, er, you look good so much better when you're naked.
01:58For a slightly different tone on Valentine's Day.
02:00Yes, no, I think that's very fitting.
02:02But at my age, it makes me slightly breathless.
02:05So, I'm going to leave you.
02:07OK.
02:07And thank you for that contribution, Rachel, and turn to our competitors, our contestants today.
02:13First of all, Chris Wills, a series champion from 2002.
02:17Welcome back, Chris.
02:18You work at Manchester University as a research administrator at Manchester Met, and you were behind in your last game, Chris,
02:26but proved you have a perfect eyesight by spotting the conundrum, myopathic, to edge home in at the death.
02:33Is that right?
02:34Yeah.
02:34Yeah.
02:35And you DJ, I think, don't you, the occasional electro-pop disco night.
02:39What's an electro-pop disco night?
02:43Er, electro-pop.
02:44So, if you sort of think back to music from the 80s, like Soft Cell, Human League, Depeche Mode, and then more recent stuff,
02:53like Lady Hawk, and that sort of thing.
02:58OK.
02:58That's the sort of music that we have there.
03:01Yeah, I'm not very good at that sort of thing, but I see that your co-contestant, Jack Hurst, is nodding his head vigorously.
03:07Is that your style of music?
03:08Um, I like some of it.
03:10I like Lady Hawk, for example.
03:11I've never heard of them.
03:14It's a solo artist.
03:15All right.
03:16Now then, you're at Cambridge, math student at Pembroke College, series champion back in 2010, and you had a 100% record on countdown.
03:2513 shows, 13 wins.
03:27And in your last game, you scored the second highest total of all time, 143.
03:32Well, you know the record's 146, so you keep striving for that.
03:34You were only three away last time.
03:36See if you can't bust through it.
03:38So, big round of applause for our contestants here, Chris and young Jack Hurst.
03:47And over in the corner, Susie, welcome back.
03:49Hello, thank you.
03:49Welcome back.
03:50And Ken, Ken, you and I are sort of the right age.
03:53I'm actually quite a lot older than you.
03:55No.
03:55He said gallantly.
03:56Yes.
03:57But back in 56, 16 tonnes.
04:00Yeah.
04:00This was something to do with the company store.
04:03I do remember this.
04:04He was a miner, I think, wasn't he?
04:05Yeah.
04:06I owe my soul to the company store.
04:08Exactly right.
04:09Anyway, let's get on with the game here.
04:12Now, Chris.
04:13Chris, letters game.
04:14Hello, Rachel.
04:15Hi, Chris.
04:15Can I start with the consonant, please?
04:17Start today with S.
04:20And another one.
04:22F.
04:23And another.
04:25G.
04:26Vowel.
04:28A.
04:29Another vowel.
04:31I.
04:32And another one.
04:34E.
04:36A consonant.
04:38D.
04:39Another consonant.
04:42P.
04:44And another consonant, please.
04:47And the last one.
04:48M.
04:49And here's the clock.
04:50And here's the clock.
04:50And here's the clock.
04:51And here's the clock.
04:51And here's the clock.
04:52And here's the clock.
04:52And here's the clock.
04:53And here's the clock.
04:53And here's the clock.
04:54And here's the clock.
04:54And here's the clock.
04:55And here's the clock.
04:55And here's the clock.
04:56And here's the clock.
04:56And here's the clock.
04:57And here's the clock.
04:57And here's the clock.
04:57And here's the clock.
04:58And here's the clock.
04:58And here's the clock.
04:59And here's the clock.
04:59And here's the clock.
05:00And here's the clock.
05:00And here's the clock.
05:01And here's the clock.
05:01And here's the clock.
05:02And here's the clock.
05:03And here's the clock.
05:03And here's the clock.
05:04So, Chris?
05:22Only six, I'm afraid.
05:24A six. And Jack?
05:25Seven.
05:26A seven. Right, Chris?
05:28Fiends.
05:29And Jack?
05:30Spaying.
05:32And in the corner?
05:34Jack, can I just ask you how you're spelling spaying?
05:36Spaying. S-P-A-E-I-N-G.
05:39OK.
05:40It is a Scottish verb, and it means to predict or foretell.
05:44So, very different from the spaying with a Y.
