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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Tuesday afternoon.
00:34No brass fanfare, no fireworks, no cannon fire,
00:38just a simple hello to you and to Rachel.
00:41Hi, Rach. Hi, Cole.
00:42Now, on this day in 1882, a piece of music debuted
00:46that lives with us today.
00:48So, so famous.
00:49And I would say, big statement,
00:51I think it's the biggest piece of music ever made in any genre.
00:56The 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky.
01:00To celebrate, to commemorate a war,
01:02a battle involving Napoleon and Russia.
01:04But we think, like, every fireworks display, right?
01:08Massive.
01:08But I don't know about you, but I always know the tunes,
01:11but I never know what they're called.
01:12So, do you want to sing it?
01:13Well, let's do it together, right?
01:14Everybody knows.
01:15Everyone's here, ready?
01:15Do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do
01:21-do-do.
01:21Yes.
01:21You can just imagine the screens of people smashing stuff up
01:25on compilations, montages, and various, over the years.
01:28But it's got real live cannon fire in it,
01:31which is why you never see it perform properly indoors.
01:34Imagine being the person who had to light the cannons
01:37at exactly the time they have to go.
01:39It's impossible to play it live.
01:42But not everyone liked it.
01:44It was reviewed when it came out.
01:46I'm going to read you a review, which is surprising.
01:48I didn't know they had smash hits back then.
01:50They did.
01:51Very loud and noisy and completely without artistic merit.
01:55Obviously written without warmth or love.
01:57Who said that?
01:58Tchaikovsky.
01:59Tchaikovsky said it about his own music?
02:00He hated it, as is often the case.
02:03And it actually haunted him.
02:05And I mean that because one of the most famous versions ever recorded
02:09was on its 150th anniversary.
02:11And it was recorded by the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra
02:15within earshot of Tchaikovsky's grave.
02:18So even in death, he could not avoid that dreaded song.
02:22That's funny.
02:22I mean, you think of these artists today
02:23who've made so much money on one song
02:26that all their fans love and don't want to play it.
02:27You don't think of composers coming in saying,
02:29let me do some of my new stuff on the new album.
02:32Oh, yeah.
02:32Beethoven was really awkward live.
02:35He'd do B-sides in the ring.
02:37Right, the Dictionary Corner.
02:39Always calm and composed.
02:41It's our Susie Dent.
02:42And her first chair all this week
02:45is the comedian Ria Lina.
02:51Brilliant tune, right?
02:52I don't care what Tchaikovsky says, Ria.
02:54It's brilliant, but how far is earshot
02:56from someone who's dead and buried?
02:59Well, within earshot of a canon is quite far away, actually.
03:02That's a great distance, isn't it?
03:03Ah, what a moment, though.
03:05What a moment.
03:07Well, listen, we haven't set off the fireworks yet
03:09for Rob Barkus.
03:10We might do in three shows from now.
03:12You've got the five wins up, my friend.
03:15Fantastic.
03:15How are you feeling?
03:16Really good, thank you.
03:17Good. We've talked about it a lot, but back in the day,
03:21you used to coach swimming, is that right?
03:24So the youngsters coming through, tell us about that.
03:26Yeah, that was in the last ten years.
03:28Basically, I got involved because my daughter
03:29was doing competitive swimming.
03:31Yeah.
03:31And to be honest, it was very boring being there.
03:35And so they asked me to do some timing of the kids, which I did,
03:39and I said, oh, why don't you go and do a level one coach,
03:41which I did, why don't you do a level two coach, which I did.
03:44So you coached kids from there, from the age of sort of nine,
03:47up to the national standards.
03:49Wow.
03:49And we had some kids who certainly have represented Scotland
03:53and have represented England in competitions.
03:55And I suppose that just increases the bond as well,
04:00with your kid as well, you get more involved in it.
04:02It does, without a doubt.
04:04Yeah, which is nice, nice way to do that.
04:05Well, listen, you're up against Simon Cornwell today from Portsmouth.
04:10Listen, there's something I love that you wrote,
04:11because people often, when they come on Countdown,
04:13I'll write my favourite book is or whatever.
