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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Monday afternoon.
00:34Series 99 in full swing.
00:36What, about six weeks in?
00:37We've just got one octo-champ so far.
00:40Could be a second this week.
00:41We will see how it works out.
00:43Good afternoon, Rachel.
00:43Afternoon, Colin.
00:44Now, it's afternoon tea week.
00:47Invented way back in the day, the 1840s,
00:50by Anna, the seventh Duchess of Bedford,
00:54who simply just got hungry in the afternoon
00:56and had her people prepare tea and some snacks.
00:59Then she started inviting mates round,
01:02and that's why I think afternoon tea is considered,
01:05to this day, I think, to be fairly posh.
01:08I think it's seen as a treat, isn't it?
01:10Are you an afternoon teer?
01:12We went to one for my mum's birthday when Maeve was a baby,
01:14so they do baby afternoon tea.
01:16But better than that, they had a dog afternoon tea.
01:18So you can take your dog and they get the little doggy things.
01:23They overcharge you for that, though.
01:26That's a few quid.
01:26You're there to just be in a nice environment, aren't you?
01:29It's all about the experience.
01:30If you like dogs, it's a good place to go.
01:32Anytime anything's overpriced in a menu,
01:33someone always goes,
01:34it's about the experience, though.
01:37Right, let's get to the dictionary corner
01:38and introduce a woman who never comes with a crust.
01:41No idea what that means.
01:42Susie Dent is here.
01:44And back for more Scone on Friday.
01:47It's one of our absolute DC favourites,
01:49John Thompson!
01:52Nice to be back.
01:54Friday is Hawaiian shirt day,
01:57so bring your best game.
01:58I will bring it.
02:00You do not worry.
02:01I've got a bit Japanese today.
02:02Nice.
02:03Yes, there we go.
02:04Let me introduce you to someone
02:05who will definitely not be here on a Friday,
02:07but just wants to be a winner on Thursday.
02:10We'd make him an octo-champ.
02:11Paul Johnson, the St Helens fan, is back.
02:14How are you, sir?
02:15Well, thank you.
02:15Good, you look rested
02:16because at the end of your fourth win on Friday,
02:19I could sense you needed a break.
02:20Yeah, I was...
02:22But for gone then.
02:23Let's see if you can win your fifth today.
02:25You're going against Donna Hurd
02:27from South Yorkshire, from Doncaster.
02:29How are you?
02:30I'm fine, thank you.
02:31Good, listen.
02:32So your 60th birthday,
02:34you decide, right, let's learn the piano,
02:36get me a piano.
02:37Exactly.
02:38Neighbours were selling their houses.
02:40Yes.
02:41People camping to get away from you.
02:43It's true.
02:43How did it go?
02:45Well, I can knock out a tune,
02:48but I wouldn't call myself a pianist.
02:51And so now you're happy,
02:54you've gone beyond chopsticks.
02:55Yes.
02:56You bought a clarinet.
02:57I did,
02:58but I'm having trouble just trying to blow it at the moment,
03:02so I'm going to have to go for lessons.
03:06What's after the clarinet when you master it?
03:08I don't know, yeah, you know,
03:10one-man band, a drum.
03:13You can make a fortune.
03:14Right, let's see if we can get a tune out of you today.
03:17Donna and Paul, best of luck.
03:20Off you go, Paul.
03:22Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:23Afternoon, Paul.
03:23Can I have a consonant, please?
03:25You can indeed start the week with F.
03:28Another one.
03:30N.
03:31Another one, please.
03:33L.
03:34Vowel, please.
03:36A.
03:37Another one.
03:39E.
03:40Another one, please.
03:41U.
03:43Consonant.
03:44Y.
03:45Another one, please.
03:48G.
03:49Go with vowel, please.
03:52And a final A.
03:54At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:58MUSIC PLAYS
04:27Paul, it's five.
04:29Five.
04:30And Donna?
04:31At six.
04:32Going to try a six.
04:33And Paul, an anvil, what have you got there?
04:36Flange.
04:37Oh, I mean, you're self-taught,
04:38so I don't know whether you know it's musical,
04:39but it's musical, isn't it?
04:40It is, yes.
