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00:31Hello everybody, Monday afternoon and we are back in the saddle for another week of Countdown but here are the
00:37news headlines. Just 13 shows left before our end of series finale and in season 89 we already have eight
00:46Octo Champs, all of them hoping to become series champion. Absolutely love it. Hello Rachel. Hello Colin. World Bicycle Day
00:54today.
00:55Hey. But I was thinking, I know this is a pretty obvious thing to say but it really does, bicycles
01:00are omnipresent, like our childhood memories and especially in the modern age a lot of our adult memories as well,
01:07is what we do on a bike, on the simple bicycle.
01:09Yeah. What's the first moment of your life when I say bicycle, you go that? Well Susie and I have
01:14done Ride the Night, the charity bike ride twice. Yes.
01:17And both have our own experiences of forgetting to uncleat.
01:20LAUGHTER
01:21Me right at the start, on the second time we did it, at traffic lights in front of a big
01:25pub of people, over I went.
01:27Susie right at the end, as everyone was celebrating and there were the photos, she was celebrating on the floor.
01:33Brilliant. I love it, I want to see them. I want to see them. Well let's pedal over there now
01:36and properly introduce our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent, who's never told anyone to get on their bike and
01:42certainly won't tell our latest debutant to do that.
01:46And we'll talk about bikes actually with you later because I know you're a really keen cyclist, but for now
01:51do not adjust your television sets.
01:54He is the guardian of another part of the Channel 4 schedule. It's great to have the journalist and presenter
01:59in dictionary corner, Krishnan Guru-Murthy.
02:02APPLAUSE
02:04I can't believe it, I have been at Channel 4 for 26 years.
02:08Yeah.
02:08And this is the first time I've ever set foot in the Countdown studio.
02:11Well let me tell you something I'm expecting to be on Channel 4 news next week.
02:15Return the favour.
02:16Oh.
02:18Right, our champion, our new champion is Louise Williamson, with enough road left to race her way to become our
02:26ninth octal champ of the series.
02:27But seven shows to get through to get there. Louise is our Norfolk nurse, as we like to call her.
02:32How are you this afternoon?
02:33I'm very good, thank you.
02:34Good. What part of nursing do you work in, by the way?
02:37So I work in outpatients, I work in oncology and haematology.
02:41Excellent. And when you're not doing that, I know that you love your coastline.
02:44So sell it to me.
02:46Oh, Norfolk coast is beautiful. We've got lots of sandy beaches, you can go walking for miles, lots of ice
02:53cream passes as well along the coast there.
02:55Yes.
02:56Yeah, beautiful, lots of dunes, nice space.
02:59Well, this is what you have in common with our challenger today, because Peter Young joins us from the Isle
03:03of White.
03:04And Louise is such a, you know, a flag bearer for Norfolk. And you're the same with the Isle of
03:09White, because you say where you live is your favourite place on earth.
03:12Well, yeah, pretty much. I missed out on going on an Isle of White trip when I was ten, when
03:16I was at school, so I thought, well, I might as well move there.
03:19And I haven't really looked back. I live in cows and I don't really want to leave cows either, so
03:23I'm kind of...
03:23What's magic about the Isle of White?
03:26I think food and music are the two things I really love in life, and you've got them both in,
03:30you know, in abundance down there, and it's just a wonderful place to be, really.
03:33Best of luck to both of you. Let's get on with it, Peter and Louise.
03:37APPLAUSE
03:39All right, here we go then, Louise. Nine letters, please.
03:42Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:43Good afternoon, Louise.
03:44Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:45You can indeed. Start the week with S.
03:48And a vowel.
03:50U.
03:52And a consonant.
03:53H.
03:54And a vowel.
03:57O.
03:57And a vowel.
04:00I.
04:00And a consonant.
04:03D.
04:04And a consonant.
04:06G.
04:07And a vowel.
04:09E.
04:11And final consonant, please.
04:14And a final N.
04:16At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:18For now.
04:33Hello, be sure.
04:48Thank you, cos anxious.
04:48Eoteric.
