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00:31Ahoy my hearties, welcome on board the Good Ship Countdown for another swashbuckling episode.
00:37At the end of it, one contestant will be declared captain, the other one will walk the Countdown plank.
00:42And shiver me timbers, there is Rachel Riley.
00:46There's only one reason for that intro.
00:49No one's thinking like, why is he speaking like that? Is it the King's birthday?
00:53Yeah, yeah, yeah.
00:54It's talk like a parrot day today.
00:56I love talk like a parrot day. Do you know about it?
00:58The idea was that in Kansas, the school board wanted to teach creationism alongside evolution as equally valid ideas.
01:04So a physics student called Bobby Henderson came up with the flying spaghetti monster and pastifarianism.
01:11And in an effort to satirise correlation and causation not being the same, apparently,
01:16if you look at a graph of the global temperature of the earth compared to the number of pirates in
01:21the world,
01:21it's strictly correlated.
01:23So the idea is, if there were more pirates in the world, then that would cure global warming.
01:28Yeah.
01:29And hence, you're doing a bit for the planet by speaking like a pirate today.
01:32Right. It's a rabbit hole of a day to go down, isn't it? It is indeed.
01:35Right, let's get over to Dictionary Corner then.
01:38Well, two national treasures side by side.
01:40What a treat for us and Susie Dent to have everybody's favourite weekday quiz show host with us.
01:46It's Richard Osmond.
01:49By the way, why do they call you the countdown plank? I've always wondered.
01:56Our champion with two wins is David Burgess. How are you today, sir?
02:00I'm very well.
02:01You keep saying to me, you said it after show one, you've said it again, coming in the studio today,
02:06I've been so lucky. No, you've had two really good challengers.
02:10You're a threat, you can win it, but not if you don't believe in yourself, it won't happen.
02:15Got to keep the fortune with me.
02:16Yeah, that's what you've got to do.
02:18Well, you're up against somebody today who, listen, you hold no fear for Laura Craig from Hartlepool.
02:23How are you?
02:24I'm good. Nervous, but I'm good.
02:26Good. Great family story here.
02:28So you watch Countdown from when you were a little babby, knee high to a grasshopper.
02:32Yeah.
02:33So who do you watch with?
02:34My nana, my mum and my great nana.
02:38And over the years they always said, you should go on, you should go on.
02:41And I was like, but...
02:43And here you are.
02:44Yeah, they're not here with us anymore.
02:45So I finally did it.
02:46I was like, if I'm going to do it, I'll do it now, you know.
02:49And your sister then.
02:52Well, you carry a part of her with you at all times because she donated a kidney to you.
02:56She did, yeah.
02:56Yes, so she's technically with us as well.
02:59So I've just heard from the producer, we have to disqualify you.
03:02Yeah, it's an individual sport.
03:03We can't have you be here, no.
03:05But that is one of us.
03:06Can I still have a teapot?
03:08I'd already turn you down after that.
03:10But it's funny, we always say that we do, but family are family, right?
03:13And I'm guessing your sister's like all the family you need.
03:16Oh, yeah, yeah.
03:17She means the world to me.
03:19She's saved my life, so...
03:20Yeah, what's her name?
03:21Claire.
03:22Claire.
03:23All right, great.
03:24Now, Countdown's a really big studio.
03:25And you're visually impaired, so you have tunnel vision.
03:27So anything you need, shout.
03:29Don't think you will.
03:30You're absolutely extraordinary.
03:31Best of luck to you today.
03:32Laura and David.
03:35And off you go, David.
03:37Hello again, Rachel.
03:38Hi, David.
03:38Can I have a consonant, please?
03:39Start today with T.
03:42And a vowel, please.
03:44I.
03:45And a consonant.
03:47M.
03:48And a vowel.
03:50E.
03:51And a consonant.
03:53S.
03:54And a vowel, please.
03:55It's playing itself.
03:57U.
03:57And a consonant.
03:59T.
04:01And another consonant, please.
04:03G.
04:04And a final vowel.
04:06A final E.
04:08At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:11E.
04:13And a consonant.
04:40Thanks for this.
04:41David, how many? Just five. And for you, Laura?
04:44Six. Six. OK, David? Guest.
04:47And Laura? Sweet.
04:49S-U-I-T-E-S.
