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Countdown - Season 93 Episode 7 - Season 93, Episode 7
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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Tuesday afternoon.
00:33Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of Countdown.
00:36I couldn't bear it without you.
00:38Champion and challenger back with us today,
00:41both looking not to get stuffed,
00:42but let's quickly introduce our cuddly threesome,
00:45our G of the D, Susie Dent,
00:47our special guest, Mark Durden-Smith,
00:49and our Queen of Numbers, Rachel Riley.
00:51And on this day, way back in 1926,
00:56it was the birth of Michael Bond,
00:57who created, of course, Paddington Bear.
01:00Now, just a nice little thing.
01:01When he passed away in 2017,
01:04the epitaph on his gravestone was,
01:06quite obviously, but beautifully,
01:08please look after this bear. Thank you.
01:10Isn't that stunning? I love it.
01:12But we talk about that.
01:13Sounds very past tense, doesn't it?
01:15Back in the day.
01:16But Paddington's probably bigger than ever.
01:18I'm guessing all of your kids are into Paddington.
01:21We've got the books and obviously the films,
01:22and I think the whole Queen's Jubilee
01:25and obviously the Queen passing soon after that
01:27and the Paddington motif that kind of went along with it
01:29has kind of just brought it to all generations at once.
01:33And I know your 18-year-old daughter, Thea,
01:35loves me embarrassing her on national television.
01:38Thea loves Paddington.
01:40We all love Paddington.
01:41I think they're such family movies, aren't they?
01:43Just going to all go along and enjoy with them.
01:45Mark, is there a pretender to the bear throne
01:48of a more famous bear than Paddington, really?
01:51No, I mean, I grew up in the area of the Honey Monster.
01:53I mean, it wasn't really a bear, technically.
01:56But I suppose...
01:57I don't quite know what to do about Paddington
01:59because I haven't seen the latest incarnation of the movie series
02:02and my whole family went when I wasn't able to go.
02:05So it's like, do I go on my own?
02:07Do I ask a friend to go and see Paddington Bear?
02:09Go on your own.
02:10Go on my own?
02:11Yeah.
02:12There we go.
02:12Bear issues sorted.
02:14I'd watch it on TV at home if I was you.
02:16I want the full cinematic experience.
02:18I suppose we go to the other extreme.
02:20Americans would be screaming Yogi Bear at TV screens.
02:23I love Yogi Bear.
02:24What is it with bears and all this confectionery?
02:26Why are they into marmalade and honey?
02:28What is...
02:28Have they got sweet tooths, famously?
02:30Do you know this?
02:31They're just forever hungry.
02:32So anything will do.
02:33All right.
02:34He's smarter than the average contestant, that's for sure.
02:36It's James Judge, who's got two wins so far,
02:39looking to make it a hat-trick today.
02:41Oh, tantalising 99 yesterday.
02:43Still waiting for that century.
02:45Looking forward to it.
02:46And what did you bring us today as a present?
02:49Did you bring us anything?
02:50I'll save it up for the other side.
02:52Nothing, that is.
02:53Nothing.
02:54I ask you, because Anne-Marie Whitehead joins us today.
02:57Liz in Lancashire, originally, from Liverpool.
03:00How are you?
03:00Oh, very well.
03:01Thank you, Colin.
03:02Look at this.
03:03An apple crumble cake for us.
03:07We don't have any favourites in this show at all.
03:09Come on, Anne-Marie.
03:10Come on.
03:11We could get eight of these if she's an octo-champ.
03:13Thank you for bringing this.
03:14And I'll tell you why you should be excited about this.
03:17Anne, at one stage, you won Britain's Best Scones, didn't you?
03:20Competition.
03:20I did.
03:21So tell us about your baking history.
03:23I just like cooking and baking and making anything, really.
03:27Oh, goodness me.
03:27And then, after I retired, they were looking for more judges.
03:31So I went on to qualify as a judge.
03:33So some of these shows, you're going to have to taste maybe 100 items.
03:39What high hardness that be, eh?
03:42Someone's got to do it.
03:43Last question.
03:44What did you get then?
03:46I thought you'd share it.
03:47You don't know me very well at all, Anne-Marie.
03:49There'd be no sharing.
03:51Don't think we share here is points.
03:52So let's see what happens.
03:53Anne-Marie and James, best of luck.
03:55Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:00Afternoon, James.
04:01Consonant, please.
