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00:31Hello and welcome to Countdown. It's Tuesday the 3rd of February. I'm Les Dennis, standing in for Colin Murray all
00:37this week. Thanks for having me along and thanks for your company as we start the clock on another 15
00:43rounds of letters and numbers. Over in Dictionary Corner, keeping our contestants, and me, in check, is the guardian of
00:51the dictionary, Susie Dent.
00:53Hello. Hi, Susie. Hi. And Susie is joined today by a medic who marveled us on Strictly, television doctor, Dr.
01:02Ranj Singh. Hi, Ranj. Hi. You okay? Yeah, good. Thank you very much. Good. And of course, showing us how
01:08it's done when it comes to the numbers, it's Countdown Queen, Rachel Riley.
01:12Now, today is a very special occasion as it's a certain celebrity's birthday. Can you guess who it is? No.
01:21No? Well, it's Elmo, the famous puppet from Sesame Street. Now, I mention this particularly as Elmo is permanently three
01:30and a half. He never gets over three and a half.
01:33And this made me think, if you could be one age for the rest of your life, what would you
01:38be? Susie?
01:4011. Really? I was really happy. As an 11-year-old, I would go out finding conkers, going off on
01:47bike rides on my own. I discovered books and dictionaries, had nice friendship. I was really happy when I was
01:5411.
01:54And you'd just started senior school then? I'd just started senior school. Yeah, so it was always good. So, yeah,
02:00I go back to quite a young age.
02:01Yeah, what about you, Ranj? 40. 40? Yeah, I had the best 40th year at a cracking birthday party. Life
02:08was great. It was pre-pandemic. The world was a different place, wasn't it?
02:12It was a different place. You look like you're still 40. Yeah. Well, we'll go with that. OK. Rach?
02:18I'm just very curious how it could be his birthday simultaneously and he's three and a half permanently.
02:24How does that work? I don't know. Someone's pulling the fast one there. I wouldn't argue with Elmo. Who would
02:28argue with Elmo?
02:29I think, well, I'm 40 now and I wouldn't go back to my school days. You know how everyone says
02:34the school days are the best days of your life?
02:36Yeah. I think that's rubbish. I think you've got so many exams and everyone's telling you what time to go
02:40to bed and what to eat and what not to do.
02:42I would never go back to that. Uni got more fun, but I think it's nicer when you've got your
02:47own independence,
02:47you've got your own family that you've chosen and your house and you can spend your money how you want.
02:51You can go to bed whatever time you want. So, I'm 40 now. So, if I went too young, I'd
02:56get rid of my kids, which I think is just wrong.
02:59I don't want to tempt fate and say anything before kids. I'm going to go with 40 as well.
03:02Yay! OK. Well, I'm 72 and I would say that 60s was great. I loved the 60s. 70, you just
03:10start thinking, hello.
03:12Getting on a bit. I'm getting on.
03:14But you can also, you can do what you want and say what you want.
03:17You can. Are you abusing that privilege?
03:20I'm not abusing it. I'm using it. Good.
03:24Well, over to our contestants and we welcome back Callum.
03:28You scored 120 yesterday and that's your best score so far. Do you feel like you're settling in now?
03:34Yeah, I think I'm settling in pretty well, to be fair. But yeah, pressure's on a bit now, though.
03:38Why do you feel the pressure is on you?
03:40I suppose you're just getting closer to the finish line, I guess.
03:42Well, your opponent today is Karen Newton from Watford. Welcome, Karen.
03:47Hello.
03:48How are you doing?
03:49Doing fine, thank you.
03:50Good. This isn't your first time in a television studio, is it?
03:54No. No.
03:56Many years ago, I work at Watford General Hospital and many years ago, the site was often used in television
04:02programmes.
04:02There was a new programme, Holby City, being commissioned and I was approached by the production crew to come and
04:10talk to staff about their jobs.
