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00:31Hello, everyone. It's Tuesday the 28th of April. Thank you for tuning in. Countdown is up for the cup again
00:37and wild horses couldn't keep us away from the letters and numbers. So let's kick off with a courteous hello,
00:43of course, to our G of the D, Susie Dent. Let's say amen to the Reverend Kate Botley, who's back
00:49with us and making sure we never fall foul of the numbers. Well, nearly never. It's Rachel Riley. How are
00:55you today?
00:55Good. How are you? Yes, really, really good. We're going back to this day in 1923, which was not the
01:00first FA Cup final, but the first FA Cup final at Wembley, which Bolton beat West Ham, I think.
01:08And the reason why I say that, it's famous because 200,000 people turned up and it was chaos and
01:13a white horse called Billy pushed them all back. And it's known as the white horse final. It was also
01:19the first final that was on the radio.
01:21So it's when the FA Cup sort of became a national, iconic thing to this very day, I think, anyway.
01:29But I think we think underdogs. If I say underdogs, go.
01:32I think of when Wigan beat Man City. Yeah. Ben Watson scored the winner that day. I think that's right
01:37up there with the greatest, just because of the gap there is, isn't there now, even if you're in the
01:42same division.
01:43Do you remember Wimbledon in the 80s beating Liverpool, the crazy gang, Susie?
01:47What stage of the FA Cup was that? Was that the final? That was the final, yeah. Amazing.
01:52Dave Besson saved the first penalty ever in an FA Cup final. Obviously not ever in the history of football.
01:58That would be strange.
01:59And it's weird because they actually finished 12th in the league that year. They were really good, that Wimbledon side,
02:04but they just got promoted.
02:05And I think it was because Liverpool were seen as, well, I'll give you the John Matson line, one of
02:11the greatest bits of commentary of all time.
02:12He said, the crazy gang have beaten the culture club.
02:15Aha. Even though I'm a Liverpool fan, let's give Wimbledon their flowers, of course.
02:20All right, listen, our match-up today is absolutely fantastic. I'm not sure there is an underdog.
02:25Tom Bashford, three wins. Survived by the skin of your teeth. Scored an injury time with that crucial count.
02:34Hey, let's shout out the family, because we've talked about your work and the chess and all that. We haven't
02:39done that yet. Who's cheering you on at home?
02:41At home's my wife, Toby, and our children, Theo and Tiwa.
02:44Oh, beautiful. Well, listen, if anyone's cheering on our challenger, Sue Lesser, from home, then I think they might be
02:52breaking a few laws, because home is Armenia.
02:55Not originally, I have to say. You're from Liverpool, but living over there now and over here for a countdown.
03:01Of course. Came all the way over just to see you, Colin.
03:04Yes, I love it. What has you in Armenia?
03:06So, I'm a headteacher of an international primary school.
03:10Fantastic, fantastic. And so, do the kids in your class, because of your love of countdown, do they know about
03:17countdown?
03:17That's how it started. I was substituting the teacher for year six, and I had ten minutes to kill before
03:24playtime.
03:24And I asked them if they knew what countdown was. Of course, they didn't.
03:28So, we played a first game, a numbers game. And since then, they play it every single day.
03:33They asked me for more and more challenges. I have to go and play against them sometimes as well.
03:40And it was actually last year's class that forced me to apply to come on the show.
03:44Oh, that's sensational. Excellent. Rachel, do you want to say a quick hello to Sue in Russian?
03:51I echo that. Let's get on with it. See you, Tom. Best of luck.
03:57Tom, you're going to pick our first letters.
03:59Good afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Tom.
04:00A consonant, please.
04:01Start today with L.
04:04And another consonant.
04:06T.
04:07And another.
04:10S.
04:11And a vowel.
04:13A.
04:14And a consonant.
04:16P.
04:17And a vowel.
04:19O.
04:20And a vowel.
04:22U.
04:24Another vowel.
04:27E.
04:28And a consonant, please.
04:31A final N.
04:32At home and in the studio. Let's play Kind Dime.
04:34And a vowel.
04:36And a vowel.
04:54And a vowel.