04:16But you wanted to make sure that we knew that you didn't read
04:18and I love that, right?
04:20So you love to travel a lot, but the novel just...
04:23You just don't bother with it.
04:25Don't take books with me, no.
04:26So what's the last novel that you read?
04:29It was a pricey version of Pride and Prejudice
04:33when I was at school back in the 1970s.
04:36That was the last book you read?
04:37Yes.
04:38Wow, goodness me.
04:39Most people come in and they want to psych out their opponent
04:41by saying, you know, I've got a maths degree
04:44or I'm a Bachelor of English
04:46and you're coming in and saying,
04:46I haven't read a book since I was a teenager.
04:48Not at all.
04:49Right, it'll be even sweeter when you win today.
04:51Good luck, Simon and Rob.
04:55First chapter's yours, Rob.
04:57Can I start off with a consonant again, please?
04:59You can, thank you, Rob.
05:00Start today with S.
05:01And another.
05:03T.
05:04And a third, please.
05:06C.
05:07And a vowel.
05:08A.
05:09And another.
05:10E.
05:11And another.
05:17And another, please.
05:25Lastly, R.
05:26At home and in the studio, let's play kind time.
05:28Everything.
05:41What?
05:43Two.
05:44Three.
05:47Three.
05:49Three.
05:50Three.
05:54Two.
05:54Two.
05:56Three.
05:57Three.
05:59Rob?
06:01Eight.
06:01And for you, Simon?
06:03Six.
06:03Six. What's the six?
06:04Cators.
06:05Champions starting with an eight.
06:07Centaurs.
06:08Centaurs.
06:09Lovely. Yes.
06:10I haven't seen those ones. Very nice.
06:11Are they posh centurs?
06:13No. They are creatures in Greek mythology.
06:16Yeah.
06:16They are the head, arms and torso of a man and the body and legs of a horse.
06:20Yeah.
06:21What did you have there, Ria?
06:22There are actually quite a few eights in this one.
06:25Nutcases.
06:26Oh!
06:26Don't ever call a centaur in that case.
06:29He could be sauntering. Saunters.
06:32We love that word.
06:33And curtness.
06:35What's a round. Fantastic.
06:37Let's move on then, Simon. More letters for you.
06:40Afternoon, Rachel.
06:41Afternoon, Simon.
06:41Consonant, please.
06:43L.
06:44And a second.
06:46N.
06:47And a vowel.
06:49E.
06:50Another vowel.
06:52O.
06:53And another consonant.
06:55V.
06:57And another consonant.
06:58G.
07:00And a vowel.
07:02E.
07:05Another consonant.
07:08R.
07:09And a final vowel, please.
07:11And a final O.
07:1230 seconds.
07:1430 seconds.
07:26MUSIC PLAYS
07:45Simon. Six. Six from you. And Rob? Yes, six as well. Six as well.
07:49Simon, let's get you on the board. Grovel. Grovel.
07:52And for you, Rob? Longer. To Susie?
07:55Yep, very good indeed. Both absolutely fine.
07:57Happy days. Can we do any better?
07:59Well, if it's any longer, it's overlong.
08:01It's overlong, yes. Pride and Prejudice, obviously overlong for Simon,
08:04so he read the Precie version.
08:06I've heard of everlong. I haven't heard of overlong.
08:08Overlong, yeah. Too long.
08:09For eight, Dexterity Corner on fire so far, aren't they?
08:13Rob, you're picking these numbers.
08:14Can I have one large and five small, please?
08:16Yeah, usual. One from the top five, little coming up again.
08:19And for the first time today, the numbers selection is 9, 5, 2, 10, 3 and 25,
08:28with the target 304.
08:303-0-4, numbers up.
08:33The first time today, the numbers and 15, 4, 0, 5, 0, 5, 0, 5, 0, 5, 0.
08:35And for the first time today, the numbers and 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 5, 0, 6, 0, 6,
08:450.
08:45And for the third time today, the numbers and 1, 3, 4, 0.
08:56THEY CONFER
09:03Rob, 304? Yes, 304.
