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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Wednesday afternoon.
00:34It's not quite the 4th of July, but I can promise you some risky business
00:39as two Countdown contestants aim to become our top gun.
00:43Can't show them the money, but I can show them a teapot, that's for sure.
00:47Now, Rachel Riley, enough film references?
00:50Not unless you give me a cocktail.
00:52I could have said The Mummy as well, because that would all be Tom Cruise movies.
00:55It's his birthday today. Have you ever met him?
00:57I haven't, but happy birthday to Mr Cruise.
01:00Now, Tom Cruise is 5 foot 7.
01:03So I thought, for a little bit of fun, we haven't had a quiz yet this week,
01:07start of Series 90. I'll give you two celebrities.
01:09You've got to tell me which one's tall, which one's small.
01:12OK.
01:12Tallest and smallest.
01:14All right. Danny DeVito.
01:16Right.
01:16Ariana Grande.
01:18Now, her second name's Grande. She must be huge.
01:21I mean, she's, like, pocket-sized, but he's teeny tiny, isn't he?
01:25That's a hard one. I thought this was going to be much easier.
01:26I'm going to go Danny DeVito smaller.
01:28Well, Ariana uses the hashtag fun-sized.
01:31She very much embraces it.
01:33But the Grande is 5 foot 2.
01:34The DeVito, 4 foot 10.
01:36Well done. Well done.
01:371-0.
01:39Ben Affleck or Hugh Jackman?
01:42Ooh.
01:44I mean, they're both fairly on the tall side, I'd say.
01:47Very tall.
01:50Ben, he always looks like he's kind of bending a little bit,
01:52so I'm going to say he's taller, because he just looks like he's kind of...
01:54That's the furrowed brow. I'm going to put him as the tallest.
01:57You are on fire.
01:58Just by 1 inch, 6 foot 4, Ben Affleck, 6 foot 3, Hugh Jackman.
02:03And these are the official heights, because people shrink,
02:06but these are the official heights.
02:08I'll save one or two for later,
02:10but let me introduce our guardian of the dictionary with her height,
02:14because she's 5 foot 7, she's Countdown Heaven.
02:17It's Susie Dent.
02:18Did I get that right?
02:19You did, yeah. Thank you.
02:20That probably shrunk.
02:21And I don't know Ranveer Singh well enough to ask her her height or anything,
02:25but we will get there.
02:26We're becoming firm friends.
02:28Welcome back, Ranveer.
02:33All right, we have a new champion, our postie, Stacey Burke.
02:36How are you, Stace?
02:38In shock, but good, yeah.
02:40But here you are back and managing, feeding your young'un as well
02:44while you're here, so it's a journey for everyone.
02:47Now, postie, are dogs still the biggest issue?
02:50I mean, there was something last year again about, you know,
02:53saying just be careful with your dogs with the post being delivered.
02:56Yeah, they are still a big hazard.
02:58But funnily enough, it's normally the little ones
03:00that wait behind the letterbox for you and try and yap for your fingers.
03:03Yes.
03:03They're the worst one.
03:05I love it.
03:05Well, listen, great job.
03:06One win here.
03:07There's a lot of post in Stacey's area that's being delivered late this week,
03:11let me tell you.
03:12Stacey's our champion, taking on James Swinnerton.
03:15James Swinnerton from Borough, but now lives in Leeds.
03:19How are you doing, James?
03:20I'm not too bad, thank you.
03:21Good.
03:21Do you want James?
03:21Do you want Jimmy?
03:22What do you want?
03:22James is fine.
03:23James is good for you.
03:24Don't be over-familiar, Colin.
03:25That's what he was saying.
03:26Now, you like the drum, and in particular, the jazz.
03:32We're both fans of the jazz.
03:33Absolutely love it.
03:34Give me your top songs, give me your list.
03:36Oh, anything by Buddy Rich.
03:38I mean, he's the king.
03:40Yeah.
03:40I like a bit of Benny Goodman as well.
03:42Sing, sing, sing, sing.
03:43Absolute classic.
03:45Well, listen, let's see if you can swing today.
03:47It's James and Stacey.
