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00:31Hello, everybody. It's late January. It's a Tuesday afternoon, and while the sun isn't far from going down, it's all
00:38light and no shade around here as we settle in for 15 more rounds of letters and numbers.
00:43Now, confined to dictionary corner for all of them is our Susie Dent, and direct from Australia, well, kind of,
00:50Tom Reid Wilson, and destined to stay within the circle until we go off air is our Rachel Riley.
00:57And I can keep you now. You're not allowed to leave there because we're in Salford right now, and you
01:02do not have the freedom of Salford.
01:04This is where countdown time and real life time crosses over a bit, clashes a bit, but recently, you've been
01:10given the freedom of the City of London, which is amazing.
01:14I was looking to see, you know, is there any of the old things? There's five main things, and I
01:19was thinking, are any of them?
01:20Because, obviously, you cannot drive sheep across London Bridge.
01:23Oh, no, I will. You can. No, once a year. So, this September, I will be going to Southwark, and
01:28they bring all the sheep in, and you can herd your sheep across the City of London.
01:32I mean, the idea was that you didn't have to pay a toll, and that was the privilege of getting
01:35the honour.
01:36Susie wants me to ask you a question about it. Oh, yeah. She's the only one to ask it herself.
01:40Do we get anything out of this?
01:44You get to bask in the glow of my fruit. It was really, really special. It was a lovely day.
01:49My family and I, we got to go to Mansion House, and we got shown all the beautiful swords that
01:54Elizabeth I covered in pearls and donated,
01:57and Henry VIII gave these chains, and it was really special, and it was for work against anti-Semitism and
02:02Holocaust education.
02:03So, I'm very honoured, and, yeah, it's a lovely, lovely thing to receive.
02:07It's a lovely thing to receive, and the sheep is just the icing on the cake.
02:11It's a very illustrious group, because she's got a gong since I saw her last.
02:16Yes.
02:16But I still can't drive sheep over London Bridge.
02:19No, no, no. But I think you can stop her.
02:21Oh, that's true. I could give that a go.
02:24Right, let's introduce two new friends today, because, of course, yesterday,
02:27Daniel Face became her number one seed early on in the series.
02:31A brilliant OctoChamp collector score of 854.
02:34It'd be hard to beat, but Nigel and Peter are hoping they're both taking that first step today.
02:38So, let's introduce them. Nigel Marchington, who joins us.
02:41Not from Marchington, which is a place, right?
02:43I think it's a place in Staffordshire, yes, I think, yeah.
02:46No, Worcestershire for you. So, there you go.
02:48And, listen, loads we could talk about.
02:50You're a landscape gardener. You love your fishing.
02:53I mean, is that hard at this time of year, sort of deepest winter, or is it more fun?
02:57Yes. It's more that you wake up, look out the window, and decide you don't want to go.
03:04But the fishing does get a lot harder this time of year.
03:06Fish basically semi-hibernate and make it very hard to catch.
03:11That's the thrill of the chase.
03:12I still catch a few, though.
03:13Yes, exactly.
03:14It's more just getting that little bit of thinking space, isn't it, you know, and just a little bit of
03:18time.
03:19And it's such a lovely time of year to be out anyway, so, as long as you're wrapped up warm.
03:23Absolutely. You can only just wear the wrong clothes at this time of year.
03:26Exactly, exactly.
03:27Well, you're up against Peter Colleen, who lives in Stockport, and a huge Stockport County fan.
03:32Former mass teacher, so note that down before we go any further.
03:35How are you doing, sir?
03:36Very well, thank you, Colleen.
03:37Good stuff. You love your music, and in particular, sort of going back into that 80s indie and 90s indie.
03:43So, who are your favourites?
03:45Well, I went to see the wedding presents two weeks ago, a few weeks ago.
03:50So, that's a blast from the past.
03:51Nice one.
03:52Yeah, and a few more planned for later in 2026.
03:56Well, listen, let's see if you're a hit today.
03:58Good luck to Peter, good luck to Nigel.
04:01Right, we're fishing for nines, so off you go, Nigel.
04:05Hi, Rachel.
