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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Friday, August the 2nd.
00:34It's been quite a week, some epic battles.
00:37Let's hope today is box office as well.
00:39Hi, Rachel. Hi, Colt.
00:41Now, on this day, back in the yard, 1999,
00:45the film The Sixth Sense was released.
00:48Do you remember that?
00:49He sees dead people.
00:50That's exactly the one.
00:51So I thought to finish the week, we haven't had a quiz this week,
00:54so as you are, our woman of numbers,
00:56I thought I'd combine that with films, like The Sixth Sense,
01:00and for my clues, you have to guess the name of the film
01:04that will have a number in it somewhere.
01:05This could be an entire spin-off show.
01:07I like it. The format's, you know, right in itself.
01:10We could so do something like this.
01:11Come on, hear me.
01:13Susie, you pick up the slack for any that Rachel doesn't get.
01:15Here we go.
01:16A deadly and sinful movie with Morgan Freeman and Brad Pitt.
01:23It's got to be seven.
01:24Seven, very good indeed.
01:261995.
01:27You can lose yourself in this film,
01:29which battles its way to become a box office smash in 2002.
01:34Oh, Ben knows.
01:35I could test the nose.
01:37Oh, is this Eminem, Eight Mile?
01:39Eight Mile, well done.
01:40OK, to finish, poker games, gangsters and a lot of fruity language.
01:46This 1998 British movie was a straight shooter.
01:51Er, what's the one before Layer Cake?
01:54That's the one.
01:55Er, lock, stock and two smoking barrels.
01:58Yeah, well done.
02:00Love a quiz. Love a quiz.
02:02I like that.
02:02I could keep going all day, but we've got to do Countdown, unfortunately.
02:05I like the idea of a quiz show that's just like,
02:07you don't know what's coming up.
02:08It's just silly questions.
02:09I suppose it's a pub quiz type format, isn't it?
02:11It probably exists.
02:12What am I talking about?
02:13Stick the Countdown call.
02:14And let's head over to Dick Street Corner.
02:16She's the one, of course.
02:18It's Susie Dent.
02:19And finishing off her blockbuster week in Dick Street Corner,
02:22Helen Lederer.
02:25And our champion now.
02:26I mean, sitting comfortably enough,
02:28but it was tricky yesterday.
02:30Liam Critcher, two wins in a run where
02:34champions aren't really getting beyond two, three or four.
02:37So, but how are you feeling?
02:39Good, but I think the games are going to keep just getting harder and harder.
02:41So, we'll see how it goes.
02:43The numbers are, Kameis, 40 points in the numbers.
02:45What has you so good at numbers?
02:46Does that take you back to your PhDs or anything like that?
02:49You'd think so.
02:50I hope so.
02:51But I think it's just practice, really.
02:54Yeah.
02:55It is with the numbers, isn't it?
02:56It's exactly what it is.
02:57Well, let's say practice makes perfect today.
03:00You're up against Ben Smith, the Doncaster lad,
03:02who's living in Lancaster.
03:04How are you, mate?
03:04I'm good.
03:05Thank you, Soph.
03:05You're a stat-o.
03:06You used to work in sports stats.
03:08Is it for the Premier League and the EFL?
03:11That's correct, yeah.
03:12So, essentially, it's going to sound very dull me explaining it,
03:14but any sort of game you go to,
03:17when the sort of betting apps update live
03:18and you sort of see the shots on target, the corners.
03:21It's you.
03:21I'm the one with the button board updating that.
03:23That's all me.
03:23You're doing that.
03:25So, after the show, could you take me aside
03:27and spend 20 minutes explaining XG?
03:30I'll try my best, but I've sure got to wrap my head around myself.
03:33When I was growing up, there wasn't even assists.
03:36You never said assists.
03:38Some of the players I know now, like Pat and Evan,
03:40are like, they didn't count assists
03:41because he said he would have been worth three times more money,
03:44you know?
03:44But there you go.
03:45All right, well, listen, best of luck.
03:47The only stat that matters is the final score
03:48after our countdown conundrum.
03:50Good luck, Ben and Liam.