04:52Sweet, we've only got one S, unfortunately,
04:54but sweet itself would have been perfectly fine.
04:58Sorry, Laura. Oh, if I had a penny for every time a challenger
05:01invented a letter early on, don't worry, it happens all the time.
05:06Let's get over to our guests. Yeah, there's a seven, which is Susie...
05:10Guttys. Guttys? I don't know what Guttys is.
05:13Oh, goodness me. Well, let me...
05:15If you had a grown-up where I grew up, you'd know.
05:17I don't think it's a Celtic word as such,
05:19but very commonly you call your trainers your Guttys.
05:22Ooh. OK. Yeah. No idea why. Why?
05:26It's from the material that they're made with gutter percher,
05:28which is a sort of microplastic, don't they?
05:30Richard, it's from the material they're made of, gutter percher.
05:34I hear you. Yeah. Yeah. No worries.
05:36Very tough plastic. You're welcome. Let's get back to the game.
05:38Second letters. Laura.
05:40Hi, Rachel. Hi, Laura. Could I have a consonant, please?
05:43You can indeed.
05:45B. And a vowel, please.
05:47O. A consonant.
05:51R. A vowel.
05:52I. A consonant.
05:56L. A vowel.
05:59E. A consonant.
06:01D. Another consonant, please.
06:05P. And a final vowel, please.
06:07And a final U.
06:09And 30 seconds.
06:10Hello.
06:38All right.
06:39I'll see you next time.
06:41Give me a number, Laura. Just a six. And for you, David? Six also. Six also. Okay there, Laura. Boiler.
06:48Yes, and for you, David? Poured. And poured. Well, you're sort of in the region of food, but we're going
06:55to have to reprimand you here, the way those letters came out. Takes me a corner. Yeah, there's a foodie
06:59seven, which is broiled. Yeah. Broiled.
07:02Yeah, I mean, it was one letter off coming out, spelled out, but you have to know what broiling is,
07:06and if you're not a big cook, you probably don't, Susie. No, and do you know what? I'm still, even
07:11having lived in America for a while, I'm still not entirely sure I know what broiling is. Is it not
07:15roasting? Is it not their version of roasting? Yes, it says cook meat or fish by exposure to direct heat.
07:21But I think they do make a distinction with roasting. So, yeah, so I forgive anybody who's just not completely
07:26sure what it is. Absolutely. Listen, points in the board is key, and Laura's managed to do that as we
07:31get our first numbers round.
07:32at the end of the day, Mr Burgess. Can I get one large and the rest small, please? You can
07:36indeed. One from the top row, and five not. And the first numbers of the day, if I can hold
07:41on to them, are ten, three, eight, five, four, and the large one, 50. And the target, 954. 954, numbers
07:52up.
08:23And that's time. 954. David? 954. And Laura? 968. Big one. David got one.
08:32Off you go, David. So, eight times by three. Eight by three, 24. Minus the five. 19. Times by the
08:3950.
08:40950. And add the four. Well done. 954.
08:45Keeping the four for when it mattered. Well done, David.
08:48Tea time teaser is cycle moot. M-O-O-T. Cycle moot.
08:52Will you come and pick me up after my operation, please? Will you come and pick me up after my
08:57operation, please?
09:06APPLAUSE
09:13Welcome back. Will you come and pick me up after my operation, please?
09:17Colectomy. Very clever. Colectomy.
09:19Now we're all sitting comfortably, let's get back to the game.
09:21And Laura?
09:22Can I have a consonant, please?
09:24Thank you, Laura.
09:25N.
09:25And a vowel.
09:27I.
09:28Another consonant.
09:30F.
09:31A vowel.
09:32A.
09:33A consonant.
09:34S.
09:35Another consonant, please.
09:37G.
09:38A vowel.
09:39O.
09:41Another vowel.
09:42E.
09:43And a final consonant, please.
09:45And a final R.
09:47Thanks, Rich.
09:47We'll talk to you again next.
09:48Thanks, Rich.
09:49Thanks.
10:05You're welcome.
10:11Bye-bye.
10:20Laura? Seven.
10:21And for you, David? Seven also.
10:23And a seven also. Laura, let's get more points up.
10:25Forages. And you're foraging as well, David?
10:28Searing. Searing and foraging.
10:31Happy enough, Susie? Very happy.
10:33Very happy. Not just happy enough, very happy.
