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00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown Thursday, August the 15th.
00:34Thank you so much for tuning in this summer's day.
00:38And there she is, Rachel Riley. Hello.
00:40Hi, Colt.
00:40Bit sad this day. It goes down 1977.
00:43I always remember the year I was born.
00:45Elvis died on this day, 47 years ago.
00:49Yeah, another one of those died young, 42 years old.
00:53The thing about Elvis, though, is what do you not know?
00:56I mean, my goodness me.
00:57You know, he's one of the most written about stars of all time.
01:00So I've done a list of things that maybe you don't know about Elvis.
01:03OK, I've got one that you might not know.
01:05Oh, wow, you go.
01:06No, you go first and we'll see.
01:07You go.
01:08He never performed live outside of North America.
01:12Nah, crazy.
01:14We think of the Beatles and Shea Stadium and Beatlemania,
01:17but Elvismania, one continent.
01:19Wow, it didn't need to travel.
01:21Wow.
01:21He recorded 15 songs with the word blue in the title.
01:25That's the whole album.
01:29He styled his hair using only Vaseline.
01:33Really?
01:34Yes, which gets me onto my favourite,
01:36I'm absolutely sure you don't know Elvis fact.
01:39Elvis Presley was a blonde.
01:43No.
01:44There you go.
01:45I'm not having it.
01:46Elvis Presley was a blonde.
01:47He had heroes like Marlon Brando
01:50and he wanted to look like them
01:52and he would dye his hair,
01:54but he couldn't afford hair dye when he was younger
01:56and he'd use all sorts, boot polish, anything,
01:59to turn his hair the jet black.
02:01And as he got famous,
02:02it got a bit darker as he got older.
02:04Oh, OK.
02:04Never more than like a light brown.
02:07And I never knew that
02:07until I was trying to find a fact to fuck you.
02:10Well, I've got one that you've not come out with,
02:11so maybe you don't know it.
02:12Yeah.
02:13You know, did you watch goodness gracious me
02:14in the 90s,
02:16but everyone was Indian?
02:17Oh, yes, yeah.
02:18Elvis, good Jewish boy.
02:20Is he?
02:21He's got a whole line of Jewish women
02:22from his mum up to his great-great-something grandmother.
02:25And how does that connect to goodness gracious me?
02:28Well, in there, everyone was Indian,
02:29so they'd be going to the, you know,
02:31Leonardo da Vinci, Indian.
02:32Oh, OK.
02:32Fizzy Jackal, Indian.
02:33Oh, yes, I remember that.
02:35But apparently, Elvis, Jewish.
02:36There you go.
02:37I never knew that.
02:38There you go.
02:38I never knew that.
02:39It's well worth the trip to Graceland,
02:41one of those kind of very big, obvious places to go,
02:43but once you're in it, it's very intimate.
02:45And I'd advise anybody who's in Memphis, Tennessee,
02:48to go and have a look.
02:50Thank you so much.
02:50Right, over to Dictionary Corner.
02:53And there is our Susie Dent,
02:55our guardian of the dictionary.
02:56And I'm thinking,
02:58somewhere in the back of my mind,
02:59John Thompson's an Elvis fan.
03:00I've been twice to Graceland.
03:02Yeah.
03:03And it's quite small, isn't it?
03:05It's a farm, working farm with horses.
03:07It's a ranch, really.
03:09Quite poignant.
03:09But it's part of the Elvis experience.
03:11You can see all the cars and the costumes,
03:12and there's more to it.
03:14Yeah.
03:14But it is an experience,
03:15and Memphis has got a great vibe.
03:17Yeah, the old music triangle road trip
03:19is fantastic,
03:20with Memphis, Nashville and New Orleans.
03:23It's just a wonderful, wonderful long trip.
03:25Well, let's make a short trip
03:26to our Champions Chair.
03:28Rob Barkas is back with us,
03:30a double centurion in his first wins.
03:32So, when you were playing along at home
03:34all these years, Rob,
03:36you must have known you were handy, right?
03:38Yeah, reasonably good, I would say.
03:41What's the difference, though,
03:42for everyone thinking of applying?
