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00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Wednesday afternoon, Series 89, a little over a month away from welcoming back its
00:39Big 8 to battle it out for the title of Series Champion. Let's take it one show at a time
00:44and say hello to Rachel Riley on this World Donkey Day. Yes.
00:50Well, I didn't get you anything. I feel embarrassed now.
00:54You've made an ass of yourself there. I have. I have.
00:56Yes. I love when we talk about animals. I love especially when we talk about a misunderstood animal. And donkeys
01:07are that, you know, like as stubborn as a mule.
01:09Yeah. They're not stubborn. Donkeys aren't stubborn. They're actually more risk averse than humans. So they see the edge of
01:15the cliff before we do. And they panic.
01:19So actually, we should say as overcautious as a mule. Isn't that lovely?
01:24I'm just not as catchy, though, is it? You can try and change it, but I'm not sure.
01:28Well, I'll tell you what I'll do then. I'll give you the whole show. And then at the end, I'll
01:33give you the most fabulous donkey fact that will melt all of your heart.
01:38OK. And there's a little Susie Dent connection as well to it. I'll be here.
01:42Right. Let's get over to Susie Dent, because the truth is we hang on her every word.
01:47Well, obviously not. We do. Your word is definitive. That's why. Susie Dent's here. And pardon us if we're a
01:54little giddy, but it's Eurovision week.
01:56Cheryl Baker's back.
01:59And while still recovering from yesterday's countdown, we welcome back the superstar septuagenarian Janet Parton.
02:08How are you today? Good, thank you.
02:10And hey, we've got to talk about your son, who is not in just any band, but a brilliant band.
02:17I played them in Radio 1. John Peel played them first before anyone else.
02:21The Go team, your son, is still in on the founding member.
02:24Yeah.
02:25I love it's a small world's moments, but...
02:28So I would interview your son face-to-face on Radio 1.
02:31Yeah, he's home with me.
02:32Give him my love. Brilliant band.
02:34Yeah, will do, will do.
02:34I love it. Well, there's a new superstar in the Parton family now.
02:38Let's see if you can get your second win.
02:39You're going to have to be Carly Evans, who's with us.
02:41How are you, Carly?
02:42Yeah, I'm good, thank you.
02:42Good, really nice to have you.
02:44Books, let's talk books.
02:45They're central to your life.
02:47You love them.
02:47But tell me all about the book cycles.
02:50Oh, so I volunteer at a book cycle.
02:52It's like a library, but you don't have to bring it back.
02:54Oh.
02:55So everyone donates, and then you just hope for more donations,
02:58and then you can take however many books you want home.
03:01Yeah.
03:02And it's really good, because it gets lots of kids reading,
03:04gets loads of kids taking books home,
03:06books that they ordinarily wouldn't read,
03:08or they don't have to pay anything or anything like that.
03:10It's beautiful.
03:11It's a great thing.
03:11It's really nice, and everyone's really loving it,
03:13and it's a really positive experience.
03:15Brilliant.
03:15Best luck to Carly and Janet.
03:17Here we go again.
03:20All right, let's go, team.
03:22Your letters, Janet.
03:23A consonant, please.
03:24Thank you, Janet.
03:25Start today with B.
03:28Consonant.
03:30H.
03:32Consonant.
03:33T.
03:36Consonant.
03:37R.
03:39Vowel.
03:41A.
03:42Vowel.
03:44U.
03:47Vowel.
03:48A.
03:51Vowel.
03:54I.
03:58Er, consonant, please.
04:01And a final Y.
04:03At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:10I'll see you next time.
04:10I'll see you next time.
04:10I'll be here.
04:32MUSIC PLAYS
04:35There you go, time's up. Janet, how many?
04:38Just five. And Carly? Five.
04:40Yeah, very tricky round, that. Janet, what do you have?
04:42Birth. OK, good. And Carly?
04:44Yeah, birth. And birth.
04:48What have we got in the dictionary corner?