03:54Here we go.
03:55So, young man's game today, 24 years older,
03:57champion, 26 are a challenger,
04:00and Liam, you're picking the first letters.
04:02Well, we'll start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
04:03Thank you, Liam.
04:06R.
04:07And another.
04:09T.
04:10And a third.
04:12B.
04:14And a vowel, please.
04:16U.
04:18And another.
04:19E.
04:34And lastly, I.
04:38At home and in the studio last time this week,
04:41let's play Countdown.
04:49MUSIC
05:12That'll do, Liam.
05:14Just a six.
05:15And Ben.
05:16Seven.
05:16A seven to start.
05:17Liam.
05:18Batter.
05:19And for you, Ben.
05:20Tribute.
05:21Tribute.
05:22Very nice indeed.
05:23Nice.
05:23Very good indeed.
05:24Seven points.
05:25We'll start for a challenge here.
05:26And what has been a week of close encounters?
05:29Helen.
05:29Well, we have an eight, don't we?
05:31And I suspect it's French in derivation.
05:35Yes.
05:35And maybe Susie could take it beyond that.
05:38Yes.
05:38OK.
05:40Tabaret.
05:41So T-A-B-O-U-R-E-T.
05:43And it is a low stool or a small table.
05:46In French it's a drum, but we use it for a small table or something low down.
05:51We'll start.
05:52Let's get on with it.
05:53Your letters, Ben.
05:54Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:56Thank you, Ben.
05:58R.
05:59And another.
06:01L.
06:02And a third.
06:04G.
06:05Can I have a vowel, please?
06:07O.
06:08And another.
06:09E.
06:10And another.
06:12I.
06:13Can I get a consonant?
06:15M.
06:16And another.
06:18S.
06:19And a vowel, please.
06:21And U.
06:23And 30 seconds.
06:24I.
06:25I.
06:26And.
06:51I.
06:53Use.
06:54Ben. I believe a seven.
06:57Belief is everything. Liam. Slightly risky seven.
07:01OK, less belief. Ben. Morgs. Morgs. And Liam.
07:06Glories. Glories and Morgs. What are these two worried about?
07:10Yeah, both excellent. Lovely. Well, Dumbledore, seven points each.
07:14Helen. Well, we're on the sevens as well.
07:17Misrule, which is quite a strict word, isn't it?
07:20Yeah. Yeah, a load of misrule. OK.
07:24Mousier, Lousier, Moguls, just for a six.
07:27But, yeah, quite a few to select from there.
07:29All right. Thank you very much.
07:31We've got the MU of Manchester United beside Glories.
07:34I'm not having it. I'm not having it.
07:36Turn that board round and get some numbers. Liam.
07:39Could I get an inverted T, please? You can indeed.
07:42I'll go for this one. One large and five little ones.
07:45And the first numbers of the day are five, one, four, five, ten,
07:51and the large one, 50.
07:53And you need to reach 346.
07:56Three, four, six.
07:58Numbers up.
08:26We'll be right back now.
08:27We'll be right back, guys.
08:30That's time. 3, 4, 6. Liam?
08:333, 4, 6. Well done. And Ben?
08:353, 4, 4, not written down. Missed it by two.
08:37You won't need to worry about that if Liam's nailed it.
08:40Sorry, I did ten divided by five for two.
08:43Yep. Add that to the other five for seven times by 50.
08:473, 50. And take the four.
08:493, 4, 6. Well done. Nice one.
08:51APPLAUSE
08:53And look at that. After an inauspicious start,
08:56you're now three points in the lead.
08:58As we get our first Tea Time teaser this Friday afternoon.
09:01Is a store... Is a store...
09:04Is a store-bought bag of these ever as good as making your own?
09:08Is a store-bought bag of these ever as good as making your own?
09:12MUSIC
09:27Welcome back. It's a store-bought bag of these as good as making your own.
09:31The consensus in the studio, this led to a lot of conversation in the break,
09:34is no, cos, Susie, it's your roasties.
09:36Yeah. It's your roasties.
09:38All right, back to the game then.
