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00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Thursday afternoon.
00:35You ought to know how it works by now.
00:3715 rounds of letters and numbers, the perfect way to spend your afternoon.
00:42And I just hope that you don't fall head over feet
00:45as you try and keep up with our champion and challenger.
00:49And you learn something every day. Isn't that right, Rachel Riley?
00:52At least one thing, yep.
00:54Do you know what? That was difficult to remember
00:55because that's a whole load of album tracks
00:58from a record that was released on this day in 1995,
01:02Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette.
01:06Sold tens of millions. Huge record.
01:09You were nine.
01:10And I think this must be a big album in your childhood.
01:14Well, not an album, but, I mean, everybody knows, isn't it ironic?
01:16I remember where I was listening to that,
01:18playing squash down the road from us.
01:21The whole summer it was just over and over and over, wasn't it?
01:23Well, that is the track that causes such debate
01:27because everyone always says, well, is it ironic if, you know,
01:29you need spoons and all there are knives or whatever that lyric was?
01:33So, look, let's bring in the ultimate article on this.
01:36Let's bring in our Jay the D, nice and early Susie Dent.
01:38So, it was co-written.
01:40Two people wrote this song, Alanis being one of them.
01:42And they said, look, we weren't checking every single lyric.
01:45We didn't think people were going to be so pernickety about it.
01:47And there's also something called situation irony as well.
01:52So, let's pick a sample lyric.
01:53You let us know.
01:54It's like rain on your wedding day.
01:57It's like a free ride when you've already paid.
02:00The question is, is ironic ironic?
02:02No.
02:03But she may have had the last laugh.
02:05I mean, there are different kinds of irony.
02:07Some people say there's cosmic irony.
02:09In other words, it's a bit more than situational.
02:11It's just irony is all about embracing the opposite
02:13in order to make a point.
02:14Should we not say misuse of irony and just talk about it
02:18being just wider use and the meaning changing?
02:21Yeah, totally.
02:22It's part of that.
02:22I mean, I think the boundary between irony and sarcasm
02:25is getting a bit blurred as well.
02:27Yeah.
02:27Especially when it comes to opposites.
02:29So, yes, it is moving.
02:31And I don't feel particularly pedantic about it.
02:33It's actually really slippery to define, I think.
02:35Well, listen, nothing ironic or sarcastic about this one.
02:38I simply say, please welcome the presenter
02:39and Olympic gold medalist, Sam Quick.
02:42APPLAUSE
02:45Well, our champion back teapot sorted after yesterday's first win
02:49is Elise Hay, our Wizard of Oz loving maths and statistics tutor.
02:55Now, let's get to know you a little bit better
02:57because your proper Manchester died in the woe,
03:00but you married a Scotsman.
03:02So, was there a little tug of war between the two?
03:05Sometimes, a little bit.
03:07When it comes to sport, sometimes.
03:10So, yeah, but I wouldn't say it's a massive rivalry now.
03:13And for Scottish people as well, Manchester's like the Caribbean.
03:16The weather's so much better.
03:17Just, they absolutely love it.
03:18It's T-shirts, it's taps off all the time.
03:21Right, Elise.
03:22Well, listen, good luck to you today.
03:23Going for a second win.
03:24You're up against Laura Mason,
03:26who joins us from just outside of Nottingham.
03:28How are you?
03:29I'm good, thank you.
03:30Good, loads to talk to you about
03:31because you're a director of pharmaceutical sciences,
03:33which is all very posh.
03:36But, Elise is addicted to Wizard of Oz
03:39and that's where we connected.
03:41I'm afraid we disconnect here.
03:42You're obsessed with a certain film.
03:44Tell us which one.
03:44I just really love Love Actually.
03:46I've just watched it.
03:47I've watched it a lot.
03:48How many times?
03:49Put a number.
03:49Probably over 20 and with the director's edit on as well
03:52so they talk about how they made the film.
03:54Hold on.
03:55One moment, please, caller.
03:56Let me redirect your call here.
03:57Sam, can you take this?
03:58It's having a clue what she's talking about.
04:01Yep, I'm there.
