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00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown.
00:33It is Wednesday, the 1st of April, but we will have no tomfoolery.
00:36We will have no pranks, no smokescreens at all,
00:39because it is after midday.
00:41Dems, the rules.
00:42I'll simply just introduce our soldier of Countdown this week.
00:45Battling on with her dental condition is our G of the D, Susie.
00:49Hello.
00:50And assisting her every step of the way is the brilliant pride of Wales,
00:53Mike Bobbins. Very nice. Thank you very much.
00:55And nobody's... Thank you very much. We'll get to that later.
00:57Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:58And nobody's fool when it comes to the numbers, of course,
01:00is Rachel Riley.
01:02I'm just going to do a little social experiment here,
01:04because in 2004, Google launched Gmail,
01:07so people would start to get that email address.
01:11And I think you can almost guess somebody's age or generation
01:14by their first email address.
01:16And some of them keep them forever.
01:18So, obviously, we're, you know, we do this all due respect.
01:22So we've got an over-50s dictionary corner, so let's start there.
01:27Mike, if I say over-50s, give me your first email address.
01:30Well, it's got a disc, the AOL disc, delivered free to the house, remember?
01:34So I had an AOL email address, and I thought I'd keep it quite businesslike
01:38and just use my name at AOL.com.
01:40Yeah.
01:41But my name was taken.
01:42I don't know who by.
01:43By another Mike Bebbins, I assume.
01:45So I was MikeBebbins1AOL.com.
01:48Those were simpler days.
01:49People would spend thousands to get just one after their email now.
01:54I just...
01:55These will be great memories for people.
01:57Susie, did you have a Yahoo?
01:59Yeah.
02:00I did.
02:01And I wish I'd gone for something like funky lexicographer or something.
02:05Yeah.
02:05Yes.
02:06It's never too late.
02:07That's a good name, mate.
02:08I would be the hotmail generation, sort of mid to late 40s.
02:12I think my first proper email was hotmail.
02:16I was hotmail as well.
02:17Wow.
02:18So my...
02:18People used to call me back in those days, Raquel.
02:21Yes.
02:21So, again, Raquel was taken, so you just have to pick a number.
02:24I didn't know what the number meant, but I thought 666 had a ring to it.
02:27So I was Raquel666 at hotmail.com.
02:30Brilliant.
02:31Let's reintroduce our champion, who is halfway to being an octochamp.
02:35David Bateman is here.
02:37His coloured pen, he's used all four now.
02:39So what are we back to today?
02:40Red.
02:41We're back to red today.
02:42The red letter day.
02:43Yes, absolutely.
02:44Great to have you here.
02:45How's this matching your expectations as a proper Countdown fan?
02:50Coming in, you probably said, get me one, get me the teapot.
02:53But are you now gunning to become an octochamp?
02:56I've exceeded expectations, so anything that comes along now is a bonus.
03:01I've got to say, you haven't exceeded my expectation.
03:04In fact, and I think the team would agree with me,
03:07I think there's another 10% coming from David.
03:09I think, because you're being scored in the late 90s all the time,
03:13you must be aiming now.
03:14Forget that century.
03:15It must be annoying you.
03:16That would be lovely.
03:17It's not annoying me, no.
03:19Well, I'll tell you who wants to annoy you.
03:20Owen Redmond, who joins us today.
03:23Living in Dublin at the moment, is that right?
03:26Excellent stuff.
03:26And big Countdown fan, tell us a little bit about that.
03:28Oh, long time.
03:29Long time watching it.
03:31Three decades, I suppose.
03:32Yeah.
03:33And I finally made the decision last year to put my name forward and give it a go.
03:38I always love the mind of, like, you know, years and decades,
03:41and then eventually you go, OK, I'm going to send the email in.
03:45So I've got to mention it now.
03:46We've been talking about emails.
03:48Ours is one of the posh ones.
03:49Countdown at Channel4.com if you want to apply.
03:53This is the weirdest thing.
03:54I don't often migrate towards a quirky fact on the notes we get about contestants.
03:58But you knocked over an eight-foot statue in Sinead O'Connor's house.
04:01I don't feel like I can let that pass.
