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00:31Hello, everybody. Hope your weekend was good.
00:33Welcome to Countdown on Monday, May the 6th,
00:36and we are dizzy in anticipation of the Eurovision Song Contest,
00:40which is this weekend.
00:41More on that a little bit later in the programme.
00:44But we start today, and we start this week, Rachel Riley,
00:47by wishing George Clooney a very happy 63rd birthday.
00:5363!
00:54Yeah, starting the day talking about George Clooney.
00:56I think we should do that more often, really.
00:57He was named World's Sexiest Man in 1991,
01:01and then again in 2006.
01:05I mean, that's Luke's longevity right there.
01:08I think if you Google Silver Fox, that's the picture that should come up,
01:11you know, the dictionary definition.
01:13Ah, I was good-looking for a week in 1996.
01:17Right, I remember it well.
01:19Right, let's get the dictionary quarter.
01:20Making her mind up, and every single word that comes up this week
01:24is our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Den.
01:27And back alongside her, well, my camera never lies.
01:30You just knew we were going to have her back.
01:32It's Cheryl Baker!
01:34CHEERING
01:37Good to get you this week, because your feet trebles.
01:40It's, yeah, it's always a busy, busy week.
01:43You're very lucky to have me.
01:45Well, listen, you're joined by a new champion in Bernard McDonald,
01:48one of the least popular first-time winners in the history of Countdown.
01:50And bless him, it wasn't his fault.
01:52He's lovely.
01:53But, Bernard, you beat young Charlotte Robson,
01:56who was one win away from becoming her youngest ever female octo-champ.
02:00And you even said after the show,
02:02I'm happy and really sad at the same time.
02:05It was, yeah, you know the emoji where your head explodes?
02:08That was what it was like inside my head.
02:11Charlotte was extremely gracious in defeat.
02:15And, yeah, mixed feelings, but obviously I was pleased to get through.
02:19But, yeah, it was a shame,
02:20because a cracking player and a cracking young woman.
02:24Well, you're up against a man who can say he helped build America.
02:28Not that he's hundreds of years old,
02:29just a tiny little part of it.
02:31John Whittenstall's with us,
02:33living in Kent, originally from south-east London.
02:36How are you, sir?
02:37Yeah, very well, thank you.
02:38Good. What little part of America did you build?
02:41It was the sphere in Las Vegas.
02:44I was a party of that.
02:46I was involved in it from 2019 to 2023.
02:50No, amazing. I love that.
02:52So, are you in part in the design of it from the beginning
02:54or the actual construction?
02:56It was the procurement and construction of it.
02:58Amazing. Well, listen, let's see if you can build yourself a good score.
03:00Good luck to you today.
03:01It's John and Bernard.
03:03APPLAUSE
03:05All right, Mr McDonald, off you go.
03:07Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:08Afternoon, Bernard.
03:09Could I have a consonant, please?
03:10You can indeed start the week with T.
03:14And a vowel, please.
03:16U.
03:17A consonant.
03:19D.
03:21And another consonant.
03:23S.
03:24And a vowel, please.
03:26E.
03:28And a consonant, please.
03:31L.
03:32And another consonant.
03:34N.
03:37And a vowel.
03:39A.
03:41And a consonant, please.
03:43And lastly, S.
03:45At home and in the studio for the first time this week,
03:48let's play Countdown.
03:48N пойdoo is on theopping of theped again.
04:07And another consonant.
04:08And another consonant.
04:08And either the answer or anything,
04:08And immediately you see that anything you can appreciate?
04:08And then you can read the same tune.
04:11And then you canation.
04:19And that's your time, Mum. Bernard?
04:22A seven.
04:22A seven from you. And John?
04:24An eight.
04:25An eight. What's the seven, Bernard?
04:27On seats.
04:28Oh, and what a debut in television this'll be if it's in.
04:31What have you got there?
04:32Unsalted.
04:33Very good indeed. Well done.
04:34Oh, there you go.
04:38Unsalted. Well done.
04:40That'll get you eight points, Cheryl.