04:54And a vowel.
04:54And a vowel.
04:54And a vowel.
04:55And a vowel.
04:56And a vowel.
05:05Tom? An eight. An eight. What a start. Sue?
05:08Yes, possibly an eight. Brilliant. Tom? Lapstone.
05:12Lapstone. What about yourself, Sue? Unplates.
05:16Unplates. Unplate is not there.
05:19You can unplate, but not unplate. Nothing lost, though, really,
05:23cos we already knew Tom had the eight. So, certainly,
05:26that's the right tactics. Well done for that. And can we add anything?
05:28Yeah, there's another eight in there as well. There's auto pens.
05:33Auto pens, yes. And I liked polenta.
05:37Yes, we love polenta. Sue, off you go, your letters.
05:41OK. Hello, Rachel. Hi, Sue. Hi. Could I have a consonant?
05:46Start with F. And a vowel.
05:48A. And a consonant.
05:51R. And a consonant.
05:54M. And a vowel.
05:57E. And a consonant.
06:00C. And a vowel.
06:04A. A consonant.
06:07T. And a final vowel, please.
06:09A final. I.
06:11Here we go.
06:24You.
06:40Hello.
06:41Good.
06:42Good.
06:43And that's time, Sue.
06:45Just a six.
06:46And for you, Tom?
06:47A six as well.
06:47Yes, we'll get rid of that word, just, Sue.
06:49What have we got?
06:50Camera.
06:51Camera.
06:51And for you, Tom?
06:52Camera as well.
06:53That's a lot over there.
06:54A couple of cameras.
06:55Can you flash us anything else?
06:58No, there's not really much else.
06:59We got a metric, but it feels like there should be more there, right?
07:04Definitely did.
07:05We were an N away from Armenia,
07:07which would have been a nice way to welcome Sue officially,
07:10but there you go.
07:11So, Tom, let's get our first numbers of the day.
07:13Four from the top, please.
07:14Your favourite.
07:15Four of the big ones, two of the little ones.
07:18First numbers of the day are two, two, 75, 100, 50 and 25.
07:27And the target, 498.
07:29Four, nine, eight.
07:30Numbers up.
08:02Four, nine, eight.
08:03Tom?
08:04Four, nine, eight.
08:05Yes.
08:05And Sue?
08:06Four, nine, eight.
08:07Lovely.
08:08Look how happy.
08:09First numbers, right?
08:10Sue's like, yes, farewell.
08:11Off you go, Tom.
08:12OK, so 50 plus 75 is 125.
08:16Yep.
08:17Divided by 25 gives you five.
08:19It does.
08:20Multiplied by 100.
08:22500.
08:23Subtract two.
08:25Lovely.
08:26Four, nine, eight.
08:27And for you, Sue?
08:28Slightly differently.
08:29So I added up all of the four big numbers.
08:32So 100 plus 50 plus 25 plus 75.
08:37250.
08:38Yeah.
08:38Times by two.
08:39500.
08:40And then minus the other two.
08:42Yeah, this was quite friendly.
08:43Quite a few ways for this one.
08:44Well done.
08:45Yay.
08:47Lovely start again to today's show as we get our first tea time teaser.
08:51Nothing to do with football lists, but Prem Dish.
08:54Prem Dish.
08:55Went to catch seafood to make a premium dish.
08:58Went to catch seafood to make a premium dish.
09:16Welcome back, everyone.
09:18Prem Dish became shrimp.
09:20I said it wasn't connected to football, but going to test your football knowledge.
09:23Quite close to home for you.
09:24Well, I'm from Southend.
09:26My mum and I both work for Southend United.
09:28From my knowledge, we've only played Manchester United-Southend once.
09:31It was an FA Cup upset.
09:33Southend, I want to say they won 1-0 with a Freddie Eastwood goal, something like that.
09:38But we definitely lost as a Man United fan.
09:40And, well, you had your loyalties stretched there.
09:44But, Emma, it's because of the shrimpers.
09:46Yeah.
09:46Yay.
09:47Brilliant.
09:48All ties together.
09:49Lovely.