03:43Give it the big sell,
03:44because a lot of people sit and score 100 at home
03:46and think,
03:47I'm not going near the TV.
03:48It's quite nerve-wracking.
03:50Yeah.
03:50It's quite nerve-wracking.
03:51But it's a nice environment,
03:53and you know everyone's friendly,
03:55so apply.
03:58There you go.
03:58I'll get the cash in the cash later.
04:00We'll use that in the advert.
04:02Well, you've got a big challenge
04:03up against Julia Little today.
04:05How are you?
04:06I'm good, thank you.
04:07It's even more nerve-wracking
04:08when you're playing someone
04:09who just scored 125.
04:11I don't buy that at all.
04:12There's no nerves with you,
04:14because...
04:15You're now a part-time yoga instructor,
04:17but didn't you do, like,
04:18the higher-level training in India?
04:21Yes, I did, yeah.
04:22Tell me a bit about that.
04:23So, actually,
04:24I did my foundation-level teacher training
04:27in Goa about eight years ago,
04:29and then after I'd retired
04:31at the start of last year,
04:32I went back to India,
04:33to North India,
04:34and did the next-level training, yeah.
04:37So...
04:38So what do we do to calm our nerves?
04:40What would be the thing?
04:41Come on, take us through it, Julia.
04:42How do we all get calm on TV here?
04:44OK, so we start off
04:45by just grounding ourselves
04:47into wherever we're sitting or standing,
04:49maybe closing your eyes,
04:51maybe just gently elongating the spine,
04:54taking a few long, deep, slow breaths.
05:01Rob, give us nine...
05:03Rob, stop it now,
05:04give me the letters.
05:08Can I have a consonant, please?
05:09Thank you, Rob.
05:10Start today with Y.
05:12And another, please?
05:14P.
05:15And a vowel, please.
05:18I.
05:19And another one, please?
05:21O.
05:21A consonant.
05:24D.
05:25And another?
05:27N.
05:29Vowel, please.
05:30E.
05:32Consonant.
05:34V.
05:35And another consonant, please.
05:39And lastly, R.
05:41At home and in the studio,
05:42let's play Countdown.
05:43Vowel, please.
05:46T...
06:10To be continued...
06:13Rob? Seven. Seven for you. And Julia? Six. Six. What's the six?
06:18Proven. And the seven? Provide.
06:21Provide. We'll provide you with seven points. Well done.
06:24Anything else there, John? I just got driven. It wasn't very good.
06:27Yes. Difficult round. I was dopey-er.
06:30So, let's get more letters. Julia?
06:33Hello, Rachel. Could I have a consonant, please?
06:36Thank you, Julia. M. And another.
06:39T. And another. G. And a vowel. I. And another. O. And another. E.
06:54Consonant. R. Consonant. H. And vowel. And lastly, E.
07:03E. In 30 seconds.
07:06E. In 30 seconds.
07:36Time's up there, Julia. I'll try a seven.
07:39And for you, Rob? Six.
07:40A six, the six is? Gromit.
07:42And what are you going to try here, Julia? Mothier.
07:45Mothier. It means a little mothier.
07:46Absolutely fine, yeah, mothier curtains, mothiest curtains.
07:50Nice. And how are you spelling gromit?
07:53G-R-O-M-E-T.
07:55Ah, gromit, the one that goes in the ear, is double M-E-T, I'm afraid.
07:58Sorry about that. What else do we have there, John?
08:02Eight, geotherm. Geotherm. Nice one.
08:04Yes, it is a graph of temperature as a function of depth in the Earth's crust.
08:08Thank you very much.
08:09First numbers of this Thursday afternoon, champion's choice.
08:14Can I have one large and five small again, please?
08:16You can indeed, thank you, Rob. One from the top.
08:18Five little first numbers of the day.
08:22A nine, ten, seven, two, six, and the large one, 25.
08:29And you need to reach 577.
08:32577. Numbers up.
08:33All Arbol.
09:055-7-7, Rob. 5-7-7. And Julia? 5-7-7, I think.
09:09Have you written it down? Yes. OK, that's good.