04:02I've got a lot of time for that
04:04and I've watched it on the director's commentary as well.
04:07Yeah, okay.
04:08Countdown, actually.
04:09Good luck, Dolora and Elise.
04:13Elise, we'll start with you.
04:15Let's get some letters.
04:17Can we start with a consonant, please?
04:20Thank you, Elise.
04:20Start today with L.
04:22A vowel.
04:25A vowel.
04:27A consonant.
04:29S.
04:31Another consonant, please.
04:33R.
04:35And another.
04:36G.
04:39A vowel.
04:41O.
04:43A consonant.
04:45A consonant.
04:47A vowel.
04:49A.
04:51And a consonant, please.
04:53And a final.
04:55T.
04:55At home and in the studio.
04:57Let's play Countdown.
04:58A consonant.
04:59A consonant.
05:13A consonant.
05:15A consonant.
05:15A consonant.
05:15A consonant.
05:15A consonant.
05:29That's time, champ.
05:30Eight.
05:31Eight from you.
05:32What a start, Laura.
05:33I've got an eight as well.
05:33And you matched it.
05:34Well done.
05:35See if it's the same word, Elise.
05:37Gloaters.
05:38I think it might be.
05:39Yeah, I've got gloaters as well.
05:40Yes.
05:41Nice.
05:42OK, take the smile off both your faces.
05:44Stop gloating.
05:45Well done.
05:46Eight points each.
05:47That's surely it.
05:48That's surely it.
05:49You got another at Newport.
05:50I got four because I wanted to be a gloater.
05:53Gold.
05:54Gold, yes.
05:56Very nice.
05:58Yeah, well, our leotards were there and wherever leotards go,
06:01so it is a load star.
06:02It does indeed.
06:03Right.
06:04Right, let's go again.
06:05What a start, Laura.
06:06Hi, Rachel.
06:07Hi, Laura.
06:07A consonant start, please.
06:09You can indeed.
06:10Start with G.
06:12And another.
06:14M.
06:14And a vowel.
06:17I.
06:18A consonant.
06:19C.
06:21A consonant.
06:22H.
06:24Another vowel.
06:25U.
06:26And I have another vowel, please.
06:29A.
06:30A consonant.
06:32Y.
06:33And a final vowel, please.
06:36And a final U.
06:37I'll catch you on 30 seconds.
06:39I'll catch you on 30 seconds.
06:55I'll catch you on 30 seconds.
07:09Laura?
07:10A five.
07:11Five from you and Elise?
07:13Only a four.
07:14A four, OK.
07:15The four is?
07:17A chum.
07:18And for you, Laura?
07:19Magic.
07:20Susie and Sam, I could just see half names of Pokemon characters.
07:24It really did me in that round.
07:26Is it only fours and fives?
07:28Yeah, that was our best as well.
07:29We had another five with humic, which is related to humus,
07:34not hummus that you eat, but the soil.
07:36Yeah.
07:36Laura, that gets you a lead then, a magic five points
07:40as we get our numbers for the first time
07:42and our champion will choose.
07:44Can I get two big and four small, please?
07:48You can indeed, thank you, Elise.
07:49Two large, four little.
07:50Coming up, and the first numbers of the day are three, ten, eight, three,
07:57and the large one's 125.
08:00And the target, 517.
08:03517, numbers up.
08:07517.
08:08And the next numbers of the day are 3-1000.
08:10And the third numbers of the day are 3,000.
08:16They're playing them with 3,000.
08:21517.
08:21And the third numbers of the day are 4-1000.
08:34So they're going to be 3-1000.
08:36I wonder, Elyse?
08:385-10.
08:395-10 will put your seven away. Laura?
08:425-1-8.
08:435-1-8 is just one away for seven points. Let's hear it.
08:47So, eight minus three for the five times the hundred.
08:51500.
08:52And then ten minus three is seven.
08:55Ten minus the second three.
08:5725, take the seven for 18 and add it on.
09:00Yeah, one away, well done.
09:01Well done indeed. Could we get one closer?
09:03Yes, we could if we start with 100.
09:06Minus 25 is 75.