09:41And it's letters from Ben Smith.
09:43I'm going to start with a consonant, please.
09:45Thank you, Ben.
09:46T. And another.
09:49M. And another.
09:52T. Can I get a vowel?
09:55A. Another.
09:57U. Another.
09:59E. Can I get another vowel, please?
10:02A. A consonant.
10:06D. And another consonant, please.
10:10And lastly, P.
10:12Thank you, Rich.
10:14MUSIC PLAYS
10:43That'll be time, Ben.
10:45Slightly risky, seven.
10:46And for you, Liam?
10:48Seven.
10:48And a seven. What are you risking, Ben?
10:50Outdate.
10:51And Liam?
10:52Mutated.
10:53Yes. Mutated, no worries about that, but I did.
10:57Yes, it is.
10:58And like you, I was thinking, outdated, definitely, but you can outdate something.
11:01So, new technology is outdating current privacy laws, for example.
11:05It's not when you go out for more dinners than your friend.
11:07You're not outdating, are you?
11:09No.
11:09OK.
11:10Wouldn't want that.
11:10Helen?
11:11No, I'm afraid we didn't go beyond.
11:14We have mutated as well, yeah.
11:15That's good.
11:16That's how we like it, when you're getting pushed all the way.
11:19Three points remains the difference.
11:21We've been spoilt this week, Liam.
11:22Let's go again.
11:23Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
11:24Thank you, Liam.
11:25N.
11:26And another.
11:29R.
11:30And a third.
11:31N.
11:33A vowel, please.
11:35A.
11:36And a consonant, please.
11:38T.
11:40And another.
11:42F.
11:44And another.
11:46C.
11:47And a vowel, please.
11:50I.
11:51And a final vowel, please.
11:53And a final O.
11:56And half a minute for y'all.
11:58And a vowel, please.
12:27And a vowel flag on theteil.
12:27This vowel.
12:28Liam? Eight. Ben? Also eight. Liam?
12:33Fraction. Ben? Fraction. Pass it over.
12:36There you go. Two fractions. Brilliant.
12:39Is that as good as it gets, though? It is. Yes.
12:42We went down, didn't we, for, you know, Cortina? Yeah.
12:45You know, like, Anglia? Oh, yes. Not that Cortina. Oh.
12:50Only because that's a capital C. But I think that's the one that everyone knows.
12:53This one will be known to botanists, at least.
12:55And a Cortina is the kind of web that you get,
12:59extending from the cap to a stalk of a mushroom or a toadstalk.
13:02That's not why they're called, cos they're named cars after things, right?
13:05Yes. Like the Safari.
13:06So why do they call it a Cortina? I don't know.
13:09Why don't you know why every Ford car got its name?
13:11I don't know. Maybe they were mushroom coloured, to begin with.
13:15Right. Numbers. Second time today. Ben?
13:18Hi, Rachel. Can I get a five small, one large, please?
13:20You can, indeed. We've had one large and five small,
13:23now five small and one large.
13:24And for this round, they are 4, 9, 2, 6, 9 and 100.
13:32And the target, 936.
13:35936. Numbers up.
14:08936.
14:09Big number, but the big easy for these two. Ben?
14:12936.
14:13Yeah. And for you, Liam?
14:14Yeah, 936.
14:15Off you go, Ben.
14:16100 plus 4 is 104 times the 9.
14:18Easy peasy.
14:19Liam?
14:20Yeah.
14:21I don't need to say it, but thank you.
14:23APPLAUSE
14:23Yeah.
14:24Really, it's such a big number, so easy.
14:2642, 39.
14:28Just three points in it.
14:29Helen Lederer was first on countdown in 1999.
14:33Hated it.
14:34Hated it.
14:35Quarter of a century, she agreed to come back.
14:38And this is the end of your week.
14:40Oh, yeah, it's been a joy.
14:42And it hasn't changed a jot.
14:44It's just the personnel.
14:45They pay a lot less these days.
14:47Well, I don't do it for the money.
14:49I don't do anything for the money.
14:50I don't work for money.
14:51Well, you've worked with so many people.
