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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to the last countdown of this week as we head into the weekend of the British Grand
00:37Prix, of course, which we're celebrating on Channel 4. Good to be a part of that schedule. But let's motor
00:42straight over to Rachel Riley. How are you today? Very well. How are you? Yeah, good. Good birthday today. One
00:48that we all want to celebrate, I'd imagine. Back to 1948. On this day, of course, the NHS was founded.
00:56I can't think of anything, actually, that you could be more proud of.
01:00Mm-hm. You know, as a nation in the NHS. Yeah, it's a national badge of honour, isn't it? Especially
01:05when you hear stories from the States, people that without insurance and without access to health care, we're so lucky.
01:11It's a cornerstone of our entire society. Yeah. I had two of my babies on the NHS and the most
01:17brilliant NHS midwives. Absolutely. Happy birthday, NHS.
01:20And to everyone who watches the show, probably either about to start a shift or coming off a shift, thank
01:25you for tuning in. It's better for having you here. Let's head over to the dictionary corner then. We have
01:30our Susie Dent, our Jay of the Day.
01:32You know, we usually don't talk about them until they've left. We like talking behind their backs. But we've really
01:37liked Ranveer Singh, haven't we? We have. We definitely have. We've liked you.
01:40I'm honoured. Excellent. We'll even give you a round of applause.
01:43Thank you. Very kind. I particularly enjoyed your stories because they've all just been laughing at yourself, haven't they?
01:50I'll tell you one more about the NHS. I bit my midwife and she never said a thing. She's like,
01:55come on, dear. That's how nice she was to me. I don't even know her name. If you're out there,
02:00thank you so much for letting me... I bit her neck.
02:03When you were born or when you were given birth? When I was given birth. That's definitely worse.
02:08Yes. Well, I was born with two teeth. I could have bitten her at birth as well.
02:12Actually, when I was in labour, this poor, lovely woman was trying to move me around.
02:18And I just went, I feel my contractions coming on. And I went, I'm so sorry to do this.
02:24And I just went for her flesh there. And she didn't move?
02:27She did not flinch. Midwives for you. They are true heroes.
02:32My goodness. I still, even if they're true heroes, I don't think you should bite them.
02:37Well, you shouldn't. I didn't draw blood, thank God.
02:40You know why we like Ranveer, if this is your first show of the week.
02:43Right. Let's reintroduce your champion, James Swinnerton.
02:47Two wins so far. You've got the century up in the last show as well.
02:51How are you today, mate? Yeah, feeling good, thank you.
02:53Good. Well, listen, we like the same films. We like the same music.
02:57But we also play games with number plates. Tell me about yours.
03:02Oh, I mean, it's a little bit sort of countdown, isn't it?
03:04If I think of the numbers as letters and then see if I can get a seven-letter word out
03:08of a number plate.
03:10Tricky.
03:11Little mini conundrums.
03:12Little mini conundrums.
03:13Oh, no, I do something different.
03:14So let's say, for example, the number plate starts with C-T-N.
03:18You can have countdown.
03:19So it's guessing the word based on the three letters and they have to come in that order.
03:24That's another good way to practice as well.
03:26Something else to bore my wife with.
03:28Yeah. Hey, James, we're so cool, aren't we?
03:30Right, let's introduce Michael Arnold from St. Helens.
03:33So we've got Leeds St. Helens today.
03:35When it comes to rugby league, they hate each other.
03:37How are you doing, Michael?
03:38I'm great, thank you.
03:39Good. Really nice. Really, really nice to have you.
03:42You collect old toys.
03:45Now, how old are you just going to make me feel old?
03:49Mainly old wrestling toys from the early 90s.
03:53Bit of nostalgia there.
03:55That's brilliant, because I used to have an Ultimate Warrior when I was a kid.
03:58Yeah, I've got one of them.
04:00Hulk Hogan as well.
04:01Wow. Well, let's see if we can smell what the Arnold's cooking.
04:04Good luck to Michael.
04:05Good luck to James.
04:08And James, you're choosing the letters.
04:10Hi, Rachel.
04:11Hi again, James.
04:11Consonant, please.
04:12Thank you. Start today with S.
04:15And a vowel.
04:17E.
04:18And another vowel.
04:19A.
04:20A consonant, please.
