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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Monday afternoon.
00:34As I always say, hopefully Countdown can provide that regular afternoon break
00:38from whatever the day is throwing at you.
00:42Welcome back, Rachel.
00:43Welcome back, Colin.
00:44Good timing to say that, actually, because this week is Simplify Your Life Week
00:48and the idea that decluttering needs to be both physical and mental.
00:54You have to metaphorically declutter for your mental health
00:57and that sort of simplification will help you through your day.
01:02I am 100% now.
01:04I'm quite existential in my thinking day to day.
01:08No past, no future, just where you are.
01:10OK.
01:10Give me your best... I'm quite serious about this.
01:12Give me your best advice for just simplifying life,
01:15just giving yourself that little...
01:16Like we hope Countdown is that little mental break.
01:19When I had the kids, you don't have time to do anything.
01:21So obviously the priority is to keep the kids fed and going to bed
01:25and all the rest of it, all the stuff you have to do every day.
01:27So my email is just built up and up and up and up and up.
01:30And someone suggested a really great way of dealing with it.
01:33You can just delete them.
01:34Yes.
01:36It's amazing.
01:37It's so important to digitally declutter.
01:39Brilliant.
01:40Happy days.
01:40We're there.
01:41Delete, delete, unsubscribe.
01:42Sorry, friends.
01:43Yeah, keep the things that matter, like the Scrabble app.
01:45You know, he needs anything else.
01:48Right, let's get over to Dictionary Corner for the first time this week.
01:52Our Queen of the Dictionary, Susie Dent.
01:54And in Dictionary Corner, making her debut,
01:57Queen of the Airwaves, who's just made a musical move to ITV.
02:00So she's now fellow Radio 1 alumni, Clara Amphill.
02:06Very much part of the digital age is our Liam Critcher,
02:10our 24-year-old Chi-Ampion originally from Milton Keynes.
02:14Three really hard-earned wins.
02:15You're up against Jennifer Colford,
02:17all the way from Bridgewater, Massachusetts, in the USA.
02:22Actually, I've embellished a bit.
02:23She's been living in Cork for 30 years.
02:26Two things about the area I'm sure you'll agree with.
02:29Lobster jumping out of the sea at you.
02:31The seafood you must have eaten all your life.
02:33And the other thing, I'm sure you'll agree with me,
02:36Fenway Park's the greatest place in the world to watch sport.
02:38It is.
02:39It really is.
02:40Just walking in there and just seeing the outfield and the grass, green and...
02:46Beautiful.
02:46Listen, let's see where we are at the bottom of the 15th today.
02:49Jennifer and Liam, good luck.
02:51APPLAUSE
02:52All right, let's do it.
02:54We'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
02:56Thank you, Liam.
02:56We'll start the week with M.
02:59And another one, please.
03:01D.
03:02And a third.
03:04S.
03:05And a vowel, please.
03:07O.
03:09And another.
03:10U.
03:11And a third.
03:12E.
03:14And a fourth.
03:16I.
03:19Consonant, please.
03:21Y.
03:23And a final consonant, please.
03:25And a final R.
03:27At home and in the studio, let's play kong time.
04:00All right, fun letters to begin the week, Liam.
04:02Just a six.
04:03And Jennifer.
04:04OK, I'm going to try a seven.
04:05OK, and Liam.
04:07Misery.
04:07Misery and Jennifer.
04:09Mouseier.
04:09Yes.
04:10Absolutely.
04:11Very nice.
04:12Anything else?
04:13No?
04:13Dimorous.
04:14Yes.
04:14Dimorous.
04:15Dimorous.
04:16We'll give you an eight.
04:17And it's a term from botany and zoology, having parts arranged in groups of two.
04:22Oh, I thought you were a bit stupid.
04:24Dimorous.
04:24Oh, no, no.
04:25No.
04:27That's me being dimorous, maybe.
04:29OK, Jennifer, off we go.
04:32Your letters.
04:33Hi, Rachel.
04:33Can I have a vowel, please?
04:36You can indeed.
04:37A.