09:09Ten minus three is seven.
09:11Times them together for 5-2-5,
09:13and you've kept your eight for 5-1-7.
09:17APPLAUSE
09:19Right, we talked about love actually,
09:21so let's have a loving teatime teaser.
09:24It's loves her.
09:25Loves her.
09:27He loves her, but he doesn't like her eating habits.
09:29He loves her, but he doesn't like her eating habits.
09:53That's shoveler.
09:54Shoveler with one L.
09:56Susie, give us an explanation for shoveler.
09:59The dictionary definition.
10:00Yes, and normally if it is somebody who shovels,
10:02that's double L.
10:03And actually the first meaning of a shoveler is a dabbling duck
10:06with a long, broad bill.
10:07I don't know how it eats, but...
10:08That's really nice.
10:09Yeah.
10:10Back to the game.
10:11And you're picking these letters, Laura, with an early lead.
10:14Consonant.
10:14Thank you, Laura.
10:16L.
10:17And a consonant.
10:19R.
10:20A consonant.
10:21A consonant.
10:22T.
10:23A vowel.
10:24O.
10:25Another vowel.
10:26A.
10:27And another one.
10:28I.
10:30Vowel, please.
10:31Oh.
10:32E.
10:33And a consonant.
10:34L.
10:35Consonant.
10:36Lastly, D.
10:37Thanks, Rachel.
10:39D.
11:09OK, Laura Mason. An eight. An eight from you, but a grimace at the same time. An Elise Hay. An
11:15eight. And a smiley eight. That's good. See if it's the same. Laura. Trailed. Trailed. Trollied. That is a happier
11:23eight.
11:24Yeah, I had to check this one because trollied as in drunk is usually E-Y-E-D, but you
11:28can spell it I-E-D. So very good indeed. So trollied, well, very good indeed. Trailed? Yeah, I just
11:35had to check that Laura's carrying an eight because it says seven, just one L.
11:38Ah, yeah. There you go. Changes very quickly. Countdown. And can we add anything to that, Sam, quick? I think
11:44we got leotard again, actually.
11:46There you go. We're not short of leotards today. And a couple more eights if you would like them. Tailored
11:51and an idolater, somebody who worships.
11:53Beautiful. Back within four points. Let's get another round in, Elise, and it's your choice.
11:58Can we start with a consonant, please? Thank you, Elise. V.
12:01V. A vowel. U. A consonant. T. A vowel. E. Consonant. N. A consonant. C. Another consonant. N.
12:26D. And a vowel. And a final O. And half a minute.
12:33T. A vowel.
13:03That's it. Elise? Seven. Well done. And Laura? Seven. Seven as well. Here we go, Elise.
13:09Convent. Convent. And for you, Laura? Counted. And counted. Counted and convent. Two really good sevens. Two really good countdowners
13:18as well.
13:19We know that already. Just a few rounds in. What can we add?
13:22Yeah, we've got confident and counted. Did you have another one? Untoned.
13:26Right, four points still. The difference. Laura, let's pick a numbers for the first time today.
13:32I'll go three large, please. Thank you, Laura. Three from the top. And three a little. Let's see if we've
13:37got any kind of challenge here.
13:38The little ones. Ten. Six. And nine. And the three large. One hundred. Seventy-five. And fifty.
13:46And the target. Eight hundred and ninety-six.
13:49Eight, nine, six. Numbers up.
13:51Ten, seven, six.
13:53Nine, nine, nine.
13:55Ten, nine, eight.
14:218-9-6, the target, Laura.
14:238-9-6. Well done. And Elyse?
14:268-9-5. Struggled with that one, one away, so, Laura, 10 points for you.
14:30100 times nine. I think Elyse is going to be kicking herself, unfortunately.
14:3410 minus six gets you the four. Take it away.
14:38Sometimes you don't see it. 8-9-6.
14:40It happens.
14:42Well, listen, here we are, 37-23.
14:46The rule reversed from yesterday and that took us all the way to crucial,
14:49didn't it? It's always hard when you're leading as the challenger to keep it up.