04:41It can be the projecting collar on an object
04:45that strengthens it or maintains its position,
04:48that kind of thing.
04:49How do you get on, John?
04:50Oh, dreadfully.
04:51Yeah.
04:52Gail.
04:52Wow.
04:53Just, I'm just not warmed up.
04:56There's a word that I would love for an origin of words one day,
04:59which is, we describe something as newfangled.
05:01Yes.
05:02I don't know why fangle and fangley's there.
05:04I don't know whether they've ever been.
05:05Yeah, I could do that one.
05:06You could be oldfangled as well, once upon a time.
05:08But we do have a seven.
05:09Can you have a singular fangle?
05:10You can't have a fangle on its own.
05:12I did check that.
05:12But you can have leguan, L-E-G-U-A-A-N.
05:19It's quite useful for word games.
05:20It's a large African monitor lizard.
05:23Sometimes, Donna, I think she's trolling us on national TV.
05:28Let's get your letters, Donna.
05:31Hello, Rachel.
05:31Hi, Donna.
05:32Could I have a consonant, please?
05:34You can indeed.
05:36S.
05:37And another one.
05:38P.
05:39And another one.
05:41N.
05:43And a vowel, please.
05:45O.
05:46And another one.
05:48E.
05:49And another one.
05:50O.
05:52And a consonant, please.
05:54R.
05:55And a consonant, please.
05:58C.
05:59And a vowel.
06:02Lastly, E.
06:04Excellent.
06:0530 seconds.
06:07MUSIC PLAYS
06:16MUSIC PLAYS
06:37OK, how many, Donna?
06:39Um, seven.
06:41What a start, didn't you, Paul?
06:42Seven.
06:42Seven as well.
06:43OK.
06:44Champ looking to get on the board for the first time today.
06:46Donna, what's your word?
06:47Spooner.
06:48Spooner.
06:49Paul's meant the same.
06:50So.
06:51Yeah.
06:52Excellent day.
06:54Spooner.
06:54Yes.
06:55Somebody who kisses and cuddles another person.
06:58Little spoon, big spoon.
06:59When you're lying in bed, you're a spooner.
07:01Yes.
07:02I think even before that, even before the spooning in bed, you have the spooning which was sort
07:06of going out with someone in our grandparents' generation.
07:09Yeah.
07:09And the spooning, they were sort of, um, you know, just very affectionate with each other.
07:13Excellent.
07:13Is that it?
07:14Um, no, there are lots of sevens there, actually.
07:17Yeah, yeah, I've got openers.
07:18Yeah.
07:18For seven.
07:19Yeah.
07:19And encores.
07:20Beautiful.
07:21Numbers, then, Paul.
07:23Hey, I'll have a chill-ass, please.
07:24You can indeed, thank you, Paul.
07:25Two from the top.
07:27Four little.
07:28And the first numbers of the week are nine, seven, eight, seven.
07:34The last two, 150.
07:37And the target, 702.
07:40702 numbers up.
08:10And the target, 702 numbers up.
08:12702, Paul.
08:14702.
08:15Yeah, Donna.
08:16702.
08:17Nice easy numbers round to start.
08:18Go on, Paul.
08:19Uh, 700.
08:21700.
08:22No, minus seven.
08:24Yeah.
08:25Very straightforward to kick us off this.
08:26Did you show both or go the same way?
08:28Yeah.
08:29Same way?
08:29Okay, good.
08:31APPLAUSE
08:33There's our challenger.
08:34Donna has a six-point lead as we give you our first tea time teaser of the week.
08:38It's neuterer, neuterer.
08:40Give Rachel one of her vowels back to become this.
08:42Give Rachel one of her vowels back to become this.
09:01Welcome back.
09:02Give Rachel back one of her vowels to become this.
09:04Give her the E back.
09:05Returnee.
09:06Returnee.
09:07Let's return to the game.
09:08Donna, at nine letters, please.
09:09Could I have a consonant, please?
09:12Thank you, Donna.
09:13D.
09:14And a consonant, please.
09:17S.
09:18And another one.
09:20N.
09:21And a vowel.
09:23I.
09:24And another vowel.
09:26E.