04:04You can't move on from that, Rach.
04:06Why were you there?
04:07Why did you do it?
04:08What was your response?
04:09I used to work in a high-end kind of furniture business.
04:12OK.
04:13We delivered to quite a few of the Irish stars, I suppose.
04:17Yeah.
04:18And one of the deliveries was to Sinead O'Connor's house.
04:20And she had this tall statue in her hallway that when I'm reversing in,
04:25carrying a bed...
04:27No.
04:28And thankfully, just as it was built, underground, it was cut.
04:31And she laughed, but she had that kind of smile.
04:34Yeah.
04:35Do you know what's the only bit I cared about, really?
04:38You know, I only cared about...
04:39I wanted Sinead just to go, that's all right, don't worry about it.
04:42She wasn't cross, no, absolutely not.
04:43That's good.
04:44Nothing compares there.
04:45Owen, best luck to you today and to David.
04:48Thank you very much.
04:48Well done.
04:48Thank you very much.
04:50Off you go, David.
04:52Thank you very much.
04:53May I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
04:54Thank you, David.
04:55Start today with A.
04:56And another vowel, please.
04:58E.
05:00And a third vowel, please?
05:02A.
05:02And a consonant, please.
05:04R.
05:06And another consonant, please.
05:08M.
05:09And another consonant, please.
05:11H.
05:13And another consonant, please.
05:15N.
05:16And a vowel, please.
05:19E.
05:20And a final consonant, please.
05:23And a final T.
05:25At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
05:59And a final consonant, please.
06:15Oh, would it be lovely?
06:17Not yet.
06:18Not yet.
06:19No.
06:20They walk amongst us, though.
06:21They really do.
06:22Oh, and let's get more letters.
06:24Consonant, please.
06:25Thank you, Eoin.
06:27L.
06:27And another.
06:29K.
06:30And another.
06:32R.
06:33And another.
06:35N.
06:36And a vowel.
06:38I.
06:39And a consonant.
06:42S.
06:43And a vowel.
06:45O.
06:46And a vowel.
06:49E.
06:51And a consonant, please.
06:55Lastly, G.
06:5630 seconds.
06:57The P.
06:59theme song.
07:00The P.
07:00theme song.
07:14The P.
07:15The P.
07:15The P.
07:24MUSIC PLAYS
07:28Owen? Seven. David? Just six. Just a six. What's the six?
07:33Senior. And to draw level, Owen? I'm going to try Linkers.
07:37Linkers? Linker. L-I-N-K.
07:40Oh, sorry. I thought you were just going straight from Sinead O'Connor
07:43to the Cranberries. Cranberries, yeah. That wasn't the case. Linkers?
07:46Absolutely fine, yeah. Either in computer programming
07:49or simply a thing which links others together. Very good.
07:52All right. Do we need to linger any longer?
07:55Yeah, well, Lingers is on there. Also, Snorkel for seven.
07:58Oh, yes. Nice spot. Nice spot. Look at that.
08:00Seven points apiece. Let's see if the numbers can separate you yet again.
08:04David? I have two large before small, please, Rachel.
08:07Of course you can, David. Two from the top.
08:10Four or not, I know, by now.
08:11And they are 1, 6, 10, 8, 50 and 100.
08:18And this target, 937. 937, numbers up.
08:22Things are up to ends...
08:30Guys, please, come in and exist.
08:32Whoever they'reampooed across.
08:37The only thing is there is that
08:38Like, yeah.
08:40Mm-hmm.
08:51Yep, that's awesome.
08:51I'll do with vice versa.
08:52Listen, like forDI Rivie.
08:52937, David? 937.
08:55And for Ewan? No, 940.
08:57Missed it. And, David, this is for 10 points.
09:00100 times 10.
09:021,000.
09:03Minus 50.
09:05950.
09:06Minus 8.
09:07Minus... 8.
09:09Minus 6.
09:10Yep.
09:12Er, plus 1.
09:13Plus 1, 937. Well done. Nice.
09:17Fun first part is we get a tea-time teaser
09:20that will delight Mike Bobbins, because it's very retro indeed.
