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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Tuesday afternoon.
00:34You made the right choice to tune in, and after 15 rounds of letters and numbers,
00:38there will be nothing left. Hello, Rachel Riley.
00:41Hello, Colin Murray.
00:41Today is International Left-Handers Day.
00:45Now, you and I are right-handed.
00:48My left hand... My left foot's all right, but my left hand's for decoration.
00:53I mean, it really is. What about you?
00:55I mean, my left foot as well.
00:57Yeah. I've taken myself out in football trying to do something with my left foot before.
01:01But I've grown a lefty.
01:03Yes. Yeah, Maeve's a lefty.
01:05And you notice really early, when she was a little baby, that she was left dominant.
01:09It's quite a really interesting kind of rabbit hole to go down, actually.
01:14So, like, for example, tennis, swimming, fencing tends to have a higher percentage of left-handed stars.
01:21Well, I've heard a rumour that we get more than the average number of left-handers on Countdown.
01:27Yeah. That might be true. I don't know. We'll have to check. We'll do it as a survey for the
01:33next hundred that come in.
01:34I'm reliably informed.
01:35Yeah. Brilliant. Brilliant.
01:37Let's head over to the dictionary corner, because Susie Dent, left gets a bit of a bad rap,
01:40because gauche is also, like, clumsy and stuff, isn't it?
01:43Yes. And then also the English word left comes from lift, which means weak.
01:48Sinister. This is from the Latin for left and gawky and also awkward.
01:54For the Vikings, orc was the wrong way around, so left-handed.
01:57But when you're right, you're right.
01:59You're adroit, you're all of that.
02:01Yeah. To the right, dexterous, to the right.
02:03Yeah. Well, listen, look to the left of you right now
02:06and you'll see the comedian and actor and connoisseur of the condiment, John Thompson.
02:11APPLAUSE
02:14Left or right?
02:15I'm right, but I play drums, so I'm a little bit ambidextrous.
02:18Got a bit going on there.
02:19And a bit of trivia for you, all baddies in a panto come on from the left.
02:23Sinister.
02:24You see? Yeah.
02:26You see? We've got to write some wrongs.
02:28Come on.
02:29I just said we've got to write some wrongs when it comes to left-handed people.
02:32I've done it myself. I'm part of the problem.
02:35All right, well, listen, Paul, you have three countdowns left
02:39if you're going to become an octo-chan.
02:41Five wins.
02:42Listen, good scores, good competitions.
02:44Is it starting to irk you that you haven't had the century yet?
02:48Definitely.
02:49Right?
02:50Yeah. I needed that. I needed that century.
02:53Today could be the day. We'll see.
02:54You're up against Rob Barkus,
02:57who's from the wonderfully named Seahouses in Northumberland.
03:01How are you today, mate?
03:02Very well, thank you.
03:03Good.
03:03Listen, you won a trip to the Super Bowl.
03:06You win some things, but a trip to the Super Bowl is, I believe, 2006 it was.
03:10That's right, yeah.
03:10So that would have been Detroit?
03:12It was Detroit, that's right.
03:13Yeah.
03:14So how did you go about that?
03:15You don't win that in a crisp packet.
03:17I won it on...
03:18It was the old CFAX.
03:20And the question was, in which country is the Super Bowl?
03:24I already wanted to see what date the Super Bowl was.
03:26Yeah.
03:27And I thought, well, I'm going to enter into it.
03:28And I said to my wife, by the way, we're going to the Super Bowl in February.
03:31And we're staying in the same hotel as the teams.
03:33Wow.
03:33And the people from the various TV networks.
03:36And it was fabulous. Absolutely fabulous.
03:38Wow. Through CFAX.
03:39Absolutely love that.
03:41Ha-ha!
03:42That's brilliant.
03:42Right, well, no overtime today, all right?
03:44It's going to be settled in regulation time.
03:47Good luck to Rob.
03:47Good luck to Paul.
03:48APPLAUSE
03:50And Paul, you're going first.
03:52Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:54Afternoon, Paul.
03:54Can I have a consonant, please?