09:12Rob, you can go first, then. 10 plus 7 plus 6.
09:1623. Times 25. 5-7-5. Plus 2.
09:20Marvellous. And what way do you go, Julia? Exactly the same.
09:24Yeah. Yeah, well done. Thanks.
09:28OK, first tea-time teaser with the scores perfectly poised at 17 each.
09:33It's raid a bar. Raid a bar. This doesn't involve raiding a bar.
09:38It's invading a beach. This doesn't involve raiding a bar.
09:42It's invading a beach.
09:53APPLAUSE
10:00Welcome back. This doesn't involve raiding a bar. It's invading a beach.
10:04You know, some tea-time teasers, obviously, some of us won't know what the word is, but usually you can
10:08have a stab at some form of etymology.
10:10I have no idea. The answer is arabada, which I thought was a pasta.
10:14Make sense of this for me, Suze.
10:17Oh, you will love this one. So, it's from the Mexican Spanish for arrival.
10:21And the arrival in question is thousands and thousands of turtles who, in synchronised fashion, go to the beach and
10:29lay their eggs.
10:29Isn't that wonderful? That's brilliant. A march. A march of turtles.
10:32Yeah. Arabada.
10:33Gorgeous. Beautiful. You were right. Absolutely love it.
10:37Nice start, Julia, right? Brilliant.
10:39Yeah. Right, let's get more letters.
10:40Could I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
10:43Thank you, Julia.
10:45L.
10:46And another.
10:47D.
10:48And another.
10:51S.
10:52And another.
10:54R.
10:55And a vowel.
10:57A.
10:58And another.
11:00U.
11:01And another.
11:03A.
11:05And another.
11:06I.
11:08And a final vowel, please.
11:12And a final another A.
11:15Thanks, Rich.
11:16BELL RINGS
11:18BELL RINGS
11:19BELL RINGS
11:22BELL RINGS
11:24BELL RINGS
11:25BELL RINGS
11:27BELL RINGS
11:28BELL RINGS
11:29BELL RINGS
11:33BELL RINGS
11:37BELL RINGS
11:47Julia.
11:48I'll stick with a six.
11:50And Rob?
11:51Seven.
11:51A seven.
11:52Julia, what's the six?
11:54Radial.
11:55And what's the seven?
11:56Radials.
11:58Very good indeed.
12:00Radial tyres.
12:01Yeah, sorry about that.
12:02Yeah, there is a noun as well.
12:03My goodness me.
12:05Those decisions, eh?
12:06How did you get on, John?
12:07On the same hymn sheet, radials.
12:09Yeah?
12:10Yeah.
12:10Forget about that.
12:11Put that round behind you, Julia.
12:13Forget about the Ss and just get more letters from Rob.
12:15Start with a consonant, please.
12:17Thank you, Rob.
12:18B.
12:19And another, please.
12:21L.
12:21And a vowel.
12:24U.
12:25And another one.
12:26E.
12:27And a consonant, please.
12:30W.
12:31And another consonant, please.
12:33Nod to Elvis there.
12:35G.
12:36And a vowel, please.
12:40O.
12:41And another one, please.
12:44E.
12:45And a final consonant, please.
12:47A final N.
12:49And half a minute.
12:52How did you know?
12:52What the equivocates?
13:09It's making a deception.
13:10I'm so sorry.
13:10It's making a deception.
13:10We can't do it.
13:16I need to do this.
13:19I want to get a deception.
13:20Rob? Six. And for you, Julia? Six. What have we got, Rob? Bungle. Yes. And Julia? Lounge. Lounge. And by
13:29George, we had bungle. What about you, John? Just had lounge as well. That's it? Yeah. Susie, can you take
13:37us higher? Yes, just to a seven is quite a nice one. To end globe, to enclose in a globe,
13:43or shape like a globe. All right. Still just at seven points. The ship's steady, Julia, and you're picking these
13:48numbers.
13:49I'll try three large, please, Rachel. Three large. Thank you. Three little. Let's see if this will make a difference
13:55score-wise. Your little numbers. Seven, five, and one. And the big one's 100, 50, and 25. And the target
14:05to reach 895. 895. Numbers up.
