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00:30Hello, everybody. It is Thursday, the 8th of January. Countdown is back for another winter warmer. So let's get everybody
00:37in from the cold. Our lexicographer ready to go, Susie Dent. The brilliant Debbie McGee joins us from the magic
00:45circle. And in a circle over there, of course, is our Rachel Riley. And today is World Typing Day. It's
00:51all about digital literacy and reminding people about typing. Do you not remember it wasn't that long ago?
00:58We were worried that people were typing and not writing. Now we're worried that people aren't even bothering doing that.
01:04Does this worry you, Susie? Because I think you're our gauge for this. If you're not worried, Rachel and I
01:09are not worried.
01:10Well, first thing to say is we always worry about new technology and its impact upon language. And usually our
01:15fears are unfounded.
01:16I do worry a little bit about losing literacy. But we've entered a new stage where we're speaking with our
01:23fingers anyway. So it will be interesting, objectively, to see where it goes.
01:27What about you, Debs? Do you do the voice messages?
01:29I do voice texting. Yes. But my family laugh at me all the time because mostly I don't read them
01:37back and they come up with strange things.
01:40But I still write because I do calligraphy. Oh, nice.
01:44So I will still write thank you notes or, you know, birthday cards. And I love writing.
01:50I'll check the post over the weekend when we get one from Debbie McGee.
01:53I didn't say I wasn't at all worried. I think it will be interesting to see where it goes.
01:57Yeah, we urge you. We urge you.
02:00Miguel is here, hoping to become an Octo Champ today. Our first of Series 93 in our first week.
02:06Because if you didn't catch it before Christmas, Miguel won the last four episodes before we brought back our best
02:12eight to crown a new champion.
02:15So this would be remarkable to get off to this kind of start.
02:18Miguel, I mean, just so cool in terms of how you're approaching it. So even-handed.
02:22Yeah, I think the way I would say the word I use is strategic.
02:27Yeah.
02:28For me, I have to play to where I feel my strengths are.
02:32And so I try to just narrow the space that I have to function by picking letters and numbers in
02:38the way that I can control some of the variables.
02:40It's like machine-like at times. We love it, but always with a smile, right?
02:44So Miguel's taking on Kev Strain. Just what a brilliant name.
02:49The nickname's already there if he becomes an Octo Champ. It's brilliant.
02:52Lives in the New Forest. How you doing, mate?
02:54I'm good, thank you.
02:55Are you going to rock us today?
02:58Hopefully.
02:59Yeah?
02:59Send us all gaga?
03:02Listen, he's a huge Queen fan, but this is the key.
03:06You were at Nebworth.
03:08100,000 people in the palm of Freddie's hand.
03:13What was it like?
03:14It was special.
03:15Very special.
03:16The added fact that status quo were also on the bill.
03:19Yes.
03:20Yeah, it was magic.
03:21Well, listen, thank you for being here.
03:23Kev taking on Miguel.
03:25We'll either hand out a teapot or we'll crown our first Octo Champ.
03:29Can't wait.
03:29Let's do it.
03:33Once more, Miguel, let's go.
03:34Okay, hi, good afternoon, Rachel.
03:36Afternoon, Miguel.
03:37Okay, can I have a consonant, please?
03:38You can indeed.
03:39Start with L.
03:41And another.
03:42M.
03:43And another.
03:44C.
03:45And another.
03:46Q.
03:47And another.
03:48R.
03:48Can I have a vowel, please?
03:50Oh, I knew this was coming.
03:51I.
03:51And another.
03:52A.
03:53And another.
03:54E.
03:54And another.
03:55And to finish, A.
03:57At home and in the studio.
03:59Let's play Countdown.
04:30Time's up, Miguel.
04:31How many?
04:32Seven.
04:32And Kev?
04:33Seven.
04:34Yes.
04:35I think it might be the same word, Miguel.
04:36Reclaim.
04:37Yes, Kev.
04:38No, miracle.
04:39Oh, yes.
04:41Fantastic.
04:42Very nice.
04:42Yeah.
04:43Oh, where are you from, you sexy thing?
04:46Miracle and reclaim, two great sevens to start off today.
04:50Yes, very good.
04:50We just have more sevens.
04:52We did, yeah.
04:52Caramel, but it's another seven.
04:54Lovely, lovely.
04:56Kev, let's go again.
04:57Hi, Rachel.
04:58Hi, Kev.
04:58Can I have a consonant, please?
05:00You can, indeed.
05:01P.
05:02And another one.
05:03M.