09:04And Simon? 304.
09:06Well done, Rob, off you go.
09:08OK, so 25 times 10 plus 2.
09:1125 times 10 plus 2 for 12 is 300.
09:15Yeah, then 9 minus 5 is 4.
09:16Yeah, straightforward enough, 304, well done.
09:18Well done. And how did you do it, Simon?
09:20Exactly the same way.
09:22Lovely, well done.
09:23APPLAUSE
09:24And you did that wonderful thing that the challenger does.
09:28You managed to work it out in about three seconds,
09:30and then you spent 27 seconds after that going,
09:32just double check. Check in, just double check.
09:34The whole time, head up and down.
09:36Right, tea-time teaser is tiny shine.
09:39Tiny shine.
09:40It's not quite 100 degrees outside, but it's not far off.
09:44It's not quite 100 degrees outside, but it's not far off.
10:06It is 90-ish.
10:09It is 90-ish.
10:10Simon wouldn't mind 90-ish.
10:12Score-wise at the end of this programme.
10:14Let's see.
10:15Let's get your letters.
10:17Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:18Thank you, Simon.
10:19D.
10:20And another?
10:22N.
10:23And a vowel?
10:25I.
10:27And another vowel?
10:28U.
10:29And a consonant?
10:31L.
10:31And another?
10:34S.
10:35A vowel?
10:37I.
10:38Oh, another vowel?
10:41A.
10:42And a final consonant, please?
10:44A final G.
10:46Thanks, H.
11:17Simon? Seven. Seven from you. And Rob?
11:20I'm going to risk a nine. He's going to risk a nine.
11:22The seven? Sailing. Sailing and?
11:26Dualising. Dualising.
11:28Dualising is in the dictionary.
11:29To dualise is to, well, to have two different elements or aspects.
11:34So dualised vocals, that kind of thing.
11:36Well done. Well done.
11:41Fantastic. That gets you 18 points, champ.
11:44Seven's brilliant, by the way, but he's pulled an awesome nine.
11:47Out of the bag, Ria, can we add anything?
11:50Anything to the nine?
11:52Yeah. Not without using extra letters.
11:56Right, Rob, what about that? Let's have more.
11:58Can I have a consonant, please?
11:59Thank you, Rob.
12:00F.
12:01And another, please?
12:03R.
12:03And a vowel.
12:06I.
12:07And another, please?
12:08E.
12:09And a consonant.
12:11Y.
12:12And another.
12:14T.
12:15And a vowel, please?
12:18U.
12:19And a consonant, please?
12:22P.
12:24And a final consonant, please?
12:26A final T.
12:28And a half a minute.
12:45MUSIC
12:45THEY CONFER
12:59How do you get on, Rob? Seven.
13:01And for you, Simon? Six. The six is? Fitter.
13:05Yes. David, go round, what's your seven? Putrefy.
13:08Putrefy. Putrefy is...
13:10It's not a particularly nice word, but it's an excellent seven.
13:13It's when organic matter decays and rots. Very good.
13:17APPLAUSE
13:19Putrefy, brilliant. All right.
13:22Ria, are champions on a roll? Just try and keep up here.
13:26Doing brilliantly. There was another seven, very similar.
13:29Petrefy. Petrefy. Yeah.
13:31Petrefy, putrefy. Either way, you're not winning there, right?
13:34No, not good. Goodness me.
13:36At 49.16 as we get our second numbers round of the day.
13:40Simon. One large and five small, please, Rachel.
13:44Thank you, Simon. One from the top.
13:45Five not coming up.
13:48And the five small ones this time.
13:49Four.
13:51Six.
13:52One.
13:53Nine.
13:53And two. And the large one, 75.
13:56And this time, you need to reach 402.
13:58402.
13:59Numbers up.
14:00One.
14:00Two.
14:03Three.
14:30The creepers.
14:314.02, Simon.
14:32No, 4.11.
14:334.11, so you're nine away, Rob.
14:374.02.
14:384.02, off you go.
14:4075 plus one.
14:42Minus nine.
14:43Minus nine, 67.