04:12So we had Michael French in, Angela Griffin, talking to staff and doctors and the production crew came to see
04:18what a ward looked like.
04:20I played a cancer patient in Holby and they actually did the operation.
04:25Did you watch any of that happening?
04:27Yes, I did, yeah.
04:28You watched?
04:28Yeah, yeah.
04:29You watched?
04:29So it's interesting seeing all the camera work and everything, you know.
04:31OK, well, thanks, Karen, for sharing those stories about Holby.
04:35Have a great day, you and Callum.
04:39OK, it's the first letters game and, Callum, you get to choose.
04:43Hi, Rachel.
04:44Hi, Callum.
04:45Start of a consonant, please.
04:46Start today with S.
05:07So, for the first time today, let's play Countdown.
05:41Callum, how many?
05:43Try six, not written down.
05:44Try six, not written down.
05:46And Karen?
05:46Seven.
05:47Seven.
05:48OK, so, Callum, let's hear your six.
05:51Honeys.
05:52Honeys.
05:53And, Karen, your seven?
05:55Honeys.
05:56Honeys.
05:57How are you spelling honeys, Callum?
05:59H-O-N-I-E-S.
06:01Oh, if you had gone with the Y, you would have been absolutely fine because it is in there, E
06:06-Y-S.
06:07But you can't have it with that spelling, I'm afraid.
06:10And, Karen, I'm afraid you can't have honeys either.
06:12So, I'm afraid both draw a blank.
06:14And you guys, did you find anything?
06:17We did.
06:17We had two sevens, honesty and, my favourite type of clothing, fishnet.
06:23Fishnet.
06:24OK.
06:26Karen, over to you for more letters.
06:29Consonant, please, Rachel.
06:30Thank you, Karen.
06:31T.
06:33Another consonant, please.
06:34P.
06:35Vowel.
06:37A.
06:39Vowel, please.
06:40U.
06:43Consonant, please.
06:45S.
06:47Consonant, please.
06:50G.
06:51Vowel, please.
06:53I.
06:55Consonant, please.
06:57L.
07:00Vowel, please.
07:02Lastly, O.
07:03All ready, here's the clock.
07:07MUSIC PLAYS
07:36So, Karen, how many?
07:38Six.
07:38Six for you.
07:39Callum?
07:40Seven.
07:40Seven.
07:41So, Karen, what's your six?
07:43Pilots.
07:44Pilots.
07:44Callum?
07:45Outsail.
07:46Outsail.
07:47Yes, Callum spotted about the only seven that was there.
07:49Well done.
07:50Is that the only seven?
07:51The only one we could find.
07:53OK.
07:53No sixes.
07:54Do you find any other sixes?
07:55We didn't, actually.
07:56No.
07:56No, we rested on our laurels.
07:57We probably shouldn't have done.
07:59OK.
08:00On to the first numbers game.
08:02And, Callum, it's your pick.
08:03One large, please.
08:04One large, five little coming up.
08:08First numbers challenge of the day is four.
08:11One, six, three, eight, and 25.
08:17And the target, 582.
08:21582.
08:21Here's the clock.
08:53Callum, did you get it?
08:54I think I've got 583 not written down.
08:57OK, and you, Karen?
08:59588.
09:00588. So, Callum?
09:026 times 4 is 24.
09:046, 4 is 24.
09:06Minus 1.
09:0823.
09:09Times 25.
09:11Is 575.
09:12And plus the 8.
09:13Plus the 8, 1 away.
09:14So, Rachel, can you get it?
09:16It's a rare miss from Callum, actually.
09:18If you say 25 times 4 is 100,
09:22before you times it by 6,
09:24take away the 3 for 97,
09:26and then that takes you straight to 582.
09:30I don't know how you do that.
09:32So, with the scores,
09:34Callum on 14 and Karen still to score,
09:37it's time for our first tea-time teaser.
09:41I once mum.
09:43And the clue is,
09:45I once wrote this for my mum's special birthday.
