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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Tuesday afternoon. Thank you so much for tuning in to another episode of Countdown. I couldn't bear
00:37it without you.
00:38Champion and challenger back with us today, both looking not to get stuffed.
00:42But let's quickly introduce our cuddly threesome, our G of the D, Susie Dent, our special guest, Mark Durden-Smith
00:49and our Queen of Numbers, Rachel Riley.
00:51And on this day, way back in 1926, it was the birth of Michael Bond, who created, of course, Paddington
00:59Bear.
01:00Now, just a nice little thing. When he passed away in 2017, the epitaph on his gravestone was, quite obviously,
01:07but beautifully, please look after this bear.
01:09Thank you. Isn't that stunning? I love it.
01:11But we talk about that. Sounds very past tense, doesn't it? Back in the day. But Paddington's probably bigger than
01:18ever. I'm guessing all of your kids are into Paddington.
01:21We've got the books and obviously the films. And I think the whole Queen's Jubilee and obviously the Queen passing
01:26soon after that.
01:27And the Paddington motif that kind of went along with it has kind of just brought it to all generations
01:32at once.
01:33And I know your 18-year-old daughter, Thea, loves me embarrassing her on national television. Thea loves Paddington.
01:40We all love Paddington. I think they're such family movies, aren't they? Just going to all go along and enjoy
01:45with them.
01:45Mark, is there a pretender to the bear throne of a more famous bear than Paddington, really?
01:50No, I mean, I grew up in the era of the honey monster. I mean, it wasn't really a bear,
01:54technically.
01:55But I suppose, I don't quite know what to do about Paddington, because I haven't seen the latest incarnation of
02:01the movie series.
02:02And my whole family went when I wasn't able to go. So it's like, do I go on my own?
02:07Do I ask a friend to go and see Paddington Bear?
02:09Go on your own. Go on my own? Yeah.
02:12There we go. Bear issues sorted. I'd watch it on TV at home if I was you.
02:16I want the full cinematic experience.
02:18Suppose we go to the other extreme, Americans would be screaming Yogi Bear at the TV screens.
02:23Yogi Bear. What is it with bears and all this confectionery? Why are they into marmalade and honey?
02:28What is it? Have they got sweet tooths, famously? Do you know this?
02:31I think they're just forever hungry. So anything will do.
02:33All right. He's smarter than the average contestant, that's for sure.
02:36It's James Judge, who's got two wins so far, looking to make it a hat-trick today.
02:41Oh, tantalising 99 yesterday. Still waiting for that century. Looking forward to it.
02:47And what did you bring us today as a present? Did you bring us anything?
02:50I'll save it up for the other side.
02:52Nothing, that is. Nothing. I ask you, because Anne-Marie Whitehead joins us today.
02:57Lives in Lancashire originally. From Liverpool, how are you?
03:00Oh, very well. Thank you, Colin.
03:01Look at this. An apple crumble cake for us.
03:07We don't have any favourites in this show at all. Come on, Anne-Marie.
03:10Come on, Anne-Marie. We could get eight of these if she's an octal champ.
03:13Thank you for bringing this. And I'll tell you why you should be excited about this.
03:17Anne, at one stage, you won Britain's Best Scones, didn't you? Competition.
03:21So tell us about your baking history.
03:23I just like cooking and baking and making anything, really.
03:26Oh, goodness me. And then, after I retired, they were looking for more judges.
03:31So I went on to qualify as a judge.
03:34Oh!
03:35So some of these shows, you're going to have to taste maybe 100 items.
03:39What high-hardness that be, eh?
03:42Someone's got to do it.
03:43Last question. What did you get then?
03:46I thought you'd share it.
03:47You don't know me very well at all, Anne-Marie.
03:49There'd be no sharing.
03:50Don't know anything we share here is points.
03:52So let's see what happens.
03:53Anne-Marie and James, best of luck.
03:55APPLAUSE
03:57So, keep going there, James.
03:59Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:00Afternoon, James.
04:01Consonant, please.
04:02Thank you. Start today with J.
04:04And another consonant.
04:06T.
04:07Vowel, please.
04:08E.
04:10Consonant.
04:11G.
04:12Vowel, please.
04:14O.
04:16Consonant.
04:17B.
04:19Vowel, please.
04:20I.
04:22Consonant.
04:24S.
04:25And another consonant, please.
04:27And a final T.
04:29At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
05:01We'll see you next time.
05:01James? A seven. Anna-Marie? Seven. And a seven too. What have you got, James?
05:06Botties. Botties. And for you, Anne? Egotist.
