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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Monday the 20th of April and we are up and running with another week of Countdown.
00:37So let's not have any delays. Let's not have any false starts and just fire the starting pistol and get
00:43a guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent, reintroduced.
00:47And look who's making his Dictionary Corner debut all this week.
00:51He is a Paralympic, a marathon running legend. For me, one of the greatest to walk the planet, Richard Whitehead.
01:00It's great to be here. Thank you, Colin.
01:02And he could get over to Rich O'Reilly in about 0.3 seconds in front of that board.
01:08Yes, it's London Marathon Week this week, of course, so we'll give that a big shout out.
01:13And we love to impress our new guests, don't we? So let's just do our athletic credentials here.
01:19I don't actually know. Let's go back. Rachel, what about you? Back in the day?
01:24I mean, I was champion at 70 metres, 75 metres, push it up to 100 if I had to. I
01:31was a hurdler. I wasn't long distance.
01:32I think I would call, you know, 400 plus long distance for me.
01:36What about you, Susie? Would you take to the pavements a little 1k, 2k, anything, or more a walker?
01:42Yeah, I love walking. I know you love walking. I have walked the Great North Run and we did it
01:48in memory of Richard Whitehead.
01:50And we said we were walking for whiters and kind of skipped the running for Richard part.
01:54So we walked it. But I love walking. Fast walking, yeah, is brilliant.
01:58But I'm not a runner. I like sprinting too, but 75 metres and then I was, that was it.
02:03Yes, the whitely and the walking just worked out for you there, didn't it? Thank goodness.
02:07What advice would you give then, Richard, to somebody like me who used to run and I kind of fear
02:14getting back into it,
02:15there's somebody who thinks, I just can't do 5k. Where do you start?
02:20I've noticed that we skipped your sporting credentials there, Colin, which was quite timely.
02:27But for me, it's all about enjoying the process and one foot in front of the other and goal set
02:35as well,
02:36which is so important.
02:37And also understanding that everybody has a starting position and it is quite tough.
02:43But for me, it's about kind of really embracing the process and then thinking this is going to actually improve
02:48my life
02:49and hopefully support other people that are going through those challenging moments as well.
02:53A little bit of belief. Hopefully that'll inspire a few people.
02:55For sure, yeah.
02:56Yeah, maybe I'll pick up that pace from walking to running.
03:00Susie won't, she won't.
03:01Well, Richard, our two challengers today, because of course Ian Kinsella became an octochamp on Friday,
03:07brilliant octochamp, have different kind of obsessions.
03:11Ken Wears joins us from Birkenhead. Hello, Ken.
03:13Hello.
03:14And fishing, has your game been doing it for decades?
03:17Since I was eight years old.
03:20Absolutely fantastic stuff.
03:22All weather fishermen, are you out all the time doing it or just when the sun's out?
03:26Just when the sun's out, Colin.
03:28Well, listen, the weather's sort of in between, isn't it, at the moment, so it's nice to be indoors with
03:32us.
03:33Well, Ken, you're hoping to have our other challenger on the hook today, which is Ian Innes, who joins us
03:38from Aberdeen.
03:39And again, a bit of a sort of lovely, leisurely obsession. You love your lawn bowls.
03:45Very leisurely, yeah.
03:47Aside from the sport, the community's brilliant.
03:49It's very friendly. And I mean, I play indoor bowls as well.
03:53And there are people that are in their 90s and they're still excellent bowlers.
03:59So it's a game you can keep going at for many, many years.
04:02Lovely. Well, let's do it then. We don't have ends, we just have rounds.
04:05But good luck to Ian and to Ken.
04:09Let's try and get a big word on the hook straight away.
04:12Your letters, Ken.
04:13Hello, Rachel.
04:14Hi, Ken.
04:14I'll have a consonant, please.
04:16Great. Start the week with B.
04:19Another consonant, please.
04:21R.
04:23A vowel.
04:24E.
04:26A consonant.
04:28N.
04:31A consonant.
04:33R.
04:35A vowel, please.
04:37I.
04:39A consonant.
