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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown.
00:33It is, of course, Friday the 13th, but forget about that,
00:36because how could any day be unlucky
00:37when we're here in the afternoon playing Countdown?
00:39How are you doing, Rachel? Agreed.
00:41Oh, listen, question.
00:44How old is Scooby-Doo?
00:47Well, he's a Great Dane and they only live to about 12.
00:51So somewhere between 2 and 12.
00:54Well, you see, because he never ages, and that's the thing.
00:56In cartoons, mostly, they never age.
00:57But 1969 was the debut of Scooby-Doo, so technically 55.
01:03Oh, right, he's doing well.
01:05He's doing good.
01:06Scrappy-Doo, the puppy, puppy power,
01:08he's only 10 years younger.
01:10He's the 45-year-old puppy.
01:12Weird that we don't age our cartoons.
01:15I get why.
01:16Can you name everybody else in the mystery machine?
01:20Fred, Zelma, Daphne, and Shaggy.
01:25I'd give you an extra point if you could tell me what Shaggy's real name is.
01:29No.
01:30Norville.
01:32Norville.
01:32That's not even a name.
01:34Yeah, Shaggy was a nickname.
01:35No, we're not done.
01:36You wish we were, but we're not.
01:40This is the most unbelievable thing, because over the years, like the voice of Homer changes, et cetera, et cetera.
01:46But Fred, his voice from 1969 to this very day, is done by the voiceover artist Frank Welker.
01:55Every single episode, every single incarnation, just the one voice.
02:00Got to be the longest-running, single-voiced character of all time.
02:04Well, except the real live-action one, because that was Freddie Prinze Jr., wasn't it?
02:08Oh, it doesn't count.
02:09A cartoon only.
02:10Well, he's obviously stepping on some toes there.
02:12I'm a purist.
02:13I'm a purist.
02:13They're not still making it, surely.
02:15Yeah.
02:16They're still making it, too-be-do.
02:17Still goes.
02:18Still goes.
02:18Absolutely massive.
02:19And you're absolutely right.
02:20It was Robbie Amell, Amell, played him in the live-action.
02:24But we don't count it in the record.
02:26So there you go.
02:27But well, well spotted.
02:28It is a little asterisk in the notes here.
02:31Fair enough.
02:31Yeah.
02:32Listen, I know a man might be able to do a Scooby-Doo impression, or maybe not, but we'll try.
02:36Let's go to Dictionary Corner, or J the D, Susie Dent.
02:39Joined all this week by John Coulshaw.
02:41I can't imagine you needed to bring Scooby-Doo into any of your stage shows or your TV shows, but
02:47could you do it?
02:48Well, I remember in school days, any time we were surprised by anything,
02:52we'd always borrow a Scooby-Doo-ish...
02:56And, of course, the fellow who voiced Shaggy, Casey Kasem, the American DJ.
03:04For many years, he presented America's Top Ten.
03:06That's right.
03:07He was also Shaggy.
03:07Wow.
03:08I'll give you a yikes, a jeepers and a zoinks for that old words that I think I heard for
03:13the first time anyway in Scooby-Doo.
03:15Absolutely sensational.
03:17Right.
03:17Alex Call is our champion.
03:20Six wins in the bag.
03:22You know when someone's been here for a long time when they start repeating their wardrobe.
03:27Right?
03:27But I always find it's interesting.
03:30Some people turn up to do countdown with eight changes of outfits.
03:34Others, three or four.
03:36You're in the three or four category.
03:37Yeah.
03:38So, in other words, we know we're past your expectations now.
03:41Well, I hate to tell you, you're vying to be one of the very top seeds, but you need to
03:45get over the line first.
03:46Two more wins needed.
03:47One today, one on Monday.
03:48So, good luck to you today, Alex.
03:50You're taking on Paul Devine from Rotherham.
03:53Not too far to travel either way.
03:54How are you, Paul?
03:55Fine, thanks.
03:56Nervous?
03:57Yeah, I always will be, but there you go.
03:59You're a retired steelworker over 40 years in the industry.