04:41I mean, unless you've got a nine here, our business is concluded.
04:45No.
04:46Got a nine.
04:47No.
04:47Got a nine. I didn't get it, I admit.
04:50Adultness.
04:51Ah, very, very grown up of you. Brilliant.
04:56There is a second one, actually, which is lovely.
05:00I know, it feels like it's showing off, but dauntless.
05:03Dauntless.
05:03And it means fearless and determined.
05:06Look at that.
05:07Well, you were upstage, but what a start.
05:08And you're picking these letters, John.
05:10Hi, Rachel.
05:10Hi, John.
05:11Can I have a consonant, please?
05:12You can indeed.
05:13F.
05:14Can I have another one, please?
05:16H.
05:17And a third.
05:19N.
05:20And a vowel, please.
05:21O.
05:23Another vowel.
05:24I.
05:26Consonant.
05:27S.
05:29Vowel.
05:31O.
05:34And, um, another vowel, sorry.
05:40E.
05:40And a consonant to finish.
05:41And a final D.
05:43And 30 seconds.
05:44Oh, no.
06:13Let's move on.
06:15Balthus, John?
06:17Seven. Yes, and Bernard?
06:19Seven. And seven, what have you got, John?
06:22Foodies. Foodies...
06:23A very modern word, that, as far as I know.
06:26And Bernard? Hoodies.
06:28There you go. Foodies and hoodies is an amazing festival, isn't it?
06:31If you think about it, all the food trucks, the skateboarding and all that,
06:34it's a good idea. Right, first numbers round of the day, Bernard.
06:37Can I have one large and any other five, please, Rachel?
06:40Thank you, Bernard. One on the top.
06:41And five not. First numbers of the week are ten, six, five, eight, four,
06:49and the large one, 100.
06:50And the target, 329.
06:54329, numbers up.
07:263-2-9, Bernard.
07:28330, not written down. One away, John?
07:31330. Have you written yours down? Yeah. Good, we're all good to go then. Bernard?
07:36100 plus ten.
07:37110.
07:39And then eight minus five.
07:41Is three.
07:42And then multiply them together.
07:44One above. How did you get there, John?
07:46I did eight times four.
07:48Eight times four, 32.
07:49And then six minus five is one.
07:51Yeah.
07:52Added that on to the 32 and then times by ten.
07:5533.
07:55330 again. One away.
07:56There you go. You didn't look too concerned.
07:58I had a little look over during that.
08:00329.
08:00Yeah, well, if you do the first step, then the rest falls out.
08:03And the first step is 100 divided by four is 25.
08:07And then you can say eight plus five is 13.
08:10Times them together for 325.
08:12And you have ten minus six for a second four to add on 329.
08:16Nice.
08:19Good start to the week all round.
08:21Hope you've had a good start at home as well.
08:23As we get our first tea time teaser, it's long name.
08:27Long name.
08:28It sounds like it could be a fruity weapon.
08:32It sounds like it could be a fruity weapon.
08:50Welcome back.
08:51It sounds like it could be a fruity weapon.
08:53We will definitely go to Susie Dent.
08:55Not afraid to make a fool of myself on national TV.
08:59Mangonel?
08:59Is that even the right pronunciation?
09:01Yes, you're not making a fool of yourself at all.
09:03I have to say I'm learning something here too.
09:06But it goes back to a Greek word meaning engine of war.
09:10And it was a device used for throwing stones and other missiles.
09:13Let's get back to the game, John.
09:15Can I have a consonant, please?
09:17Thank you, John.
09:18Tea.
09:19Tea.
09:19And another one, please.
09:22S.
09:23And a third.
09:24B.
09:26And a vowel, please.
09:28A.
09:29Another vowel.
09:30O.
09:32A consonant.
09:34V.
09:35Another consonant.
09:36C.
09:38C.
09:39A vowel, please.
09:41E.
09:44And a final consonant, please.
09:47A final T.
09:49Let's take this one to the bank.
10:18Let's take this one to the bank.
10:21C.
10:21Talk to me, John.
10:23A dodgy seven.