04:42G.
04:46And a final E.
04:54All right, at home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:57See you next time.
04:59Bye.
05:05Bye.
05:08Bye.
05:12Bye.
05:15Bye.
05:18Bye.
05:28Ken, how many?
05:29Seven.
05:30And for you, Ian?
05:31I also have a seven.
05:33Let's see if it's that same word, Ken.
05:35Bringer.
05:35Bringer, yes.
05:36And for you, Ian?
05:38It is Bringer.
05:39Yeah.
05:40It certainly is.
05:41So, Richard, Bringer jumped out.
05:43Is that all we have?
05:44Yeah, straight away, yeah.
05:45It sprung out to us all, I think.
05:46Yeah, and that was it.
05:47Yeah, there you go.
05:48I like that with two challengers and a dictionary corner debutante.
05:52A nice straightforward start to the week.
05:55Enjoy them while you can.
05:56Let's see what happens this time.
05:57Ian.
05:57Hi, Rachel.
05:58Hi, Ian.
05:59Could I have a consonant, please?
06:01You can indeed.
06:02S.
06:03And a vowel.
06:06I.
06:06And another consonant.
06:09D.
06:10And another vowel.
06:12A.
06:13And a consonant.
06:15C.
06:15And a vowel.
06:18E.
06:20And a consonant.
06:22W.
06:24And a vowel.
06:26A.
06:28And a final consonant.
06:30A final S.
06:33Let's do it.
06:34Thanks for joining us.
06:53Bye.
06:54Bye.
06:56Bye.
07:05And that's time, Ian.
07:06I have a six.
07:07A six there, and Ken?
07:09Five.
07:09And a five. What's the five, Ken?
07:12Wides.
07:13And for you, Ian?
07:14A sides.
07:15A sides.
07:16Excellent. Very good to spot that.
07:18And wide's absolutely fine in cricket, wide balls,
07:21but obviously a sides takes it. Well done.
07:23Absolutely. There you go.
07:24Any other sides for me, Richard?
07:26No, no.
07:27And that's it. Straightforward again.
07:29Yeah, we're just matching again.
07:30Lovely. Good stuff. Well done, both of you.
07:32As we get our first numbers of the day,
07:34well, our outgoing octo-champ furnished us with one large every time,
07:39so it's a new beginning today.
07:41What are you going to do, Ken?
07:42One large, please.
07:43Another one large.
07:45Popular choice.
07:46First one of the week is three, four, five, one, eight,
07:52and the large one, 50.
07:54And the target to reach with them, 267.
07:57Two, six, seven.
07:58Numbers up.
08:29OK, 2, 6, 7. Ken?
08:32Nope, nothing. Mr Ian?
08:34I've got 2, 6, 6.
08:362, 6, 6 for seven points. Off you go.
08:3850 times 5.
08:4050 times 5, 250.
08:43And then, plus the other numbers, 8, 3, 4 and 1.
08:49One away. 2, 6, 6.
08:51Nice. Not even after a weekend off.
08:53Well, let's bother, Rachel. Off you go.
08:55No, there were a few ways, but before you times the 50 by 5,
08:58add something to it.
08:59You can add the 4 and times it by 5 for 270,
09:04and then take away 3 to get your spot on.
09:06Nice.
09:08Right, our first Tea Time teaser of the week.
09:11When you hear the clue, you'd think,
09:12oh, Ken the fisherman should be able to get this,
09:14but actually it's Ian from Aberdeen who should be able to get this.
09:18Gravitas, gravitas.
09:20Roam all over the place like John's famous fish.
09:24Roam all over the place like John's famous fish.
09:33MUSIC PLAYS
09:34APPLAUSE
09:37APPLAUSE
09:42Welcome back, everybody.
09:44LAUGHTER
09:44This is going to be embarrassing for me in front of Ian Ennis.
09:48So, I think, Scottish word, stravag, stravague?
09:51Stravague.
09:52Stravague.
09:52Stravague, yes. Excellent stuff.
09:54Susie, tell us all about it.