04:02Yeah.
04:02And round about the time you were starting out as an apprentice steelworker, you went on a blind date that
04:08changed your life.
04:09Tell us about that.
04:10Well, his friends set us up on a blind date and we've been married 41 years this month.
04:16No, on a blind date.
04:17Well, that's welcome to him since.
04:22Do you ever, in a quiet moment, sit and think about had there been a football match or a rugby
04:28match that night or if you'd have taken an L or, you know, your whole life changes off just one
04:34moment.
04:35Yeah.
04:35You know?
04:36But you went and the rest is history.
04:38Yeah.
04:38Can you please mention her name?
04:40Helen.
04:40It's Helen.
04:41Lots of love to you.
04:41Watch at home.
04:42Let's see how him indoors does.
04:44It's Paul and Alex.
04:45Good luck.
04:48Well, we know he's made a steel, so Alex, you might have your work cut out.
04:51Let's get some letters.
04:52A consonant, please, Rachel.
04:53Thank you, Alex.
04:54Start today with D.
04:56And a vowel, please.
04:58E.
04:59And a consonant, please.
05:02S.
05:03And another consonant, please.
05:06M.
05:26At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
05:59Alex, how many?
06:01Six.
06:02And for you, Paul?
06:03A whiskey, seven.
06:04OK, the six is?
06:06Must.
06:07And for Paul?
06:09Enfused.
06:10Enfused.
06:11Must be E-N, Susie.
06:14Yes.
06:14So, it doesn't work so you can have infused or n-thused, but you can't have n-fused as a
06:20kind of blend of the two.
06:21Sorry, Paul.
06:22Paul, you would have got away with it if it wasn't for those pesky kids in Dixonry Corner.
06:27And more letters, Paul.
06:28You're up.
06:29Consonant, please.
06:30Thank you, Paul.
06:31N.
06:33And another, please.
06:35R.
06:36And a vowel, please.
06:38O.
06:39And another vowel, please.
06:41E.
06:57And another consonant, please.
07:01Lastly, R.
07:02Nice.
07:0330 seconds.
07:0430 seconds.
07:0530 seconds.
07:33MUSIC PLAYS
07:34Paul? Eight. Eight from you. And Alex?
07:38It's a seven. The seven is? Rooster.
07:40And for you, Paul? Stronger.
07:43Very nice. I thought it was going to be something complicated there,
07:46but that's absolutely brilliant. Well done. Top word, that?
07:48We were with rooster. And a nice word from geology, origins.
07:54Belts of the Earth's crust involved when mountains form.
07:57Thank you. Let's get to the numbers, please.
08:00First of the day. First of four, Alex.
08:03One from the top and five from anywhere else, please.
08:05Thank you, Alex. One large, five little.
08:08And the first numbers of the day. Seven, ten, three, five, eight.
08:15And the large one, 25.
08:17And the target, 917.
08:20917. Numbers up.
08:22MUSIC PLAYS
08:34MUSIC PLAYS
08:52917, the big target. Alex?
08:54Yeah, 917.
08:55And Paul?
08:56No.
08:57Missed it. Oh, I love that. Straight to the point.
08:59No. Don't talk to me, Carl.
09:01Go to Alex. Alex, off you go.
09:03Three times ten is 30.
09:06Adds a seven.
09:0737.
09:08Times that by 25.
09:10925.
09:11And minus the eight.
09:12917. Lovely.
09:13Yeah.
09:16Nice one, Sean.
09:17First Tea Time teaser this Friday is Yokel Herd.
09:21Yokel Herd, for those who are visually impaired, it's just H-E-R-D.
09:24The alarm went off in the night, so this person had to be called out.
09:29The alarm went off in the night, so this person had to be called out.
09:41APPLAUSE
09:48Welcome back.
09:49The alarm went off in the night, so this person had to be called out.
09:52The key holder, of course, the key holder.
09:55I think we're going to have a bit of a game on our hands today.
09:57Let's find out.
09:58Challenger Paul, already on the board, and let's get your letters.