14:53But now you're a bit relaxed, Laura. I didn't want to put pressure on you at the start,
14:56but Laura loves hockey. That's her main hobby.
14:59So, I mean, you can, you know, when it comes to dictionary corner guests,
15:02you must arrive this afternoon and thought, yes.
15:05You know, you do it as a hobby. You do it to enjoy.
15:08I am being invited to the palace yet, but most Olympic gold medalists,
15:12not all of them, and I think it's something that could be righted
15:15because some of the Olympic gold medalists in the past
15:18should have been offered MBEs and weren't.
15:20But anyway, it's something to look at.
15:21But these days, 100%, and was it the whole hockey team got an MBE?
15:25Yeah, the whole hockey team, except Danny Kerry, our head coach,
15:28put out of it a bit, a little tiny bit of a petition,
15:31and he actually got one the following year.
15:32There you go.
15:33So, there you go. So, tell us about that experience.
15:35It was incredible. You turn up, there's lots of gold paint,
15:38lots of red carpet, and you take your guests,
15:41and you've got a big staircase award recipients to the right, guests to the left,
15:46and you go in a room with a number of amazing people in there,
15:49people who have raised thousands, millions for charity,
15:52and I'm there like, oh, I've just been chased around a hockey ball.
15:55I felt so inferior.
15:57But it was a fantastic day out.
15:59We had the now King Charles, Prince Charles at the time,
16:02giving out the awards, and you have a complete protocol to follow.
16:05The other things on the list around that time, where was your gold post box?
16:10We didn't get... I didn't get one. That was a 2012 thing.
16:12I walked past Mo Farah's recently, which was great.
16:16And you just see them randomly, and you go, oh, yeah, have a look at it.
16:19It's usually in the hometowns, somewhere within that.
16:22My husband did say, I'll go round and I'll wear a balaclava and paint one gold for you.
16:28I said, no, that's a bit too far that time.
16:29LAUGHTER
16:30Thank you very much.
16:32APPLAUSE
16:34Well, three little letters are not good enough here on Countdown,
16:37so forget your MBEs and OBEs.
16:39We need something longer than that, and Elyse, you're picking.
16:42Can we start with a consonant, please?
16:44Thank you, Elyse.
16:45R.
16:46A vowel.
16:48I.
16:49A consonant.
16:51N.
16:52Another.
16:54S.
16:55A vowel.
16:56E.
16:58A consonant.
17:00G.
17:02A consonant.
17:03S.
17:06Another consonant.
17:07R.
17:09And a vowel.
17:12Final A.
17:14Let's see what that springs.
17:16A consonant.
17:18A consonant.
17:32A consonant.
17:32A consonant.
17:32A consonant.
17:32A consonant.
17:32A consonant.
17:33A consonant.
17:33A consonant.
17:47Elyse? An eight. And Laura? Seven. The seven? Searing. And the eight? Rinsings. Rinsings. Ooh, can't be there.
17:58It's not there anyway, I have to say, but you'd need to answer. Yeah. It's got to be a nine
18:03in there.
18:03We didn't find it. We found quite a few eight, though, as that will do. Go ahead, pull us out
18:08of her misery. One of them was earrings. Earrings. Earrings. Grassier. Grassier. Reassign.
18:15OK, well, that means, Laura, you increased your latest 21 points now and you're choosing these letters. Consonant, please. Thank
18:20you, Laura. W. Consonant. S. And a vowel. E. A vowel. O. Consonant. N. Consonant.
18:33P. Consonant. S. A vowel. A. And final vowel, please. And a final U. And here we go.
19:20MUSIC CONTINUES
19:22The six is? Spawns.
19:25And the seven, Laura? Weapons.
19:27Well done, weapons. You're firing, aren't you, at the moment, Laura?
19:32Another seven points for you. Seven, as good as it gets?
19:35Yes, we have a horrible six for you.
19:37Well, it's not horrible to anyone, but you, I think.
19:40What's up? What's that?
19:42As in what's up? What's up? Is that in the dictionary?
19:44Yes. W-A-S-S-U-P.
19:47Right, anyway, I'll tell you what's up. It's 51.23.
19:50My goodness. Back to the numbers.