04:06Hi, Nigel.
04:06Can I start with the consonant, please?
04:07You can indeed start today with S.
04:10And another one, please.
04:12R.
04:13And a vowel.
04:15U.
04:17And another vowel.
04:19E.
04:21And a consonant.
04:23T.
04:26And another vowel.
04:28O.
04:30And another consonant.
04:33C.
04:36And a vowel, please.
04:40I.
04:41And one more consonant.
04:42And a final P.
04:44At home and in the studio.
04:46Let's play kind of thing.
04:47And a vowel.
05:04And a vowel.
05:05And a vowel.
05:06And a vowel.
05:06And a vowel.
05:06And a vowel.
05:07And a vowel.
05:17Nigel?
05:18I've got an eight.
05:19You've got an eight.
05:20OK, and for you, Peter?
05:22A seven.
05:23And a seven.
05:23What's the seven?
05:24Ropeiest.
05:25Ropeiest.
05:26And what's the eight?
05:27Pictures.
05:28Yes.
05:29Pictures, all there for eight.
05:30Well done.
05:30Well spotted.
05:31As we head over to Dictionary Corner,
05:33what a start to this week.
05:35Talk to me.
05:36Outcries.
05:37Outcries.
05:38Another eight.
05:39Another eight.
05:40Another eight.
05:41So, can we not have outprices?
05:43How would you outprice?
05:45Well, you outprice somebody,
05:46so if you're selling the same
05:47make a car or whatever
05:49or you're selling the same product,
05:50you outprice them.
05:51Supermarkets.
05:51Yeah, supermarkets outprice each other all the time.
05:54Are you underpriced rather than outprice?
05:55I think they outprice is the phrase they use.
05:58I will make a note.
05:59There you go.
05:59Well, not there.
06:00That's the main headline to take away.
06:01I'm with you, Carl.
06:03Thank you very much, Tom.
06:03I think perhaps it should be.
06:05I can always rely on your support.
06:07You have the freedom of the studio of Countdown.
06:09I bestow it upon you.
06:11Bliss.
06:11I'm breasting the waves.
06:13Drive sheep through here any time you want.
06:14More letters, Peter.
06:17Hi, Rachel.
06:17Hi, Peter.
06:18Consonant, please.
06:19Start with M.
06:20Vowel.
06:22E.
06:23Consonant.
06:24S.
06:25Vowel.
06:26A.
06:27Consonant.
06:28N.
06:29Another consonant.
06:31H.
06:32Vowel.
06:33E.
06:34Another vowel, please.
06:36I.
06:37And a consonant.
06:38Lastly, L.
06:39And half a minute.
07:08And half a minute.
07:11Peter.
07:12Eight, I think.
07:14And Nigel.
07:15Ooh, dodgy seven.
07:16The dodgy seven.
07:18Mealies.
07:18And the eight that you think.
07:20Hemlines.
07:21So, mealies are there as maize plants.
07:24Hemlines, all one word.
07:26So that is in the dictionary too.
07:27Well done.
07:28Yes.
07:28What a start.
07:28Eight points each.
07:32And with news that outprices is in every dictionary apart from the Oxford English Dictionary,
07:37we ask you, is there anything else?
07:40We had just a couple of sevens otherwise.
07:42Yes, that went behind it.
07:43You can inhale through your enamels.
07:46Inhales and enamels.
07:48Eight points apiece then.
07:49Let's switch to the numbers.
07:51Sorry.
07:52One large, five more, please.
07:54No need to apologise.
07:55One large and five little.
07:57A very popular choice.
07:58And for this round, they are nine, one, six, four, five, and the large one, 75.
08:06And the target, 558.
08:09Five, five, eight.
08:10Numbers up.
08:41Five, five, eight, Nigel?
08:42No.
08:43Peter?
08:44Five, five, five.
08:45Five, five, five.
08:46All the fives for seven points in your first lead of today.
08:49Off you go.
08:50Seven times 75.
08:51How did you make your seven?
08:52Sorry, six had one is seven.
08:54It is.
08:55Times 75 is 525.