09:49As we get back to the letters, and Sue, you're going to choose these.
09:51Could I have a consonant, please?
09:53Thank you, Sue.
09:54N.
09:56And a vowel?
09:58E.
09:58And a consonant?
10:01L.
10:02And a vowel?
10:03A.
10:04And a consonant?
10:06N.
10:07And a vowel?
10:09I.
10:10And a consonant?
10:12G.
10:13And another consonant?
10:14R.
10:15And a final consonant, please.
10:17A final W.
10:19And let's play.
10:20And let's play.
10:23And let's play.
10:51That's time.
10:52Sue?
10:52I have a seven.
10:54OK.
10:54And Tom?
10:55An eight.
10:56An eight.
10:57OK.
10:58For you, Sue?
10:59Railing.
11:00And for you, Tom?
11:01Learning.
11:02Learning, of course.
11:03And I think Sue might be learning something here as well.
11:07Yeah, only two I's, but I think Sue realised that, yes, for railing.
11:10But learning excellent for eight, and that was as good as it got for us.
11:12Still waiting her first maximum of the week.
11:15But the week is young, as we get more letters from Tom.
11:16A vowel, please, Rachel.
11:18Thank you, Tom.
11:19A.
11:20And a vowel?
11:21U.
11:22And another?
11:23I.
11:25And a consonant, please.
11:26P.
11:27And another?
11:28R.
11:29And another?
11:31D.
11:32And another?
11:34X.
11:35And a vowel?
11:37E.
11:38And a final vowel, please.
11:40And a final O.
11:42In half a minute.
11:43And a vowel, please.
12:14All right, Tom?
12:15Six.
12:16Sue?
12:17Six.
12:17Six as well.
12:18All right, Tom?
12:19Poured.
12:20Poured.
12:21And for you, Sue?
12:22Dopia.
12:23And dopier, as we head to dictionary corner.
12:26Yeah, we've got radio for five, proud for five, but diaper as well.
12:32So that's as good as we could do.
12:34And diaper.
12:35All right.
12:36Well, listen, we should move on from that.
12:37It was a bit of a stinker, just like that diaper.
12:39And we'll get more numbers now from Sue.
12:41Could I have two large and the rest small, please?
12:44You can indeed, too, from the top row this time.
12:47And four not.
12:49And your small numbers, nine, one, four, and nine.
12:53And the large one, 25.
12:55And 100.
12:56And the target, 253.
12:59253.
13:00Numbers up.
13:312-5-3, Sue.
13:332-5-4.
13:35Yeah.
13:35Tom?
13:36The same, 2-5-4.
13:372-5-4.
13:38I'm hoping it's impossible.
13:40What a tricky one.
13:41Sue?
13:42So I did 9 plus 1...
13:449 plus 1, 10.
13:46Times by 25.
13:49250 plus 4.
13:511-8.
13:52Tom?
13:531-8 as well.
13:53Yeah.
13:54All right.
13:56One of those ones, you just would have assumed it was going to take us all five seconds,
14:00but 2-5-3?
14:01You'll have to leave it with me.
14:03That makes me feel so much better.
14:06And it's good timing, of course, because we're going to head to Dictionary Corner for our
14:09unpredictable afternoon chats with the Reverend Kate Botley.
14:14By the way, before we do that, we aren't coordinating our outfits.
14:19That's two days in a row.
14:21Please don't put any pressure on me for tomorrow, will you?
14:24Let's just say we get a hat-trick.
14:25The purple and yellow that I know you've got planned for tomorrow really does not suit my complexion.
14:31What are we talking about today?
14:32Well, I'm no fashion designer, of course, thank goodness, and I have done some weird jobs in my time.
14:38I worked in a shop once.
14:40I bet you've done some strange jobs, have you?
14:42You're asking the wrong person.
14:43Ask the other two.
14:45You've done some strange jobs, Rachel.
14:46It's strange.
14:47I once didn't get a job removing staples out of documents, which is how I ended up working at South
14:51End United that summer.
14:52Oh, my goodness.
14:53I was a grave digger.
14:54There you go.
14:55Oh, were you?