09:27And another one.
09:29A.
09:31And a consonant, please.
09:33S.
09:34And a vowel.
09:37I.
09:38And a consonant.
09:40Lastly.
09:42R.
09:43Interesting.
09:44Well, let's see you later.
09:44Thanks.
09:53Bye.
09:55Bye.
09:57Bye.
10:00Bye.
10:13Cheers.
10:15Donna?
10:16Seven.
10:17And Paul?
10:18Seven.
10:19OK, Donna, what have you got?
10:21Raisins.
10:23Raisins.
10:23And Paul?
10:25Sandeer.
10:26Sandeer, yes.
10:27Seven points each.
10:28Was there any, though, Dexterity Corner?
10:29Yes, there was.
10:30Sardines.
10:31Very good.
10:32Six points of difference still, then.
10:34Let's get back to more letters from Paul.
10:37Can I start with a consonant, please?
10:39Thank you, Paul.
10:40T.
10:41Another one.
10:42Another one.
10:43Another one.
10:45D.
10:46Vowel, please.
10:48E.
10:49Another one.
10:50O.
10:51Another one, please.
10:53U.
10:54Yeah, a consonant, please.
10:56S.
10:57Another one.
10:59R.
11:01And a final vowel.
11:04Final E.
11:06Half a minute.
11:07All right.
11:36To be continued.
11:38Paul?
11:40Eight.
11:40And for you, Donna?
11:41Seven.
11:42What have you got there, Donna?
11:44Resound.
11:45Resound.
11:45And for you, Paul?
11:47Unrested.
11:49Unrested?
11:50Unrested.
11:51They were unrested after that.
11:52Yes, absolutely fine.
11:53Not refreshed.
11:54Very good.
11:55Sounds bang right, doesn't it?
11:57Unrested for eight.
11:58There you go.
11:59Ding-dong battle today.
12:02There's a lot floating about in there.
12:04But was there a maximum?
12:07Not a maximum.
12:07Not a max, no.
12:08I started with rotund.
12:10But then I thought of the monk.
12:11You know, the bald patch here.
12:15Tonseud.
12:15Very good indeed.
12:17That's fantastic.
12:18Tonseud.
12:19Is that what that's called?
12:20The tonseud.
12:21Yeah, the shape of circle.
12:22Yeah, yeah.
12:22Some men don't have to be monks to have one.
12:25And it just comes with the fate of life.
12:28You don't have to be a monk, but it helps.
12:30No, exactly.
12:31Might make you become a monk.
12:32Yeah.
12:33All right, then.
12:34Numbers for you, Donna.
12:36Could I have two from the top and any others?
12:40You can indeed.
12:40Thank you, Donna.
12:41Two large.
12:42Four not.
12:43Four little ones this time.
12:45One, five, seven and four.
12:48I'm a large two.
12:49Twenty-five and one hundred.
12:51And the target, one hundred and thirty-two.
12:54What a day for the numbers.
12:55One, three, two.
12:56Numbers up.
12:56One, four and five.
12:58One, three, one.
13:12Two, three, two.
13:16THEY CONFER
13:271-3-2. Yes, 1-3-2.
13:30Brilliant. And, Paul? 1-3-2.
13:32Yeah, off we go then.
13:34100 plus 25 plus 7.
13:37That's a knowing round, that one. Paul.
13:39APPLAUSE
13:42I've got to warn you, the numbers rounds are like refereeing decisions.
13:45They even themselves out over time,
13:48so expect something really difficult in the last two.
13:51That's the way it works.
13:52Time to talk to John Thompson.
13:54Listen, when someone's in Dixner and Corner a lot,
13:57sometimes parents four, five, six, you think,
13:59what have they left to talk about?
14:00Never the case with you, right? No.
14:02And this might be one of my favourite Thompson DC moments ever,
14:06it should be, because you want to talk about condiments.
14:09Yes, I do. Yes.
14:10I'm a big believer that people like condiments
14:12more than they like food.
14:14My favourite, shall I start with mine, or shall we throw it open?
14:17Definitely you.
14:19It's not that new now, but it was quite a new one,
14:22and it's pronounced C-Racha, which is a Thai hot chilli sauce,
14:26very good for the vegans, that's a vegan one.