19:53Elise, this is where the comeback begins.
19:55OK, we'll go for four big.
19:57Yep, four large. We're gambling with the numbers.
19:59Let's see if it pays off.
20:01Two little ones for you. Three and four.
20:04And the big ones.
20:05One hundred, seventy-five, twenty-five, fifty.
20:08And you need to reach 924.
20:12Nine twenty-four. Numbers up.
20:14One hundred, seventy-four.
20:16One hundred, seventy-four.
20:22Oh, boy.
20:449-2-4 with four large, Elise.
20:47No, nowhere near.
20:48Nowhere near, Laura.
20:509-2-5.
20:509-2-5.
20:52The one away.
20:54OK, Laura, for another seven points, let's have it.
20:58100 plus 75 plus 50.
21:00100, 75, 50, 225.
21:04Times the four for 900.
21:07And then add the 25.
21:09Yeah, one away.
21:10Quite a lot of ways to 9-2-5, but Rach...
21:13Yeah, you're going to have to leave it with me.
21:14It's doable, though.
21:15Yeah.
21:16Let's get you into this break on this Thursday with Scuba C.
21:19Scuba C, for those visually impaired at sea is in the ocean, S-E-A.
21:24Lots of profanity about the Swedish pop act, but as ever, you can count on us.
21:29Lots of profanity about the Swedish pop act, but as ever, you can count on us.
21:50Hello again.
21:51Lots of profanity about the Swedish pop act, but as ever, you can count on us.
21:55You can count on an abacus, so abacuses.
21:57And we can count on Rachel, albeit a little bit after time, for 9-2-4.
22:02Yeah, this was relatively easy as four-larges go.
22:04I think I was trying something too complicated.
22:06But 50 over 25 is 2.
22:09Add it to 75 for 77.
22:12And 3 times 4 is 12.
22:14And just times them together.
22:16But we all missed it.
22:19Laura Mason is 58.23 up.
22:22That's not insurmountable, though, Elise.
22:24So let's see what happens.
22:25Six rounds to go, Laura.
22:26It's your letters.
22:28A consonant, please.
22:29Thank you, Laura.
22:31D.
22:31A consonant.
22:33S.
22:34A consonant.
22:35D.
22:36A vowel.
22:38O.
22:39Another vowel, please.
22:41I.
22:41A consonant.
22:43W.
22:44A consonant.
22:46R.
22:49T.
22:50And a vowel, please.
22:51And the last one.
22:52O.
22:54And good luck, everybody.
22:57MUSIC PLAYS
23:25Laura?
23:26A five.
23:27A five.
23:28and Elyse? We'll try a seven. My goodness. Laura, the five.
23:32Roots. Elyse, this mystery seven. Wordist.
23:36Susie, a linguist, a wordist, come on, there's a chance.
23:40There is a chance, it's just not in the dictionary.
23:45Logophiles, you know, that kind of thing, you can see.
23:47Wordist would be much simpler, but it's not them. Sorry, Elyse.
23:50Right, what have we got in the dictionary corner to add to the list?
23:53Yes, single seven for us, toroids, and toroids are figures of toroidal shape,
24:01shaped like a torus, T-O-R-U-S.
24:03Essentially, the easiest way to say this is like a ring doughnut.
24:06More letters, please, Elyse.
24:09Can we start with a vowel, please? Thank you, Elyse.
24:11E. A consonant.
24:15B. Another consonant.
24:18M. Another consonant.
24:21R. Another consonant.
24:25S. A vowel.
24:29O. Another vowel.
24:33I. A consonant.
24:37K. And another consonant.
24:41And lastly, M.
24:43And cut down.
25:14Time's up, Elyse.
25:15An eight.
25:16And Laura?
25:17The six.
25:18The six is?
25:19Bikers.
25:20Is this another wordist moment, Elyse?
25:22What is it?
25:23No, I've got to it.
25:24I'm going to say skimmers, but that's two S's and there's only one.
25:27Oh, yeah, you've had the two S's.
25:30As it is, six points goes to Laura.
25:32Well done to you.
25:33And what can we add in there, Sam and Suze?
