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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:33Now, today sees the start of a very important exhibition at the NEC, Birmingham's NEC.
00:38It's the British Tourism and Travel Show.
00:40More than 250 exhibitors, Rachel, all there trying to get hold of our money to ensure that we stay in
00:49Britain for our holidays.
00:52Staycations are here to stay.
00:54Scotland tugs me towards her, but my word, it's a beauty if the weather's good.
00:59Yes, that's the problem with the UK, isn't it? It's just the weather.
01:02Yeah. Do you have a particular nook or cranny of England that you like to stay in?
01:07Well, we've had people to come and stay with us in London, and when you treat London as a holiday
01:11destination like you would in New York,
01:12it's got absolutely everything. It's got, you know, restaurants, shows, history, museums.
01:18It's got ping-pong bars. It's got all sorts of stuff. It's great fun.
01:21But then if you want to get away, the Lake District.
01:24The lakes are beautiful.
01:25It's beautiful, isn't it?
01:25But you're right about London. I mean, it's a great town.
01:29And to cycle around. It's lovely. And I live in West London, and my friends live in East London.
01:33So they know all the cool, trendy places to go east, and it's nice to just go out there for
01:37a night and feel like a tourist.
01:38Yeah, well, you be careful.
01:41I worry about you.
01:43Now, Rachel, Mohsin Shabir is back.
01:46It's come all the way from Saudi Arabia to play International Countdown.
01:49Brilliant stuff.
01:50And you had a good win against Maria Frizzell yesterday.
01:55And here you are. Fantastic. Good score, too.
01:5889, first time out.
01:59Feeling comfortable?
02:01Yeah, much better today.
02:02Brilliant. All right.
02:04You're joined today by Nicola Sibic, an English teacher from Wimborne in Dorset.
02:08Now, she's a music lover. Live music's your thing.
02:12It is, indeed, yeah.
02:13You like going to the festivals?
02:15I do, yeah. I've been to Download Festival about eight or nine times.
02:18Mm-hmm.
02:19Lost.
02:19So who... Why is Download Special? It's a fair old way from Dorset.
02:25Yeah, it is.
02:26Up near Donington.
02:26Yeah, I've always loved it. Since I was about 18, I've been going.
02:30And my favourite band is Slipknot, so they're kind of a heavy metal band.
02:34And I just love the whole performance.
02:35As soon as you arrive, whatever the weather, which is usually really grim,
02:39it is just a great experience.
02:41It just feels like home, really, when you arrive in the field.
02:44Brilliant. Well, good luck to you today.
02:45Thanks so much.
02:46Good luck to you both.
02:47Big round of applause for Mosin and Nicola.
02:51There you go.
02:52She's in the corner.
02:53Of course, she is sitting next door, once again,
02:56to ballroom dancer and presenter, the wonderful Len Goodman.
02:59There he is.
03:00Len, that's in the hold.
03:03Such a joy. Such a joy.
03:05Now, Mosin, off we go.
03:08Hi, Rachel.
03:09Afternoon, Mosin.
03:10Can I get a consonant, please?
03:11You can, indeed. Thank you.
03:12Start today with P.
03:15And another.
03:17D.
03:18And a third.
03:21T.
03:22And a fourth.
03:25L.
03:25Can I have a vowel, please?
03:28I.
03:29And another.
03:30O.
03:31And a third.
03:34A.
03:36And a fourth.
03:39I.
03:40And I'll finish off with a vowel, please.
03:44And finish with U.
03:46And here's the countdown clock.
03:49I.
03:50And a fourth.
04:05Please.
04:05Yes.
04:16Hope.
04:17Thanks.
04:18Bye.
04:20Mersin?
04:21Seven.
04:23And Nicola?
04:24Just a five, I'm afraid.
04:25And your five?
04:26Pilot.
04:27Pilot. Mersin?
04:28Plaudit?
04:30Um, I've just checked that one, Mersin.
04:32I would have been with you and would have allowed it in the singular,
04:34but unfortunately it's plaudits only in the plural.
04:37Apologies.
04:38That is bad luck.
04:39Yes.
04:39What luck.
04:40What have we got?
04:41Len?
04:42Susan?
04:42We've got a couple of sixes here.
04:44It's a good word.
04:46Utopia.
04:47Perfect.
04:48I love that word.
04:50Utopia indeed.
04:51It's not such a good word.
04:52Upload.
04:54But utopia.
04:55It's nice.
