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00:30Hello, everybody. It's the 11th of March. Countdowns here.
00:34Wednesday afternoon to lift any midweek blues you might have.
00:37Thank you so much for tuning in.
00:39With us at Dictionary Corner, of course, is the ever-present Susie Dent.
00:43Hasn't had a day off since 1998.
00:46And alongside, of course, the always immaculately turned out Colin Jackson.
00:52And, of course, making up our team.
00:54It's always a numbers game with Rachel Riley.
00:58Today, though, we're not talking about Susie Dent.
01:01We're talking about Arthur Dent, who's the main character, of course,
01:04in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
01:06And on this day, back in 1952, Douglas Adams was born.
01:12Actually, Rachel, of course, is a radio show.
01:14And then it's a book. And then it's a TV series.
01:16It's one of the most absurd, most brilliant stories I think we could ever talk about.
01:23I haven't watched the film. I haven't read the book.
01:25But there's a line in it that I know from a podcast I listened to more than a decade ago
01:29about not even knowing how to make a toaster.
01:32Yeah.
01:32And a guy listened to that and he thought, you know what, I don't know how to make a toaster
01:35and something that you can buy for a fiver in the supermarket.
01:38He went away and tried to get it from mining the ore to make the cables and the wires himself.
01:44And you just think about so much technology that we use.
01:48It's a bit ubiquitous.
01:49If a small number of people disappear off the face of the earth, we'll be back in the dark ages.
01:53So that's something from that book that really stuck with me.
01:57Threads is a good word to use when it comes to Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
02:00There's so many ways you could go on it.
02:02But I know you're a huge fan.
02:04Yes, and Arthur Dent and I could be from the same family, really,
02:06because he loves his bathrobe. He loves a good cup of tea.
02:09We've got a long way in search of a good cup of tea.
02:10Slightly hapless. I feel like I have a lot in common.
02:13But, yeah, brilliant book.
02:14We should mention it's not Tile Day, which is Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
02:18It's just Douglas Adams was born in this day and he goes way beyond just that.
02:22Oh, The Meaning of Lift, which he wrote with John Lloyd, absolutely brilliant.
02:25where he takes place names and uses them to fill gaps in the language.
02:28I think my favourite is Woking, which is walking into a room
02:30and having no idea why you weren't in there in the first place.
02:33There you go. Brilliant.
02:35Well, listen, Lucy Barrett is back, our three-time champion.
02:38I must say, because Tim will get annoyed, because your partner's an author, isn't he?
02:42Yes, he has a poetry book.
02:44Ah, beautiful.
02:45Yeah, he'll be very happy I've mentioned it today.
02:47He won't be as happy that you haven't said the name of the book, Lucy.
02:51So what is it called?
02:52It's called...
02:54It's emotionally unavailable, but I can't remember the second bit.
02:56But make it poetic.
02:58But make it poetic, OK.
02:59Yes, it's a great book, Tim.
03:00I give it a better review online than your actual partner did.
03:04And I think we should just leave it at that
03:06and bring in Sam Wilders, who lives in London from Kent.
03:09How are you doing, mate?
03:10Very well, yourself?
03:11Yeah, good.
03:11I mean, most people do that, don't they?
03:13But you've been playing the trombone for 18 years.
03:18Magnificent instrument.
03:19What do you enjoy playing on?
03:20Because I can see it with so many different genres of music.
03:23A bit of jazz back in the day, can't go wrong.
03:25Chance to stand up and show off a touch.
03:27Probably won't get the chance on here, up against the formidable Lucy.
03:31I also think a ska.
03:34I just see it in so many different places as well.
03:37Do you play in a group, an ensemble?
03:40It's been a minute, to be honest.
03:41Since going to London, you can't really practise as much flats all around
03:45and flatmates to keep happy.
03:47Yeah, well, I wish it was a minute here.
03:48It's only half a minute.
03:49Good luck to you, Sam and Lucy.
03:53Lucy, off you go.
03:54Can I have a consonant, please?
03:55Thank you, Lucy.