09:24Pressed in. Pressed in.
09:26You talk badly about Frank regarding the broken soap machine.
09:30You talk badly about Frank regarding the broken soap machine.
09:49Welcome back.
09:50Hopefully you didn't do a whipsy with that tea-time teaser.
09:52You talk badly about Frank.
09:54That was Frank Spencer, a reference to some mothers do have him.
09:57You dispenser the broken soap machine.
10:00All right, that was interesting.
10:01You never shared around in the first time.
10:03And the upshot of that is our champion is 10 points up.
10:07And Owen, you're picking these letters.
10:09A consonant, please.
10:10Thank you, Owen.
10:11F.
10:13And another.
10:14D.
10:15And another.
10:17L.
10:18And a vowel.
10:20I.
10:21And another.
10:22U.
10:23And another.
10:24E.
10:25And a consonant.
10:32And a final consonant, please.
10:36Final M.
10:37Start at the clock.
10:38Music.
10:39Music.
10:41Music.
10:49Music.
10:52Music.
10:54Music.
11:09Owen. Seven. David. Just six. Just six. We continue the pattern. David.
11:15Gifted. And for you, Owen. Guilted. Yes. Very good. Yes.
11:20Guilted into doing something, but like guilt tripped.
11:22Very nice. Well spotted. Well spotted. Back within three points.
11:25What day? What day to be in countdown. Mike, what else?
11:28We had guilted as well. I think tedium's on there.
11:31Mm-hm. I'll give you six. Yeah. Guilted. That's seven.
11:35Good. So we will move straight on to David.
11:37Let's see if you share the spoilers this time.
11:38May I have a vowel, please, Rachel? Thank you, David.
11:41A. And another vowel, please.
11:45U. And a consonant, please.
11:48Q. And another consonant, please.
11:52S. And a vowel, please.
11:55A. And another vowel, please.
11:59I. And another consonant, please.
12:03P. And another consonant, please.
12:07D.
12:09And a final vowel, please.
12:13A final O.
12:14And here we go.
12:17A. And another consonant, please.
12:47Oh, David.
12:48Just a five. Yeah, and Owen? Just a five.
12:51Absolutely. David? Quads.
12:53Quads. And Owen? I put aquas.
12:56Aquas, pluralising aqua.
12:58Yeah, I don't think you can, unfortunately, put the S on.
13:03It's a mass noun in every sense, I'm afraid. I'm sorry about that.
13:08It's not just a mass noun, Owen.
13:10It's a mass noun in every sense.
13:12That is a damning indictment of your five-letter word.
13:15I'm sorry, I was just scrolling down.
13:18But, yes, I was thinking of audios,
13:19so I was with you in adding spurious plurals.
13:23But, yeah, not there. Sorry, Owen.
13:24OK, so you let that cat out of the bag, audios. Can we have it?
13:27No, you can just have audio.
13:29Wow, so is there any sixes?
13:31There is one, we think. What have you got?
13:33Posada, P-O-S-A-D-A.
13:35Yes, it's a hotel or an inn in Spanish-speaking countries.
13:38Right, that's really niche, isn't it?
13:40Yeah. Yeah, really difficult round.
13:42Fun round as well.
13:43OK, 22-14.
13:45Let's do the numbers then, Owen, your first-hand choosing.
13:48Thanks, Owen. One large, five small, please.
13:50Thank you, Owen. Just one from the top.
13:53And the five small ones this time.
13:55Two, six, four, three, seven.
14:00And the large one, 25.
14:02And the target, 386.
14:04Three, eight, six. Numbers up.
14:06Five, six.
14:08Five, five, six.
14:36Four, four, three.
14:37386 for Owen. 388, not wrote down fully.
14:40No worries, two away. Lost it. Lost it, can blow it.
14:43Yeah, I'll get you seven points.
14:45So, four times 25 is 100. Yep.
14:50Six minus two is four. Yep.
14:55Times 100 minus three.
14:58100 minus three, which you haven't used, times four, 388.
15:02Ah, I was worried for you. You got there.
15:05You got there. Well done to you.
15:07We're within a point, Rachel. Where's 386 amidst all that?
