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00:30Hi, everybody. Welcome to Countdown.
00:33The date are the 4th is March and we is ready for 15 rounds of letters and numbers.
00:39So let me get on with introducing everybody what's in the studio.
00:43First, I have very much respect for a guardian of the dictionaries, Susie Dent.
00:48And he have always make me laugh.
00:50It's the comedian Neil Delamere.
00:52I'm making up our team.
00:54She are our numbers queen, Rachel Riley.
00:57And you join me, as you might have guessed, on Grammar Day.
01:00And that was the hardest, hardest introduction ever to remember.
01:04To make that many mistakes is difficult.
01:06But, hey, I'm going to set straight away.
01:07This might be a little adversarial with the three of you.
01:11I don't mind bad grammar and incorrect grammar.
01:14Language is to communicate, Susie.
01:17And as long as I can understand what you're saying, I don't care if you say gone or went.
01:23That's where I stand on it.
01:24But I think you might be a bit more strict.
01:26Well, I wouldn't say I'm strict.
01:27I'm all for the evolution of English, because if it doesn't evolve, it will die.
01:31But I think if you use grammar in a way that it sort of trips the other person up,
01:38so they're not focusing on your message, they're focusing on your grammar,
01:41the sort of beauty and the articulacy, I guess, of what you're saying is a little bit lost.
01:45So I think there's a sweet spot where it does matter, but it still has to evolve.
01:51Because, like, is or, you know, are Rachel is quite an easy one.
01:55But Neil, you know, who was left school at seven to work as a chimney sweep, might not quite get
02:00it.
02:00Listen, I had some of the best gruel I've ever tasted when I was seven or eight.
02:05I do speak Hiberno-English, though.
02:08So I do say I'm after closing the window, because it's how we spoke Irish,
02:11and that's how we speak English.
02:12And if it donates difference, I quite like it.
02:16But, like you said, the message needs to be communicated properly.
02:18Yeah, clearly.
02:19You know how there's the knowledge for taxi drivers where you have to pass a test?
02:22I think anyone that's going to have the responsibility of making signs
02:26needs to do a proper grammar exam.
02:28We need to introduce the knowledge for sign makers,
02:31because when you see it written there and someone's paid money
02:34and it's gone through however many cheques up the ladder
02:36and been printed on something official, that shouldn't be allowed.
02:40I agree 100%.
02:41And I'm glad you mentioned public transport,
02:43because Matt Robertson, our London Underground champion,
02:49two wins so far.
02:50So tell me this, right?
02:51Because one thing I love is you get a lot of automated messages these days,
02:55very impersonal.
02:56Even people that greet you sometimes are holograms.
02:58The London Underground still lets its drivers communicate with you.
03:02And it seems to me, Matt, we get to find out what side of the bed the driver got out
03:07at that morning.
03:08Because I don't know what you're like, but I can go from,
03:11hi, everybody, it's quite a full train.
03:13Please mind the doors.
03:14Please mind the doors too.
03:15Get out of the way of the doors!
03:17Is that what you're like, Matt?
03:19I tend to be like the first one.
03:21I'm quite polite at work, as long as people aren't too annoying.
03:24Okay.
03:25Well, listen, long may it last.
03:27Matt is with us going up against Ethan McNay.
03:31Now, we'll see if we can trip him up, shall we?
03:33Neil Delamere.
03:34Because Neil Delamere, a fact, there's actually only two villages in Ireland
03:37and he hasn't played a gig in, which he's hoping to do at some stage.
03:41Achill Island, where are you going?
03:45I've never done a gig in Achill Island.
03:47I love Achill, but I've never done a gig there.
03:50Ethan, have you stayed on the island?
03:52Oh, I'm from there, born and bred.
03:55So you haven't sort of been lured away by the...
03:58You don't want Matt driving your trains?
04:00Yeah, no, stay there, taught, I'm teaching there.
04:02It's great.
04:03Yeah, yeah.
04:04So population, a couple of thousand?
04:06A couple thousand max.
04:07Good, so I mean, Countdown could be the most popular programme
04:10on Achill Island, that's what I'm thinking.
04:12This is the thing, I'm going to introduce it to the whole island now.
04:14You'd be a legend if you'd go back with a teapot.
04:16Oh, stuff, I'd make the Mayo News and everything.
04:20Let's make the Achill Island news.
04:22I hereby give permission to the Achill Island nightly news
04:27to use this clip.
04:29Let's say the best of luck to Ethan and Matt.
04:34Matt, here we go, toot toot.