10:36Richard? Yeah, there's a few more sevens, fingers and fringes,
10:40but there's also an eight, which is organise.
10:43Ah, listen. Well spotted. David, off you go.
10:47Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you, David. T?
10:50And a vowel? U.
10:53And a consonant, please? N.
10:56And a vowel? E.
10:58And a consonant? Q.
11:00And a vowel? O.
11:02And a consonant? S.
11:04And a vowel? A.
11:07And a final consonant? And a final R.
11:11And start the clock.
11:12Let's get started.
11:13Then it's a cuerda.
11:29And a vowel?
11:36Yeah, we're going.
11:43David? A seven. And for you, Laura?
11:45Just a six. The six is? Tuners.
11:48Tuners. And for you, David? Saunter.
11:51Saunter, there you go. Well, it's a wee bit of an Irish special today,
11:55from Gotti's to saunter.
11:57Your favourite word.
11:58There is an eight there, which is quaestor.
12:02Yes. Quaestor.
12:03Yes. In ancient Rome, these were officials who essentially presided
12:07over public finances.
12:09Of course they were. Yes. The quaestors.
12:10David, Laura, if you'd have got that, I would have accused you of cheating.
12:15I would have accused myself.
12:17Well, we go, Laura. Let's get numbers.
12:20Can I have one large and five small, please?
12:22Another one. Big five-not selection coming up for you, Laura.
12:26This time, the five small ones.
12:28Five, two, seven, one.
12:31And five and the large one, 100.
12:34And you need to reach 199.
12:37199. Talk amongst yourselves.
12:40.
12:41That's for you.
12:42.
12:58.
13:01.
13:08.
13:09.
13:10£1.99. Laura? £1.99. Yeah, David? £1.99. Off you go, Laura.
13:16Two times a hundred and take away the one. Don't need the ink.
13:20And David? Yeah, the same way. Ten points each. Well done.
13:23APPLAUSE
13:25And you look at where that leaves us, 45.23.
13:28Still a close enough affair as we have our Thursday chat eventually
13:32with Richard Osman, because we can talk about the film you've been...
13:36Well, the movie, actually.
13:38So you haven't let me talk about it until today for obvious reasons.
13:41Because it's a Thursday. Yeah.
13:42So mid-2025, do you hope, we're going to get to see it?
13:46Yeah, I would have thought so. We're just about to finish filming now.
13:50We've roughly been filming since the start of June.
13:52Filming just about finishing now, but then there's huge amounts of editing
13:56and post-production and all of those things.
13:57So it takes a while. I would have thought mid-next year.
14:01So many questions. The cast is stunning, right?
14:04And there's always a domino moment.
14:06It's like when you're planning a party, you know, when you're a teenager
14:09and you're trying to get the most popular kid in...
14:11If you get the most popular kid in school to go,
14:13everyone in the class is going. Yeah.
14:15If Suzy Dent says yes, everyone's saying yes.
14:17You don't even have to ask Rachel. She's there automatically, right?
14:20You're absolutely right.
14:21But if you're just getting me to go, it'll be an all right party,
14:24but superstars aren't turning up.
14:25So is Mirren the one?
14:28Well, it's interesting because...
14:30So Spielberg is the producer. That starts.
14:33And Spielberg gets Chris Columbus to direct. Yeah.
14:35And Chris Columbus, you know, did Harry Potter and Home Alone and Goonies,
14:39all these incredible films, and knows everybody, knows Helen Mirren.
14:43So, yeah, Mirren says yes because she's read the books
14:45and she loves working with Chris Columbus. Yeah.
14:47And then, yeah, everyone goes, well, listen,
14:50if it's Columbus and Spielberg and Mirren, count us in.
14:53So, yeah, you've got Pierce Brosnan and Sir Ben Kingsley
14:55and C.D. Emory, David Tennant is in it.
14:58All sorts of people. Jonathan Pryce.
15:00It's a crazy line-up. Yeah, it's fine.
15:03So, albeit that, you know, you're hugely popular
15:06and the book's done really well and, you know, Spielberg's signing up,
15:09but what was it like for you when all of a sudden
15:11these huge megastars' faces were going into the positions?
15:15Yeah, so it's fascinating because lots of, you know,
15:17books get turned into films.
15:19Sometimes writers are involved.