03:56You can indeed.
03:57Start today with M.
03:59Another one.
04:01S.
04:02Another one.
04:03T.
04:05Vowel, please.
04:07A.
04:08Another one.
04:09E.
04:10Another one.
04:11U.
04:13Consonant, please.
04:14R.
04:15Another one.
04:18L.
04:19And a vowel, please.
04:22Final A.
04:24At home and in this studio, let's play kite time.
04:27Tv.
04:28Let's get down.
04:31harvested on a vowel.
04:31Tv.
04:37Petr, let's play to the line.
04:38What do you do?
04:42Tv.
04:53MUSIC PLAYS
04:56Paul. Eight. And Rob. Eight.
05:00Well, to start, Paul. Amateurs.
05:02Amateurs. And Rob. Amateurs.
05:04Yes. Well, you technically are amateurs because you're not getting paid,
05:09but a very professional start.
05:11Eight. Nice letters. Anything else to add?
05:14Mexican dish, tamales. Seven.
05:16Well spotted. Nice and hot. Let's get back to the letters. Rob.
05:19Good afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Rob.
05:21Continent, please.
05:23R.
05:25Add another.
05:27N.
05:28And a vowel, please.
05:29I.
05:30And another.
05:31O.
05:33And another.
05:34A.
05:36And a consonant, please.
05:38D.
05:39And another consonant, please.
05:42S.
05:43And a consonant, please.
05:45P.
05:46And a vowel, please.
05:48Lastly, I.
05:50And here we go.
05:51D.
06:12And a vowel, please.
06:14Oh, babb ROES.
06:14Bye.
06:17Bye.
06:17Bye.
06:19Bye.
06:19Bye.
06:20Bye.
06:22Rob?
06:23Seven.
06:24And for you, Paul?
06:25Seven.
06:25What have we got, Rob?
06:26Pardons.
06:27And for you, Paul?
06:29Pardons.
06:30Thank you, guys.
06:31Dictionary corner?
06:32We've got seven, aspirin.
06:34And inroads as well.
06:35Nice, thank you.
06:3615 points off.
06:37First numbers of the day, Paul.
06:40We have three from the top and three from the bottom.
06:43Three from the top.
06:44Three little.
06:45You're making your move early.
06:46You want to separate the two of you.
06:47Let's see if it works.
06:48Three little ones.
06:49Five.
06:49Five.
06:51Seven.
06:51Big one's 25.
06:53One hundred and seventy-five.
06:55And the target?
06:57679.
06:58Six, seven, nine.
06:59Numbers up.
07:00five, nine!
07:04Three, four, five, ten zones.
07:05Two, one.
07:07Two, five, tenppa.
07:08One.
07:11Two, four.
07:15Three, four.
07:27Tres, three, four.
07:29Tres, three.
07:316-7-9, Paul?
07:346-7-6, not really dull.
07:36Three away, and Rob?
07:386-80.
07:40One away for seven points.
07:41100 times seven.
07:43100 times seven, 700.
07:4625 minus five.
07:4825 minus five, 20.
07:50And take them away.
07:516-80, one away.
07:52Now, just as the clock was running out,
07:55Rachel went...
07:57Yeah.
07:57So it must be an obvious way.
07:59I think Paul's done the same thing.
08:00There is an obvious way that took me a while to find.
08:03If you say 75 divided by 25 is three.
08:07100 minus three is 97.
08:09And 97 times seven, 6-7-9.
08:11Oh!
08:13APPLAUSE
08:15Dang it. Frustrating start to the numbers this week.
08:18First tea-time teaser is I tell Ray.
08:21I tell Ray.
08:22I tell Ray an untrue story about a fish.
08:25I tell Ray an untrue story about a fish.
08:30I tell Ray an untrue story about a fish that would be a lie.
08:49A liar tail, but L-Y-R-E.
08:53Susie, have you never had one of those with chips?
08:55No.
08:56It's a small African killifish, popular in aquaria,
08:59and apparently the shape of its tail is a little bit like a liar.
09:03Ah.
09:04Hence the name.