04:23C.
04:24And another.
04:26G.
04:26And another.
04:29V.
04:30And a vowel.
04:32A.
04:33And another vowel.
04:36I.
04:37And a consonant, please.
04:39And lastly, D.
04:41At home and in the studio.
04:43For the last time this week, let's play Countdown.
04:44Good night.
04:46Good night.
04:57MUSIC
05:15James?
05:16Er, six.
05:17And Michael?
05:19Er, I'll try a six.
05:21James, what's that six?
05:23I've spelt it wrong.
05:24Oh.
05:25It was evades.
05:26Ah, well, there you go.
05:28And Michael then?
05:29Same word, evades.
05:30Oh, no.
05:31And we need two E's there, right?
05:33Two E's, yeah, not two A's.
05:34Oh.
05:35Sorry.
05:35Well, he both managed to evade any points.
05:37Well, you've savaged that opening round.
05:39Savaged is up there.
05:40Yeah.
05:40For seven.
05:41Yep, and visaged, as in stern visaged.
05:45Let's get straight on with it then.
05:47Michael, more letters, please.
05:49Er, can I have a consonant, please?
05:51Thank you, Michael.
05:53C.
05:54Er, vowel.
05:56E.
05:57Er, consonant.
05:59M.
06:01Consonance.
06:03D.
06:04Er, vowel.
06:06Vowel.
06:07A.
06:08Er, another vowel.
06:10O.
06:12Er, consonance.
06:14G.
06:15Another, please.
06:17M.
06:18And another vowel, please.
06:21And lastly, U.
06:23And 30 seconds.
06:24Same thing.
06:43Bye.
06:44Bye.
06:45Bye.
06:48Bye.
06:50Bye.
06:55How many, Michael?
06:57There's five.
06:58Five, and James?
06:59Five.
07:00Five as well.
07:00OK, what have you got, Michael?
07:02Dogma.
07:03Dogma, yes.
07:04And James?
07:04Mist.
07:05And mist.
07:06Yes, it is a trademark, actually,
07:09but you can spell it with a small M,
07:11to spray someone with a mist.
07:12Yeah, with a mist.
07:13Spray, OK, dogma and mist gets you off the board.
07:16We had a bit of a football score there, I was worried,
07:18but we're up to five each,
07:19and over the dictionary corner.
07:21We've got a six, haven't we?
07:23Yes.
07:23Gummed.
07:24Gummed.
07:25Gummed paper, glue, gluey, that kind of thing.
07:28Gummed.
07:28All right, first numbers then, James.
07:30One large one, please.
07:31Thank you, James.
07:32One from the top and five others.
07:35And the first numbers of the day.
07:37A three, one, two, three, six,
07:42and the large one, 25.
07:44And the target to reach 567.
07:46Five, six, seven, numbers up.
07:51And the last one, maybe I'm going to go with it.
07:52And the second number,
07:57two, three, one, four, four, four, four, four, six,
07:57And the last one, you can go with it.
08:12It's in a neighborhood and there's a rolling lot of things.
08:13it's a fair reference.
08:13Yeah, do you know what I'm saying?
08:18Five, six, seven. How did you fare, James?
08:22Five, seven, four.
08:24It is seven away, Michael.
08:26No, I've not got nowhere near.
08:27So there you go. Five points for you, James.
08:29Six times three.
08:31Six times three, 18.
08:3218, plus the three, plus the two.
08:35Plus three and the two, 23.
08:37And times that by the 25.
08:39Five, seven, five.
08:40And take away the one.
08:41And you have a remaining one. Seven away, yep.
08:43Right, five, six, seven.
08:46My money's on you here, big time.
08:48Yeah, a couple of ways.
08:50One of them, if you say 25 plus six is 31,
08:55times it by two is 62,
08:57add one is 63,
09:00and then three times three is nine,
09:02and times them together.
09:07Tea time teaser is Fernie gel.
09:10Fernie gel.
09:12It likes a salad, sometimes your salad.
09:15It likes a salad, sometimes your salad.
09:37The pesky green fly, you might find on there.
09:40Right, ten points to five.
09:42I hope you don't mind me saying it.
09:44A very low-scoring start to today's show.
09:47But it's close, that's all that matters, Michael.
09:49You're right in this, and it's your letters.