04:02Start today with J.
04:04And another consonant.
04:06T.
04:07Vowel, please.
04:09E.
04:10Consonant.
04:11G.
04:12Vowel, please.
04:14O.
04:16Consonant.
04:17B.
04:19Vowel, please.
04:21I.
04:22Consonant.
04:24S.
04:25And another consonant, please.
04:27And a final T.
04:29At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:33Bye.
04:34MUSIC CONTINUES
05:047.
05:05And a 7 too. What have you got, James?
05:06Botties.
05:07Botties. And for you, Anne?
05:10Egotist.
05:11Egotist.
05:12Very good indeed.
05:13I was expecting a pair of botties there, so great spot with egotist as well.
05:17Both, I'm assuming, count and such a childish word, isn't it?
05:21Botties and butties.
05:22Yeah?
05:22Yeah.
05:23Lovely. All right, nice 7. Let's get on with it.
05:27Seven points each. Anne-Marie, you're picking.
05:29Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:30Afternoon, Anne-Marie.
05:31Could I have a consonant, please?
05:33You can indeed.
05:34L
05:34And another.
05:37S
05:37And another.
05:39N
05:40And another.
05:42H
05:43And then a vowel.
05:45E
05:46And another.
05:48A
05:48And another.
05:51O
05:52And a consonant.
05:55R
05:55And a final vowel, please.
05:59A final e.
06:00And start that clock.
06:02And start that clock.
06:02And another yê² ìŠµë‹ˆë‹¤.
06:03I'm just going to hop on it.
06:03And a lot more.
06:04So let's go on the nectar.
06:05I'll see you next week.
06:06An
06:31Anne-Marie?
06:34Only a five.
06:35And for you, James?
06:36A seven.
06:37The five, Anne-Marie?
06:38Shea.
06:39James?
06:40Healers.
06:41Healers.
06:42Very good.
06:42Let me tell you, my ear holes are burning here.
06:44Yes, exactly right.
06:46That is there for eight.
06:47I love it.
06:47I only knew it because Rachel had already put it up.
06:49Oh.
06:50And we can't have knee ear holes, you can only have ear holes,
06:53so no nines.
06:54Let's get on with it.
06:55Numbers for the first time today are former mass teacher
06:57pickin' them or champion James?
06:59One large and five small.
07:01Please, Rachel.
07:01Thank you, James.
07:02One from the top five not coming up.
07:04First numbers of today are five, four, five, seven, seven and 50.
07:13And the target with them, 284.
07:15284, numbers up.
07:17284, numbers up.
07:34We're looking for 284, James.
07:50284.
07:51And Anne-Marie?
07:52281.
07:53281. You gave it away with that really loud tut.
07:57James, off you go.
07:5850 plus 7.
08:0057.
08:01Multiplied by 5.
08:03285.
08:04Take away 5.
08:05Take away the other 5 plus 4.
08:07Lovely.
08:08Well done.
08:08Another 10 points.
08:11It's hard to catch out in the numbers, really is.
08:13Let's get our first teatime teaser.
08:15Clam's menu.
08:17Clam's menu.
08:18Clam's on the menu, but it sounds like he wants a different shellfish.
08:22Clam's on the menu, but it sounds like he wants a different shellfish.
08:26Welcome back.
08:42Yes, clams were on the menu, but the mussels we were looking for was muscle man.
08:47Muscle man.
08:48And, yeah, you're not going to find any of those around here.
08:50Let's get back to the game.
08:51Anne-Marie, your letters.
08:53Consonant, please, Rachel.
08:54Thank you, Anne-Marie.
08:55N.
08:56And another.
08:58Y.
08:59And another.
09:01S.
09:02And another.
09:03And a final consonant, I think.
09:22Final D.
09:22And half a minute.
09:24And a final consonant, I think.
09:55Anne-Marie.
09:56Six.
09:57And for you, James?
09:58Six.
09:59And six.
10:00OK.
10:01Anne-Marie.
10:02Spined.
10:03Spined.
10:04And for you, James?
10:06Pained.
10:07Spined and pained?
10:08Both absolutely fine.
10:09Oh, good.
10:10You look at pains to add something else.
10:13I am at pains to add a seven, densify.
10:16There you go.
10:17It's like with every year, I'm densified.
10:20Right, more letters now from a champion, James.
10:24Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:25Thank you, James.
10:26S.
10:27And another consonant.
10:29T.
