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00:31Hello, everybody. Countdown is here to head off any three o'clock blues that might be coming your way.
00:37So don't answer that door. Thank you very much for tuning in. To know you is to love you.
00:43Let's introduce Rachel Riley. How are you today?
00:45I don't know what you're talking about today.
00:47Really old references, but the king of blues. And this day in 2015, B.B. King passed away.
00:55Without him, the electric guitar wouldn't be what it is today. That's the musel bit of it.
00:59But if I had a look now at your music collection, I'd be like, yeah, all of that from B
01:03.B. King.
01:04Absolute all-time legend. But blues music, I don't know those things. You know what you don't.
01:09So the Howlin' Wolfs and the Muddy Waters, I love it.
01:12But we always say, like, the greats die young. You know the list, the 27 Club and a lot of
01:17other artists.
01:17But what I love about B.B. King was he lived way into his late 80s.
01:22And, Rachel, over 50 5-0 albums.
01:28And in his 70s, he was still playing over 200 gigs a year.
01:33So the blues must be good for you to get all that emotion out.
01:36They don't make him like that any more, do they?
01:38And all the things I like about him. Do you know his real first name?
01:41I do have no idea.
01:43Riley.
01:44You're kidding.
01:45His name is Riley.
01:46Riley? He's a Riley.
01:48He's a Riley.
01:48Life of Riley.
01:49Ha-ha!
01:50And, well, on the subject of names, he is so famous for naming all his guitars Lucille.
01:58Lucille?
01:58Called them all Lucille.
02:00How does he tell them apart?
02:01If he calls them, they all come to him at the same time.
02:04Maybe, maybe, yeah, exactly.
02:06That's why I call my ukuleles Susie.
02:08That's what they're all called across the house.
02:10And that's very creepy, Colin.
02:12Yeah, a little bit, but on that note, there she is.
02:14Susie Dent.
02:15Like a jumping flea.
02:16Yes, that's exactly why I do it.
02:18Thank you very much for saving me there, Susie Dent,
02:20our guardian of the Dexterian.
02:22Sinatra Sarkar, making her debut in Dexterian Reconner,
02:25already feels like one of us.
02:26Great to have you back.
02:31All right.
02:31A new champion in town.
02:33We have Julie Marshall, who lives in Glasgow from South Ayrshire originally.
02:38What a weird show, because yesterday you were, like, full of confidence,
02:42and actually it was part two where the nerves hit you.
02:46But I've worked out why it is, because you laugh in the face of fear.
02:50You're a rollercoaster person, aren't you?
02:52I do love them, yes.
02:54Oh, no.
02:54What have you been on?
02:56I've done all the big six at Alton Towers.
02:58No.
02:59My goodness, babe.
03:00Great fun.
03:01Well, hoping to derail you today, Julie, is Alex Robertson,
03:05originally from London.
03:06How are you today?
03:07Very well, thank you.
03:08Good.
03:08On a career break, you're looking after your young and a stay-at-home dad.
03:12Tell us all about her.
03:13Yep.
03:13So she's 18 months now, and she's starting to say lots of things, run around.
03:18She's left baby stage.
03:19She's very much a toddler.
03:21But, yeah, I worked in banking and sustainable finance for 10 years,
03:24and being a father is much more difficult.
03:27Yeah, absolutely.
03:28Well, it's great to have you.
03:29Thank you very much.
03:30Alex and Julie, best of luck today.
03:34Julie, off we go.
03:35Hi, Rachel.
03:36Hi, Julie.
03:37Can I start with A consonant, please?
03:39You can indeed start today with S.
03:41And a vowel, U.
03:46A consonant.
03:48B.
03:50A vowel.
03:51O.
03:53Another vowel.
03:56A.
03:57A consonant.
03:59R.
03:59A vowel.
04:02A vowel.
04:04A consonant.
04:06C.
04:07And a final consonant.
04:10And a final.
04:11F.
04:12At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:15A vowel.
04:18What's going on?
04:18A vowel.
04:32A vowel.