10:03Consonant, please.
10:04Thank you, Paul.
10:05Z.
10:06And a better one, please.
10:08M.
10:10A vowel, please.
10:12A.
10:13Another vowel.
10:14I.
10:16And another vowel, please.
10:17O.
10:20Consonant.
10:21T.
10:21Another consonant.
10:24S.
10:26And another one, please.
10:28T.
10:29And a vowel, please.
10:31And lastly, I.
10:33Thanks, Rich.
10:34Says.
10:53Good morning.
10:54T До С'.
10:54Good morning, everybody.
10:57We'll see.
10:58Bye.
10:58Bye.
10:59Bye.
11:00Bye.
11:01Bye.
11:03Bye.
11:03Bye.
11:04Bye.
11:04Bye.
11:05How many, Paul? Seven.
11:07And for you, Alex? Seven. Let's see if it's the same, Paul.
11:10Station. Station. Alex is going to pass it over. Station.
11:13Yeah, there you go. We are stuck between stations.
11:16What have you got? Another station. Yeah.
11:18This is the countdown line, and we are the stations.
11:21Great. 2315. More letters, Alex. Let's move on to this round.
11:26Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Alex. D.
11:30And a vowel, please. A.
11:32And a consonant, please. N.
11:36And a consonant, please. C.
11:39And a vowel, please. I.
11:42And a consonant, please. B.
11:45And another consonant, please. L.
11:48And a vowel. U.
11:52And a final consonant, please. Final N.
11:56Alright, let's do it.
11:57A.
12:23And a vowel.
12:28Alex?
12:29Six.
12:29And Paul?
12:30Six.
12:31OK, what have you got, Alex?
12:32Placid.
12:33Yes.
12:33And Paul?
12:34Unpaid.
12:36Unpaid and placid.
12:38Now, if you were behind and three rounds left,
12:42you might think of putting the UN in front of placid,
12:44maybe, to be unplacid.
12:46Not sure you get the points, though.
12:47You certainly would.
12:48Oh, wow.
12:49Yeah, it's there for eight.
12:50Yes, if you're really excitable, you're not calmed.
12:53You were unplacid.
12:55John, what have you got?
12:56Yes, unplacid we had over here.
12:58I can just imagine it being said by some Dickensian,
13:01you make me feel unplacid with thy behaviour of outrage.
13:06I was more in my head,
13:07you make me feel like dancing when you said that.
13:09More numbers.
13:11Let's do it.
13:11Paul?
13:12One big'un.
13:13Five little'uns, please.
13:14Thank you, Paul.
13:15One big'un.
13:15Five little'uns coming up.
13:17And the little'uns are ten, two, six, three,
13:22and five,
13:23and the big'un, 50.
13:25And your target, 288.
13:28288.
13:28Numbers up.
13:29And the little'uns are ten, two, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six,
13:48six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six,
13:48six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six,
13:48six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six,
13:48six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six,
13:48six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six, six
13:592-8-8, Paul. Yes, 2-8-8.
14:02And for you, Alex? 2-8-8. Yes, Paul, off you go.
14:05Six times 50 is 300.
14:07650 is 300.
14:0810 plus 2. Yeah.
14:11Very easy, this one.
14:13And Alex did it a different way.
14:15Five times 50.
14:17Five 50 is 250.
14:19And then three times 10 is 30.
14:22Yeah. Add that, add the two and add the six.
14:25Two and the six haven't used. Another way to get.
14:27Brilliant.
14:29As I said, it just feels like a game today.
14:32There's only eight points in it as we have our last chat of the week
14:34with John Culshaw.
14:35One of the million things you love about sitting here
14:38is all the different accents that come through.
14:40And I'd say this week, I would say Paul's your favourite.
14:45Oh, so characterful, so truthful.
14:48Genuine. Yeah.
14:49Absolutely, that great warmth.
14:51Just like that. Superb.
14:53Smack on. Superb.
14:54LAUGHTER
14:55Because when you picture your one, was it one biggin',
14:59four littlin', your face lit up.