09:05Right, brilliant.
09:06OK.
09:07On the hook at the moment is our champion, Paul.
09:11He's behind by seven points, but we've been here before and he's triumphed.
09:15Rob, well done.
09:16Good start.
09:17Your letters.
09:17Conson, please.
09:18Thank you, Rob.
09:20T.
09:21And another, please.
09:23R.
09:24And a vowel, please.
09:26E.
09:27And a consonant, please.
09:29F.
09:31And a consonant again, please.
09:33L.
09:34And a vowel, please.
09:36U.
09:37And again, please.
09:39A.
09:41Add another vowel, please.
09:44E.
09:45And finally, a consonant, please.
09:48Finally, T.
09:49On 30 seconds.
09:51The SMSились.
09:51Answering.
09:56Answering.
10:08Answering.
10:09Answering.
10:09estimators.
10:09Attendees.
10:12Answering.
10:12And now, please.
10:13Answering.
10:13Defense.
10:20Antибкими.
10:21Time's up, Rob. Seven. Seven from you. And, er, Paul?
10:26Seven. Seven to who? Rob? Feature. Feature. And for you, Paul?
10:30Flatter. Flatter. Yep. And feature.
10:33Well, we had left up there on left-handed day,
10:36and I just can't get anything beyond left.
10:38So I'll be gutted if you give me an eight with left in.
10:41But what did you spot? Well, left is in there somewhere.
10:44Yeah. A flutter. A flutter. Oh, a flutter.
10:47A flutter. Like, my heart's a flutter. Exactly. A flutter.
10:49A flutter. A flutter. A flutist.
10:51A flutist, not a flutter. Yes, not a flutter. OK. No.
10:55Can't be giving you that. Can't be giving you that.
10:57A flutter is a lovely word, though.
10:59That would have got you eight points.
11:00Well done if you managed that at home.
11:02Let's get more letters from Paul, our champion.
11:05Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Paul.
11:07V. Another one.
11:11N. Another one, please.
11:14S. Vowel, please.
11:30A final E. Thank you.
12:07Time's up, Paul. Six.
12:08Six, Rob. Six as well.
12:10Six as well, OK, Paul.
12:12And Rob?
12:13Okay.
12:16That's your solution. What about dictionary corner?
12:18You can have asinine,
12:20which is just a little bit foolish or incompetent.
12:24Ass-like.
12:24Can you have inlines, as in the skits?
12:27Ah, might be hyphenated.
12:30Let's have a look.
12:31No, it's not there as one word at all. Sorry.
12:33So it would be asinine to have inlines.
12:36It would.
12:36Good. Back to the numbers. Rob?
12:39Can I have one large and five small, please?
12:41You can indeed. Thank you, Rob.
12:42One from the top and five not.
12:44And for the second time today, the numbers are four, six,
12:49three, nine, two, and 50.
12:53And you need to reach 412.
12:56412. Numbers up.
12:57Almost all.
13:25412. Numbers up.
13:28412, Rob? Yes, 412.
13:30And for you, Paul? 412.
13:31Very good. Off you go, Rob.
13:33So, two times four? Two times four is eight.
13:37Times 50? 400.
13:39Nine plus three. Straightforward.
13:42And for you, Paul? Same way. Well done.
13:46APPLAUSE
13:47That seven-point lead of Rob's is holding strong right now
13:51as we have our daily chat with John Thompson.
13:54The theme this week, favourites.
13:56Favourites? Yesterday was condiments. Yes.
13:59The mind boggles as to where we're going to go today.
14:02Yeah, yeah. Favourite spa treatment.
14:06If you're a metrosexual like me and came to that world,
14:11you'll never look back, you know, because it's quite amazing.
14:14But I had a particularly bad turkey holiday,
14:17which wasn't all it was cracked up to be,
14:19but I did go and have, this is the greatest thing you could possibly have,
14:23a hammam. Yeah. Have you ever had it?
14:25The Turkish blast. Yeah, they exfoliate your entire body with this foam.
14:32I don't know how they make the foam, cos you're kind of like...