09:49I once mum.
09:50I once wrote this.
09:52for my mum's special birthday.
09:54See you after the break.
10:11Welcome back.
10:12Your clue was,
10:13I once wrote this for my mum's special birthday,
10:16and the answer is,
10:18encomium.
10:19Susie, did I say it right,
10:21and what does it mean?
10:22Yes,
10:23encomium.
10:24Encomium.
10:24Probably,
10:25but,
10:25yes,
10:25it's a piece of writing,
10:26or it can be a speech,
10:27that praises someone to the skies.
10:29Okay,
10:29on with the game.
10:31Letters again,
10:31Karen,
10:32you're doing the choosing.
10:33Consonant,
10:34please,
10:34Rachel.
10:34Thank you,
10:34Karen.
10:36M.
10:38Consonant,
10:38please.
10:39R.
10:41Vowel.
10:42I.
10:44Vowel,
10:44please.
10:45A.
10:47Consonant.
10:48T.
10:50Vowel.
10:52E.
10:55Consonant.
10:56S.
10:58Vowel,
11:00please.
11:01U.
11:02Consonant,
11:03please.
11:03Lastly,
11:04D.
11:0530 seconds,
11:06starting now.
11:37Karen,
11:38how do you do?
11:38Eight.
11:39Eight.
11:40Callum?
11:40Yeah,
11:41I'll stick with an eight.
11:42You'll stick with an eight,
11:43okay,
11:43so your eight,
11:44Karen?
11:44Mardiest.
11:46Mardiest,
11:46okay,
11:47and yours,
11:48Callum?
11:48The same.
11:51Can you be the mardiest?
11:52Oh,
11:53you definitely can.
11:54It's such a good word,
11:55isn't it?
11:55Yes,
11:56the most kind of sullen and sulky,
11:59so it's a brilliant word,
12:00well done.
12:01Okay.
12:02And are there any other eights,
12:03or any nines,
12:04or...?
12:05We had myriates.
12:07What does that mean?
12:08It's an old term for chlorides,
12:09so we're going to chemistry for that one.
12:12And Callum,
12:12I was just wondering what your nine might have been.
12:14Probably made up,
12:15but mudierates,
12:16M-U-D-I-R-A-T-E-S.
12:19M-U-D-I-R-A-T-E-S.
12:34Yeah,
12:34may come back in at some point.
12:35Callum,
12:36you have 22,
12:37Karen,
12:38you have eight,
12:39and Callum,
12:39it's back with you
12:40for your choice of letters.
12:42Consolant,
12:43please.
12:43Thank you,
12:44Callum.
12:45Z.
12:46And another.
12:47M.
12:48And another.
12:49N.
12:50And another.
12:52T.
12:53A vowel,
12:54please.
12:54O.
12:55And another.
12:56A.
13:06Final consonant,
13:07please.
13:08If you like a challenge,
13:09final L.
13:10Let's start the clock.
13:42Callum,
13:43how did you do?
13:43Six.
13:44Six.
13:45And Karen?
13:46Five.
13:47Five.
13:47OK,
13:47let's have your five.
13:49Talon.
13:50Talon.
13:50Callum?
13:51Atonal.
13:52Atonal.
13:53Atonal,
13:53absolutely.
13:54In music,
13:54it means not written
13:55in any key
13:56or particular mode.
13:57Very good.
13:58Good.
13:59And anything better than that?
14:01We had a six,
14:02didn't we?
14:02It wasn't better,
14:03but Amazon with a small a.
14:05Amazon with a small a.
14:07Yes,
14:07and that is a parrot,
14:09believe it or not,
14:10that you will find
14:11in Central and South America.
14:12Now,
14:12Karen,
14:13it's your first time
14:14picking the numbers.
14:15How are you going to play it?
14:17One large and five small,
14:18please,
14:18Rachel.
14:19One large.
14:20Five little coming up
14:21for you,
14:21Karen,
14:21and they are
14:22two,
14:22three,
14:23four.