04:32A vowel.
04:32A vowel.
04:33A vowel.
04:33A vowel.
04:34A vowel.
04:45Julie?
04:46A six.
04:46Six from you and Alex?
04:48Seven.
04:48Spotted a seven, Julie.
04:50Air braces.
04:51And what do you manage to get, Alex?
04:53Refocus.
04:54Yes, that's what Julie's going to have to do, early doors.
04:56What a good start, just like Julie yesterday.
04:58She got off to a great start in that chair.
05:00Dexter, we corner.
05:01Very impressive there.
05:03We managed to...
05:04Well, I found a few scuba, carbs, robes, but we have got surface, the seven.
05:10Surface as well.
05:11Surface and corrals.
05:13It's a very good one.
05:13There you go, sevens and sevens and sevens as we get more letters from you, Alex.
05:19Hi, Rachel, could I start with a consonant, please?
05:21Thank you, Alex.
05:22Start with L.
05:24And a vowel.
05:26U.
05:27And a consonant.
05:29P.
05:30And another vowel.
05:32I.
05:33A consonant.
05:35A consonant.
05:36A vowel.
05:38E.
05:40A consonant.
05:42G.
05:43Another consonant.
05:45N.
05:46And a vowel, please.
05:49And lastly, another U.
05:51And 30 seconds.
05:54And 30 seconds.
05:54And 30 seconds.
06:23Alex.
06:24A seven.
06:25A seven from you and for Julie?
06:27A seven.
06:28A seven as well.
06:29Okay, how did you get on there, Alex?
06:31I had plunges.
06:33Yes, and for you?
06:34Pulsing.
06:35Plunges and pulsing.
06:37So what have we got?
06:39We've got a couple of sevens here, haven't we?
06:41Yeah.
06:41I found lupine, L-U-P-I-N-E, and Susie very cleverly added an S on the end.
06:47Yes, lupines or lupines, I think we would probably refer them to normally.
06:50Plants of the pea family.
06:51And we have unpiles, which is a bit odd, but it's there.
06:55Here we go.
06:56First numbers of the day.
06:58Julie, you're picking.
06:59Can I have three big, three small?
07:01You can indeed.
07:02I like your star.
07:03Three large, three little.
07:04No time wasting with the gambling.
07:06Get straight in.
07:07Three little ones.
07:08Seven, eight, four.
07:11And the big ones.
07:1225, 50 and 75.
07:14And your target, 979.
07:17Big one, 979.
07:19Numbers up.
07:49Nine, seven, nine.
07:51The target, Julie?
07:53No, just 800.
07:54And for you, Alex?
07:56Nine, eight, two.
07:57Nine, eight, two.
07:58We should put your three away for seven points.
08:00So I had four plus eight is 12.
08:02Four plus eight, 12.
08:03Times 75.
08:04900.
08:05Plus 50, plus 25, plus seven.
08:0750, 25, and the remaining seven.
08:10Nine, eight, two, three away.
08:11And Rachel, take us to 979.
08:14If you start with 75 plus 50 is 125, you can times that by eight for 1,000, and then
08:22take away the 25 and add back on the four.
08:25Yes.
08:25Lovely.
08:29OK, seven points, though, for Alex.
08:3221-7 he leads at the moment.
08:34Good start as we get our Tea Time teaser.
08:37Stunt lie.
08:38Stunt lie.
08:39For those who are visually impaired, it's L-I-E.
08:42She likes to play her instrument somewhere in Bedfordshire.
08:45She likes to play her instrument somewhere in Bedfordshire.
09:03Welcome back.
09:04She likes to play her instrument somewhere in Bedfordshire.
09:06The instrument is a lute and the place is lutein'.
09:09Only spelt slightly differently with the E instead of the O.
09:12A lutenist.
09:13I don't know.
09:13I've never met anyone, Susie, that played the lute.
09:15Do they refer to themselves as lutenists?
09:18Yeah, they must have.
09:19And actually, the Latin version that it came from is even better, a lutenista.