14:53Will you indulge me if I just throw some names at you?
14:55Yes.
14:56Stephen Fry.
14:57Yes.
14:58Yes.
15:00So, what was your work to him on?
15:02I have breathed the same air as Stephen Fry.
15:06It was Happy Families.
15:07This was written by Ben Elton.
15:10A lot of the comedies I did were tucked away quite late at night
15:13so nobody knew as a sort of bit of a trick.
15:15I think it was BBC Two.
15:18And Ben Elton wrote it.
15:20And I played the maid, Flossie, to Dawn French, who was the cook.
15:24And we had a slightly dodgy relationship,
15:26which involved her bashing me up quite a lot.
15:31And Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie, yeah, they played the doctor.
15:34And all of them went on to do great things.
15:37But that was a wonderful time.
15:39That was at the beginning of a lot of comedy programmes.
15:42Yeah.
15:42And then we went to Thorpe Park, which you didn't ask about.
15:45And then we went on that thing, and I don't know what you call it,
15:48but you go down a chute.
15:50Yeah.
15:50And then you just scream.
15:51And then somebody takes a photograph at the bottom.
15:54So we were all given a free photograph of us screaming.
15:57Like Jennifer, Dawn and Hugh Laurie.
16:00What a wonderful moment in town.
16:01It was a moment of screaming going downwards.
16:04Rick Mayle, I mean, he was just a superstar to me.
16:07Yes.
16:08I mean, that was...
16:09So that was in something called Bottom.
16:11So then I had to wear a...
16:16I had to be a Moldavian princess with a lot of names.
16:21But that was a beautiful thing, working with Rick.
16:24June Wetfield.
16:25Great.
16:26A great...
16:28Wonderful woman.
16:30And I was lucky enough to be in ABFAB with her,
16:33and she used to do the crossword,
16:35and then we'd talk about what sandwiches we'd have for lunch.
16:38And then she'd sometimes ask Jennifer,
16:40why would I be walking across?
16:42You know, like, her motivation,
16:43because she came from a different generation.
16:46And sometimes Jennifer would tell her,
16:47and sometimes Jennifer wouldn't.
16:49And that's how I remember it.
16:50And it all...
16:51It was wonderful.
16:52So many stories.
16:53Thank you so much.
16:54Great to have you back in countdown all these years later.
16:57Thank you, Liam.
17:0042-39.
17:01Another close encounter today.
17:04Yeah, we're all neutral, so we hope it stays that way.
17:07Let's get more letters.
17:08Liam Dawson.
17:09We'll start with the consonant, please.
17:10Thank you, Liam.
17:12P.
17:12And another.
17:15V.
17:16And a third.
17:17R.
17:19Vowel, please.
17:21E.
17:22And another.
17:23O.
17:24And a third.
17:26E.
17:27Consonant, please.
17:29W.
17:30And another consonant.
17:33G.
17:34And a final consonant, please.
17:38A final S.
17:39And here we go again.
17:40Thanks, David.
18:11How many, Liam? Six. And Ben? Six.
18:14Six as well, Liam? Powers. Ben? Proves.
18:18And proves to Dictionary Corner? Yes, we could just about crawl to a seven with this one.
18:24Over-sew.
18:26Oh, too many stitches? Yes, very important thing to be able to do.
18:29Oh, yes, not too many. It's deliberate to...
18:33You deliberately sew over the join, if you like.
18:36Ah, so just good work, basically, good craft. All right, love it.
18:39More letters, please, Ben Smith. Can I get a consonant, please?
18:42Thank you, Ben. T. And another.
18:46S. And another.
18:49H. Another consonant, please.
18:52M. Can I get a vowel?
18:55A. And another.
18:58O. And another.
19:02E. And another.
19:06U.
19:07And finish with a consonant, please.
19:10Finish with S.
19:11And start the clock.
19:12F.
19:14A.
19:42IMO
19:42One.
19:44Time's up there, Ben.
19:45You're only here once, I'm going to go with a very risky nine.
19:48Ah, yes, Liam.
19:49I'll go for the very, very safe six.
19:51The six is?