03:56Start today with T.
03:58And another.
03:59D.
04:00And another.
04:02F.
04:02And another.
04:05S.
04:06And a vowel, please.
04:07I.
04:08And another.
04:09O.
04:10And another.
04:11E.
04:12And another.
04:14A.
04:15And a final consonant, please.
04:17A final P.
04:18At home and in the studio, let's play Kine Time.
04:20T.
04:21A.
04:22...
04:22MUSIC PLAYS
04:51Lucy? Six. And Sam? Seven.
04:54Seven. This happened yesterday, didn't it? Lucy, the six?
04:57Tasted. And for you, Sam? Voisted.
05:00Voisted. Very good indeed. Yes, nice. Nice indeed.
05:03What have you got over there, Cole? We've got an eight.
05:06Yeah. Diopatase. Diopatase.
05:09Diopatase. Very few of us can pronounce that one right.
05:11Good. Glad you said that. Yeah, yeah.
05:14Yes, diopatase, a rare mineral occurring as emerald green
05:17or blue-green crystals. There you go.
05:19Thank you so much. I'm Philadelphia-ist right now,
05:21so let's get more letters from Sam.
05:22Good afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Sam.
05:24Can I have a consonant, please? You can indeed.
05:26R. Consonant.
05:28X. Another one.
05:31N. Another one.
05:34H.
05:35Can I have a vowel?
05:37I.
05:39Another.
05:40U.
05:41Another.
05:42O.
05:44Can I have a consonant?
05:45W.
05:47And a vowel.
05:49A final A.
05:52OK, let's do it.
05:53A vowel.
05:55A vowel.
05:56A vowel.
05:58A vowel.
06:02A vowel.
06:10A vowel.
06:10A vowel.
06:10A vowel.
06:10A vowel.
06:10A vowel.
06:10A vowel.
06:24Sam
06:24Four
06:25And Lucy
06:26I think five
06:27There you go
06:28Sam
06:29Hair
06:29And get back five of those seven points
06:32Rhino
06:33Yes it's all there
06:34Of course it's there
06:35And it's so obvious
06:37Now I didn't get it either
06:38Don't worry about that
06:39They're a rhino
06:40Can we get beyond that
06:41No we can't get beyond five
06:44Rhino
06:44But we have another one
06:46Yeah axion
06:46Which is a theoretical subatomic particle
06:49If you want one
06:49But that's it
06:51We'll stick with rhino right
06:52Yeah
06:53Very different than a rhino
06:55In terms of size
06:56Let's get our first numbers from Lucy
06:58Can I have two large
06:59And four small please
07:00Thank you Lucy
07:01We'll go for two from that row
07:04Four from the others
07:05And we have
07:06Seven
07:07Five
07:08One
07:08Eight
07:09And the big one's 50
07:10And 75
07:12And the target
07:13183
07:15183
07:15Numbers up
07:16Three
07:17And the good one's 50
07:24And we'll go for two
07:31And
07:31the BB And
07:31the big one's 50 Three
07:37Over
07:38two Top
07:38See
07:38you I'm
07:38pretty good Take off
07:39You know
07:39Take off
07:41Honey You
07:41know
07:44Get off
07:45exclusivity
07:46Where When
07:47183. The target, Lucy. Completely lost it. Yeah, Sam. 183.
07:51Oh, look at this, off you go. 550s. 550s, 250.
07:56Take off the 75. 175. Add the eight. 183. Lovely. Nice.
08:04We've got another dent, we've had a Susie, we've had an Arthur,
08:07now we've got dentures, dentures. These teeth aren't at the top,
08:11they're just below. These teeth aren't at the top, they're just below.
08:29Welcome back. Yes, it was the under set of teeth we were looking for,
08:33and we're gritting them right now, because every round has been an adventure.
08:37Lucy are champion with five points, Sam moves to 17 with those last numbers,
08:41and in fact, Sam, you're choosing these letters.
08:43Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, Sam.
08:47R. Another. L. Another. T. A vowel. E. Another. I. A consonant. R. A consonant. T.