05:11Egotist. Very good indeed. I was expecting a pair of botties there,
05:15so great spot with egotist as well. Both, I'm assuming, count,
05:19and such a childish word, innit? Botties and butties. Yeah?
05:22Yeah. Lovely. All right, nice seven. Let's get on with it.
05:27Seven points each. Anne-Marie, you're picking. Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:30Afternoon, Anne-Marie. Could I have a consonant, please?
05:33You can indeed. L. And another. S. And another.
05:39N. And another. H. And then a vowel. E. And another. A. And another.
05:51O. And a consonant. R. And a final vowel, please.
05:58A final E. And start that clock.
06:03O. And another.
06:04O. And another.
06:33And, Marie?
06:34Only a five.
06:35And for you, James?
06:36A seven.
06:37The five, Anne-Marie?
06:38Shear.
06:39James?
06:40Healers.
06:41Healers.
06:42Very good.
06:42Let me tell you, my ear holes are burning here.
06:44Yes, exactly right.
06:46That is their fate.
06:47I love it.
06:47I only knew it because Rachel had already put it up.
06:49Oh.
06:50And we can't have knee ear holes,
06:52you can only have ear holes, so no nines.
06:54Let's get on with it.
06:55Numbers for the first time today are former maths teacher
06:57pickin' them or champion James?
06:59One large and five small, please, Rachel.
07:01Thank you, James.
07:02One from the top five not coming up.
07:04First numbers of today are 5, 4, 5, 7, 7 and 50.
07:12And the target with them?
07:15284.
07:15284.
07:16Numbers up.
07:171, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 5, 6, 7 and 50.
07:47We're looking for 284 James 284 Anna Marie 281 to it one you give it away with that really light
07:56James off you go 50 plus 7 57
08:01multiply by 5
08:03285
08:04Take away five take away the other five plus four. Lovely. Well done another ten points
08:11He's hard to catch out in the numbers really is let's get our first tea time teaser clams menu clams
08:17menu clams on the menu
08:19But it sounds like he wants a different shellfish clams on the menu, but it sounds like he wants a
08:25different shellfish
08:41Welcome back. Yes clams were on the menu, but the muscles we were looking for was muscle, man
08:46Muscle, man, and yeah, you're not gonna find any of those around here. Let's get back to the game. Marie
08:51your letters
08:53Consonant please Rachel. Thank you, Marie n and
08:57another
08:58Y and another
09:01s and
09:02another
09:04P
09:05and a vowel I
09:07I
09:08and another vowel a
09:11I don't know the vowel a
09:16Consonant F
09:19And the final constant I think final D and half a minute
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14:13coming yes yes soon I might be waiting for about five minutes at this point I only booked you
14:17because of Judith so did you have like the most amazing holidays as a kid right a bit like if
14:25your if your mum or dad was a butcher right you're gonna have the best steak you know your whatever
14:31your the family job is you must have went all over the world you would have thought so you would
14:35have thought so obviously it's an odd one I think I've said this before when your mum presents a
14:40program called wish you were here and you're growing up and you're thinking that's quite apt
14:43wish you were here but she's on holiday obviously I loved her and she actually clothes us in love and
14:47all that kind of stuff and I only got to go to about three different locations over the course of
14:53I think 34 years of wish you were here and every time they I appeared we all had we actually
15:00had
15:00to watch wish you here I think it was on a Monday night and we were forced to watch it
15:04not forced
15:04but I wanted to watch the million dollar man on the other side whatever it was yeah forced to watch
15:09it and I remember every time they always you're in this one marquee I was called market home and
15:14how exciting was this and every time I thought I went I remember going on that holiday they did
15:18film me making an amazing sandcastle ornate pieces of driftwood and shells it looked incredible but
15:25the only things they ever used on wish you were here with me eating ice cream basically ice cream but
15:33also just covered with stuff all over my face I had I only had steak chips and full-fat coke
15:38in
15:39that era and it was all just me looking a little bit like I've been you know possibly not learnt
15:44my
15:44nutritional values in life so I honestly we we did have some perks there were some perks yeah but I
15:52didn't get to go many I did also knock out the world's strongest man a Bognor Regis yeah he said
15:58hit me I
15:58took him down I was seven and he was enormous sensation sensation time ago well Judas you'll be
16:06watching no doubt your son on countdown we wish you were here lots of love to you great story thank