04:50Louise? Six. Six for a nice steady six.
04:53And Peter? I'll join you on the six. Yeah, I like it.
04:55Louise? Housed. Housed. And Peter? Yep, same word.
04:59Two housed. My goodness, plethora of sixes in here at Susie and Krishnan.
05:05But can we do better? No. Really?
05:08We have more sixes. More sixes, yeah. Smudge?
05:11Yes, I've gushed. I'll throw gushed in. Yep, gushed, mushed, homies.
05:15Well, listen, Dictionary Corner has been outdone by Rachel Riley.
05:19Ah, excellent. Gumshoe. Very good. All my homework.
05:22Proper old-school way. Is a gumshoe like a flip-flop or...?
05:28No, it's a detective. Is it?
05:30Yeah, a gumshoe is an American detective, because they creep around.
05:33Oh, brilliant. Soft soles.
05:35Well done. Great word sleuthing, Rachel.
05:39Any time. Excellent.
05:40Right, let's see if Dictionary Corner, under the cosh already,
05:44can redeem themselves. And, Peter, you're picking the letters.
05:47Hi, Rachel. Hi, Peter. Hi.
05:49I'll start with your vowel, please. Thank you. Start with O.
05:54Vowel. I. Consonant.
05:59D. Consonant.
06:03L. Vowel.
06:09E. Consonant.
06:15N. And a final consonant, please.
06:17And a final B.
06:19And 30 seconds.
06:20D. Consonant.
06:49complained,
06:51That's time Peter. Just a six. A six again and Louise? A six. Yeah. Peter? Bailed. Bailed and Louise? Boiled.
07:00Boiled and bailed and loaned and all of that but can we go above six this time? We can. Yes.
07:05Come on here we go. Well there was an eight with lion head. Was that actually a goldfish believe it
07:11or not? There's also a nine. A maximum. Now I said you needed to come back and you've done it
07:17in a glorious fashion and we know it's there. What is it?
07:21Hobnailed. Ah wonderful. Hobnailed boots. Hold on we've got one shoe that you know relates to the shoe and detective
07:28then we've gone to hobnailed. I know we'll try and keep it going. But 18 points at home if you
07:33got hobnailed you double it up in a regular round. If you get a maximum here it's been steady sixes
07:38all the way so let's get our first numbers. Louise? Can I have one from the top please Rachel? You
07:44can indeed. Thank you Louise. One large five little start the week off numbers wise and the first election.
07:50is six six one three nine and the large 150 and the target 198. 198 numbers up.
08:03so
08:14so
08:14so
08:14so
08:14so
08:15so
08:44and that's time up.
08:45this one is eight. Times by the six. 48. Well done. 198. Nice one.
08:51APPLAUSE
08:53A little bit tricky for a low number. A little bit tricky for sure. Yep. Not going to argue with
08:57that. Yeah. Let's get our first tea time teaser of the week which is prop side. Prop side. The prop
09:03in the rugby side was great at kicking these.
09:06The prop in the rugby side. The prop in the rugby side was great at kicking these.
09:33Droppies. Droppies. Droppies. Now in all my years of working at various forms of broadcasting I've never heard a rugby
09:40commentator or a presenter call it a droppie. You need to go to New Zealand.
09:45Because that's. Many people have said that. That's where they will call it. A drop kick will be called the
09:49droppie. Right. Well let's get on with this episode of counties and get more letters now from Peter.
09:55A consonant please. Thank you Peter. N. Another consonant. L. Vowel. I. Vowel. O. Vowel. E. Consonant. T. Consonant. G.
10:18Vowel. I.
10:23And another consonant. And lastly R. Brilliant. Thank you Rachel.
10:30Thank you Rachel.
10:30Thank you Rachel.
10:32Thank you Rachel.
10:35Thank you Rachel.
10:46Thank you Rachel.
10:47Thank you Rachel.
10:48Thank you Rachel.
10:48Thank you Rachel.
10:49Thank you Rachel.
10:49Thank you Rachel.
10:49Thank you Rachel.