04:37And another?
04:39I.
04:40And one more?
04:41A.
04:43A consonant, please.
04:44T.
04:45Another consonant?
04:47T.
04:49Another consonant?
04:51N.
04:52A vowel?
04:54A.
04:55A consonant?
04:57S.
04:59And a final consonant, please.
05:01And a final V.
05:02OK, 30 seconds.
05:04OK, 30 seconds.
05:05A consonant, please.
05:07A consonant.
05:13A consonant.
05:18A vowel...
05:18A.
05:22A consonant.
05:28Anů
05:29A consonant.
05:35Jennifer.
05:36Seven.
05:37And Liam.
05:38Just a six.
05:39A six.
05:39Again, slow start for you, chump.
05:41Heavy weekend, maybe he is young.
05:43What's your six?
05:45Invest.
05:46Invest.
05:47And the seven.
05:48Aviate.
05:49Aviate, the two A's are there.
05:51Very nice indeed.
05:51Very good.
05:53Nice, very good.
05:53For our American guests, another seven.
05:56Panties.
05:56Panties, yeah.
05:58Knickers over here, but panties over there.
06:00Yeah, that'll explain the little snigger that came from Dictionary Corner at about 15 seconds in.
06:06A little childish of you both, but I heard it here.
06:0914.
06:10Elder challenger.
06:11Liam, great on the numbers, though, Jennifer.
06:13And the champ's picking them.
06:15I'll stick with the inverted T, please.
06:17Inverted T.
06:17One from the top.
06:18Five little start the week off with these numbers.
06:22And they are seven, nine, eight, one, five, and the large one, 75.
06:28And the target, 497.
06:31497.
06:32Numbers up.
06:33We'll be Zoe.
07:10So I did 75 minus 5.
07:1370.
07:14Plus 1.
07:1571.
07:16And times 7.
07:17Perfect.
07:18497.
07:19There it is.
07:19Well done.
07:22And just like that, it's close again.
07:24Here's the tea time teaser.
07:25Tango pen.
07:27Tango pen.
07:28The answer here might stir some emotion.
07:31The answer here might stir some emotion.
07:50The answer here might stir some emotion.
07:52Poignant, our first tea time teaser of the week.
07:54Poignant as we get back to it.
07:56Our challenger with a four point lead.
07:59Jennifer originally from Massachusetts, USA.
08:02And you're picking nine more letters for us.
08:04Thanks, Colin.
08:05Could I have a vowel please, Rachel?
08:07Thank you, Jennifer.
08:07And another.
08:10E.
08:11And one more.
08:12I.
08:14And a consonant please.
08:16H.
08:17And another.
08:18D.
08:19And another.
08:21S.
08:22A vowel please.
08:25A.
08:26And a consonant.
08:28D.
08:30And another consonant please.
08:33And lastly.
08:34N.
08:35Thank you, Rich.
08:35Thank you, Rich.
09:06There you go.
09:07We're back into it.
09:08Jennifer, how many?
09:10Risking a seven.
09:11A risk of seven.
09:12Hasn't been a risk every time so far.
09:14Liam, I'll risk an eight then.
09:16OK, the seven.
09:17Handies.
09:18Handies.
09:19And for you, Liam?
09:20Adhesion.
09:21Is adhesion handy?
09:22Absolutely brilliant.
09:23Yeah, well done.
09:26Handies is OK.
09:28Yes, they're actually mobile phones.
09:30So if you go to Germany, handy is a mobile phone.
09:33Used in many ways.
09:34Anything else for us, Clara?
09:36We have anodised.
09:37Yes.
09:38Anodised an eight.
09:39Also hides a five.
09:41Very good.
09:42Right, here we go.
09:43Off you go, Liam.
09:44Start with a consonant please, Rachel.
09:45Thank you, Liam.
09:47L.
09:47And another.
09:49And another.
09:51And a third.
09:53T.
09:54And a vowel, please.
09:56E.
09:57And another.
09:59O.
10:00And a third.
10:02E.
10:04Consonant, please.
10:06S.