10:24A dodgy one.
10:25Bernard?
10:26Six.
10:27And a six.
10:27A safe six.
10:28What do we got?
10:29Coverts.
10:29John?
10:30Vocates.
10:31I can see where you're coming from, but it's not there, John.
10:34I'm afraid just vacate, not vocate.
10:36I'm sorry.
10:37Yeah.
10:37That will somewhat silence you as we head over to the dictionary corner for any sevens?
10:42Yeah.
10:42Actually, the same letters as vocates, but in a different order.
10:46Octaves.
10:47Octaves.
10:48Octaves.
10:48And also azacets, which are the beautiful wading birds.
10:51We'd like that one.
10:52Lovely.
10:52Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful.
10:54John, still a two-point lead, Bernard.
10:56Much-needed points on your letters.
10:58Could I have a consonant, please?
10:59Thank you, Bernard.
11:01R.
11:03And a vowel.
11:05I.
11:06Consonant, please.
11:09N.
11:10Another consonant.
11:12D.
11:14Another consonant.
11:15K.
11:18And a vowel, please.
11:20E.
11:22Consonant, please.
11:23R.
11:26Another consonant.
11:30V.
11:31And another consonant.
11:33And overall with a third foul rule.
11:35Oh, I beg your pardon.
11:36With a final O.
11:37He should know better rates.
11:39He's a champion.
11:40Here we go.
12:11Bernard.
12:12I'll try an eight.
12:14John.
12:15I'll stick with a safe six.
12:17The six is?
12:19Driven.
12:19OK, the shoes are on the other foot here.
12:21Bernard.
12:21Can you be overkind?
12:23You can be.
12:24Excessively kind or extremely kind.
12:26Oh, don't tell me, John.
12:27Did you have that too?
12:28I heard it, but I didn't risk it.
12:29Oh, there you go.
12:30Well, we can be generous.
12:32We can give you the eight points.
12:33It's in there.
12:33Well done.
12:34It's all about when you take that gamble
12:36and when you don't so often decide a countdown.
12:40How do you get on, Cheryl?
12:41Oh, I've got a couple of good ones here.
12:43I've got drinker.
12:44Yes.
12:45And then I've got overdrink.
12:47It's overdrink, isn't there?
12:48That's a nine.
12:49Yay!
12:50APPLAUSE
12:53Let's switch back to the numbers then.
12:55Off you go, John.
12:56Can I have a countdown C, please?
12:59So I want two from the top, two from the bottom
13:01and then join them up with two small ones.
13:04Happy?
13:05Yes.
13:05Lovely.
13:06Right, we have nine, five, five, seven in the large two,
13:1225 and 100.
13:13And you need to reach the target 387.
13:17387.
13:18Numbers up.
13:50John?
13:52388.
13:52Oh, he's missed it by one.
13:53Bernard?
13:54388.
13:55You missed it by one as well.
13:56Off you go, John.
13:58Nine minus five is four.
14:00Yep.
14:01Times 100.
14:02400.
14:03Minus the seven and the five.
14:06And the seven and the second five.
14:07Yep, 388.
14:08I've done it exactly the same way.
14:11Yeah, I think...
14:12Yeah.
14:12I don't know why these want to kick yourselves
14:13or kick each other, but Rachel...
14:15Yeah, the 25.
14:16Well, there's lots of ways to do it.
14:19One of them, you could have said 25 plus 5 is 30,
14:23times by 5 is 150.
14:26And then take away the 100 and the seven to give you 43.
14:29And 43 times 9 is 387.
14:32Wow, yeah.
14:35That's a very different way than what I was thinking.
14:38Right, there you go.
14:39So many ways to get there.
14:41387 for 10 points.
14:43As we have our first chat with Cheryl Baker this week,
14:45we've got the whole week building up the Saturday in Sweden,
14:48this big ABBA anniversary.
14:50So let's take our time.
14:51Before we get to Sweden,
14:52let's just go back 12 months ago.
14:55Yes.
14:55To Liverpool.
14:57Just great to have it here.