05:46Very good. So, spaying, very good.
05:47What about the corner?
05:49Yeah, we had a thought about spading.
05:52Yes. You can't like this.
05:53There is a verb. You have to turn over the earth with a spade.
05:56But still sevens for us.
05:57Yeah.
05:58OK. Very good indeed.
05:59Well done, Jack. Seven ahead.
06:00Now then, a letters game.
06:03Jack?
06:04Hi, Rachel.
06:04Hi, Jack.
06:05Can I start with a consonant, please?
06:07Thank you. Start with W.
06:09And another.
06:11P.
06:12And another.
06:14C.
06:15And another.
06:17D.
06:18And a vowel, please.
06:20Sorry.
06:21O.
06:21And another.
06:22And another.
06:22And another.
06:23I.
06:24And another.
06:26A.
06:28And another vowel, please.
06:31E.
06:32And another vowel, please.
06:35And the last one.
06:36I.
06:37And here's the clock.
06:38I.
06:39And here's the clock.
06:40Yes, Jack?
06:59Yes, Jack?
07:10Um, six.
07:10Uh, six.
07:11And Chris?
07:12Six as well.
07:13All right, Jack.
07:14And cowpea.
07:15Yes.
07:16Yes.
07:16Cowpea as well.
07:18Very good.
07:20Yep.
07:20Happy?
07:20Very happy.
07:21It is a plant of the pea family native to the old world tropics.
07:26Very good.
07:26Yeah.
07:27Now then, any advances there?
07:28I was rather hoping that Desperate Dan's favourite dish of cowpea might be there, but
07:32no, it's not, it's one word, is it?
07:34No.
07:34All right.
07:35No, sadly not.
07:35OK, so 13 plays six, and Chris, off you go again.
07:40Consonant, please, Rachel.
07:41Thank you, Chris.
07:42L.
07:43And another one.
07:45S.
07:46And another one.
07:48M.
07:49Vowel.
07:51A.
07:52Another vowel.
07:53O.
07:54Another vowel.
07:57U.
07:58Consonant.
07:59Y.
08:01Another consonant.
08:03N.
08:03And another consonant, please.
08:07And the last one, S.
08:10Stand by.
08:10BELL RINGS
08:33Yes, Chris?
08:42Uh, try seven.
08:45Jack?
08:45Um, I'll stick with the seven, then.
08:47OK, Chris?
08:49Salmons.
08:51Salmons.
08:51Mm.
08:52What do you think, Jack?
08:53Um, solanum.
08:54Now then.
08:56OK, salmons, um, I'm sure it's going to say it's a mass noun, however, oh, that's really
09:03annoying.
09:03I was going to say we have this countdown rule where you can order a dish in a restaurant
09:06and say we'll have a couple of salmons, but unfortunately it does say plural definitely
09:10the same, so I think you would say we'll have two salmon.
09:14That's that dealt with, then.
09:15Yes, I'm sorry about that.
09:16And Jack, what was your word?
09:17I'm not sure how it's pronounced, solanum, maybe.
09:19S-O-L-A-N-U-M.
09:22Yeah, a plant of a genus that includes a potato and woody nightshade.
09:27Well done, Jack.
09:28Excellent.
09:28Very good.
09:29And in the corner, any advances?
09:30Well, you couldn't improve on that at all.
09:32Well done.
09:33Excellent.
09:33David, indeed.
09:34Well done, Jack.
09:3520 plays, 6, and off you go again, Jack.
09:38Letters game.
09:39A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:40Thank you, Jack.
09:41R.
09:42And another.
09:44T.
09:45And a third.
09:47M.
09:49And a fourth.
09:51T.
09:52A vowel, please.
09:54E.
09:54And another.
09:56I.
09:57And another.
09:59U.
10:00And another vowel, please.
10:03E.
10:05And another vowel, please.
10:06And the last one.
10:08I.
10:09Countdown.
10:10GEM 누가 rocks
10:15And another vowel, please.
10:17That is wrong.
10:20ーい
10:20And another vowel.
10:21And another vowel, please.
10:23Here we go.
10:23In the name of Benjamin Face, like,
10:242-塊
10:24And another vowel, please.
10:25We're all to know.
10:27We're all to know there.