09:52Can I have a consonant, please?
09:54Thank you, Michael.
09:55T.
10:07And a final consonant, please.
10:23Promising selection and a final, N.
10:26Yes, let's see.
10:41Thank you, Michael.
10:46Hey.
10:47Have it.
10:59And six.
11:01And James.
11:02And eight.
11:03Right, Michael.
11:05Reason.
11:06Reason, and what's the eight?
11:07Sedation.
11:08Sedation.
11:09Very good.
11:09And there you go, you needed that just to kickstart the day, champ.
11:13Anything else, though?
11:14Well, two nines.
11:17Two nines.
11:18Let's have them.
11:18Yeah.
11:19So, shall I do the first one?
11:20Yeah.
11:20We'll go ordinates.
11:22Yeah.
11:23Yeah.
11:24Time for maths.
11:24A straight line from any point to unparalleled to one coordinate axis and meeting the other.
11:28Think of it, my maths.
11:29Going on walks.
11:30Yes, ordinates.
11:32And de-rations, to lift the rations on something.
11:34De-rations and ordinates.
11:36Well done.
11:40Nice.
11:41There you go.
11:41Inspiration there for a nine from James or Michael in this round.
11:44And you're picking the letters, James.
11:46A consonant, please.
11:48Thank you, James.
11:49R.
11:50And a vowel.
11:51I.
11:52Another vowel.
11:54E.
11:55A consonant.
11:57S.
11:57And another vowel.
12:00E.
12:02A consonant.
12:04P.
12:05Another consonant.
12:07K.
12:08And another consonant.
12:10N.
12:11And a final vowel, please.
12:13And a final O.
12:15And half a minute.
12:17And a half a minute.
12:48James.
12:49Six.
12:49Michael.
12:50Six.
12:51Six.
12:51Well done, James.
12:52Spoken.
12:53And for six points, Michael.
12:55Ripens.
12:55And ripens.
12:56Yep, very good.
12:57Happy days.
12:58All right.
12:59What are we seeing?
13:01A couple of sevens.
13:02Yeah.
13:02Well, I imagine you've told a few of these, Colin, over the years.
13:04Oh, I know what it is straight away.
13:06I didn't even get it.
13:07Porky's.
13:07Yes.
13:09I know myself very well.
13:10You do.
13:11You do.
13:11But there's another one, isn't there, which I don't know.
13:14I mean, it seems like a simple word.
13:16Pinkers.
13:16But I've no idea what it's about.
13:18Pinkers is actually a British sign, particularly in the Navy, for pink gin.
13:23Have a glass of pinkers.
13:24Very nice.
13:25Oh, nice.
13:25Yeah.
13:26Let's get more numbers now, Michael.
13:28Can I get two large and four small, please?
13:31You can indeed.
13:32Two from the top, four not.
13:34And these four little ones are four, four, nine and six.
13:40And a large two, 25 and 100.
13:44And the target to reach 712.
13:47712.
13:47Number's up.
13:48Number's up.
14:19712.
14:20Michael.
14:21No, I've got nowhere near it again.
14:23No worries, James.
14:24713.
14:25For seven points, off you go.
14:26Four times 25.
14:28Four times 25, 100.
14:30And six times 100.
14:32Six times 100.
14:34Six times 100, 600.
14:36And then add those together and add the nine and the remaining four.
14:40Then nine and the four.
14:41Yep.
14:41One away.
14:42And seven points in the bank for you, but for ten, Rachel?
14:46Yeah, a couple of different ways.
14:47One of them.
14:48You could have said nine plus four is 13.
15:1913 times six is 78.
15:21Your quiz show host, of course.
15:23We have to.
15:23Can't let you go without talking about ridiculous.
15:25I thank you so much.
15:27Ridiculous with a double D.
15:28It's not in the dictionary, I don't suppose, but it's based on...
15:30Yeah, we would never have that.
15:31Can I just say that?
15:31We would never have that.
15:32Never have that.
15:33Don't go making up words.
15:34Yeah, it's been great, though, because I've worked in news,
15:38you know, really serious news, generally speaking,
15:40for over 20 years.
15:42And I used to sort of think,
15:44why do these news presenters who've done news at 10 and things
15:47go and do quiz shows?