10:49Thank you Rachel.
10:49Thank you Rachel.
10:50Thank you Rachel.
11:01Righty-o, Peter Young.
11:02Eight.
11:03An eight from you.
11:04And Louise.
11:05Nine.
11:06A nine.
11:06You've spotted it, Peter, the eight.
11:09Duranite.
11:09And here's the nine.
11:11Loitering.
11:11Let's not hang about.
11:13Well done.
11:14APPLAUSE
11:16Great stuff, Susie.
11:18Oh, Sue, absolutely superb.
11:19I have to be incredibly mean and disallow Duranite,
11:22so I'm sorry about that.
11:23But, yeah, superb.
11:24We can't beat that, obviously.
11:25Now, what a way to come back after you drop ten points
11:28in the numbers round, by the way.
11:30Fantastic, Louise.
11:31And it's your letters.
11:33Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:34Thank you, Louise.
11:35S.
11:36And a vowel.
11:38E.
11:39And a consonant.
11:41N.
11:42And a consonant.
11:44P.
11:45And a vowel.
11:46A.
11:47And a vowel.
11:48E.
11:50And a consonant.
11:51T.
11:52And a consonant.
11:54R.
11:56And a final consonant, please.
11:59A final D.
12:01And half a minute.
12:03.
12:03.
12:03.
12:03.
12:03.
12:03.
12:32Wow, Louise.
12:34Six. Peter. Eight. Yes. Louise, what's the six? Sedate. Yes. And what's the eight? Repasted. Repasted. What low repasted this
12:46is. I can't accept repasted, I'm afraid. It's not in the dictionary. This is not the type of drama we
12:51associate with, you know, part two of Countdown. This is sensational. I know. I'll put on my witch's hat. My
12:58goodness. So surprised about it. So the six counts, what did we have that's in the dictionary?
13:01There were a couple of eights that you could have had. Parented. Great spot. And also pretends. And pretends. Well,
13:09it's 36.22, but you know that's not the story told, the way this has been happening. And Peter, you're
13:15choosing the numbers.
13:16OK. I think I'll go six more, please. Six more. You're gambling early. I like your style. I think that's
13:21wise. Let's see if it pays off. Six little ones. Ten. Six. Six. Nine. Three. And one.
13:30And the target, 964.
13:33Nine. Six. Four. Numbers up.
14:05From a really low target to a really high target, it's 964. Peter.
14:10Too high for me. Too high for you. Not declaring anything. Louise?
14:14No, nothing.
14:16Wow. 964. Now, I know you got the 960 in 0.1 seconds, but what about the other 29.9
14:23seconds?
14:23I got to 963 in 0.1 seconds and then got stuck. So leave it with me. I'll come back
14:27to it.
14:27Unbelievable. Right. We'll come back to it then. 964 is the number that stumped us, as we have our first
14:34chat with Christian and Guru Murthy this week.
14:36So much to talk about, but I know you were really excited about the fact it's World Bicycle Day, because
14:41you have an annual pilgrimage, don't you?
14:44I do. I'm chairman of a charity called Duchenne UK, which is a muscular dystrophy charity.
14:50And it was started by a friend of mine from Channel 4 News after her son was diagnosed with the
14:55disease.
14:55And we decided to start a bike ride, a few of us on Channel 4 News, and it's turned into
15:00an annual thing now, which raises almost a million pounds a year.
15:03Wow.
15:03And we go from London to Paris in 24 hours. And it's an amazing thing to do. I mean, I
15:09was never a cyclist.
15:10I mean, the first year I did it, I went into my local bike shop and said, well, I'm thinking
15:14of doing this thing.
15:15And they said, well, you know, and I need a bike. I haven't been on a bike since I was
15:18about 15.
15:19And they were kind of laughing away. But we did it, and it's become a thing. And it's great fun.
15:24And, you know, we now have a peloton of about 140 people who all cycle into France. It's great.
15:31It's really interesting, that, because I can't think of many other quote-unquote sporting things that you can just pick
15:38up like that.