10:28We're all to know there.
10:28We're all to know.
10:29To the vowel, please.
10:29And another vowel, please.
10:29Save the vowel, please.
10:30Please.
10:31And this.
10:31And another vowel, please.
10:32Can only play a vowel, please.
10:33Never give a vowel, please.
10:34Thank you, no, no.
10:35Come down here.
10:36You're all to know.
10:38You're all to know.
10:38He's all to know,
10:39Jack seven a seven Chris seven okay Jack termite yep and Chris termite termites so anything else
10:49nothing better than seven I'm afraid no six is otherwise six is very good indeed 27 days 13 now
10:55then numbers game it's the first of the day and Chris can I go old school please Rachel and have
11:02an inverted T you can inverted T one from the top and five little ones thank you Chris and for the
11:09first numbers game they are two eight seven six and another six and the large one 75 and the target
11:19seven hundred and twenty-five seven to five
11:49Chris 730 not running down 730 yes Jack 726 726 right take it away okay so six plus two plus seven is 15
12:05six plus two plus seven fifteen add it to the 75 90 75 and 90 multiplied by the eight for 720 and add
12:14the six yeah one away very good well done Jack is it possible 725 achievable I think it must be
12:22possible but I will have another look it's harder than it looks for the moment Jack takes the scores
12:2634 to 13 as we now look towards you Ken Ken Bruce what have you got for us today it's a long way
12:33appearing on programs like this and on the radio from my background in accountancy which I was talking
12:37about earlier in the week I started training as an accountant and you know all these years later I'm
12:42still in touch with some of the people I was at college with and I'm still actually indebted to
12:49my accountant for all his fine advice it's not just about monetary matters my accountant is a guide
12:54through my whole life and to give you an example of that just tell you a few years ago I had a bit of
13:00a romantic dilemma this is highly appropriate for Valentine's Day a bit of a romantic dilemma I was in
13:07love with a beautiful but penniless young Scottish girl and I had the offer of marriage from a very
13:15wealthy but somewhat elderly widow and well naturally I was torn should I go with the love of my life put
13:23as a church mouse young girl or the elderly wealthy widow so I asked my accountant for his advice and
13:31straight away he said you must follow your heart follow your heart do what your heart tells you never
13:38mind about the wealthy widow and all the money you might inherit follow your heart marry the young
13:43girl that you love I said thank you very much for that fine advice he said just one thing can you give me
13:50the widow's phone number Rachel is looking very pleased now that Rachel what have you got for us
14:03um there were a couple of ways to get this one um you could have said one of the sixes plus eight is 14
14:11and then 75 minus 14 61 times by two 122 times by the other six for 732 and take away the seven
14:21very good indeed very good
14:24did you get that Jack no way near it very good but now it's time for tea time teaser which is elbow lid
14:35and the clue william was in debt and filled up with air william was in debt and filled up with air
14:58welcome back i left with the clue william was in debt and filled up with air
15:02yeah he billowed he billowed now if you'd like to become a countdown contestant you can email
15:09countdown at channel 4.com to request an application form or write to us at contestants applications
15:17countdown leads ls 3 1 j s jack 34 chris 13 we go into uh part two jack take us away let us game um
15:29um consonant please rachel thank you jack m and another d and a third n and fourth t vowel please o and
15:44another a and another i and another o and another vowel please and the last one e countdown
15:58so
16:04so
16:06so
16:08so
16:12so
16:18Jack, eight.
16:31And Chris, eight.
16:33OK, Jack, dominate.
16:35Dominate, Chris?
16:36Yes, I'm being dominated.
16:39Well, not entirely.
16:43Very good.
16:44And in the corner?
16:44Yes, we managed to dominate this particular group of letters.
16:48There's quite a lot of eight-letter words there, aren't there, Susie?
16:51Motioned.
16:51Yes.
16:51It's also there for eight.
16:53And demotion.
16:55Anything else?
16:56No.
16:56That's as much as we managed.
16:57Settled for those three.
16:58Very good.
16:59Jack, 42 to Chris's 21.
17:02Chris, consonant, please, Rachel.
17:04Thank you, Chris.
17:05H.
17:06And another one?
17:09R.
17:09And another one?
17:11V.
17:12Vowel.