08:58And that means I can't do it because I've used my six.
09:00Oh!
09:01Which I don't know the next bit.
09:02All right.
09:02Boiled.
09:03Well, listen, once you see it, you see it.
09:05Five, five, eight, Rich?
09:06Well, this one's divisible by...
09:08Oh, I did it a different way.
09:11Well, you should still know that it's divisible by nine, Colin.
09:14I want you to check every target.
09:15I haven't finished a sentence.
09:16It's divisible by nine.
09:17If you say five times four is 20.
09:19You can take that away from the 75 to give you 55.
09:23Oh, OK.
09:23Add the six and the one for 62 and times that by nine.
09:28Nice.
09:28Lovely.
09:31And that takes us to our first tea time teaser, which I love.
09:35Halt Wonka, as in Willie.
09:37Halt Wonka.
09:38Don't stop, Willie.
09:39He's going the distance for charity.
09:41Don't stop, Willie.
09:42He's going the distance for charity.
10:00Welcome back, everybody.
10:01We're looking for a walk-a-thon for a tea time teaser.
10:04Is anybody else obsessed with the old daily step average
10:08on their phone?
10:10It's a big thing for me, because I like to walk more than anything.
10:13Are you hooked on it?
10:14Well, it tells you you're average based on each year,
10:16so you know how many steps you're walking all the time.
10:19So this year's a massive step forward to me.
10:22See the whole spiky graph?
10:23Yeah.
10:24Since getting the dog, it's went through the roof.
10:26So I tried to average 5,000 a day,
10:29which they say is a good yardstick,
10:30but now I'm averaging 10,000 a day because of the dog, you know?
10:33You must do a heck of an amount of steps, Nigel.
10:35Easily 10,000, probably 20,000 a lot of the time.
10:39Don't show off.
10:40Don't show off, Nigel.
10:41One step at a time, though, when it comes to countdown.
10:43Peter, it's your letters.
10:45Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:47Thank you, Peter.
10:48V.
10:48Vowel.
10:50E.
10:51Consonant.
10:52N.
10:53Vowel.
10:54I.
10:55Consonant.
10:55P.
10:57Vowel.
10:58A.
10:59Another vowel.
11:01E.
11:01Consonant.
11:03R.
11:03And consonants, please.
11:05Final L.
11:06Start the clock.
11:08MUSIC PLAYS
11:38Peter.
11:39Seven.
11:39Yes, and Nigel?
11:41Seven.
11:41Peter.
11:42Praline.
11:43Yes, there you go, Nigel.
11:46Sweet.
11:4715-point seats to Dictionary Corner.
11:49We're looking to beat a seven.
11:50We have a good corporeal word.
11:52Yes.
11:52Perineal.
11:54Oh, very good indeed.
11:55How many is that?
11:56Eight.
11:56Eight.
11:57And no advance in that.
11:58No.
11:58We did not prevail.
11:59We will move on and we'll get more letters from Nigel.
12:03Consonant, please.
12:04Thank you, Nigel.
12:05T.
12:06And another one.
12:08R.
12:09And a vowel.
12:11I.
12:12And another one.
12:13E.
12:14And another consonant.
12:16N.
12:17And a vowel, please.
12:19O.
12:20And another consonant.
12:22D.
12:23And another consonant.
12:27B.
12:29And a final vowel, please.
12:32A final A.
12:33And here we go.
12:34All right.
12:46Bye.
12:48Bye.
12:48Bye.
12:55Bye.
13:00Bye.
13:05Nige?
13:06Er, seven.
13:08Big Pete? Seven.
13:09Seven, nice, off you go, Nige.
13:11Brained. Peter? Bandier.
13:13Bandier? Good for the man who likes music, eh?
13:16Anything else?
13:17Yeah, we had a couple of eights.
13:18We had a nice singer's one, baritone.
13:23Oh, nice.
13:24Yes, and Nigel's just realised that Obtained is there as well.
13:27Yeah, it's too late, Nige, too late, too late.
13:29Don't want to hear it, don't crab or spilt milk.
13:30Let's switch back to the numbers then.