04:50You can put the Y on it, believe it or not.
04:52Can you? Birthy?
04:53You can, yeah.
04:54In various dialects and in Scots as well,
04:58it means it describes soil or land that is really productive,
05:02that is abundant, if you like.
05:04Lovely stuff. Carly, let's get going.
05:07A consonant, please. Thank you, Carly.
05:10N.
05:11And another consonant, please.
05:13P.
05:15Consonant, please.
05:17F.
05:19And a fourth.
05:21T.
05:23Vowel, please.
05:25E.
05:26Another vowel, please.
05:28O.
05:29And a third, please.
05:32E.
05:32A consonant.
05:35L.
05:37And a final consonant, please.
05:40And a final S.
05:42And 30 seconds.
05:43E.
05:45.
05:45E.
05:45E.
05:46E.
05:46E.
05:47E.
05:47E.
05:51E.
05:53E.
06:10MUSIC PLAYS
06:14That'll do. Carly? Five. Five again. Janet? Six.
06:18Six there. OK, Carly, what's the five? Opens.
06:21Very strong indeed, but Janet, the six?
06:24Fleets. Fleets. Fleets. It's in a fleet of cars.
06:28Yeah, absolutely fine. Yep. Very good indeed.
06:31Lovely. Cheryl, can we add anything?
06:32No, I've got another six. Elopes.
06:34Yes. One self.
06:36One self. One self for seven. Very good.
06:40First numbers round of the day. And Janet?
06:43One from the top and any of the five, please. Thank you.
06:46Thank you, Janet. One large, five little.
06:48Coming up. And the first numbers of the day are one,
06:51one, eight, eight, five.
06:55Another five. And the large one's 75.
06:58And the target to reach 126.
07:00126. Numbers up.
07:03One, two, three, four, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:14five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:16five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:16five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:16five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
07:16five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five
07:33And that's time.
07:34One, two, six, the target. Janet?
07:37I've miscalculated this, sorry.
07:39No worries. Carly?
07:40One, two, seven.
07:41That'll be for seven points and a one-point lead.
07:44Off you go.
07:44Eight times five is 40.
07:47Yep.
07:47Plus 75 is 115.
07:50Yep.
07:53Eight plus five is 13.
07:55And the other eight and the other five, 13.
07:57And then take away the one.
07:59Take away the one for 12.
08:01And one, two, seven, one above.
08:03Yes.
08:04How do we get the one, two, six, Rich?
08:06Well, if you take one of the eights and take one of the fives away for three,
08:10and then 75 divided by three is 25, and then it becomes easy.
08:15It times it by the second five for 125 and add on the one, one, two, six.
08:20Nice.
08:22There you go. Break it down. Build it back up again.
08:24Let's give you a tea-time teaser to get you through the break.
08:27It's toes tilt. Toes tilt.
08:30No Barbara Woodhouse, but heel and walkies.
08:33No Barbara Woodhouse, but heel and walkies.
08:52Welcome back.
08:53No Barbara Woodhouse, but heel and walkies.
08:56Stiletto.
08:57Stiletto was the tea-time teaser.
09:00All right, let's get on with the game.
09:02Just one point in it.
09:03What a great start from Carly Evans, and you're choosing these letters.
09:06Could I start with a consonant, please?
09:08Thank you, Carly.
09:09D.
09:10And another, please.
09:17Vowel, please.
09:20I.
09:20And another vowel, please.
09:23O.
09:24And a third.
09:26U.
09:28Consonant, please.
09:30V.
09:32Another consonant, please.
09:34R.
09:36And a vowel, please.
09:38And lastly, A.
09:40Thanks, Rich.
09:42Thanks, Rich.
10:12How many, Carly?
10:13Five.
10:14Five from you.
10:15The tricky start list, Janet.
10:17Six, I think.
10:18Yeah, it's been nip and tuck, hasn't it?
10:20Well, Carly, you know about a five.
10:21What's the five?
10:22Radio.