09:24Yes, that's beautiful.
09:25But, yeah, player of the lute.
09:26Love it.
09:26Right, OK, back to the game.
09:28Great start from our challenger, Alex Robertson.
09:31But a long way to go.
09:32Off you go.
09:33Could I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:35Thank you, Alex.
09:36T.
09:37And a vowel.
09:39I.
09:40And a consonant.
09:42R.
09:43And a vowel.
09:44E.
09:45And a consonant.
09:47W.
09:48A vowel.
09:50A.
09:51A consonant.
09:53R.
09:54Another consonant.
09:56S.
09:58And a final consonant.
10:01And a final C.
10:03Thanks, Rich.
10:04We'll see you All happy.
10:04We'll see you all haven't with us.
10:33Let's see you next time.
10:34Gave me a number, Alex. Seven. And Julie? Just a six.
10:37Just a six. What's the six there, Jules? Rater.
10:39And Alex? Carries. Carries? Yeah, very good indeed.
10:43Sevens all the way for Alex. So far, every single round,
10:46you've scored seven points so far.
10:49The Dictionary Corner, Sinatra and Susie, S&S, what have you got?
10:53Well, I found satire, which is in there,
10:57but the clever one is airscrew.
11:00Susie, is that like air guitar, where you pretend to do DIY, for example?
11:05I love the idea of that.
11:07No, it's actually an older term for an aircraft propeller.
11:09Oh, not as interesting as my definition.
11:12Let's get more letters, Julie.
11:13Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, Julie.
11:16R. And a vowel.
11:19E. A consonant.
11:23S. A vowel.
11:25O. A consonant.
11:27F. Another consonant.
11:31G. A vowel.
11:34A. A consonant.
11:38T. And a final vowel.
11:41And a final O.
11:44And half a minute.
11:45information now.
11:47And a vowel.
11:48Really?
11:51.
11:58.
12:13Is
12:15Talk to me, Julie. Seven. Seven, well done. Alex?
12:18I'll try an eight. Going to try an eight.
12:20The one time I thought you were going to have a seven, you've got an eight.
12:23Julie, what's the seven? Er, forgets.
12:25Forgets, and what have you spotted? Rootages. Rootages. Rootage.
12:30OK, so rootage is in and it is classed as a noun.
12:34It doesn't say a mass noun, so, yes, you can have rootages, well done.
12:37APPLAUSE
12:39Well, rooting around, did you find anything else?
12:41There was one big word, which was footgear.
12:46Footgear? Footgear, as in your footwear, that's fair for another eight.
12:49Oh, right, I was thinking, I thought the pedal's in a manual car, your footgear.
12:54But no, it's more like your trainers, your goodies.
12:57Yeah. Magic, magic. Right, numbers time, Alex.
13:00I'll try six more, please. Wow, another interesting selection, six little ones.
13:04We've got two serious competitors today, and these six little ones for you.
13:089, 2, 6, 9, 1, and another six.
13:14And the target, 927.
13:16927, numbers up.
13:186, 9, 1, and another seven.
13:2010, in your foot coverage.
13:237, in your foot coverage in your foot Strategy and your foot coverage.
13:34Yes, that gives it to me this one.
13:34And if you feel like the 20th разбore, that's fine.
13:37Not half a ton.
13:37You have to throw it all the way toward the last 20th разбoree.
13:45927, it would've fall?
13:46That's nice!
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13:4718, 1 no, 1, 2, 6, 6, 6.
13:472, 6, 8, 6.
13:47834, 40.