15:48You know, I used to think, why are you doing that?
15:50You know, stick to your news, that's what you do.
15:51And then a couple of years ago,
15:53I was asked to host this quiz called Ridiculous.
15:56It was a brand new quiz.
15:57And honestly, as you will all know here,
16:00because this is what you do daily,
16:01it is the most joyful experience.
16:04There is no bad news in a quiz.
16:06Don't look so serious, Colin.
16:09But it is.
16:11You've done so many different things in your career.
16:13Being in a studio where you are just doing something lovely
16:17with your brain, it's all about just...
16:20There's no bad news.
16:21There's no gotcha moment.
16:22You're not trying to catch anyone out.
16:24I tell stories about people's lives
16:26where terrible things have happened usually.
16:28That's what the news usually constitutes.
16:30But honestly, I have to say
16:32that it's been a complete release for me
16:35to do something that is just pure joy.
16:38Even when...
16:38You know, even if you...
16:39Nobody wins all the time.
16:41But you still get that sense of elation
16:44and uplift in your day.
16:45And I think quizzes do that for people in their homes
16:48every single day.
16:49And it's a joyful thing to be part of.
16:50Yeah, you're totally right.
16:51It serves what I think is a much more difficult
16:56journalistic purpose,
16:57which is actually providing a warmth
16:58and a happiness in a company.
17:00And it's almost more needed, I think, these days.
17:02I remember coming home to Blockbusters, you know,
17:05and all the little catchphrases,
17:06all of those things.
17:07Just fantastic history in this country,
17:09I think, of amazing quizzes.
17:11This obviously being one of the legendary ones.
17:13So I'm honoured to be here.
17:14Thank you for having me.
17:15They used to have mascots on Blockbusters.
17:18Do you think we should do that?
17:20We should be allowing mascots?
17:21What do you think?
17:22Oh, can you open the floodgates?
17:23You just want to bring in more penguins, don't you?
17:25I've got my mascots all behind the teapot.
17:28I keep them all down here, yeah.
17:30But excellent.
17:31Listen, it's not ridiculous what you just said.
17:33You're absolutely right.
17:34So thank you very much, Rambeer.
17:4031-11, as we get more letters from James.
17:43Consonant, please.
17:44Thank you, James.
17:46M.
17:46And a vowel.
17:48U.
17:49And a consonant.
17:51R.
17:52And another consonant.
17:54G.
17:55And another consonant.
17:57R.
17:58A vowel.
18:00O.
18:01Another vowel.
18:04U.
18:05And another vowel.
18:07O.
18:08And a consonant to finish, please.
18:11A final W.
18:12All right, here we go.
18:15We'll see you next time.
18:15We'll see you next time.
18:17We'll see you next time.
18:20We'll see you next time.
18:22We'll see you next time.
18:25We'll see you next time.
18:26We'll see you next time.
18:27We'll see you next time.
18:28We'll see you next time.
18:28We'll see you next time.
18:28We'll see you next time.
18:30We'll see you next time.
18:31We'll see you next time.
18:32We'll see you next time.
18:32We'll see you next time.
18:33We'll see you next time.
18:33We'll see you next time.
18:33We'll see you next time.
18:34We'll see you next time.
18:35We'll see you next time.
18:36We'll see you next time.
18:37We'll see you next time.
18:39We'll see you next time.
18:45You'd love to start again, wouldn't you? How many, James?
18:48I'll chance a six.
18:49Wow. Michael?
18:51I'll try a six as well.
18:53James?
18:54Morrow.
18:55And what about yourself, Michael?
18:56Morrow.
18:57Show it over.
18:59Will there be sorrow at morrow?
19:01There definitely won't. It's such a beautiful word.
19:03The following day, on the morrow, they went to it.
19:05It's gorgeous.
19:07Excellent. Can we add to morrow?
19:10Rumour.
19:11Yes.
19:12Rumour for six as well.
19:13Yeah, I've got that one.
19:14Well, listen, there's two good words to get at home from those stinky letters,
19:17and we'll get more now, Michael.
19:19Can I have a consonance, please?
19:21Thank you, Michael.
19:22S.
19:24Consonance.
19:25N.
19:27Another consonance.
19:29T.
19:31Vowel.
19:32A.
19:33Another vowel.
19:35E.