15:39But, you know, I wouldn't ever attempt to sort of, you know, learn how to throw a javelin, you know,
15:44in my mid-40s.
15:45But I did the same with bikes about 10 years ago. And just, bang, I'm going to cycle the Haida
15:50Kilimanjaro in five days.
15:52And did it. And it's amazing that getting back in the saddle, you can throw yourself in at the deep
15:58end.
15:58But you must have done a lot of training for that, because I know we did. I mean, I had
16:01to do a good four or five months of training to get in shape.
16:04Not enough, Krishna. Not enough. I love it. Thank you, mate.
16:10And during that chat, believe it or not, Rachel, you were able to focus on 964.
16:15Yeah, it is there. If you say 9 times 6 is 54, take away one for 53, and then the
16:23second 6 times 3 is 18.
16:25Times them together for 954, and add on the 10, 964.
16:29Nice.
16:30APPLAUSE
16:3436.22. We're back to the letters, and it's our champion, Louise Williamson.
16:40Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:42Thank you, Louise.
16:42L.
16:44And a vowel.
16:45I.
16:46And a consonant.
16:48Y.
16:50And a consonant.
16:52S.
16:52And a consonant.
16:55T.
16:56And a vowel.
16:58E.
16:59And a consonant.
17:00S.
17:01And a consonant.
17:04W.
17:05And a final consonant, please.
17:09We need, actually, three vowels, so I'm going to overrule the final O.
17:14And here we go again.
17:46How many, Louise?
17:47Six.
17:48And Peter?
17:49Eight.
17:49And eight, so the six?
17:51Towels.
17:51Here we go again, an eight.
17:53Yowliest.
17:54OK, what was, excuse me, yowliest.
17:57Yowliest.
17:58Let's head straight to Susie.
18:00No, lowliest is the closest the dictionary has to that, but not yowliest.
18:04I like your style, though, Peter.
18:05No worries.
18:06All right, what do we have in the next three corner?
18:07There were a couple of sevens.
18:10Slowest.
18:10Yeah.
18:11Could have had.
18:13And stylise.
18:14Stylise.
18:15Very nice.
18:15Which you are today.
18:16Very fetching shirt.
18:18I have to say, you two look coordinated here, let alone stylise.
18:20We are, very true.
18:20Yeah, really nice.
18:22All right, 42-22.
18:24Each round is an adventure.
18:26And that is down to the very yowly, Peter Young, who's going to pick these letters.
18:30All right, let's go with a vowel, please.
18:33Thank you, Peter.
18:35E.
18:36Consonant.
18:38C.
18:39Consonant.
18:40L.
18:41Vowel.
18:43I.
18:44Vowel.
18:46E.
18:47F.
18:47Consonant.
18:49M.
18:50Consonant.
18:52L.
18:53Vowel.
18:54Consonant.
18:55C.
18:58And a final vowel.
19:01A final I.
19:03And start the clock.
19:04Vowel.
19:06Vowel.
19:07Vowel.
19:17Vowel.
19:20Vowel.
19:22Vowel.
19:23Vowel.
19:24Vowel.
19:26Vowel.
19:27Vowel.
19:27Vowel.
19:28Vowel.
19:29Vowel.
19:30Vowel.
19:31Vowel.
19:31Vowel.
19:33Vowel.
19:34Vowel.
19:34Vowel.
19:35Peter. I'll try six.
19:37I'm going to try six. Louise? I'll try six, too.
19:40Peter, what's your six? Climic. Climic and Louise?
19:43Silic. And Silic. Climic and Silic.
19:46Susie, you're kept busy today. Yes, he's spelling Silic with a...
19:50C. C-I-C. Two L's. L-L-I-C.
19:53No, neither are in, I'm afraid.
19:56They sound plausible, but the dictionary doesn't like them.
19:59I'm guessing lime cell isn't in there either.
20:02So, what do we have? Is there anything that could take the points?
20:07Yeah, we have a nice six with icicle. Yeah.
20:10And a bit of A-level biology might take you to my cell, miss cell.