17:14O.
17:14Another vowel.
17:16I.
17:17And another vowel.
17:19E.
17:20Consonant.
17:22F.
17:23Consonant.
17:25R.
17:27And one more consonant, please.
17:29And lastly, N.
17:31Clock time.
17:32The word of the word of the word of the word of the word of the word of the word of the word of the word of the word of the word of the word of the word of the word of the word of the word.
17:42MUSIC PLAYS
18:02Chris? Seven.
18:04Seven. Jack? Seven as well.
18:06Chris? Hornier.
18:08Hornier. Right, thank you very much, Chris.
18:10And both hornier.
18:12Hornier as well. Hornier than thou.
18:15And in the corner, Ken?
18:16We are similarly.
18:18It's a terrifying prospect here today.
18:21Susie, get it out of this.
18:23What's going to get worse? There's heroin for six.
18:25Heroin, thank you.
18:26And that's about it. So not a great selection.
18:29Very good. Thank you, Rachel, for putting it up on the board for us.
18:3249 to 28, says Jack's in the lead.
18:36Jack, take it away.
18:37Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:39Thank you, Jack.
18:40R.
18:41And another.
18:42P.
18:44And another.
18:46C.
18:47And another.
18:49G.
18:50A vowel, please.
18:52A.
18:52And another.
18:54U.
18:55And another.
18:57I.
18:59And we'll try another vowel, please.
19:02E.
19:04And another vowel, please.
19:05And the last one.
19:06A.
19:07Stand by.
19:08A.
19:08Stand by.
19:08I.
19:09E.
19:09E.
19:10A.
19:11A.
19:12A.
19:12Here.
19:16A.
19:20And a.
19:22A.
19:22A.
19:22A.
19:24E.
19:25D.
19:26A.
19:26A.
19:26A.
19:27A.
19:27A.
19:27A.
19:28A.
19:28Jack? I'll try a seven.
19:41Chris? Six.
19:42And your six is a garrick.
19:45And Jack?
19:46Piragua.
19:48How are you spelling it?
19:49P-I-R-A-G-U-A.
19:51Brilliant. It's another term for a pirogue.
19:54I think Nick knows all about pirogues, don't you?
19:56There's hollow, bottomed-out tree trunks that are used as canoes.
19:59I think you've been in one.
20:00I have. I stumbled across a river.
20:03I didn't stumble. I floated across a river, yeah,
20:04looking for crocodiles at the time.
20:06Glad to say I didn't see any.
20:10Anyway, it's excellent. Well done. Good seven.
20:11Very good word.
20:12Very good. 56 plays, 28.
20:14And Chris, letters game.
20:16Constance, please, Rachel.
20:17Thank you, Chris.
20:19N.
20:20And another one.
20:22X.
20:23And another.
20:25L.
20:25Vowel.
20:27E.
20:28Another vowel.
20:30I.
20:31And third vowel.
20:33O.
20:34Consonant.
20:36C.
20:37Another consonant.
20:39M.
20:40And one more consonant, please.
20:42And the last one.
20:43T.
20:45Here we go.
20:45The last one.
21:09The last one.
21:13Yes, Chris. Seven.
21:18Seven, Jack? Yeah, seven as well.
21:20OK, Chris. Lexicon.
21:22Thank you. Also in my lexicon.
21:25Yep.
21:26Now then, Susie, this is your line of country.
21:29It is, yes.
21:29Did you stumble on lexicon?
21:31I approve. We did.
21:32Well done.
21:33Anything else, Ken?
21:34I'm afraid nothing larger than seven letters now.
21:37Anything leading up to it?
21:38We have motile for six, meaning mobile or fluid,
21:41but that was the only one.
21:44Thank you very much.
21:4463 days, 35, but now it's time to concentrate.
21:49Susie, we've sharpened our pencils.
21:51We are at your command.
21:53Well, I've been looking at names in English this week
21:56and today I'm going to talk about Ken
21:59because Ken is in the OED with seven different meanings.
22:05They range from a house where thieves, beggars
22:07and other rather disrespectful characters meet or lodge
22:09to a Japanese unit of length
22:12and also a Japanese game of forfeits.
22:15But the most popular one, which Ken will definitely know about
22:17and probably use it yourself, I would imagine,
22:19is Ken meaning knowledge.