14:24Another four,
14:25seven,
14:25and the big one,
14:2675.
14:27And your target,
14:29655.
14:30655.
14:31Let's go on the clock.
14:34MUSIC PLAYS
15:03Karen,
15:03how did you do?
15:05656.
15:06656.
15:07Callum?
15:08I think I've got it,
15:08not written down.
15:09So,
15:10Callum?
15:11Four plus four.
15:12Yeah,
15:13sounds good to me.
15:1575 plus eight.
15:1775 plus this eight?
15:19Yep.
15:2083.
15:21Times it by seven.
15:23Times it by seven
15:27is 581.
15:29No,
15:29I've gone wrong.
15:30I know what you've done
15:31and you're going to kick yourself
15:32in just a second.
15:33So,
15:34Karen,
15:34you've got 656.
15:35Tell us how you got there.
15:37Seven plus two is nine.
15:39Yeah.
15:39Times 75 is 675.
15:42It is.
15:43Four times four is 16,
15:45plus the three.
15:47Take that away
15:47from the 656.
15:49I should have 656.
15:51Yep,
15:51you do.
15:52Well done.
15:52One away.
15:53Well done.
15:54So,
15:54you get the points
15:55and Rachel,
15:56it sounds like you can do it.
15:57Well,
15:58Callum,
15:59I know you probably have realised
16:00four plus four is eight.
16:0275 plus seven
16:04is 82.
16:05Switch them over.
16:06Times those together
16:07again for 656
16:09and you have a three
16:10and a two left over
16:11for one to take away
16:12for 655.
16:14Well done.
16:15OK,
16:16it's time for a pause
16:17as we have our appointment
16:18with the doctor.
16:20Dr Ranj
16:21with us all week.
16:22Now,
16:23you've been doing
16:24panto this year.
16:25I have.
16:25You've done six pantos,
16:26is that right?
16:27Yeah,
16:27so this was my sixth.
16:28I played
16:30the classical
16:31panto character,
16:32the magical medical
16:33merman in Peter Pan.
16:36And I said earlier
16:37that fishnets
16:38are one of my favourite
16:39types of clothing.
16:40There's a reason behind that.
16:41So,
16:41if you ever want
16:42the appearance of scales
16:44and you're doing
16:45fancy dress
16:46or panto,
16:47get a pair of
16:48fishnet tights,
16:49put it over your head
16:50and do your face paint
16:52through that
16:52and then take them off
16:53and you've got
16:53perfect scales.
16:55It's a brilliant technique.
16:56Don't ask me how I know that.
16:58Was Merman,
16:58was he scaled?
16:59Yes,
17:00he had sort of
17:01slightly scaled appearance
17:02and a massively
17:03flamboyant costume.
17:04I get Gotquan's cast-offs
17:06every panto.
17:07Used to be Joan McEldry
17:08and then now
17:10I get Gotquan's cast-offs.
17:11You were working
17:11with the lovely
17:12Alexandra Burke.
17:13Yes,
17:14she's fantastic.
17:15She's lovely,
17:15isn't she?
17:15She is.
17:16I've been a massive fan
17:17of Alexandra
17:18ever since she was
17:18an X Factor
17:21and the opportunity
17:22to work with her
17:23was just incredible.
17:25Panto is my favourite
17:26time of year.
17:27It's great,
17:28isn't it?
17:28Best thing about,
17:29and you've done
17:29lots of them as well
17:30so you'll notice...
17:3136.
17:31Just a few more
17:33than me then.
17:34It brings everyone
17:35together.
17:36There's something
17:37in it for everybody.
17:38It's some children's
17:38first experience
17:39ever of theatre.
17:40Absolutely.
17:41So it's so important
17:42that we get it right.
17:43Thank you very much,
17:44Dr Ange.
17:47OK,
17:47back to the game
17:48and Callum,
17:49it's your turn again
17:50to choose your letters.