15:01You loved it, yeah.
15:02So...
15:03What we love is character.
15:05Yeah.
15:05Especially, you know, likeable, lovable, warm.
15:08Character.
15:09So, bravo. Bravo.
15:10Now, John, before we started today's show...
15:14Oh, oh.
15:14..David handed me these.
15:16And I've no idea why.
15:17I just know it looks like some sort of, like, Secret Santa or something.
15:21I've got two countdown cups and there's bits of paper in each.
15:24So, what do you want me to do?
15:25I think, yeah, I think in one of the cups is different characters.
15:29Yeah?
15:30The other is different scenarios.
15:31So, we just draw them out like winning raffle tickets.
15:34And you have to do them.
15:34And let's see what we come up with.
15:36OK, all right.
15:36Let's see what we come up with.
15:40Paul Devine.
15:41No.
15:42Gary Barlow.
15:44OK.
15:47LAUGHTER
15:49ORDERING A TAKEAWAY.
15:51Hey, well, you know, you've got a lot to choose from in here.
15:55Let me have a pizza, let me have the chips,
15:58and I'll write a song about it before Robbie does.
16:01Hey!
16:02LAUGHTER
16:03Right, here we go.
16:05Oh, we are down in earlier in the week, Sir Keir Starmer.
16:11Doing what, I wonder?
16:16Strange.
16:17I've never really looked at his teeth.
16:18Going to the dentist.
16:20Right, what we need to achieve here is some fillings to be improved.
16:25We might also need some orthodontics to make me speak faster.
16:30But this will be done when the timing is right, when the framework is right,
16:35within a sustainable network of economic growth.
16:38So, thank you.
16:39Very good.
16:41That's to Carol.
16:43Right.
16:45Aussie Osborne.
16:45What's Aussie Osborne going to be doing?
16:49HE LAUGHS
16:51He's just at the football.
16:52Yeah, I'm at the football.
16:54I never meant to be here.
16:56I thought I was going to see Motorhead, but I didn't know the way.
16:59I've ended up on the football pitch.
17:03Expletives that I cannot say and will not hear.
17:05Yeah, Sharon.
17:06HE LAUGHS
17:07Hard to do Aussie Osborne daytime TV.
17:10Yeah.
17:10Right, here we go.
17:11HE LAUGHS
17:15Jeremy Vine.
17:16HE LAUGHS
17:18If it says cycling, I'm pulling it out again.
17:20That's what he does.
17:22HE LAUGHS
17:22Oh, my goodness me.
17:24HE LAUGHS
17:24Sorry, Jeremy.
17:25Sorry, Jezza.
17:26Baking a cake.
17:28OK, what we have here, we have got some flour.
17:31We have got some eggs.
17:32We have got some baking powder.
17:35We have also got some water and some icing sugar.
17:38What sort of cake should we make?
17:41HE LAUGHS
17:41It might be a victorious punch.
17:43I don't think we've got the ingredients for parking.
17:45That is a shame.
17:46What should we make?
17:47Love to get your thoughts on this.
17:51HE LAUGHS
17:52That was my absolute favourite. Brilliant.
17:55Right, back to the game.
17:57And it is Alex, and you're picking these letters.
18:01Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
18:02Thank you, Alex.
18:03T.
18:04And a vowel, please.
18:06O.
18:07And a consonant, please.
18:09C.
18:10And another consonant.
18:12N.
18:13And a vowel.
18:15E.
18:16And another vowel, please.
18:18I.
18:19And a consonant.
18:21R.
18:22And another consonant.
18:25V.
18:26And a final consonant.
18:29Good set with a final L.
18:31And let's go again.
18:33согласin.
18:35M.
18:35And a octave.
18:38With a name.
19:01To be charged.
19:01And be quite welcome.
19:02And advantages to theika.
19:03Alex.
19:04Six.
19:05Paul.
19:06Six.
19:06Yes, here we go.
19:07Alex.
19:08Clover.
19:08And Paul.
19:09Covert.