04:36Hi, Rachel, can I have a consonant, please?
04:39I love you, you've only been around Colin a few days
04:40and you've already tired of him.
04:42I've been seeing your face.
04:44Start today with S.
04:46And another one.
04:48M.
04:49And another.
04:51G.
04:52And a vowel.
05:10A final S.
05:12At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
05:14G.
05:45Time's up, Matt.
05:47Just a six.
05:47And for you, Ethan.
05:49And a six.
05:49And a six as well.
05:50All right, let's get you both on the board straight away.
05:53What have you got for me, Matt?
05:55Gleams.
05:56And Ethan?
05:57Moguls.
05:59Moguls.
05:59Very good indeed.
06:01There you go.
06:02Yeah.
06:02What else you got, Neil?
06:03We can't do any better than that, though.
06:05We've another six.
06:07I say cockle gse.
06:08Muscles.
06:09Muscle, yeah.
06:09Muscle there for six, yeah.
06:11Is that some sort of rap version of Molly Malone?
06:13Yeah, yeah.
06:14She died of a...
06:15Beaver!
06:16Never really took off.
06:18Not going to be a hit that.
06:19More letters, please, Ethan.
06:21Hi, Rachel.
06:22Hi, Ethan.
06:23Can I get a consonant, please?
06:24You can indeed.
06:25T.
06:26And another.
06:27R.
06:28And another.
06:30N.
06:31And a vowel.
06:33I.
06:34And another.
06:35Colin Taffey, A.
06:37Hey!
06:37And another.
06:39O.
06:41And another one.
06:43E.
06:45And can I get another consonant, please?
06:47D.
06:49And a final consonant.
06:51Final C.
06:53Let's do it.
06:54Ticket to.
07:03No.
07:07No.
07:20No.
07:21No.
07:21No.
07:22No.
07:22No.
07:22No.
07:22No.
07:25Ethan. Ace. And for you, Matt. And an eight.
07:28And an eight as well. What you got there, Ethan?
07:30Or it's an ace. And for you, Matt.
07:33Creation. Creation. Very excellent.
07:35You didn't need to go near the train. Stayed away from it.
07:38And are we all done? There's a nine.
07:39We're not going to keep it from you. We're not going to redact it.
07:42It's not going to be a redaction. Very good. Well done.
07:46APPLAUSE
07:48There you go. If you manage to get at home,
07:51give yourself 18 points as we get our first numbers from Matt.
07:54I can have one large and five small, please, Rachel.
07:56You can. Standard choice. We'll go for an upside-down T for train for you.
08:01And they are...
08:02Two, ten, one, six, three, and the big one, 100.
08:07And the target, 208.
08:10Two-eight. Numbers up.
08:11zehn, one, four, five, six, five, Caitlin,
08:41208 then, Matt. 208. Yes, Ethan. 208. Happy days. Let's go, Matt.
08:462 times 100 is 200. Yeah.
08:493 minus 1 equals 2. And add the 2 and the 6.
08:54About a squillion ways for this one. Yes, Ethan.
08:56I did 3 plus 1 is 4. Yep. Plus the 100 is 104.
09:01And then times that by 2. Straight there. Well done. Nice.
09:06Going to be good today, isn't it? 24 points each
09:09as we get our first tea-time teaser of the afternoon,
09:11which is Funspur. Funspur. S-P-A-R-E.
09:16If you had one of these asking for autographs every day,
09:18you'd be blown away by it. If you had one of these
09:21asking for autographs every day, you'd be blown away by it.
09:25MUSIC
09:33APPLAUSE
09:40Yes, welcome back. Neil Delamere has loads and loads of these.
09:44A growing army every day of superfans. Superfans was the answer.
09:48Right, we're a fan of both Matt and Ethan. Locked on 24 points each.
09:53Let's get back to it. Our challenger from Achille Island. Your letters.
09:57Can I get a consonant, please? Thank you, Ethan.
09:59R. And another. T. And another. N. And a vowel. A. And another. I. And another one. U.
10:14And another vowel. E. And a consonant. B. And a final consonant, please.
10:23Final W. Half a minute.
10:25T. And a consonant.
10:56Ethan? A six. And for you, Matt? A seven. The six is, Ethan? Retain. And the first gap between you,
11:03possibly?
11:04Turbine. Turbine all day. Well done. Yeah, well spotted. Anything we can add? Yeah, we've got a couple of sevens,
11:09but we also have an eight.
11:11Tinware, Tawnier, and someone who lives in a city, I would assume, an urbanite. An urbanite, yes.