14:28There's mayonnaise as well.
14:29But it's very difficult to pronounce, because it's S-R-I-R-T-C-H-A.
14:34So that's S-R-A-T-C-H-A, but it's actually C-S-W-E-R-A-T-C
14:38-H-A.
14:38That's R-A-T-C-H-A.
14:40That's how you pronounce it, because it's a province in Thailand
14:42that it's made.
14:43Yeah.
14:44So that...
14:44But it's great, because it enhances so many things,
14:47elevates so much food.
14:49Correct. It's versatile.
14:50Very versatile, Colin.
14:51See, Racha's near the top of the list of condiment versatility.
14:55I'll bring you a bottle of black Sriracha.
14:58Oh.
14:58Which is absolute rocket fuel.
15:00Oh.
15:01Is it illegal?
15:01And it comes with a health warning.
15:03Is it illegal in Britain?
15:04No, it's legal, but it's a Chinese supermarket statement.
15:06Do you smuggle it in black Sriracha?
15:08I do smuggle it in, yeah.
15:10You know a guy?
15:10I do know a man.
15:11Down the docks.
15:12Yeah, it's not for the faint-hearted.
15:16Not for children?
15:18Not for kids, no.
15:20I love it. I love it. Can we make a podcast about condiments? Am I being too forward?
15:25No, I don't think that. I think that could work, definitely.
15:27Donna Hurd, would you listen to this podcast?
15:30Probably not.
15:33I don't think it's going to be commercially successful.
15:36I think it's going to be, what do they call it, a vanity project.
15:39Rachel, favourite condiment?
15:41I think Japanese mayonnaise, one of the lists I've chosen.
15:45It's good stuff.
15:45Very good.
15:46Nice and spicy.
15:47No.
15:47No?
15:47No, it's got a Japanese-y taste.
15:49You know it when you taste it.
15:51Okay, one of those ones.
15:52Very good.
15:52You know it when you met it.
15:53Good choice.
15:54Susie?
15:55Mint sauce.
15:56Oh, yeah.
15:57Straight up.
15:57Love mint sauce.
15:58Yeah.
15:58That's why we love having John Dexter's Corner.
16:00Thank you, mate.
16:02Right.
16:03Okay, Paul, let's get some more letters, please.
16:06A consonant, please.
16:08Thank you, Paul.
16:09L.
16:10Another one.
16:12R.
16:13Another one, please.
16:15M.
16:16Vowel, please.
16:18U.
16:19Another one.
16:21O.
16:22Another one.
16:23I.
16:24A consonant, please.
16:26T.
16:27Another one.
16:29N.
16:30And a vowel, please.
16:33A final O.
16:36And here we go again.
16:37O.
16:38I.
16:49I.
16:51I.
17:08That's time, Paul.
17:10Seven.
17:11Seven, OK. And Donna?
17:13Seven.
17:14This is a great battle. Go ahead, Paul.
17:16Turmoil.
17:17And for you, Donna?
17:18And turmoil.
17:19There you go.
17:22Which we're seeing very little of from both of you.
17:25It usually is turmoil, this show.
17:26It's easy sailing.
17:27Look at this.
17:2849 plays 47 already.
17:32John Thompson, what can you add?
17:34I've got monitor.
17:35Seven.
17:36Yeah?
17:37Very nice.
17:37Yes, seven was max for us.
17:39All right, there.
17:40More letters, please, Donna.
17:43Can I have a consonant, please?
17:44Thank you, Donna.
17:46W.
17:47And a consonant, please.
17:50B.
17:51And another one.
17:53W.
17:55And a vowel.
17:57E.
17:58And another one.
18:00A.
18:02And another one.
18:03U.
18:05And a consonant.
18:07B.
18:08And another consonant.
18:10Q.
18:12And a vowel.
18:14And lastly, get nine out of these.
18:18I.
18:18Let's see.
18:19Now, we're going to...
18:20Bye.
18:28Ascent.
18:36And another one.
18:37And a vowel.
18:39And another one.
18:42And another one.
18:42Bye.
18:45Yeah, paddle.