14:45Times six.
14:46Perfect, 402.
14:51Ria, let's have another chat.
14:53Yesterday, it was brilliant to find out how many times you had to go back to school
14:57before your mum let you do comedy.
14:59Once you started that, because I would think, I think I maybe first saw you live at the Apollo,
15:03because I'm not a comedy club person, you know, I'm a bit of a fair weather stand-up comedy fan.
15:08You like to watch it at home, in your own comfort.
15:10What's that experience like?
15:13Doing live at the Apollo?
15:14It feels like quite frenetic and everyone's going crazy.
15:18It's, you know, I mean, you can spend years being a stand-up comedian
15:22and still not be prepared to walk out to 4,000 people.
15:26Yeah.
15:26And knowing that it's going to be recorded forever, so every mistake or anything you do is out there.
15:31So it's nervous, it's nerve-wracking enough as it is.
15:34But the one thing you assume is because it's a wonderfully invited, supportive television audience
15:38that's coming to see, you know, the next big things in comedy.
15:43The last thing I expected to be was heckled at not one, but both of my life at the Apollo
15:49sets.
15:49I got heckled both times and I thought, what is it?
15:52What am I, what is it about me that they call that?
15:54But one of them, one of them, he just disagreed with the premise of my set.
15:58And I was like, all right, fair enough.
16:00And the moment that happened, you switch into stand-up gear.
16:03There's just, there's just something in you.
16:05You go, I've trained for this.
16:06And you just go into a mode, attack mode.
16:09And you just go, right, there's a reason they put you in the balcony.
16:12But the other time, which was really lovely, they shouted out in the middle of routine
16:16and they just went, I love you.
16:18I was like, so I guess it wasn't so much of a heckle.
16:21You know, I said, wait for me, I'll be single soon.
16:24And then I kept going.
16:25It's interesting because the negative that's shouted out, the traditional heckle,
16:29tends to be 99 times out of 100 boneheadedness, right?
16:33So for a comedian, it's almost like, yes, I've been heckled.
16:36Because you know you're going to be able to outsmart them.
16:39But actually, someone shouting, I love you, it's much harder to find any comedy in that.
16:43It's just lovely.
16:44I know, it is.
16:44It's lovely.
16:45You just go, thank you so much for your support.
16:47But there's a rhythm and a timing to this.
16:50Maybe not as supportive as you thought it was.
16:52What about in terms of weekend, week out?
16:55If you go out to play live, what's the worst city in the UK for heckling?
17:00What are you trying?
17:01I want to tour this fine aisle.
17:04You can't do that to me.
17:05Then there'll be one place that will never come to my show.
17:08Do you know what?
17:09It's not about heckling.
17:11It's about being able to be respected by your audience.
17:16And the further north you go, I find that the witty they are, you get to Scotland.
17:22Yeah.
17:23And if you are not funnier than they are naturally by themselves in the pub, you need to go back
17:28and work on your comedy.
17:28Yeah.
17:29I think that's the truth of it.
17:30So, to be respected by a Scottish audience means everything in the world.
17:35Yeah.
17:36No heckles from us.
17:37Thank you so much.
17:39APPLAUSE
17:42What a score you're building up so far, Rob.
17:44More letters.
17:45Guess over the continent again, please.
17:47Thank you, Rob.
17:47W.
17:48And again.
17:50P.
17:51And again.
17:53S.
17:53And a vowel, please.
17:55E.
17:56And again.
17:57A.
17:58And another one, please.
18:00O.
18:01And a consonant, please.
18:02G.
18:04And a final consonant as well, please.
18:10And a final W.
18:12And here we go.
18:13MUSIC PLAYS
18:42Rob.
18:44Five. Yeah, Simon.
18:47I'll stick with the five.
18:49Cool. Rob, what have you got? Gips.
18:51Yeah, and Simon? Slope.
18:53Really difficult, just five, five, really frustrating.
18:57How do we get on? There is a seven.
18:59There's low wages. Low wages? Yes.
19:02Low wages, yes. I don't think any of us will have heard of it
19:05because it is historical now.