13:33See what her former maths teacher does.
13:35Peter, off you go.
13:36One large again, please, Rachel, after the last disaster.
13:39Playing the cautious game here.
13:41One large, five little.
13:43Let's see what we have this time.
13:44Ten, five, nine, four, six, and a large one, 100.
13:51And your target, 190.
13:54Yay, 190. Numbers up.
14:271-9-0 is what we have this time.
14:30We're looking for, and I dare say we're going to get Peter.
14:34190.
14:35Ah, Nigel.
14:36Yes, I've got that.
14:36Excellent.
14:37Off you go, Peter.
14:38Nine times ten.
14:3990.
14:40Plus 100.
14:41Smashed it.
14:42And for you, Nigel.
14:43Well, I did 100 plus nine times ten.
14:45Mm-hm.
14:46So different.
14:48There you go.
14:48I'll do the job.
14:49Lovely.
14:49Well done.
14:51So we are left at 32 points apiece this Tuesday afternoon as we have our daily chat with our
14:57dictionary corner guest, Tom Reid-Wilson, who I have to say we're all a little bit jealous
15:02because one of the golden gooses in television, or should we say one of the golden geese in
15:07television is a show that involves travel in the world, right?
15:10We all want to get that phone call.
15:12How would you like to do it?
15:13So the grand tour on Channel 5 is about to hit our screens.
15:18It was heavy.
15:19It's not just like a generic travel show, though.
15:21It seems very much you.
15:23Well, yes, and I had to be more intrepid than you might think.
15:29I mean, I think you think of the glamour, don't you, with the grand tour, and you think
15:32of...
15:32And we did go to Versailles, and we did go to the Uffizi Gallery, and really special places,
15:37but I think my favourite of all was Lake Annecy, and it's got so many monarchs, that place.
15:46It's called the City of Flowers, and it's called the Venice of the Alps, and they're all
15:50terribly apposite when you go.
15:52So it really does feel like that.
15:53But we had this sort of action man director, and he was very daring-do, and I sort of wanted
16:00to impress him and almost sort of match him.
16:02So I said, well, I'll dip in the lake.
16:04I'll go in the lake.
16:05And it was nine degrees, and I swam out to a boy, and I got back, and he said, Tom,
16:13do
16:13you mind doing it again?
16:14Because I'd love to send the drone up.
16:16So I got in, and I did it again.
16:19And I got back, and I toweled myself dry, and then he said, I've just found the most
16:24enchanting spot on the end of the jetty, and we could do it all in profile.
16:29And so I went in a third time.
16:31We had a small audience by the end, because they couldn't believe it.
16:35Well, no one more suitable to present a programme like that.
16:40Thank you very much, Tom.
16:44All right, look at this, Nigel and Peter, 32-point seats, game of inches, as we get more letters
16:50from Nigel.
16:52A consonant, please.
16:53Thank you, Nigel.
16:54T.
16:57And another one.
16:59G.
17:00And a vowel, please.
17:02E.
17:03And another vowel.
17:05I.
17:05And a consonant.
17:08R.
17:09And another vowel, please.
17:13O.
17:14And a consonant.
17:16S.
17:18And another consonant.
17:20H.
17:21And a final vowel, please.
17:24Final A.
17:26Let's do it.
17:27Dish.
17:42How are you?
17:44How are you?
17:57What do you do?