10:23And Janet thinks that she has a six.
10:25What's the word?
10:26Adroit.
10:27Oh, adroit.
10:28Is that how you say it?
10:29Yeah, I understand because it comes from French,
10:31so I could hear you giving it a French twist.
10:34But yeah, adroit in English.
10:36Really good, yeah.
10:37Clever or skilful.
10:38Yeah.
10:38Great.
10:40Well spotted.
10:41Quite fancy, if you don't mind me saying.
10:42Anything else, Cheryl?
10:44There is a seven.
10:45Auditor.
10:46Auditor, there you go.
10:47Very well spotted.
10:49Right, five points in it.
10:50It's going to be one of those days again.
10:52And Janet, you're choosing more letters.
10:55Consonant, please.
10:56Thank you, Janet.
10:57T.
10:58And another.
11:00L.
11:01And another.
11:03N.
11:05And another, please.
11:06M.
11:07M.
11:10Vowel.
11:12E.
11:14Vowel.
11:16I.
11:19Vowel, please.
11:21E.
11:24And another vowel, please.
11:28U.
11:30Oh, and a consonant.
11:32And lastly, D.
11:34And half a minute.
11:35I'm out.
11:37I'm out.
12:07Time is up. Janet, how many?
12:10Seven.
12:11And Carly? Six.
12:13Six. What's the six?
12:14United.
12:15And Janet?
12:16Minuted.
12:17Wow. Minuted, Susie. Is that taking minutes of the meeting?
12:21Absolutely, yes. There is a verb. Well done. That's a really good seven.
12:24Well, this meeting isn't over yet. Can we beat that?
12:26There is an eight there.
12:28It was extremely last minute. Unmelted.
12:32Unmelted.
12:32Yes. Your fondue.
12:34Right, Carly, first time choosing the numbers?
12:36Two large, please, Rachel.
12:38Thank you, Carly. Two from the top and four from the other ones.
12:42And for the second time today, the number selection is 10, 7, 7, 2.
12:4975 and 25 with the target 697.
12:53697. Numbers up.
13:14¶¶
13:256-9-7 is the target. Carly?
13:296-9-7.
13:30Well done. Janet?
13:316-9-7.
13:33Both nailed it. Off you go, Carly.
13:357 plus 2 is 9.
13:377 plus 2, 9.
13:38Times that by the 75.
13:406-7-5.
13:42Plus the 25.
13:43700.
13:4510-7 is 3.
13:46And 10 minus the other 7.
13:47And then take that away.
13:48Lovely.
13:48And for you, Janet?
13:50I've done it slightly differently.
13:52I've got 75 plus 25.
13:54100.
13:55Times 7.
13:56700.
13:58And 10 minus the other 7.
14:00Perfect.
14:01Well done again.
14:02Yes.
14:0210 points.
14:06Well done, both of you.
14:07You can now sit back and relax because this Eurovision week we chat yet again with Cheryl Baker.
14:13We've been talking about...
14:15I don't know whether you're going to hate me for this, by the way.
14:17Let's find out.
14:17I think we're friends now.
14:19We can roll the dice here.
14:20So we've been talking about last year's Eurovision.
14:22Yeah.
14:22As we get towards the end of the week, we'll talk about this year's Eurovision this weekend.
14:26But here's the thing.
14:28Bucks Fizz wasn't your first Eurovision.
14:30No.
14:31I did it in 1978, which was almost before I was born, obviously.
14:38With a band called Coco.
14:40It was in Paris.
14:41And we came 11th, which was the worst the UK had done at that time.
14:46Could you imagine now if you were still saying that?
14:49I know.
14:4911th is the worst.
14:50Now it's probably right up there.
14:52If Olly Alexander comes 11th, we'll be going, oh, didn't he do well?
14:56I felt like I'd let the Queen down, I tell you.
14:59How was a name like Coco?
15:01Can you do so badly in Paris, the home of Coco Chanel?
15:04What's going on here?