19:52Shames.
19:53Yeah, he's been here before.
19:55The nine, Ben.
19:57We'll try house mats.
19:58House mats.
20:00I thought Ben was actually going to go for a different nine.
20:03Did you have a different one?
20:04I was thinking of outshames.
20:06Ah, that's the one you should have gone for.
20:09Building on Liam's word, yes, to outdo in shamefulness
20:12or to put someone to shame is to outshame them.
20:14Aw, bad luck, Ben.
20:15Well done, Liam.
20:16You get the safe six points and there's nine in it
20:19as we move back to the numbers, Mr Critcher.
20:22Could I stick with the inverted T, please?
20:24You can indeed.
20:24One from the top.
20:25Five little ones coming up.
20:27Let's see if this changes anything.
20:29Little ones are two, eight, five, six and three
20:33and a large one, 75.
20:35And the target, 996.
20:38Oh, another big one.
20:39996 numbers up.
21:09But for the very first time,
21:126, Liam? I think 996.
21:15Yeah, and Ben? 995.
21:16Missed it by one, but Liam only thinks, so let's have it.
21:1975 plus 8...
21:2283. Times by 6.
21:25Times by 6 is 498.
21:29Times by 2. Times by 2, 996.
21:32Fantastic.
21:36Well done, Liam, your maths coming up chomps again.
21:38Love that. Right, let's get our last tea time teaser of the week.
21:43Sailfish.
21:44And for those who are visually impaired, it's S-A-L-E.
21:47Sailfish.
21:48I'll ask the audience, shall we go 50-50?
21:51I'll ask the audience, shall we go 50-50?
22:08MUSIC CONTINUES
22:09Hello again. Lovely word this, isn't it?
22:11I'll ask the audience, shall we go 50-50?
22:14Half-C's, half-C's.
22:1664-45. Come on, Ben.
22:19Start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
22:21Thank you, Ben.
22:22Y.
22:23And another.
22:25R.
22:26And a third.
22:27L.
22:29L.
22:30And a fourth.
22:31B.
22:32Could I get a vowel, please?
22:35I.
22:36And another.
22:37E.
22:39And another.
22:40A.
22:42Another vowel, please.
22:45O.
22:46And finish with a consonant.
22:48Finish with L.
22:49And let's play.
22:51MUSIC CONTINUES
23:00–
23:02MUSIC PLAYS
23:21Ben. Seven. And Liam. Six.
23:25What's the sixth name? Bola. Close that cap up there, Ben.
23:29Liberal. Liberal. Very good indeed.
23:31Yep, very nice. Did you spot anything else there
23:35between the two of you, Susie and Helen?
23:38Well, there is a seven lurking, is there not?
23:41I think it's an item of the body, but you'll...
23:44I'll stand corrected. Lobelia.
23:47Ah, no. Lobelia. I think Lobelia normally.
23:51Not part of the body, part of the garden,
23:53so it's a plant of the bellflower family.
23:55Ooh. Lovely. Lobelia, very nice.
23:59And very last minute, there is an eight there,
24:02a nice adverb, blearily.
24:03She blearily rubbed her eyes.
24:05You automatically assume it's waking up in the morning.
24:08Yes.
24:08Well, you got that after the clock stopped.
24:10Yeah, exactly. It doesn't count.
24:11You say last minute, you mean over the time.
24:14So let's get more letters, Liam.
24:16I'll start with a consonant, please.
24:17Thank you, Liam. N. And another.
24:21D. And a third.
24:24S. And a fourth.
24:28J. And a vowel, please.
24:31A. And another.
24:34U. And another, please.
24:37E. A consonant, please.
24:43N. And a final vowel, please.
24:48Final A.
24:50And kindine.
24:52No.
24:54That's it.
25:22OK, time's up.
25:24Talk to me, Liam.
25:27I've lost it, I think, sorry.
25:28Oh, and Ben. Six.
25:31Six, right, so it's an open goal here.
25:33Sundae. Ooh, nice.
25:36Yes, ice cream sundae, very nice.
25:38Helen. We didn't get above six, did we?