03:49OK, let's get lost in the letters and numbers again.
03:53Stacey, you're going first.
03:54Hi, Rachel.
03:55Hi, Stacey.
03:55Can I have a consonant, please?
03:57You can.
03:57Start today with N.
04:00A consonant.
04:01R.
04:03A vowel.
04:04O.
04:06Another vowel.
04:07E.
04:08A consonant.
04:10L.
04:11A consonant.
04:13M.
04:14A vowel.
04:16I.
04:17A consonant.
04:19V.
04:21And a consonant, please.
04:22And lastly, D.
04:24At home and in the studio, let's play Kinkai.
04:57Stacey, now in the champions chair, how many?
05:00Six.
05:01Six for you and James.
05:02Six for me as well.
05:03There you go.
05:04Nice, solid start.
05:05Stacey.
05:05Minder.
05:06And James.
05:07Remind.
05:08Remind and minder.
05:10Well, that can be so good for you because you've both got six points.
05:14What about dictionary corner?
05:15Yeah, a few other sixes, I guess.
05:17Modern.
05:17Yes, very nice.
05:18Molder, M-O-L-D-E-R, is that one?
05:20You need the U for the British spelling.
05:22You would.
05:23I was looking at lots of over words, over mind, over mind.
05:26Molder, not in, sadly.
05:28Six top.
05:29Yes.
05:30I know.
05:30Yes.
05:31I said it was a solid start for Stacey and James.
05:34It was much better than that.
05:36James, your letters.
05:37Consonant, please.
05:38Thank you, James.
05:52And a final consonant, please.
06:08And a final F.
06:09All right.
06:10Let's wrestle with these.
06:11Let's do it.
06:12Let's do it.
06:14Let's do it.
06:26Let's do it.
06:28Let's do it.
06:33Let's do it.
06:35Let's do it.
06:36Let's do it.
06:37Let's do it.
06:39Let's do it.
06:40Let's do it.
06:41Let's do it.
06:42James, how many?
06:43I'll go for a seven.
06:44Oh, why not?
06:45Stacey?
06:46Dodgy six.
06:47Oh, my goodness, there's no confidence here at all, is there?
06:49Right, the dodgy six?
06:51Er, warner.
06:52Warner?
06:53OK, we will check it, but will we need to?
06:56What's the seven?
06:57Pre-warn.
06:59Ah, not the one I thought you were going to go for.
07:03Yes, and it hasn't got a hyphen.
07:05So, well done, that is in the dictionary.
07:07Well done.
07:07Yes.
07:10Four-warn, then, as in if you had a strobe light over there,
07:13I'd have to tell people, Susie.
07:14Is that the dictionary definition?
07:15It is, actually, yes, same as four-warn,
07:17and it doesn't have a hyphen, so well done.
07:19Good.
07:20And what about other sevens or above?
07:22Yeah, we had another couple of sevens.
07:23A warner is fine, by the way, for a six, but we had another couple of sevens.
07:26A fishy one.
07:27Prawner.
07:27Yes.
07:28A real thing.
07:29Boat used for catching prawns.
07:31Brilliant.
07:32And probably a bit too strong for this lovely show, but warfare.
07:35You see that?
07:36Stacey's got it in her eyes, hasn't she?
07:38It gets competitive, let me tell you, the closer you get to Friday.
07:41Yes.
07:42First, numbers then, Stacey.
07:44Two large, please, Rachel.
07:46Thank you, Stacey.
07:46Two from the top row, four from the other ones,
07:49and the four little ones to start with are eight, ten, five,
07:54and five, and the big two, 150.
07:57And the target to reach, 723.
08:01Seven, two, three, numbers up.
08:02One of the two, six, two, four, five, and the other one.
08:07Two.
08:31One of the things.
08:33723. Stacey? 725.
08:35Two away. James? 720.
08:38OK, so three away for you.
08:40It'll be seven points for Stacey, if you're accurate.
08:44100 times eight. 800.
08:47Minus 50. 750.
08:50Five times five... Is 25.
08:54And then take it away. Two above, 725.
08:56You got this before I hit the button for the 30 seconds.