16:10you so much okay who's going to be here tomorrow it is up in the air our champion James Jones
16:18under a
16:19bit of pressure 37 points Anne-Marie Whitehead on 27 the magic 10 behind mr. judge it's your
16:26letters a consonant please Rachel thank you James n and another consonant m and the vowel please you and
16:37another vowel I a consonant and another consonant t and a vowel a and another vowel a and a consonant
16:53please
16:54lastly are and good luck
16:56you
17:26all right James seven seven well done Anne-Marie only a six sixes minuet minuet and James miniser and miniser
17:36miniser potato potato miniser miniser miniser any of them in not that either form I'm afraid I'm so sorry
17:43I am livid about that by the way just FYI because that was my first seven I've got this oh
17:48yes we had a
17:49laugh for yesterday why why would someone in a meeting not be a miniser yes anyway I think that
17:53needs to change yes Susie Dent I will make a night yes it's such a friendly show that about once
17:59a
17:59week countdown sends you into fury and we've just had that moment so what is there we did get a
18:05couple
18:06of eights oh hello we did do we I was too obsessed by miniser oh we did okay ruminate ruminate
18:11yeah and
18:12train men yes by we Susie means her well done more letters please now from Anne-Marie consonant please
18:20Rachel thank you Anne-Marie C and another Q and a better one P and another C and a vowel
18:34a and another vowel O
18:37and another vowel E another vowel U and a consonant lastly M let's do it
19:19Anne-Marie six thank you and James four and four what's the four pace and the six opaque opaque very
19:27good
19:27indeed yeah well spotted did you see anything apart from opaque pumice so not pumice stone but this is
19:34um in cider making um once the fruit has been crushed to get its juice it's what's left over the
19:39pulp
19:39okay makes sense with the palm yes exactly very good and you know that goes to show how difficult it
19:46was
19:46to top score in that round what a battle we have in our hands as we get our numbers for
19:51the third time
19:52today James loves them let's do it uh three large three small please Rachel and you change your tactics
19:58as well you're up and you're going three large three little possibly a tricky one let's see
20:02they are six ten seven fifty seventy five and one hundred and this target five hundred and ninety five
20:11five nine five numbers up
20:13so
20:27so
20:29so
20:44595 with three large, James.
20:46595.
20:47Yeah, and Anne-Marie?
20:48595.
20:49Yes, fell quite well.
20:50Off you go, James.
20:51Six times 100.
20:53600.
20:5350 divided by 10.
20:55Here's your five.
20:56Subtract.
20:57I'm sure you were hoping for something a bit trickier than that.
20:59Same way.
21:00Yeah.
21:01Interesting.
21:01Excellent.
21:02Well done.
21:02Ten point seeds.
21:05And that brings us to this tea time teaser with the scores so delicately poised and it's
21:10older move, older move.
21:13I like this one.
21:14On your bike, son, we're going round in circles here.
21:16On your bike, son, we're going round in circles here.
21:34Hello again.
21:35Yes, we were in the velodrome for that tea time teaser and this looks like it's going
21:39to be a photo finish today.
21:41Our two-time champion, James, is on 47.
21:44Our baker extraordinaire, Anne-Marie Whitehead, hoping it's not a case of here today, scone
21:50tomorrow.
21:50Ooh.
21:51She's got 49 points with a slight lead and it's your letters.
21:56Consonant, please.
21:57I apologise on behalf of the whole team for that.
22:01Start with N.
22:02And another.
22:04H.
22:05And another.
22:07M.
22:08And another.
22:10T.
22:23And lastly, A.
22:27And kind of.
22:28And a.
22:44And I'll see you later.
22:55Bye-bye.
22:59Anne-Marie. I've got a safe six. OK, and James? Six.
23:03OK, let's play it safe, then. What have you got, Anne-Marie?
23:06Amount. Amount. And James? Nought.
23:09Susie, any better? We were just on sixes as well, actually.
23:11Oh. And no better than that. OK.
23:14More letters now from our champion, James.
23:17Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, James. L.
23:20And another consonant, please. D.
23:23And a vowel, please. O.
23:26And another vowel. E.
23:29A consonant. N.
23:32A vowel, please. O.
23:35A consonant. R.
23:39A consonant. S.
23:42And a vowel, please. Final A.
23:46All right, let's go.
23:47Go.
24:19Seven. Seven. And Anne-Marie?
24:21Seven. What have we got, James?
24:23Loaders. Yes, and for you, Anne-Marie?
24:25Noodles.
24:27Oh, noodles it is.
24:29Over the dictionary corner, Anne-Marie.
24:30We've got... And I say we,
24:33I am questioning you.
24:34Lardoons? Yes.
24:35I would have thought it's a lardoms.
24:37It's only a singular O, no?
24:39Yes. You can have it with a double O,
24:41but most usually we would have it with one O.
