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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown.
00:33It is Monday, June the 17th, and we have just three shows left
00:38before we begin the series final for season 89.
00:42We have the eight best coming back to the studio from the entire series,
00:46all of them octo-champs, all of them unbeaten.
00:50The O's must go.
00:52Only one's going to be standing, but, Rachel, one show at a time.
00:57Yeah, three more sleeps.
00:58Oh, my goodness me. Countdown Christmas. I love it.
01:02Which is weird, because our other final is at Christmas.
01:04But anyway, let's just take one show at a time
01:06and start this one by saying happy birthday to Venus Williams.
01:11Funny we had someone that knew anything about tennis in the studio,
01:14but we don't, so we'll just say this.
01:16Venus Williams won five Wimbledon singles titles.
01:21Five. In the history of the Open Era, Martina Navratlova,
01:26Steffi Graf, and the girl she grew up with, her sister, Serena Williams.
01:31That's the only three of one more.
01:33Isn't that weird that you can be one of the greatest of all time?
01:36And I mean this in the nicest possible way,
01:38but not the greatest in your own house. Isn't it weird?
01:41I know. You can't imagine the sibling rivalry growing up between those two.
01:44Well, listen, as you say, if we need any tennis expertise,
01:47you and I are here to fill in all the gaps.
01:49Let's head over to Dictionary Corner,
01:51because we are playing mixed doubles all of this week.
01:54Two weeks out from Wimbledon,
01:56our number one good seed, Susie Dent,
01:58joined by the winner of 15 career titles.
02:02US Open finalists, Wimbledon quarter finalists.
02:05I'd love to talk about that this week at some stage.
02:07What a racket. Greg Rosetsky's back.
02:13Well, listen, hoping to become a countdown immortal,
02:16but a long way away from that.
02:18You know, it's always a weird one, Marianne Garbutt,
02:21because you've got one win, three more shows left,
02:23so you can only get halfway to being an octo-champ
02:26before we can you for two weeks.
02:28Jeez.
02:29Yeah, it's a long way to go before we get to that point.
02:31Yeah, listen, we're going to be talking a lot about the United States.
02:35and North America when we introduce our challenger.
02:37You love that as well. You love your travelling, don't you?
02:39Yeah, we love to travel.
02:40We've been to America three times now, all on the East Coast.
02:44They haven't been yet, though, no offence to the East Coast.
02:47They've got to get down into those southern states.
02:49Not in the summer, by the way.
02:51Not for us.
02:52That weather we can't do.
02:54But that's a great place to visit.
02:55But down that way is exactly where Phil Campbell has been,
02:59for a reason like you will not believe.
03:00Phil, welcome to the programme.
03:02Thank you, Colin.
03:02So, you go there because you visit a place in Alabama
03:06called Phil Campbell.
03:08Yeah.
03:08Tell me the story.
03:09So, there's a town in Alabama that's called Phil Campbell
03:12and I found out about it through another person called Phil Campbell
03:17invited me to the Phil Campbell Convention.
03:20So, just last month,
03:21we visited this tiny little town called Phil Campbell
03:23and there was a little welcome committee there
03:25and I got to visit Phil Campbell High School
03:28and Phil Campbell Fire Department
03:29and the Phil Campbell Police Department
03:31and so on.
03:32And, yeah, it was just a very strange,
03:34but a brilliant day.
03:35And I did promise,
03:36because I told them I was coming on,
03:38that I'd bring on one of the many T-shirts.
03:41Every year they have the Phil Campbell Hoedown.
03:43Well, I love it.
03:44The signs are good.
03:45That's for sure.
03:45Phil Campbell, good luck.
03:47Marianne, best of luck for a second win.
03:51Right, let's get some letters.
03:53Hi, Rachel.
03:54Hi, Marianne.
03:55Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:56You can indeed start the week with...
03:59Oh!
03:59And another one.
04:01N.
04:02And another.
04:04W.
04:05Can I have a vowel, please?
04:08E.
04:09And another.
04:10O.
04:11And another.
04:12U.
04:13And a consonant.
04:15C.
04:16And another.
04:18P.