09:56Yeah, it's another one for our lexicon of pootling,
09:58because it means to wander about aimlessly.
10:01Yeah.
10:01Yeah.
10:01And I love this.
10:02There's John Cleese, isn't it?
10:03A fish called Wanda.
10:04Oh, John's famous fish.
10:05There you go.
10:06All right, let's get back to the game.
10:08It's two challengers today, remember,
10:10and it's way too early to start telling a story.
10:12Let's just get more letters.
10:14And it's Ian.
10:15Again, we'll have a consonant.
10:18Thank you, Ian.
10:19M.
10:20And a vowel.
10:22E.
10:23And another consonant.
10:26R.
10:27And a vowel.
10:29I.
10:30And a consonant.
10:32G.
10:33G.
10:33And another consonant.
10:37S.
10:38And a vowel.
10:41A.
10:42And a consonant.
10:44V.
10:46And a final consonant.
10:50Final T.
10:52And here we go again.
10:53S.
11:23OK. Ian Innes?
11:25Seven.
11:26And Ken Wears?
11:27Seven.
11:28And seven. Well done, Ian.
11:29Gravest.
11:30Gravest. And for you, Ken?
11:32Gameest.
11:33And gameest.
11:34Both very good indeed.
11:35There you go.
11:36Yeah.
11:36We've got some eights here.
11:37Oh, come on, Richard.
11:39My greats.
11:40Yeah.
11:40There's a magister, which is a form of address to a scholar,
11:44particularly in medieval times,
11:46and also vergates, which was a measurement of land.
11:48Excellent.
11:49There you go.
11:49Three eights in there, but Ken and Ian very happy with their sevens,
11:53and, Ken, you're going to pick these letters.
11:54Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:56Thank you, Ken.
11:57D.
11:59Vowel.
12:00I.
12:03Consonant.
12:04T.
12:06Consonant.
12:08S.
12:09Vowel, please.
12:10O.
12:14Consonant.
12:15F.
12:18Vowel.
12:20A vowel.
12:22A consonant.
12:24N.
12:26And a vowel, please.
12:30And a final O.
12:32And half a minute.
12:33T.
12:34T.
12:35T.
12:36T.
12:37T.
12:38T.
12:41And a vowel.
12:48T.
13:04Ken? Eight.
13:05Ian? Just a seven.
13:07What's the seven, Ian? Fondest.
13:09Fondest, and you're fond of this eight. What is it?
13:12Softened.
13:13I've only got one E, unfortunately, Ken. I'm so sorry.
13:17Easy done.
13:18Easy done, especially with two challengers.
13:21So Fondest, which I'm sure Ken would have had as well,
13:25kind of jumped out. That's a seven.
13:26Was there an eight missed?
13:28No.
13:28We could say.
13:29No. One good one for me was a foodie.
13:31As an athlete, you need to be on your nutrition,
13:34so foodies at seven as well.
13:36All right, let's switch back to the numbers,
13:38see if we can give Rachel a challenge.
13:40Ian, you're picking.
13:41I'm going to try three large.
13:43Three large.
13:44The lesser picked.
13:45Often tricky.
13:47Let's find out.
13:49Small ones, two, five, nine.
13:51And the big ones, 25, 75 and 100.
13:55And the target, 887.
13:58887.
13:59Numbers up.
14:318-8-7, with three large.
14:34Ian?
14:348-8-7.
14:35And for you, Ken?
14:368-8-6.
14:37Ian, you just missed it by one.
14:38So, big ten points, isn't it?
14:40Ian, off you go.
14:41I think 100 minus 2.
14:4398.
14:44Times 9.
14:458-8-2.
14:47And add the 5.
14:48Ten points.
14:48Perfect.
14:498-8-7.
14:52All right, 14 plays, 44.
14:5430 points in it.
14:55Long way to go as we have our first chat of the week with Richard Whitehead.
15:00And I think, like, because we're going to talk a lot of marathons this week.
15:04A lot of people maybe don't watch marathons and they're into their Olympics and Paralympics.
15:09They're going, well, hold on a second.