17:51Consonant, please.
17:52Thank you, Callum.
17:53G.
17:54And another.
17:56D.
17:56And another.
17:58J.
17:58And another.
18:00S.
18:01And a vowel, please.
18:02E.
18:03And another.
18:04I.
18:05And another.
18:07A.
18:08Consonant, please.
18:10R.
18:11And a final consonant, please.
18:14Final T.
18:1530 seconds,
18:16start the clock.
18:16book.
18:47Callum how did you get on? Seven. Seven. Karen? Seven. Seven each. Okay. Callum you're seven?
18:54Triage's. Triage's. And you Karen? Gariest. Gariest. Gariest. Not sure we're going to find that one I'm
19:04afraid. So it's kind of garish rather than gary. So yeah not there. Sorry about that Karen.
19:09Okay anything else? I've got one I made up. Oh yeah. Dragjet. Dragjet. It would be a great name wouldn't
19:16it? For a panto character. Yeah dragnet is in. Dragjet. No dragnet is. Sorry. Sorry to all the dragjets out
19:24there. There you go. Okay now Karen over to you for more letters. Consonant please Rachel. Thank you Karen. D.
19:31Another consonant please. N. Vowel. E. Consonant. Q.
19:39Vowel please. O. Consonant please. S. Vowel please. I. Vowel please. E. And a consonant. Lastly T. 30 seconds as
19:57always. Here we go.
20:28Karen how did you do? Six. Six. And you Callum? Seven. Seven. So Karen you're six? Stoned. Stoned. And Callum
20:38your word?
20:38Denotes. Denotes. Very good indeed. Okay. For a seven. And Susie and Ranj anything better? Can't improve on that. No?
20:47No.
20:47All right. Okay so we have the scores now. 42 to Callum. Karen with 15. And Callum it's back to
20:55you for your choice of numbers. What are you going to go for?
20:57Two large this time please. Two large. You're mixing it up. You've ditched the one large and now we've got
21:02two. Four little and they are six.
21:04Six. One. Two. And three. And the big two. 25 and 75. And your target? 477.
21:14477. Here we go.
21:45So Callum did you get it? Yep. 477. 477. Karen? 477 I think yeah. Callum? 75 times 6. 450. Plus
21:5525. 475. Plus 2. There we are. 477.
22:00And Karen how did you get it? Same way. Same way. So Callum there you go. Yep.
22:07The scores at this point. Callum has 52. Karen has 25. And it's time for our second Tea Time teaser.
22:16One Mambo. The clue is Madonna sang about a ray of light but Bing put his in a jar.
22:24One Mambo. Madonna sang about a ray of light but Bing put his in a jar.
22:45Welcome back to your Tuesday countdown. The answer to the Tea Time teaser was moonbeam.
22:52I don't know about Madonna but I know that Bing sang carrying moonbeams home in a jar.
22:58So the scores at this point. Callum has 52 and Karen is trailing with 25. Now Karen your letters please.
23:07Consonant please Rachel. Thank you Karen. R. Another consonant. N. A vowel please. A. Another vowel please. U. Another vowel
23:22please. E. A consonant. S.
23:26A consonant. G. A consonant. D. And another vowel please.
23:36Lastly E. And your 30 seconds starts now.
24:08Now it's next to you in the middle.
24:09So, Karen, how many letters for you?
24:11Seven.
24:12Seven.
24:12Callum?
24:13Seven as well.
24:14Seven as well.
24:15So, Karen, you're seven.
24:16Dangers.
24:17Dangers.
24:18And Callum?
24:19The same.
24:20The same.
24:21Dangers.
24:21Yeah.
24:22Very good indeed.
24:23And anything from you guys?
24:25We've actually got a nine, and it's ungreased.
24:29Ungreased.
24:30Yes, and it primarily seems to do with baking and cooking.
24:32Ungreased baking trays, for example.
24:34OK.