04:19And can we finish with a consonant, please?
04:22Finish with S.
04:23At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:56Our first 30 seconds of the week has passed. Marianne?
05:00An eight. Yes, and Phil?
05:02I think I've also got an eight. Marianne?
05:05Pouncers. I think it might be the same. Pouncers.
05:08Let's have a little look.
05:10Well done.
05:12So that leaves the W and that means that's got to be it.
05:15That was it. We just had a single seven.
05:18Yeah, we did with Recoups.
05:19Yeah. It was our seven. So well done for your eight.
05:22Love it. Phil, letters, please.
05:24A consonant, please, Rachel.
05:25Thank you, Phil.
05:26R.
05:27And another one, please.
05:30T.
05:31And a third.
05:33S.
05:34A vowel, please.
05:36I.
05:37And another.
05:38E.
05:40And another.
05:42A.
05:44Another consonant, please.
05:46P.
05:48And another.
05:49F.
05:51And a vowel, please.
05:53Lastly, I.
05:5530 seconds.
05:56E.
05:57Let's do it.
05:58Maybe.
06:25I.
06:25Every.
06:25I.
06:27Both champion and challenger started with eight.
06:30Let's see how they follow it up. Phil?
06:31Seven. Seven from you. Marianne?
06:33Seven. Got to be a good show. Phil?
06:35Parties. Parties. Marianne?
06:37Pastier. Pastier and parties.
06:41How did you get on, Greg?
06:42We got a nine-pointer here with aperitifs.
06:46That's a main course. Well done.
06:51Right, 15 points each. Permission to move on?
06:54Yes, you have it.
06:55Numbers, then. Marianne?
06:57Can I have an inverted T, please, Rachel?
06:59You can indeed. Inverted T. One from the top.
07:01And five little ones. First numbers of the week.
07:04Are two, eight, one, eight, three, and the large one, 50.
07:11And the target? 712.
07:14712. Numbers up.
07:15812. numbers up.
07:45813. numbers up.
07:46And that's time. 7-1-2, Marianne.
07:487-1-9. 7-0-9, sorry.
07:517-0-9. I'll take that. Three away. Phil?
07:547-0-8.
07:567-0... Oh, so you've hit the crossbar there.
07:58All right, for seven points, Marianne.
08:01Erm, eight plus three times two is 14.
08:06Yep.
08:06Times 50.
08:08700.
08:09Plus eight, plus one.
08:11And the second eight, and that gives you three away.
08:13Seven points, lovely.
08:13Take me to 7-1-2, Rich.
08:15Yes, one way to get there.
08:17Three plus two is five.
08:19Times eight is 40.
08:21Add to 50 for 90.
08:23Take one for 89, and times it by the last eight,
08:28and you get 712.
08:29Yeah.
08:32That's how we do it.
08:33Marianne picked up the seven points, though,
08:35as we get our first tea-time teaser of the week.
08:39Cragjoin. Cragjoin.
08:42I had trouble making sense of it due to the way it was written.
08:45I had trouble making sense of it due to the way it was written.
09:03Welcome back.
09:04I had trouble making sense of it due to the way it was written.
09:08Cragjoin becomes jargonic.
09:10We know what jargon is, but jargonic.
09:12I know.
09:13It sounds like jargon itself, doesn't it?
09:14I don't think you hear this very often, but it simply means it is jargon.
09:19It's the adjective from that.
09:20And I love the fact that jargon goes back to an old French word,
09:23meaning the twittering of birds.
09:24Yes.
09:25Yeah, it's quite sweet.
09:26Beautiful.
09:27All right, Phil.
09:27Nine more letters from you.
09:29A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:30Thank you, Phil.
09:31M.
09:32And a second.
09:34G.
09:34And another one, please.
09:36T.
09:37A vowel, please.
09:39E.
09:41And another one, please.
09:42I.
09:44A third vowel, please.
09:46O.
09:47A consonant.
09:49R.
09:51Another consonant.
09:53N.
09:55And a vowel, please.
09:58And a final U.
10:00Thanks, Rachel.
10:01Thank you, Phil.