15:10I've watched them do amazing things.
15:12You know, I think your first world title was 2011, but it was over 200 metres.
15:17It was over 100 metres.
15:18Yeah.
15:18So, like, the shortest distances, you were the best in the world.
15:22And then you broke world records quite quickly in marathon running as well.
15:26You're such a glutton for punishment.
15:28When was the first marathon then?
15:30Where did that obsession begin?
15:32So, I started my marathon journey in 2004.
15:34Wow.
15:35And, obviously, I've got a disability that's very visible.
15:40And I always wanted to run.
15:42And Terry Fox, the Canadian athlete, really did inspire me to start my running journey.
15:47Everybody says the first port of call, the first step is the hardest.
15:53And for me, it was just the opportunity being available.
15:57And so, I went to New York in that small race in New York City, the New York City Marathon,
16:03where, at the time, 40,000 people and me were taking on that challenge of running a marathon 26.2
16:11miles.
16:12At that point, I hadn't run a race before that point.
16:17I'd actually trained, but I'd not run a race.
16:20And so, it was in the unknown.
16:24Obviously, now that I've run quite a few, I'm obviously...
16:28Quite a few.
16:28Yeah, I'm obviously very prepared and obviously very focused and obviously understand the dedication that you do need to obviously
16:36run that marathon.
16:38Yeah.
16:38And I continually think that even at my age now, 49, I can still improve.
16:43That's amazing.
16:44That's amazing.
16:45So, hence the reason why, when you say you can't run a marathon, Colin, I believe that you can.
16:51That's all I needed.
16:52That's so I can run through a wall right now.
16:56Richard Whitehead, thank you very much.
16:57Thank you, sir.
17:00Now, let's get back to the teapot.
17:02To a countdown fan, worth as much as any gold medal.
17:05And it's still up for grabs.
17:07Ken, believe.
17:08Let's get more letters from you.
17:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:11Thank you, Ken.
17:12H.
17:13Vowel.
17:14I.
17:17Consonant.
17:18S.
17:21Consonant, please.
17:22G.
17:25Vowel.
17:26U.
17:27Another vowel, please.
17:30A.
17:32A consonant.
17:34M.
17:36Another consonant, please.
17:39K.
17:42And a vowel, please.
17:45A final E.
17:47Start the clock.
17:47MAG.
17:48C-
17:49MAG.
18:16C-
18:19Ten. Five. And for you, Ian? Also five.
18:22What's your five, Ken? Makes. Makes. And for you, Ian?
18:26Amuse. Amuse. Yes, we're not amused at this round, Susie and Richard,
18:30because it promised so much more. So what can you deliver?
18:33Yeah, so we had... Well, I had Geisha as six, and you had a great seven.
18:39Meshuggah. Meshuggah? Yes, M-E-S-H-U-G-A.
18:42It means really foolish or irrational. Yes.
18:45Yes, straight from Yiddish.
18:46And also, Susie's pet name for me off-air is Meshuggah.
18:50So it means a lot to us. It's an easy one, it does.
18:53Yes, it does. It might not mean much to people, but to us it means a lot.
18:57More letters, please, Ian? Yes, I'll have a consonant, please.
19:00Thank you, Ian. S. And a vowel.
19:05I. And another consonant.
19:08G. And a vowel.
19:11A. And a consonant.
19:13A. And another consonant.
19:17A. And a vowel.
19:20A. And a consonant.
19:24A. And a consonant.
19:26A. And a final vowel.
19:29Final E.
19:30Kind date.
20:02Ian.
20:03Seven.
20:04Ken.
20:05Seven.
20:06Seven as well.
20:07Ian.
20:08Ceiling.
20:09And for you, Ken.
20:10Eloping.
20:11And eloping.
20:12Nice.
20:13Come on, Richard.
20:13We've got pleasing and...
20:15Spoilage.
20:16Spoilage, which is never pleasing,
20:19but we're going to enjoy these numbers.
20:20And Ken gets to choose once more.
20:22One large, please, Rachel.
20:24Back to the one from the top and five little ones coming up here, Ken.