14:34You can hear them. It's a bit weird.
14:37I don't really know what the process of...
14:39I think they wring it and pull it out of a towel, I think.
14:42And then they exfoliate you and then they cover you in, like,
14:44a mountain of foam and scrub it all off.
14:47And I've never, ever felt so clean in my entire life.
14:51Now, what you're supposed to do is when you arrive at your holiday destination,
14:54if the spa does this treatment,
14:56is do it on your first day to prepare your skin for the sun.
15:00Yeah. And then do it on the last day of your holiday
15:03to take the dead skin cells off.
15:05And you will have a perfectly glowing tan.
15:07Like you do now, which is entirely natural.
15:10That's completely natural.
15:12And what about you, Susie? Favourite spa treatment?
15:14I love how John brings the conversation.
15:17Yeah, it's got to be a head massage, Indian head massage.
15:20Oh, nice. You cannot do better than that.
15:21But it's got to be, sort of, you know, proper oils and things.
15:24A dry head massage is no good. No.
15:26That would be mine. Rachel?
15:27Well, we go to the Russian bunya, so the Russian sauna.
15:30So you get a really, really hot sauna,
15:32you get beaten up with a load of birch branches,
15:35and then you get a bucket of ice-cold water in your head
15:38and then you dip into the ice bath
15:39and then you feel, like, a million dollars.
15:41I did have a go at cryo recently, you know that?
15:44Oh. Apparently it helps you sleep.
15:45I said, does it really help you sleep?
15:46She went, only if you have it last thing at night.
15:49Well, I don't have a cryo chamber in the bedroom, so...
15:52LAUGHTER
15:53APPLAUSE
15:56Well, for a challenger, looking like a happy ending so far.
15:58It's already seven points in the lead, but, Paul, you're choosing these letters.
16:02Can I have a consonant, please?
16:03Thank you, Paul.
16:04R.
16:05Another one.
16:07S.
16:08Another one.
16:10G.
16:11Vowel, please.
16:13A.
16:14Another one.
16:15O.
16:16Another one.
16:17I.
16:19Consonant.
16:20R.
16:21Consonant.
16:23W.
16:25Vowel.
16:26And a final.
16:28O.
16:59A little tricky. Paul? Five. And Rob? Six. Paul? Walls. And for you, Rob? Arrows. And that arrow's a straight
17:09shooter. Gets him the points. Well done.
17:14Anything six or above to match our arrows? Grows and oars at first four. I saw it and went, hmm.
17:20Yeah. Yeah, it threw me. Same.
17:22Well, if you go to South Africa, you might hear of rooigras, R-O-O-I-G-R-A-S,
17:29which is a valuable pasture grass, which looks slightly red in winter.
17:33All right. Well, I have been to South Africa and didn't pick that word up, which is a shame. I'd
17:38be covered in glory right now.
17:39All right. More letters then. And for you, Rob, you're choosing these ones, your lead extended.
17:44Can I start with a consonant, please? Thank you, Rob.
17:47H. And a vowel, please?
17:50E. And another, please?
17:53A. And a consonant, please?
17:55B. And another one, please?
17:59T.
18:00And a vowel, please?
18:02O.
18:03And a consonant, please?
18:05N.
18:07And another?
18:09B.
18:10And a final one, please?
18:12And a final T.
18:14And half a minute.
18:15And a vowel, please?
18:45And a vowel, please?
18:46Time's up. Rob, how do you get on?
18:48Possible seven.
18:49Just a possible, Paul.
18:51Six.
18:51And a six, yeah, but he's not sure.
18:53So the six?
18:54Button.
18:55And you could do with those points.
18:57Rob?
18:58Phonate.
18:59Spell that for us.
19:00P-H-O-N-A-T-E.
19:02All linguists will love you.
19:03It's to utter speech sounds.
19:04Very good indeed.
19:06APPLAUSE
19:09Fiction Corner.
19:10Eight.
19:11Bruce Wayne couldn't live without it.
19:13The bat phone.
19:15You see, people use that all the time.
19:17The bat phone?
19:18In every day.