14:58And off the back of us actually feeling part
15:01of the Eurovision community again.
15:03How did you find it?
15:04What was your experience?
15:05Colin, it was everything I wanted and more.
15:09It was almost like going back to 1981 when we won.
15:12It was amazing.
15:14As soon as I knew it was coming to the UK,
15:17I rented this big old barge, called a mega barge,
15:19and all the family went down,
15:21and friends, godparents of my children.
15:23We all stayed in this,
15:25and loads of bedrooms and bathrooms and things.
15:27And I didn't care about the cost because I thought,
15:30this is never going to happen again, possibly, in my lifetime.
15:35So it was like, you know, I wanted to celebrate it.
15:39And also, Fizz were down, Mike and Jay were down,
15:42just the three of us.
15:44Everywhere we went, we were royalty.
15:47Everybody knew us.
15:48It was fantastic for my ego.
15:51Yeah.
15:51I loved it.
15:52Oh, nothing wrong with that.
15:52It was so wonderful.
15:53It was so wonderful.
15:54Everything about that week was fantastic.
15:58As many superlatives as I can find is what happened that week.
16:01It's funny that you think about it with Eurovision,
16:03you can party all week.
16:05You can have family all week.
16:07You know, it really is for every generation, isn't it?
16:10And every type of way to enjoy it.
16:11I think the Eurovision is exactly that.
16:13It's for all genres, all ages.
16:16The whole of Liverpool was alive with music and happiness, joy.
16:21It was such an upbeat week.
16:23It was wonderful to be a part of it.
16:25Brilliant, Cheryl.
16:25What a week to have you.
16:30So many good conversations this week with Cheryl.
16:32Back to the game.
16:33At the moment, it's so, so close,
16:35but our champion, Bernard, is back in the lead only by six points.
16:39And your letters.
16:40Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:42Thank you, Bernard.
16:42And another.
16:45And another.
16:46And a third.
16:48M.
16:50And a vowel, please.
16:52U.
16:53And another.
16:55E.
16:56And a third.
16:58I.
17:00And a consonant, please.
17:04C.
17:05Another consonant.
17:08R.
17:09And another consonant, please.
17:12And lastly.
17:13B.
17:14Thank you, Rich.
17:15Thank you, Rich.
17:46Bernard.
17:47I'll try a seven.
17:49Very dodgy.
17:50A dodgy one.
17:51Not written down, either.
17:52Well, listen, you can't get any more dangerous than that.
17:54It's dodgy.
17:55It's not written down.
17:56John?
17:57Six.
17:58A six from you.
17:59Well, here we go again with safe and dodgy.
18:01It's the third time around.
18:02John, let's see if it pays off.
18:04What's safe?
18:05Primer.
18:06Primer, yeah.
18:06The old paint in a picture there.
18:08Go ahead, Bernard.
18:09I think this is nonsense.
18:10Price up.
18:11OK, so there's only one R4 primer, unfortunately, so we can't have that.
18:17Oh.
18:18And there's no price up, either.
18:19No, I'm sorry.
18:20I was trying pumice there, so I can't talk.
18:23We were all trying risky words in.
18:24Yes.
18:24I was trying copier.
18:25Not there.
18:27No.
18:27So we were down to sixes.
18:29We've nothing here, so what's sixes?
18:31Pumice, as in a pumice stone.
18:33Yeah.
18:34Yeah.
18:34And impure.
18:36Impure.
18:36Hmm.
18:37Well, there you go.
18:37No dull moment on the first show of the week.
18:40So let's continue that way.
18:41John?
18:41Can I have a consonant, please?
18:43Thank you, John.
18:44B.
18:45Another one, please.
18:46G.
18:48And a third.
18:50T.
18:51A vowel, please.
18:53O.
18:54Another one, please.
18:55I.
18:57A consonant.
18:58S.
18:59A vowel.
19:01E.
19:03A consonant.
19:05W.
19:07And a final consonant, please.
19:10A final T.
19:12And half a minute.
19:21BELL RINGS
19:23BELL RINGS
19:25BELL RINGS
19:44John?