10:30Vowel, please.
10:32U.
10:33Another vowel.
10:34A.
10:35Consonant.
10:37N.
10:38Vowel.
10:39I.
10:40I.
10:42Consonant.
10:43M.
10:45Another vowel.
10:47E.
10:48And a consonant, please.
10:50And lastly, T.
10:51And here we go.
10:53And here we go.
10:53I.
10:53I.
10:53And here we go.
10:57And here we go.
11:02I.
11:02And here we go.
11:03James.
11:25A six.
11:26And for you, Anne-Marie?
11:27I think I've got a seven.
11:29I'm going to try a seven.
11:30There's a lot of possible sevens in there, isn't there?
11:34Right, the six.
11:35James playing it safe.
11:36On seat.
11:37Anne-Marie?
11:37Minuets.
11:38Minuets.
11:39Well done.
11:39Absolutely great.
11:40Yes.
11:43James gave you a hearty clap for that as well.
11:46Good stuff.
11:47I don't know if a champion should ever declare the word on seat,
11:49by the way, in countdown.
11:50You never want to tempt fate.
11:52What have we got in dictionary corner, Mark?
11:54Well, we've got nut meats, Nate.
11:56What is a nut meat?
11:57I say nut meat is the kernel of a nut,
11:59so it's the Edwell kernel of a nut.
12:00OK, lovely.
12:01Lovely.
12:01Simple as that.
12:02And we have minutest.
12:04Minutest.
12:04Yes.
12:05Nut meats is brilliant, isn't it?
12:07What a word to find.
12:08All right.
12:09Just the ten points in it as we get back to those numbers.
12:12And Anne-Marie, let's see if you're going to shake things up here.
12:14Two large, please.
12:16Two large.
12:17And four little coming up.
12:18Slight variation.
12:20Let's see if it helps.
12:20The small one's ten, eight, two, and five.
12:25And the large one's 25 and 50.
12:27And this time the target, 149.
12:29Hey, 149.
12:31Numbers up.
12:31And the large one's ten, eight, three, and five.
12:32And the large one's ten, eight, three, and five.
12:33And the large one's ten, eight, three, and five.
12:34And the large one's ten, eight, three, and five.
12:35And the large one's ten, eight, three, and five.
12:36And the large one's ten, eight, three, and five.
12:37And the large one's ten, eight, three, and five.
12:38And the large one's ten, eight, four, and five.
12:39And the large one's ten, eight, four, and five.
12:40And the large one's ten, eight, four, and five.
12:41And the large one's ten, eight, four, and five.
12:42And the large one's ten, eight, four, and five.
12:43And the large one's ten, eight, four, and five.
12:44And that's time.
13:021-4-9.
13:05Anne-Marie?
13:061-50.
13:071-50.
13:07And James?
13:081-50.
13:091-50.
13:09Not as easy as it first looked for everyone, Anne-Marie?
13:128-5 is 3.
13:16Yes.
13:17And then 3-50s.
13:18150, yep.
13:20James?
13:2150 plus 25.
13:2375.
13:24Times 2.
13:25Again, one away.
13:26Oh, Rich, we've all been duped.
13:28We've all been duped.
13:291-4-9.
13:30Well, one way to get there.
13:3225 plus 8 is 33.
13:355-2 is 3.
13:37Times those together for 99.
13:39And add the 50.
13:411-4-9.
13:41Wow.
13:42Well done if you managed it at home.
13:46Here, 7-point seats as we have our second chat of the week with Mark Durden-Smith.
13:50And I'm going to ask you a question.
13:51I'm going to put you in the spot.
13:53I don't like that.
13:53I feel uncomfortable already.
13:55You come from a family that have been involved in various ways in television.
14:00Judith Chalmers, of course, was a mega star when I was growing up.
14:03Still is.
14:04But she travelled the world.
14:05That was her job.
14:06She travelled the world.
14:08She told us where to go on holiday.
14:09Is there a question coming?
14:13Yes.
14:14I've been waiting for about five minutes at this point.
14:17I only booked you because of Judith.
14:18So, did you have, like, the most amazing holidays as a kid, right?
14:24A bit like if your mum or dad was a butcher, right?
14:28You're going to have the best steak.
14:29You know, whatever the family job is.
14:32You must have went all over the world.
14:34You would have thought so.
14:35You would have thought so.
14:36Obviously, it's an odd one.
14:38I think I've said this before.