09:04T. Let's have a vowel. A. And a consonant, please. Lastly, J.
09:12T. A consonant. T. A consonant, please.
09:44some seven and Lucy seven yeah off you go Sam right here and for you Lucy trailer and truly
09:51it's very good indeed good words what can we add um Ratlia for eight Ratlia is in your car
09:58is Ratlia than mine oh for goodness sake which it is so there you go points on the board though
10:06for both Sam and Lucy first round that you've shared so far as we get more letters loose
10:11can I have a consonant please thank you Lucy n and another r and another g and another s and
10:22a vowel
10:23please u and another o and another i and another e and a final consonant please a final l let's
10:38play
11:08noose seven Sam same
11:11here we go rousing rising and some surgeon yes both very good yeah good stuff lock on on there
11:19how'd you get on CJ yeah eight again uh lignus this time yes lovely word it's um woody oh yes
11:28I'd have bet the surgeon was interested in your like lignus muscle or something like you know
11:32the ligament ligus but you know barking up the wrong tree very good yeah love it numbers again then
11:40but Sam he's got a master's degree in mathematics from the University of Warwick is picking these
11:45numbers uh can have four large please you can indeed you're here to show us your stuff four large ones
11:50two
11:51little ones let's see if we can get a challenge little ones are four and ten and the big ones
11:56one hundred
11:56seventy five fifty and twenty five and the target to reach four hundred and four four oh four numbers up
12:06so
12:20so
12:364-0-4 sam 4-4 don't need a degree for this one uh lucy i got 4-0-3
12:42no what's happening to you there i don't know i heard a master than math that i've heard
12:48uh you're you're you're an unpredictable champion though you never know what's coming next
12:52sam off you go uh 50 times 10. 50 times 10 500. take off the 100. and there's the kicking
12:59yourself sound
12:59400. add the 4. add the 4. yeah 4. yeah well done
13:05always smiling also when you lose this well i love having you here it's great it's great really good vibe
13:10really good vibe
13:12um right colin jackson it's time for our daily chat we're talking about vices yesterday and this
13:19i suppose it's kind of is a crossover because we're talking about collectibles which i would i think it
13:24is a vice of some sort yeah you can consider that i guess and and i always think about as
13:29as as a sportsman
13:31what are you going to do spend your time and your money on right it's because you have a i'm
13:35not saying
13:36you have a lot of one but you do have a lot of one it's the time you have a
13:39lot of so when we look at
13:40the collection stuff i remember my dad first of all starting off with collecting stuff and
13:44his he ended up with like was amazing money collection so i remember as a kid literally
13:50going through seeing all the different coins and the different notes and think to myself
13:53this is brilliant my sister she had a stamp collection and so these are all things of the
13:59past of that of our kind of generation that you do and then i remember saying to my mother so
14:05what do
14:05you think i should do and she said whatever you do do not collect cars because we haven't got enough
14:10room
14:10right so don't think about doing anything like that so i thought okay something simple i don't
14:15wear any jewelry apart from watches so i started off having a watch collection so i was pretty fortunate
14:22to start with really basic ones about 15 quid 20 quid um going up to a couple of thousand pounds
14:29worth of these watches now and at the end of the day now i own 72 watches i collected and
14:36do you know what
14:36bizarrely enough none of them are kept in the house they're all kept away in a safe so i don't
14:41even really look at them i see i buy and i store away loads of questions do you ever wear
14:46two at once
14:46do you know what today i haven't even got one on how bizarre is that i told you they're all
14:52locked away
14:53right what's your favorite favorite watch or certainly the most precious watch that you have locked
14:58away not at home in a safe there's a very special one i've got which was uh to camera emirate
15:03it and
15:04senna and when um i was allowed to get one of these they asked me specifically what number i wanted
15:11and i said number 18 and they looked at me all confused thinking 18 why have you gone for that
15:16bizarre number i was like well it's my birth date right so i want number 18 and that one is
15:22beautifully
15:22knocked away still has a little label on there it's got its lovely little plastic cover on it and it's
15:28just beautifully tucked away never even put it on my wrist wow see that's really interesting with
15:33i think all collections is especially if it's clothes or watches or whatever is like to wear or not to
15:39wear do you never come on no if you're going to silverstone as a guest of honor you hospital you
15:45put
15:45the art and center watch on surely you would you'd be tempted and i i must admit on numerous occasions
15:50where i have some of my friends that have some very nice um pieces on their wrist and i think
15:55i'm
15:55going to pull out one of these very very unusual ones that they've never seen before and i was like
16:00no no no just keep it where it is and put on something really basic right excellent stuff gotta
16:06move on gotta move on no watches here anyone thank you
16:12for plenty of time for a champion lucy barrett to make up a 22 point deficit it's been a strange
16:19old
16:19game so far let's see if it settles down with lucy and sam as lucy you pick these letters can
16:24i
16:24have a consonant please thank you lucy ah and another n and another w and another d and a vowel
16:36please a
16:37and another o and another i and another e and a final consonant please final c and here we go
16:48again
16:52so
17:04so
17:19Luce?