08:59What are we all missing? What's so obvious?
09:01Well, not necessarily obvious, but the way my brain works.
09:04100 plus 50. 150.
09:07Less five is 145.
09:10Times that by the second five for 725.
09:14And you have 10 minus eight remaining.
09:16Four or two to take.
09:21Oh, my goodness. All before I started the clock,
09:24Rachel had worked that out.
09:25That's why if we're going to pre-warn anyone about this show,
09:28what I would do is say it may contain nuts.
09:30Let's get our tea-time teaser.
09:32Lads gave. Lads gave.
09:35The lads gave their all and nicked a point at the end.
09:39The lads gave their all and nicked a point at the end.
10:03Salvaged. Salvaged. Salvaged.
10:03Well, listen, nicked a point might be the difference between winning and losing today,
10:07cos it's all tied at 13 points each.
10:09Well done, James. Great start and it's your letters.
10:11Consonant, please.
10:12Thank you, James.
10:13T.
10:13And a vowel, please.
10:16A.
10:17And a consonant.
10:18S.
10:20A vowel.
10:21E.
10:23Another vowel.
10:24I.
10:26A consonant.
10:27H.
10:29Another consonant.
10:30C.
10:32A vowel, please.
10:34O.
10:35And a consonant.
10:36And lastly, S.
10:38Thank you, Rich.
11:09James?
11:10A seven.
11:12Stacey?
11:12Seven.
11:13Off you go, James.
11:14Achiest.
11:15Achiest.
11:16And Stacey?
11:17Coziest.
11:17Yes, I'd rather be cosy than achy, but they'll both count.
11:21So two nice sevens.
11:22No chastising here, but chastise is in there.
11:25I think for an eight.
11:26It is.
11:27Yes.
11:28That will give you an eight.
11:29And also associates, which essentially is an older form of associates, to keep company with.
11:34OK, so two eights in there.
11:36Wouldn't chastise you for not getting those, though.
11:38Fantastic at the sevens.
11:39And we stay all squares.
11:41We get more letters.
11:42Stacey?
11:42A consonant, please.
11:44Thank you, Stacey.
11:45B.
11:46A vowel.
11:48U.
11:49A consonant.
11:51D.
11:53A consonant.
11:55T.
11:56A vowel, please.
11:58O.
11:59A vowel.
12:00A.
12:02A consonant.
12:04H.
12:05A consonant.
12:08R.
12:09And a vowel, please.
12:10And lastly, E.
12:12Half a minute.
12:13A consonant.
12:15A consonant.
12:18A consonant.
12:28A consonant.
12:30A consonant.
12:30A consonant.
12:30A consonant.
12:31A consonant.
12:41MUSIC PLAYS
12:44Stacey? Six.
12:45And James? And a six.
12:47Yeah, a little frustrating, this one. Stacey?
12:49Boated. And for you, James?
12:51Boater. Boater and boated.
12:53Absolutely fine. OK. Yeah.
12:55We've got a couple of sevens. We've got doubter.
12:58Yes.
12:59And out-dare.
13:01To out-dare. I like that one.
13:03I know, it's good. Yeah.
13:04Doubter and out-dare.
13:0626 points each now.
13:08And second numbers round for Gyps.
13:10One large, please.
13:11Thank you, James. One from the top.
13:13Five little this time.
13:14And they are six, seven, one, four, nine.
13:21And the large one, 25.
13:23And the target, 584.
13:26584. Numbers up.
13:57END
13:585-8-4. And for you, Stacey?
14:00Lost it. Lost it. OK, James, who you go to take a lead?
14:046 times 4. 6-4 is 24.
14:07What times by the 25? 600.
14:09And then 9 plus 7 is 16. Take them away.
14:12And that's the breakaway, 5-8-4.
14:15APPLAUSE
14:16Well done to you. Ramveer Singh making her debut in Dictionary Corner this week.
14:21Shall we complete the hat-trick of on-air mishaps?
14:24Cos it's been funny the last two days.
14:25Only a hat-trick? You can keep going.