14:39When your mum presents a programme called Wish You Were Here and you're growing up and you're
14:42thinking, that's quite apt.
14:43Wish You Were Here.
14:44But she's on holiday.
14:44Obviously, I loved her.
14:46And she actually clothed us in love and all that kind of stuff.
14:48And I only got to go to about three different locations over the course of, I think, 34 years.
14:55Wow.
14:55And every time they appeared, we actually had to watch Wish You Were Here.
15:01I think it was on a Monday night and we were forced to watch it.
15:04Not forced, but I wanted to watch the Million Dollar Man on the other side, whatever it was.
15:08Yeah.
15:08Forced to watch it.
15:09And I remember every time, oh, you're in this one, Marky.
15:12I was called Marky at home.
15:13And how exciting was this?
15:15And every time I thought, I remember going on that holiday, they did film me making an amazing
15:19sandcastle, ornate pieces of driftwood and shells.
15:23It looked incredible.
15:24But the only things they ever used on Wish You Were Here with me eating ice cream, basically
15:32ice cream, but also just covered with stuff all over my face.
15:36I only had steak, chips, and full-fat Coke in that era.
15:40And it was all just me looking a little bit like I'd been, you know, possibly not learnt
15:44my nutritional values in life.
15:46So, honestly, we did have some perks.
15:50There were some perks.
15:51Yeah.
15:51But I didn't get to go on many.
15:53I did also knock out the world's strongest man, a Bognor Regis.
15:57Yes.
15:57He said, hit me.
15:58I took him down.
15:59I was seven, and he was enormous.
16:03Sensational.
16:04Sensational.
16:04A lot of time ago.
16:05Well, Julius, you'll be watching, no doubt, your son on Countdown.
16:07We wish you were here.
16:09Lots of love to you.
16:10Great story.
16:10Thank you so much.
16:11APPLAUSE
16:12OK, who's going to be here tomorrow?
16:16It is up in the air.
16:17Our champion, James Judge, under a bit of pressure, 37 points.
16:21Anne-Marie Whitehead on 27.
16:23The magic 10 behind.
16:25Mr Judge, it's your letters.
16:27Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:28Thank you, James.
16:30N.
16:30And another consonant.
16:33M.
16:33And a vowel, please.
16:36U.
16:37And another vowel.
16:38I.
16:39A consonant.
16:41N.
16:42Another consonant.
16:44T.
16:45And a vowel.
16:47A.
16:48And another vowel.
16:51E.
16:52And a consonant, please.
16:54Lastly, R.
16:56And good luck.
16:56And a consonant, please.
17:26All right, James. Seven. Seven, well done.
17:29Anne-Marie? Only a six. The six is? Minuet.
17:33Minuet. And James? Minicer.
17:36A minuter. Minuter. Potato, potato, minuter, minuter,
17:39any of them in? Not there in either form, I'm afraid.
17:42I'm so sorry. I am livid about that, by the way, just FYI,
17:46because that was my first seven I've got this week. Oh, yes.
17:48We had a laugher yesterday. Why would someone in a meeting
17:51not be a minuter? Be a minuter. Yes. Anyway, I think that needs to change.
17:54OK. Susie Dent, deal with that. I will make an eight. Yes.
17:57It's such a friendly show that about once a week,
18:00Countdown sends you into fury, and we've just had that moment.
18:03So what is there? We did get a couple of eights. Oh, hello.
18:07We did, did we? Yes, we did. I was too obsessed by Minuter.
18:09Oh, we did, OK. Ruminate. Ruminate? Yes. And train men.
18:13Yes. And by we, Susie means her. Well done.
18:17More letters, please, now, from Anne-Marie.
18:19Constantly, please, Rachel. Thank you, Anne-Marie.
18:22C. And another.
18:24C. And a vowel.
18:34A. And another vowel.
18:36O. And another vowel.
18:38E. Another vowel.
18:41U. And a consonant.
18:45And lastly, M.
18:47Let's do it.
18:48One vowel.
18:50What?
18:50What?
18:51What?
18:51Do it.
18:55What?
19:00One watch.
19:00Oh, hello.
19:03Little vowel.
19:03Was it one?
19:04What?
19:05Oh, oh.
19:05What?
19:06What?
19:06No way.
19:07What?
19:07What?
19:08Anne-Marie?
19:20Six.
19:21And James?
19:22Four.
19:23And four.