25:37Cheeky Seven with Smokier.
25:39Smokier.
25:40Smokier.
25:41Smokier.
25:41Tell you, it's a good crack, this, isn't it?
25:42It's a good show.
25:43I know you're in a bit of pain, Elyse, you know, not as good a day as you.
25:46Yes, it was a good crack, isn't it?
25:47Love it today.
25:48Right, over to the dictionary corner and let's get our origins of words from Susie.
25:53Well, I've been talking about words for fools recently because, as I always say, the dictionary
25:59is just chock full of insults.
26:02It doesn't do compliments very well, but it does insults extremely well.
26:05And I was talking about silly and daft and how those have flipped over time from something
26:11that was quite innocent to, you know, something noctically nice.
26:15But one word that regularly tops the polls when it comes to Britain's favourite words is
26:20nincompoop because it's quite affectionate, isn't it, calling someone a nincompoop, even
26:25though you are calling them a bit of an idiot.
26:28And it's got quite an interesting history.
26:30Some people believe that it goes back to the Latin non-compos mentis, in other words, you're
26:35not quite with it.
26:36But we think, in fact, it is named after a character in the New Testament, Nicodemus.
26:43And Nicodemus, unfortunately, and I think rather cruelly, became associated with simple-mindedness.
26:49So in the New Testament, he visits Jesus one night to hear about his teachings.
26:54And Jesus explains this quote, except a man to be born again, he cannot see the kingdom
27:00of God, which to modern ears is quite cryptic anyway.
27:04And it really puzzled Nicodemus, who asked Jesus after a little while, having taken him
27:11literally, how can a man be born when he is old?
27:14Which sounds like a very deep philosophical question.
27:17I don't think you, according to the story, didn't quite mean it that way.
27:21So combine Nicodemus, which became nincom over time, with poop, not what you might think.
27:26It's actually, as a verb, an old word meaning to deceive.
27:30So a nincompoop is just somebody who is perhaps not completely straightforward, but also not
27:36particularly intelligent with it.
27:38So that's quite a story behind that one.
27:41I think nincompoop is just beautiful to say.
27:43Yeah.
27:44We love to say it.
27:45It's one of those words.
27:46Some people have second names like that when you say them.
27:48I love to say their names, but nincompoop just makes you smile.
27:52Yeah, they're quite a story.
27:53Yeah, really good.
27:54If it's true, very, very old.
27:55Great.
28:00OK, there's no nincompoops here, that's for sure.
28:02We've got one champion, Trillian, a brilliant challenger, and we've got four rounds left.
28:07Laura, you're picking these letters.
28:08A consonant, please.
28:10Thank you, Laura.
28:11L.
28:11A consonant.
28:13C.
28:14A consonant.
28:16S.
28:17And a vowel.
28:18A.
28:19Another vowel, please.
28:20O.
28:21A consonant.
28:23N.
28:24A consonant.
28:25E.
28:26A vowel.
28:28E.
28:29And another vowel, please.
28:30Lastly.
28:31O.
28:32And countdown.
29:05Time's up.
29:05Laura?
29:06A six.
29:07Six from you.
29:08Elyse?
29:08A six.
29:09And a six as well, Laura?
29:10Saloon.
29:11Elyse?
29:12Clones.
29:13Saloon and clones.
29:14Saloon and clones.
29:15Happy days.
29:16Very happy.
29:16Yes.
29:17Sixes, sixes everywhere.
29:19I need a seven.
29:20Yeah, I said I'm a gamer and we've got console.
29:23Very good.
29:24Console or console, there's an origin.
29:26So, words, we could connect those together.
29:28And can we add any other sevens?
29:29Yeah, Nepalese, quite nice.
29:31These are the fleshy pads of a cactus, the nopal cactus, and you'll find it in Mexican cooking.
29:37Nice, I know exactly where you are.
29:38Right, last letters round.
29:41And you're picking these, Elyse?
29:42I'm going to start with a consonant, please.
29:45Thank you, Elyse.
29:46T.
29:47Another.
29:49G.
29:50A vowel.
29:52I.
29:54Another vowel.