10:32Goodness me, a lot going on there. How many, Phil?
10:35Seven.
10:36Marianne? Seven.
10:37Seven as well. Well done, both of you, Phil.
10:39Routine.
10:40Routine for you and Marianne?
10:42Routing.
10:43Routing?
10:44Routing.
10:44Yes, absolutely fine.
10:46What else did we spot in Dictionary Corner?
10:48We had routing, which is R-O-U-T-E-I-N-G.
10:53Yeah, so you can put the E in.
10:55You know, we have re-routing, so if you root,
10:58you sort of take along a particular course.
11:00So that will give you the eight.
11:01All right, more letters from you, Marianne.
11:03Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:05You can indeed.
11:06B.
11:07And another.
11:09V.
11:10And another.
11:12S.
11:13A vowel.
11:15E.
11:15And another.
11:17O.
11:18And another.
11:19A.
11:21Consonant.
11:22L.
11:24Another.
11:25N.
11:27And can I have another vowel, please?
11:29And lastly, A.
11:32In half a minute.
11:32A vowel.
11:34A vowel.
11:35A vowel.
11:40A vowel.
11:48A vowel.
11:50A vowel.
11:50A vowel.
11:50A vowel.
11:57A vowel.
12:00A vowel.
12:03Marianne?
12:04A six.
12:05Six. Phil?
12:07I'll risk a seven.
12:08Marianne?
12:09Leaves.
12:10And for you, Phil?
12:12Leavens.
12:12Spell it for us.
12:13L-E-A-V-E-N-S.
12:15Susie Dent?
12:16Oh, absolutely fine.
12:17When you cause your bread to rise, you are leavening it when you're adding yeast, etc.
12:22So, well done. Brilliant.
12:23Was there anything to add from those letters?
12:26We had one with ovenable.
12:28So, OK, so we've had leavens, now it's ovenable.
12:31I know, it's such a strange word.
12:34It describes food containers that you can put in the oven.
12:36All right.
12:37Simply, but it's not a noun, it's an adjective, so you can't put the S on it.
12:40I was going to say, have a couple of those containers.
12:43Yeah.
12:4429 points each, back to the numbers.
12:46Phil, what are you going to do?
12:47You can have two large and four small, please.
12:50You can indeed, two from the top, four not.
12:52Let's see if this can separate you two.
12:54The little ones, two, six, nine and five.
12:58And the large one's 50 and 75.
13:01And the target, 402.
13:04402, numbers up.
13:06The big one's 15.
13:35Rodney. The giant egg.
13:364-0-2 the target, Phil.
13:384-0-2.
13:394-0-2 for the ten points.
13:40And Marianne?
13:414-0-6.
13:42Oh, and Marianne missed it.
13:43So, Phil, a chance to get the lead for the first time today.
13:469-6 plus 5 is 8.
13:489-6, 3 plus 5, 8.
13:51Times 50.
13:52Here's your 400.
13:54And add the two.
13:54With your two left over.
13:56Nicely done.
13:59Well done.
14:00Probably a good time, champ, to take a little breather.
14:03And we're going to cross over to Dictionary Corner for the first time this week.
14:06Greg, not quite Wimbledon favour.
14:08The racket is still under the stairs.
14:10But we're two weeks out.
14:12So, maybe the first few chats this week, we could possibly chat Wimbledon?
14:15Why not?
14:16You probably played there first as a junior.
14:18Can you tell us about that?
14:19Yeah, I did.
14:20I played it in the juniors in my last year in juniors when I was 17.
14:23And going to the Wimbledon Championships for anybody is a special occasion.
14:27You dream of it as a child.
14:28And growing up as a kid, my idol was this guy by the name of John McEnroe.
14:32I was playing in the junior event, and John McEnroe was in the senior event.
14:36And because there's not so many players left out in the tournament after you get to the round of 16,
14:42basically, you're looking for people to hit and to warm up with.
14:45And at that stage, he's playing a Frenchman by the name of Guy Forge, a lefty.
14:49So, I was actually asked to hit with my hero at that time, John McEnroe, to warm him up before
14:53the match.