24:43It's the same thing? Same thing.
24:44Yeah, little cubes of bacon.
24:46Exciting round.
24:47Leaves it still two points, the difference.
24:49So Anne-Marie's holding her nerve.
24:51James is right there.
24:53Could be a crucial countdown conundrum.
24:54But right now it's a very important origins of words.
24:57Who's been contacting you?
24:58Lisa Loft. What a great name.
25:00That's a great name.
25:01That is a great name.
25:02You may not like Lisa so much after.
25:05She says, she mentions that you say showboating a lot.
25:09Do I?
25:09You do, but I don't think you use it in...
25:12I think you chastise yourself if you are showboating
25:15and then you move on.
25:16So I don't think Lisa means it in any insulting way at all,
25:19but she's wondering what it means and where does it come from?
25:23So to showboat is to show off, essentially,
25:27and it goes back to the golden age of showboats in the US,
25:31as many of us will know.
25:33So it ran from the 1830s right up to the 1920s
25:37and they were floating palaces of entertainment, essentially,
25:41and you would find them on the Ohio rivers
25:42and the Mississippi rivers.
25:44And they would stop at riverside towns
25:47rather than sort of being, you know,
25:49placed permanently in one particular area.
25:52If these riverside towns were too small
25:54to have these kind of permanent fixtures,
25:55they would just pass through and people would flock to them.
25:58And they staged all sorts of different shows,
26:00so they had melodramas, they had vaudeville,
26:03which was kind of burlesque comedy,
26:05as well as songs and dances,
26:07and really kind of exaggerated,
26:09slightly flashy performances to bring in the crowds.
26:12And they also had these wonderful calliopes,
26:15which were these steam-powered organs
26:17that could be heard from miles around.
26:19So because of this kind of flashiness
26:23and dazzling kind of exuberance, I suppose,
26:25to showboat then emerged as a verb meaning
26:28to behave ostentatiously.
26:30That's the idea.
26:31And in sports, I think, Colin, you'll know better than me,
26:34but it's unnecessary flourishes, isn't it?
26:36It is indeed.
26:37I'm glad you didn't ask the full-time sports presenter.
26:39Oh, I'm so sorry.
26:40Mark, tell me a question.
26:41No, I'm not a showboater.
26:42I think the key is in sport, you have to get it right.
26:44You know what I mean?
26:45If you're going to do a behind-the-back pass in rugby,
26:47are you going to do the step-overs
26:49or Cruyff turns in football, get it right
26:51or that whole crowd will be on you for it.
26:53Oh, absolutely right.
26:54Yeah, and so there's a tiny bit of mild disapproval in there,
26:57I think, but it all goes back to what was once seen
27:00as this incredible entertainment on board the river.
27:02Great stuff.
27:06OK, here we go.
27:07Who's going to stay afloat today?
27:09Who's going to be sunk?
27:10James, our champion, on 60 points.
27:12Anne-Marie on 62.
27:14Four rounds to go.
27:16Anne-Marie, deep breath.
27:19Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:21Thank you, Anne-Marie.
27:22D.
27:23And another.
27:24X.
27:26And another.
27:27R.
27:29And another.
27:30F.
27:32And a vowel.
27:33E.
27:34And another vowel.
27:36I.
27:37And another vowel.
27:39O.
27:40Another vowel.
27:43U.
27:44And a final consonant, please.
27:46A final N.
27:48And countdown.
27:49Isolaip.
28:01Bye.
28:11And now we've got a final one.
28:13Bye.
28:14Bye.
28:15Bye.
28:17Bye.
28:18Bye.
28:20AMW?
28:21Seven.
28:22JJ?
28:22Seven.
28:23Yeah.
28:24Anne-Marie?
28:25Unfired.
28:26Oh, unfired.
28:28And James?
28:29Founder.
28:30Founder jumped out.
28:31Unfired, we're going to pottery, aren't we?
28:34We are. Unfired clay in the dictionary, yes.
28:36There you go.
28:37And anything we can add in there?
28:39I was trying to get the X in and I couldn't do it,
28:42but luckily Susie's on hand.
28:44Unfixed.
28:44Unfixed?
28:45Yes.
28:46Yes.
28:46And finder, but just sevens.
28:48Absolutely. All the way for us.
28:50Well, straightforward's not a bad thing, really, at this stage,
28:53because it keeps it perfectly poised as we get more letters
28:56in our last letters of this epic episode of Countdown from James.
29:00Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:02Thank you, James.
29:03R.
29:03And another consonant.
29:05S.
29:06And another consonant, please.
29:09B.
29:09And another consonant, please.