17:20Seven for me.
17:21Yes, and Sam?
17:21Six.
17:22A six is?
17:23Rewind.
17:23And for you, Lucy?
17:25Crowned.
17:25Very nice.
17:26And crowned, yes, there you go.
17:28So, as I said, plenty of time left, 15 points in it.
17:32As we get Colin to contribute.
17:34Yeah, another seven there.
17:35Aneroid.
17:36Yes.
17:37Yes, barometers.
17:38Let's get more letters, Sam.
17:40Can I have a consonant, please?
17:41Thank you, Sam.
17:42L.
17:43And another.
17:44T.
17:45Another.
17:46N.
17:47Another.
17:48R.
17:49And a vowel.
17:51A.
17:52And another, please.
17:53I.
17:54And another.
17:55O.
17:57Um, a vowel.
18:00E.
18:01And a consonant.
18:04Final, D.
18:05And start the clock.
18:08MUSIC PLAYS
18:08And a vowel.
18:09MUSIC PLAYS
18:38Sam?
18:38Eight.
18:39And Lucy?
18:40Eight.
18:41Yes, Sam, what have you got?
18:42Relation.
18:42And Lucy, what have you got?
18:43Rationed.
18:44Very nice.
18:44Yes, very good indeed.
18:46Nice letters, nice letters.
18:48Good fun, that.
18:48Good fun, that.
18:49What have you got?
18:49There was never a good time we were going to beat that.
18:51Don't worry, there was never a nine coming out.
18:53Tailored is another eight that we had there as well.
18:55And that's it, so why don't we go back to the numbers
18:57and Lucy Barrett's going to choose.
18:59I'll go two large and four small, please.
19:01Two large and four little, back to the more familiar.
19:04And the small one, seven, nine, another nine, ten, 175.
19:12Could be tricky.
19:13Let's see the target.
19:14895.
19:16895.
19:17Numbers up.
19:171,500.
19:47995.
19:48And time's up on 8, 9, 5, Lucy.
19:528, 9, 4, not written down.
19:53One away. Sam?
19:558, 9, 3.
19:56Ooh, two away. So Lucy's on a roll here, we think.
19:59Maybe.
20:01Off you go.
20:02So, 9 times 100 is 900.
20:04Yep.
20:05And then minus the 7 for 8, 9, 3.
20:09And then 10 minus the other 9 gives you 1.
20:13So, yeah.
20:14One away.
20:14Fine, right. I think Sam's kicking himself a little bit there.
20:17Sunday the 1.
20:18Yeah, right.
20:198, 9, 5.
20:21Yeah, there are a couple of ways.
20:23One of them, you may both kick yourselves.
20:25100 times 9, 900.
20:28And then 10 divided by 9 minus 7 is 5 to take away by 8, 9, 5.
20:33Yeah, of course.
20:36Right, team time teasers.
20:38The score's closed in with an 8 point.
20:41This is actually a good subject to have a little natter about,
20:44but I don't want to give too much away.