13:48Alex I've got 918 not written down 918 would put you 9 away Julie yeah mister
13:54okay 9 away for five points Alex so 2 times 6 is 12 yep times by the 9 you're
14:04gonna kick yourself 108 minus 6 minus 6 102 times by 9 times by 9 is 918 I did
14:14the 1 to 102 to yeah Alex has just spotted what you could have done if you
14:19had the remaining one so there's 102 here you times 103 by 9 and you get 927
14:24and that's how you get the 10 brilliant
14:29Sinatra Sarkar with us all week lovely chat yesterday about being that sounds
14:33weird to say it now but you know being approached at a bus stop by a casting
14:37agent and the rest is history um I mean I have a thing because I come from a news
14:43journalist background of just names are very important to me so I I would be
14:48affronted if I said Sinatra Sarkar wrong really yes I you know it's from not that
14:53a word it's a very simple name to say but you'd be surprised yeah that's what we
14:58would be surprised I have spent my life of course you know growing up in
15:01Liverpool it wasn't the well it wasn't a name anyone else had heard of so I just
15:05let people call me Sue growing up at school and then when I got into like the
15:09acting jobs more and more I thought I need to use my proper name so I need to start
15:13letting people know you know my name's Sinatra I thought it was easily said but
15:17so many people get it wrong they say Sinatra Sinatra Sinatogen
15:20I literally go anywhere with it and then you can see people nervously going
15:26excuse me and I think okay so I always say to people Sinatra etc Lafenetra I
15:33help you out I've got some like go-tos to help people remember it because if you say
15:37I etc you'll always remember Sinatra however there was this one time where I I was off for
15:44an audition back when I was think I was about 22 23 young and I went up to reception and
15:50I
15:50thought I'm not going to go through the whole Sinatra Sinatra Sarkar and the woman oh yes yes
15:55sit down take a seat somebody will be here to let you know where to go and then this young
15:59girl
15:59came along she must have been more than like 16 or 17 and she went could you follow me please
16:03and we I
16:04went in the lift and I thought usually for auditions would go that way but okay so went
16:08in a lift went up a really like to the top of the building long corridors got into this dressing
16:14room and there were fruit baskets and there were bottles of champagne I was thinking where am I
16:19and they're taking me to Sue Barker's dressing room for question of sport and I was sitting there going I
16:25think they think I'm going to present question of sport and I had to walk out and I was like
16:30no no it's S Sarkar not Barker I've never thought about my surname getting me into
16:35trouble it's always my first name so there's the classic did you lift an apple or anything
16:38I did yeah I would have definitely been in so Barker's not going to miss one apple if she's got
16:43this amount in her dressing room
16:45to this day to this day I think she'll be like who was in my room but yeah interestingly that's
16:50the one name that I never thought people would get wrong the Sarkar and that was the one I ended
16:54up getting into trouble for
16:55it makes me love Sue Barker even more this she's got the gifts gift baskets and all yeah yeah we
17:00don't even get crisps
17:02on this show don't get anything do you get anything in your dressing room oh I had all sorts everything
17:08there was like a sweet shop in there okay you're not coming back let's get back to the game Julie
17:14let's get some letters
17:15can I get a consonant please thank you Julie D and a vowel A another vowel U a consonant T
17:28a consonant L a consonant Q a vowel
17:36I a vowel I a vowel E a consonant
17:43and lastly C and here we go again
17:46C
17:47EAND aquà we go again
18:00and HERE WE GO AGAIN
18:17That's time up. How many, champ?
18:18Seven.
18:19Thank you, Judy. And Alex?
18:21Seven.
18:21And what's the word?
18:23Quieted.
18:25Quieted. And Alex?
18:26Quilted.
18:27Unquilted. Quieted and quilted.
18:29Both absolutely fine.
18:30Feels like they should go together. Anything else?
18:32We had dilute.
18:34Yeah, that was there for six.
18:35And for another seven, ductile, which describes metal, for example,
18:39that's pliable. That's what it means.
18:40Ductile.
18:41Woo!
18:42OK. Let's get more letters from you, Alex.
18:45Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:47Thank you, Alex.
18:48N.
18:49And a vowel.
18:51U.
18:52And a consonant.
18:54S.
18:55And a vowel.
18:57I.
18:58A consonant.
19:00L.
19:01A vowel.
19:03E.
19:04Consonant.
19:06H.
19:07Another consonant.
19:09N.
19:11And a final consonant, please.
19:13And a final B.
19:15And start the clock.