10:07And another.
10:09L.
10:11And a final vowel, please.
10:14A final I.
10:17And half a minute.
10:18Is n'y.
10:37I.
10:37I.
10:46I.
10:48Time's up, Liam. Just a seven. And Jennifer?
10:51Seven as well. Seven as well. At last, you're going to share a round, Liam.
10:56Loiters. Loiters and Jennifer? Toilers.
10:59Toilers and loiters. Yeah, both very good.
11:02Anything else, Clara? Clearly obsessive underwear this week.
11:05We have trolleys and eight. All right, brilliant.
11:08Trollies. So it'll be knickers next. We'll see what happens.
11:12Won't be in this round, because we're already back to the numbers
11:15in your pick, Jennifer.
11:15I'll try two large and four small, please, Rachel.
11:19Hit and hope, I think, for those tactics. Let's see what we get.
11:22Two large, four little.
11:23And they are ten, three, three, two.
11:28And the big one, 75 and 50.
11:30And the target to reach 771.
11:35771. Numbers up.
12:08771. Did you see it, Jennifer?
12:09I think so.
12:10OK. And Liam?
12:12Yeah, 771.
12:13Off you go, Jennifer.
12:14Could I have 75 plus two?
12:1677.
12:17Times 10.
12:18770.
12:19And three over three is one.
12:21Nicely done.
12:22Ten points.
12:22Tactics worked.
12:23There it is.
12:24Do you see it the same way?
12:25Yeah.
12:26Excellent.
12:27Oh, yeah.
12:27Well done.
12:29Just four points in it, as we have our first chat of the week with Clara Amfo.
12:33It's been all change for you recently, and really exciting new projects.
12:38But I want to go all the way back, because as two people, it's sort of started, if you like,
12:42at Radio 1, which is bizarre, we have that in common.
12:46We sure do.
12:46We both sort of, I would almost call this, slight misuse of the word, but accidental presenters.
12:51Yeah.
12:52Tell me your story.
12:53Well, I started out at BBC Radio 1 Extra, which I loved for my heart, and I was given my
12:59first
12:59opportunity on Radio 1, because a fellow presenter, shall not be named, because I don't want to
13:03embarrass him, had a bit of a funny tummy, and my boss at the time said, hey, this guy's got
13:08a funny
13:09tummy, do you want to cover a show?
13:10I said, absolutely.
13:11Wow.
13:11And then it carried on.
13:13How exciting is it, though, when you're just looking through a window at a megastar, playing
13:18almost, I know we can all hear it in the radio, but visually, like, you're sitting right there.
13:22It's, honestly, it's surreal, you know, because, you know, I'll get the tube every day to work,
13:27or, you know, I'll be riding my bike or wherever, and I'll see, you know, a poster for an artist.
13:31I think, oh, gosh, I was with them last week, and I heard them sing, and it is the most,
13:35it is the most surreal thing, but it's such a joy to see people do what they love live.
13:40Yeah, I wish I could bottle it and just share it with people, but that's what you do when you
13:44do radio.
13:45Radio 1's not like anywhere else at the BBC.
13:47There's so much surrealness involved, and it's a different door, you know, all that type of stuff.
13:51I once sat in the office and turned on the computer, told him how to call it up and log
13:59in to check his emails,
14:00and that was Snoop Dogg.
14:02But that's the magic, that's the magic of being somewhere like that.
14:04You know, you'll walk around the corner, and there's a famous footballer, and then there's a Hollywood actor,
14:09and there's a famous singer, and you'll just see people just having chats in the green room,
14:13and it's just, it is the most surreal office you'll ever work in.
14:16Brilliant. Thank you, Clara.
14:19APPLAUSE
14:2035 players, 31. Back to the game, Liam.
14:23I'll start with the consonant, please.
14:24Thank you, Liam.
14:25G.
14:26And a vowel, please.
14:28U.
14:29And another.
14:32E.
14:33Consonant.
14:34F.
14:36Vowel.
14:38I.
14:40And a consonant.
14:42R.
14:44Consonant.