18:49Be a widen.
18:49Every ray.
18:51Donna. Five.
18:52Paul. Five. Could be the best there is.
18:55Donna. Peak. And for you, Paul.
18:58Correct. To Susie.
19:01Exactly those two. That's it. Slim pickings for us.
19:04OK, two easy numbers round so far.
19:07Let's see if it's a hat-trick, Paul.
19:10Some of the four large. Yeah, big decisions, close contest today.
19:13Four large, the big guns, and two little ones,
19:16which are nine and eight.
19:19And we know. 75, 50, 100 and 25.
19:24And hopefully something more tricky than the first two.
19:28674. 674. Numbers up.
20:01674. The target, Paul.
20:04674. And Donna.
20:05675. One away. So, Paul, big ten points.
20:09100 minus 75.
20:11100 minus 75, 25.
20:14Times the other 25.
20:15Times 25, 625.
20:17Plus a 50.
20:19675.
20:20Now, minus 841.
20:21Nicely done. Gamble paid off.
20:23674.
20:24Well done.
20:25APPLAUSE
20:27Tea time, teaser time. It's Amp Stork. Amp Stork.
20:32After Mr Walberg, think Frank and Mail.
20:36After Mr Walberg, think Frank and Mail.
20:58That would be after Mark Wahlberg.
21:02Postmark. Postmark.
21:03Postmark.
21:03Was your answer a good clue as well.
21:06Now, the numbers were big, weren't they?
21:07The third numbers round.
21:08That made the gap 12 points.
21:10But that's nothing in countdown terms.
21:12So, Donna, here we go.
21:14Your letters. Six rounds to go.
21:16Could I have a consonant, please?
21:18Thank you, Donna.
21:19R.
21:20And another one.
21:22G.
21:23And another one.
21:26J.
21:27And a vowel, please.
21:29E.
21:30And another one.
21:32O.
21:33And another one.
21:34E.
21:35And a consonant, please.
21:37S.
21:38And a vowel, please.
21:43A.
21:44And another consonant.
21:46Lastly.
21:47K.
21:48And good luck, everybody.
21:50The End of the Battle of the Beatles
21:50The End of the Beatles
22:05The End of the Beatles
22:05The End of the Beatles
22:20Donna.
22:22Six.
22:23And for Paul.
22:24Six.
22:25Six, OK.
22:26Donna.
22:26Jokers.
22:27Yeah, Paul.
22:28Sort of.
22:29There you go.
22:30Over to you, Susie.
22:32We just have another six, don't we?
22:34Yeah.
22:34Agrees.
22:35Agrees.
22:35That's it?
22:36Yeah.
22:36I felt like there should be something more, but no.
22:38I'd have thought so.
22:39All right, there you've got to be a frustrating round for everybody.
22:42Six points each.
22:43Paul, letters.
22:45Have a consonant, please.
22:46Thank you, Paul.
22:48W.
22:49Another one.
22:50G.
22:51Another one.
22:53D.
22:55Vowel, please.
22:57O.
22:58Another one.
22:59E.
23:00Another one.
23:01I.
23:03Consonant.
23:04M.
23:05Another one.
23:07D.
23:10Consonant, please.
23:12Lastly.
23:13We are.
23:14And kind down.
23:16And kind down.
23:43MUSIC
23:47Paul?
23:48A serial of six.
23:50Donna?
23:51Six.
23:52OK.
23:53Paul?
23:53Grimed.
23:54Yes, and for you, Donna?
23:56I got grimed.
23:58Pass it over.
24:00Oh, a life of grime.
24:02Grimed?
24:03Grimed, yeah, absolutely fine.
24:04Grimed's allowed, yeah.
24:04Was that more dodgy than the last round?
24:06Because I think...
24:07I think Rachel's got a good seven there.
24:09If it's in, dodgier.
24:10Excellent.
24:11Yes, that's very good.
24:13Yes, very good.
24:14Well done.
24:18Nice, right.
24:19Origins of Words, Susie.
24:20First of the week.
24:22How's your email bag?
24:23Still very full, thank you very much.
24:25Excellent.
24:25And today's comes from Pete Hyder in London.