19:07It was a customary payment to the crew of a ship
19:10for loading and offloading cargo.
19:12OK, there you go. Right, difficult round.
19:15We've had some really generous rounds so far,
19:17so we were due one of those.
19:19Let's see if the next one's like, Simon.
19:21A consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Simon. D.
19:24And a second. N. And a vowel. E.
19:29And another vowel. U. And a consonant. T.
19:35A consonant. G. Another vowel, please. E.
19:41E. A consonant. Q. Oh. And a final vowel.
19:48A final I. And start the clock.
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20:04Thank you. Thank
20:05a lot of things Sor clams???? Yeah, I'll
20:21hear you. And start the clock
20:21in the morning. In the morning.
20:22Simon. Five. Five from you. And Rob?
20:26Six. What's a five, Simon? Tuned.
20:29And what's a six? United. United.
20:33Are we cheering anything more? We have a seven. Quieted.
20:37Thank you. You're welcome. Thank you very much.
20:40Numbers, Rob. One large and five small, please.
20:43Same again. Thank you, Rob. One large. Five little ones.
20:46And these five little ones are seven, two, five, eight and six.
20:53And the large one, 100.
20:55And the target to reach... Oh! 103.
20:59Goodness me.
21:30Lock of the draw. Take the points we can get them, Rob.
21:33Yes, 103. Yes, Simon. 103.
21:37Sometimes we don't get ink. Other times we don't even get standing up.
21:40And that's what's happening here. Off you go, Rob.
21:43100 plus five minus two. Yep. Simon?
21:47The same. 100. Five minus two.
21:49You don't even have to show it.
21:51Well, you're not getting a round of applause.
21:52There has to be a line. Yep. I agree.
21:55Thank you, Rach. You second that. We'll go to the break in silence.
21:58Uni lovers is your tea-time teaser. Yeah, uni lovers.
22:01Lovers while at uni, but their feelings changed into this.
22:05Lovers while at uni, but their feelings changed into this.
22:29Revulsion. Revulsion. Right.
22:3180 plays 31. So our champion, Rob, looking at sixth win and building a mammoth score as it stands.
22:37Time to dig in, Simon. More letters.
22:40Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:42Thank you, Simon.
22:44N.
22:45And another.
22:47T.
22:48And a vowel.
22:50E.
22:51And another vowel.
22:53O.
22:54And a consonant.
22:56R.
22:57And another.
22:59S.
23:01A consonant.
23:03N.
23:04A vowel.
23:06O.
23:09And a final consonant, please.
23:11A final T.
23:12And good luck.
23:14MUSIC PLAYS
23:44Give me a number, Simon.
23:45Six.
23:46Yeah, and Rob?
23:47Seven.
23:48Seven from you, OK. Simon?
23:50Stoner.
23:51Stoner. And Rob?
23:52Snotter.
23:54Snotter.
23:54What a great old, I just feel like I'm a kid reading the Beano or the Dandy or something.
23:59Snotter.
24:00First thing I looked up, yes, it's in.
24:01Of course it is.
24:02Anything else?
24:04There's an ocho.
24:05There's an eight.
24:07Norteños.
24:07Yes.
24:09Yes.
24:09They are inhabitants or natives of northern Mexico.
24:12Wow.
24:13Very good.
24:13Brilliant.
24:14APPLAUSE
24:17Much more impressive word than snotter.
24:19But you get the points for it, Rob.
24:22Let's go again.
24:23Can I have a consonant, please?
24:24Thank you, Rob.
24:25C.
24:26And another.
24:28H.
24:29And a third.
24:36E.
24:40And a consonant.
24:42B.
24:43And another.
24:45R.
24:48And another, please.
24:50And lastly.
24:51D.
24:53And kaita.
24:53Bye.
25:20Ha ha
25:24Rob? Seven.
25:26And a few, Simon? Seven. Seven as well. Rob?
25:29Sirard. Yes, and Simon?
25:31Charred. And Charred. Nice.
25:33Very nice. You can't be a Sirard-er, sadly,
25:36so you can't put that second R on. No.