04:56We are all craving for it.
04:57Yeah.
04:58Yeah.
04:58All right.
04:59So, Nicola, that was a crafty five, wasn't it?
05:03Did very well.
05:04And now it's your letters game.
05:06Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:06Up to you, Nicola.
05:07Can I have a consonant, please?
05:08You can indeed.
05:09You can have F.
05:11And another one?
05:13W.
05:14And another one?
05:16D.
05:17And a vowel?
05:18O.
05:20And another?
05:21E.
05:22And a consonant?
05:24G.
05:25And another?
05:27M.
05:29And a vowel?
05:32I.
05:34And a final vowel, please.
05:37And a final A.
05:39And here's the countdown clock.
05:42And a vowel, please.
05:44And a vowel, please.
05:46And a vowel, please.
05:52And a vowel, please.
05:53And a vowel, please.
05:55And a vowel, please.
05:55And a vowel, please.
05:56And a vowel, please.
05:57And a vowel, please.
05:57And a vowel, please.
05:57And a vowel, please.
05:57And a vowel, please.
05:57And a vowel, please.
05:59And a vowel, please.
06:01And a vowel, please.
06:12nicola i've got a six thank you listen yes six nicola imaged and sim imaged exact image and
06:24lennon susie yeah well meadow thank you meadow goes in what's this word meowed
06:31oh well like a cat yes the cat's meowed it's the alternative spelling you can't spell m-e-o-w
06:38but you can spell it m-i-a-o-w thank you well done she's terribly good at this yeah
06:4311 plays six
06:45nicola in the lead and it's mosin's numbers game can i have the bottom raw please you can indeed
06:52six little ones coming up thank you mason and the first one of the day is seven seven one eight
07:01nine
07:02nine and nine and the target six hundred and eighty six eight zero
07:11so
07:13so
07:16so
07:38motion
07:39oh no too far away too far nicola i think i've got six eight five let's try for it so
07:48nine times
07:49seven sixty three nine times seven sixty three um times by nine plus one is ten times by the other
07:58nine plus one if a six hundred and thirty eight times other seven is fifty six yeah and then minus
08:07the one but i've used it haven't i oh no oh bad luck that is very bad luck gosh within
08:13an inch
08:14within an inch rachel what can you do for us i think i've just spotted last second if you say
08:20seven times seven is forty nine take away nine for forty and then the other nine plus eight is
08:28seventeen and times them together
08:31that's so sweet
08:35time for a tea time teaser first of the day it's a bald pate and the clue the man had
08:42a bald pate but
08:43he grew to live with it eventually the man had a bald pate but he grew to live with it
08:48eventually
09:09that's because he was um adaptable adaptable is what we're after so nicola ahead in the game and
09:18it's your letters game thank you can i have a consonant please rachel thank you nicola f and
09:24another one d and a third h and a vowel u and another e and a consonant k and another
09:39one c
09:43and a vowel please o and a final consonant please and a final j stand by
10:00so
10:12so
10:13so
10:27Nicola.
10:28Got a six.
10:29Yes.
10:30Yes, six also, but not written down.
10:32And yours would be?
10:33Chalked.
10:35And same words.
10:36Same.
10:37There we are.
10:38Susie and Len.
10:40Sixes are all round here.
10:42Hocked.
10:42Yes.
10:43Putting something into hock and hucked.
10:46Yes.
10:47What's that mean?
10:47I think American variant on chuck, so if you huck something, you throw it.
10:53Yeah.
10:53Oh, thank you.
10:5517 plays 12.
10:57Now, Mohsin, letters again?
10:59Hi, Richard, can I have a consonant, please?
11:02Thank you, Mohsin.
11:02S.
11:04And another?
11:07L.
11:08And a third?
11:10D.
11:12Vowel, please.
11:13E.
11:14And another?
11:15A.
11:17And a third?
11:18E.
11:20And another vowel, please.
11:23A.
11:25Consonant?
11:27M.
11:28And I'll finish off with a consonant, please.
11:30And finish with R.
11:34Stand by.
11:52And another vowel, please.
11:52And another vowel, please.
11:53And another vowel, please.
11:53And another vowel, please.
11:53And another vowel, please.
11:53And another vowel, please.
11:54And another vowel, please.
11:54And another vowel, please.
11:56And another vowel, please.
12:05Merson?
12:07Seven.
12:08Nicola?
12:09Seven.
12:10Merson?
12:10Leaders.