19:16Oh, God.
19:45I'm going to be going to be going to be going to be the next week.
19:46Alex. Seven. And Julie.
19:49Risky seven. Risky seven. Alex.
19:52That's my daughter's favourite word. Bunnies. Bunnies. And Julie.
19:55A sublime? Yes. I did check that one, actually.
19:58It is a subdivision of a line of ancestry.
20:01So I suppose in a family tree you might find a sublime. Well done.
20:04Nice one, Julie. Bunnies great as well. Alex.
20:07So Netra, what are we saying? Oh, I got told off I got new biles.
20:11But apparently there's no S on new bile. It's just new bile.
20:14But we also had blueish. Blueish.
20:17Yeah, tinge with blue. Simple. Simple.
20:20All right. Good stuff. Julie, a couple of rounds in a row
20:23you put points on the board, just steadying that ship.
20:26And so with a bit of wind in your sails you're choosing these numbers.
20:29Can I get two large, please? You can indeed. Thank you, Julie.
20:32Two large for little. Let's find some points in these.
20:35The four small ones, three, six, four and five.
20:40And the big two, 25 and 100.
20:41And the target, 635.
20:45635. Numbers up.
20:46final.
20:48See you next time.
20:50For more than two, 636 on W gosta.
20:59439.
21:03840.
21:04541.
21:04240.
21:07545.
21:09980.
21:14870.
21:176-3-5. Julie?
21:19Yep, 6-3-5. Nice. And Alex?
21:21The same, 6-3-5. Yeah. Julie, off you go.
21:246 times 100. 600.
21:27And 4 plus 3 is 7. Yeah.
21:30Times by 5 is your 35. One went together.
21:33Well done. Bet you it's the same way.
21:35Exactly the same. Well done.
21:38APPLAUSE
21:40Ignore that 25. Right, let's get the second tea-time teaser of the day,
21:45which is demo-test, demo-test.
21:48For them, it wasn't how, were or when, it was who.
21:52For them, it wasn't how, were or when, it was who.
22:04APPLAUSE
22:11Hello again. For them, it wasn't how, were or when, it was who.
22:15We're talking about my generation, Susie, cos it's modettes.
22:19Yeah, female mod. Yeah.
22:21Modettes. There you go. Fantastic.
22:23Right, well, we don't have to ask who are you to Alex Robertson.
22:26He's announced himself today on national television.
22:29A fairly healthy lead of 65 to 31, with six rounds left,
22:33and you're choosing these letters.
22:34I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
22:36Thank you, Alex.
22:38M.
22:38And a vowel.
22:40A.
22:41And a consonant.
22:43R.
22:44And a vowel.
22:46O.
22:47Consonant.
22:49L.
22:50And a vowel.
22:51E.
22:52And a consonant.
22:54M.
22:55And a vowel.
22:57I.
22:59And a final consonant, please.
23:01A final N.
23:03Let's play.
23:04It's all right.
23:04Let's play.
23:04A vowel.
23:34MUSIC CONTINUES
23:35An eight from you. Well done. Julie?
23:37Eight. Well done. Alex?
23:39Memorial. Memorial. Memorial.
23:41Yeah. Well done.
23:43APPLAUSE
23:46Is that the word of the round?
23:48It is, yeah. We were down to limina otherwise.
23:51Yeah. Yeah, which is a painter.
23:53So impressive, that one. That's as good as it gets.
23:55Just no other eights in there, just that, and you both spotted it.
23:58So well done to both of you. And let's get more letters, Julie.
24:01Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
24:02Thank you, Julie.
24:03M. And a vowel.
24:06U. And a consonant.
24:10T.
24:11Another consonant.
24:13R. A vowel.
24:16A.
24:17A consonant.
24:19K. A vowel.
24:22I.
24:23Another vowel.
24:25E. And a consonant.
24:28And lastly...
24:29Why?
24:30Why?
24:31Kind time.
25:02Time's up, Julie.
25:03A six.
25:04Yes, and for you, Alex?