25:38And that was our best, Sirard. We didn't. We didn't, did we?
25:41And that's it? Yes. Good stuff. Excellent.
25:44Seven points at eight. Still four rounds left.
25:47I'll have to reach for the series records books so far.
25:51Surely it could be a series-high score from Rob if he continues like this.
25:57Well, I've got time to look it up because, Susie,
25:59it's time for Origins of Words.
26:01Yeah, lovely email from John Willison.
26:04He talks about something that's irritated him for a very long time.
26:07So John writes,
26:08The term perfect storm used to describe mainly disasters.
26:12How come a storm is perfect when it causes suffering?
26:15Help, Susie. That's what he says.
26:18Well, most of us attach the word perfect
26:21to things like, I don't know, it was the perfect day, for example.
26:24And, of course, we do use it in a positive sense.
26:27But meteorologists often attach it to a storm.
26:32And a perfect storm is one that is perfectly terrible.
26:35And it features a kind of conflation or a collision of lots and lots of different factors,
26:41like the one that it's often associated with, which was the 1991 storm off the eastern Atlantic
26:47that inspired the book, The Perfect Storm, and the movie, famously, with George Clooney of the same name.
26:54It's then kind of branched out a little bit.
26:56So a perfect storm is any kind of critical or disastrous situation,
27:00again, created by lots and lots of different powerful factors coming together.
27:05Now, it was actually, it all began with a book, a nonfiction book,
27:10which recorded the events that led up to, it was all recorded in the film,
27:15from the loss of the fishing boat Andrea Gale and its crew of six in October 91.
27:21So, did it begin there? No.
27:24Now, Junger, who wrote the book, said that he got the term from a conversation he had
27:29at the time of the storm with a deputy meteorologist from the National Weather Service.
27:35And the man was called Bob Case. And each have remembered it slightly differently.
27:40But the one thing Bob Case, the meteorologist, has said is that Junger had the meaning wrong.
27:45And he said, October 1991 wasn't the biggest, wasn't the worst, wasn't the most deadly.
27:50It's not even in the top ten.
27:53Regardless of that, that is really what popularised it in our imagination.
27:56But the term itself goes back to 1701.
27:59And there is a record from there where it goes, all this night the wind so increased
28:04that in the morning it was grown to a perfect storm and the sea into a breach.
28:08The sky was so black and thick and so on. So, really descriptive.
28:11But as I say, it was the film that really propelled it into the mainstream.
28:16As for the perfect bit, which I think is what John is really objecting to,
28:20that use of perfect is a little bit rare to talk about something very negative.
28:25But again, we've been doing that for a very long time.
28:27And I'll give you an example.
28:28None other than William Shakespeare in The Tempest wrote,
28:31his complexion is perfect gallows.
28:34And that's definitely not a good thing.
28:39Well, Simon, not the first challenger to be blown away by our champion, Rob,
28:42but four rounds to go. Let's see what you can muster.
28:46And it's time for your letters.
28:47Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:49Thank you, Simon.
28:49T.
28:50And a second.
28:52S.
28:53And a third.
28:55J.
28:56A vowel, please.
28:57O.
28:58Another.
29:00E.
29:01A consonant.
29:02G.
29:04Another.
29:06M.
29:08A vowel.
29:10O.
29:14And a final consonant, please.
29:15Final B.
29:17Ankaita.
29:18O.
29:18Kaitan.
29:34Thank you so much.
29:49Simon? Just five of them.
29:51Five, yeah. Tricky letters, Rob. Five as well.
29:53Five as well. You see, what have you got, Simon?
29:55Boost. Yes, those points will boost your score. And Rob?
29:58Moose. Moose and boost.
30:01About this hoose, what else have you got? Very good.
30:04Yes, we are debating over here whether you could have mojos,
30:08for example, with the E, but you can't, but you can have that for five.
30:12I got stooge for six. Yeah, that's very nice as well.
30:15That was the best we could do. That's all we've got?
30:17Yeah. Stooge. So, we'll move on.
30:20Final letters round from you, Rob. On 99 at the moment.
30:24Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Rob. T.