25:41Well, I've just seen your six and we can add an S to it.
25:44Oh! Teamwork.
25:46It's so exciting when that happens and you made it happen.
25:49So, this is a description, duenas.
25:54It's a status, a title of a teacher-type person.
25:57Yes, or a chaperone, exactly.
25:59In Spanish-speaking countries, duena,
26:02so you can add the S and have more than one.
26:04Goodness me.
26:05Right, 64.58, four rounds to go.
26:09Susie, origins of words, you've been on fire this week.
26:12Where are we going?
26:13We're going to Zane Lucas, who has asked where the expression
26:17between the devil and the deep blue sea comes from.
26:21And it is pretty much the same, proverbially,
26:24as between a rock and a hard play.
26:26So, you have two choices, both of which are pretty unpleasant.
26:29You've either got the devil or you've got the deep blue sea.
26:32And it's not exactly how it seems, at least according to some,
26:36because you know how I often say people love a good old nautical story.
26:41Yeah.
26:41They love saying, well, this happened on the high seas, et cetera.
26:44And there is a long-held theory that the devil on a ship,
26:49and I think this is borne out in records,
26:51is a sailor's nickname for the seam around the hull of a ship.
26:55And it needs to be waterproofed and sealed with pitch and tar, et cetera,
27:01very often.
27:01And it's very low and just above the sea's surface.
27:04So, called the devil because you are literally suspended
27:07just above the water.
27:09Yeah.
27:09So, a pretty pregarious position.
27:11And so, the idea is that if you're between that, the devil,
27:14and the deep blue sea, there's very little room for manoeuvre.
27:17So, that's the idea.
27:20It's very persuasive, but it's probably more likely
27:23that the devil is Satan himself, really.
27:26And, you see, you have to choose between two equally difficult
27:28courses of action, going right down on a ship.
27:32It could be on choppy waters or facing evil itself.
27:36True or not, it's a great nautical yarn.
27:38It is.
27:39It's always a good yarn.
27:40Chewing the fat, as they always did.
27:41Yeah.
27:42Thanks, Susie.
27:43APPLAUSE
27:45OK.
27:46Your origins are words.
27:47Countdown at Channel4.com is the email.
27:50Use the number four.
27:51And that's also, if you want to apply to be in the programme,
27:53same email, very laid back.
27:55Get in touch.
27:55We'll take it from there.
27:57Six points in it, Ben.
27:59Can I start with the consonant, please, Rachel?
28:01Thank you, Ben.
28:02L.
28:03And another.
28:07W.
28:09Another consonant, please.
28:11N.
28:12Can I get a vowel?
28:14E.
28:15And another.
28:16O.
28:18And another.
28:20I.
28:21Can I get a consonant, please?
28:23P.
28:26And I'll have another consonant, please.
28:29Lastly, Z.
28:30Goodness me.
28:32Good luck.
28:33Ause80 treacher.zn.
28:33fishers.
28:33YolahWork.
28:34Inspe Auchic Buy
28:36Fascinating. This is
28:50What you need for is
28:51Nine Victoria Grove. And I'll have aóni
28:52work. We'll be in two weeks of
28:52be arounder. We have to get to the vary,
28:52don't야 in number four. The one sipping day is detected.
29:02We have to be a
29:03Ben?
29:04A risky seven.
29:06And Liam?
29:07A seven.
29:07Ben, what's the word?
29:08Yeah, I'm not sure on the spelling, but plowing?
29:11P-L-O-W.
29:12That's correct.
29:12Yeah, and Liam, eloping.
29:15Plowing was the first thing I looked up just to check that W,
29:18and unfortunately it's restricted to US English at the moment,
29:21which is why you probably thought it was risky, Ben.
29:24So we can't have American spellings on the show.
29:27Helen?
29:28Yeah, we haven't talked to...
29:29We're into eloping as well.
29:31Here we go, then.
29:32Liam, you're 13 points ahead with three rounds to go.
29:35Your letters.
29:36We'll start with a consonant, please.
29:38Thank you, Liam.
29:39M.
29:40And another.