19:45A risky seven.
19:46And Bernard?
19:47Seven.
19:48What's risky, John?
19:50Botties.
19:51And Bernard?
19:53Egotist.
19:54Egotist.
19:55But what about Botties?
19:56Botties is the plural of Bottie with a Y, absolutely fine.
19:59Yep, in the dictionary.
20:00Nice childlike, innocent word, isn't it?
20:02Yeah.
20:02Botties, I love it, I love it.
20:04Cheryl, how did you get on?
20:05No, that's it, Botties and Egotist.
20:07There you go.
20:08Botties and Egotist, 42 plays 36.
20:11It's been close either way, hasn't it, the whole way through today.
20:14Third numbers round, often what makes a difference,
20:17and Bernard, your choosing.
20:18Could I stick with one large and five small, please, Rachel?
20:21You can indeed, no sudden moves.
20:23One large, five little coming up this time.
20:27They are three, five, six, eight, seven.
20:33And the large one, 75 this time.
20:34And you need to reach 729.
20:38729, numbers up.
21:10729 is the target, Bernard.
21:13731.
21:14731 is two away, John.
21:16731 as well.
21:18My goodness me, Bernard.
21:1975 times seven plus three.
21:2275 times seven plus three for 750.
21:26And then I took away the eight, the six and the five.
21:28Eight, six and five, 19.
21:31731, two above, yep.
21:31Can you hear a rustle in the paper, John?
21:33Same way.
21:34Exactly the same way.
21:35Yeah, spot on.
21:37Seven points each.
21:38Here's how you could have got ten, Rich.
21:39Yeah, this is another one that's divisible by nine today.
21:42So you could have said 75 plus six is 81.
21:46And then eight minus five is three.
21:49Times by the three for nine.
21:50And times them together.
21:51729.
21:52Lovely.
21:55Magic Dog.
21:56Second Tea Time teaser this Monday afternoon is Dome Boys.
22:00D-O-M-E.
22:01Dome Boys.
22:02According to these brothers, everybody needs this.
22:05According to these brothers, everybody needs this.
22:26Somebody.
22:30Somebody.
22:30The Blues Brothers, of course.
22:32Well, one of these men will be feeling blue in six rounds from now,
22:36but I wouldn't want to bet which one.
22:38It's 49-43 in favour of our champion, Bernard.
22:41Great effort, John.
22:43And you're picking these letters.
22:44OK.
22:45Can I have a consonant, please?
22:46Rachel.
22:47Thank you, John.
22:48G.
22:49And a second, please.
22:51R.
22:52And a third.
22:54N.
22:55And a vowel, please.
22:57A.
22:58Another vowel.
22:59I.
23:00A consonant.
23:02F.
23:04A vowel, please.
23:06E.
23:08And a final...
23:10Oh, sorry.
23:10A consonant, please.
23:12L.
23:13And a final vowel.
23:16A vowel.
23:16A vowel, please.
23:17Final A.
23:19And let's play.
23:20I.
23:48And a不行.
23:49If you haven't played anything,
23:51John?
23:52Seven.
23:54Bernard?
23:54I'll stick with a seven.
23:56Too many risks for one show.
23:58John?
23:59Fearing.
24:00Yeah, Bernard?
24:01Fearing.
24:02And fearing as well. We will have to see.
24:05There, at the bottom there.
24:07Excellent.
24:08What do we have, Dictionary Corner?
24:09Well, I've got fearing as well.
24:11There you go, points for you.
24:13Love it.
24:13More letters, please, Bernard.
24:15Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:16Thank you, Bernard.
24:17M.
24:18And a vowel.
24:20E.
24:22Consonant, please.
24:24S.
24:25And a vowel.
24:27A.
24:29Consonant.
24:30P.
24:32And another.
24:34R.
24:36And another.
24:38T.
24:40And a vowel, please.
24:43E.
24:45And a consonant, please.
24:47Lastly, L.
24:49And kind down.
24:49Do you?
24:51Do you callum?
25:04To you.