14:40Julia, what do you get? 895. Yes. And Rob? 895. Well done, both of you. Off you go, Julia.
14:45So, 50 over 25 is two. Seven plus two is nine. Yeah. Times the 100 is 900. Take away the
14:54five. Well done. 895. And Rob? See you with me. Well done, both of you.
14:59OK, John Thompson. The theme this week on our little chats has been favourites. Favourites. I've loved it. We started
15:06with condiments. We did children's books. We did spa treatments. What about today?
15:12Takeaways. Takeaways. Yes. Yeah. And I know for a fact that Rachel's favourite takeaway is 17,343 minus 10.
15:22It's changed over the years. More choice now. The variety is there. So it's so different now.
15:28I had to really ponder this one, you know, because I eat a bit more healthily now.
15:32But I think if I'm feeling a little bit low, my natural Prozac in the world of takeaway would be
15:39Thai.
15:40Right, OK. I like Thai food. And it travels pretty well.
15:44Yeah. And the thing about takeaways, you've got to remember, condensation is a beast when it's travelling.
15:49So certain things do not work, like chips. Do not travel.
15:54Chips are not a great takeaway.
15:55But if you own the latest ModCon, the air fryer, a chip can be very quickly revived from a takeaway.
16:02Right.
16:02So you've got to, because especially if it's a bit late, get it, get the air fryer on, throw your
16:08chips in, boom, bada boom.
16:10There's actually a different answer for takeaway than there is for delivery.
16:13There is something very nostalgic about picking it up and saving a few quid.
16:17Yeah.
16:18Do you know what I mean?
16:18I do that.
16:19But what the problem with that is, is they always prioritise deliveries over you.
16:25But it's like when you go to a hotel.
16:26You're like...
16:27I know. When you're at a reception and the phone rings, don't answer the phone. I'm standing right here.
16:34That is the phone jump, the queue.
16:36Yeah, it's old school, isn't it? It's like people on the till serving you and they're on the phone to
16:39the mate.
16:40Oh, don't even.
16:41No, no.
16:42Don't even. Anyway, takeaways.
16:44Takeaways. I love a bit of Thai, but you can get dessert now.
16:48Oh. My daughters are suckers for boba. You know, bubble tea.
16:53Yeah.
16:54They like to get those delivered, but blimey, they're a bit of a premium.
16:58Expensive. I would probably say if you're talking about just picking it up and taking it away,
17:04then it's nothing better than the hole-in-the-wall Chinese takeaways.
17:08You know, no restaurant.
17:09OK.
17:10I just want my sweet and sour chicken.
17:11Right.
17:11And I want it thick and gloopy.
17:13And, you know, it just brings me back to growing up only once or twice a year.
17:18But I would probably say that's the nostalgic choice for me.
17:21Hole-in-the-wall Chinese.
17:22Hole-in-the-wall Chinese, yeah.
17:24Absolutely.
17:25I think the answers might be quite different from Susie and Rachel.
17:28Susie.
17:28There is a lovely restaurant up here near Salford, which has brilliant Indian street food.
17:33Yes.
17:33So that would be my favourite.
17:34Yes, absolutely.
17:35Yeah.
17:36And what about you, Rachel?
17:37Oh, I mean, Thai, I mean, sushi, Indian, Chinese, anything.
17:41Anything.
17:41As long as we don't have to cook it, we'll choose that.
17:45Thank you very much.
17:48Wow.
17:48Will Julia be taking away a teapot?
17:50She's only seven points behind our champion, Rob, who's had two centuries so far.
17:56Going for a third win.
17:57Your letters.
17:58Can I have a constant, please, Rachel?
18:00Thank you, Rob.
18:01Jay.
18:01And another, please.
18:07And a consonant, please.
18:10And a consonant, please.
18:12And another.
18:15And a vowel, please.
18:18And a consonant, please.
18:23And final consonant, please.
18:26And here we go again.
18:28And a consonant, please.
18:59Rob?
19:00Seven.
19:01And Julia?
19:02No, I lost it.
19:03Don't worry, Rob.
19:05Dissects?
19:06Yeah.