19:37Another vowel.
19:39I.
19:41Consonance.
19:42Y.
19:44Consonance.
19:46H.
19:47And a final vowel, please.
19:49And a final A.
19:51And start the clock.
19:55We'll be back in the morning.
19:56Only on t-
19:59I will beef.
20:11And a little bit West.
20:15I'm a car.
20:16And I will be back in the morning.
20:16Next week.
20:16I'll be keeping my mind.
20:16Alright.
20:16Bye-bye.
20:21Bye-bye.
20:22Man, I'll be back in the morning.
20:22And aaren O.
20:23Michael?
20:24Six. Six from you, and James?
20:26Six. OK, Michael, what have you got?
20:29Attains. And for you, James?
20:31Sanity. And Susie?
20:33Sanity is good.
20:34Attains, you need two T's, unfortunately.
20:37I'm sorry, Michael.
20:38James gets six points. Did you spot sevens?
20:41We just had a single seven.
20:44Anthea's?
20:45Yes. That's not Anthea Turner
20:46in plural.
20:49No, it's spelled I-A-S,
20:51not E-A-S.
20:52They are any of numerous small fish,
20:55many of which swarm on coral reefs,
20:57are brightly coloured and are very popular
20:59with those who have an aquarium.
21:00Well done. 43, 17.
21:03Ten points in the numbers, James.
21:05Let's have them.
21:06Stick with one from the top, please.
21:07Yep, one from the top.
21:09The simpler of the options, potentially.
21:12Let's see.
21:13This round. Six.
21:15Seven. Nine.
21:17One. Eight.
21:19And the large one, 75.
21:21And the target, 515.
21:23Five-one-five.
21:24Numbers up.
21:25Five-one-five.
21:26Five-one-five.
21:28Five-one-five.
21:33Five-one-five.
21:35Five-one-five.
21:45Five-one-five.
21:47Five-one-five.
21:47Five-one-five.
21:49Five-one-five.
21:50Five-one-five.
21:50Five-one-five.
21:52Five-one-five.
21:54Five-one-five.
21:54Five-one-five.
21:55Time's up, 5-1-5, James.
21:575-1-5. Yeah, and Michael?
21:59No, I've not got it.
22:00Gets a bit nervy, the numbers at each shop, doesn't it?
22:03At home you're getting that, by the way.
22:04James?
22:067 times 75.
22:077 times 75, 5-2-5.
22:10And then 9 plus 1 is 10, and take it away.
22:12Yep, lovely. 5-1-5.
22:14Well done.
22:15APPLAUSE
22:17OK, last tea-time teaser of the week is Chap-land.
22:21Chap-land.
22:22A slow one of these isn't as good as a quick one.
22:25A slow one of these isn't as good as a quick one.
22:43Hello again.
22:44A slow one of these isn't as good as a quick one.
22:46Chap-land becomes hand-clap.
22:49Hand-clap, of course, that was the answer.
22:5153.17.
22:53Six rounds to go.
22:54It's a Friday.
22:55It's the summer.
22:56Why wouldn't you smile, Michael?
22:58Let's get more letters.
23:00Could I have a consonant, please?
23:02Thank you, Michael.
23:02L.
23:03A consonant.
23:06Q.
23:07A consonant.
23:09T.
23:11A vowel.
23:11O.
23:13Another vowel.
23:15U.
23:17A consonant.
23:19N.
23:21A consonant.
23:23S.
23:24A vowel.
23:26A vowel.
23:27And a final consonant, please.
23:31A final T.
23:31And kai thang.
23:33And kai thang.
24:03Michael, how many?
24:05Six.
24:05Six.
24:06And James?
24:07I'll try a seven.
24:08OK, and the six is?
24:09Tons.
24:10And for you, James, outlast.
24:12Try and outlast.
24:14Yeah, absolutely fine.
24:15Something will outlast, or somebody will outlast somebody else.
24:19It's absolutely fine.
24:20Live longer than.
24:21OK, thank you.
24:22Can we add any more words?
24:23I've got a juicy one for seven.
24:25Oh, what's that?
24:27Loquats.
24:28Is that how you say it?
24:29Yeah, loquats, absolutely, yeah.
24:31Small egg-shaped acidic fruits.
24:33I had a terrible round there.