20:46So it's end in all.
20:48End in all.
20:49Having one of these may end in all of the UK sooner than you think.
20:54Having one of these may end in all of the UK sooner than you think.
21:14Hello again.
21:15Oh, it's the old-fashioned landline, which was the answer to the tea time teaser.
21:20Does anyone have one still?
21:22Come on, call.
21:23Yeah, of course I still have one.
21:24Yes, what's your number?
21:26No.
21:28Good stuff.
21:29Right, well, listen, Lucy and Sam.
21:3141 plus 49.
21:33Really good work so far, Sam.
21:35And we're in that crucial countdown, conundrum territory,
21:38which we love.
21:39You two not as much.
21:41Let's get more letters, Sam.
21:43Can I have a consonant, please?
21:44Thank you, Sam.
21:44B.
21:45And another.
21:47T.
21:48Another one.
21:49N.
21:50Can I have a vowel?
21:52A.
21:53And a vowel, please.
21:55E.
21:56A consonant.
21:58D.
22:00A consonant, please.
22:03M.
22:04A vowel.
22:06I.
22:07And a vowel.
22:10A final O.
22:11Brilliant.
22:1230 seconds.
22:12E.
22:44OK, time's up. So, Sam?
22:46Eight. And for you, Lucy? Just a six.
22:48Just a six. What's a six? Minted.
22:50Maybe missed something here, Sam?
22:52Dominate. Dominate.
22:54There it is. With a B left over, so not much hope here in Dexterity Corner.
22:59No, I mean, we definitely can't better that, can we?
23:02Dominate indeed, yeah.
23:03That is absolutely it, which increases the lead back up to 16
23:08as Lucy goes again.
23:10Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, Lucy.
23:11S. And another.
23:14P. And another.
23:17N. And a vowel, please.
23:20E. And another.
23:22A. And another.
23:24I. And another, please.
23:28A. And a consonant.
23:30T. And a final consonant, please.
23:32Final S.
23:33Kindle.
23:34A. And another.
23:35A. And another.
23:56A. And another.
23:56A. And another.
23:56A. And another.
23:56A. And another.
23:59A. And another.
24:05That will do us, Lucy, yeah.
24:08Sixth again.
24:09Yeah, and for you, Sam?
24:10I'll stay with a seven, then.
24:11OK, what have you got, Lucy?
24:13Spines.
24:13What's the seven?
24:15Pasties.
24:15And what was the risk of eight?
24:17Maybe sapience.
24:19Sapience, TS.
24:20Yep.
24:20You can have it as an L.
24:23Somebody who is of the species Homo sapiens, like us.
24:26That would have been an eight.
24:27So there you go.
24:28Has Sam done the job for us, or are there other eights?
24:31Oh, satanised as well as peasants.
24:34OK.
24:35So we have two eights there.
24:35There you go.
24:37Peasants and satanised.
24:38Yes.
24:39They demonise somebody, of course.
24:40Exactly right, yeah.
24:41Of course, all right.
24:42Well, we'll never do that, do you, Susie,
24:43as we get more Origins Awards.
24:45Good.
24:46Well, lovely email from Heather Booker in Swansea,
24:50who is thinking about insults, and she says,
24:53I'm intrigued by them, how they came to be.
24:56Pusillanimous?
24:56What a fabulous word.
24:58But where did it come from?
24:59Sycophantic, obsequious.
25:00Delicious words disguising quite bitter insults.
25:03What are their stories?
25:05And they are all wonderful, descending from Latin or Greek,
25:11quite sophisticated on the face of it,
25:13but actually, just as Heather says,
25:15quite cutting in many ways.
25:17So pusillanimous means cowardly or timid.
25:20And it simply breaks down to the Latin pusillus, meaning small or petty,
25:26and animus, meaning spirit or mind or courage.
25:30And you will find that in magnanimous, which is pretty much the opposite of pusillanimous.
25:35To be magnanimous is to be of great spirit, so you are very generous.
25:39We have unanimous, we have animosity.