12:11And?
12:12Dealers.
12:13And dealers, indeed.
12:15And over in the corner?
12:17Emeralds.
12:19Emeralds.
12:19Oh, yeah.
12:20Eight.
12:21Yeah.
12:21Very good.
12:22Emeralds.
12:25Well done.
12:27And Susie and the girls?
12:28No.
12:29Beautiful.
12:30Very good eight.
12:30Emeralds.
12:31Lovely.
12:32So, 24 plays 19.
12:34So, now, Nicola, it's your numbers game.
12:37Thanks very much.
12:38Can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
12:41You can, indeed.
12:41Thank you, Nicola.
12:42One big one.
12:43Five little ones.
12:44And these five small ones are eight, three, five, one, two.
12:51And the big one, 25.
12:53And the target, 934.
12:55Nine, three, four.
12:57One, two, three, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:09five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:09five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:09five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:09five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:09five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five
13:11MUSIC PLAYS
13:28Nicola? No, too far away.
13:31Mason? 9.13, not written down.
13:35Off we go.
13:378, take away the 1.
13:398, take away 1, is 7.
13:418 times 5, sorry. 8 times...
13:43No, I've lost it. I've lost it.
13:45Bad luck. We must rely on Rachel.
13:48No bad thing. Rachel, 9.34?
13:51Yes. If you say 25 minus 2 is 23,
13:57times by 8 is 184,
14:02add 3 is 187,
14:05times that by 5 is 935,
14:09and you have a 1 left over for 934.
14:11Fabulous.
14:13Thank you, Rachel.
14:15934, that's the way.
14:17So, 24 to 19 as before.
14:20Nicola in the lead,
14:21and we turn to Len Goodman.
14:24Len, you want to share some good advice?
14:27When I first did Strictly Come Dancing,
14:30I'd never been on television or anything,
14:33so, obviously, I was nervous,
14:35and I was going to meet one of my heroes growing up,
14:39Bruce Forsythe.
14:40And when I heard he was going to host it,
14:43oh, you know, and they say never meet your heroes,
14:46well, there was a knock on my door
14:48just a couple of hours before the show.
14:51It was Bruce.
14:53And he said,
14:54I just wanted to come in and say hello.
14:57You know, this is the first show,
14:59so he must have been nervous himself.
15:01And he said,
15:03how do you feel?
15:04And I said, yeah, I'm OK.
15:05I'm a little bit worried about coming over wooden.
15:09And he said a great thing,
15:11which I've always remembered.
15:12He said,
15:13be yourself and be honest.
15:15And that's what all the time I was on Strictly I tried to do,
15:19and ever since then,
15:21be yourself and be honest.
15:22So that was one lovely little thing that I've remembered.
15:26Driving along on the M6 motorway,
15:29and I was going to overtake a camper van thing
15:35with an old couple in it,
15:37and on the side it had
15:41adventure before dementia.
15:46And I've lived by that ever since.
15:48So come on.
15:50Yeah.
15:50That's excellent.
15:51What good advice that was.
15:53But talking about Bruce,
15:55I met him a couple of times,
15:56very briefly.
15:57What a nice, kind, generous man he was.
16:00He was the most lovely man.
16:01You know,
16:02when you think he was,
16:03well, an absolute institution,
16:05a national treasure and whatever.
16:07Great guy.
16:08Thanks very much.
16:14That's the enderance for sure.
16:16So 24 to 19,
16:17Mohsen on 19,
16:18and it's Mohsen we turn to.
16:20Yes, sir.
16:21Can I have a consonant, please?
16:23Thank you, Mohsen.
16:24B.
16:25And another?
16:28R.
16:29And a third?
16:31Y.
16:31Vowel, please.
16:34O.
16:36And a consonant?
16:37R.
16:39Vowel, please.
16:41A.
16:42And another?
16:44U.
16:47One more?
16:49E.
16:51And a final consonant, please.
16:54And a final N.
16:57Countdown.
16:58C teraz?
16:59B Admiral.
16:59Nine more?
17:10And a final gözemок.
17:14Bye.
17:19One more.
17:21Bye.
17:22Bye.
17:22Bye.
17:23Bye.
17:24Bye.
17:26Bye.
17:29Now a motion. Six. Nicola? Just a five. And your five? Arbor. And Arbor and Byron? To be Byron? You
17:40certainly can, yes. How are you spelling Arbor? I don't know if it's a word. A-R-B-O-R.