11:17All right, we have our townies and we have our urbanites. Really? Right, well, no wonder Ethan didn't get that.
11:22He's an islander. He's an islander. Matt, of course, should have got that. Off you go, your letters.
11:28A consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Matt. S. And another.
11:33D. And another one.
11:36N. And a vowel.
11:39O. And another.
11:41A. And another one.
11:44E. And a consonant.
11:47G. And a vowel.
11:49E. And a vowel.
11:50I.
11:52And a consonant.
11:54Lastly, L.
11:56Let's play.
11:57E. And a vowel.
11:58E. And a vowel.
12:20E. And a vowel.
12:21E. And a vowel.
12:22E. And a vowel.
12:24E. And a vowel.
12:27High hopes here, Matt. An eight. And for you, Ethan. And an ace. Well spotted. What have you got there,
12:32Matt? Toenails. Ethan. Stealing. Very nice.
12:37Is there a maximum in there? A lot of endings. A lot of endings. There is a nine. Legations. There
12:44you go. Legations.
12:45Yes, they are. Either diplomatic ministers or their residences. It wants to do with the sending of a papal legate.
12:51Well done. Another maximum.
12:54Can we do the numbers again, yeah? Let's do it. Ethan, you're picking. Can I get two from the top
12:59and four from anywhere else, please?
13:00Thank you, Ethan. Two large, four not coming up. And they are four, six, eight, ten. And the large two,
13:0925 and 100. And the target, 583.
13:15583. Numbers up.
13:455-8-3. Ethan.
13:505-8-3 not written down. OK. And for you, Matt?
13:535-8-3. That works all right, Ethan, because you have to go first anyway.
13:57Six times 100. 600.
13:5925 minus 8. 17.
14:02And then take that away from the 600. Perfect.
14:04To be fair, Ethan, there wasn't that much to write down, was it really? Matt?
14:08More or less the same way in a different order.
14:10Yeah, let's pass it over.
14:116-25, then that's fine. Lovely. Good work, both of you.
14:16So, with just seven points in it between champion and challenger, we have our daily chat with Dictionary Corner.
14:22And Neil Delamere, I'll challenge you a little bit, because Ethan is our special guest.
14:26So, I want something really Irish-tinged from you today.
14:29So, OK. How about somebody that you know that Ireland's a small place?
14:33I met someone you know very well recently. Right.
14:36Keith Gillespie. Oh, yes.
14:38You know me, Keith Gillespie. Yes.
14:39So, a friend of mine called Shane Todd said to me, would you play a Premier League Legends team?
14:44I'll get a Legends team together, and a lot of comedians and a lot of actors will play against them,
14:48and will play in Crusaders and Seaview.
14:51And I said yes, because I didn't think that he would get anybody.
14:54Like, he wouldn't get a proper Premier League Legends team.
14:57Their team had Keith Gillespie, Jason McAteer, Ryan Giggs, Karl Paborski, Clayton Blackmore, Stylian Petroff and Dimitar Barbertoff.
15:09Barbertoff is brilliant, by the way, still.
15:11Our team had gout and diabetes.
15:15And I am not joking.
15:17We were so outclassed. It was unbelievable.
15:20Who was on your team?
15:21We had one midfielder who could run box to box, but the boxes were snack and selection, Colin.
15:27Like, we were so overawed.
15:29Like, our guy was taking, like, Ryan Giggs is standing there, Dimitar Barbertoff is standing there.
15:33And our captain was like, oh, all cool.
15:35And the referee tossed a coin, he went, call it.
15:38And our fellow went, tempence.
15:40Like, he was just so excited we were.
15:42Man, I was so bad.
15:44You know you're bad when you play a charity football game,
15:47and after 15 minutes, the sponsor comes up and just scrapes his name off your jersey.
15:53Mortified, yeah.
15:53I remember once, goading Pat Nevin, because we were playing a game of five a side,
15:58and the ex-Everden and Chelsea Player of the Year,
16:01had just had a second hip replacement.
16:03And I said, I want to mark the old man.
16:05And I couldn't breathe after 15 minutes.
16:07I had to leave the pitch.
16:08But all you're looking for in that is a moment.
16:09You just want one moment of being any good.
16:11And our full-back got the ball, and I pointed behind Keith Gillespie to put it in.
16:16And he put the ball in behind Gillespie.
16:17Gillespie didn't chase me, because he was too busy laughing at how I ran.
16:21It took so long for me to get to the ball.