24:34I had a squat.
24:35Right, let's get more letters.
24:37James?
24:37A consonant, please.
24:39Thank you, James.
24:40L.
24:41And another.
24:43F.
24:44And another.
24:46D.
24:47And a vowel, please.
24:49E.
24:50And another.
24:51I.
24:52And a consonant.
24:54S.
24:55And a consonant.
24:57H.
24:58And another consonant.
25:00R.
25:01And a vowel, please.
25:03And to finish, E.
25:05Good luck.
25:38MUSIC CONTINUES
25:39An eight from James. And from Michael?
25:41Erm, I'll try an eight.
25:43James, what's your eight?
25:44Fielders.
25:45You're less sure, Michael. What's yours?
25:47I'll try re-shield.
25:49Re-shield-er.
25:50Not in, nor shield it, actually.
25:53I was looking at our E words as well.
25:55Re-fished, I was looking at, but that's not there.
25:57Not there.
25:57We have one more eight.
25:59We had fleshy-er.
26:00Yeah.
26:01It's a nice word, isn't it? Fleshy-er.
26:03Well found, well found.
26:05James extends his lead as we get our final origins of words of this week.
26:09Well, yesterday I discussed a pretty contentious issue,
26:13which was the apostrophe and how they were being taken off street signs
26:16and there were a few gasps of disbelief in the studio.
26:22This time, it was another story that hit the news
26:25and it was about the Great British insults.
26:29And there was a survey done, not sure how comprehensive it was,
26:34but essentially it asked a lot of younger people,
26:36a lot of Gen Z particularly,
26:38whether they had heard of insults like blighter,
26:43which I think is pretty old.
26:44I'm not sure that's up there with any of us now.
26:46Cad, similarly.
26:49Lummox, barnpot and so on and so on.
26:51And it just made me think about these insults
26:54because I think, I have to say,
26:57that I don't think they are dying away.
27:00I think it's a fear that we see when we ask
27:03if people remember their, you know, the dialect words,
27:06the regional words that they grew up with,
27:07when actually there's a lot of proof now
27:09that they are still alive,
27:12only we don't use them more generally,
27:14we only use them when we go home,
27:15but they're still very much part of us
27:17and part of our identity.
27:19But it got me thinking about some of them
27:21and where they came from.
27:23I mean, blighter is pretty strong, as I say.
27:24I don't think many of us use it anymore,
27:26but it literally was somebody who put a blight on things.
27:29It was that sort of pestilence
27:30and it was, you know, pretty harsh.
27:32A cad actually arose at Oxford University slang, we think,
27:37and it was part of the big rivalry between town and gown
27:41and a cadet was, a cad is short for cadet,
27:43a sort of bit of a rookie,
27:45somebody who was, you know, quite young, if you like.
27:49And nitwit.
27:50I think nitwit is one of my absolute favourites
27:52because a very long time ago,
27:53we used to talk about our in-wit,
27:55which was our inner knowledge or our conscience.
27:57We used to talk about our out-wit,
27:59which was our outward perception of things.
28:01And if you had neither, you were a nitwit,
28:03which I think is lovely.
28:06So, Numpty, I'm going to finish with.
28:08And Numpty's on the list.
28:09I think it's brilliant.
28:10Up there with Muppet and Spanner,
28:12which weren't in the survey.
28:13But Numpty, we think it's a shortening of numbskull.
28:16I think it's a lot friendlier than numbskull.
28:18And it was probably influenced by Humpty Dumpty.
28:20Yeah.
28:21Fantastic.
28:26Yeah.
28:27I think you're absolutely right on that.
28:29Regional is still very, very much alive.
28:32James and Michael, couple of roasters,
28:34as we'd say back home.
28:36Let's get on with the game
28:37and get more letters from you, Michael.
28:38Can I have a consonant, please?
28:40Thank you, Michael.
28:41W?
28:42A consonant.
28:44R.
28:45A vowel.
28:47O.
28:48Another vowel.
28:50O.
28:51A vowel.
28:53A.
28:54Consonance.
28:55G.
28:57Consonance.
28:58T.
29:00Another consonance.
29:02C.
29:03And a final vowel, please.
29:04And a final E.
29:07And let's play.
29:07C.
29:08C.
29:09C.