24:35Apparently, if you're roasting almonds, from what I can see,
24:37don't grease your baking tray.
24:39Don't grease, un-grease it.
24:41Un-greased it.
24:42OK.
24:42Next letters, Callum.
24:44Your pick, please.
24:45Consonant, please.
24:46Thank you, Callum.
24:48C.
24:49And another.
24:50K.
24:51And another.
24:52L.
24:53And another.
24:54S.
24:55Vowel, please.
24:56O.
24:57And another.
24:58I.
24:59And another.
25:00A.
25:02Consonant, please.
25:03N.
25:05And another vowel, please.
25:07Lastly, E.
25:09And here comes that clock.
25:11A.
25:12H.
25:13And another.
25:20One.
25:24Two.
25:31One.
25:35One.
25:36One.
25:38One.
25:42How many for you this time, Callum?
25:44Seven.
25:44Seven.
25:45Karen?
25:45Six.
25:46Six.
25:47Let's have your six.
25:48Lesion.
25:49Lesion.
25:50And, Callum, what have you got?
25:52Coalise.
25:53Well, I did look that one up myself,
25:56and that's another victim of the dictionary.
25:58It's fallen out, I'm afraid, Callum.
26:00It is not there.
26:01Sorry.
26:02So, lesion gets it.
26:04Susie and Ranj, anything better?
26:05We had some sevens.
26:07You could have had nickels.
26:08Yes.
26:09Slacken, or my personal favourite, cankles.
26:12Cankles.
26:13What's that?
26:13Yes.
26:14It's a bit mean, actually, isn't it?
26:15It's where your calves merge into your ankles.
26:17That's what I get.
26:19It's an actual word.
26:21Yes.
26:21It's a sort of slightly jokey blend,
26:24but it's when you have quite thick ankles that sort of merge.
26:27Meaty ankles.
26:29OK.
26:30Meaty, that's good.
26:31They become cankles.
26:33And we're staying in Dictionary Corner.
26:35Susie, it's time for your origins of words.
26:37And this question comes from Sheila Addis, who asks,
26:40why does something expensive to buy cost an arm and a leg?
26:45And I kind of felt like this would have been around for a very, very long time,
26:49but actually surprisingly recent in terms of the evolution of English.
26:52So 1920s and America.
26:55And it's always fairly playful, I think.
26:58So the very first reference that we have is to baseball fans.
27:01And it was mentioned in a newspaper that these particular fans would give an arm and a leg
27:06in order to see this one particular game.
27:09Right.
27:10So I think it's all about something which is quite sort of visceral
27:14and something which the highest price imaginable.
27:17In other words, you're very unlikely to give away your arm and your leg.
27:21There is a hypothesis that it began as dark humour in military contexts
27:26where perhaps a battle might cost an arm and a leg.
27:29But all the references that I can see are to other things
27:33and, as I say, fairly sort of playful.
27:35But it did make me think just how much, and particularly in US slang,
27:39you have very vivid pricing expressions.
27:41So you have daylight robbery, you have a rip-off,
27:45bleeding someone dry and breaking the bank.
27:48They're all quite sort of forceful, full of hyperbole,
27:50and I think it belongs to that.
27:52But there is one other etymology which made me smile,
27:56and that is that portrait painters charged more to painter subjects' arms and legs
28:01than just the head.
28:02There is no evidence to back this up,
28:04but it did make me think of the expression warts and all.
28:08Warts and all, it's sort of in full reality.
28:12And that goes back to an account that was noted by several historians
28:16that Oliver Cromwell said to his portrait painter,
28:21Remark all those roughnesses, pimples, warts and everything as you see me.
28:26Otherwise, I will never pay a farthing for it.
28:28So he wanted warts and all, and that is where that one comes.
28:32Another portrait painter anecdote.
28:34But, yeah, cost an arm and a leg,
28:35nothing to do with portrait painting, we think.
28:37Thank you, Susie.
28:39You're welcome.