14:54And so, I get on court with John.
14:56I cannot hit a ball in the court thinking, oh, my God, is he going to yell at me?
14:59What's going to happen?
15:00He taps me on his shoulder and he says, Greg, it's all right.
15:03Don't worry.
15:03I think it's a little windy on your side.
15:05Let's change sides.
15:06So, he changed sides.
15:07I give him a good warm-up.
15:08He ends up winning the match and goes on to the next round.
15:11So, I was like, phew, thank goodness I didn't wreck his time here at Wimbledon,
15:14losing his opportunity to try to win the title again.
15:16And for me, that was a special moment because meeting your hero, your hero being nice to you,
15:21and on top of that, him winning the match was quite special.
15:24And for myself, personally, I went on to win the junior Wimbledon title,
15:27which was an impetus for me turning professional and going into the senior game.
15:31Have you ever said to him, hey, do you remember when I was a kid
15:35and you used me to warm up against Guy Forge?
15:38No, I haven't.
15:40But I asked him to sign that 1980s finals with him and Borg on it.
15:44And he actually signed me the picture because that was one of my favourite matches as a child.
15:48And he said, too bad you never got to play me at Wimbledon.
15:52And you did?
15:53Yeah, I did.
15:53And you didn't say to him, actually.
15:55No, I should have actually brought up that moment.
15:57But, you know, I missed my chance.
15:59But I will next time I'm in the commentary box with him.
16:01Happy days, Greg.
16:02Thank you so much.
16:05Right.
16:0739-29, the 10 points in it.
16:08The numbers, the big difference.
16:10Marianne, bit of catch-up to do.
16:11I'm on to the letters.
16:13Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:15Thank you, Marianne.
16:16G.
16:17And another.
16:18N.
16:19And another, please.
16:21D.
16:22A vowel.
16:24E.
16:25And another.
16:26A.
16:27And another.
16:28E.
16:29A consonant, please.
16:31N.
16:32And another.
16:34Y.
16:35And a consonant to finish, please.
16:38And a final G.
16:39And here we go again.
16:40Back to next year.
16:41And a consonant.
17:04And a consonant, please.
17:05And you will see you then.
17:05Bye.
17:08A consonant.
17:10I'll need a number from you Marianne. I'm gonna risk a five. And Phil? Six. Oh well
17:16it won't matter then. What's the risky five? Denny. D-E-N-N-Y. And Phil? Nagged.
17:24Nagged. Well spotted. Denny? Not bad. I'm afraid. Can we add anything else? Any more
17:30meat on the bone? Yeah we have actually seven engaged. Well spotted. Right you're
17:36extending that lead Phil. Well done to you. You've just got to keep calm and carry on.
17:41Can I have a consonant please? Thank you Phil. T. And another. D. And the third one
17:49please. T. A vowel. O. Another vowel. E. And another one please. A. A consonant. S. A vowel.
18:07I. And a consonant please. And a final. J. And start that clock.
18:14music playing.
18:16music playing.
18:26MUSIC PLAYS
18:44How'd you go on, Phil?
18:45Seven.
18:46Seven for you, Marianne?
18:48Yeah, I'll try a seven.
18:48Try the seven, Phil.
18:50Toasted.
18:51Toasted for you.
18:52And Marianne?
18:53Dotties.
18:54D-O-T-T-I-E-S.
18:58No.
18:59Dottie, obviously, would be there,
19:00but it's not there as a noun, unfortunately,
19:03even for a Dottie person.
19:05Yeah.
19:06Sorry, Marianne.
19:07All right, that counts.
19:07Well done to you, Phil.
19:08What a roll you're on.
19:10Can we add to it?
19:11I think you had a second one, but only seven points.
19:13Still just seven, yes.
19:14Toadies, somebody who sucks up to you, really,
19:17is very obsequious.
19:18Toadies and toasted.
19:19You're not toasted yet, Marianne.
19:21There's still enough rounds left.
19:24Well, it's your numbers.
19:25You can control your own destiny.
19:26Can I have one from the top and any other five, please?
19:29You can indeed.
19:29Not gambling yet, still playing it coolly.