25:42So it's the whole idea of that sort of, you know, that inner spirit, really,
25:46which if you are pusillanimous, is pretty weak.
25:50Sycophantic has quite a story behind it.
25:53So it comes from a Greek word, which literally means a fig shower.
25:57Very serious as to how this came about.
25:59So ancient Athens is said to have had laws against exporting figs,
26:03so quite draconian rules.
26:05And so perhaps there was somebody who informed the authorities
26:08against somebody who was illegally exporting the figs.
26:11Much more likely is that showing the fig was actually quite an obscene gesture
26:15using the fingers.
26:16So if you show someone the fig behind their back, if you like,
26:19you are being perhaps obsequious to them,
26:23but behind their back you are showing real disrespect.
26:26So that's sycophantic.
26:28And finally we have obsequious, excessively eager to please,
26:32based on the Latin secere, meaning to follow.
26:35You'll find it in sequence, for example.
26:37And that's quite interesting because it started off as being quite neutral.
26:40So if you were obsequious originally, you were quite dutiful,
26:43you were quite compliant.
26:44Lots of adjectives in English meant that.
26:46Buxom, believe it or not, first applied to men.
26:49If they were buxom, they were obedient.
26:51It goes back to the German for pliable, big sum, they're sort of bendable.
26:55And obviously then took a very different turn.
26:57But medieval culture really valued that obedience.
27:00But come the Renaissance and things, independence was everything.
27:04So obsequious took on the term of the idea of a fawning flatterer,
27:07somebody who would do anything to suck up to the boss.
27:10Nice. Thank you very much.
27:14Right, four rounds to go.
27:1623 points in it.
27:18Are we handing out another teapot?
27:20We'll find out very soon.
27:22I've only got to hit this button four more times.
27:24Sam, off you go.
27:25Can I have a consonant, please?
27:26Thank you, Sam.
27:27C.
27:28Another.
27:29Y.
27:30A vowel.
27:32U.
27:33Ooh.
27:34Another.
27:35O.
27:36A consonant.
27:38S.
27:39A consonant.
27:41T.
27:42A vowel.
27:44E.
27:45A consonant.
27:47K.
27:49And a vowel.
27:52Lastly, I.
27:54And good luck, everybody.
27:56We'll see you next time.
27:58We'll see you next time.
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28:26All right, Sam.
28:29Eight's not written down.
28:30And for you, Lucy?
28:31Just a six.
28:32You wrote it down.
28:33Thank you for respecting the programme.
28:34What have you got?
28:35Stocky.
28:36And what have you not written down?
28:37Yuckiest.
28:38So you spotted this, what, 29 seconds?
28:41Yeah.
28:41Yeah, yuckiest.
28:42Yeah, it's in the dictionary.
28:44Yes, disgusting.
28:45The yuckiest thing around.
28:47Yuckiest.
28:47Very good.
28:48Nice.
28:49What can we add to the list?
28:50You know, we only had another seven for society.
28:53But yuckiest is the only eight that we could muster up to also.
28:57Great spot.
28:58Great spot.
28:59Well done.
29:01Ah, one hand in the teapot.
29:04You never know, Lucy.
29:05You might need to pull a maximum out here.
29:07Let's go.
29:09Can I'm confident, please?
29:11Thank you, Lucy.
29:12M.
29:12And another.
29:14H.
29:15And another.
29:16L.
29:17And another.
29:19S.
29:20And a vowel, please.
29:22A.
29:23And another.
29:24O.
29:25And another.
29:27E.
29:28And another.
29:30I.
29:31And final consonant, please.
29:33Not the worst selection.
29:34And a final M.
29:36Last letters.
29:37No.
29:50No.
30:05No.
30:06No.
30:06No.
30:07No.
30:08Time's up, Luce.
30:10I'm going to try a six.
30:11Yes, it's...
30:12Only a five.
30:13The five is...
30:13Shame.
30:14I'm not saying you're grasping at straws here,
30:16but I think this may entertain as well.
30:19Homies.
30:20Oh, no, that's great.