19:10And Covert, the secret is out.
19:13Sixes only.
19:14We can contrive an eight over here.
19:19Contrive there for a rather nice eight.
19:22Beautiful.
19:23An eight sixes, an eight over in the dictionary corner.
19:26If you're keeping score at home, I hope you're keeping up.
19:29And we get more letters now from Paul.
19:31Consonant, please.
19:32Thank you, Paul.
19:33S.
19:34And another, please.
19:36W.
19:38And a vowel, please.
19:39O.
19:41Another one, please.
19:42I.
19:44Consonant.
19:45M.
19:47Another consonant, please.
19:49L.
19:50A vowel, please.
19:52E.
19:54Consonant.
19:56B.
19:57Another consonant.
19:59Lastly, M.
20:01And start the clock.
20:30And start the clock.
20:33That's time, Paul.
20:34Six.
20:35And for you, Alex?
20:36Just a five.
20:37Oh, the five.
20:39Wounds.
20:40Wounds.
20:40And for you, Paul?
20:42Elbows.
20:43Elbows.
20:44Very nice.
20:45If I don't say this, I'm going to burst.
20:47Wombles.
20:48Yes.
20:49Oh, what a beautiful word for to be up there.
20:53Amazing.
20:53It was the first one we had.
20:54Yes.
20:55Yeah.
20:55But you can have it with a small W.
20:57Yeah.
20:58Yeah.
20:58Does it matter if you have anything longer?
21:00I don't think so.
21:01Well, we do have one, but not as good as...
21:03Definitely not as good as Wombles.
21:04No, we needed the loveliness of Wombles to offset embolism.
21:09There you go for it.
21:10Definitely.
21:11Embolism will get you more points than Wombles.
21:15Numbers, then.
21:16And it's our champion.
21:17I'll have two large and four small, please.
21:19Thank you, Alex.
21:20It's two from the top.
21:21Four not.
21:22Let's see if this can separate you a bit more.
21:24Or not.
21:25The little ones.
21:25One.
21:26Ten.
21:27Three.
21:28And ten.
21:29And the large ones.
21:30Twenty-five.
21:31And fifty.
21:32And you need to reach...
21:33Four hundred and fifty-five.
21:35Four five five.
21:36Numbers up.
21:36Four hundred and fifty-five.
22:07Four five five, Alex.
22:09Four five fives.
22:10Yeah, and Paul.
22:11Four five three.
22:12Just missed it.
22:13So, Alex, big ten points for you.
22:15Uh, fifty minus one.
22:17Forty-nine.
22:18Times that by ten.
22:19Four hundred and ninety.
22:21Minus twenty-five.
22:22Is four hundred and sixty-five.
22:24Minus ten.
22:24Lovely.
22:25Four five five.
22:26Well done.
22:28Well, you had a wobble on the Womble.
22:31The gap was closed, but now it's increased again.
22:34But six rounds left.
22:35It's still in the balance.
22:36Your last tea time teaser of the week is Two Men Pod.
22:40Two Men Pod.
22:42Her version of the song was much slower than the original.
22:45Her version of the song was much slower than the original.
23:04Hello again.
23:05Her version of the song was much slower than the original because it was down-tempo.
23:09Down-tempo.
23:10We're increasing in pace, if anything, in countdown in today's battle.
23:14Six rounds left.
23:15And, Paul, you're up.
23:16Uh, consonant, please.
23:17Thank you, Paul.
23:19G.
23:19And another.
23:22S.
23:23And another, please.
23:25F.
23:26Uh, vowel.
23:27A.
23:29And another.
23:30U.
23:32And another.
23:33A.
23:34A consonant.
23:36R.
23:37A vowel, please.
23:40E.
23:42And a consonant, please.
23:43Lastly, P.
23:45Let's play.
23:46A consonant.
23:49A consonant.
24:00A consonant.
24:01A consonant.
24:02A consonant.
24:02A consonant.
24:03A consonant.
24:03A consonant.
24:03A consonant.
24:03A consonant.
24:03A consonant.