28:42OK, back to you, Karen, for you to choose.
28:45Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:47Thank you, Karen.
28:48T.
28:49Another consonant.
28:50R.
28:52Vowel, please.
28:54O.
28:55Another vowel, please.
28:56E.
28:58Consonant.
28:59G.
29:01Consonant.
29:02C.
29:04Vowel, please.
29:05A.
29:08Consonant.
29:09M.
29:11And a consonant, please.
29:13Lastly, N.
29:14And your time starts now.
29:44I'll see you in the next one.
29:46OK, Karen, how many?
29:47Six.
29:48Six.
29:49And you, Callum?
29:49Six not written down.
29:50Six not written down.
29:52Should we have that first, then?
29:53Magnet.
29:54Magnet, yeah.
29:55And Karen?
29:56Mentor.
29:57Mentor.
29:59Absolutely, yes.
29:59Both there.
30:01Absolutely fine.
30:02You could put the O1 magnet to have magneto,
30:04which is an electric generator, just for future use.
30:07And a Marvel character, wasn't he?
30:09Ah, there you go.
30:11It was Ian McKellen, wasn't he?
30:13Of course.
30:14Fantastic.
30:14And we just had a couple more sevens.
30:16OK.
30:17We had garment and romance.
30:20Both lovely words.
30:22OK, last letters now, Callum, your choice.
30:25Consonant, please.
30:26Thank you, Callum.
30:27H.
30:29And another.
30:30M.
30:31And another.
30:33D.
30:34And another.
30:36S.
30:37And a vowel, please.
30:39I.
30:40And another.
30:41U.
30:41And another.
30:43O.
30:48And a final vowel, please.
30:51Final O.
30:52And here's the countdown clock.
30:53With the signal clock.
30:54exerciting.
31:18Hello.
31:22Give me.
31:23How do you do Callum? Seven. Seven. Karen? Six. Six. You're six. Housed. Housed. And Callum? Hoodies. Hoodies. Very good
31:34indeed. Yep. Anything better? Another seven. Another seven. Hideous. Hideous. Not so nice. No.
31:43OK, Karen, it's your choice for the final numbers game of the day. What are you going to go for?
31:48Four small, two large. Two large this time. We've got two from the top, four little. Final one of the
31:55day. Two, six, nine, one. And the big two, 75 and 100. And this time you need to make 533.
32:05Here we go with the clock.
32:36So, Karen, did you manage to get it? Yes, 533. And you, Callum? Yep, 533 as well.
32:42OK, Karen, tell us your 533. Six times 100 is 600. Yep. Minus 75 is 525. 525. Nine minus one
32:51is eight. And add them on. Perfect. Ten points. Well done.
32:55And Callum, how did you get there? The same. Same way. Yep.
33:02So, with the scores, Callum, 82 and Karen, 54, it's time for the final round. Fingers on the buzzers. Please
33:10reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:16Callum? Unmasking. Let's have a look if it's there. Unmasking. It is. Well done.
33:23Congratulations. So, that takes your score up to 92 against 54 for Karen. And it's commiserations to you. Karen, you
33:33played a great game. Have you enjoyed it?
33:35I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you. OK, you're hoping to go back onto Holby at any time?
33:39Maybe, yeah. I'll wait for the call. Wait for the call. OK, well, it's been lovely having you here.
33:44Thank you. Callum, we'll see you tomorrow. Yep, see you tomorrow. Yeah, for game six for you. Yep.
33:49Yeah, and we'll see you, Ranj and Susie. Look forward to it. See you tomorrow.
33:53And Rachel, all done for another day. Yep, and happy three-and-a-half birthday to Elmo.
33:57Hope he gets three-and-a-half candles on his cake as well. Yeah, he'll never get more than that.
34:02He'll always get three-and-a-half. Thanks to you for watching.
34:05Join us again tomorrow for more letters and numbers. See you then. Have a great day.
34:11You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:16You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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