15:10Yeah, some different ways.
15:12One of them, 25 times four is 100.
15:16Times two is 200.
15:19Minus seven is 193.
15:21And six divided by three gives you a second two times for 386.
15:27Brilliant.
15:29So, Mike Bobbins with us all week in Dictionary Corner.
15:32He writes and stars in his own sitcom, Mammoth.
15:35He's got a successful stand-up career.
15:37He's a hugely popular sports podcaster.
15:40But actually, I think we both bonded over music first because...
15:44We did.
15:45Well, you can still do it, but you used to sing around the clubs,
15:49you used to perform as a singer.
15:51So, take us into that world.
15:53Well, I was teaching at the time, but when I stopped playing rugby,
15:55I thought, how can I make ends meet?
15:57You know, newly married.
15:59So, I pursued my...
16:00Well, every little boy's dream of travelling around the South Wales
16:03valleys in a T-Rage Nissan Micra
16:05as an Elvis impersonator for a couple of years.
16:07LAUGHTER
16:09You're obsessed with Elvis, right?
16:10I love Elvis, yeah.
16:11I love Elvis.
16:12So, your mate then goes, there's the European Cup for Elvis.
16:15LAUGHTER
16:15Yeah.
16:16Which is a thing.
16:16The Euros.
16:17The Euros.
16:18The Elvis Euros.
16:20Yeah, yeah.
16:20I used to love it until they expanded it out to 24 Elvises.
16:23It's not the same now, is it?
16:24It's just too many matches.
16:25Too many.
16:26So, he makes you enter it.
16:28How did that go?
16:29Yeah, I entered the European Elvis Championships,
16:32which were being held at the Hilton in Birmingham.
16:34You were basically locked in for three days.
16:36Yeah.
16:37And got through the first round.
16:39I ended up in the finals of the Elvis European Championships.
16:44And I got...
16:45Well, I was robbed, I think, Colin.
16:46I was robbed by a chap called Gordon Elvis.
16:48LAUGHTER
16:49Who I assume was a stage name.
16:50I don't know that for a fact, but, yeah.
16:53So, this is the thing.
16:54Most people who have a talent, you have to bend their arm to do it.
17:00Mike's the opposite.
17:02Sometimes I'll invite him on the talk.
17:03He goes, do you want a bit of Elvis?
17:04No, Mike, I've got you on the talk about Welsh football.
17:06Yeah.
17:07So, will you please, and what must be a countdown first,
17:10would you like to pick a song and just give us a blast?
17:16Don't pretend you don't want to do it.
17:18I was just trying to think of the song.
17:19Cotton Eye Joe.
17:21LAUGHTER
17:21No.
17:22What about If I Can Dream?
17:23Oh.
17:24The end of the 68 comeback special.
17:25I think, for me, it's in the top three Elvis of all time.
17:28Yeah, me too.
17:29I think it's probably my favourite, yeah, top three for me.
17:33OK, so, here we go.
17:34We couldn't get Gordon Elvis, he's both elsewhere.
17:38Acapella, Mike Bobbers.
17:39Oh, really, acapella, no pressure.
17:40Yeah.
17:41There must be lights burning brighter somewhere.
17:45Got to be birds flying higher in a sky more blue.
17:51If I can dream of a better land
17:55where all my brothers walk hand in hand,
17:59tell me why, oh, why, oh, why can't my dreams come true?
18:06You know what I mean?
18:07And that didn't win, and that didn't win.
18:10LAUGHTER
18:11I can't believe it.
18:14He's still having a go with Gordon Elvis.
18:16I want a steward's inquiry.
18:18Yeah.
18:18The thing about it, Suze, is we can all do impressions
18:21and then you can actually embody somebody.
18:24That was... There was no pantomime there.
18:26Sitting here was lovely, cos there was a whole kind of trembling
18:29going on under there and the shivering hips and things, all of it.
18:33Nothing but respect for that. Brilliant. Thank you, Mike.
18:37APPLAUSE
18:39Love it.
18:40A little less conversation, though.
18:41A little more action. Back to this epic game.
18:43That's good.
18:45David's got 22, Owen's got 21.