14:28Yeah, well, the thing is I'm full of admiration of you, Rachel,
14:31wearing those incredible heels.
14:34We could be doing anything, couldn't we, behind these desks?
14:36Nobody knows.
14:37Well, I was on Good Morning Britain
14:39and I'd been doing a week long of doing ITN news, evening news,
14:4310 o'clock news.
14:44I'd been staying over in hotels, constant, constant, 18-hour days, right?
14:48Love my job, so fine.
14:49But it got to the Friday and I had another breakfast show to do
14:51up at 3 o'clock and I was absolutely exhausted.
14:54And so I was leaving the hotel and I thought, do you know what?
14:57I can't be, I cannot put my heels on for another fifth day in a row.
15:00So I'm going to just go out in the hotel slippers, towel on my head,
15:03poor security guard on the door, didn't know what was going on.
15:05Anyway, I turned up to work, fine.
15:06Hair, make-up, ready.
15:08Absolutely ready for air, thank you very much.
15:09And the jingle goes and just out the corner of my eye, see on the monitor,
15:14I'm still wearing the hotel slippers on air.
15:16So you can just see me.
15:17I just quickly move my feet.
15:19But one eagle-eyed viewer took a snapshot and sent it in and that was it.
15:23So it was everywhere.
15:23I wore my slippers on live TV, except what was lovely was all the viewers were so nice.
15:28They were like, if we could wear our slippers to work, we would.
15:31Yeah.
15:31You know, because just comfort we don't think of.
15:33But yeah, it's been caught out.
15:35Well, I don't know.
15:36I think, yeah, I think it's different here, you know, because you don't see.
15:40So the fact that I don't wear anything below the waist doesn't matter.
15:44Because people can't say it.
15:44It might matter to James.
15:46James asked me to wear nothing below the waist, actually.
15:50But for you, I think there's a story in here.
15:53I don't think you're telling the full story.
15:55That's theft.
15:57See, I was trying to gloss over the bit that I'd stolen slippers from the hotel.
16:01Excellent.
16:02Well, listen, we must book you back in to here at some stage.
16:05Thank you very much.
16:09OK, we don't know who's going to be staying in the hotel ahead of tomorrow's show,
16:13but it's too close.
16:13Just ten points in it.
16:15James, our challenger, with his nose ahead now.
16:17And Stacey, your letters.
16:18Consonant, please.
16:19Thank you, Stacey.
16:20G, a vowel.
16:23O, a vowel.
16:27U, a consonant.
16:30T, a consonant.
16:33N, a vowel.
16:34I, a consonant.
16:38S, a consonant.
16:41N.
16:44And a vowel, please.
16:46And lastly, E.
16:48And here we go again.
16:50You're welcome again.
16:50.
16:50Someday L 눈 through the sky,
16:51to the fallen tweté's.
16:58They plant it.
17:09You're right then.
17:15Just here and find out.
17:20Time's up, Stacey.
17:21I'll try an eight.
17:22I'm going to try an eight.
17:23And James?
17:24Seven.
17:24And a seven.
17:25What's the seven?
17:26Outings.
17:28Outings.
17:28Now, what's this eight?
17:30Snouting.
17:31Snouting.
17:32Oh, what an old word that is.
17:34Is it in?
17:35No!
17:36Yeah.
17:37Is it?
17:38See, we haven't seen it at all, but it's just not there as a verb to snout.
17:42Wow, that's a really interesting word to find, though.
17:44So, James, the seven counts.
17:46What did you see, Rambear and Susie?
17:48Well, I did have snouting, unfortunately, so I'm ruled out.
17:51Well, just otherwise lots more sevens.
17:53Tongues, ousting, ousting, et cetera.
17:56That was it?
17:57Yeah.
17:57All right, all right.
17:58You've extended your lead.
17:59Exciting times for James.
18:00Here we go.
18:01Consonant, please.
18:02Thank you, James.
18:03C.
18:04And a vowel.
18:06I.
18:07And another vowel.
18:09A.
18:10And a consonant.
18:12They're on to the hotel thieves.
18:14L.
18:15Consonant.
18:16F.
18:18Vowel.
18:19A.