20:28And these small numbers, seven, four, two, three and six.
20:34And the big one, 100.
20:36And you need to find 859.
20:39859.
20:40Numbers up.
21:12859.
21:13Big target, Ken.
21:15859.
21:15And how did you get on, Ian?
21:17858.
21:18Yeah, and for you, Ken, then, off you go for a big ten points.
21:21Two times four is eight.
21:23Yes.
21:24100 plus seven.
21:26Yep.
21:27Times the eight.
21:28856.
21:29And add the three.
21:30Perfect.
21:31859.
21:32Well done.
21:32Nice.
21:35All right.
21:35That big ten points.
21:37That means we're back within 20 with six rounds to go with our two challengers as we get this
21:41tea time teaser, which is once moms, once moms, spell M-O-M-S.
21:46It'll be all clear once moms tasted this soup.
21:48It'll be all clear once moms tasted this soup.
22:07Yeah, welcome back, everyone.
22:08The tea time teaser was consomme.
22:10Quite simple here, isn't it?
22:12It's like posh broth.
22:14Yes, usually clear soup.
22:15There you go.
22:16That is the key thing.
22:16Pay an extra quid, it turns into consomme.
22:19Excellent.
22:19Right, here we go.
22:21I'm loving today's show.
22:22Just 20 points in it with six rounds.
22:24And, Ian, a bit of pressure here.
22:26You're picking these letters.
22:27A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:29Thank you, Ian.
22:30R.
22:31And a vowel.
22:33A.
22:34And a consonant.
22:37C.
22:38And a vowel.
22:40O.
22:41A consonant.
22:43Y.
22:44And a vowel.
22:46E.
22:47And another vowel.
22:49A.
22:50And a consonant.
22:53D.
22:54And a final consonant.
22:56A final W.
22:5830 seconds.
22:59A stub, and a vowel.
23:01A C.
23:01Aför oeets.
23:01сотst vele.
23:19Aannée digital.
23:20I left.
23:20I left.
23:23Aeye.
23:24A Edition.
23:25I left.
23:25I left.
23:26I left.
23:27Iす to only.
23:28You leftạn.
23:28Bend it.
23:30Ian. Only five.
23:31Tricky round. Ken. Risky seven.
23:34Going for a big seven. Didn't even think of a six.
23:37Ian, the five. Award.
23:39And Ken's on a roll here. Let's see.
23:41Roadway. Roadway is in the dictionary.
23:43Yes.
23:45Right time to gamble. Right time to gamble.
23:48Back within 13 points.
23:50Now, I know Susie didn't have Roadway. Richard, any other sevens?
23:53Yes, we've got a couple of other sevens.
23:56Raceway.
23:57And daycare.
23:59Daycare, raceway and a roadway means we now see a path to victory for Ken,
24:04but Ian still has a 13-point lead.
24:06Ken, you're picking these letters.
24:07Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:08Thank you, Ken. T.
24:12Another consonant, please.
24:13N.
24:16A vowel, please.
24:18I.
24:20Another vowel.
24:21E.
24:23Another consonant, please.
24:25L.
24:27Another consonant, please.
24:29T.
24:32Another consonant, please.
24:34D.
24:37A vowel, please.
24:39I.
24:42And another vowel, please.
24:44Lastly, O.
24:45And let's play.
24:47BELL RINGS
24:50Can you hear me come back?
24:54Maybe힘, maybe.
24:57Or maybe.
24:59Maybe.
25:18There aparece.
25:18Six. And Ian? Seven.
25:21The six for Ken? Toilet.
25:24And Ian looking to get back on track?
25:26Edition. Edition is all there. Well done.
25:29Yeah, well done. Excellent work. There you go.
25:31Steady that ship, Mr Innes.
25:33As we get more from Richard?
25:35Yeah, a lentoid. One. A lentoid?
25:38Yeah, seven as well. No more than seven, though.
25:41OK. Cos we were one day away from a deltoid,
25:44we could have had a good conversation, but a lentoid...
25:46I don't know if you've got a lentoid muscle. I don't think so.