16:24People who didn't realise what charity we were playing for
16:26started to guess charities based on how I was running after the ball.
16:30I heard people go, that's some degree of rickets or something.
16:33So, like, the grass was longer by the time I got to the ball
16:38than when the ball was played.
16:40And that's a plastic pitch column, right?
16:42So, it was me and a lot of comedians.
16:45And, like, I got to the ball, ballooned it across.
16:47It hit off one of the guys from Blue Lights,
16:49one of the main actors in Blue Lights,
16:51rocketed straight into the top corner.
16:52Yes.
16:531-0.
16:53That's an assist.
16:55Technically, it's more impressive if you're scoring their goals.
16:57Oh.
16:58Yeah.
16:59But what a great opportunity to play on that pitch.
17:03It's such a privilege to see any sports person,
17:06whether they're retired or not,
17:07that played at the elite level actually do their thing.
17:11Yeah.
17:11Because it's only then you see the absolute chasm between the dreamers.
17:15And they can turn it on.
17:16They absolutely can.
17:18I remember an ex-footballer saying to me
17:20that they kick a patch in the ball, not the ball.
17:22And I thought, well, there you go.
17:23Yeah.
17:23Will you do it again when you're asked?
17:25I will, yeah.
17:26If I can get my hips back into the place it was at the start of the game,
17:29I will, yeah.
17:30I know.
17:30It was brilliant just to see how they move.
17:32So, Burbatov, I still think, could play.
17:34Yes, absolutely.
17:35If it's any consolation to you,
17:36I once watched Clayton Blackmore do stand-up
17:39at the Comedy Club in London.
17:41Terrible.
17:41Yeah, yeah.
17:42Yes.
17:42Awful, all over the place.
17:43Got heckled once.
17:45Went to pieces.
17:46Go.
17:46Right, lovely.
17:47Thank you very much, Dale.
17:51Right, here we go.
17:52This is going all the way to the last minute today, isn't it?
17:5549 plays 42.
17:56Our champion slightly in front.
17:57And, Matt, it is your letters.
17:59Can I have a consonant, please?
18:01Thank you, Matt.
18:01P.
18:02And another.
18:04V.
18:05And another one.
18:07N.
18:08And a vowel.
18:10U.
18:10And another.
18:11A.
18:12And another one.
18:14O.
18:15And a consonant.
18:17R.
18:18And another consonant.
18:20D.
18:21And a vowel.
18:24Lastly, O.
18:26And here we go again.
18:54And here we go again.
18:58Matt.
18:58That's the sixth.
19:00And Ethan.
19:00And a sixth.
19:01Yes, Matt.
19:02Pardon.
19:03And for you, Ethan.
19:04And the same one.
19:05There you go.
19:07Nice, straightforward sixes.
19:08Can you mess things up a bit?
19:10No.
19:10I've only got six.
19:11Pardon and Vapor is there for sixes.
19:13There you go.
19:14We'll just move on, then.
19:15Can I get more letters?
19:15Ethan.
19:16Can I get a consonant, please?
19:17Thank you, Ethan.
19:28And a final consonant, please.
19:42Final N.
19:43Start the clock.
20:15Time's up, Ethan.
20:16Seven.
20:17Yeah, Matt.
20:17And a seven as well.
20:18Yes, off you go, Ethan.
20:19Dealing.
20:20And Matt.
20:21Same one.
20:21Right.
20:22So nothing happens like this.
20:24We're just getting straight forward round after a straight forward round.
20:27Dictionary corner.
20:28Yeah, can't beat that, can we?
20:29No, absolutely not.
20:31Leading, dealing, aligned.
20:33Another one.
20:33That's all right.
20:34That's the way it happens.
20:36Probably be an absolute stinker of a numbers round now.
20:38Let's find out, Matt.
20:40I have one from the top and five others.
20:42No sudden moves.
20:43It's a close one today.
20:44Numbers could decide it later on.
20:46Oh, now, let's see.
20:47They are seven, eight, three, nine, ten.
20:53And the big one, 75.
20:54And the target for this round, 693.
20:57693.
20:58Numbers up.
21:306-9-3, Matt.
21:326-90.
21:33Oh, he's missed it. Big chance, Ethan.
21:366-9-3.
21:36Yeah, so off you go, he's going to kick himself.
21:389 times 75.
21:409-75, 6-7-5.
21:42And then plus 10, plus 8.
21:44One way to get there. Well done, 6-9-3.
21:46Ah, well done.
21:49Well, Ethan could be leading the news tonight if he keeps this up.