22:21Actually, it started off to mean romantic knowledge,
22:24which is quite appropriate for today.
22:26To Ken was to know or to understand
22:28and it's a version of the verb can,
22:31which originally in the 11th century
22:33are meant to have practical knowledge of something.
22:36To can by heart was to know something by heart.
22:39To can one's good was to know what was good for you.
22:42And that, of course, is the root of our modern sense of can,
22:44to have knowledge of something and so be able to do it.
22:47But the more interesting one is, I think,
22:49the den of thieves and beggars
22:50and that was Vagabond's slang, a Ken, in the 16th century
22:54and it was a house.
22:55There was a merry set of words around it.
22:57You could go to a bousing Ken, a dancing Ken,
23:00a smuggling Ken, a stalling Ken and a touting Ken.
23:04And to burn the Ken was to leave the inn
23:06without paying for your drinks,
23:08something you've probably never done.
23:09Never.
23:09And this sense of Ken to mean a house
23:12is actually related to the dunny.
23:14We talk about the dunny for the loo
23:15and that's short for dunnakin
23:17or originally, sorry about this, dung Ken.
23:19I bet you wish I'd never gone there.
23:21So, yeah.
23:21But there you go.
23:22Ken is in the dictionary
23:23and there's a lot to do with it.
23:25Very good.
23:26Well done, Susie.
23:28Well done.
23:30Well done.
23:31Now then, Jack, 63 to 35
23:34and it's your numbers game, Jack.
23:36Just one large number, please, Rachel.
23:38Thank you, Jack.
23:39One from the top throw
23:40and five little ones again for you
23:42and for this round.
23:43The little ones are one, four, another one,
23:48seven, eight
23:50and the last one, 75 again
23:52and your target, 236.
23:55Two, three, six.
23:56Bye.
24:24Bye.
24:25Bye.
24:27Yes, Jack.
24:282, 3, 6.
24:292, 3, 6.
24:29Chris, 2, 3, 6.
24:30All right, Jack.
24:32OK, so 75 plus 1 is 76.
24:3475 plus 1 is 76.
24:364 minus 1 is 3.
24:37Yep.
24:38Multiply both of them for 2, 2, 8.
24:402, 8.
24:41And add the 8.
24:42Well done.
24:422, 3, 6.
24:43Very good.
24:44Chris?
24:458 plus 7 plus 1 is 16.
24:48Yep, 8 plus 7 plus 1 is 16.
24:50Take that away from the 75.
24:51And 16 is 59.
24:53And multiply it by 4.
24:54Perfect again.
24:552, 3, 6.
24:56Very good.
24:56Well done, both.
24:59Well done, both.
25:01So, Jack, 73, took us his 45.
25:04But now it's time for a tea time teaser, which is Drab Howl.
25:09And the clue, in the U.S., this is a bit of a big head.
25:13In the U.S., this is a bit of a big head.
25:15And the answer is blow hard.
25:37A blow hard.
25:38Big shot.
25:39Big head.
25:4073 plays 45.
25:42Jack in the lead.
25:43Chris, your letters game.
25:45A consonant, please, Rachel.
25:46Thank you, Chris.
25:47H.
25:48And another one.
25:50N.
25:51And another one.
25:52B.
25:53A vowel.
25:55U.
25:56Another vowel.
25:58E.
25:59And another vowel.
26:01A.
26:02Consonant.
26:03R.
26:05Another consonant.
26:07L.
26:09And another consonant, please.
26:11And the last one.
26:12S.
26:14Countdown.
26:14�
26:16Ø
26:29Ê
26:31Ê
26:35Ê
26:37Ê
26:40Ê
26:41Ê
26:41Ê
26:43Chris, seven.
26:46And Jack?
26:47Yeah, seven as well.
26:48OK, Chris?
26:49Blusher.
26:50Blusher.
26:51Jack?
26:52Nebulas.
26:54Yes.
26:56Yep, it can be nebulas or nebuli.
26:59Either is fine.
26:59Very good.
27:00Very good.
27:00And in the corner, anything else?
27:02Ken?
27:02The only one for seven letters I can unleash at you is unleash.
27:08Well done.