19:23What's the four?
19:24Pace.
19:25And the six?
19:26Opaque.
19:27Opaque.
19:27Very good indeed.
19:28Yeah, well spotted.
19:29Did you see anything apart from opaque?
19:31Pumice.
19:32So, not pumice stone, but this is in cider making.
19:36Once the fruit has been crushed to get its juice,
19:38it's what's left over the pulp.
19:40OK, makes sense with the palm.
19:41Yes, exactly.
19:42Very good.
19:43And, you know, that goes to show how difficult it was
19:46to top score in that round.
19:49What a battle we have in our hands
19:50as we get our numbers for the third time today.
19:53James loves them.
19:54Let's do it.
19:55Three large, three small, please, Rachel.
19:57And you change your tactics as well.
19:58You're up and you're going.
19:59Three large, three little.
20:01Possibly a tricky one.
20:02Let's see.
20:02They are six, ten, seven.
20:0650, 75 and 100.
20:09And this target, 595.
20:11Five, nine, five.
20:12Numbers up.
20:13Seven, four.
20:17illegitimate.
20:19Five, six.
20:19Five, four.
20:20Five, six.
20:21� selby.
20:22Six, limbo.
20:22Five, four.
20:23Four, five.
20:23Five, six.
20:23Nine, five.
20:24One, four.
20:26Three, six.
20:29Five, seven, ten, nine.
20:30Nine, ten.
20:32Nine, ten, ten.
20:33Five, ten, ten, ten, ten.
20:34595 with three large, James.
20:46595.
20:47Yeah, and Anne-Marie?
20:49595.
20:49Yes, fell quite well. Off you go, James.
20:51Six times 100.
20:53600.
20:5450 divided by 10.
20:55Here's your five.
20:57Subtract.
20:57I'm sure you were hoping for something a bit trickier than that.
20:59Same way.
21:00Yeah.
21:01Interesting.
21:01Excellent. Well done. 10 points each.
21:03APPLAUSE
21:04And that brings us to this tea-time teaser with the scores so delicately poised
21:10and it's Older Move, Older Move.
21:13I like this one.
21:14On your bike, son, we're going round in circles here.
21:16On your bike, son, we're going round in circles here.
21:19Hello again.
21:35Yes, we were in the velodrome for that tea-time teaser
21:38and this looks like it's going to be a photo finish today.
21:41Our two-time champion, James, is on 47.
21:43Our baker extraordinaire, Anne-Marie Whitehead.
21:47Hoping it's not a case of here today, scone tomorrow.
21:51She's got 49 points with a slight lead.
21:54And it's your letters.
21:56Consonant, please.
21:57I apologise on behalf of the whole team.
22:01Start with N.
22:02And another.
22:03And another.
22:04H.
22:05And another.
22:07M.
22:08And another.
22:10T.
22:12And a vowel.
22:13A.
22:15And another vowel.
22:16O.
22:17And another.
22:18U.
22:21Consonant.
22:22G.
22:23And a vowel.
22:24And lastly, A.
22:27And kind of.
22:28Next slide.
22:45Bye.
22:52Bye.
22:55Bye.
22:55Bye.
22:55Bye.
22:57Bye.
22:58Anne-Marie. I've got a safe six. OK, and James? Six.
23:03OK, let's play it safe, then. What have you got, Anne-Marie?
23:06Amount. Amount. And James? Nought. Susie, any better?
23:10We were just on sixes as well, actually. We had an amount.
23:13And no better than that. OK. More letters now from a champion, James.
23:17Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, James. L.
23:20And another consonant, please. D. And a vowel, please.
23:25O. And another vowel. E.
23:29A consonant. N. A vowel, please. O.
23:35A consonant. R. A consonant. S.
23:42And a vowel, please. Final A.
23:46All right, let's go.
23:48So, let's go.
24:07MUSIC PLAYS
24:18James? Seven. Seven. And Anne-Marie? Seven.
24:22What have we got, James? Loaders. Yes, and for you, Anne-Marie?
24:25Noodles. Oh. Noodles it is.
24:29Over the dictionary corner, Anne-Marie. We've got...
24:31And I say we, I am questioning you.
24:34So, lardoons? Yes. I would have thought it's a lardons.
24:37Yes. It's only a singular O, no? Yes, you can have it with a double O,
24:41but most usually we would have it with one O, to be fair.
24:43It's the same thing? Same thing. OK.