24:29He says, what if you can help with this?
24:30My mum would always use the term blue pencil fit,
24:33as in your dad would have a blue pencil fit if he saw that.
24:39And this, it was a new one in that exact expression to me,
24:43but it kind of fits with the use of blue in many different areas.
24:47So, a blue pencil, obviously, pencil with a blue lead,
24:50has been used for marking corrections and for censorship
24:54since the middle of the 19th century, so for a very long time.
24:57And it became particularly prominent, I suppose,
25:00during the Second World War,
25:01where newspapers worked on a principle of enforcing themselves
25:05and anything that they thought might be sensitive,
25:08they would send to the military defence
25:10and they would say, is it okay to print this?
25:13And anything that was not okay would then be marked
25:15or expurgated with a blue pencil.
25:18As I say, it had already been used for a long time,
25:20but that's when it really came into the popular imagination.
25:23And so I think when Pete's mum was having,
25:26or referred to his dad having a blue pencil fit,
25:29the idea probably was he was using language
25:31that most people would have to censor
25:32or you would censor in polite company.
25:34He was turning the air blue.
25:37And that's all connected, that idea of, as I say,
25:41censorship and language.
25:43And a blue joke works in exactly the same way,
25:45but there may be something else going on here as well.
25:48Some people say that the blue is a reference
25:52to the flame of burning brimstone
25:54because this is sort of somehow, you know, kind of sorcery
25:58and, you know, particularly bad language
26:00that should not be used in anything else
26:02but sort of evil spells.
26:04Others speak of the blue gown,
26:06which prostitutes, sex workers had to wear in prison,
26:09although that seems to have been a bit earlier.
26:11And there finally may be a connection
26:13with the French Bibliothèque Bleue.
26:15So this was literature that was in blue paper covers
26:18and it was sold by itinerant stationers
26:23who would go around selling them.
26:24And they were usually quite cheap
26:26and so sold to the masses, if you like,
26:28and it's possible that there were a few bodice rippers in there
26:30and maybe a few kind of saucy stories.
26:32So blue language became then associated
26:36with that idea of language that in polite company
26:38would probably need to be censored.
26:40None of these have been proven definitively.
26:43where it still goes on.
26:45But we do know that the blue pencil, as Pete proves,
26:47was most definitely a thing.
26:48Brilliant. Thank you, Susie.
26:53Right, still those 12 points with four rounds to go.
26:56Donna Hurd from Doncaster is ready to go.
26:59A consonant, please.
27:01Thank you, Donna.
27:01T.
27:03And another one.
27:05L.
27:06And another one.
27:08C.
27:09And a vowel.
27:11E.
27:12And another one.
27:13O.
27:14And another one.
27:16A.
27:17And a consonant, please.
27:19P.
27:20And another one.
27:23H.
27:24And a vowel.
27:26A vowel.
27:27A vowel.
27:28A vowel.
27:28Final E.
27:29Don't go chasing waterfalls.
27:30Or a vowel.
27:32And another one.
27:34Or a vowel.
27:41Sorting w Unterkgist.
27:58More than 22anız.
27:58MUSIC PLAYS
28:01Donna. Seven.
28:03And Paul? I'll risk a seven then, not written down.
28:06Not written down. What are you risking? Pea hole.
28:09Pea hole, as in P-E-A. And Donna?
28:13Er, polecat. OK. Ooh! Great.
28:17First of all, polecat. Very good.
28:20And I didn't think peas have holes, but we'll find out.
28:25Not in the dictionary. You know, funny, that.
28:27Funny, that, Paul. It wasn't there.
28:30We all thought it was. John?
28:33We've got a chaplet. Yes.
28:36Yes, which is a garland for a person's head, which is quite nice.
28:41And there's also a heel tap, which is one of the layers of leather
28:44used in a heel. All right, look at that.
28:46Five. Crucial. Countdown. Conundrum. Territory.
28:49Every time I say that, I tend to curse it, and we don't get one.
28:52Right, Paul, off you go.
28:55Consonant, please. Thank you, Paul.
28:56Oh, P. Another one, please.
29:00R. Another one.
29:03T. Vowel, please.