15:05Exactly.
15:05That's my thoughts exactly, yeah.
15:07It was a horrible experience.
15:09I was so young and so inexperienced.
15:13I'd never done anything, you know, that big before.
15:16So was there a bit of you then with Bucks Fizz that thought, I'm not going through that again?
15:22The Bucks Fizz experience, I just, I remembered how awful, it was only three years before that
15:28I did it.
15:29I remembered how awful it was.
15:30And I just thought this time, I mean, it was in Dublin.
15:33It was, which I love Paris, but Dublin's just a great place to have a party.
15:37I just thought, I'm going to enjoy myself.
15:39And so because I relaxed, even if we hadn't won, I'd have said what a fantastic experience
15:43it was and how completely the opposite it was to Paris.
15:47Pack the Velcro, it's time to have a party.
15:49Yes, and look how that worked out.
15:51Thank you, Cheryl.
15:55OK, Janet's out in the lead with 34.
15:58Our challenger, Carly, on 22, so still very much within touching distance as Janet gets on with the game.
16:04Um, consonant, please.
16:06Thank you, Janet.
16:07R.
16:08Consonant.
16:09W.
16:11Consonant.
16:13M.
16:16Consonant.
16:17X.
16:19Vowel.
16:27Vowel, please.
16:29U.
16:31Consonant.
16:33R.
16:38Consonant, please.
16:39Looks like a challenge.
16:41A final P.
16:42Yeah, let's find out.
16:46Yeah, let's see you soon.
17:15Janet?
17:16Six.
17:18Carly?
17:18Six.
17:19Here we go, Janet.
17:20Umpire.
17:22Umpire and Carly?
17:23Primer.
17:24Yes, you don't have any problems there, Suze?
17:26No, absolutely fine, both, yeah.
17:28Well, you don't look confident if I'm doing anything better, do you?
17:31I was looking at rumpier, but no luck.
17:34Wow.
17:34Why would you look at rumpier?
17:35I actually don't, I just wanted to get to a seven.
17:38You want to hear her off early, ladies and gentlemen,
17:40it wouldn't be going out at this time of the day.
17:42All right, let's get more letters now, Carly.
17:45Consonant, please.
17:47Thank you, Carly.
17:48C.
17:49And another consonant.
17:50M.
17:52And a third, please.
17:54N.
17:56Vowel, please.
17:57O.
17:58And another vowel, please.
18:00I.
18:01Consonant, please.
18:03S.
18:04Another consonant.
18:06V.
18:09Vowel, please.
18:12O.
18:14And a consonant.
18:15And a final D.
18:17Start the clock.
18:50Carly, talk to me.
18:51Five.
18:52And Janet?
18:53Five.
18:53There you go.
18:54Let's chalk up the points, Carly.
18:56Coins.
18:57Coins and Janet?
18:58Voids.
18:59Voids and coins.
19:00We'll take those to the bank and find out whether we have any more.
19:03For six, domino.
19:05OK.
19:06Can't put the S on it.
19:07You need the S.
19:08OK, Janet, let's get numbers.
19:10One from the top and any of the five, please.
19:12Thank you, Janet.
19:13One large five little coming up for you.
19:16And this time around, they are seven, five, five,
19:20ten, four and one hundred.
19:24And the target?
19:25Seven hundred and eighty-six.
19:27Seven-eight-six.
19:28Numbers up.
19:29Nine.
19:29Two.
19:31Two.
19:41Number one.
19:42Two.
19:44Two.
19:47Three.
19:50Any counts.
19:51Okay.
19:51Two.
19:51Five.
19:52Two.
19:56Three.
20:00786, the target. Janet?
20:03785.
20:04Ooh, missed to buy one, Carly.
20:06No, 780.
20:07Oh, my goodness me, seven points, Janet.
20:10Seven times 100.
20:12Seven times 100, 700.
20:14Five plus four is nine.
20:16Yep.
20:16Times ten.