18:47They have not shared the spoils in a single round yet.
18:51And we're on to round seven, and you're picking.
18:54David, letters.
18:54Thank you. May I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:57May. Thank you, David.
18:58T.
18:59And another consonant, please.
19:01C.
19:02And a third consonant, please.
19:04M.
19:04And a vowel, please.
19:07U.
19:08And another vowel, please.
19:09O.
19:10And another vowel, please.
19:13A.
19:13And a fourth vowel, please.
19:16E.
19:17And a consonant, please.
19:19T.
19:19And a final consonant, please.
19:23Final L.
19:25And let's do it.
19:26A cual.
19:55T.
19:56David? Six. Is this the moment, Owen? Six.
20:00Yes, it had to happen at some stage. David? Locate.
20:03Locate. And for Owen? Cattle. And cattle.
20:06Yeah, well done. Well done. Excellent.
20:08So sixes, anything about...? Yeah, we've got locate as well.
20:12We've also got for seven, Matalo. Matalo.
20:16A sailor. Oh, wow. Yeah.
20:18And it comes from a Dutch word meaning bed companion,
20:21because sailors share their hammocks in twos.
20:23Oh, goodness me. I'd mutate, which I choose,
20:26because that's what you're doing every single day with this,
20:28with this dental, this huge dental problem.
20:31I think it's getting bigger and bigger.
20:32And I'm just lost in admiration for it. Oh.
20:34I mean, goodness me. Well done. Well, thank you.
20:37Still the one point in it, then, as we get more letters from Owen.
20:40Counting, please. Thank you, Owen. D. And again.
20:45N. And another, please. S. And a vowel.
20:50U. And another. I.
20:53Consonant. T. And another. R. And a vowel.
21:01E. And another vowel, please.
21:04Decent selection so far. A final O.
21:06Good luck.
21:38Owen, how many? Seven. And for you, David? Eight. And an eight. There, to extend that lead out. Owen, what's
21:44the seven? Sounder. Sounder, as in the Seattle Sounders. And for you, David? Outsider. Outsider. Very good. Yes, there you
21:53go. That's a sure bet, that one. Anything else? We couldn't be outside then. We had that for an eight.
21:58That's a really good word. Good stuff. Yes, outrides, routines as well. Yes. All right, let's get back to the
22:04numbers. Third time today. David, off you go.
22:05May I have two large and four small, please, Rachel? The David special. Two big, four little. You four little.
22:13The one, six, one and ten. And your two big, 75 and 50. And the target? 512.
22:22512. 512. Numbers up.
22:545-1-2 is the target. David?
22:57Just 5-1-1.
22:58And for you, Owen?
22:59Yeah, 5-1-2.
23:00Off you go.
23:01See, look, it's going to change again rates.
23:03Off you go.
23:03Six times 75.
23:04Six 75s are 450.
23:07Plus 50.
23:08500.
23:09Plus 1.
23:10Plus 1.
23:11Yep.
23:11And the rest, lovely.
23:135-1-2.
23:18Lovely.
23:18Look at that.
23:19Owen's back in the lead by one point.
23:20Let's get this tea time teaser.
23:22It's cumin pate.
23:23Cumin pate.
23:24C-U-M-I-N.
23:26Road works again.
23:27I guess we all know the drill.
23:29Road works again.
23:30I guess we all know the drill.
23:46Hello again.
23:47Yes, pneumatic was the drill we were looking for.
23:50But given Susie's condition, we're not allowed to mention drills at all.
23:53So I'm just going to move straight on and get more letters from our challenger,
23:56Owen, who's one point of the good, but it's the dictionary definition of a seesaw battle.
24:01So let's go again.
24:02Continent, please.
24:03Thank you, Owen.
24:04V.
24:05And a veil.
24:07E.
24:08And a continent.
24:09R.
24:10And another continent, please.
24:12B.
24:13And another.
24:16And another.
24:18And another.
24:19And another.
24:21And another.
24:21And another.
24:22And a vowel.
24:24I.
24:25And a final vowel, please.
24:27And a final A.
24:29Well, let's play.
24:30And a half.
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