24:44Yeah, little cubes of bacon. Exciting round.
24:47Leaves it still two points, the difference.
24:49So, Anne-Marie's holding her nerve. James is right there.
24:53Could be a crucial countdown conundrum.
24:54But right now, it's a very important origins of words.
24:57Who's been contacting you? Lisa Loft. What a great name.
25:00That's a great name. That is a great name.
25:02You may not like Lisa so much after she...
25:05She says... She mentions that you say showboating a lot.
25:09Do I?
25:10You do, but I don't think you use it in...
25:12I think you chastise yourself if you are showboating
25:16and then you move on.
25:17So, I don't think Lisa means it in any insulting way at all,
25:19but she's wondering what it means and where does it come from.
25:22So, to showboat is to show off, essentially.
25:27And it goes back to the golden age of showboats in the US,
25:31as many of us will know.
25:33So, it ran from the 1830s right up to the 1920s.
25:37And they were floating palaces of entertainment, essentially.
25:41And you would find them on the Ohio rivers and the Mississippi rivers.
25:44And they would stop at riverside towns rather than sort of being,
25:48you know, placed permanently in one particular area.
25:52If these riverside towns were too small to have these kind of permanent fixtures,
25:56they would just pass through and people would flock to them.
25:59And they staged all sorts of different shows.
26:01So, they had melodramas, they had vaudeville,
26:03which was kind of burlesque comedy, as well as songs and dances.
26:07And really kind of exaggerated, slightly flashy performances to bring in the crowds.
26:13And they also had these wonderful calliopes,
26:15which were these steam-powered organs that could be heard from miles around.
26:19So, because of this kind of flashiness and dazzling kind of exuberance, I suppose,
26:25to showboat then emerged as a verb meaning to behave ostentatiously.
26:30That's the idea.
26:31And in sports, I think, Colin, you'll know better than me,
26:34but it's unnecessary flourishes, isn't it?
26:36It is indeed. I'm glad you didn't ask the full-time sports presenter.
26:39Oh, I'm so sorry. Mark, tell me your question.
26:41No, I'm not a showbater.
26:42I think the key is in sport, you have to get it right.
26:44You know what I mean?
26:45If you're going to do a behind-the-back pass in rugby,
26:48or you're going to do the step-overs or Cruyff turns in football,
26:50get it right, or that whole crowd will be on you for it.
26:53Oh, absolutely right.
26:54Yeah, and so there's a tiny bit of mild disapproval in there, I think.
26:58But it all goes back to what was once seen
27:00as this incredible entertainment onward the river.
27:02Great stuff.
27:03APPLAUSE
27:06OK, here we go.
27:08Who's going to stay afloat today?
27:09Who's going to be sunk?
27:10James, our champion, on 60 points.
27:13Anne-Marie on 62.
27:14Four rounds to go.
27:17Anne-Marie, deep breath.
27:18Your letters.
27:20Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:21Thank you, Anne-Marie.
27:22And a final constant, please.
27:46A final N.
27:48And countdown.
27:49MUSIC PLAYS
27:50MUSIC CONTINUES
27:51MUSIC CONTINUES
27:51I am tambourine.
28:21Seven. JJ? Seven.
28:23Yeah. Anne-Marie? Unfired.
28:26Oh, unfired. And James? Founder.
28:30Founder jumped out. Unfired, we're going to pottery, aren't we?
28:34We are. Unfired clay in the dictionary, yes.
28:36There you go. And anything we can add in there?
28:39We had... I was trying to get the X in and I couldn't do it,
28:42but luckily Susie's on hand. Unfixed. Unfixed? Yes.
28:46Yes. Unfounder, but just sevens. Absolutely. All the way for us.
28:50Well, straightforward's not a bad thing, really, at this stage,
28:53cos it keeps it perfectly poised as we get more letters in our last letters
28:57of this epic episode of Countdown from James.
29:00Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, James.
29:02R. And another consonant.
29:05S. And another consonant, please.
29:08G. Vowel? E. Another vowel, please. U. Another vowel, please. E. A consonant. D. And a final consonant, please.
29:26A final T. Last letters.
29:29S. And another consonant, please.
29:41ROSEN DIUM
29:51James?
30:01Seven.
30:02And for you, Anne-Marie?
30:03Seven.
30:04Goodness me, James?
30:06I got badges.
30:08Badgers from you?
30:09Budgets.