20:17Is 90.
20:18Take away five.
20:20Is 85.
20:21785, one away.
20:23786, Rach.
20:24Yes, with this one, if you say 100 times 4,
20:28is 400.
20:30Take away the seven for 393.
20:33And then ten over five is two and times them together.
20:37786.
20:37Brilliant.
20:4152, ques is 33.
20:43And here's your second tea time teaser.
20:45Hump knows.
20:46Hump knows.
20:47Put simply, she made the candy floss herself.
20:50Put simply, she made the candy floss herself.
21:09Hump knows becomes homespun, and in the clue it says, like, made herself.
21:15And at home made, I get homespun?
21:17Yeah, yeah.
21:18So, originally it was of cloth that was spun at home.
21:21But it's got a bit of an edge now, homespun.
21:23Homespun philosophy is one that's a bit unsophisticated.
21:25Oh, OK.
21:26Good to know, good to know.
21:27Right, let's get back to it.
21:28Carly, just 19 points behind.
21:31Remember, the conundrum's worth ten at the end.
21:32So, all to play for.
21:33Off we go.
21:35Vowel, please.
21:36Thank you, Carly.
21:37E.
21:37Another vowel, please.
21:40I.
21:41And a third.
21:43A.
21:45Consonant, please.
21:47S.
21:49Another consonant.
21:51N.
21:52And another.
21:54R.
21:57And a fourth, please.
21:59N.
22:01Vowel, please.
22:03U.
22:03And a final consonant.
22:06And a final C.
22:08And here we go.
22:10MUSIC PLAYS
22:19We'll see you next time.
22:41Carly, how many?
22:42An eight.
22:43Wow.
22:44Janet?
22:44No, a seven.
22:45The seven is?
22:47The scanner.
22:48Scanner.
22:49What have you got for eight?
22:50Crannies.
22:51Crannies.
22:52Nooks and crannies.
22:53You've searched everywhere for that.
22:55Love it.
22:55Very good indeed.
22:56Well done.
22:56Well done.
22:58Nooks and crannies.
23:00I don't know why I said the Scottish accent.
23:01Is it Scottish?
23:02Sounds like it, doesn't it?
23:04No, actually, it goes all the way back to the Romans.
23:06Wow.
23:06Yeah, and the Latin word meaning a notch.
23:08Tiny little crack.
23:09Could we find anything else, Cheryl?
23:11Oh, yes.
23:12Oh, it must be a nine.
23:14Insurance.
23:15Insurance.
23:16Yay!
23:19So, if you had insurance, you've got 18 points.
23:22You'd double that up if you get it in a regular round.
23:25And look at that.
23:25I told you.
23:26Very, very quickly, Carly, it can change.
23:28Now, just 11 points in it.
23:30So, champ, a bit of work to do.
23:32Let's get your letters.
23:32Consonant, please.
23:34Thank you, Janet.
23:35M.
23:36And another one.
23:38S.
23:39And another.
23:41K.
23:43And another, please.
23:45G.
23:48Er, and another, please.
23:52S.
23:54A vowel.
23:55E.
23:57And another vowel, please.
23:59I.
24:00And another.
24:03O.
24:05And a consonant, please.
24:07And lastly, H.
24:09Let's play.
24:22MUSIC PLAYS
24:40Lovely. Janet?
24:41Six.
24:43And Carly? Five.
24:44Five for you.
24:45What's the five?
24:46Skims.
24:47And Janet?
24:48Smokes.
24:49Smokes?
24:50Yes.
24:51Well done. What have we got in the dexterity corner?
24:53One more letter, Janet.
24:54Yes.
24:55Smokies.
24:56They're smoked haddocks.
24:58And this is from Scotland, actually.
25:00Is that Scottish?
25:01That is.
25:02Smokies.
25:04Artbroke Smokies.
25:05Brilliant.
25:06OK, 58, 41.