27:08Unleash.
27:10Let's let the dogs of war unleash.
27:12Eighty plays fifty-two.
27:15Jack?
27:16Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
27:19Thank you, Jack.
27:20W?
27:20And a vowel.
27:22E?
27:23And a consonant.
27:25T?
27:26And a vowel.
27:29A?
27:30And a consonant.
27:32B?
27:33And a vowel.
27:36O?
27:37And a consonant.
27:40N?
27:40And another consonant.
27:43R?
27:45And we'll finish with a vowel, please.
27:47And the last one.
27:49E?
27:50Tick-tock time.
27:51E?
27:52E?
27:52And a vowel.
27:52E?
27:57E?
27:57E?
28:01AYE.
28:02E?
28:03E?
28:03E?
28:04Jack?
28:23A seven.
28:24A seven.
28:24Chris?
28:24Just a six.
28:26And your six?
28:27Beta.
28:28Beta.
28:29Yes, Jack?
28:30Baronet.
28:31A baronet.
28:32Yes.
28:33Pretty good?
28:34Yes.
28:34That was ours, too.
28:35What else have we got?
28:36Anything else?
28:36Not really, no.
28:37I'm afraid not.
28:38We're sticking with the baronet.
28:39We are.
28:40Very good indeed.
28:41Well done.
28:42Eighty-seven plays.
28:44Fifty-two.
28:44Now then, Chris.
28:46Constantly, please, Rachel.
28:47Thank you, Chris.
28:48Z.
28:49Lovely.
28:50And another one.
28:52S.
28:53And another one.
28:56T.
28:57A vowel.
28:58I.
28:59Another vowel.
29:01O.
29:02And another vowel.
29:02A.
29:04A.
29:05Consonant.
29:07D.
29:09Another consonant.
29:11L.
29:13And another consonant, please.
29:14And the last one.
29:16S.
29:17And they're off.
29:17What was next?
29:21Do you remember the
29:22way everything?
29:29Bye.
29:31Bye.
29:32Bye.
29:34Bye.
29:35Bye.
29:37Bye.
29:38Bye.
29:39Bye.
29:40Bye.
29:43Bye.
29:44Chris?
29:49Eight.
29:50And Jack?
29:51Yeah, I'll risk an eight as well.
29:53Chris?
29:54Solidist.
29:55Solidist.
29:56Most solid.
29:59Acceptable?
30:00Well, it would be the dictionary's decision because it's got more than one syllable,
30:04and so it has to be specified, and it is.
30:08Yep, excellent.
30:09Both.
30:10Well done.
30:11Solidist.
30:12Well done.
30:13Anything else there?
30:15Ken, anything interesting?
30:16Nothing as large as eight, but at seven, perhaps appropriately, we were doziest.
30:22Never dozy.
30:24Now then, Jack, numbers gain 95, will you get to 100?
30:28There's Rachel, pleading for her instructions.
30:31I'm going to be boring and go one large again, please.
30:34Thank you, Jack.
30:35Not always boring.
30:36Let's see what we've got with this one.
30:38So, five little ones, one large one, and for the last time today, they are four, seven,
30:42one, eight, six, and the large one, 75 again.
30:49And the target, 542.
30:51Five, four, two.
30:52Five, four, two.
30:53Five, four, three, four, three, four, five, five.
30:54Five, four, five, five, five, six, and the large one.
30:55Five, five, six, and the large one.
30:56Five, six, and the large one.
30:57Five, six, and the large one.
30:58Five, six, and the large one.
30:59Five, six, and the large one.
31:00Five, six, and the large one.
31:01Five, six, and the large one.
31:02Five, six, and the large one.
31:03Five, six, and the large one.
31:04Five, six, and the large one.
31:05Five, six, and the large one.
31:06Five, six, and the large one.
31:07Five, six, and the large one.
31:08Five, six, and the large one.
31:09Five, six, and the large one.
31:10Five, six, and the large one.
31:11How was it, Jack?
31:23Yeah, 542.
31:25Chris?
31:25542.
31:26All right.
31:27Jack?
31:28So, 7 times 75.
31:30775 is 525.
31:32And then 6 plus 8 plus 4 is 18.
31:36Yep.
31:37Take away the 1, 17, and add it on.