17:58Nigel seven seven from you and Peter seven Nigel gorgeous yes for seven letters and Peter
18:05ghost oh a ghoster used in the modern day of sort of someone texts you and you don't bother
18:12getting back to them yeah and that's exactly the meaning it has in the dictionary right okay we
18:16can't separate them can we so anything we can add though shortage yes and horriest as in grey
18:24white so the horriest beard for example and they are both it eight yeah okay more letters
18:30knowing from Peter a consonant please thank you Peter L vowel oh consonants s vowel a consonants
18:41G the vowel I another vowel you consonants Z and the consonants please lastly D 30 seconds
18:56so
19:24not easy how many Peter six six six not ruined
19:27down okay Nigel six what's your six Peter guides guides and for you Nigel lodges and lodges all right
19:36different words as well so I think they've done quite well there actually to get sixes out of that
19:41but what does my expert dictionary corner say we're all sixes too wow yeah
19:46loused yeah all these there's a nice older one glozed using the said she's really ingratiating language all right let's
19:56get our third numbers round of the day I think there's a pattern form in here
20:00Rachel let's find out Nigel yeah same same as before one large and four five small please
20:06we're sticking with just one from the top row and this time the fire from the bottom ones are four
20:13seven
20:14eight six and five and the large one 100 and this target 102 102 don't go anywhere
20:32so
20:40so
20:42so
20:55102 Nigel yes I've got that Peter yep let's not miss time off go Nigel uh eight minus six is
21:02two
21:02done add it to the hundred take the points move on
21:05have a look yeah don't worry I don't need to see that yeah all done
21:13there you go 55 points a piece an epic countdown today it's going to go all the way isn't it
21:18let's
21:18get this tea time teaser interrail interrail that has the two hours in the middle thousands of lines
21:24across europe but this only has three thousands of lines across europe but this only has three
21:48two hours in the middle thousands of lines in mathematics so rach may know more about this
21:53than me there you go yes having three lines would it be in mathematics the tri meaning three and the
21:58linear meaning line lines that's brilliant thank you for clearing that up because susie was no help
22:03at all no uh 55 points each that's as simple as it gets isn't it six rounds to go let's
22:10do
22:10the letters with peter uh consonant please thank you peter n vowel e consonants s
22:19vowel i consonant w vowel o another vowel please e consonant n and a consonant please final p and good
22:35luck everybody
22:38so
23:06It's interesting, this. Peter?
23:08Seven. Yes, and Nigel?
23:09Seven. Excellent. What have you got, Peter?
23:11Peonies. And for you,
23:13Nigel? Peonies.
23:15Peonies, beautiful flowers, yeah.
23:17Yes. Landscape gardener's
23:19going to spot that. It's all coming up
23:21roses. Well, it isn't, actually.
23:23I tell you what, you're both in the same bed
23:24if you want to keep these gardening puns going.
23:2762 points each.
23:29And, yeah, was that a loss to get
23:31beyond that? Did you manage it, Tom and
23:33Susie? Just. I stayed in one of
23:35these on my travels. Pensione.
23:37What is a pensione? A little
23:39hotel. Oh.
23:41In Italy, particularly. In Italy, yes.
23:43It sounded that.
23:45Thanks for clarifying that. And how
23:47does it connect to the word pension?
23:49Well, it's all about paying
23:51money for, sort of, upkeep.
23:53So it's a similar idea, really.
23:54But, yeah, same family. Oh, brilliant.
23:57Brilliant stuff. And therefore,
23:59a roundabout way of saying pension was there as well, which a lot
24:01of people would have got for seven.
24:02Seven. OK. Isn't this great, eh? Let's go
24:05again, Nigel.
24:06Consonant, please. Thank you, Nigel.
24:08R. And another one.
24:11M. And a vowel.
24:14O. And another vowel, please.
24:16A. And a consonant.
24:19L.
24:20A vowel.
24:22I.
24:25Consonant.
24:26G.
24:28Another vowel.
24:30E.
24:32And a final consonant, please.
24:35Final N.
24:36And let's play.
24:37A vowel.
24:39A vowel.
24:41A vowel.
24:44A vowel.
24:50A vowel.
24:53A vowel.
24:54A vowel.
25:08Nigel.
25:09I've got an eight.
25:10OK, and Peter.
25:12Eight, not written down.
25:14Peter, what's your eight?
25:15Gloaming.
25:16Gloaming.
25:17And for you, Nigel?
25:19Malinger.
25:20And malinger.
25:21You need two Gs for gloaming.
25:24I'm afraid.
25:25It's such a beautiful word, too.
25:26But so is malinger, which is in the dictionary.
25:29It's just shirk work by pretending to be ill.
25:32Yes, indeed.
25:32So we can't go roaming in the gloaming, but malinger does the job.
25:36How did we get on, Tom?