19:06Could you just say that again, Rob?
19:09No.
19:10Dissects.
19:11OK, so dissect is there, but for dissects you need the three S's.
19:16Is it double S?
19:17It's double S, yes.
19:18D-I-double-S-E-C-T.
19:20Yeah.
19:21So S in the wrong place, so zero, zero.
19:24What have we got in the dexterity corner?
19:25Dissect was the only one that we could find for seven otherwise.
19:28Yeah.
19:28All right, there you go, a lot going on there.
19:30Julia, let's get some points.
19:31Could I start with a vowel, please?
19:34Thank you, Julia.
19:35O.
19:35And another?
19:37E.
19:38And another?
19:39I.
19:40And a consonant?
19:42N.
19:43And another?
19:44T.
19:45And another?
19:47L.
19:48And another?
19:49T.
19:51And another?
19:53R.
19:54And a final vowel, please.
19:57And a final U.
19:59And start the clock.
20:27And start the clock.
20:31Julia.
20:32Julia.
20:32I'll try an eight.
20:34And Rob?
20:34Seven.
20:35Seven is?
20:36Routine.
20:37Julia, let her go on out on a ledge, risking it all.
20:39What have you got?
20:40Outliner.
20:41Out-liner.
20:42Yes, is the R that you were wondering about.
20:45And yes, computer programme that allows its user to create the kind of outline of a document.
20:49Well done.
20:50Ah, well done.
20:53I'm guessing not much to add there, John.
20:56No, but I believe Susie has a seven.
20:59Nuttier.
21:00Yeah.
21:00Nice.
21:01Points, though, for Outliner.
21:03And outlining the scores, Julia now has the lead by one point.
21:07Pressure on, Champ.
21:08Let's get the numbers.
21:10One load and five small, please.
21:12Thank you, Rob.
21:13One from the top.
21:14Five not coming up again.
21:16This time they are one, two, seven, eight, nine, and 100.
21:24And the target, 205.
21:27Two, five.
21:27Numbers up.
21:28One, two, seven, eight, nine, and 100.
21:59Time up, Rob.
22:00Yes, 205.
22:01And Julia?
22:02Oh, I've lost it.
22:04For goodness sake.
22:05Oh, and take a breath.
22:06Rob?
22:07Nine minus seven.
22:08Nine minus seven is two.
22:10That's 100.
22:11100.
22:13Times two.
22:13Oh, sorry.
22:14Times two.
22:16204.
22:16And that's one.
22:17205.
22:18Lovely.
22:18Well done.
22:21What you want to do there, Julia, is take up yoga.
22:23Better keep breathing going into those rides.
22:27Second tea time teaser is vowed not.
22:30Vowed not.
22:31He vowed not to like any more social media clips, choosing to do this instead.
22:36He vowed not to like any more social media clips, choosing to do this instead.
23:01Downvote was the answer.
23:02All right, well, Julia, you had the lead for just a split second.
23:05Rob's retaking it with the numbers.
23:07So let's see what happens.
23:09Big six rounds ahead.
23:10You kick us off, Julia, with letters.
23:12Could I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
23:15Thank you, Julia.
23:15And another.
23:18And another.
23:19And another.
23:21W.
23:22And another.
23:24L.
23:26And a vowel.
23:28A.
23:29And another.
23:30E.
23:32And another.
23:33A.
23:35And a consonant.
23:38T.
23:40And another vowel.
23:42And a final E.
23:45And good luck.
23:47MUSIC PLAYS
24:17How many, Julia?
24:18Five.
24:19And how many, Rob?
24:20Five.
24:21Five as well.
24:21Go ahead, Julia.
24:22Whale.
24:23And for you, Rob?
24:24Lath.
24:25Whale and lath.
24:27Just fives.
24:28So anything above five?
24:30There is a lovely seven, quite poetic.
24:32Wheaton.
24:33Her Wheaton hair.
24:34So, wheat-coloured.
24:35Very nice indeed.
24:36All right, still the nine points.
24:37Rob, your letters.
24:39OK, start with a consonant, please.
24:41Thank you, Rob.
24:42V.