14:45Q.
14:47Consonant, please.
14:50G.
14:51And the final consonant, please.
14:53And lastly, T.
14:55And here we go.
14:57.
14:57.
14:58.
15:28Time's up. Talk to me. Liam, how many?
15:30Just a five. And Jennifer?
15:32I think I have a six.
15:34What have you got, Liam? Just quiet.
15:36OK. And Jennifer?
15:38Figure. Yes, very nice.
15:40Brilliant. Right, what do we have in Dextry Corner?
15:42We have Foggia for seven.
15:44Yeah, so if a room is foggy,
15:46it's really sort of stuffy
15:47and slightly too warm.
15:49I think your head might be foggy as well sometimes.
15:52Right. Two points in the lead now, Jennifer.
15:55The seesaw battle continues
15:56and you're picking these.
15:58Could I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
16:01Thank you, Jennifer.
16:02O. And another one?
16:04A. And another?
16:06E.
16:07Consonant, please.
16:09C.
16:10And another?
16:12N. And another?
16:15D.
16:16And one more?
16:18G.
16:19And a vowel?
16:22I.
16:23And a consonant.
16:24And lastly?
16:26T.
16:27All right, start that clock.
16:41Oh,ett.
16:44Well,
16:50oh,
16:51we have
16:51a look. All right,
16:51bye. Bye.
16:52Bye.
16:52Bye.
16:53Bye.
16:54Bye.
16:54Bye.
16:56Bye bye.
16:58Bye.
16:58All right, Jennifer seven seven for you and Liam a seven. I think Jennifer
17:04What have you got coding with a T? Okay, and Liam tangoed tango do you know when?
17:14I'm assuming though it must mean to dance. Yes. Yeah, not like some sort of orange hand slapping you or
17:20whatever
17:22Anything else for us?
17:24Yeah, there is an eight there actually actioned brilliant free you both messed up, but it doesn't matter
17:29It's 44 42 third numbers round and Liam we'll try something different. I'll go four large please four large
17:36Here we go. Go big or go home as they say and the two little ones one
17:42And eight and we know what's coming 75 50
17:47125 and the target with this one 254
17:51254 numbers up
18:22Okay
18:23OK, the number's really important today. 254, Liam.
18:27Just 251. Missed it by three, Jennifer.
18:31251 as well. Not fully written down.
18:34That's good, important to declare that, so you can go first, Jennifer.
18:37100 divided by 50. 100 divided by 50, two.
18:40Is two, and then add the eight.
18:4510. By 25, times 25.
18:48Is 250. And add the one.
18:51251. Liam.
18:53I did eight times 25.
18:56200. Add 50, add one.
18:58Yep, same result, same points again.
19:00Yeah, seven points each. All right, two, five, four.
19:05Yes, you could have said.
19:07100 divided by 25 is four.
19:1075 plus one, 76.
19:12Times that by four for 304.
19:15And take away the 50, 254.
19:17Nice one.
19:18APPLAUSE
19:21Nailed it as we get our second Tea Time teaser.
19:24And I don't have to tell you to stay tuned, there's two points in it with six rounds left.
19:28This is going all the way again today.
19:29And the Tea Time teaser is Meaty Lip.
19:32Meaty Lip.
19:33Meaty Lip.
19:34The answer here might stir some memories.
19:36The answer here might stir some memories.
19:46APPLAUSE
19:54Hello again.
19:55Meaty Lip becomes playtime.
19:57It might stir some time.
19:59It's better playtime.
20:01Right, it's all business here now, OK?
20:03Six rounds left.
20:04Let's get a little serious, Jennifer.
20:06That teapot's on the line.
20:08Let's go.
20:09Vowel please, Rachel.
20:10Thank you, Jennifer.
20:11You.
20:12And another.
20:13A.
20:14And one more.
20:15E.
20:16Consonant.
20:18C.
20:19Another consonant.
20:21J.
20:22And another.
20:23B.
20:25Vowel.
20:27O.
20:29Consonant.
20:31L.
20:32And another consonant.
20:34And a final G.