30:28And again, please? M.
30:30And again, please? N. And a vowel? E.
30:36And again, please? E. And again? I.
30:40And a consonant, please? V. And a vowel, please? O.
30:49And a consonant to finish off, please.
30:51Lastly, S. And last letters.
30:53And a vowel, please.
30:54Or, sir?
30:54Or, sir?
31:16There's a vowel.
31:17Oh, sir?
31:17There's a vowel, please.
31:18power, please? And
31:20there's a vowel. Now,
31:20let's go. And there's
31:20a vowel. What's the
31:20vowel? Oh, sir?
31:21again? You? It's
31:22please. Yeah, I can't
31:22wait. Oh, sir. It's
31:23sir? And then,
31:25Rob? Seven.
31:26And for you, Simon? No, five.
31:28The five is? Teens. And seven? Motives.
31:32All good with that, Suze? Yep, very good indeed.
31:34Excellent. Anything else, Ria?
31:36If you pay me, I'll give you Monetise for eight.
31:39Fantastic. Grade eight. Well spotted.
31:43Nice. If you're playing along at home and you've got that,
31:45could be the difference. Now, highest score of series 90 so far is 120.
31:50That was set by you, Rob, so you're trying to better yourself
31:54and you can do 20 points left.
31:56Simon, you're picking these numbers, you're going to make it easy for him.
31:59I'll give him a chance. One large, five small, please, Rachel.
32:02Thank you, Simon. One large, five little.
32:04Coming up, final numbers of the day, will we get a challenge?
32:07Let's see. They are nine, six, four, five, eight and 100.
32:14And the target... No, 502.
32:17Yeah, Rob.
32:20Might have a chance. 502, last numbers.
32:23I'll be right back.
32:26Three, three, four.
32:32Next right.
32:34Now, can we get you better?
32:35Do this right now.
32:47We have a minute here.
32:48Here we go.
32:49Let's run.
32:50See you on the this?
32:51See you later. There's
32:52a documentary. I'll
32:52be right back. And
32:52as I did, I gave
32:53Got to do it, Simon, 502? 502. Rob? Yes, 502.
32:57Good stuff. Off you go, Simon. 100 times five.
33:01500. I don't know why I'm writing this up. And six minus four.
33:05Yeah, well done. And Rob? Exactly the same way.
33:09There you go. Ripple of applause. Just...
33:12APPLAUSE Very good. What a score by Rob.
33:16116 plays 53. Ten points left.
33:19Rob and Simon, fingers on the buzzers this Tuesday afternoon
33:23and it's summer's day. Let's reveal our Countdown Conundrum.
33:31Go on, Rob. Palladium.
33:33For the series' high score, brilliant.
33:38It's funny, we talked about live at the Apollo earlier,
33:41but people of a certain vintage like you and I, Simon,
33:44we remember live at the Palladium. Do indeed.
33:46Yeah, Sunday nights, was it Sunday evening?
33:48Bruce Forsyth. Yes, there you go.
33:51Right, well, listen, Si, lovely to have you here, mate.
33:53Thank you very much. Well, I've fulfilled my grandchildren's ambition.
33:55Adam and Alex wanted me to come, so that's why I've done it.
33:59Brilliant. Imagine how well you'd have done
34:00if you'd have read a couple of books.
34:02Yes, indeed.
34:03Well done. 53.
34:06Series high score champ usually starts to tighten up about the sixth win.
34:10You're going the other way.
34:11Yeah, just enjoying us.
34:12Yeah, good. That's the way to do it. That's the way to do it.
34:14We'll enjoy your company tomorrow, mate. Thank you very much.
34:16Excellent. Ray, Susie, all the best.
34:18Likewise. See you tomorrow.
34:19Brilliant. Rich, have a good evening. We'll see you tomorrow.
34:21I think we should get some cannons in just for a few random rounds in here,
34:25instead of the little gong at the end. I mean, that'll spice things up.
34:28Can you imagine a wells and safety in here? Best of luck. Best of luck.
34:31Right, we're all done. We'll see you tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:34You can count on us.
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