18:21Consonant.
18:22D.
18:24Another consonant.
18:26R.
18:27Vowel, please.
18:29And lastly, U.
18:31And start the clock.
18:32Vowel, please.
18:33Vowel, please.
18:36Vowel, please.
18:38Vowel, please.
18:40Vowel, please.
18:43Vowel, please.
18:46Vowel, please.
18:47Vowel, please.
18:47Vowel, please.
18:49Vowel, please.
18:54Vowel, please.
18:59Vowel, please.
19:02Oh, right. James? Five.
19:06Stacey? Six. Six, yeah.
19:08What have you got there, James? Flair. Flair.
19:11And Stacey, to get six points back? Facial. Facial.
19:14Very good. Very nice. Well done.
19:16Can we go above a six difficult letters again?
19:19They weren't quite difficult. No E. Yeah, we had a six and a seven.
19:21Yeah, we've got a seven which is radical. Yeah. Yes.
19:25And a six with careful. Thank you very much.
19:27Thank you very much. 32-43. Just 11 points in it now and 10 points up for grabs.
19:32And our third numbers round, Stacey Burke.
19:34Too large, please. Thank you, Stacey.
19:37Time to potentially make some points up.
19:39Let's see the four little ones this time.
19:41Seven, six, five, six.
19:45And the large two, 50 and 25.
19:48And the target to reach 932.
19:51932. Numbers up.
19:54The West.
20:09One, two, six.
20:239-3-2.
20:25Frowns on faces. Let's find out.
20:27Stacey?
20:28No, sorry.
20:29James?
20:309-3-1, but not written down.
20:31Off you go for seven points.
20:3325 times 5.
20:3525 times 5.
20:371-2-5.
20:37Multiply by the 7.
20:39875.
20:40And then 50 plus 6 is 56.
20:4350 plus 6.
20:45Yep.
20:459-3-1, one below.
20:48And what about 9-3-2?
20:49Well, you're so close.
20:51If you say 25 times 5 is 125.
20:56But 40 times by 7, if you say 6 over 6 is 1,
20:59you can add it there for 126 times that by 7 for 882
21:04and add on the 50 for 9-3-2.
21:07APPLAUSE
21:10Second tea-time teaser, then, is the Cribs.
21:12Do you remember that band from Wakefield, if my memory serves me right?
21:16The Cribs.
21:17As far as clues go, this is absolute pants.
21:20As far as clues go, this is absolute pants.
21:41A great clue, because it was britches, britches.
21:45And flying by this seat of her pants is our champion, Stacey.
21:49She's 18 points behind.
21:51A lot of catching up to do.
21:53James Swinerton, her challenger ahead.
21:56And it's your letters.
21:56Consonant, please.
21:57Thank you, James.
21:59Q.
22:00And a vowel.
22:02A.
22:03A consonant.
22:04P.
22:06And a consonant.
22:07A consonant.
22:07S.
22:09A vowel.
22:10E.
22:12A consonant.
22:13T.
22:15Another consonant.
22:17G.
22:18A vowel.
22:20A.
22:22And a final vowel, please.
22:25And a final E.
22:27And let's play.
22:28A consonant.
22:30A consonant.
22:33A consonant.
22:43A consonant.
22:56THEY CONFER
22:59James? A six. And Stacey?
23:02Just a five. The five is...? Stage.
23:05Stage and the six? Agates. Agates.
23:09Yes, agates, yeah, absolutely fine there.
23:12Little toy marbles resembling the gemstone, the agate.
23:18Six points. Yeah. For James, how would you have got on there?
23:22How many points am I giving you here, Rambear?
23:24Probably still the six, isn't it? Peseta we got.
23:28Yeah. Spanish peseta.
23:30There's agapes as well, which Emile's held in Christian fellowship.
23:34But that's about it. OK, more letters, please, Stacey?
23:38Consonant, please. Thank you, Stacey. B.
23:41A vowel. U.
23:44A consonant. T.
23:47A consonant. S.
23:50A vowel. E.
23:52A vowel. O.
23:55A consonant. M.
23:58A consonant. R.