14:55Oh, goodness, I wish I'd known.
14:57I probably could have undercut some of the people that I have to pay for.
15:02I'm still available.
15:03Give me a shot.
15:04Vickering is a weird job.
15:06This is a bit of a strange job.
15:06I've also worked in a sausage factory.
15:08That was a bit of an odd one.
15:10Shops, that kind of thing.
15:11I've been a teacher.
15:13So, Sue, if you need any supply teachers coming in, I'm very happy to do that.
15:16Hold on a second, Kate.
15:17You can't go from grave digger to sausage factory and teacher.
15:21That's a weird job.
15:22I mean, I'll turn me on to anything.
15:23I'm a Swiss army knife of a woman is what I like to think of myself as.
15:27But I think one of the weirdest jobs I did was I was in charge of pastoral care in a
15:32vocational college.
15:34So it was plumbers, plasterers, builders, car mechanics, that kind of thing.
15:38And they were always looking for people to practice on.
15:40So my car, you know, the oil was changed almost like every other day, you know.
15:46And the plasters and stuff were always looking for somewhere to practice.
15:49But the best people were the beauty therapists.
15:52They were...
15:53So my nails were always perfect.
15:55My hair always looked immaculate.
15:57Brilliant.
15:57All that sort of stuff.
15:58But the best day of the year was when they brought in someone from their family to practice on.
16:03And so Keeley's nan-nan turned up one afternoon with two carrier bags and a pack-a-mac like this.
16:09And she was going for a full makeover.
16:10When she came out, Keeley had spent all afternoon with her nan doing a makeover on her, making her look
16:17absolutely stunning.
16:18So her hair and makeup and nails, all that kind of thing.
16:21And I went over to Keeley's nan-nan.
16:23I said, oh, you must be so proud of what Keeley's achieved today because you look gorgeous.
16:28And she went, yeah.
16:28Yeah, she's done such a lovely job.
16:30But I had to draw the line at waxing.
16:35Absolutely brilliant.
16:37I won't, because these two are sick of hearing my story about when I get waxed.
16:40I'm going to leave that alone.
16:42And let's just say I didn't last the full waxing.
16:44No, we don't want to go there.
16:47Let's just say it was hairy.
16:49We're going to move on.
16:51Thank you very much, Kit.
16:54And good news, because I want to see it 253, Rich.
16:58Yes, I was trying to find nine times 28 plus one.
17:01But nine minus one is eight.
17:0325 minus eight is 17.
17:0617 times the second nine is 153.
17:09And then you can add on the 100 for 253.
17:13Yes, brilliant.
17:16Well, just a reminder of our scores.
17:18Our champion Tom's on 45.
17:20Our challenger Sue, who's joining us from Armenia, is on 29.
17:24Just 16 points in it.
17:26And just is the right word.
17:28See yesterday's show for evidence of that.
17:30Tom, you're picking these letters.
17:32Let's start with a vowel, please.
17:33Thank you, Tom.
17:34E.
17:35And a consonant.
17:37T.
17:38And a vowel.
17:40O.
17:42And another vowel.
17:44E.
17:44And a consonant.
17:46S.
17:48And a consonant.
17:49B.
17:51Another one, please.
17:52N.
17:54And another, please.
17:56L.
17:57And a consonant.
18:00Lastly, N.
18:01And start the clock.
18:30And start the clock.
18:33Tom.
18:34Tom.
18:34Yes, seven.
18:35Seven for you.
18:35Well done.
18:36Sue.
18:36Five.
18:37Yeah, difficult round there, Sue.
18:38What have you got?
18:40Stone.
18:40Yes.
18:41And for you, Tom?
18:42Bonnets.
18:43Bonnets.
18:44There you go.
18:44Bonnets.
18:45Lovely bonnets.
18:45Yeah, nice word.
18:46So, Bonnets picks up points.
18:48Gives you a little bit more of a cushion.
18:50What have you got there, Rev?
18:52Enobles for eight.
18:53Very nice.
18:53I can't take credit for that one.
18:55Sorry.
18:56OK, I'll take credit then.
18:57Yeah, you do it.