19:33Five little ones are four, four, one, three, six,
19:39and the large one, 50.
19:40And this target?
19:43578.
19:44Five, seven, eight.
19:45Numbers up.
19:45Five, seven, eight.
19:48Five, seven, eight.
19:53Five, seven, eight.
20:16570 at the target, Marianne.
20:19580.
20:20Missed it, Phil.
20:21580.
20:22And 580 as well.
20:23You might get away with this, Marianne, off you go.
20:266 plus 4 plus 1 is 11.
20:29Yes.
20:3050 plus 3.
20:33Multiply them together.
20:36Is 583.
20:37And then take away the 3.
20:41No, you had a 4 left over.
20:43Not the 3, unfortunately.
20:45So that would have got you one closer.
20:47But unfortunately, you have to disallow it.
20:49There you go.
20:49The pressure's on, eh?
20:50The pressure is on, Phil.
20:51How did you get...
20:52Well, maybe you didn't.
20:53Let's find out.
20:54580.
20:544 plus 1 plus 3 plus 50 is 58.
20:59Yep, 58.
21:00And then the 6 and 4 is 10.
21:026 and second 4.
21:03Multiply those.
21:05580.
21:06Two away.
21:06Well done.
21:06Our director, Del, got it.
21:08So it must be easy enough.
21:10How is it, Rach?
21:11It is there.
21:12See if...
21:13Did it the same way as Del?
21:143 times 4 is 12.
21:1750 minus 1 is 49.
21:20Times those together for 588 and take away the 6 and the remaining 4.
21:24That's...
21:24Yeah, he's lying.
21:25He didn't do it.
21:26Yeah.
21:28To be fair, our director, Del, did do it.
21:31He did it in a calculator.
21:32Let's get the second Tea Time teaser.
21:34It's tip-mused.
21:36Tip-mused.
21:37It used to be called the tip he mused.
21:40Now they call it this.
21:41It used to be called the tip he mused.
21:44But now they call it this.
22:01Welcome back.
22:02Tip-mused becomes dump site.
22:04They used to call it the tip.
22:05Now they call it the dump site.
22:07Recycling centre for mine.
22:08The name changes all the time.
22:10Right.
22:11Well, you'll need a bit of a recycle here, Marianne, if you're going to make it two wins.
22:15Teapot secured.
22:16But for a second win, you've got to make up a 30-point deficit.
22:20So let's get down to it.
22:22Six rounds to do it.
22:23And Phil, with the wind in your sails, let's get more letters.
22:26A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:28Thank you, Phil.
22:29W.
22:31Consonant, please.
22:32N.
22:33And a third one, please.
22:35T.
22:36A vowel.
22:37O.
22:39A vowel, please.
22:41E.
22:42And another one.
22:43U.
22:46A consonant, please.
22:48Q.
22:51A vowel.
22:53E.
22:55And a consonant, please.
22:58And lastly, S.
22:59Good luck.
23:31Time's up.
23:32Phil, how many?
23:33Six.
23:34Six from you and Marianne?
23:35Six.
23:35Six as well.
23:36Phil, what have you got?
23:37Queens.
23:38Queens.
23:39And for you, Marianne?
23:40Yeah, queens.
23:41Ah.
23:42What do we have?
23:43Oh, just another six.
23:44We have tock using the Q and the U.
23:47They are women's small hats.
23:48OK.
23:4930 still the gap.
23:50Marianne, here we go.
23:51Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:53You can indeed.
23:54T.
23:55And another.
23:56G.
23:58And another.
23:59H.
24:01And a vowel.
24:03O.
24:04And another.
24:05E.
24:06And another.
24:08O.
24:09A consonant.
24:11R.
24:13And another.
24:15G.
24:17And a final consonant, please.
24:20And a final D.
24:22And let's play.
24:54Marianne.
24:54Six.
24:55And Mr Phil.
24:56Six.
24:57And six from you.
24:58That's all you need to do, Marianne.
25:00Hooter.
25:01Hooter.
25:01Very good.
25:02And Phil.
25:03Hooter.
25:04Let's see it.