21:53He's moved into the lead for the first time.
21:55Just three points in it.
21:56Anything can happen in the last part of Countdown.
21:58Today, so don't go anywhere.
22:00This tea-time teaser is Seen Bile.
22:03Seen Bile.
22:05She hurries to buy the less-than-perfect products.
22:08She hurries to buy the less-than-perfect products.
22:41Hello again.
22:41Thank you, Ethan.
22:42Thank you, Ethan.
22:42And another one.
22:44P.
22:45And another.
22:47S.
22:48And another.
22:50H.
22:51And a vowel, please.
22:53I.
22:54And another.
22:55O.
22:56And another.
22:58E.
22:59And a final consonant, please.
23:05Final.
23:06T.
23:0730 seconds.
23:39ETHAN?
23:39I'll risk an eight.
23:41And for you, Matt?
23:42I've got an eight, not written down.
23:44Then you can go first, Matt.
23:45Wipeouts.
23:46Wipeouts.
23:46And what about you, ETHAN?
23:47Same one.
23:48Yes.
23:50I'm thinking this is safe ground, isn't it?
23:52Oh, totally.
23:53Yeah.
23:53No hyphen, which may be what you were thinking, but yeah,
23:56been around for a while.
23:57So, with an H left, are we done?
23:59Nothing more.
24:01Good stuff.
24:01Lucky we're not paying you by the word today, Dictionary Corner.
24:05More letters, please, Matt.
24:06I have a consonant, please, Rachel.
24:07Thank you, Matt.
24:08G.
24:11And another.
24:12L.
24:13And another one.
24:15R.
24:16And A-bell.
24:17A.
24:18And another.
24:19E.
24:20And another one.
24:22I.
24:23And a consonant.
24:25S.
24:26And another one.
24:29C.
24:30And finish with a vowel.
24:32Finish with E.
24:34Kind dine.
24:35And another.
24:36What's up?
24:38Yeah.
25:06but Nate anything seven seven from you realize Matt glaciers yes again just
25:14falls that way sometimes and I'm perfect timing for that for you Matt right to
25:18get glaciers and gain for it and yet again we leave you with very little to
25:24do I think no there is a nine and I'm not gonna say it because she is the queen
25:32of the dictionary corner and for me to say it would be sacrilege okay sacrilege oh
25:38sorry maximum 18 well done on face and the others were losing faith I was right
25:49with you and we got that nine in the bag but with glaciers just like that it turns
25:55the five-point lead for a champion four rounds to go we're hurtling towards a
26:00crucial countdown conundrum let's see if it happens after origins of words David
26:04Cooper has reintroduced one of my absolute favorite subjects he's from star
26:09bridge beautiful star bridge and David writes when I was young I play games in
26:14an area between two terrorist houses we call this a ginnle or a general I'm not
26:18sure about the spelling but hope that you can tell me where it comes from and it's
26:24such a popular subject this one I get so so many letters and emails about it
26:30because as I always say dialect collects around certain themes and I think alleyways
26:34are really special places lovers meet in them children play in them you always
26:39duck down and anyway so there's something sort of secretive about them or
26:43mischievous and a little bit like bread rolls which we discussed the other day
26:47the word for them can change very very quickly so even within 20 miles you might
26:52find a giggle you might find a snicket you might find a jitty or an entry so many now I
26:58grew up just calling them an alleyway that is from the French alley to go down ultimately if
27:04you go all the way back it's from the Latin ambulare to walk which of course gave us ambulance
27:08because that was a walking hospital originally a portable mobile one but to go back to
27:14ginnle and David's question you will find it in Yorkshire Lancashire Midlands etc quite a large
27:21swathe of Britain and it does change spelling along the way and it goes back we think to a riff
27:28on an old
27:28French word meaning a channel because it is simply a small little channel between two houses you will
27:34also find a twitchel that goes back to old English from fork in the road and if you think of
27:39the twi there
27:40you'll find that in twilight which hovers between two states night and day or twi thought which is a
27:46thought that kind of doesn't quite settle on anything I have those all the time so the twi means to
27:52and
27:52that's where you get twitten and twit you're from jitty from the French jeté to sort of project out if
28:00you
28:00like and that is because a passageway does come project out from the otherwise enclosed area you also have a
28:06cut and you have a
28:07snicket which is such a beautiful beautiful word the et is a little bit of a diminutive so it's a
28:12little
28:12something and a snick might be from the idea of sort of cutting away it's just a little snick just
28:17a
28:17little tiny crack between two places and of course some people also call them the cut and I know I
28:22will have missed out many of them because there are just so many beautiful words for this very particular
28:28aspect I think of our culture thank you no dead ends
28:34all right four rounds to go five points in it that's all you need to know Ethan's letters
28:40a consonant please thank you Ethan n and another one p and another r and another t and a vowel
28:53please a
28:54and another o and another i and another one e and a final consonant please good selection in the final
29:08j
29:08day oh cursed it let's go
29:42ethan seven seven from you strong matt and seven as well well done ethan janitor and for you matt pointer
29:50and pointer so can we get beyond the seven there is an eight atropine atropine yes um it's actually
29:58poisonous it's found in deadly nightshade but um often used in small quantities to dilate the pupils etc yes
30:04there you go but without that seven as good as it gets so let's go again last letters from matt
30:10a consonant please thank you matt m and another s and another d and a vowel e and another o
30:25and another i and a vowel
30:30a consonant and a consonant f and another lastly t last letters
31:10Matt.