20:16Yes, and that is an aggregate of molecules,
20:19such as you'll find in detergents,
20:21and you can also get micellar water very often,
20:24which is easy to take off make-up.
20:25So, that's the only seven? That's the only one we could find.
20:2842-22, the scores.
20:29What an erratic episode of Countdown this is.
20:32Let's keep it going, Louise. Numbers.
20:35Clive, two large, please, Rachel.
20:37You can indeed. Two from the top.
20:39And four not.
20:40And the four small ones for this round.
20:42Six, five, four, and eight.
20:47And the large two, 75 and 25.
20:50And the target, 889.
20:53Big one again.
20:53889. Numbers up.
20:57.
20:58.
20:58.
20:58.
20:58.
21:03.
21:12.
21:18.
21:25That's time, 889.
21:27Will we get a straightforward numbers round?
21:29Louise?
21:30No, 878.
21:32No, we won't.
21:34878, so that's 11 away.
21:36And Peter?
21:36I think 889, yeah.
21:39What a day. Off you go.
21:40Brain.
21:41Right, um, 8 plus 4.
21:43Sounds good.
21:44912.
21:44Times 75.
21:46900.
21:47Take off the five by the six.
21:48An important ten points for you.
21:50Well done.
21:51Yes.
21:54Just ten points in it now.
21:55I don't need to tell you to stay tuned.
21:57Anything can happen in the last six rounds.
21:59But let's get your second Tea Town teaser.
22:01Sense, pal.
22:02Sense, pal.
22:03The dilapidated greenhouse caused them no bother.
22:07The dilapidated greenhouse caused them no bother.
22:25Hello again, the dilapidated greenhouse that caused no bother was painless, P-A-N-E, painless.
22:31There's only ten points in it, 42-32 in favour of our champion, but it's our challenger picking these letters.
22:37I have a consonant, please.
22:39Thank you, Peter.
22:50And a final vowel.
23:05And a final A.
23:09Good luck.
23:11Good luck.
23:25Good luck.
23:27Good luck.
23:28Good luck.
23:29Good luck.
23:29Good luck.
23:29Good luck.
23:29Good luck.
23:29Good luck.
23:41Five vowels at play. Peter, how many? Six.
23:45And Louise? Seven. And a seven from you.
23:47Peter, the six? Agaves. And for you, Louise?
23:51Savaged. Savaged. Yes, I thought that's what you were going for
23:54when you kept going for the vowels, but you went fruit instead, Susie?
23:57Yeah, the succulent plant. We have agave syrup, or agave syrup,
24:01so very nice. But, yeah, Savaged. What a game this is.
24:04Krishnan, anything? Can't beat Savaged. That was the seven.
24:08More letters. Let's go, Louise. Loving this.
24:11Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Louise.
24:13C. And a vowel? O. And a consonant?
24:19R. And a consonant? F. And a vowel?
24:24E. And another vowel?
24:28A. And a consonant?
24:30N. And a consonant?
24:34R. And a final consonant, please.
24:39Final N. Blimey.
24:42R. And a consonant?
24:43R. I.
24:45R. And a consonant?
25:01R. And a consonant?
25:02R. And a consonant?
25:09MUSIC PLAYS
25:13Time is up, Louise. Five.
25:15A five from you. And Peter. Seven.
25:18Of course, because nothing makes sense in this show. Louise. Four.
25:21And the seven to get right back in it. Four ran.
25:24Four ran. Absolutely brilliant. Well done.
25:27APPLAUSE
25:30I hear when you say a word like France
25:32and then you can't go beyond it. It just sticks and the round's ruined.
25:35Krishna, did you have that problem?
25:37Yeah, I mean, there was cornea at six,
25:40but four ran was as good as anyone could get.
25:43That's it. Wonderful stuff.
25:45And look at this, back within ten points.
25:47Four rounds to play as we break.
25:50For the only thing that will probably make sense in this whole programme,
25:52Susie Dent. Well, don't hold your breath.
25:55This is from Lana, who has sent in a question
25:59that she says she's been thinking about for the past week when she wrote it.