15:21Usually they regret it if they get involved, writers,
15:23because it can't be what they want it to be,
15:25because a book is 350 pages and a film is two hours.
15:28You just...you can't do it.
15:30But, you know, some books make much better films.
15:33So The Godfather is a great book, but it's an unbelievable film.
15:37Jaws is another one that was a great book, but an unbelievable film.
15:40I think the greatest ever book-to-film translation
15:47is a Stephen King series of short stories from 1983,
15:50which is called Different Seasons.
15:51It's four novellas, so four short stories.
15:55Three of them have been turned into movies.
15:56One of them, which needn't detain us too long,
15:58is called The Apt Pupil, which has turned into a perfectly serviceable movie.
16:02One is a story called The Body, which has turned into Stand By Me,
16:05one of the greatest movies of all time.
16:07Fantastic.
16:07And the lead story in that book is Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption.
16:12Oh!
16:12So, literally, three out of four, and two of the biggest hits of all time.
16:16How annoyed are you if you're the fourth one?
16:19Yes, I know.
16:20Really? Yeah.
16:21Just not bothered with that one.
16:22I think Stephen King's probably OK.
16:24Yeah.
16:24He's probably thinking, I think I'm all right.
16:27Brilliant. Thank you.
16:30Love it. Still finds time to come and see us. Brilliant.
16:3445.23, that's the reason why he's here.
16:37It's for the game.
16:38It's for Laura and David.
16:39And here we go, David.
16:41More letters.
16:42Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:44Thank you, David.
16:44H.
16:45And a vowel, please.
16:47E.
16:48And a consonant.
16:50D.
16:51And a vowel.
16:53I.
16:54And a consonant.
16:55T.
16:56And a vowel.
16:57E.
16:58And a consonant, please.
17:00S.
17:01And a vowel.
17:03I.
17:04And a final consonant.
17:06And a final G.
17:08And here we go again.
17:09And a vocal
17:11Fleisch.
17:11And a vowel.
17:16Toll.
17:28At 윤 considering.
17:29Toll.
17:29Toll.
17:30Toll.
17:31Toll.
17:32Toll.
17:33Toll.
17:40And David?
17:41Seven.
17:42And Laura?
17:43Seven.
17:44Well done.
17:44David?
17:45Cited.
17:46Cited for you.
17:47Cited.
17:48Pass it on over there.
17:50Yep.
17:50Fantastic.
17:51Well done.
17:51Seven points each.
17:53The break did you no harm whatsoever.
17:54And Richard Osman?
17:56Susie has got an absolutely beautiful eight-letter word here.
18:01Eighties.
18:02Hey!
18:03Eighties for eight.
18:05And I just thought that you can also have hedgies, little hedgehogs.
18:08Oh, nice.
18:09More letters, please, Laura.
18:11Can I have a consonant, please?
18:12Thank you, Laura.
18:13T.
18:14And a vowel, please.
18:16A.
18:17Another consonant.
18:18Y.
18:19A vowel.
18:21E.
18:22Another consonant, please.
18:24S.
18:25A vowel.
18:27I.
18:28A consonant, please.
18:30M.
18:31Another consonant.
18:32T.
18:33And a final vowel, please.
18:35And a final U.
18:37And let's do it.
18:41T.
19:02Bye-bye.
19:03Bye-bye.
19:09OK, Laura, give me a number.
19:11A six.
19:12Well done. And David?
19:13Just five.
19:13The five is?
19:14Musty.
19:16Musty. And for you, Laura?
19:17Smotty.
19:18Excellent. Excellent stuff.
19:20Over to Dictionary Corner.
19:22We've got a few sevens, actually.
19:24Mutates.
19:24Yes.
19:25Situate.
19:26And perfect for taught like a pirate day, mate-iest.
19:29Mate-iest is there, yes.
19:31We were throwing each other looks.
19:34Rachel and I, during that.
19:36Mate-iest, the perfect word for that.
19:37And the gap closes.
19:39Enough to put a seed of doubt in David's head as he picks these numbers.
19:44Can I get one large and the rest small, please?
19:47Thank you, David.
19:47One from the top.
19:48Five knots.
19:49And this time, your selection is...
19:5310, 3, 3, 10, 4, and 75.
19:59And you need to reach 696.
20:02You do. 696.
20:03Numbers up.
20:03One of the best.