20:35And good luck.
20:36B.
20:43C.
20:44C.
20:45B.
20:51E.
20:52V染.
20:52C.
20:52C.
20:52C.
20:52A.
20:56C.
21:02C.
21:09I'm going to try a six.
21:11Yeah, Liam?
21:12I'm going to say five.
21:13The five is?
21:15Cable.
21:15Cable.
21:16Now, what are you going to try?
21:17Cubage.
21:18C-U-B-A-G-E.
21:21That'd be an orchid.
21:23Yes, you're in luck.
21:24Cubage capacity.
21:26Well done.
21:26Wow, there you go.
21:28Also have a seven in cagoule.
21:30Keeping that up your sleeve quite literally, right?
21:33The cagoule?
21:33Yes, it's a light waterproof jacket.
21:35Very nice, a seven.
21:37But the six points goes to our challenger, Jennifer Colford.
21:42The gap goes to eight points.
21:44As we get back to it, Liam, one round will bring it all back even.
21:48Here we go.
21:49I'll start with the consonant, please.
21:50Thank you, Liam.
21:51S.
21:52And another.
21:54N.
21:55And a third.
21:57M.
21:59Vowel, please.
22:00E.
22:01And another.
22:03I.
22:04And another.
22:05E.
22:08And another.
22:10I.
22:12And a consonant, please.
22:15T.
22:17And a final vowel, please.
22:18And a final...
22:20E.
22:21And let's play.
22:22T.
22:24E.
22:25E.
22:26E.
22:28E.
22:31E.
22:34E.
22:49MUSIC PLAYS
22:52Two I's and three E's going on there.
22:55Liam? A seven.
22:57Seven. And Jennifer? A seven as well.
22:59Seven as well. What have you got, Liam?
23:00Enemies. Enemies? Enemies.
23:04Yep.
23:04Oh, we're friends like these. Anything else?
23:09Enemies. Enemies. How many is that?
23:11That's eight. Well done.
23:13That will take you to an eight, yes. States of hostility.
23:15Are the words connected?
23:17Enemy and, yes, they are actually connected.
23:19They're in the same stable.
23:21That is just to warm you up before we get our proper origins of words,
23:24because it is time, Susie, where are we starting this week?
23:27Well, we are going to Alan Hill in Surrey,
23:30who asks, why are men called blokes?
23:33And it's one of many generic terms for a man.
23:38And we have lots of them.
23:39We have dude, we have chap, we have pal.
23:43And bloke kind of belongs to that stable.
23:45And I love the origins of all of these.
23:47And usually they're quite easy to pin down.
23:49So, dude is from Yankee Doodle Dandy.
23:51A chap was a chap man.
23:53So, it was somebody in a market who would sort of barter and trade.
23:57It's where we get cheap from.
23:59In fact, where we get cheap side from in London.
24:02And pal is a Romany word where it ultimately goes back to Sanskrit, meaning brother.
24:08Bloke is a little bit trickier, I would say, to unpack.
24:12So, one of the earliest records that we have, and discovered by the brilliant Michael Quinion,
24:17is from evidence of the Old Bailey that was given in 1829.
24:21And it involved the trial of John Daly, who was just 17 and had been arrested for housebreaking.
24:27And he was called a bloke.
24:29And it was used in a very generic way.
24:32And he was, unbelievably, he was found guilty and sentenced to death.
24:36So, a very sad story.
24:37But just a decade later, it began to be used as a synonym for a gentleman.
24:41So, it had kind of risen in status a little bit.
24:43And certainly in Australia, it was used for a boss, somebody who was considered of superior rank.
24:48And indeed, in our Royal Navy, it was used for the commander of a ship.
24:52So, quite a sort of swerve there, if you like.
24:54But, the usual sense prevailed.
24:58And it was used particularly in the criminal underworld for a sort of slightly lower status man, I suppose,
25:04is how it began to be used.
25:07And there, it has stayed, I think, not in the criminal underworld,
25:12but just as sort of quite a colloquial, slangy sense for a man.