26:01So the question is, why is chicken meat called chicken,
26:04but cow meat is beef, pig meat is pork,
26:07and sheep meat is mutton?
26:08It's a really good question. Yeah, a good question.
26:10And it's actually tied to a story that has become quite notorious
26:15when we talk about the influence of the Normans
26:17when they arrived in 1066
26:19and had such a huge influence on English.
26:23Our language was flooded with French words,
26:25many of which have become so naturalised
26:27if we don't recognise them any more.
26:29And they were very much associated very often with the divide
26:33between the French nobility and the British or English peasants,
26:37I suppose, as they would have been called then.
26:40But to go back to Lana's question,
26:43essentially, the English peasants would prepare the foods
26:46and they would rear the animals,
26:47but they rarely got to eat the very finest cuts of meat.
26:51So it was nobility that enjoyed the pork,
26:54hence we have pork from French.
26:56Similarly with mutton, the French mouton,
26:59beef, boeuf, and so on.
27:01My chicken, well, our best guess
27:03is simply that this was a food that was available
27:06to many, many people.
27:08It was more democratic in this.
27:10A lot of people enjoyed it,
27:12and so they didn't need to adopt the French word for it,
27:15if you like,
27:16because it wasn't the sole preserve of the aristocracy.
27:18So that's our best guess.
27:20But all the others go back to that divide,
27:23as I say, between those who had and those who hadn't.
27:25And there are so many other words
27:27that basically reflect that division
27:29that persisted for a very long time.
27:31I think that's a great question to send in.
27:33It is a good question.
27:36All right, let's get to the meat of the matter now.
27:39Just ten points in it between champion and challenger
27:42with four rounds left.
27:44Peter, my erratic Peter.
27:47Let's get more letters.
27:48Vowel, please.
27:50Thank you, Peter.
27:51E.
27:53Consonant.
27:54G.
27:56And a vowel.
27:58U.
27:59Consonant.
28:01B.
28:03Vow.
28:04O.
28:06Consonant.
28:07S.
28:09Consonant.
28:10T.
28:13Vowel.
28:15A.
28:17And a...
28:19One there.
28:20Consonant.
28:21And lastly, D.
28:23Let's play.
28:35Bye.
28:37Bye-bye.
28:39Bye-bye.
28:39Bye-bye.
28:46Bye-bye.
28:54That's it, Peter.
28:55Seven.
28:56Seven from you, Louise.
28:58Seven.
28:58And a seven as well.
28:59Peter.
29:00Boasted.
29:01Boasted.
29:01And budgets.
29:03And budgets.
29:04Very nice.
29:04Nice.
29:05There you go.
29:05I went to the year 3000, came back with busted.
29:08That's not going to get me any points.
29:09How did you get on, Krishna?
29:11Well, there is an eight, but it takes us into Susie's last explanation.
29:16Butard.
29:18Yes, in French.
29:19I think often used in respect of artillery, it's a sudden outburst or outbreak.
29:24You can put the S on it, obviously.
29:26But, yes, straight from French.
29:27French verb meaning to thrust.
29:28Fantastic.
29:29For an eight in that round.
29:31Ten points still the gap.
29:32Last letters.
29:34Louise Williamson.
29:35It's your choice.
29:36Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:37Thank you, Louise.
29:38R.
29:39And a vowel.
29:41E.
29:42And a consonant.
29:44Q.
29:45And a vowel.
29:46U.
29:46And a vowel.
29:48E.
29:50And a consonant.
29:51N.
29:53And a consonant.
29:54P.
29:55And a vowel.
29:57A.
30:00And a consonant, please.
30:02Lastly, N.
30:05Lost letters.
30:09WWW.
30:10In the書
30:17MUSIC
30:37Louise.
30:38Seven.
30:39Peter.
30:40Five.
30:41Five.
30:41What's the five, mate?
30:42Queen.
30:43And the seven?
30:44Panier.
30:45Yes, how are you spelling it?
30:46P-A-N-E-E-R.