25:37Well, we got malinger, too.
25:39Yes.
25:40But we were very sad that we couldn't say the mist of May was in the gloaming today.
25:45It's a little Brigadoon reference.
25:47All done?
25:48All done.
25:49You can have a maligner as well if you want to shake it up a bit.
25:52Absolutely, Susie, and we're going to stay with you.
25:54Because it's got our origins of words.
25:55Yesterday was brilliant, violin, consonant.
25:57How have we never done that before?
25:59I'm still thinking about it.
26:00This one involves something that is far less familiar.
26:03It's an email from Catherine Sweetser, with a Z.
26:06Great, great name.
26:07who's wondering where the expression Parson's nose comes from.
26:13And this, I have to say, was fairly new to me, but not new to Tom, who regularly talks
26:18about the Parson's nose.
26:20And apparently it's quite...
26:22People fight over it.
26:23Yes.
26:24At Christmas time?
26:25Yes, at Christmas time.
26:27Yes.
26:27I think it can be all fowl, can't it?
26:30But I think in my family it was a turkey thing.
26:33Yes.
26:33People would fight over this sort of little fatty bit.
26:35Yes.
26:36The fatty bit at the rump of a fowl.
26:39But it all goes back to a bit of a fad in Victorian and Edwardian Britain to give quite irreverent
26:46nicknames to particular foods.
26:48And I've often talked about my favourite one from Victorian slang, which is sausages, which
26:52were called bags of mystery, because you never know what's in them.
26:55They also had cackleberries for eggs and that kind of thing.
26:59And Parsons' nose belongs to this.
27:01And the idea is that the clergy were always poking their nose into people's business.
27:07I mean, the shape is slightly like a hooked nose.
27:10So bring those two together.
27:11And you will find Parsons actually being figures of gentle mockery quite a lot in Punch cartoons,
27:18you know, Punch magazine, and in English culture generally.
27:21So I think it was just a little dig at that over Christmas time.
27:26But often you will get social hierarchies as well.
27:29Because Parsons traditionally were not particularly wealthy.
27:32And you will find, for example, the best end of lamb versus the scrag end of lamb.
27:39And the idea is, you know, if you're higher up the echelon, then you will get a sort of
27:43slightly bit of better meat.
27:45Some people believe, particularly tall guys, that upper crust as well is all about having
27:49the sort of, you know, not the burnt bit at the bottom.
27:52It doesn't quite stand up with evidence.
27:54But you can see so much how food actually delineates where you sit, literally sometimes, on the table.
28:01Lovely. Thank you very much.
28:02APPLAUSE
28:04Two challengers today on this countdown after second Octo Champa Series 93 yesterday.
28:10Daniel Fiss and it's Nigel ahead by a nose.
28:13Just eight points with four rounds to go.
28:15And Peter, you're picking these letters.
28:17Consonant, please.
28:18Thank you, Peter.
28:36Final G.
28:37I'm kind of dying.
28:38I'm kind of dying.
29:09Peter.
29:10Seven.
29:11Nigel.
29:12Seven.
29:13What have you got, Peter?
29:14Abusing.
29:15Same word.
29:16Nigel, same.
29:18Which gets you seven more points each.
29:20We're back into that rhythm of just you matching each other every step of the way.
29:26And Dictionary Corner then charged, as always, with bettering that.
29:29Good better seven.
29:31Yeah.
29:31We had sourcing.
29:32Sourcing.
29:33Yes, adding a nice pecan sauce.
29:35Sourcing a sauce.
29:36Nice.
29:36Yeah.
29:37All right, last letters round of the day.
29:39Nigel Marchandham with a slender lead.
29:41Choose carefully.
29:43Consonant, please.
29:44Thank you, Nigel.
29:45W.
29:46Another one.
29:47F.
29:49And a vowel.
29:50A.
29:51And another vowel, please.
29:54O.
29:55A consonant.
29:56M.
29:58Vowel.
30:00I.
30:01A consonant.
30:03R.
30:05A vowel, please.
30:09E.
30:10And a final consonant.
30:14Final T.
30:15Lost letters.