20:05One of the best.
20:26Thanks, Kate.
20:28Thanks, Kate.
20:34Six, nine, six, David.
20:36Six, nine, seven.
20:37And for you, Laura.
20:38Six, nine, seven.
20:39Well done.
20:40Both of you off you go, David.
20:41So, 75 minus four.
20:4375 minus four, 71.
20:45Times by the ten.
20:46710.
20:47Minus the ten minus the three.
20:49And the second ten and the three.
20:50Yep.
20:51One away.
20:52And for you, Laura.
20:53Exactly the same way.
20:54That's a little bit.
20:56Yep, that's fine.
20:57Seven points eight.
20:58And Rachel's going to take you to ten.
21:00Yes.
21:00If you say 75 times ten is 750.
21:05The second ten minus four is six.
21:08Times by the two threes for nine and 54.
21:11And take it away, six, nine, six.
21:13Excellent.
21:15That brings us to the end of part two with the gap.
21:18Just 16 points as we get this tea time teaser.
21:21Epic Visor.
21:23Epic Visor.
21:24V-I-S-O-R.
21:26Forget the chips and peas.
21:28This will just have the fish.
21:29Forget the chips and peas.
21:31This will just have the fish.
21:48Hello again.
21:49Forget the chips and peas.
21:50This will just have the fish.
21:52Because this is a piscivore.
21:54Do you think my little puppy might be?
21:56And then I remembered, no, my puppy eats beef.
21:58Because a piscivore is just fish.
21:59Is that right?
22:00Yes.
22:01Describes animals that just feed on fish.
22:03Exactly.
22:03Thank you very much.
22:04Let's get back to the game.
22:06And Laura.
22:07Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:08Thank you, Laura.
22:09A vowel, please.
22:12O.
22:13A consonant.
22:14M.
22:15A vowel.
22:16A.
22:17Another consonant, please.
22:19K.
22:20A vowel.
22:22E.
22:22A consonant.
22:24R.
22:25Another consonant.
22:27C.
22:28And a final vowel, please.
22:30And a final A.
22:32And a final vowel, please.
23:05That's time up, Laura.
23:07Seven.
23:07Seven from you, David.
23:09Seven also.
23:10Seven as well.
23:11Laura.
23:11Cameras.
23:12Same or different?
23:13Mockers.
23:14Mockers.
23:14Putting the mockers on Laura, taking all the points.
23:17Seven each.
23:18Was your chance for anything better?
23:20No, couldn't beat seven.
23:21Mockers, we got smacker as well, is there?
23:23There you go.
23:25Laura, first time on national TV.
23:26Can't do better than what you just did, you know.
23:28David's done his third go around.
23:30Well done, both of you.
23:3166 plays 50.
23:32More letters, please.
23:34David.
23:34Can I have a consonant, please?
23:36Thank you, David.
23:37W.
23:38And a vowel.
23:39O.
23:40And a consonant.
23:42M.
23:43And a vowel.
23:44A.
23:45And a consonant.
23:46D.
23:47And a vowel.
23:54I.
23:55And a final consonant.
23:57And a final consonant.
23:59And good luck.
23:59C.
24:01Music.
24:30All right.
24:31Time is up there, David. A seven.
24:33Seven. And Laura? A six.
24:35A six, yeah. What's a six?
24:36Meadow. And for you, David?
24:39Meowed. How are you spelling that?
24:42M-I-A-O-W-E-D.
24:45Absolutely brilliant. Well done.
24:47APPLAUSE
24:49It's one of those ones, Richard. Even if you spot it,
24:52you then have to spell it.
24:54That's brilliant, isn't it?
24:56Yeah, it's super. We didn't see that one, so well done.
24:58We were happy with our meadow as well, Laura,
24:59but there's not a lot you can do about that.
25:02Four more rounds to go. Not over yet, just 23 points in it.
25:05Laura's already in half a century as challenger.
25:08As we get her origins of words, Suzy Dent.
25:10Yeah, well, thanks to Abby Davison Cornwall,
25:13who was listening to my origins of words back in June
25:17when I was discussing the origin of the word blue-stocking,
25:20and she says her mother-in-law is the only person
25:22she's ever heard use that phrase.
25:24And the other one she uses, her mother-in-law, is greenhorn.
25:28And then, Abby says, I'm thinking of that.