30:48That's a six.
30:49Oh, Louise.
30:52I'm sorry.
30:53It's a great word.
30:53Oh, my goodness me.
30:55Christian, how did you get on?
30:56Well, I thought we were beaten because we had Panier, but we weren't.
30:59But not.
31:00Wow.
31:00So that's fantastic.
31:01Look at that.
31:02Within five points now, two rounds to go.
31:04One of them is numbers.
31:05One of them is the conundrum.
31:06Peter, you're in charge of the numbers.
31:07Just for you, I'll go six more.
31:10Six more.
31:11Good.
31:12Taking your life into your own hands.
31:13Six little ones.
31:14Final numbers and a potential crucial conundrum.
31:16Let's see if we get there.
31:18Final one of the day.
31:19Five, one, three, eight, one.
31:23Uh-oh.
31:24And two.
31:26Low.
31:26Target, 367.
31:28Three, six, seven.
31:30Last numbers.
31:31Let's see if we get there.
31:41Let's see if we get there.
31:42Let's see if we get there.
31:43Let's see if we get there.
31:45Let's see if we get there.
31:46Let's see if we get there.
31:47Let's see if we get there.
31:47Let's see if we get there.
31:48Let's see if we get there.
31:48Let's see if we get there.
31:49Let's see if we get there.
31:49Let's see if we get there.
31:50Let's see if we get there.
31:50Let's see if we get there.
31:50Let's see if we get there.
31:51Let's see if we get there.
31:51Let's see if we get there.
31:51Let's see if we get there.
31:52Let's see if we get there.
31:54Let's see if we get there.
31:59Let's see if we get there.
32:01Peter? No, I didn't get it.
32:03All out of luck. Louise? No.
32:06Nothing. Wow, I'm within seven. That's the closest I could get, Rich.
32:10You can get to 368, but this one is impossible.
32:15Well, we can't be surprised that we've ended up in this place,
32:19given what today's show has been like.
32:22They will be yowling on the streets of Norfolk or the Isle of Wight.
32:26We're just not sure where yet.
32:27Let's get your fingers on the buzzers.
32:29Just five points in it this Monday afternoon
32:32as we reveal this crucial countdown conundrum.
32:58Peter, for the win. Condensed.
33:00Let's have a look and see if you're right.
33:03Yes!
33:08I'm not as surprised that it went 21 seconds into that.
33:12That was so tenseful. Peter, how are you feeling?
33:15Oh, OK.
33:18Are we going to see the same risk-taker in the champions' chair?
33:21I do hope so.
33:21Oh, I do as well.
33:23Let's continue.
33:24Let's yowl on.
33:25We will see you tomorrow, my friend.
33:26And Louise, I'm so surprised.
33:28I made a little note.
33:29Could be OctoChamp after Friday, but you come up against sturdy competition.
33:34I know. It was very good.
33:36Krishnan and Susie, thank you very much.
33:39Do you want a few nerd facts about cycling on World Cycling Day before we go?
33:42Go on then, Colin.
33:43There's only one country in the world that gets close to having a bike per person.
33:4799.1%.
33:49Way ahead of any other country.
33:51There's a couple you might go for, but what would you go for?
33:54I mean, you might go for Holland.
33:55It's Holland, yeah, it is.
33:56It's the Netherlands.
33:57It's a big drop-off to the second most bikes per capita, which is 80.1%.
34:03And I don't think anyone's going to guess that, because that's Denmark.
34:06But you go all the way down to 10th in the world, and you're already under 40%.
34:12Eh? Told you it was nerdy.
34:14Wow. I mean, nice good night, everybody.
34:17Everyone's gone to sleep.
34:18Anyone's left?
34:19See you tomorrow.
34:20Yeah.
34:21Better get on her bike.
34:22We will see you tomorrow.
34:23You can count on us.
34:25You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:30You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:36Five.
34:38Five.
34:39Five.
34:46Four.
34:50Seven.
34:55That's us.
34:55Don't ask us that are ì•„ Pare.
35:01You
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