30:17Lost letters.
30:17Lost letters.
30:46Nigel.
30:48Risky seven.
30:49Oh, Peter.
30:50Risky seven.
30:51See if it's the same, Nigel.
30:53Form eight.
30:54Peter.
30:55Waftier.
30:56Oh, my goodness.
30:57Both different.
30:58So this is a big moment, Susie.
31:00Keep us on tender hooks.
31:01Yes.
31:02Unfortunately, you can't be wafty.
31:04Something can't be wafty, so there's no waftier.
31:07Form eight is in there.
31:09It's a chemical term, salt of formic acid,
31:12which is actually really volatile acid emitted by some ants.
31:16And, of course, you can be waftier if you're in the perfume section.
31:19We know that from yesterday, Tom.
31:21Can we beat the seven?
31:23No, we can just add to sevens with foamy, which is lovely.
31:28Yeah, that's there.
31:29Yeah, you had to go for it, Peter.
31:30You had to go for it.
31:32Simple as that.
31:33And you're not done yet,
31:34because you're in control of the last numbers.
31:37Six more, please, Rachel.
31:39You're in gambling mode.
31:40We need something tricky.
31:41We don't want any of that rubbish that Cecil's given us so far today.
31:45We need a good one.
31:46Final numbers.
31:47Four, four, seven, two, eight, and six.
31:52And the important target, 381.
31:55381, last numbers.
32:273, 8, 1.
32:29Peter?
32:303, 8, 0.
32:31Nigel?
32:313, 8, 0.
32:32Oh!
32:33Peter, off you go.
32:34Six times seven.
32:35Six times seven, 42.
32:38Take away four.
32:39Take away four, 38.
32:40Eight plus two is ten.
32:42Yeah.
32:43What times does that stick of that?
32:45381 away.
32:46And the seal of dealing.
32:47Get the teapot, Nigel.
32:48Same way, exactly.
32:50Six, sevens are 42, yeah.
32:52There you go.
32:52Well done.
32:56Almost worked for Peter.
32:58Could it have worked as 381 possible?
33:00Well, with the odd number, I think keep the odd number to the end.
33:04If you say two times four is eight, times it by six for 48, times it by the eight for
33:13384, and then your seven and the other four gives you three to take away three.
33:18381.
33:18Nice.
33:21Heck of a challenge, though.
33:23Heck of a challenge.
33:24So there you go.
33:24We thought we were going to go to the wire, but it's not a crucial.
33:27So as our landscape gardener knows, no need to beat around the bush.
33:31Fingers on the buzzers.
33:33Let's reveal our countdown conundrum.
33:38Oh, Nigel.
33:40Glamorous.
33:41Oh, very nice.
33:42Yeah.
33:45Well done to you, Nigel.
33:47What I could tell is that you two bonded backstage.
33:50Big time, yeah.
33:51Yeah, right?
33:51Yeah, it was such like you both came on just like you were thick as thieves today.
33:56Yeah, yeah.
33:56That's really good.
33:57That's nice, Peter.
33:58It really helps experience.
33:59Mm-hm.
34:00Yeah, good stuff.
34:01You're still getting over it, aren't you, a little bit?
34:02No, it's all right.
34:03Lovely by Nigel.
34:04Couldn't get beaten by a nicer fella.
34:07We'll see.
34:08Success might change him.
34:09We'll find out tomorrow when he returns.
34:11We'll not be having you, Peter, but safe home.
34:12Thank you so much.
34:13Thanks, Colin.
34:13Excellent stuff.
34:14And for you, Tom and Susie, it's been a lovely start to the week.
34:18Long may it continue.
34:19See you tomorrow.
34:20Yeah, see you then.
34:20See you tomorrow.
34:21Thank you, Rach.
34:22Much appreciated.
34:23Go get those sheep over the bridge.
34:24They're not going to hurt themselves, Colin.
34:26They're not going to hurt themselves.
34:27Never a truer word spoken.
34:29Look, midweek countdown in the midst of winter, very, very important.
34:33We'll be here for you to keep you company.
34:35You can count on us.
34:38You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:42You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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