24:43And another, please.
24:45T.
24:46And a vowel, please.
24:47O.
24:48And again.
24:50E.
24:51And again.
24:52O.
24:53And a consonant, please.
24:54N.
24:56And another consonant, please.
24:58R.
24:59And a vowel.
25:02A.
25:04And a consonant to finish, please.
25:07Lastly, P.
25:08And kine time.
25:09New York,か no.
25:11I'm sorry we'll eat.
25:13I'm sorry.
25:26I'm sorry.
25:33I'm sorry.
25:34THEY CONFER
25:39Rob? Seven. And for Julia? Six.
25:43Six is... Parent. And the seven?
25:46Pronate. Pronate. Of course.
25:48The countdown word, yes, that's to turn your feet inwards
25:51or the palms of your hand. Yeah, well done indeed.
25:54Well done indeed. John Thompson? A seven.
25:57Patroon. Patroon. Patroon, yeah.
26:00So this is a historical.
26:01It's a person who was once granted privileges
26:04under the Dutch governments of New York and New Jersey
26:06once upon a time. Of course it is. Of course it is.
26:09Right. 62-46. The score is four rounds left to play.
26:14Not a done deal yet, but putting the burners on, Rob,
26:16at the moment. Origins of words for today, Susie?
26:20Well, Patroon is quite a nice lead-in, actually,
26:23because I'm going to go back to what was the Dutch Republic.
26:27But first of all, we'll read you the email that prompted this.
26:29It's from Patrick Reddy, and Patrick, I hope I'm pronouncing this correctly,
26:33from Terman Fekin in Ireland.
26:36And he says he was recently at a football match
26:38and he heard the commentator remark on a defender's last-ditch tackle.
26:42And he said, on that particular occasion, I found myself wondering where it came from
26:46and assuming it might refer to medieval times when kings would dig ditches
26:50around their castles to slow oncoming attacks.
26:55Sort of, but not quite, Patrick, I would say.
26:57OK, so last-ditch is something, obviously, that's done at the last minute
27:00in an attempt to avert disaster.
27:04And you might well think this is all about trench warfare,
27:07either during medieval sieges or a little bit later.
27:11And so the last-ditch is the very last line of defence.
27:14And that last bit is true, but it actually goes back to a time much earlier.
27:18And William of Orange, for those who know their history.
27:22And his vow in the 17th century to fight to the death
27:26rather than to see the Dutch Republic conquered by French and British forces, invading forces.
27:32And William was what was called the Dutch stadtholder or the steward.
27:37A bit later became William III of Britain, but anyway.
27:39On July the 5th, 1672, an envoy from Charles II, who was the ruling monarch at the time,
27:46met with William in Holland and offered to make him the sovereign prince of Holland
27:52if he surrendered to the British and the French.
27:54And if he refused, this envoy said, then he would witness the death of the Dutch Republic.
28:00And there's a history book written in 1847 which gives an account of what happened.
28:05It says,
28:26So even if that particular event hasn't been preserved in our memory,
28:30it was at least enough to ensure a phrase has stayed with us ever since.
28:35Thank you, Susan.
28:37OK, will it be a last-ditch effort from Julia that brings her a teapot?
28:45Listen, that's no gap at all, is it? 16 points.
28:48So let's go four rounds, more letters.
28:50May I have a consonant, please?
28:52Thank you, Julia.
28:52S.
28:54And another?
28:56N.
28:57And another?
28:59R.
29:00And another?
29:02T.
29:03And a vowel?
29:04O.
29:05And another?
29:06E.
29:07And another?
29:09I.
29:10And a consonant?
29:13X.
29:15And a final vowel, please.
29:19A final O.
29:20And let's play.
29:22And another?
29:50You're a
29:53Julia?
29:54Eight.
29:55And Rob?
29:56Eight.
29:56Oh, he's matched you, Julia.
29:58What have you got?
29:59Snootier.
30:00Snootier.
30:01Yeah.
30:02Turning the nose up at Rob having it as well.
30:05But that's the thing, the hope there.
30:07I think I might have done it, got the points back,
30:10but that's great champions for you.