05:05A vowel.
05:08A.
05:09Another vowel.
05:11O.
05:21And another vowel, please.
05:27Could be a challenge.
05:28A final E.
05:29And let's do it.
05:30Um, I'll see you over here.
06:00Kev? Only five. Yeah, Miguel? Five as well. Yeah. What have you got?
06:06A thump. Thump? And a mouth. A mouth? Yes. Yeah.
06:12Measly, this was. Mm-hm. Can we go above fives? Yes.
06:15A yes-turn from geometry will give us a seven in apothem.
06:19And an apothem is a line from the centre of a regular polygon
06:22at right angles to any of its sides. OK.
06:2512 points each. Numbers for the first time today, Miguel Barker.
06:28OK, Richard, can I have four large, please? Your favourite.
06:31Thank you, Miguel. Four from the top and two little.
06:33Let's see if we can use any of your tricks on this one.
06:36The small numbers, five and nine.
06:38And the big four, 75, 25, 100.
06:42And doing the honours, 50. And the first target, 572.
06:47572. Numbers up.
07:195-7-2. Miguel?
07:225-7-3.
07:24One away, Kev?
07:265-7-5.
07:275-7-5.
07:28Good effort.
07:29Three away, but seven points, Miguel, if you are one away.
07:32So I go five times 100.
07:34500.
07:36Add 75.
07:375-7-5.
07:38Then 50 divided by 25.
07:40Is two.
07:41And take that off.
07:42And that gets you one away and seven points.
07:44OK, then.
07:46572, Rachel.
07:47Attack from the top.
07:49Nine times 75.
07:51Is 6-7-5.
07:52And then it's downhill from here.
07:54Take away 100.
07:5650 over 25 is again two.
07:59Take that away from the 5-4-3.
08:01And take that off for 5-7-2.
08:03Nice one.
08:06Right, OK, let's get our first tea time teaser
08:09of this Thursday winter's afternoon.
08:11And it serves Len.
08:14Serves Len.
08:15It serves Len well to be completely confident.
08:17It serves Len well to be completely confident.
08:36Welcome back, everyone.
08:38It was nerveless for our first tea time teaser.
08:41Not going to use that to describe Miguel or Kev right now.
08:44That wouldn't be natural, would it?
08:46Kev, let's get more letters.
08:47Consonant, please, Rachel.
08:49Thank you, Kev.
08:50N.
08:51Another consonant.
08:53D.
08:54A vowel.
08:55O.
08:57Another consonant.
08:59B.
09:00A vowel.
09:01U.
09:03Another vowel.
09:04A.
09:06Consonant.
09:07L.
09:08L.
09:09And another vowel.
09:11I.
09:13And a consonant.
09:15And a final G.
09:1630 seconds.
09:17was named.
09:18One is the target.
09:46This is the target.
09:47The censor stands.
09:47Give me a number, Kev. Seven. Yeah, Miguel.
09:51I'm going to try a nine. He's going to try a maximum.
09:55That'll give him 18 points. Kev.
09:57Loading, LA. Ooh, yes, loading.
10:00We will be doing that. If Miguel's got a maximum here, Kev,
10:03even you and I will applaud. Here we go.
10:04Trying, uploading. Yes, and you were right to try it.
10:07Yes!
10:09APPLAUSE
10:11Are you going to add anything else? Nothing.
10:14All right, let's move on to more letters, see what they bring.
10:16Miguel. OK, Rachel, can I have a consonant, please?
10:19Thank you, Miguel.
10:20S.
10:21And another.
10:22Y.
10:23And another.
10:24L.
10:25And another.
10:26T.
10:27And another.
10:28R.
10:29Can I have a vowel now, please?
10:30E.
10:31And another.
10:32O.
10:32And another.
10:33U.
10:34And another, please.
10:36And lastly, E.
10:37Start the clock.
11:08Miguel.
11:10Eat.
11:10And Kev.
11:11I'll try an eight.
11:12Excellent.
11:13Miguel.
11:14I'll have Resolute.
11:15And Kev.
11:16Outliers with a Y.
11:18Ooh!
11:19Outliers.
11:20My fingers crossed for you here.
11:22Oh, it's not there, I'm afraid.
11:24Oh, no.
11:24I'm sorry, Kev.
11:25What do we have in Dextry Corner?
11:26We have one more, didn't we?
11:27Yes, we have Eurostyle.
11:29Sounds like it means, yes, European.
11:32But actually, it's without the E at the beginning.
11:34So, it's U-R-O-S-T-Y-L-E.