30:10Yeah, no A for badges, unfortunately.
30:14What a moment.
30:15Actually, makes it nine points of difference,
30:17so we're still in crucial countdown conundrum territory,
30:21but a drop stets there as we find out, is there anything else?
30:24This is too tense, I can't think.
30:26There was one single eight week of hand, which was gestured.
30:30Gestured?
30:30Yes.
30:31Well, let us gesture.
30:32Good luck to both of you.
30:3320 points still up for grabs.
30:35It's there in the balance.
30:36Anne-Marie's got a nine-point lead.
30:38So what are you going to do with these last numbers?
30:41Just one from the top.
30:43You're hoping for something easy.
30:45James certainly isn't.
30:47Let's see which way it's going to fall.
30:49Final numbers today.
30:50Seven, one, two, four, five.
30:54And the large one, 100.
30:56And the target, 496.
30:59Four, nine, six.
31:01Numbers up.
31:01Number two, five, six.
31:14No.
31:14Yeah.
31:14It's a little more.
31:15Every one, one.
31:16Yeah.
31:16All right.
31:16Yeah.
31:17Yeah.
31:17Yeah.
31:18Yeah.
31:18Yeah.
31:18Yeah.
31:18Yeah.
31:27And that's time, Anne-Marie.
31:344.96.
31:35And for you, James.
31:364.96.
31:37Off you go, Anne-Marie.
31:38Five times 100, minus four.
31:40500. No showboating here.
31:43James.
31:44Exactly the same.
31:45Pass it over.
31:46There you go.
31:48Ten points each.
31:52Well, right from the beginning of this episode,
31:55it felt like an epic ending was baked in.
31:58So there's only two questions to ask you.
32:00Is our champion cooked or will our challenger crumble?
32:04Fingers on the buzzers.
32:07Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:25Time is up.
32:43We're handing out the teapot.
32:44Well done, Anne-Marie.
32:48But boy, oh boy, was that tense.
32:50I didn't see it, Rach.
32:51I think 29 seconds for you.
32:53I saw your eyes like that.
32:54Yeah, well, that was a very important round.
32:56It is.
32:57Wow, it's important.
32:58Look, everybody else got it apart from us three, it seems.
33:01Well done, everyone in the studio.
33:02Well done, nation.
33:02Let's confirm it.
33:04Goodness me.
33:05Fantastic.
33:07Wow.
33:08Well, James, to you first.
33:11Really epic battle today.
33:14You became a champion.
33:15That's the main thing.
33:16How are you feeling about that?
33:17Well, a bit gutted to lose, but well done, Anne-Marie.
33:19She came back very well.
33:20Yeah.
33:20So, can't argue.
33:22So good.
33:22And I do feel like, you know, it's only these little things, these little moments.
33:27If you get that, I could see an octo-champ.
33:30I could see a series finalist for sure.
33:32But that's the way I close, James.
33:33It's been lovely to have you.
33:34Thank you so much.
33:34Thank you very much, Colin.
33:35And Anne-Marie.
33:36Look what happens when you bake a cake, eh?
33:40You'll get to have a slice of it with us now, because you have to stay about.
33:43Yeah.
33:44Tell you what, the bar's high.
33:45What are you making us tomorrow?
33:46What have we got?
33:48Any orders?
33:49Anyone?
33:50Scones.
33:51Scones?
33:51Carrot cake.
33:52Carrot cake.
33:52There you go.
33:54I'm not talking to any of you, because they're called scones, so...
33:56Oh, no!
33:58Let's not go there.
34:00Excellent.
34:00Well, listen, you're not me going back to your kitchen, that's for sure.
34:03You're staying right here.
34:04Thank you very much, Anne-Marie, and well done, TA.
34:08Lovely show.
34:09Mark Durden-Smith, pleasure to have you.
34:12Great to be here to witness this epic contest.
34:14Honestly, you two are fabulous.
34:16Yeah, you never know day-to-day what you're going to get.
34:18Well, you do, you know you're going to get Susie.
34:20Yes, thank you.
34:21And you, Rachel, happy days.
34:22See you tomorrow.
34:23Wonderful, yes.
34:23And it is, let's face it, winter.
34:26And it is Wednesday tomorrow.
34:28And all those horrible W words, but we will be here.
34:31And if you turn up, we're winners.
34:32So we'll see you same time, same place.
34:34You can count on us.
34:35You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:41You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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