25:06I'll risk a seven, but it's not written down.
25:08That's OK. What's a six?
25:09Mature.
25:10Mature. And Alex?
25:11Muriate.
25:13Muriate? No worries.
25:14Yes, bit of a countdown favourite, that one, actually.
25:17Muriate is an old term for chloride.
25:19There you go. You don't look like a turkey.
25:20Don't worry about it.
25:21Sinatra.
25:22No, got nothing better my end. I'm sorry.
25:25Might be saying that a lot for the rest of this week, by the way.
25:28Four rounds to go.
25:3080 plus 39.
25:31Julie's doing really well, by the way.
25:33But he's something else so far.
25:36Right.
25:37Let's get our origins of words for today.
25:39Susie Dent.
25:40Well, a bit of a familiar story, but a lovely one.
25:44And it was prompted by Matt Sherlock.
25:46What a name.
25:47From Dublin in Ireland.
25:49And Matt asks, do you know where the phrase turning a blind eye originated?
25:53And as I say, it's one of the better known stories in English etymology.
25:57It's actually been around since 1800.
26:00And when we turn a blind eye to something, we willfully refuse to acknowledge it.
26:06And it started off as being just a very common kind of metaphor.
26:10If you like, you turn a blind eye, you pretend not to see it, et cetera.
26:13But it owes its popularity to one of the most significant and famous events in British naval history.
26:21And that is where it really got its boost.
26:23And that incident took place at the Battle of Copenhagen.
26:26So this is 1801, British against the Danish.
26:30Danish was supported by lots of other people as well.
26:33And during the battle, the commander of the British fleet, Admiral Sir Hyde Parker,
26:37was watching his second in command, one Horatio Nelson, who had lost his sight in basically from a cannon shot
26:46a few years earlier.
26:48And now these two men weren't close and apparently they didn't particularly like each other much.
26:53And Sir Hyde Parker particularly didn't quite trust Nelson.
26:57And this became very apparent because he was looking on and he thought that Nelson was taking unnecessary risks in
27:03the battle.
27:03And he wasn't too pleased and he thought big losses were going to be incurred as a result of this.
27:08And so he decided Nelson should withdraw and gave him a series of flags as the signal that he should
27:14step down and withdraw and retreat.
27:17And according to some, we don't know the exact words, but Nelson was said to say, leave off action now
27:22damned if I do.
27:24And he turned to his flag captain, according to the story, and then said, you know, Foley, I have only
27:30one eye.
27:30I have a right to be blind sometimes.
27:33And he raised his telescope to his blind eye, it is said, and said, I really don't see the signal.
27:39And he, you know, soundly defeated the Danes, was made a Viscount and big celebrations, obviously, when he returned to
27:46London and he was put in command of the Channel fleet.
27:48But all of this really propelled the idea of turning a literal blind eye in order not to see something
27:55that you know full well about.
27:56Great. Thank you.
27:58APPLAUSE
28:00And thank you, Matt Sherlock, for your email as well.
28:03OK, four more rounds in today's countdown.
28:06And Alex, you're in charge of these letters.
28:09I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
28:11Thank you, Alex.
28:12N.
28:12And a vowel.
28:14U.
28:15And a consonant.
28:16S.
28:18And a vowel.
28:20A.
28:21And a consonant.
28:23V.
28:24And a vowel.
28:25I.
28:27A consonant.
28:28T.
28:30And a vowel.
28:32E.
28:33And a final consonant.
28:35And a final D.
28:36Good luck, everybody.
28:38What's up?
29:04It's not a vowel.
29:06It's not a vowel.
29:07I am or.
29:07No, it's not a vowel.
29:07No, it's not a vowel.
29:08Alex. Eight. Eight for you and Julie. Seven.
29:11Well done, the seven. Invents. And the eight?
29:15Deviants. Deviants.
29:16Deviants is absolutely brilliant. No invents, sadly,
29:19cos you need two Ns there. Sorry, Julie.
29:21But, yeah, deviance is an excellent eight.