17:46With the British spelling, you need a U in there. So I could have had six. Yeah, you could have
17:50had six. I'm sorry.
17:51Bad luck. What else have we got? No, that's it. Six is our best shot. Barony and Byron. Thank you
17:58very much. One point ahead for Mohsen and it's 25 to 24. Nicola, let us go. Can I have a
18:05consonant, please? Thank you, Nicola. C and another. S and another. T and a vowel. O and another. A and
18:20a consonant.
18:21R and another. T and a vowel. I and another vowel, please. And lastly, U. Stand by.
18:35T and a vowel. Listen up, please. It can be a vowel, please.Bye, let's hear from you.
19:07Nicola?
19:08I've got a six.
19:09A six.
19:10Mohsin?
19:11I've got a six as well.
19:13Mm-hm.
19:13Nicola?
19:14Static.
19:15And?
19:16Artist.
19:17Yes.
19:18Very nice.
19:19Two solid sixes, Len and Susie.
19:21Can we match or beat it?
19:22We've got two solid sevens.
19:23Excellent.
19:25Outcast and Tourist.
19:28Perfect.
19:28Perfect.
19:29Look at that.
19:32Still one point in it.
19:3331 plays 30.
19:34And now, Mohsin, it's your numbers game.
19:37I'll have one large and five small, please, Rachel.
19:39Just the one large this time.
19:41Change the tack.
19:42Thank you, Mohsin.
19:43And they are six, nine, one, five, ten, and the large one, 50.
19:52And the target, 287.
19:55287.
20:27And Nicola?
20:30285.
20:32Right, Mohsin.
20:3410 divided by five is two.
20:36Yeah.
20:3750, take away the two.
20:3948.
20:41Multiply that by six.
20:43288.
20:44Take away the one.
20:45Well done, 287.
20:46Very well done.
20:50Very good.
20:5131 plays.
20:5230 now.
20:53So, Mohsin is increased easily a little bit as we turn to our second Tea Time Teaser,
20:58which is Peel Tooth and the Clue.
21:00Forget Rachel and Susie.
21:02This Tea Time Teaser is simply Lens.
21:05Forget Rachel and Susie.
21:07This Tea Time Teaser is simply Lens.
21:26Welcome back.
21:27And if you have the clue, forget Rachel and Susie, this Tea Time Teaser is simply Lens.
21:34And the answer to that one is Telephoto Lens.
21:39Telephoto.
21:4041 plays 30.
21:41Mohsin in the lead.
21:42And it's Nicola we turn to now.
21:44Nicola.
21:45Can I have a consonant, please?
21:47Thank you, Nicola.
21:48M and another.
21:51R and a vowel.
21:53A and another.
21:55O and a consonant.
21:58Z and another.
22:02N and a vowel.
22:07E and another vowel, please.
22:11A and a final consonant.
22:14And a final S.
22:16Stand by.
22:17A and a vowel.
22:48Nicola.
22:49Six.
22:50A six.
22:51And Mohsin?
22:52Seven.
22:54Nicola.
22:55Amazes.
22:56And?
22:57Mourners, people who mourn.
22:58Mourners, yes.
22:59Very good.
23:01Yeah.
23:01There we are.
23:02Well done.
23:03Well done, Mohsin.
23:04Now, my wife thinks I'm a bit of a moaner.
23:08Does she?
23:08Yeah.
23:09With any justification?
23:10No.
23:11And she also says, I grunt a lot.
23:12That's a new one.
23:14When I sit down, I'll get up.
23:16Stop grunting.
23:17That's not a word, by the way, but oarsmen for seven.
23:21Yes.
23:21And amazons.
23:23Very good.
23:24Yes, with a small a, I should say, in that one.
23:27It's parrots.
23:28Green parrots found in Central and South America.
23:30Oh.
23:30With a small a.
23:33So, 48 plays 30.
23:36Mohsin, you're back.
23:37Letters game.
23:39Can I call something, please, Rachel?
23:40Thank you, Mohsin.
23:41P.
23:42And a vowel.
23:44O.
23:45Another vowel.
23:48A.
23:49A third.
23:51E.
23:53Consonant, please.
23:55L.
23:56And another.
23:58R.
23:59And another.
24:01C.
24:03And another.
24:05R.
24:06And a final vowel, please.
24:08And a final I.
24:12Countdown.
24:29And a final vowel, please.
24:30And a final vowel, please.
24:30And a final vowel, please.