11:37It's there for eight.
11:37And it's a long bone in some lower vertebrates,
11:40such as frogs and toads.
11:42Shame Eurostyle doesn't exist because the other E was there.
11:44It would have been N.
11:46All right, let's get back to the numbers.
11:48Let's do it in style.
11:48Kev.
11:49One large, please.
11:51Rachel.
11:52The more traditional, more popular one from the top.
11:56Five little friends.
11:56And this time the round is 8, 5, 8, 10, 7 and 75.
12:03And this time you need to make 636.
12:06636.
12:07Numbers up.
12:07The end.
12:24That is the end.
12:26That is the end.
12:26I'll turn around.
12:27Newrics.
12:27The end.
12:31This is the end.
12:31We will.
12:31The end.
12:33And now.
12:34It's after our encounter.
12:34The end.
12:37This is the end.
12:38636, Kev Strain.
12:40635.
12:41What a way. Will it be good enough, Miguel Barker?
12:44635 as well.
12:45Oh, there you go.
12:47Kev, you're up.
12:48Um, eight times 75.
12:50Eight 75s are 600.
12:53And then five times seven is 35.
12:56Yep.
12:57Add that on.
12:58One away. Well done.
12:59Miguel.
13:00Eight times eight is 64.
13:03Yep.
13:03Multiply that by ten.
13:06640.
13:06Then I take the five off.
13:08Take the five off.
13:10Yep. Same result.
13:11One away and the seven points.
13:13I'm backing you here, Rach.
13:14Well, you've lost your money.
13:15I'm one away as well, so you have to come back.
13:17636 proving a real challenge this Thursday afternoon
13:21as we have our sabbatical at this stage of every show
13:25with our Dictionary Corner guest.
13:27I wonder, can we just pick up, and I love these stories
13:30of these outrageous guests and these locations that,
13:33to be fair, are less and less in modern TV because the budgets
13:39are smaller and smaller and smaller.
13:42But when a show was successful in the 70s and 80s and into the 90s,
13:46I mean, they have budget, Kev, believe me.
13:49Big movie stars, as we found out yesterday.
13:51Take us somewhere else then.
13:53So I'm going to take you up to Bonnie, Scotland.
13:56Yeah.
13:56And we were doing an outside broadcast where I can't remember,
14:01actually, because it was so many years ago,
14:03whether we were making the Loch Ness Monster disappear.
14:06But no, I think we were making it appear, you know,
14:09because everybody's always hunting it.
14:11And the one thing I remember about that shoot was I froze to death.
14:15And in between every take, we'd lay on the deck of the boat
14:20we were on, you know, trying to cuddle up and keep warm.
14:23But the thing that happened during the recording was we had
14:27two life-size Nessies, you know, that were on floats
14:32and there was a way of making them look like they were swimming.
14:35Yeah.
14:35And in the middle of the shoot, one of them broke free
14:39and sunk to the bottom.
14:41Anyone who's ever been to Loch Ness, the water is like black ink.
14:46Yes.
14:46And you can't see through it at all.
14:49And we had divers go down and everything.
14:51Nobody ever found it.
14:53And I just have always wondered if one day...
14:57Or someone's going to be diving and actually find it
15:01and think they've seen...
15:02You know, they'll think they've seen the monster,
15:04but it won't. It will be, yeah, our whatever it was made of.
15:08Right, thank you very much, Debbie, as always.
15:10APPLAUSE
15:12Well, some say 636 with a 75 and five small numbers is a myth.
15:18Let's find out.
15:19No, as soon as I sat down, there it was.
15:2275 minus 5 is 70 times by 10.
15:2510 is 700, and then 8 times 8 is 64 to take away.
15:31There you have it.
15:32APPLAUSE
15:34OK, 52 plays 19.
15:37Miguel, with that maximum, really putting some clean air
15:40between himself and Kev.
15:41But a long way to go. More letters, Miguel.
15:43OK, Rachel, can I have a consonant, please?
15:45N.
15:47And another.
15:48S.
15:49And another.
15:50M.
15:51And another.
15:53P.
15:54And another.
15:56H.
15:57Can I now have a vowel, please?
15:59I.
15:59And another.
16:00E.
16:01And another.
16:02O.
16:03And another.
16:05Lastly, E.
16:06No surprises there.
16:08Let's do it.
16:08MUSIC PLAYS
16:20MUSIC
16:39Miguel. 8. Kev.
16:41Number 5.
16:42Yeah, you see, it always feels like you're struggling.