19:19Oh, it's the bat phone.
19:20Yeah.
19:20You know, just call me in the bat phone.
19:22Bet you it's not in the dictionary.
19:23Is it not, no?
19:24It's not in the dictionary.
19:25I have to say, they don't use it every day in my life.
19:28But we will keep an eye on it.
19:30OK.
19:32Worth a try, wasn't it?
19:32Yeah, it's a lovely try.
19:34Otherwise, just sevens, we had Phaeton,
19:36which is the horse-drawn carriage.
19:38You're not happy, are you?
19:39No, I don't care.
19:40But I'm just surprised.
19:4120 points, the difference now.
19:44But, champion, you could half that in one round.
19:46Let's get the numbers.
19:47Six small.
19:48Six small, yes.
19:50You are here to stay.
19:52You're going for it.
19:53Let's see if this helps you on your path.
19:55Right, the little ones.
19:56Two, one, eight, seven, six and two.
20:01Fairly little.
20:02And the target, huge.
20:05971.
20:06971.
20:07Numbers up.
20:07Bio nud Nike dot or glucos-hoods.
20:19Click.
20:25charms.
20:31Two, two, three, one, seven, six foot.
20:32Shut down.
20:36Watch this.
20:37We've watched the world as well.
20:389, 7, 1. Paul.
20:42I lost it. Lost it. Rob? Nothing, Blake.
20:45I'm backing Rachel here.
20:47Well, about all you can do with these is say 8 plus 1 is 9,
20:522 times 6 is 12, times them together for 108,
20:56and that leaves you a 7 and a second 2 for 9,
20:59times them together for 9, 7, 2, but this one was impossible.
21:02Oh, wow, one away. Great work, though.
21:06APPLAUSE
21:08You had that look in your eye.
21:10I knew it was as good as it was going to get.
21:12Right, let's get our Tea Town teaser then,
21:15which is Old Cable. Old Cable.
21:18It's a lazy way of saying they worked on something together.
21:22It's a lazy way of saying they worked on something together.
21:44You could also say a modern way, because Rachel tells me
21:48it's all the rage on TikTok.
21:50I collabed. Collabed. I thought it was Collabed.
21:54LAUGHTER
21:55Well, that's showing your age, Col.
21:57It's worth sleep every night, a collar bed.
22:00Right, let's get more letters. Rob, you're six rounds away from immortality.
22:04Can I have a consonant, please?
22:06Thank you, Rob. C.
22:08And another, please.
22:11F.
22:12And another, please.
22:14T.
22:15And a vowel.
22:16E.
22:17And another.
22:18I.
22:19And again, please.
22:21E.
22:22And a consonant, please.
22:24D.
22:26And another, please.
22:28T.
22:29And a final vowel, please.
22:31Final.
22:33I.
22:33On thirty seconds.
22:36F.
22:38F.
22:39F.
22:41F.
22:42F.
22:43F.
22:44F.
22:45F.
22:45F.
22:45F.
22:45F.
22:46F.
22:47F.
22:48F.
22:49W.
22:49F.
22:59F.
23:00F.
23:00F.
23:00F.
23:01MUSIC
23:06Rob? Seven. Seven. And Paul? Six.
23:09Just the six. What's the six? Fitted. Fitted.
23:12And for you, Rob? Deficit. Yes, fantastic.
23:14Very good. APPLAUSE
23:18Deficit for seven, and the deficit grows by seven.
23:22Anything else or better? There's feticide for eight.
23:24Thank you. It's 65, 38, and Paul, this is the moment for you.
23:33Let's get the letters. Can I have a consonant, please?
23:37Thank you, Paul. D. Another one.
23:42J. Another one. L. Vowel, please.
23:48U. Another one. I. Another one. O.
23:53A consonant. R. Another one. N. And a vowel.
24:01Final U. Good luck.
24:32MUSIC
24:35Paul? Nothing. Nothing. I love that. I'm not going to bother with a three.
24:40And, Rob? Six. A six. Well, it's great to spot a six in that, by the way. What have you
24:46got?