30:21Oh, yeah, absolutely.
30:22In the dictionary, well done.
30:24Yes, absolutely.
30:25Homies is there.
30:26Yeah, it's whether hammies is there with the double M.
30:30I would go hammies, but I didn't know they are.
30:32Are they, yeah?
30:33Yeah.
30:33Colin knows all about these.
30:35Yeah, we did.
30:35As soon as that was spotted, hammies, of course,
30:37for hamstrings, yeah, yeah, muscles there.
30:40So, yeah, very good.
30:42Great spot.
30:43They're all hammies.
30:45And mine are very old.
30:47And with that, Lucy, you're going to have to pull up injured.
30:50You can't, can't, Sam, now.
30:52We have a new champion, but let's enjoy these last two rounds.
30:55Sam, numbers.
30:56Can I have four large, please?
30:57You can, indeed, four large.
30:59A little bit of fun for the end of the day,
31:01a little bit of practice.
31:02And the two little ones, eight and four,
31:05and the big ones, 50, 75, 25 and 100.
31:10And the target, 151.
31:13Yay.
31:14One, five, one.
31:15Numbers up.
31:16One, four, one.
31:18Two, one, five, two.
31:20One, two, one.
31:23Three, one, five.
31:41Two, one, seven.
31:46151, Sam? Yep. Yeah. Lucy? 151. I think it took you and I about 15, 16 seconds. Yeah.
31:52I just panicked about the one. Sam, you didn't. I think you'd pen down before I hit the clock,
31:57so off you go. 100 plus the 50. 150. 75 over 25 for three. Yep. Yeah, four take three for
32:06one.
32:06Four take three for the one to add on. Lovely. Yeah, there you go. Well done. 10.6.
32:10APPLAUSE All right, ten more points to hand out this Wednesday afternoon
32:16and Countdown with Lucy and Sam. Lucy, weirdly, you could lose on your first successful conundrum here
32:24because we haven't had one yet. Oh, yeah. So I'm rooting for you to get this. OK.
32:29Although, Sam, Lucy is a cautionary tale. This could be the beginning of a bad run.
32:34So let's find out what happens and reveal this Wednesday. Countdown conundrum.
32:43Oh, Sam, go ahead.
32:45Uh, nope. Oh, good. Sorry. Lucy, look at me. Let's go.
32:49I think I've got it.
33:17Time off. And given that you went, oh, I've got it. I haven't.
33:20Yeah. I think you've managed to do what I did. Did you see diverting?
33:23I saw diverting. Yeah, Sam. And then you can't see beyond diverting.
33:26That's what I did. And it's so annoying. Well, Susie did.
33:29Divergent. Oh, here we go.
33:32Oh, it's so annoying.
33:35All right, well, listen, he plays the trombone.
33:38Now he can blow his own trumpet. Sam's a Countdown champion.
33:41Well done, sir. Thank you. Thank you.
33:43Do you know my favourite thing about you today? Please.
33:45Is that you were kind of disappointed that you thought you might have that conundrum
33:49because you wanted Lucy to get it. That was lovely.
33:51We'll see you back tomorrow, yes? Yeah, a pleasure.
33:53Lucy, we have our octo champs. We have our series champions.
33:56That's only half the story of Countdown. It really is.
33:59You're the other half. What a delight.
34:01Yeah, I've got a teapot. That's all I wanted.
34:03But you've just been such a joy every day.
34:05And also now single, after forgetting the name of Tim's book.
34:10So that's a good way of being national TV.
34:12I've gone out to the country, yeah.
34:16Thank you for being here.
34:17Thank you so much having me.
34:19Excellent. Right, call Susie. See you tomorrow.
34:21You're real good.
34:22All done. What a lovely, lovely show today.
34:23I dread to imagine what the custody wars over the hamster are going to be like.
34:28Well, listen, we'll see you all back here together on your own,
34:31in a couple, hamsters, dog, cats. You're all welcome.
34:34We'll be waiting for you. You can count on us.
34:37You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:42You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:47APPLAUSE
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