16:44He's not.
16:44He just has that little pause before he says the number every time.
16:48What's the 5, Kev?
16:49Our hopes.
16:50What's the 8, my friend?
16:51Our phonemes.
16:53Phonemes, yes.
16:54Distinct units of sound when we speak.
16:57Well done.
17:00At least tomorrow our hands will get a rest, which will be good.
17:03Anything else?
17:04No, that was our phonies for seven otherwise.
17:07What a surprise!
17:09It's just a countdown out of the very top drawer.
17:13It really, really is.
17:14Kev, let's get nine more letters.
17:16A consonant, please.
17:17Thank you, Kev.
17:18B.
17:19Another consonant.
17:20N.
17:22A vowel.
17:24U.
17:25Another vowel.
17:27E.
17:28A consonant.
17:30D.
17:31Another consonant.
17:33R.
17:34A vowel.
17:35O.
17:37A...
17:38Another consonant.
17:41S.
17:42And a vowel, please.
17:43And lastly, I.
17:46Good luck.
17:46Theоть.
18:14A consonant.
18:16Theorem.
18:16It's a circle.
18:18Kev? Eight. And for you, Miguel? Eight as well. What have you got there, Kev? Bounders. Bounders. And for you,
18:26Miguel? I have rebounds. Yes. That's absolutely fine. Can we add anything apart from rebounds, bounders? Sideburn. Hey, nice. Sideburn.
18:35Also known as burn sides, actually. That's right. No, you've done this before. I have, yeah. A long time ago.
18:41I might have even been in Dictionary Corner. Ah. Yes, but it was a great story. What was the story?
18:46General Ambrose Burnside, who was an American army officer, I think during the Civil War, and he had very distinctive
18:52sideburns. They come in and out of fashion, don't they? Exactly. Yeah. Well done, both of you. Let's do numbers
18:59again, and let's ask Miguel to do the honours. Okay, Rachel, can I have four large, please? For the last
19:06time from you for a while. Thank you, Miguel. Another four large. And this time they are seven and eight.
19:13And the big four, 25, 50, 75.
19:16And 100. And the target, 608. 608. Numbers up.
19:24Who aren't going?
19:32Yeah.
19:51Who aren't going away.
19:53608, Miguel. 608.
19:56And for you, Kev? 607.
19:58Missed it by one, so Miguel's going to take the points.
20:00OK, seven times 100.
20:03700.
20:04OK, then we're going to take 75, take 25...
20:08600. And then add eight.
20:10And eight. Ten points, well done. Nice one.
20:12APPLAUSE
20:14Let's get a break then. Our second tea-time teaser is...
20:17Was Maroon? Was Maroon?
20:19I was marooned, but thankfully she rose to the occasion.
20:23I'm going to say that's slightly different for you.
20:25I was marooned, but thankfully she rose to the occasion.
20:38APPLAUSE
20:45Hello again, yes, Rose was R-O-W-S
20:48because it was a Norse woman, a Norse woman.
20:50Well, listen, our Miguel Barger hoping to become an octo-champ today.
20:54Well, he hasn't missed a stroke.
20:55I think he saved his best performance to last.
20:58He's already on 78 points with six rounds left.
21:02He's only reached 100 once,
21:03so he's on target to absolutely smash that.
21:07Kev Strain, you've been caught, haven't you?
21:10There you really am.
21:12But let's see. Let's enjoy every round together.
21:14And you're picking these letters.
21:16Consonant please, Rachel. Thank you, Kev.
21:19P. Another consonant.
21:21N. Another consonant.
21:23M. A vowel.
21:25A. Another vowel.
21:28E. And a third one, please.
21:31O. A consonant.
21:34G. Another consonant.
21:37N. And a vowel, please.
21:39And a final E.
21:41Half a minute.
21:42G. Another consonant.
21:44G. Another consonant.
21:49G. Another consonant.
21:58G. Another consonant.
21:59G. Another consonant.
21:59G. Another consonant.
21:59G. Another consonant.
22:00G. Another consonant.
22:03G. Another consonant.
22:07G. Another consonant.
22:14Kev? Just five. Five for you. Miguel?
22:16Five as well. Five as well. What have you got, Kev?
22:19Mange. Mange, you get the points. What about you, Miguel?
22:22I have mango. Mango. Yep.
22:24Five points each for you guys as we go again, Miguel.
22:27OK. Rachel, can I have a consonant, please?
22:30Thank you, Miguel. F. And another.
22:33T. And another.
22:36S. And another.
22:39J. And another.