24:30And a final vowel, please.
24:32And a final vowel, please.
24:33And a final vowel, please.
24:33And a final vowel, please.
24:33And a final vowel, please.
24:33And a final vowel, please.
24:33And a final vowel, please.
24:34And a final vowel, please.
24:45Mmm.
24:46Mosen?
24:46A seven.
24:48And Nicola?
24:49Just a six.
24:50And that six?
24:51Parrot.
24:52Parrot and?
24:53Airport.
24:54And airport.
24:55Very good.
24:56Pretty good.
24:57Pretty good.
24:58Len?
24:59Susie?
24:59Actually, Susie's written this down.
25:01What is this word?
25:02Epilator.
25:03Or epilator.
25:05It's a device that removes unwanted body hair.
25:08You wouldn't know about this, probably.
25:10Pass the epilator.
25:11Yeah.
25:12Fifty-five days, thirty.
25:13Mosen on fifty-five.
25:15Oh, Susie.
25:17It's your origin of words.
25:19Thank heavens for that.
25:21Well, I'm a great fan, as you know, of the Oxford Dictionary's blog.
25:25It's just a free site, and you can just go on and find lots of wonderful facts and stories about
25:30words.
25:31And I came across a little article written by John Kelly, who writes for them,
25:35and it's really about what the lawn is doing in forlorn.
25:39And forlorn itself is quite a sad word, really, and I'll tell you why.
25:44First thing to say is that it's very, very old.
25:46So it's recorded in something called the Anglo-Saxon Chronicles, which has given us quite a lot of early records
25:51of words.
25:52And that goes back to the ninth century.
25:54So we have had forlorn for a very, very long time, and it's the past participle of a forgotten verb
26:01called forlaser.
26:02Forlaser, and that meant to lose utterly, to lose completely in quite a devastating way.
26:08And forlaser actually is the ancestor of lose and loosen and lease, a lot of other words that have survived
26:13in modern English.
26:15I'll come back to the lawn later, but the for bit was actually quite common at that time.
26:21And there were so many wonderful words, beginning with for, that we have now forgotten.
26:26They usually mean something destructive or something lost.
26:30So forslug, if you forslug the day, you neglect it through complete sluggishness and idleness, which I quite like.
26:38Forthrawn, to be frozen up, almost frozen solid in the ice.
26:42Forbliss, to make happy.
26:44And so it goes on.
26:46Forglut is another good one.
26:47That's to just devour something through gluttony.
26:51Forlaser just disappeared.
26:53But forloren, as it was, or forlorn, survived.
26:57And, of course, it survives most of all in forlorn hope.
27:00And we actually owe that, believe it or not, to the Dutch forloren hoop, which meant a lost troop,
27:06because it referred to a detachment of fighters who led an attack, went ahead.
27:10They were the vanguard, if you like, and would meet with their demise.
27:14So the forlorn means the same as it does in English, but the hoop was actually a troop originally.
27:19But the lawn is beautiful, and we've kind of lost that as well.
27:24Lawn, lost.
27:26Love lawn was a word used by Milton, which I think is quite beautiful.
27:29But it's a shame that we're lawn, of lawn, I think.
27:32And John Kelly has suggested some beautiful ones to bring back.
27:35A star-lawn sky, so a sky without stars.
27:38A peace-lawn world, which is beautiful.
27:40A fact-lawn culture, which is quite relevant today.
27:44So, yeah, beautiful, beautiful words that we have lost.
27:46I think we need to make a big effort to bring back both force-slugging, force-wunk, and love lawn.
27:51I think it's beautiful.
27:54Very good.
27:58Well, you've made a good start there.
27:59Thank you, Susan.
28:00I hope so.
28:00Perfect.
28:0155 plays 30.
28:02Motion on 55.
28:04Nicola, your letters go.
28:06Can I have a consonant, please?
28:08Thank you, Nicola.
28:09W.
28:10And another one?
28:12N.
28:13And a vowel?
28:14E.
28:15And a vowel?
28:18I.
28:19And a consonant?
28:21S.
28:22And a vowel?
28:24E.
28:25And a consonant?
28:28L.
28:31And another vowel, please?
28:33I.
28:35And a last consonant, please?
28:38And lastly, S.
28:41Stand by.
28:58And a vowel, please?
28:59And a vowel, please?
28:59And a vowel, please?
29:01And a vowel, please?
29:01And a vowel, please?
29:02And a vowel, please?