25:04Things.
25:11Do,221.
25:12Yeah, no?
25:13Do,221.
25:13whey?
25:13Yeah, no.
25:19Good.
25:20That's your time up. Bernard, how many?
25:22I'll try nine.
25:24Yeah, John?
25:25Eight.
25:26The eight is?
25:28Tramples.
25:29Tramples. Will I trample all over it? What have we got?
25:31Palm trees.
25:32Palm trees!
25:34That's two words!
25:36Yes, it's two words, I'm afraid.
25:39I'm so sorry.
25:40Oh, look at that.
25:42Tramples takes the points.
25:44We've had so many of these safe word risk today.
25:47It's been so good.
25:48Right, what did we spot?
25:50Take us on another adventure.
25:52Well, there is one.
25:53There is one.
25:54There's a nine-letter, M plaster.
25:55M plaster, pray tell.
25:57It sounds like a verb, but it's actually a predecessor to our modern sticking plasters that you put over a
26:04wound.
26:04Wow, that is unbelievable.
26:06Wonderful.
26:10At two points in it, John, our challenger, in the lead with a brilliant 58.
26:14Bernard's sitting on 56.
26:15We have four rounds left, and you're going to have to stew a little, because we're getting our first origins
26:20of words of this week.
26:21Susie?
26:22Well, do you remember last week I was talking about place names and the kind of components or elements that
26:27you will find in place names?
26:28And once you know these building bricks, you can actually go along on the train or in your car, whatever,
26:33and you can start to kind of demystify place names, which I always think is wonderful.
26:38Not all.
26:39It doesn't work for all, but a great many.
26:42So, on H, letter H, I'm going to go for Holt, as in North Holt, just outside London.
26:48That meant a wood in the language of the Saxon, so North Holt is the north wood, the wood to
26:53the north.
26:55Hurst, as in Hazelhurst, near Manchester, that was a wooded hill.
27:01Lots of them up and down the country, but Hazelhurst obviously was a hill with lots of hazel trees on
27:05it, which is rather lovely.
27:07Lee, spelt in lots of different ways, L-E-I-G-H-L-E-Y-L-Y, for example.
27:12That meant a clearing in the wood.
27:13So, Crawley was the crow clearing, which is lovely, so the clearing where you might find crows gathering.
27:20So, so many of them kind of rooted in nature, which I love.
27:22Mir, likewise, that meant a pond.
27:26Swan Moor was originally Swan Mir, or Swan Pond.
27:29And Windermere was the pool or the lake that was owned by someone called Vinand, going all the way back.
27:35Middlesex was the land of the Middle Saxons.
27:38And Northumbria comes from words meaning the people who live north of the Humber.
27:42Love it.
27:43Brilliant.
27:46Two points, Bennett.
27:47Four rounds to go.
27:48This is going to go to the wire, isn't it?
27:50Let's do it, John.
27:51Your letters.
27:51Can I have a consonant, please?
27:53Thank you, John.
27:55X.
27:56And a vowel, please.
27:58O.
27:59Another vowel.
28:01A.
28:02A consonant, please.
28:04M.
28:05Another consonant.
28:07G.
28:08Another consonant, please.
28:11S.
28:12A vowel, please.
28:14E.
28:17Consonant, please.
28:18P.
28:19And a final vowel, please.
28:26And a final I.
28:28Good luck, everybody.
28:29malitional music.
28:29Once again.
28:46And then, we'll be right back.
28:49And then, we'll be right back.
28:49This is the end.
28:50Well, we'll be right back to it.
28:51Yeah.
29:00Tricky enough, John, how many?
29:02Seven. Seven for you, and Bernard?
29:04Just the six. Just the six there.
29:06Bernard, what have you got? Images.
29:08OK. John?
29:11Magpies. Magpies.
29:12Well done. Well done to you, you've stolen seven points.
29:15APPLAUSE
29:18Can we possibly add to that?
29:19There's a lot of two. We had.
29:21There you go. OK.
29:2465-56.
29:25That's a bit of daylight,
29:27but not enough to get away from the crucial.