31:39542.
31:41Chris?
31:41Yeah, pretty much the same way.
31:43Well done.
31:44All right.
31:45Well done.
31:48You're through the 100, then.
31:50Well done, Jack.
31:50105 plays 70 as we get to the final round, and it's conundrum time.
31:55So, fingers on buzzers, please.
31:57Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:01Wow, Chris.
32:02Yes.
32:03Um, oh, no.
32:05Sorry.
32:06That's it.
32:06No.
32:08The rest of the time is yours, Jack.
32:09Thank you, Jack.
32:19Lullabide.
32:21Lullabide.
32:23Well done.
32:24Well done.
32:28115.
32:28Very good score.
32:29Well done, Chris.
32:30Good game.
32:31Not quite good enough.
32:32No.
32:32This one's a terrific competitor, and so it is that we send you back to Manchester, which
32:37is about, you know, three and six on the tram, with a big teapot and a priceless piece
32:43of kryptonite and our very best wishes.
32:44And to you, Jack Hurst, congratulations, and we shall see you in 12 days' time.
32:50Now then, see you tomorrow.
32:51Thanks.
32:51See you tomorrow.
32:52Yes.
32:52Things are getting hot here.
32:54They are.
32:54See you tomorrow.
32:55See you tomorrow indeed.
32:56Tell me this, Ken.
32:59This Eurovision Song Contest, and sometimes people are a little bit unkind about it and unfair
33:04watching it on television, perhaps, because there's some crazy voting going on.
33:08What's all that about?
33:09Well, a lot of people think it's political voting, but it's not really.
33:13It's more cultural.
33:15Yeah.
33:15You get sworn enemies voting for each other, like at certain times Ukraine and Russia voted
33:20for each other when they were not getting on at all.
33:22All the former Yugoslav republics vote for each other, because it's a cultural thing.
33:26It's voting for usually the kind of music that they like, you see.
33:30Yeah.
33:30And it's also slightly a bit of a kick against the perceived establishment, the Western European
33:36countries.
33:36Unfortunately, we in the UK have very few friends at all, so we don't have people voting
33:42for us at all.
33:43I mean, our nearest neighbours, Ireland do sometimes.
33:46France, our next nearest neighbours, hardly ever vote for us.
33:48Yeah.
33:48So we're an island nation, and we'll stay that way, I think, in Europe.
33:53Very interesting.
33:54And often republics will not support an ex-colonial power.
33:58It's quite interesting.
33:58Indeed.
33:59Indeed.
33:59I always travel on an Irish passport, never on an English passport, British passport.
34:04Do you use different names as well?
34:06No, no, I think it's the same, more or less the same name.
34:09But it's interesting, actually, because, for the reasons, you know, I've just given.
34:13Well, I was interested in Chris saying that when he DJs, he's into electro-pop.
34:18I go back far enough to be sort of wind-up gramophone pop, really.
34:21I started some years ago in hospital radio, and, you know, all these years later, I'm
34:26still making people sick when they listen to me.
34:28However, it's such a long time since I've been there, and, you know, you do worry about
34:32the effects you're having.
34:33But when I appear on television, you know, you get instant response.
34:37For instance, I've just had this letter in this week.
34:40Dear Ken Bruce, for the past 25 years, my husband has done nothing but sit staring at
34:45the TV screen 24 hours a day, sitting like a zombie, never speaking, just watching programme
34:51after programme without any sign of comprehension.
34:54The doctors had given up on him.
34:55Then, you appeared on Countdown, and there was a miracle.
35:00He got up and switched it off.
35:02It's lovely to have such an effect.
35:05We shall see you tomorrow.
35:06Lots more tomorrow.
35:06Rachel, see you tomorrow.
35:07See you tomorrow.
35:09Have a very pleasant evening.
35:11Good luck getting at least one card when you get home.
35:13Right, don't you?
35:16Join us again tomorrow.
35:17Same time, same place.
35:18We look forward to it.
35:19You be sure of it.
35:20Good afternoon.
35:25Meet the mum and dad's confident enough to say, yep, we're smashing this parenting lark.
35:38Child rearing gets competitive tonight at 8 o'clock here on Channel 4.
35:41Next, though, we're looking for a bit of sunshine.