31:11Seven.
31:11Ethan.
31:12Ace.
31:13An eight.
31:13Yes, Matt.
31:14Foisted.
31:15And Ethan.
31:16Foamiest.
31:17In the dictionary, well done.
31:18There it is.
31:21The man is surrounded by shoreline.
31:24He has to get foamiest from those letters.
31:27And you take a three-point lead.
31:30Here it goes.
31:30The tide keeps changing.
31:32What a battle.
31:34And with a D left over, have we got another maximum?
31:36Mermaids is there for A.
31:39No, we don't have a maximum.
31:41No, just one more eight.
31:42One more eight.
31:43Atomised.
31:43And atomised.
31:44All right.
31:45But foamiest gets you into the lead.
31:47And you're picking the last numbers, Ethan.
31:49I'm guessing you're going to play it safe, but maybe not.
31:52I'll just take two large and four small, please.
31:54Take two large.
31:55That's a safe ploy, I guess.
31:57You're going for that crucial, potentially.
31:59More likely than not, perhaps.
32:00Let's see, the final numbers, 5, 8, 3, 9, 75 and 25.
32:08With the target, 960.
32:109, 6, 0.
32:12Last numbers.
32:43Time's up. 9, 6, 0, Ethan.
32:459, 6, 0, not written down.
32:47Wow, Matt.
32:48I've written down 9, 0, 6.
32:50Oh, what a time to do that.
32:52So, Ethan, this will avoid the crucial, if you're right.
32:575 times 9 is 45.
32:595 times 9, 45.
33:01Plus the 75.
33:02Plus the 75, 120.
33:04And times by 8.
33:05That is the teapot. Well done.
33:07Wow.
33:11But, goodness me, you're not going to blame but yourself there, Mr Robertson.
33:16You're absolutely right.
33:17Goodness me.
33:18But it is hard, Matt, day after day.
33:20So, you've done so, so well.
33:22What a high-scoring game, 85-98.
33:24We're not done yet.
33:25Fingers on the buzzers, everybody.
33:27Let's reveal our Countdown Conundrum.
33:32Straight in, Ethan.
33:33Intellect.
33:34Let's have a look.
33:36Wow.
33:39Two things.
33:40It was so close, we lost sight of the fact that Ethan just scored 108.
33:44That was, that is a fantastic thing.
33:47And secondly, producer Damien said in my ear,
33:49Carl, these numbers are really important because it's such a difficult conundrum today.
33:53You got it in a second.
33:55That is sensational.
33:57Well done to you.
33:57You'll be swapping chairs tomorrow.
33:59Excellent stuff.
34:00I'm really, just too, I'm sad that you've lost because I wanted to talk about trains
34:04more, obviously, with you, Matt.
34:05But I'm also glad that Ethan won because his plane ticket cost us a fortune.
34:10So, we'll get more money out of him now.
34:12Matt, you've been an absolute delight.
34:15I can't wait to hear your dulcet tones when I'm travelling down from Dulles Hill sometime
34:19soon.
34:20Thank you, Colin.
34:21Neil and Susie, will we see you tomorrow?
34:23We'll be tomorrow.
34:24Yes, same time, same schedule tomorrow.
34:26And if Matt wants a busman's holiday, there's a wonderful tram line just outside these studios.
34:30I can recommend it wholeheartedly.
34:31Absolutely.
34:32We're going to jump on it.
34:33Hopefully, you can meet us back for another Countdown tomorrow.
34:35We will be waiting.
34:37You can count on us.
34:39You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:43You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:49APPLAUSE
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