24:46Junior. Oh, for goodness sake. Well done, you. Well done. Well done for Junior, yeah. It's good work.
24:53And I am guessing, given the reaction from you, John, you don't have anything else.
24:57Well, I had a fall of ruin, and then I thought, oh, coming back from our condiments of yesterday, Dijon.
25:04Nice. Yeah. So, we'll go four, five, six, and we're done. Yeah. Can't have the five, because it's capital D.
25:09I'm sorry. Is it a place? It is a place in France. Yes.
25:14Cut a bit. Sorry about that. Didn't cut the mustard.
25:17Ah! Brilliant, look. OK. 71, 30, 38. Four rounds to go. Paul's probably going to have to pull a maximum
25:27out here,
25:28but you have before, so let's see. But our origins are words.
25:33Well, you know I'm quite a nerd, so I'm going to nerd out with this query that came in from
25:39two people.
25:40So, there must have been something in the air, from Louise King and from Roy Wildman.
25:44Both asked the same question. Why do we behead somebody and not dehead them?
25:50So, the question is all about prefixes, and it makes sense because de, you know, to defluff, for example,
25:58is all about removing, so it would make sense that you would talk about deheading somebody
26:02rather than beheading somebody. And be, B-E, is used in lots of different ways,
26:08if you look in the dictionary. So, it's often added to verbs to imply a sort of force of action.
26:13So, bemoan, you're bemoaning something. You can bespeak, there are some lovely ones.
26:18You can betake yourself, or you could in the olden days.
26:21You can besmell by smelling something out, which I quite like.
26:25B-dribble, to dribble upon. Not sure about that one.
26:28But it can also mean on all sides. So, bespatter. You bespattered the oven.
26:33You might like this one, John. B-bass, which is to kiss all over.
26:38B-bass. B-bass, which is quite nice.
26:40But occasionally it is also used to mean off or away.
26:45And behead is probably the best known example of this.
26:49But there is another one, which is bereave.
26:51And reeve actually was a verb all on its own meaning to steal or to plunder.
26:56So, if you are bereaved, somebody has been stolen from you, which is quite a nice metaphor really.
27:01So, those two are probably the only examples that we have in current English.
27:06But it reminded me of the question that I normally get asked about prefixes,
27:10which is the one concerning in, especially in inflammable, given that in almost always means not,
27:17as in incapacitated. You know, you were not capacitated.
27:21You were intolerant. You were not tolerant. So, it's usually a negative.
27:25But sometimes, very rarely, it can be used as an intensifier, which is the case with inflammable.
27:31So, inflammable doesn't mean not flammable. It means highly flammable.
27:35And there are a few older examples if something was in wise, it was very wise indeed,
27:41which is a bit too close to unwise.
27:44In red, something very red, like Paul's top, et cetera.
27:47But inflammable, again, probably the only example we have where in is used as an intensifier.
27:51So, I think it's now avoided pretty much on labels, inflammable,
27:56because some people do think it means it won't catch fire when, in fact, it's the opposite.
28:00APPLAUSE
28:03And two people suggested it, or one person with two email addresses.
28:08Right, 71.30. It's not over yet for champion, but, Rob, you're choosing these letters.
28:14Conson, please.
28:15Thank you, Rob.
28:16V.
28:17And a vowel, please.
28:19E.
28:20And another.
28:21O.
28:23And a consonant, please.
28:24G.
28:26And again, please.
28:26S.
28:28And a consonant, please.
28:37And lastly, Y.
28:42And good luck.
28:43Be out.
29:09So, go down.
29:13You were limited off.
29:13Rob?
29:15Six. OK, and Paul?
29:17Six. Six. Bit of a deep breath, though, Rob, what have you got?
29:21I have stoves as the six.
29:23Stoves? Yeah. You're fine, then. Paul?
29:25Got six. Very good. Rob, are you going to risk something?
29:28I was going to risk vogust.
29:31Vogust would have been fine, actually, cos it's a single syllable,
29:34so most fashionable.
29:35You only really need to hold your water right now, though,
29:38so the tactics were right. Yeah.