25:48Cos it means shaped like a lentil, so it'll be a very small one.
25:52LAUGHTER
25:53No, it's also relating to the lens of the eye,
25:55which is also lentil-shaped. There it is.
25:57I thought it might have been connected with lentils,
25:58but I was afraid to say.
26:01Lentoid. Lentoid. Let's then dictionary corner
26:03as we get our origins and words for this week.
26:06Our first one, who's been chatting?
26:09Email has arrived from Jan and Peter Scholdfield,
26:12who want to know why gigs are called gigs.
26:16And I guess most of us would think of the musical gig,
26:20you know, I'm going to a gig, or they're doing ten gigs, etc.
26:23And I love this cos it emerged from a really productive age
26:27in England, which was the jazz era,
26:29particularly the jazz era in North America.
26:321920s, 1930s, heyday of people like Charlie Parker, etc,
26:35who gave us the adjective cool.
26:37That's when that really propelled into popularity.
26:39But it was all about the kind of impromptu improvisational nature
26:44of jazz culture, really.
26:46So it was something that was not permanent.
26:49It was just temporary.
26:50And then they would move on to another venue.
26:52So it suggests movement.
26:54And that is what gives us a clue as to its origin,
26:56because we think it goes back to the gig that in the 18th century
27:00was a light two-wheeled carriage pulled by a single horse.
27:04So very good for quick trips, not good for long distances,
27:08which is similar to Rachel's and my running style.
27:11But again, it would be something quick,
27:13and then you would move on to the next one.
27:16There is an alternative theory that it goes back to engagement,
27:19but my money is on the gig that used to be a horse-drawn carriage.
27:22Thank you, Susan.
27:23APPLAUSE
27:24All right, let's get back to our very own freestyle here.
27:28It's Ken and it's Ian.
27:29It's four rounds to go and just 20 points in it.
27:32Ian with his nose in front and picking these letters.
27:35A consonant, please, Rachel.
27:36Thank you, Ian.
27:38L.
27:39And a vowel.
27:40U.
27:42And a consonant.
27:43S.
27:45And a vowel.
27:46O.
27:47And a consonant.
27:49F.
27:51And a vowel.
27:53E.
27:54And a consonant.
27:56R.
27:58And another consonant.
28:00N.
28:02And the final vowel.
28:06Final B.
28:08And good luck.
28:10And a vowel.
28:22And a vowel.
28:27And a vowel.
28:28And a vowel.
28:28And a vowel.
28:28And a vowel.
28:28And a vowel.
28:28And a vowel.
28:30And a vowel.
28:40Iain.
28:40Six.
28:41And for you, Ken?
28:42Seven.
28:43And a seven.
28:44It's a rollercoaster.
28:45Iain.
28:46Learns.
28:46A little shake of the head, Ken.
28:48Foulers.
28:49Foulers, not with a W.
28:51We're not talking about Robbie here.
28:52We're talking about in the football match repetitive fouling.
28:54Yeah, yeah.
28:55I have to go all the way to the bottom of this entry, but it is there.
28:57Can you add anything else, sir?
28:59So, refusal seven.
29:00Yes.
29:00Eight.
29:01We've got an eight.
29:02Yeah, funerals.
29:03Funerals.
29:04Yeah.
29:04Well spotted.
29:05One eight.
29:07And outside of that, load of sevens.
29:09And what matters is it's a tight contest.
29:12And Ken, let's see if you can close that gap even more.
29:16Final letters.
29:17Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:18Thank you, Ken.
29:19R.
29:21A vowel, please.
29:23O.
29:25A consonant.
29:26P.
29:28A consonant.
29:29L.
29:31A vowel, please.
29:33I.
29:35A vowel, please.
29:38O.
29:40Another vowel, please.
29:42E.
29:43A consonant.
29:45T.
29:47And a final consonant.
29:50Final N.
29:51Last letters.
29:52Last letters.
29:53Last letters.
29:53Last letters.
29:54Last letters.
29:57Last letters.
29:58Last letters.