24:02And a consonant, please. And lastly, D.
24:04We loved Prime.
24:05Kindly.
24:06Exactly.
24:18MUSIC PLAYS
24:37Stacey.
24:38Seven.
24:39James.
24:40Just a six.
24:40The six is...
24:41Duster.
24:42She's staging a comeback.
24:44Stormed.
24:45Stormed.
24:45Very nice, well done.
24:46Seven points, so that makes it very interesting indeed.
24:49Back to 17 points now, Ranvier.
24:53Well, we've got an eight.
24:55Obtrudes.
24:56Yeah, it's the verb that gave us obtrusive,
24:58so it means to be in the way in a really unpleasant manner.
25:02Four rounds to play and everything to play for
25:05as we get our origins of words for today.
25:08Denticles.
25:09Well, an email from Betty McCrossan, so thank you to Betty.
25:12She's from Strabane, County Tyrone, in Northern Ireland.
25:16And she says,
25:16I'm not sure whether this is a parochial saying
25:18or a Northern Irish one,
25:20but I've often wondered where the word bogeyman originated.
25:24Well, it didn't originate in Northern Ireland,
25:26but it takes us on a little bit of a kind of whirlwind tour.
25:31Well, not of English,
25:32but a sort of different centuries in our language.
25:35So I'm going to start with bogey, B-O-G-E-Y,
25:39which was an old name for the devil,
25:40and there are lots of them.
25:42I talked about old Nick very recently.
25:44So bogeyman really was someone who was seen as being
25:47sort of quite evil, malevolent, you know,
25:51some sort of mischievous at the sort of extreme end spirit.
25:56So that makes sense, and you might think that's that.
25:58But actually, it's got some very interesting relatives in English,
26:01and one of them is bogus,
26:04because, again, that idea probably came
26:06from the idea of the bogeyman.
26:07And actually, there was a funny word
26:09that was from New England in the US,
26:12a tantra bogus,
26:14and this is our first record of bogus itself
26:16as part of that word,
26:17and it was used for any strange-looking object.
26:21And it was particularly applied, eventually,
26:24to one that made counterfeit coins,
26:27and so it was sham money.
26:29So that's why we got the idea of bogus meaning fake,
26:31or, as I say, counterfeit.
26:33So you've got that one as well, something bogus.
26:35You've also got a bogey in golf,
26:37and I talked about the origin of that quite recently,
26:39and that was because the bogeyman was imagined as a player,
26:44a sort of fictional player that was kind of on your heels.
26:46So, again, the devil on the course, if you like,
26:48that you had to keep up with.
26:49And finally, I'm going to end with one
26:51which is not part of this family at all,
26:53but it was also used by parents in Maryland, actually,
26:56in the US,
26:57to scare children into going to bed and being good.
27:00And this was a snollygoster,
27:03this mythical monster.
27:05And the reason I quite like it
27:07is that eventually,
27:08through lots and lots of different mutations,
27:09it was applied to unprincipled politicians
27:13that may be shrewd,
27:15but were completely lacking in integrity.
27:17Great.
27:17What a word.
27:18That's amazing.
27:21Right, James, our challenger,
27:23Sockin' Diesel,
27:24he's got 56 points.
27:26Stacey, though, pulled a little bit back.
27:27The doubt is back.
27:28There's only 17 points in it.
27:30We've got four rounds to go.
27:32James, here we go.
27:33Big letters.
27:33Consonant, please.
27:35Thank you, James.
27:35M.
27:36And a vowel.
27:38A.
27:39A consonant.
27:41P.
27:42Another consonant.
27:44Y.
27:45A vowel.
27:46U.
27:48Another vowel, please.
27:50E.
27:51A consonant.
27:53D.
27:54A consonant.
27:56G.
27:57And a vowel, please.
27:58And lastly, I.
28:01OK, go.
28:33James? I'll try a seven. Goodness me, Stacey?
28:36A six. The six is? Magpie.
28:39Magpie. I thought you were going to say four there, you looked all panicked.
28:42What are you going to try, the seven? Pygmede?
28:47Pygmede? How many are you spelling that?