24:03A consonant.
24:03A consonant.
24:03A consonant.
24:16Paul. Six. For you and Alex. Six. Yes, Paul, what have you got?
24:21Grapes. Alex. Purges.
24:23Exactly our two. Excellent. Same two? Yes.
24:26Nothing else to see. So we will purge that round and we will get more letters.
24:31Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Alex.
24:33S. And a vowel, please.
24:36A. And a consonant, please.
24:39P. And a vowel, please.
24:42I. And another vowel.
24:43E. And a consonant, please.
24:48R. And another consonant.
24:52M. And another consonant, please.
24:57H. And a final consonant, please.
25:03Final G. And countdown.
25:05We will see you next time.
25:06Thank you, John.
25:07The obvious thing.
25:07The clear thing.
25:07What?
25:07The clue.
25:08The clear thing.
25:20The clear thing.
25:22Is it clear?
25:24The clear thing.
25:27The clear thing.
25:28The clear thing.
25:36Give me a number, Alex.
25:37Seven.
25:37And for you, Paul?
25:39Seven.
25:39Yes, keeping in there.
25:41Well done, mate.
25:41Alex, the word?
25:42Hampers.
25:43And Paul?
25:44Harpies.
25:45Harpies and hampers, Susie?
25:46Yes, the harpies, the mythological rapacious monsters.
25:51Yeah, absolutely fine.
25:53Well done.
25:53Stuff.
25:53And for you, John?
25:54A trilogy of eights over here.
25:57Very productive run of letters there.
25:58Samphire, epigrams and grampies.
26:03All there for eight.
26:04Four more rounds to go and still within touch and distance.
26:07Origins of words today, Susie.
26:08Last one of the week's been a good week.
26:10The bar's high.
26:11Well, thanks to Julie Payne, who writes from Sevenoaks and asks,
26:16why would something appeals to me?
26:18Does it tickle my fancy?
26:21And if you go back to the beginnings of this, late 18th century,
26:25the English country gent called Abraham Tucker described seeing a play,
26:33and he described it as having the quality of striking the joyous perception,
26:37or, as we vulgarly say, tickling my fancy.
26:40So he considered it to be most uncouth when it first arrived,
26:45but it has endured for centuries since then.
26:49So let's start with tickle.
26:52It may be, quite gratifyingly, a word from the Vikings,
26:56because they had a word, kittle.
26:58So it's quite possible that the two letters,
27:00which often happens as English evolves, they got transposed.
27:03And, in fact, you will still find kittle in parts of Scotland to mean the same thing.
27:08But tickle has always meant to stir in someone, usually a feeling of pleasure,
27:13although if you're like me, who hates being tickled, it's a kind of feeling of panic.
27:19But the idea is that you are, you know, just giving someone a bit of fun.
27:24Now, the fancy bit is actually shortening of fantasy.
27:28So the idea of tickling someone's fancy is of kind of stirring up the imagination, if you like.
27:33So it was exciting one's senses and one's thoughts.
27:37And fancy, when we fancy someone or when we fancy doing something,
27:40they're both linked to the idea of finding something in your fantasy really ideal and attractive.
27:45So that's where that one comes from.
27:47But two types of tickling, just to remind you, if I haven't told you this before, Colin,
27:51gargalesis and knismesis.
27:53So knismesis, both from Greek, is the kind of itchy type of tickling.
27:58So it's like you've got an ant crawling over your skin.
28:00It's not tickly nice. It goes back to the Greek for tickling.
28:03Gargalesis is just a heavy kind of tickling that most people love and that I hate.
28:07And if there are any fellow tickle haters out there, you are a gargler-phobe.
28:12And that is definitely me.
28:13Very good. You always tickle my fancy, Susie.
28:20And on that bombshell, let's get back to the game.
28:22Paul.
28:23Constant, please.
28:24Thank you, Paul.
28:25S.
28:26And another.
28:28N.
28:29And another, please.
28:31T.
28:32A vowel.
28:34Another vowel, please.
28:36E.