25:31Where does the expression, he's not so green
25:33as he's cabbage-looking, come from?
25:35I mean, that's such a quintessentially British phrase, isn't it?
25:39And have you not heard of it?
25:40I've never heard it.
25:41OK. Well, it means that you're not as stupid as you might appear.
25:46That's the gist of it, really.
25:49That's why I've never heard it.
25:50No.
25:51Because I am as stupid as I appear.
25:53OK.
25:53Well, green, I think you could guess here, means inexperienced.
25:57So if you're green, Shakespeare called it, in your sallowed days,
25:59you're sort of young and you're naive, et cetera,
26:02you haven't reached full maturity.
26:04Cabbage-looking is from an old comparison of the head to a cabbage.
26:09Same size, same shape.
26:10And actually, cabbage itself comes from an old French word,
26:13caboche, which meant head.
26:14So it's always been there, etymologically.
26:16And a cabbage head has long been a slang term for a bit of a fool,
26:20someone who's a bit dull-witted or naive.
26:23And, of course, they're green.
26:25So if you're not as green as he looks,
26:27he's not as green as he's cabbage-looking,
26:28you're basically putting those two together.
26:32Greenhorn, Abby mentions, that was an animal
26:36that had a new or a green horn on it again.
26:39So it was one that was sort of in its youth
26:41and still pretty inexperienced.
26:44So the associations with green have always been of newness
26:46and freshness and vitality, but also inexperienced.
26:49But he's not so green as he's cabbage-looking.
26:52I really hope that phrase survives.
26:53I think it's brilliant.
26:54Brilliant. Thank you, Suze.
26:56APPLAUSE
26:57And as good a time as any to invite you
27:00to put your questions to Suze on the email.
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27:05Countdown at channel4.com.
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27:09And on that note, Countdown is open to everybody.
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27:24Countdown at channel4.com.
27:26Let's get back to it.
27:27Laura did that and she's very much still in this game.
27:30And it's your letters.
27:32Can I start with a consonant, please?
27:34Thank you, Laura.
27:35N.
27:36And a vowel.
27:37A.
27:38Another consonant.
27:39G.
27:40A vowel, please.
27:41I.
27:43Another consonant.
27:45R.
27:47Another consonant.
27:48V.
27:49A vowel, please.
27:51A.
27:52Another vowel.
27:54O.
27:55And a final consonant.
27:57And a final N.
27:59And countdown.
28:00Good周ry, everyone.
28:02I'm right.
28:02Bye.
28:11Bye.
28:13Bye.
28:16Bye.
28:27Bye.'m
28:31That's it. Time's up. And Laura?
28:34Seven. Seven for you. And David?
28:36Just six. And the six? The six is?
28:39Roofing. And Laura?
28:41Nirvana. Nirvana.
28:43Very nice. Just check it's not capitalised and it's not.
28:46Well done. That's brilliant, Spock.
28:47Oh, well done.
28:48APPLAUSE
28:50Look at that. Anything else?
28:51Yeah, no, we didn't spot Nirvana. We got a Varian for seven,
28:54but did not spot Nirvana. Terrific work.
28:56Look at that. There's just 16 in it now.
28:59Three rounds to go.
29:00David, you're picking these letters.
29:02Can I have a consonant, please?
29:03Thank you, David. L.
29:05And a vowel?
29:06E.
29:07And a consonant?
29:09C.
29:10And a vowel?
29:12O.
29:13And a consonant, please?
29:14N.
29:15And a vowel?
29:16A.
29:18A consonant, please?
29:19R.
29:20A vowel?
29:22I.
29:23And a final consonant.
29:25And a final N.
29:27And that'll be last letters.
29:28And a vowel, please.
29:29And a vowel, please.
29:32And a vowel, please.
29:46And a vowel, please.
29:46And a vowel, please.
29:46And a vowel, please.
29:46And a vowel, please.
29:46And a vowel, please.
29:47And a vowel, please.
29:49And a vowel, please.
29:49And a vowel, please.
29:59David?
30:00Six. Six from you. Laura?
30:02Seven. My goodness me.
30:05She's on the charge, David. What's the six?
30:07Cama. Laura, are you going to go back-to-back?
30:11Corneal. Corneal.
30:12Corneal. Yeah, absolutely brilliant.
30:14Ah! What's going on?