29:40Why would you take that risk when you've got such a healthy lead?
29:43So, six points each. We know vogust would have been seven.
29:46Can we add anything else to the party?
29:48We had vogues, as in, you know, vogues to dance.
29:51It's in Madonna. Yes, exactly.
29:53But that was it. We should have had vogust.
29:5677, 44, three rounds to go.
29:59Champ, enjoy it while it lasts.
30:02Here we go.
30:04Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Paul.
30:06N. Another one.
30:09R. Another one.
30:11S. Vowel, please.
30:15E. Another one.
30:17I. Another one.
30:20E. Consonant.
30:23N. Another one.
30:26D.
30:31Vowel, please.
30:32Lastly, A.
30:35Let's play.
30:36I.
30:37I.
30:51I.
31:05I.
31:08For you, Paul. I was trying that.
31:10Yes, Rob. Eight.
31:13What's the eight? Ensenade.
31:15Now, this would actually keep the game going.
31:17I love the fact you're just doing it because you have to.
31:20I can't wait to hear it.
31:21Arsenide. How are you spelling that?
31:23A-R-S-E-N-I-N-E-D.
31:30Oh, arsenide. Oh, it's... No, it's there for an eight.
31:35Arsenide, which is a compound of arsenic with a metallic element,
31:39but not arsenide, I'm afraid. Sorry.
31:41What a great effort.
31:42But Rob seals the deal. Away the lads.
31:45You're a countdown champion. Well done to you.
31:47Two more rounds then. Rob, you want to start with a century,
31:50then there's a bit of pressure on this. Come on.
31:52Can I have one large and five small, please?
31:54You can indeed. You're going for the points now.
31:56One big five. Not final numbers of the day.
31:59Three, two, five, one, nine, four, and 50.
32:06And the target, 706.
32:09706 last numbers.
32:10The two, five.
32:12Those we think the greatestahu have found in South America,
32:14the perceived audience?
32:15Three, two, six, five, six, seven, eight.
32:23Two, five, seven, eight.
32:35Two, five, seven, eight.
32:38A theater's people are safer.
32:42706, Rob? Yes, 706. And Paul? 706, not written down.
32:46Not written down? Great, I would ask you to go first anyway, off you go.
32:49Nine plus five. Nine plus five, 14.
32:53Charles Fister. 700.
32:55Plus four, plus two. Nice and straightforward, 706.
33:00Yeah, well done.
33:02APPLAUSE
33:03Paul was thinking, I need to have done this or done that,
33:06instead of concentrating in the numbers. But you spotted it, well done.
33:09And of course, Paul's had really good scores and really good competitions,
33:12but never quite managed to hit the century.
33:15So maybe the sting in the tail will be you'll stop Rob getting his.
33:19Let's get your fingers on the buzzers.
33:20Paul and Rob, let's reveal this Tuesday afternoon.
33:23Countdown conundrum.
33:27Rob? Bellowing.
33:29Let's take a look.
33:32APPLAUSE
33:34You never rewrite the roar. That's a great debut.
33:37105. Rob Barkus, you are our new champion.
33:41It turned out your bite was as good as your bark. Well done to you.
33:47And Paul Johnson, well, listen, usually I would say goodbye,
33:50see you in ten years, you've been a really good champion.
33:52But that won't be enough points.
33:54But it's been a slow start on the octochamp front,
33:59so you'd actually be third seed at the moment.
34:00So I'd say probably that's the end of the road.
34:04But watch with interest and see what happens, OK?
34:07I will do, yeah. Thank you.
34:08Brilliant. Great champion, Pride of St Helens.
34:10Well done, Paul.
34:12APPLAUSE
34:14Great stuff. Great stuff.
34:16John Thompson, Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:19See you then.
34:20Angie Rich.
34:21Fancy a post-match steam bath or ice bath?
34:23I think I'll skip those and just have a foot rub.
34:25We'll see you tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:28You can count on us.
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34:51Brian
34:51Thank you, Tom.
34:52We love you!
34:57You're welcome.
34:58Who are you?
34:59I'll give you all the questions.
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