28:49P-Y-G-M-I-E-D. It's not there.
28:53So, yes, pygmy with the two Ys, but not pygmede, I'm afraid. Sorry.
28:58Ramveer, do we have anything else? I don't think we could top that, could we?
29:01No. Oh, well, yes, we can with one seven, which is very American in its reference,
29:08Medigap, which is met with a small M, any of various forms of US private health insurance.
29:14There you go. Excellent. Definitely an American word.
29:16We're not tracing that back to here. No.
29:19OK, last letters, Stacey. What about this? You're chipping away at that lead.
29:24Here we go. Consonant, please. Thank you, Stacey.
29:27L. A vowel.
29:29O. A vowel.
29:32U. Consonant.
29:34P. A consonant.
29:37T. A vowel.
29:40E. A consonant.
29:43M. A consonant.
29:46S.
29:48And a vowel, please.
29:50And lastly, A.
29:52And last letters.
29:53A V. Akan.
29:56To.
29:56Is.
29:56Is.
30:20And a vowel, please.
30:23Is.
30:25Stacey? I'll try a seven. James?
30:27That's seven. OK. What are you trying, Stacey?
30:30Outlaps. James? Maltose?
30:33Maltose is fine. This is a sugar that's produced by the breakdown of starch,
30:38so that's absolutely fine. There's no outlap, unfortunately, Stacey.
30:42There's outleap, but no outlap, I'm sorry.
30:45How did you get on? We've got sort of the opposite of bogeyman,
30:48haven't we, in many ways? Oh, it's beautiful.
30:49We've got soulmate. Ah, there you go.
30:51Which is a sort of lovely spiritual feeling that you want.
30:54Yes. Once upon a time, that would have been two words or hyphenated.
30:58Yes, for sure. Soulmate. There you go.
31:00Right, it is not over yet. Last numbers round. James, you're choosing.
31:05One from the top, please. One from the top.
31:07Five little, you want something easy. Stacey wants a challenge.
31:10Let's see how it'll fall. The little ones, last numbers.
31:13Ten, six, eight, seven and nine.
31:17And the large one, 75. This could be tricky. Let's see.
31:20The target, 575.
31:23Five, seven, five. Number's up.
31:52So that's crazy.
31:53And then, we'll go again.
31:53So, we'll be right back.
31:55575, James, to seal the deal. Did you get there?
31:59575. And Stacey? Bottled it.
32:03You didn't bottle it. I will not have that at all,
32:06the pressure of Countdown, but, James, you have delivered.
32:09You're on the jazz. Let's hear it.
32:1175 times 8. 75 by 8, 600.
32:15And then 10 plus 9 plus 6.
32:1710, 9 and 6. 25. Take it away.
32:20575. Lovely.
32:24And we do have our new champion, but we're not finished yet.
32:28In a week where we're running out of teapots,
32:31we've still got one round to go.
32:34So, Stacey and James, fingers on the buzzers.
32:37Let's reveal our Countdown conundrum.
33:08I'll see you then.
33:09time is up it wouldn't have mattered either way and oh listen look at the
33:16confidence in dictionary corner either that or someone's just told a funny joke
33:20because you're all smiles did you get it Rampier well we think impinging oh I hope
33:24it's right oh let's have a look let's have a look well done champion in James
33:31Swinerton as Dave Brubeck always says you can now take five well done to you
33:36one in the bag we'll see where that goes Stacey I think I mean if we go all the
33:40way back to just you being dared by your husband apply you gotta be so happy to
33:45be a countdown champion yeah and I did it for the women but I didn't deliver this
33:50time you delivered in my eyes thank you very very much Rampier Susie we'll see
33:55you again tomorrow yeah for sure no I bought in our last installment of taller
34:00smaller who's taller who's smaller Susie Dent or Miley Cyrus
34:08Miley's got to be smaller surely well Miley Cyrus in my head's quite tall you
34:13know Susie's only five foot seven well Miley Cyrus five foot five well done you
34:19got it right I thought this would be such a fun game it might sweep the nation but
34:26either way same time same place tomorrow we will come in like a wrecking ball in
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