29:29Bernard, letters.
29:30Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:32Thank you, Bernard.
29:33W.
29:34And another.
29:35Y.
29:37And another.
29:39H.
29:40And a vowel, please.
29:42O.
29:44And another.
29:45E.
29:47A consonant, please.
29:49L.
29:51And a vowel, please.
29:53O.
29:55A consonant, please.
29:58R.
30:00And another consonant, please.
30:02Lastly, C.
30:04Last letters.
30:06.
30:06.
30:06.
30:06.
30:06.
31:09We're going to get that teapot easier said than done.
31:12Are we going to get another C?
31:14Let's find out.
31:15Yeah, can I have a C for Claire, please?
31:16You can indeed.
31:18Another two from the top, four little.
31:20Let's see if we can get ten points at this numbers round.
31:22The final of the day is three, seven, six, four.
31:27And the big two, 175.
31:30And you need to reach 817.
31:33817.
31:34Last numbers.
32:078-1-7, John.
32:098-1-8.
32:11One away. Wendell open. Bernard?
32:13No, 8-1-2.
32:148-1-2. Well, 8-1-8 has to hit home first, so off you go, John.
32:177 plus 4 is 11.
32:19Yep.
32:20Times 75.
32:228-2-5.
32:23And then I think I've used the 4 twice.
32:25So it's back on.
32:28Right, 6 plus 4 is 10.
32:31Yep.
32:32Sorry, no, I didn't.
32:33I did 7 times 100.
32:34Yeah, I think that's me.
32:36Well, I did 7 times 100 plus 75.
32:40And then 8...
32:43No, I've lost it here.
32:44Oh, my goodness me.
32:45I've lost it here.
32:46The pressure.
32:47The pressure, Rich.
32:49Now, 8-1-7.
32:50You've been flawless today.
32:51Can we get there?
32:52Yeah, we can.
32:53If you say 100 plus 6, 106.
32:57Times that by 7 for 742.
33:00And add the 75.
33:01Brilliant.
33:028-1-7.
33:04Brilliant.
33:05Wow, that was...
33:06What a show it's been today.
33:07It's been nip and tuck all the way.
33:09I cannot believe we're not at a crucial countdown conundrum.
33:12Felt destined that way.
33:13But what a way to start the week.
33:14And that's credit to both of you.
33:16So our outgoing champion, Bernard, you're getting the teapot.
33:19Let's see if you can get this conundrum.
33:21John, let's see if you can put the cherry on top of your cake.
33:23Finger on the buzzer.
33:25Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:31Bernard, yes.
33:33Cavalcade.
33:33Let's have a look.
33:35Yes.
33:36Well done.
33:37Well done.
33:39Thank goodness me.
33:40What a show it has been.
33:42Bernard, you may be the only ever countdown contestant who's more popular in defeat than they were in victory.
33:47That goes down in the book for me.
33:49It's been a joy to have you today.
33:50And what a contestant, eh?
33:52Unlucky.
33:52Excellent.
33:53Very, very good.
33:54Love it.
33:55Hey, John.
33:56Nerve-wracking, eh?
33:57Yeah, a bit of a surprise, really.
33:59Ah, we got there in the end.
34:00We will see you tomorrow, mate.
34:02Well done to you.
34:03And on Eurovision week, Cheryl Baker back tomorrow?
34:07I hope so, yeah.
34:08I'd love to be here.
34:09So do we.
34:09You're going to be an empty chair.
34:10You're here for the week.
34:11Didn't no-one tell you.
34:12Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:14See you, Ben.
34:14Happy days.
34:15And George Clooney, somewhere in America, is about to wake up to his birthday.
34:20Big slice of cake, eh?
34:22Well, it was in the papers once that he watched at least one show of Countdown,
34:26so maybe today will be his second.
34:27Maybe he's watching.
34:28If you are, a happy birthday to you, George, from dusk till dawn.
34:32We'll see you here tomorrow.
34:33Susie, Rachel and I, you can count on us.
34:37You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:41You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:47APPLAUSE
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