29:42F.
29:43And a third.
29:45R.
29:46And a vowel, please.
29:48A.
29:49And another.
29:50E.
29:53Consonant, please.
29:55N.
29:57And another consonant.
29:59L.
30:00Vowel, please.
30:03I.
30:04And a final vowel, please.
30:07A final O.
30:10And last letters.
30:11A.
30:12The.
30:15The.
30:34Let's have a point who's ready to test.
30:35The.
30:37All 알아.
30:38Do you have to be a poppier?аю.
30:41It's
30:42Liam. Eight. Great time to get an eight. Can you match it, Ben?
30:45Yeah, also an eight. Brilliant. What have you got, Liam?
30:47Informal. Same word or different word? Yeah, informal also.
30:50Let's informally pass it over. I think we can informally move on.
30:54We can. You can have formalin, which is a solution of formaldehyde,
30:58but that's just splitting your hairs on it. It is indeed.
31:01All right, you need something here, but, Ben, you've been such a good challenger,
31:06it wouldn't surprise me. Last numbers.
31:08I'll take a six small, please, Rachel. Thank you, Ben.
31:10You're going for it as well. Good tactics, I reckon.
31:13Let's see if it pays off. Final numbers of the week.
31:17Four, seven, five, one, ten, and nine.
31:22And the all-important target, 352.
31:26Three, five, two. Last numbers.
31:28Six, eight, nine, ten, and nine.
31:58It's all about the house, the house.
31:583-5-2. Ben. 3-5-2.
32:03Did Liam get it? Not written down, 3-5-2.
32:06Oh! Liam, go.
32:08Four times nine is 36.
32:11Four times nine is 36.
32:12Times up by ten.
32:14360.
32:15I'm going to take the seven and the one.
32:17And you will be here next week. Well done, 3-5-2.
32:20Oh, my goodness, the pressure of that. Ben?
32:24Slightly differently, I did ten times five is 50.
32:2750.
32:28Times a seven for 350.
32:30Yep.
32:30Nine minus one is eight.
32:32Divide by the four.
32:33The two and add them together.
32:35Well done, 3-5-2.
32:36APPLAUSE
32:38There you go.
32:39These scores are huge, aren't they?
32:4089-76.
32:42Just like yesterday, pushed all the way in the sixth small,
32:47not thwarting Liam.
32:49Let's get your fingers on the buzzers then
32:51and round off what has been a fantastic week
32:53with this Countdown Conundrum.
32:57.
33:10Ben?
33:10Is it soluble?
33:12Let's have a look.
33:13Rest of the time to Liam, I thought it was too.
33:17.
33:18.
33:23Liam?
33:24Libellous.
33:25Well, let's see, I won't sue you if you're wrong.
33:28It is.
33:29Well done.
33:30APPLAUSE
33:32Well, there we have it.
33:33Ben, you came, you saw you didn't conquer, but you covered yourself in a form of glory, I think.
33:39You happy enough?
33:39We had a good go.
33:40House Mats is going to haunt me for the rest of my life, but here we are.
33:43Or, start a company that sells house mats and the last laugh will be in everybody else.
33:47That's the one.
33:48This is the redemption arc, it starts here.
33:49Could be the making of you.
33:51Millions.
33:51100%.
33:51I'd buy one off you.
33:53Thank you, Ben.
33:54Liam, well, you've had to work for every single win.
33:57I certainly wouldn't bet against it being a clean sweep next week on our second octo-champ of the series.
34:02We shall see.
34:03Have a good weekend, mate.
34:04Have a good weekend.
34:05And listen, 25 years, it was worth the wait.
34:09Thank you, Helen.
34:09I've loved it.
34:11I really have.
34:12And Susie, enjoy your weekend.
34:13Yeah, thank you.
34:14And you?
34:14You too, Rich.
34:15See you Monday.
34:16Hopefully you can be back here on Monday.
34:17We'll be waiting for you.
34:18You can count on us.
34:21You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:25You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:30Thank you, Helen.
34:37Thank you, Helen.
34:40Thank you to everyone.
34:43That's my pleasure.