29:59Last letters.
30:00Last letters.
30:01Last letters.
30:02Last letters.
30:03Last letters.
30:03Last letters.
30:03Last letters.
30:04Last letters.
30:04Last letters.
30:04Last letters.
30:05Last letters.
30:06Last letters.
30:07Last letters.
30:08Last letters.
30:09Last letters.
30:16Last letters.
30:23All right, Ken, how many?
30:24Seven. And for you, Ian?
30:25Seven. And a seven as well.
30:27A rare, uneventful round, it seems.
30:29Ken? Politer.
30:31And for you, Ian?
30:32Portion. Portion?
30:34Portion, absolutely fine, yes.
30:35Any other sevens?
30:37Lots of sevens there as well.
30:38Lots of sevens. One for me.
30:40Protein. Relevant.
30:42I had one for you. Loobier.
30:44Which is relevant.
30:47So, sevens, but no eights.
30:49No, we could be.
30:50There you go, same. Same-sies.
30:52All right, there you go, 57, 70.
30:55Well, we get a crucial conundrum between two challengers.
30:57It depends on these final numbers picked by Ian Innes.
31:00I'm going to go for too large.
31:02Too large. You want something easy at this stage.
31:04You want to sail to that countdown teapot.
31:07Ken wants to stop you. Let's see.
31:08Final numbers, 5, 8, 2, 9.
31:13And the large two, 25 and 50.
31:14And the target, 437.
31:174, 3, 7.
31:19Last numbers.
31:23First, I'll be right back.
31:51Big one, that's 437, Ian.
31:53Yes, 437.
31:54Look, first big smile we've had from you today.
31:58And Ken?
31:59Now 440.
32:01There you go.
32:02Ian, it's already in the bag, off you go.
32:0450 times 9.
32:0650 times 9, 450.
32:08And then 8 plus 5...
32:10..is 13.
32:11..is 13.
32:12And you can smile and breathe.
32:14Yeah, well done.
32:15APPLAUSE
32:18Good battle.
32:19And as we head into this Countdown Conundrum,
32:22I can now reveal, Rachel,
32:23that was a win for Manchester United over Liverpool.
32:27We had a little battle going on there.
32:30But listen, let's leave it all out there in the pitch.
32:33We're not finished yet.
32:34Fingers on the buzzers, please.
32:35Let's reveal the Countdown Conundrum.
32:38MUSIC PLAYS
33:08No such luck.
33:11Ken and Ian didn't see it.
33:13Rachel and Susie did.
33:14Big grins on your faces.
33:16Richard, your face says you didn't get it.
33:18No offence.
33:19Not this song.
33:20Because your face looked like mine.
33:22All right, Susie, Rachel, what is it?
33:23Hopefully amplified.
33:25Yeah, let's have a look.
33:26Yes.
33:27Well done.
33:30Yes.
33:30Listen, I don't mind the handshake happening there
33:33because I just played such a good spirit today.
33:35It was really, really lovely.
33:37But, Ken, no more Liverpool chats for us, unfortunately.
33:40No.
33:42Safe home to you.
33:43Well done.
33:43Well done.
33:44And, Ian, you get to sit in the Champions chair tomorrow, eh?
33:47Amazing.
33:48Lovely stuff.
33:50I will see you tomorrow.
33:51Well done, mate.
33:51Thanks.
33:52Well done.
33:52Lovely.
33:53Richard, Susie, one show at a time.
33:56Isn't that right, Richard?
33:57That's not one step at a time.
33:58That's it.
33:59Towards the finish line and hopefully the trophy at the end.
34:02Exactly.
34:03Well, listen, another four before we get any break at all.
34:06So, see you tomorrow, Rach.
34:08I'm going to do the whole 80 metres back to my dressing room running.
34:11I'll sponsor you.
34:13Lovely stuff.
34:14London Marston Week with Richard Whitehead in Dextry Corners.
34:16Such a treat.
34:18And 15 more rounds of letters and numbers tomorrow.
34:20Same time, same place.
34:21You can count on us.
34:23You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:28You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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