22:41S. Can I have a vowel, please?
22:44I. And another.
22:46A. And another.
22:48O. And another.
22:50And finally...
22:52Tidetime.
22:53Tidetime.
22:55Talk to you.
23:24Talk to me, Miguel.
23:25I'm going to say seven.
23:27Oh, he's going to say seven, Kev.
23:28I'm going to say five.
23:30I'm going to say, well done.
23:31What's your five?
23:32Feats.
23:33What's a seven, champ?
23:35A vejoas.
23:36Yes, vejoas, absolutely fine.
23:38They're small shrubs that yield edible fruit, a bit like guavas.
23:42My goodness me.
23:44Count down from another planet.
23:46Can we add any other words?
23:48Fiestas.
23:49Lovely.
23:50Sevens.
23:51Even nicer.
23:51Softies.
23:53Like us.
23:54Yes.
23:54Softies.
23:55Right.
23:5690 points already for Miguel.
23:5832 for Kev.
23:59I want to see if we can get Kev to that half a century.
24:01What you always think is a real standard mark.
24:04There's no shame in that at all.
24:05And we've got four rounds to do it after origins of words.
24:09Well, thanks to Steve Felton from South Wales, who's been wondering about a prefix.
24:14So that doesn't sound very exciting, except to a lexicographer, but it's actually really interesting.
24:19It's the prefix X in expression, exploration, exaggeration, and in so many others.
24:25It doesn't seem to be a single use.
24:28So how did this happen?
24:29And what about the X in terms of X partner, X directory, et cetera?
24:34Wow.
24:35Oh, that's a word that no one on the age of 30 will know.
24:40Isn't that so funny?
24:41Yes.
24:41Such an extinct word, X directory, isn't it?
24:43Yes.
24:44Wow.
24:45Yes.
24:45It's a lovely place to be.
24:47Well, it appears in lots and lots of English words, just as Steve says.
24:52And actually, there is a very common theme going through all of them.
24:56I say all, there are a couple of exceptions, but it means out of.
25:00So you'll find it in exit, because you go out.
25:03You'll find it in exclude, because you shut something out.
25:07In export, because you sort of carry it out of the country.
25:10Extract or pull out.
25:12And indeed, in express, explore and expect.
25:15So in express, you get the X, obviously, and then you get the press bit.
25:22And it means to squeeze out or to press out.
25:24So for everybody who gets very annoyed when people ask for an expresso, rather than an espresso,
25:31it does sort of pretty much mean the same thing, which is squeezed out.
25:34So it's coffee that's squeezed out, that is quite intense, if you like.
25:38So it's pressed out coffee.
25:40Explore is really interesting, because explore is to cry out, believe it or not.
25:47And that was its original meaning, because probably from people who were exploring new lands,
25:53came across them and cried out, like, you know, Eureka, we have discovered new land,
25:57which is, I think, lovely.
25:59Expect is to look out for.
26:01Spectare is to look, as you might get in your spectacles.
26:05Explain, a little bit more complicated, and I'll try to explain.
26:10It's folding out, so that plain is from the Latin, plain is meaning flat.
26:16So you kind of make it smooth.
26:17You flatten it out so that it's easier to understand.
26:20And the X, as in former, ex-wife, ex-president, et cetera, is the same X that you might get
26:26in terms of being out of office, I suppose, is that you are no longer in that position.
26:30So you are, you know, kind of in the past, if you like, but you're out rather than in that
26:35relationship.
26:36So it trickles through everything, apart from the one that Steve did mention, exaggerate.
26:41There, confusingly, X means thoroughly, because it's actually to heap up, to sort of really embellish.
26:46But for most of them, it's all about going out.
26:48You did that quickly, because you could do a whole week, I think, just on the E-X.
26:52Yes.
26:52Yeah, really good message.
26:57At 1932, you are rising above expectation here, Miguel, and it's always been high with you.
27:04You're going to smash your high score, for sure.
27:07Kev's going to do his best to match you, and you're choosing these letters, Kev.
27:10Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
27:12Thank you, Kev.
27:13R.
27:14A vowel.
27:16I.
27:17A consonant.
27:18T.
27:20Another consonant.
27:22G.
27:23A vowel.
27:25A.
27:26Another vowel.
27:28E.
27:29Consonant.
27:30N.
27:32Consonant.
27:33K.
27:35And a consonant, please.
27:38And a final L.
27:40Let's play.
27:52MUSIC PLAYS
28:11Who's going to go with what here?
28:13How many, Kev?