29:55E.
29:57A consonant.
29:59Q.
30:00Another consonant.
30:02T.
30:03A vowel.
30:05I.
30:06A consonant.
30:08G.
30:09And another consonant.
30:12Lastly, N.
30:14Rightio, last letters.
30:16.
30:17.
30:17.
30:17.
30:45To tease two eyes
30:47To tease two G's
30:49How many did you manage, Elyse?
30:51Five, I think.
30:52And Laura?
30:53Seven.
30:53And she spotted a seven there, Elyse?
30:56Ginge.
30:57Ginge.
30:58It's a very affectionate name for a cat.
31:00I'll get you out of jail a bit there.
31:01And Laura?
31:02Getting.
31:03Yes, the ING used to aplomb.
31:05Well done to you.
31:06Can you get anything better?
31:08No.
31:08So that top score is great to see Laura, by the way.
31:11We have to remember Laura's first appearance here, you know.
31:13Well done.
31:14And final numbers you're choosing?
31:15And we'll go six more.
31:17Why not?
31:17A little bit of fun.
31:18Test our grey matter without any pressure on it.
31:21Six little ones to finish the day.
31:23Seven.
31:24Three.
31:25One.
31:26Two.
31:27Six.
31:28And four.
31:28Four.
31:29And the target?
31:31456.
31:32Four, five, six.
31:34Last numbers.
31:34Two.
31:35Three.
31:36Three.
31:37Three.
31:41Three.
31:55Two.
31:55Two.
31:57Three.
32:02Four.
32:044-5-6 was six small. Laura?
32:07No, 4-4-4.
32:094-4-4. That's too far away. 12. And Elyse?
32:12No, 4-7-9.
32:13Too far away the other side.
32:15So the coast is clear for you, Rachel Riley, this Thursday afternoon.
32:18Yep, open goal here.
32:20If you say 3 times 7 is 21, take away 2 for 19,
32:25and then 19 times 4 is 76, and 76 times 6, 456.
32:31Yeah, well done.
32:33But that's an open goal. You're the greatest footballer on the planet,
32:36let me tell you.
32:37At 82-29, one round still to play.
32:40The only disappointing thing here is breaking up the team.
32:43It's been really good fun today.
32:45But alas, all shows must come to an end.
32:47Elyse and Laura, let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:20Elyse and Laura, let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:22Elyse and Laura didn't manage it.
33:24I didn't even think about it, because I was thinking how slow a herd of sloths would be.
33:28It'd be fantastic to see.
33:30Well, Sam's just doing what every Dictionary Corner debutant does,
33:35takes it way too seriously.
33:36You're scribbling away.
33:37I'm not.
33:37Anything at all?
33:38Threshold.
33:40Threshold, is it?
33:41Let's have a look.
33:42Yes!
33:46Well done, that was fantastic.
33:47Well, Elyse, I'm actually a little surprised,
33:49but I think you've just ran into a really, really fantastic champion, you know?
33:54So it's great to see that level of battles.
33:56But you get your teapot, you get our best wishes,
33:59but you don't get a taxi because you literally can walk home.
34:02And you will do that.
34:03But with a teapot, it's priceless.
34:05We might need to get her a taxi, just in case.
34:07Thank you, Elyse.
34:09Love it.
34:09And you will join us tomorrow on Friday, Laura.
34:11We'll see you then.
34:12New champion.
34:13And a new chair.
34:14You'll be just in that one again.
34:16So we'll see you, Sam and Susie, tomorrow.
34:17Yes, see you then.
34:18Excellent.
34:19Sorry, Maury, getting overexcited, Rachel,
34:21this day, next week for our first quarterfinal.
34:24Can't wait.
34:25We've got seven more sleeps.
34:27Seven more sleeps.
34:28That's a great way to say it.
34:29Even more excited now.
34:30Put it in your diary, but one show at a time.
34:32The next one is tomorrow.
34:33Rachel, Susie and I will be here for you.
34:35You can count on us.
34:38You can contact the programme by email
34:40at countdown at channel4.com.
34:42You can also find our webpage
34:44at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:46Thank you, Jamie.