29:02And a vowel, please?
29:02And a vowel, please?
29:02And a vowel, please?
29:13Nicola?
29:13Six.
29:14A six motion?
29:16I'm going to go for a seven.
29:18Nicola?
29:19Swines.
29:20And can you be winless?
29:22You can.
29:23You can have a winless streak if you're a sports team, for example.
29:27Yep, in the dictionary.
29:28Very good.
29:28Well done.
29:29Solid stuff.
29:30Now, Len and Susie?
29:32Well, winless is one that we've got down here.
29:35And williness.
29:36Wiliness.
29:37Wiliness.
29:38Yeah, I didn't know what williness...
29:39Yeah.
29:39Oh, is that an eight?
29:41Yes.
29:42Oh, it's a garden gate.
29:43There you go.
29:45Wily Fox.
29:4662 to 30.
29:48Mohsen, final letters game.
29:50Yeah, can I have a vowel, please?
29:52Thank you, Mohsen.
29:53E.
29:54And another?
29:55A.
29:57And another?
29:59I.
30:00And a fourth?
30:02E.
30:04Constantly, please.
30:06D.
30:07And another?
30:08N.
30:10And another, please.
30:12R.
30:14And another?
30:16V.
30:18And a final vowel, please.
30:21And a final I.
30:24Stand by.
30:26And another one.
30:27And another.
30:37Someührt.
30:37I.
30:37Yeah.
30:54I.
30:54I.
30:54I.
30:54I.
30:56Mersin.
30:57I'll go for a seven.
30:59A seven.
30:59Nicola?
31:00I'll try a seven.
31:03Mersin?
31:03Invader.
31:05And Nicola?
31:06Ravined.
31:07I don't...
31:07Yeah, both very good.
31:09Yes.
31:10Both in their dictionary.
31:11Very good.
31:11Any more sevens, Len?
31:12Well, I've got an eight.
31:14Re-invade.
31:17Re-invade.
31:20Very good.
31:21As though once wasn't enough.
31:23Yeah.
31:24All right.
31:24Here they come again.
31:2569 to 37.
31:27Nicola, your numbers game.
31:29Can I have six more, please?
31:32You can indeed.
31:32Back to the six more.
31:34Thank you, Nicola.
31:34See what challenge we have to finish the day.
31:36And this selection is six, one, ten, five, three, and eight.
31:45And the target, 542.
31:485-4-2.
31:492-3-3-2.
31:497-14-5-8-2.
31:508-6-4-5-8-2.
31:578-6-4-5-9-9-6-8-7-6-6.
31:579-0-7-7-6-6.
32:058-6-6-7-6.
32:079-10-6-6.
32:072-3-6-6-6.
32:079-10-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-6-6-7-6-6-6-6-6.
32:20Nicola? No, sorry.
32:22Merson? 542.
32:24And?
32:278 had 1.
32:28Is 9.
32:29Multiplied by 6. 54.
32:31Times 10. 540.
32:355 take away the 3.
32:36Is your 2. Well done.
32:38542.
32:39Well done. Well done indeed.
32:41APPLAUSE
32:43OK, into the final round, chap.
32:46Scores 79, plays 37.
32:48Fingers on buzzers.
32:50Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:53BELL RINGS
33:01Merson?
33:02Can you be hot-footed?
33:04Hot-footed?
33:07It could.
33:08APPLAUSE
33:13Oh, well done.
33:1489, which is exactly the same score as yesterday.
33:17Not bad.
33:18Not bad at all, let me tell you.
33:20Well done.
33:21I'll come back to you in a second.
33:22Oh, Nicola, he's come all the way from Riyadh,
33:24and he ain't going home.
33:26You know, unless he's going to give it a real good go.
33:29So, thank you very much for coming.
33:32Thank you for having me.
33:33It's been a pleasure.
33:34Back to Wimborne.
33:35Thank you for coming.
33:36You take this goodie bag back to Wimborne.
33:37Thank you very much.
33:39And we shall see you,
33:42Mohsin Shamir, tomorrow.
33:43Well done.
33:44Two good wins.
33:45Yeah.
33:45Congratulations.
33:47Well done.
33:47All right.
33:48Good player, Susie.
33:50Good player.
33:51You're coming back tomorrow with that Len Goodman.
33:53Yes, I'll be back.
33:54Look forward to it.
33:55Lovely stuff.
33:56Rachel?
33:57I will be back.
33:58We shall see you then.
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