30:18Oh-ho! Look at this.
30:20I have no favourites, but I love a close contest.
30:23Yeah, what a game. I love a close contest.
30:24David, you're destined to be in these close contests.
30:27Unbelievable.
30:2973-64. Dictionary corner on those last letters?
30:32Yeah, we had clarion, but there's also an eight-letter word there.
30:36There is quite a beautiful one.
30:38Either lonicera or lonicera,
30:40and it's a plant of a genus that includes the honeysuckles.
30:43That's lovely. Not a nine, though, is it?
30:45It is. OK, now.
30:46We still let you down.
30:48The drip, drip, drip of the pressure, eh? Just tomorrow.
30:50Oh, we'll get it. We've still got a day.
30:52HE LAUGHS
30:5473-64.
30:55We flirted with crucial countdown conundrums every day this week.
30:58Not hit one yet.
31:00Let's see if it's going to be today.
31:01Laura, last numbers. What are you going to do?
31:04Er, one large and five small, please.
31:06You're going for that crucial conundrum.
31:08One large, five little.
31:09There's a teapot resting on this.
31:11Final numbers of today.
31:12Ten, six, two, nine, five, and 75.
31:19And the target, 388.
31:22Three, eight, eight.
31:24Last numbers.
31:25Tone, three, eight, eight.
31:29Two, nine, four, covenant.
31:29Two, nine, six, four, covenant.
31:33Two, nine, six, six, eight.
31:35Three, nine, six, six.
31:50Two, nine, six, five, 으, unあります.
31:53One, one, six, seven, six.
31:54One, healthy, seven, five, four,rant.
31:55What are you going to do?
31:563-8-8. Laura.
31:593-8-7. Missed it by one. Chance for David.
32:023-8-8. 3-8-8 for the win.
32:05OK, five times 75. Five is 75, it's 3-7-5.
32:09Nine minus six. Nine minus six is three.
32:12Add it on and add the ten. Yep.
32:15Well done. Wow.
32:18Now, David, is my memory playing tricks on me,
32:21or have you went into the last numbers round three times in a row
32:24on a crucial conundrum and not faced a crucial conundrum?
32:26I think that's true. Goodness me.
32:29You are good and maybe then just a little bit lucky as well.
32:33Very lucky. Goodness, what a game today.
32:3583-64. Let's not dwell on that because we're not finished.
32:38Fingers on the buzzers, please.
32:40David Burgess and Laura Craig.
32:42Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:15Wow. Time's up. No-one's chariot was on fire there.
33:20So let's look over at Rachel Riley from Vangelis to...
33:24Enslaving. Let's have a look.
33:25Well done.
33:27APPLAUSE
33:28Well done. You were on fire, though, as that went on and on, Laura.
33:33So from... I think you were probably sitting there halfway through the show
33:36thinking this is over.
33:38Yeah, I was.
33:38So you should be really proud.
33:40Your sister will be so proud watching as well.
33:43Brilliant. Love to have you here. Have you enjoyed your day?
33:44Yeah, yeah, it's been on my bucket list, so it's been a great day.
33:48Good stuff. Thank you, Laura.
33:50So we'll see you for another nearly crucial Countdown Conundrum tomorrow, David.
33:52I'll keep on squeaking through.
33:53Listen, it doesn't matter how you do it.
33:55It doesn't matter how you do it.
33:56Three wins in the bag.
33:58Well done you, sir.
33:59See you tomorrow.
33:59See you tomorrow.
34:00And last day for the max-less Richard Osman and Susie Dent.
34:05We're going to do it tomorrow.
34:06Yeah.
34:06Absolute guarantee.
34:07We will see.
34:08I know you are.
34:10Oh, I can't believe it did that.
34:11I love it.
34:12Our holiday.
34:13Do you have a favourite pirate?
34:15I don't have a favourite, but do you know some other days in the Pastafarian calendar?
34:18Yeah, what have we got?
34:18Free Hugs Day.
34:19Yes.
34:20Followed by the next day, Expensive Hugs Day.
34:23That is lovely.
34:24How do you have to pay for them?
34:25Yeah.
34:26Pay for hugs?
34:27Well, you've got to balance things out.
34:28All part of the universal karma thing.
34:31But anyway, we'll see you back here tomorrow, same time, same place.
34:35You can count on us.
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