25:15As to where it comes from, we are not completely sure.
25:18As I say, quite difficult to pin down.
25:20Some people think it may come from the stupid person that is a blockhead,
25:26which would make it quite insulting indeed.
25:28But that comes from the Dutch block, so almost a bloke, and that means a fool.
25:32I think the best guess is either that it goes back to another Romany word, like pal,
25:37or that it comes from a Hindi word, loke, meaning a man.
25:40Yeah, love it. Thank you.
25:41You're welcome.
25:44All right, let's get back to it.
25:45Four more rounds to go.
25:47We'll all be friends after this, but right now, best of enemies,
25:51four rounds left, eight points in it.
25:54Jennifer.
25:56Vowel, please, Rachel.
25:58Thank you, Jennifer.
25:58O.
25:59And another.
26:00E.
26:01And one more.
26:02U.
26:04Consonant.
26:05S.
26:06Another consonant.
26:07W.
26:09Another consonant.
26:10S.
26:11One more, please.
26:13R.
26:14Vowel.
26:16O.
26:17And another consonant.
26:19And lastly, L.
26:21Well, let's play.
26:53Every 30 seconds counts.
26:55Jennifer, how many?
26:56I'm going to chance a seven.
26:58I'm going to chance that, and Liam.
26:59I'll play a six.
27:01The tactics, the tactics.
27:03The six, Liam?
27:05Lois.
27:05And for you, Jennifer?
27:08Lousers.
27:09Lousers?
27:10Can you louse something up?
27:13You can.
27:14Yes, actually, can use this a noun for somebody
27:16who is unpleasant in a very derogatory way.
27:19Really?
27:20Yes.
27:20And louser?
27:21Yes.
27:21Is that where we get lousy from?
27:23Yeah, the whole idea of lice and, yes,
27:26we don't want to go there, really.
27:27Lousy and louser.
27:30I tell you what, very, very good for Jennifer
27:33to get those points.
27:35It's that thing, isn't it, just the right time
27:38to take the gamble.
27:39I think Jennifer's been very, very good
27:41at walking that line so far.
27:43Three rounds to go.
27:44Anything else beyond?
27:47We have a seven in solers.
27:49Oh, you mean as in, I've got soul?
27:52Yeah, you might think soul music,
27:54but actually you have to go back quite a long way.
27:56If you go souling and are a soler,
27:58you would go around asking for donations
28:00on All Souls Day.
28:01Right.
28:02Final letters from Liam.
28:04A consonant, please, Rachel.
28:06Thank you, Liam.
28:07P.
28:08And another.
28:08F.
28:11And a third.
28:14N.
28:16Vowel, please.
28:17E.
28:19And another.
28:20A.
28:21And a third.
28:23U.
28:25Consonant, please.
28:26R.
28:29Vowel, please.
28:31E.
28:33And a final consonant, please.
28:35And a final B.
28:36Last letters.
28:38And a final consonant, please.
29:09OK, deep breath again, Liam.
29:11A six, I think.
29:12Six from you, and a bit of doubt, Jennifer.
29:14I'm going to try a six as well.
29:16All right, so maybe the same word, Liam.
29:19Repain.
29:19Thank you, and Jennifer.
29:21Beamed, B-E-A-N-E-D.
29:24There's no D, unfortunately, in there.
29:27And there's no repain either.
29:30Yes.
29:31Beamed is a great word, we're back to baseball.
29:32Baseball, yeah.
29:33Yeah, that's when you get beamed with the ball.
29:35You don't want to be, but I don't know.
29:37Yeah, unbelievable, right?
29:38So no score, no score at this moment.
29:41Liam's grabbing his head there.
29:43Anything, well, everything scores now.
29:45What have you got?
29:45We have unfree.
29:48It's unfree.
29:49Unfree.
29:49Yeah.
29:50Simple as that.
29:51Simple as that.
29:54Right.
29:55Liam, our champion, really has been through the mill
29:59to get his three wins.
30:00He's been fantastic.
30:01And we're in that same situation again today.
30:03Such a close encounter.