25:06Anything else, Greg?
25:07We got a seven with trogged.
25:10Oh, well, OK.
25:11Yeah.
25:12So, a trog.
25:13To trog is to walk really heavily and reluctantly.
25:17Right.
25:17Just cannot eat into that.
25:19Four rounds left.
25:20We'll give you another chance to catch your breath.
25:22As we get our first origins of words of the week.
25:25Susie, where are we starting?
25:26Well, I'm going to talk about one of my favourite words in English.
25:29And I may or may not have been called one of these in my childhood.
25:32But flibbity gibbet.
25:34This is just such a lovely word.
25:36It's usually used for a bit of a chatterbox as somebody who's just constantly talking, really.
25:42And just, I don't know, conveys someone who's just a little bit mischievous, a little bit agitated all the time,
25:49etc.
25:50That was definitely me.
25:51And it's onomatopoeic.
25:53So, it's based on its sound.
25:55And it does flibbity gibbet.
25:57It's a bit like meaningless chatter.
25:58And we were talking about jargon and jargonic earlier in the show.
26:02And it's the same sort of thing.
26:04It's just something that, really, you could do without.
26:08Often called in English in the 19th century, baffle gab, which I think is wonderful.
26:14If you're reading, you know, some sort of long mission statement from a company that is incredibly highfalutin,
26:20you might call that baffle gab, which is brilliant.
26:22But flibbity gibbet was given a devilish twist by William Shakespeare because he used it in King Lear as the
26:30name of a devil.
26:32And it's quite possible, given Shakespeare's influence then, that it could have settled in the language,
26:36meaning that actually something quite sort of evil or demonic.
26:39But it never quite caught on.
26:41And instead, it settled on the idea of a slightly silly, slightly flighty, slightly babbling person, as I say, probably
26:49me.
26:49And in this, it kind of reminds me of the word gobbledygook, which is also used for jargon, pretentious, nonsensical
26:57language.
26:58One of the reasons I love this is it was created in the 1940s by someone called Maury Maverick.
27:03And he was the grandson of the Texan rancher Samuel Maverick.
27:07And Samuel Maverick famously left his cattle unbranded.
27:12And much to the annoyance of the neighbours on sort of neighbouring farms,
27:17they would see one of these cattle roaming around and say, there goes another Maverick.
27:21And eventually it settled on someone who doesn't tread the sort of normal path
27:25and who sort of slightly goes off course, is a little bit quirky and eccentric.
27:29So his grandson, Maury Maverick, also contributed a word to the dictionary, which is amazing, gobbledygook.
27:35And he did that because he was surrounded by turkeys, not by cattle.
27:39And he thought this represented the constant clucking, usually meaningless, of his births.
27:48Right, you'll need to swat up on some big words here, Marianne, if you're to turn this around.
27:52Phil, you're choosing these letters.
27:54A consonant, please, Rachel.
27:55Thank you, Phil.
27:56S.
27:57And another one, please.
27:59B.
28:00And a third.
28:02B.
28:03A vowel.
28:04E.
28:05And another vowel.
28:07A.
28:08And a third.
28:09I.
28:11A consonant, please.
28:13L.
28:15A consonant.
28:17M.
28:18And a vowel, please.
28:21And lastly, E.
28:24And kind down.
28:26E.
28:27And a vowel.
28:27And a vowel.
28:45And a vowel, please.
28:45And a vowel, please.
28:45And a vowel, please.
28:45And a vowel, please.
28:45And a vowel, please.
28:46And a vowel, please.
28:46And a vowel, please.
28:46And a vowel, please.
28:50And a vowel, please.
28:56Rightio, Phil, how many? Six.
28:58Six from you. Marianne? I'm going to try a seven.
29:01Phil? Simple. Kept it simple. Marianne didn't.
29:05Mealies. Mealies.
29:08Mealies, mealyworms. Yes, not worms, but maize plants.
29:12And also sweet corn, corn cobs, that kind of thing. Well done.
29:16APPLAUSE
29:18Was there anything less risky? Well, yes, less risky,
29:21but not particularly nice. We had impales.