28:38Consonant.
28:39R.
28:41Consonant.
28:42B.
28:44Vowel, please.
28:46U.
28:47A consonant.
28:49Lastly, R.
28:50Good luck.
29:23And for you, Alex? Seven. Paul? Burners. Brilliant. And for you, Alex? Returns. Returns and burners. Let's return to dictionary
29:30corner. What can we add? Another alternative, turners. Another seven, but nothing more than sevens. And given that I'm one
29:37of very few baseball fans in the UK, I've got to add bunters. Nothing. I did check those. Not in
29:43the dictionary. And that's why there needs to be an American version of Countdown. It's as simple as that, because
29:47that offends me. More letters, please. In fact, last letters. Alex? Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:53Thank you, Alex. T. And a vowel, please. E. And a consonant, please. L. And a vowel, please. I. And
30:06a consonant, please. L. And another consonant.
30:10Y. And a final consonant, please. A final S. Last letters.
30:25L. And a consonant, please.
30:55That'll do's. Alex? Seven. And for you, Paul? Seven. Seven as well. Look at this, Alex. Solidly. Solidly. And Paul?
31:04Dollies. Yeah, lovely. I'm glad you spotted that. Solidly and dollies. Very nice. Very nice indeed, yeah. There is an
31:11eight in that line-up.
31:12Take your solidly. Get the T. And you get stolidly for a nifty little eight. Yeah, dependably. He stood by
31:21her stolidly.
31:22Stoic stolidly. Yeah. That word. Well, listen, Paul, I don't know what more you can do. There's only one word
31:29in the dictionary that we could see that could have possibly closed this gap.
31:32You're doing great. There's 12 points in it as it stands. And you're picking the last numbers. Off you go,
31:38Paul.
31:38One big one, please. Five little ones.
31:40Paul, are you not going to gamble on me?
31:43For the teapot.
31:4512 behind and you're going one large and five little. You need something special to outfox, Alex. Let's see if
31:51we can find it. Final numbers of the week. 10, 8, 1, 6, 10 and 100. And the target, 248.
32:02248. Last numbers.
32:312.48. Last numbers.
32:34248. The target. Paul. No, gone blank. Don't worry, Alex. 249. Not written down. One away for seven points. They
32:43went in the bag already, so no pressure.
32:47Can I have to hurry you? 8 times 6. 8 times 6, 48. I've gone wrong.
32:53We'd guessed that already. 248, Rachel. Yeah, a couple of ways. One of them you could have said, 100 times
33:0210 is 1,000. Take away 8 for 992. And then the second 10 minus 6 is 4. And divide
33:10it. 248.
33:14Thank you, Rachel. Well, it's not a crucial countdown conundrum. What a great game it's been, though. So let's see
33:19if you can have the last laugh, Paul.
33:20Fingers on the buzzers. You too, Alex. Let's reveal our final countdown conundrum.
33:31Paul. Truncheon. Let's look. Well done.
33:38And I don't mean to batter you over the head with it, but it's just that odd moment, wasn't it?
33:43Yep. Little things. Have you enjoyed your day? Fabulous. Good. Nice to have you here. You've enriched ours.
33:48It's finished just two points difference, not for the first time with you.
33:52But you're up to seven wins, Alex. You get the whole weekend to stew, which I always think is terrible.
33:56You've got to wait the weekend to try and become an octo-champ. But rest up. We'll see you Monday.
34:01Not be seeing you on Monday, John, but maybe we'll see you from the crowd. Imposter syndrome, your tour. Best
34:06of luck with it.
34:06Thank you so much. Thank you.
34:07Have a good weekend, Suze.
34:08Likewise. Have a good one.
34:09Excellent. And, Rachel, see you Monday.
34:11And it's funny, my grandad was born on Friday the 13th, and then Paul turns up and looks just like
34:16him.
34:16So I think it's divine intervention.
34:18Oh, that's lovely. That is lovely. Brilliant. Enjoy your weekend, everyone. We'll see you Monday.
34:22Same time, same place. You can count on us.
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