29:12G.
29:13Vowel.
29:14E.
29:15Another vowel, please.
29:16U.
29:17Another vowel, please.
29:19E.
29:20A consonant.
29:23D.
29:24And a final consonant, please.
29:26A final T.
29:28Last letters.
29:29A noun.
29:57A consonant.
30:00James? Seven. And for you, Anne-Marie? Seven.
30:04Goodness me. James? I got badgers. Badgers from you.
30:09Budgets. Yeah, no A for badgers, unfortunately.
30:14What a moment. Actually, makes it nine points of difference,
30:18so we're still in crucial countdown conundrum territory,
30:21but a drop stitch there as we find out. Is there anything else?
30:24This is too tense. I can't think.
30:25There is one single eight the week of Ham, which was gestured.
30:30Gestured? Great. Well, let us gesture.
30:32Good luck to both of you. 20 points still up for grabs.
30:35It's there in the balance. Anne-Marie's got a nine-point lead.
30:38So what are you going to do with these last numbers?
30:41Just one from the top.
30:43You're hoping for something easy. James certainly isn't.
30:47Let's see which way it's going to fall.
30:49Final numbers today. Seven. One. Two. Four. Five.
30:54And the large one, 100. And the target, 496.
30:59Four. Nine. Six. Numbers up.
31:02That's a problem.
31:02One. Two. Four. Six.
31:25So how are we going to do with that?
31:25One. Two. Five.
31:26Two. Six.
31:26One. Two.
31:26One. Two.
31:32And that's time, Anne-Marie.
31:34496.
31:35And for you, James.
31:36496.
31:37Off you go, Anne-Marie.
31:38Five times 100 minus four.
31:40No showboating here.
31:43James.
31:43Exactly the same.
31:45Pass it over.
31:48Ten points each.
31:52Well, right from the beginning of this episode,
31:54it felt like an epic ending was baked in.
31:58So there's only two questions to ask you.
32:00Is our champion cooked or will our challenger crumble?
32:04Fingers on the buzzers.
32:07Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:42Time is up.
32:43We're handing out the teapot.
32:44Well done, Anne-Marie.
32:48Boy, oh boy, was that tense.
32:50I didn't see it, Rach.
32:51I think 29 seconds for you.
32:53I saw your eyes like that.
32:54Yeah, well, that was a very important round.
32:56It is.
32:57Wow, it's important.
32:58Look, everybody else got it apart from us three, it seems.
33:00Well done, everyone in the studio.
33:02Well done, nation.
33:02Let's confirm it.
33:04Goodness me.
33:05Fantastic.
33:07Wow.
33:08Well, James, to you first.
33:11Really epic battle today.
33:13You became a champion.
33:15That's the main thing.
33:15How are you feeling about that?
33:17Well, a bit gutted to lose, but well done, Anne-Marie.
33:19She came back very well.
33:20So, can't argue.
33:22So good.
33:22And I do feel like, you know, it's only these little things, these little moments.
33:26If you get that, I could see an octo-champ.
33:29I could see a series finalist for sure.
33:32But that's the way it goes, James.
33:33It's been lovely to have you.
33:34Thank you so much.
33:34Thank you very much, Colin.
33:35And Anne-Marie.
33:36Look what happens when you bake a cake, eh?
33:40You'll get to have a slice of it with us now, because you have to stay about.
33:43Yeah.
33:44Tell you what, the bar's high.
33:45What are you making us tomorrow?
33:46What have we got?
33:48Any orders?
33:49Anyone?
33:50Scones.
33:51Scones.
33:51Carrot cake.
33:52Carrot cake.
33:53There you go.
33:54I'm not talking to any of you, because they're called scones, so...
33:56Oh, no!
33:58Let's not go there.
34:00Excellent.
34:00Well, listen, you're not me going back to your kitchen, that's for sure.
34:03You're staying right here.
34:04Thank you very much, Anne-Marie, and well done to you.
34:08Lovely show.
34:09Mark Durden-Smith, pleasure to have you.
34:11Great to be here to witness his epic contest.
34:13Honestly, you two are fabulous.
34:16Yeah, you never know day-to-day what you're going to get.
34:18Well, you do, you know you're going to get Susie.
34:20Yes, thank you.
34:21And you, Rachel, happy days.
34:22See you tomorrow.
34:23Wonderful, yes.
34:23And it is, let's face it, winter.
34:26And it is Wednesday tomorrow.
34:28And all those horrible W words.
34:29But we will be here, and if you turn up, we're winners.
34:32So we'll see you same time, same place.
34:34You can count on us.
34:36You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:40You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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