29:23APPLAUSE
29:25I can see why Julie nearly did that, cos her head was spinning.
29:28It felt like there should be a nine in there, Susie, was there?
29:31Not for us, no. That was our biggest as well.
29:34Stained. Nothing near what you guys got.
29:38Thank you, Sinatra.
29:40Heading towards the century on your debut here, Alex.
29:45Julie, you're in charge of these letters, though.
29:47Can I get a vowel, please? Thank you, Julie.
29:49O. And a consonant.
29:52T. Another consonant.
29:55S. A vowel.
29:58E. Another vowel.
30:01O. A consonant.
30:03G. A consonant.
30:06M. Another consonant.
30:09S. And a vowel.
30:12And the last one.
30:13A.
30:14And last letters.
30:22All right, wait.
30:33To do it instead of next.
30:38Bye-bye.
30:38Where are you now?
30:39Who?
30:43volunt of the Fear oleh Uck.
30:44You haven't heard it.
30:44Oh no.
30:45We're following with you again.
30:46Julie? Five. Five from you. And Alex? Seven.
30:50Seven. What's the five, Julie? Goose. And the seven?
30:54Gentoos. Gentoos! Yes.
30:55With geese and penguins and all sorts. A beautiful day.
30:59Yes, lovely penguins for seven. And we just had other sevens as well.
31:03Yeah, we got tangos. Nice.
31:07And soonest. Yes.
31:09There you go, right. Last numbers of the day, Alex.
31:12Go for one large, please. One large.
31:14You want the points now. Five little coming up.
31:17Final numbers of the day.
31:20Four, two, three, eight, six.
31:24And the big one, 25. And the target, 402.
31:28402. Numbers up.
31:29.
31:31I don't know.
32:004.02, Alex.
32:02Yep, 4.02.
32:02Julie?
32:03Yep, 4.02.
32:04Nice, off you go, Alex.
32:05So I did 6 minus 4 is 2.
32:076 minus 4, 4.
32:084.02.
32:08Times by 8.
32:0916.
32:10Times by 25.
32:11400.
32:12Plus the 2.
32:13And the second 2.
32:15And for you, Julie?
32:16I did 8 times 2 is 16.
32:188.2 is 16.
32:20Times 25.
32:21Times 25, 400.
32:23Add the 2.
32:246 divided by 3.
32:25And 6 over 3 for another 2.
32:27Lovely, 4.02.
32:28Lovely.
32:28APPLAUSE
32:31Magic Julie.
32:32Champ, it was just that slow start after that.
32:34It's been pretty close, but I think Alex might be staying for quite some time.
32:38105 could go even higher.
32:41Julie, let's see if we can get you over half a century as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:01Alex.
33:03Streak here.
33:04Let's have a look.
33:06Yes.
33:09Something you most definitely are not.
33:11That was a model of consistency.
33:13115 points over 15 rounds.
33:15And Alex Robertson is our new champion.
33:17APPLAUSE
33:19And Julie, hey, it's one of those ones, isn't it?
33:22A great day yesterday.
33:23There's no shame in that score today.
33:25How are you feeling about it?
33:26No, that was fine.
33:27I've got my teapot.
33:27I'm happy.
33:28I always think that.
33:29You know what I mean?
33:29You get on the road, teapot under one arm, overnight case in the other.
33:34Happy days.
33:34Doesn't get any better than that.
33:36Been lovely to have you.
33:37Magic.
33:38Handing out a lot of teapots at the moment, let me tell you.
33:41And Alex, we'll see you tomorrow.
33:42Are you ready to change chair?
33:43Looking forward to it.
33:44Good.
33:44Excellent.
33:45We'll see you tomorrow, Sinatra.
33:46Susie?
33:46Yeah, me too.
33:47I don't think, Rachel, it's going to be one and done for our Alex.
33:51He seems pretty special, doesn't he?
33:52No, I think our next contestant will be watching that, like, that ahead of tomorrow.
33:56Maybe develop in a slight cold.
33:59Watching on, we shall see.
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