29:10C.
29:10C.
29:11C.
29:12C.
29:12C.
29:14E.
29:15C.
29:36C.
29:38Michael?
29:39Er, just a five. Five there, and James?
29:42Six. Six from you, what's the five?
29:44Er, great. Yes, and James?
29:47Goater. Goater.
29:49A goater? Er, no.
29:52Beast of around, did you find anything animal, mineral, otherwise?
29:55We got rootage. Yes, different plants, different types of rootage in terms of depth,
30:00but that was it for seven. Well spotted, well spotted.
30:03James, let's get our final letters.
30:04A consonant, please. Thank you, James.
30:07S. And a vowel.
30:09O. Another vowel.
30:12A. And a consonant.
30:15T. A consonant.
30:17V. A vowel.
30:21O. Another vowel.
30:25U. A consonant.
30:27T. And a consonant, please.
30:29And lastly, R.
30:31Oh, last letters.
30:34T.
30:35T.
30:36T.
30:36T.
30:36T.
30:37T.
30:38T.
30:39T.
30:39T.
30:42T.
31:01MUSIC PLAYS
31:04James?
31:05Just a five.
31:06A five there.
31:07And Michael?
31:08Just a five.
31:09Five as well.
31:09OK, James.
31:10Start.
31:11Start.
31:12And Michael?
31:13Toast.
31:13And toast.
31:14Right, how do we get on?
31:15Well, you remember earlier on in the week we had outsteam, didn't we?
31:19Which was a sort of competitive word about steamboats getting ahead of each other.
31:23We've now got a bird version, haven't we?
31:26Outsaw.
31:27Ah, beautiful.
31:29Yes.
31:29It's a lovely word.
31:30Yeah, beautiful.
31:31Final numbers round now, and it's on you, Michael.
31:35Two large and four small, please.
31:37Two large, four small.
31:38Final numbers of the week.
31:40And they are nine, four, seven, ten, and a large one, 75 and 100.
31:47And the target, 781.
31:50781 last numbers.
31:52Okay, the target,
31:52teachers,
31:52and…
31:53That's why I do that.
31:55Yes.
32:21I think there's the target.
32:23And that's our time. 7, 8, 1. Michael?
32:277, 8, 6. James?
32:297, 8, 1. 7, 8, 1. Off you go.
32:317 times 100. 7 times 100.
32:34700. Add the 75. 7, 7, 5.
32:37And then 10 minus 4 is 6. Another good numbers round.
32:40Well done. 7, 8, 1. Well done.
32:42APPLAUSE
32:44But we are not done yet.
32:46James and Michael, fingers on those buzzers.
32:49It's Friday and our Countdown Conundrum.
33:01Go on, James.
33:02Stoppable?
33:03You're unstoppable at the moment. Let's have a look.
33:06Yeah.
33:07APPLAUSE
33:10There you go.
33:11Well, we were swapping champions for a large part of this week,
33:14but not any more, James.
33:15That's three wins on the board for you.
33:17And you're back on Monday. We will see you then.
33:19Perfect.
33:20Well done. Well done.
33:21Scoots, not often Leeds beats St Helens, so that's quite nice.
33:24And, Michael Arnold, I compare the numbers.
33:28Like, you know when a good striker misses an open goal early on...
33:32When a bad day. ..and everything shrinks?
33:33It gets harder as you go along.
33:35I think that was you today, but you're still glad you made the short journey?
33:38Fantastic. Great day.
33:39And, Ranveer, will you come back? How have you found it?
33:42Oh, I love it. I loved it.
33:44Honestly, it's a dream to be here,
33:46cos you've lived with it your whole life, watching this show,
33:48and to be inside it is just a dream. Thank you.
33:50Nice, nice. As long as you don't see what's below the desk, right?
33:52Absolutely not. I'm keeping my eyes...
33:53Oh, it's so messy down there. It's crazy.
33:56I bet it.
33:56Susie, you enjoy your summer weekend?
33:57I will, you too. Excellent.
34:00And, Rachel, all done for the weekend.
34:01Yep, have a good one. See you Monday.
34:03Lovely. I think it's worth reiterating as well,
34:05on the day that the NHS was founded, a very special goodbye.
34:09We're back here on Monday. We will see you then.
34:11You can count on us.
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