28:14Eight.
28:15You're going with eight.
28:16Miguel?
28:16Eight as well.
28:17Oh, there you go.
28:18Points, Kev?
28:20Relating.
28:21Relating.
28:22And for you, Miguel?
28:23I've retaken.
28:24Yes, retaking.
28:25Very good.
28:25Yeah.
28:26So, eights is what we have.
28:28Yes, lots of inks.
28:30Yeah.
28:30Yes, altering, alerting.
28:33But we had triangle if you want to get off the inks.
28:37It's weird because eight's brilliant and well done at home
28:39if you've got those points.
28:40And, you know, for mere mortals like myself,
28:43eights are few and far between, so it's nice.
28:45But frustrating in a way.
28:46It just felt like there was going to be a nine.
28:48But no such luck.
28:4998 plays 40.
28:50Last letters, Miguel Barker.
28:51OK, Rachel, can I have a consonant, please?
28:56Thank you, Miguel.
28:56D.
28:57And another.
28:59S.
29:00And another.
29:02T.
29:03And another.
29:04G.
29:05And another.
29:07C.
29:08Can I have a vowel, please?
29:09O.
29:10Another.
29:11U.
29:11And another.
29:13I.
29:13And another, please.
29:15And to finish, A.
29:17Going to miss that.
29:18Last letters.
29:18And another.
29:21I.
29:21And another.
29:48I.
29:48And another.
29:48And another.
29:48And another.
29:48Miguel. Seven. Seven from you, Kev. Risky seven. And a risky seven.
29:54What's your seven, Miguel? Of Agoutis. And for you, Kev?
29:58Outside. So back to Susie. It's not in, I'm afraid.
30:02I'm sorry, Kev. Drat, drat and double drat.
30:06Miguel gets up to 105. It's his highest score and there's still 20 points up for grabs.
30:12What did you have, Debbie? I didn't have anything.
30:15Yeah, it's no points for you then. What about you, Susie?
30:17Well, Agoutis are the really big, long-legged rodents, as most of us know.
30:21And, I mean, where would Countdown be without its dacoits?
30:24Yes. The armed robbers. I mean, we don't want them, but they come up a lot.
30:28Yeah, there they are. All right, final numbers.
30:32Kev, nice 10 points here. We'll get you to 50.
30:34Just remember that as you make this choice. Let's find out.
30:38One large, please, Rachel.
30:39Yep, the most solid of choices if you want those 10 points.
30:43Let's see if it works this time. Final numbers today.
30:45Ten, one, five, seven, six, and the large one, 100.
30:52And the target, 181.
30:55181. Numbers up.
30:57What's up?
31:25What's up?
31:28181 Kev 181 nice Miguel have 183 183 for Miguel it's been a long week for the
31:37Barker Kev for 10 points so 10 times 7 is 70 yep at the hundred 170 and 6 plus 5
31:47181 lovely well done delighted Kev you got to that 50 and my goodness could be 69 fingers on the
31:57buzzers please Thursday afternoons kind of a conundrum Kev awareness goodness me yes
32:16another 14 rounds you could win this a lovely 60 points and we were you know we're saying during
32:23the break but just playing in such a great spirit today been smiling for the whole 15 rounds and
32:28that's mainly because you Kev so thank you very much thank you cheers good man good man brilliant
32:33Miguel we've an octo champ after only four episodes of series 93 so I'm going to say this
32:40we had seven octo champs last season and it took a while before they started rolling in so it's
32:46very early you've got 769 points total if this was million pound drop I'd put 990,000 on you're
32:55going to be back in the top eight at the end of the series but who knows it could be
33:00one of those
33:00it does happen when we end up with 10 11 12 octo champs but Miguel you are cut from a
33:05different
33:05applause it's been so good to have you here and how refreshing to have someone that wasn't that
33:10familiar with countdown to come in here and become an octo champ that's just brilliant you're a fan for
33:16life now right I think so yes excellent you won't ignore me in the street if we pass each other
33:23well done to you
33:27and Debbie McGeat we're going to make you disappear until tomorrow at the same time thank you for
33:31being here thank you lovely Susie and you are the cure um one thing we haven't done yet is um
33:39a nickname
33:39yeah and this is why because I'm struggling a bit we could always wait I want it to be domino
33:43related
33:44so it's thinking like double six but then he gets eights and nines well I'm thinking the dominator
33:49oh for goodness that's so right that's what he's been doing all week yes and we got the domino
33:54connection are you happy with that I can live with that good work Rach what a way to end the
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