30:0515 points in it.
30:06Jennifer, you just need to match Liam or better
30:09to become our new champion.
30:11And you're choosing these numbers.
30:12Can I have one large, Rachel, and they're a small, please?
30:15You want something as easy as possible.
30:17Liam doesn't.
30:18Liam needs the challenge.
30:19Let's see.
30:20Final numbers today.
30:21Two, four, one, five, nine.
30:26And the big one, 25.
30:27Could have a challenge.
30:28The target, 617.
30:30Six, one, seven.
30:32Last numbers.
30:33Six, one, seven.
30:34Six, one, seven.
31:03Six, one, seven.
31:04Jennifer.
31:05Six, 18.
31:06One away.
31:07Liam.
31:08Six, 18.
31:09One away.
31:09Jennifer for the teapot.
31:11Five plus one is six.
31:13Five plus one is six.
31:16Um, times four.
31:1924.
31:20Times 25.
31:21600.
31:22Uh, nine times two is 18.
31:24Yep.
31:25And add it on.
31:26And that gets you the teapot.
31:27Well done.
31:31Liam, my friend, how did you do it?
31:32Same way.
31:33Same way.
31:34Big round of applause for all of you.
31:36APPLAUSE
31:38OK, let's do things in the right order.
31:40Let's all calm down.
31:42Six, one, seven.
31:43Loads of ice for one.
31:44Why?
31:44You have to leave it with me.
31:45OK, brilliant.
31:46Brilliant.
31:47Uh, 63, 78.
31:49Absolute epic.
31:50So much I want to say, but let's get the last round out of the way first.
31:53So, Liam, finger on the buzzer.
31:54Jennifer, you two.
31:56Ten points up for grabs.
31:59Monday's Countdown Conundrum.
32:30Time is up.
32:32It's a terrible stain on Jennifer because her first job ever was in a donut shop.
32:38And I just feel like it's just tarnished that teapot.
32:41But, you know, anyway.
32:42Dixie Corner, did you spot it?
32:44No.
32:44No, me neither.
32:45No, I had round and I had a few words for one about it.
32:47On something.
32:48Couldn't you get on?
32:48You were going on.
32:49Let's find out.
32:49Let's have a look.
32:51Undercote.
32:52We're back to underwear again.
32:56We've come full circle, so to speak.
32:58Right, we have a new champion.
33:00Jennifer, congratulations to you.
33:02Thanks, Colin.
33:03You know we're Countdown nerds.
33:05So, between now and tomorrow's show, our producer, Damien, is going to be plagued with questions from us.
33:10International winners.
33:11When was your last winner from the United States of America?
33:13Why have we never done an international countdown?
33:16You know what I mean?
33:17Oh, yeah.
33:18Off the top of your head, have you got anything for me in this, Susie?
33:20No.
33:21Oh.
33:22No, but Demi's memory is way better than mine.
33:23Yes, Countdown Columbo.
33:25We'll be on it before tomorrow.
33:27Yes, we'll see you tomorrow.
33:28Well done, champ.
33:29Thanks.
33:29Well done.
33:30And Liam, last series, we couldn't move for octo-champs.
33:35You beat Stephen, who I thought was going to be an octo-champ.
33:38You've now been knocked out.
33:39I thought you were definitely going to be one.
33:41So, I hope you're very proud of what you've done.
33:43Yeah, very happy.
33:44I sort of achieved what I wanted to do.
33:45But, yeah, every game's very tough.
33:47But, hopefully, Jennifer can take it all the way.
33:49Thank you, Liam.
33:50Great champion.
33:52APPLAUSE
33:53All right, Clara, Susie, thank you so much.
33:56And Rachel, come on, 617 to finish.
33:58You've had enough time.
33:59Yeah, I shouldn't have missed this one.
34:01Mix this all around.
34:03So, 5 plus 1 is 6.
34:05Times that by 25 for 150.
34:09Add 2 for 152.
34:11Times that by 4 for 608.
34:14And add on the remaining 9 for 617.
34:15Yes.
34:16APPLAUSE
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