29:23Seven, another seven with impales.
29:26All right, Phil, you've still got a gap.
29:28Not as comfortable as what it was in Marianne choosing these letters.
29:31Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Marianne.
29:34C. And another.
29:37L. And another.
29:40F. A vowel.
29:43A. And another.
29:45I. And a third, please.
29:48B. A consonant.
29:52S. And another.
29:55S. And another.
29:56R. And a final consonant, please.
29:59A final D.
30:01Last letters.
30:02Me.
30:03No.
30:04Maybe.
30:30felt the fathina.
30:33How many, Marianne?
30:35Six.
30:35Six. Phil?
30:37Seven.
30:39And a seven, which would clinch the win.
30:41Marianne?
30:42Clears.
30:43And is the seven legitimate?
30:45Failers.
30:46Failers. People who fail, which would be a pass for you.
30:50Er, and it's not.
30:52Oh, my goodness me.
30:53Because it's not in the dictionary, I'm afraid.
30:54I'm sorry, Phil.
30:56Can you catch your breath?
30:59Marianne survives.
31:00Anything else, Greg?
31:01Radicals?
31:02Yes, we have radicals for eight.
31:04Not the spelling that you're thinking, though.
31:06It's I-C-L-E-S at the end,
31:08and it's a botanical term for the part of a plant embryo
31:11that develops into the root.
31:13Learn something every day. Well done.
31:16So, every round, we're ready to write the epitaph,
31:20and we have to wait every single time.
31:22Could you pull off a remarkable comeback?
31:24You will have to better fill at this numbers round.
31:28And Mr Campbell, you're choosing.
31:30Can I have two large and four small, please?
31:33You can indeed.
31:33You want something as straightforward as possible.
31:36Marianne does not.
31:37Let's see how it falls.
31:38Final numbers of the day.
31:40Ten, five, five, two.
31:44And the large one's 50 and 25.
31:45Could be interesting.
31:46Let's see.
31:47Target.
31:47Five hundred and fifteen.
31:49Five hundred and fifteen.
31:51Last numbers.
31:53Two-ctic.
31:58Five hundred and twenty.
32:03The Sherman military.
32:03Two-ięcy.
32:11Four-cejon.
32:11Two-eded Mat recognize.
32:15Four- distributed.
32:16B tuna.
32:16One-by-fish.
32:17Two-bye.
32:21Three- achievement.
32:22on paper looks like it fell very well for Phil 515 515 yes Marianne yes you
32:30wanted 999 to come out there Phil 515 for your first win in the teapot 50
32:36times 10 50 times 10 500 5 times 2 is 10 yeah and another 5
32:42they'll be dancing in the streets of Phil Campbell tonight yes well done
32:50new champion Marianne let's fight to the end how did you do it I did it the same
32:54way brilliant well done 10 points to each of you I thought we'd be filling time for
33:01the last 15 minutes but what a great comeback so unlucky and if that had a
33:05fallen different we could add a crucial alas it's all done and dusted but 10
33:09points up for grabs Phil finger on the buzzer Marianne too let's go out with a
33:12bang here's Monday's conundrum
33:23Phil
33:25doughiest it is let's have a look well good well done
33:32nice one 91 points a win and a teapot for you and I didn't want to put extra
33:37pressure on you Phil but we can now reveal you've been waiting since 1997 for this
33:43you lost when you came on countdown in 1997 that's right yes yeah I played
33:49somebody who went on to be champion of champion of champions don't give me your
33:52sob story Phil nobody asked for your sob story
33:55you lost right but here you are finally a champion yeah and Marianne you know you
34:00got the win up you got the teapot we had a bit of crack happy days happy days
34:05happy days lots of love to you great to have you great to have you and Greg we will
34:09see you tomorrow mate see you tomorrow and you Suze yeah look forward to it and
34:12Rach just on the subject of siblings I was trying to think of what's the biggest
34:16sporting family and I remembered the Burgesses in rugby league you've got Sam Tom
34:21George and Luke who are willing to play at a high level that is something else in it
34:25all I can think of is that's a lot of boots for their mum to have probably cleaned as they
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