25:08Four rounds to go
25:10as we get our origins of words,
25:12which has been for quite a long time,
25:14towns, villages, cities,
25:16and explaining that, which has been brilliant.
25:18Have you run out now?
25:19Are we changing?
25:20I have, yes.
25:20I felt like...
25:22Well, I haven't exhausted them,
25:23because there are so many,
25:24but I thought I'd give you a break
25:26and go to our lovely viewers for their emails.
25:29This one comes from John Hewitt.
25:31What or where are the cockles of your heart,
25:33and what damage would you do by warming them?
25:36Nice.
25:36So, when something warms the cockles of our heart,
25:39it inspires feelings of comfort, doesn't it,
25:41and cosiness and reassurance and contentment.
25:44So, but what are the cockles?
25:46John is right.
25:47And could they possibly be linked to the mollusks
25:50that we might enjoy eating at the seaside?
25:53So, I'll start with the heart and the cockles of the heart.
25:56So, this came about in the 1600s
25:58as a direct translation of a Latin phrase,
26:01Cochleae Cordis, and that was a term, as I say, from Latin,
26:06and that was the language that was used pretty much
26:07in medical textbooks at the time,
26:10for the heart's ventricles.
26:12And it was a bit of a joke in itself,
26:14because a cochlea in Latin was actually a snail,
26:17and so it probably referred to the spiral shape
26:21of some components of the heart,
26:23which might then resemble the edible mollusks
26:26that live in the sea and wash up on our beaches.
26:29So, the two are directly linked.
26:32And the first reference that we have
26:33to the cockles of the heart is from 1671
26:37in a work by a satirist who just...
26:40I'll just give you this, because it's just a lovely sentence.
26:43He writes about something that did rejoice
26:45the cockles of his heart, as well as,
26:48much tickle my spleen.
26:49HE LAUGHS
26:50That one fell away, sadly, the spleen-tickling bit,
26:53but we have kept the cockles of the heart.
26:55Brilliant. Thank you.
26:56APPLAUSE
26:59OK, here we go. Four rounds to go. Can't wait.
27:03So, Carly, let's get going.
27:05Vowel, please. Thank you, Carly.
27:08E.
27:09Another vowel. A.
27:12And a third. O.
27:16Consonant, please. G.
27:19Another consonant, please.
27:21Another consonant, please. S.
27:28Vowel. A.
27:31Consonant, please. G.
27:36And a consonant, please. And lastly, T.
27:40Good luck.
27:42Thanks, Carly.
27:43T.
27:44T.
27:44T.
27:44T.
27:44T.
27:46T.
27:47T.
27:48T.
28:11And that's time, Carly.
28:13An eight, not written down.
28:14And Janet?
28:15Seven.
28:16Seven, what's the seven, Janet?
28:17Storage.
28:19Storage.
28:20And not written down.
28:21Carly?
28:22No, I got toasters, but there's not another T.
28:25Oh, unlucky.
28:26It can happen.
28:26A little bit of pressure at this stage.
28:28It usually happens at the start or roundabout now,
28:30so don't worry about that.
28:32So storage will get a really valuable seven points.
28:36So talk to me there, Denton Baker.
28:38I've got a few here.
28:40Nice.
28:41Stagger.
28:42Yes.
28:43Toe rags.
28:44Is that...?
28:45Yes.
28:45That's a great word.
28:47And garages.
28:47All right, loads of sevens in there, but not an eight, unfortunately, Carly.
28:52But listen, you're going for it, and that's the key.
28:54Janet, you're picking our last letters.
28:56Consonant, please.
28:57Thank you, Janet.
28:58G.
29:24And lastly, O.
29:26Last letters.
29:56We'll see you next time.
29:56We'll see you next time.
29:57Oh, gosh.
29:59Janet.
30:00I've only got five.
30:01OK.
30:02And Carly?
30:03Um, a risky five.
30:05A risky five.
30:06OK, Janet, what's a five?
30:07Erect.
30:09And Carly?
30:10Grice.