29:06A. Another one.
29:08U. Another one.
29:11I. Consonant.
29:14L. Another one.
29:17N. Vowel, please.
29:21And a final E.
29:23And kind down.
29:24I.
29:53I'll see you next time.
29:56Paul. Seven.
29:58Donna. Seven. Look at this. Paul.
30:01Praline. Yes, and Donna. Entrail.
30:05Entrail and... You said praline.
30:07I would say praline might be wrong.
30:09Um, either... Praline.
30:11LAUGHTER
30:16Either fine.
30:17Unfortunately, you can't have an entrail in the singular.
30:20It's got to be entrails. Sorry about that, Donna.
30:23And had you written any other sevens?
30:25I'd written praline, yes.
30:26Wow. That's just a choice. Bittersweet, bittersweet.
30:30We're back to 12, but, hey, you can see I'll change this two rounds still to go.
30:34Will it change again, Rachel? You wouldn't bet against it, right?
30:37Let's find out. Here we go. Donna hopes so.
30:40Two from the top, please, and any others?
30:42Two from the top, four little.
30:44You need this one to be a tricky one to stay in the running for the teapot.
30:47Final numbers of the day. Ten, five, one.
30:52Another one. Oh.
30:53And the big one's 50 and 100.
30:55We could have a tricky one on our hands.
30:56Let's see the target.
30:58285.
30:59285.
31:00Numbers up.
31:00Up against.
31:07So.
31:09And here.
31:28Verse.
31:30A Hayat.
31:30What looks like?
31:30Time's up. 2.85, Donna?
31:322.90.
31:34Missed it. Paul?
31:352.80, not written down.
31:37And 2.80 the other way, my goodness me!
31:39Not written down, Paul, go.
31:42100 plus 10 plus 5.
31:44100 plus 10 plus 5, 115.
31:481 plus 1.
31:491 plus 1 is 2.
31:51Times 115.
31:53230.
31:55And plus 50.
31:56Yeah, 285 away.
31:58And Donna, the other way.
32:005 minus 1 plus 1, which is 3.
32:055 minus 1 plus 1 for 3.
32:08Times 100.
32:09300.
32:10And then take away the 10.
32:12Yep.
32:135 the other way.
32:14It's just a word here, and that word is pressure.
32:17Yeah.
32:17Rachel.
32:18I think Paul's seen it now, because he was on the right track.
32:211 plus 1 is 2, but if instead you add the 100 and the 50,
32:26times those together for 300, and you can take away your 10 and your 5.
32:31285.
32:31Goodness me.
32:33APPLAUSE
32:34Oh, Donna, you had a window of opportunity there.
32:37Yeah.
32:38Now, let's look at, even though it's open as a contest, 78.
32:41Unbelievable.
32:41Could score 88.
32:43And, Paul, you haven't had a century yet.
32:45No.
32:46You can do it now with this Countdown Conundrum.
32:49All right, fingers on the buzzers.
32:51Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:56And it's Paul for the century.
32:59Oh, I went wrong.
33:00He's went wrong all the time now to Donna.
33:21Donna.
33:22Donna.
33:22Unconditioned.
33:23Let's have a look.
33:26It isn't.
33:27It isn't.
33:28It isn't.
33:28Rest of the time to Rachel.
33:31I think it's induction.
33:33Are you asking me or telling me?
33:35Telling you.
33:36Induction.
33:37On fire.
33:41Oh, it feels like missed opportunities all the way throughout that.
33:45So, Paul, fifth win for you.
33:47Well done.
33:48Donna.
33:5078.
33:51What's more difficult?
33:52Learning to play the clarinet or being on Countdown?
33:56Learning to play the clarinet.
33:57I've loved it here.
33:58Right.
33:58It is more difficult.
33:59Otherwise, I'd probably be playing the clarinet by now.
34:03Unlucky.
34:04Yet again, another really good challenger.
34:06Just falls in the last couple of rounds.
34:08Safe home.
34:09Thanks for being here.
34:10Love it.
34:11And John and Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:12See you then.
34:13Late for afternoon tea.
34:14Mustache.
34:15Grab the dog.
34:16Thank you, Rachel.
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