30:12A snootier, great word.
30:14The X is left over.
30:16And that would be it, John.
30:17Come on.
30:18There is a seven.
30:19Yeah, that would be it then.
30:21They cannot be beaten.
30:23Torsion.
30:24Torsion.
30:25Yes, it's a twisting force.
30:27Yeah.
30:28As you were then, last letters, Rob.
30:31Conson, please.
30:32Thank you, Rob.
30:34S.
30:35And again, please.
30:36G.
30:37And a vowel, please.
30:39E.
30:40And again, please.
30:41I.
30:42And again.
30:44E.
30:45And a consonant.
30:47F.
30:48And again.
30:50M.
30:52And another one, please.
30:54T.
30:57And another consonant, please.
31:00Lastly, R.
31:01And last letters.
31:02So we want to黑龙.
31:07We'll call you merry Mills.
31:10We'll see you.
31:12Thanks, friends.
31:12To get last...
31:18All right.
31:20Bye-bye.
31:24Bye-bye.
31:32All right, big round, Rob. How many?
31:35Six.
31:35Julia?
31:37Six. Not written down.
31:39What's not written down?
31:40Refits.
31:41Refits. And Rob?
31:43Mergers.
31:44And mergers. Mergers and refits.
31:47Absolutely fine.
31:48All right, there you go. Last ditch, definitely, from Julia there.
31:52To pick that up. All right.
31:53John?
31:54Only ever six metres.
31:55Yeah.
31:56Sixes all round?
31:57No, there is an eight there, actually.
31:59Not where you want to be.
32:00The germiest room or atmosphere.
32:02Err!
32:03Err!
32:03Germiest.
32:04Germiest.
32:05All right, one last chance for you, Julia.
32:07Your numbers, what are you going to do?
32:08I'll try three large, please.
32:11Three large.
32:12Yep, that's a decent choice.
32:13You need a bit of a gamble.
32:14We need something a little bit tricky.
32:16Let's see what we've got.
32:17Thank you, Julia.
32:18Final numbers today.
32:19Ten, three, seven, fifty, one hundred, and seventy-five.
32:25And the target, six hundred and sixty.
32:28Six, six, zero.
32:29Last numbers.
32:29Life.
32:43Here's a real longs.
32:45Cheers.
32:52Cheers.
32:56Cheers.
32:596-6-0. Julia?
33:026-6-0. Rob?
33:046-6-0. Oh, Julia, off you go.
33:07100 over 50 is 2. Yep.
33:11Plus 7. 9.
33:1475 take away the 9 is 66.
33:19Yep. Yep. Times it by 10. Lovely. 660.
33:22Whoa. And for the win, Rob?
33:24100 times 7 is 700. Yeah.
33:2750 minus 10 is 40. It is indeed.
33:30And you will be here tomorrow, 660.
33:33APPLAUSE
33:35Yeah, but not three centuries in a row, so disappointment all round.
33:4086-70, we don't need to practise any yoga cos this isn't crucial,
33:44we can just all enjoy it. No need for deep breaths,
33:46but I do need your fingers on the buzzers as we reveal
33:50Thursday afternoon's Countdown Conundrum.
33:52BELL RINGS
33:55Rob's great in these.
33:57Reception.
33:58Let's have a look.
33:59Yes!
34:00Wow.
34:02You score heavily, but crucially, Rob, you're brilliant on the conundrums
34:06and you have to be to go all the way in a series, so that was really special.
34:1196, you're averaging above 100 with three wins.
34:14We'll see you tomorrow, yeah?
34:15Excellent. And Julia, it's been a delight to have you.
34:17It's been a pleasure, thank you.
34:18You brought just a little bit of calm to the programme.
34:21Thank you very much.
34:22Unlike you, Thompson, see you tomorrow.
34:24See you tomorrow, mate.
34:25Thank you. Bye, Susie.
34:26Bye-bye.
34:27And all done for the day, Rich.
34:28All done for a takeaway and some calm.
34:30I'd rather do the takeaway than yoga, I think, this afternoon.
34:33But back tomorrow, Rich, Susie and I, you can count on us.
34:37You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:42You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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