30:12How are you spelling that?
30:13G-R-I-C-E.
30:15Is that stand-up?
30:16Grice, sir, is there.
30:18That's a railway enthusiast.
30:21Quite a fanatical one, but I'm afraid not Grice on its own.
30:24I'm sorry, Carly.
30:25There you go.
30:26No worries about that.
30:27OK.
30:28What have we got in Dictionary Corner?
30:30Cortage.
30:31Cortage.
30:31Cortage.
30:32Cortage.
30:33Yeah, the two E's.
30:34Cortage.
30:34Procession, like a funeral procession.
30:37Fantastic.
30:37Cortage.
30:38And with that, well, Carly, we can read you your last rights.
30:4129 points behind, just 20 points left.
30:44But let's have fun.
30:45You're choosing our last numbers.
30:46Um, two large, please.
30:48And what more fun can you have than with a load of numbers?
30:51Uh, two large, four little final numbers of the day.
30:54Five, ten, five, three, 75 and 50.
31:01And the target number, 166.
31:03One, six, six.
31:05Last numbers.
31:36One, six, six.
31:38Small, but tricky.
31:40Carly.
31:41One, six, seven.
31:42One away.
31:43Janet.
31:44One, six, five.
31:45One the other way.
31:47Carly, off you go.
31:4875 plus 50 is 125.
31:51Yep.
31:52Five times ten is 50.
31:55Add that to the one, two, five.
31:57One, seven, five.
31:58Um, minus the five.
32:01And then minus the three.
32:03Uh, yeah.
32:04One, six, seven.
32:06Yeah.
32:07One, six, five, Janet?
32:08Five minus three is two.
32:10Yep.
32:11Times 75.
32:12150.
32:14And ten and five is 15.
32:16And the other five.
32:17One the other way.
32:18Oh.
32:19In my head, Rich, are you going to go up to, like, 3,000 and back down or something to
32:23get this?
32:23I...
32:24One, six, six?
32:25No, um, if you say 50 times three is 150.
32:30Um, 75 plus five is 80, divided by the other five is 16.
32:35And add them together.
32:36Brilliant.
32:37APPLAUSE
32:40I love it.
32:41What a delight today's show's been.
32:42Janet, Carly, one more round together.
32:45Let's get your fingers on the buzzers.
32:47And reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:51BUZZER
32:53BUZZER
32:53BUZZER
32:56BUZZER
32:58BUZZER
32:59BUZZER
32:59BUZZER
32:59BUZZER
33:00Tempering.
33:00Let's have a look.
33:02Well done.
33:03APPLAUSE
33:05Two out of two on the conundrums, Janet.
33:08Fantastic.
33:08What about that?
33:09Second win.
33:11At Carly, lovely to have you here.
33:12You did really well.
33:13Thank you for being here.
33:14It's been a lovely day.
33:15It's been good, Anna, and she's unbelievable.
33:18Yeah.
33:18Um, I love the fact you were telling Carly about, put your finger in the buzzer and all that.
33:22I love all that.
33:23You're just so brilliant.
33:25Cheryl, Susie, thank you so much.
33:28You know what you do, my sighted guide?
33:30That's why I said the donkey fact was kind of connected to you.
33:33OK.
33:34Because it's World Donkey Day and this is it.
33:36This is going to do it for you, Rachel.
33:38A blind donkey will bond with a seeing donkey who will act then as their guide.
33:4524-7.
33:47How unbelievable is that?
33:49Oh, that's lovely.
33:51Isn't that just stunning of all the animal facts we've done?
33:53Our former warm-up man, Dudley Doolittle, he had a blind dog who had his own little mate
33:58that would take him around as well.
33:59Well, maybe it's across a lot of animals.
34:01I must do a little bit of research.
34:03But what a fact to finish today on World Donkey Day.
34:06We will see you back here again tomorrow.
34:08Rachel, Susie and I, you can count on us.
34:11You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:16You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:20Thank you so much for joining us.