18:57Cheers.
18:58I'll have that one.
18:58I did great there.
19:00Let's get more letters.
19:01Sue, you're up.
19:01A consonant, please, Rachel.
19:03Thank you, Sue.
19:04F.
19:05And a vowel.
19:06A.
19:07And a consonant.
19:09S.
19:10And a vowel.
19:12I.
19:13And a consonant.
19:15T.
19:16And a consonant.
19:18H.
19:19And a vowel.
19:21A.
19:22And a consonant.
19:24T.
19:25And a final vowel, please.
19:27And a final I.
19:29Kind dine.
19:32A consonant.
20:00Another tricky one.
20:02Here for us, Sue?
20:03Yeah, just a five.
20:04Yeah, Tom?
20:05A six.
20:06Well done.
20:07He's on form today, Sue.
20:08Not much you can do about it.
20:09What's your five?
20:10Shift.
20:11Yeah, that's why I had two and put the bigger shift in.
20:14Faiths.
20:15Faiths.
20:16Very nice.
20:16Look me straight in the eye, Kate.
20:18Did you get it?
20:19I was close.
20:21I've got faith.
20:22Oh, you've got to have faith.
20:23I've got faith.
20:23You've got to have faith.
20:24Someone once said that.
20:25I just didn't quite get the S on the end in time.
20:29Love it.
20:30But Susie just pulled it out of the bag
20:32in the last minute.
20:33Go on, you have it.
20:34Go on, you tell him.
20:35No, it's just a seven.
20:36Fattish.
20:36Oh.
20:37Fattish.
20:37It's a bit odd.
20:39Fattish worms is the example here.
20:41Oh, yeah.
20:42Fattish and cuddly.
20:43Like plump and cuddly.
20:44Yes.
20:45Yeah, OK.
20:45Why are you looking at me?
20:4758, 29.
20:48My goodness, look at that.
20:49Back to the numbers already.
20:51The last round was fun and games.
20:53I mean, oh, Tom's going to make it probably difficult.
20:55Off you go.
20:56Three large this time, please.
20:57Dialing it down.
20:58Just three from the top, three little.
21:00Doesn't make it any easier often.
21:02The three small ones, eight, seven and two.
21:06And the big ones, 25, 50 and 100.
21:09And the target this time, 901.
21:12901.
21:12Numbers up.
21:13The big ones, 25, 50 and 100.
21:17The big ones, 25, 50 and 100.
21:21The big ones, 25, 50.
21:449-0-1 with three large. Tom?
21:47Just 900.
21:48900, one away. Sue?
21:509-0-2.
21:52That's often the case, isn't it? One the other way. So, Tom first.
21:552 plus 7.
21:572 plus 7 is 9.
21:58Multiply by 100.
22:00For seven whole points.
22:02And Sue?
22:03Very similar. 7 plus 2 is 9.
22:079 times by 100 and then 50 over 25 is 2.
22:11Add it on.
22:12Like that. You got to one away and you thought, no, I'm going to go one the other way.
22:16And that still gets you seven points.
22:18Oh, I love your style, Sue. I wish I could give you more.
22:20But seven points each and it's unexpected, tricky rounds.
22:26Well, three large can have its moment.
22:28This was impossible, so one away is best. You could have done well done.
22:31Excellent. Well done.
22:33All right, 65, 36, six rounds to go as we get this tea time teaser, which is use belly.
22:41Use belly.
22:42It wasn't Oliver's dog.
22:44Actually, it was Oliver's dog.
22:47It wasn't Oliver's dog.
22:48Actually, it was Oliver's dog.
23:06Hello again.
23:07The Countdown Studio.
23:09We've all got a collective headache trying to work this one out.
23:11So, it wasn't Oliver's dog.
23:14Actually, it was Oliver's dog.
23:16Bullseye is the name of the dog and I think Rachel's nailed it.
23:20Go ahead.
23:20All right.
23:21In Oliver Twist...
23:22The film.
23:23Bill Sykes, his dog is called Bullseye.
23:26So, it's not Oliver Twist's dog, but Bill Sykes was played by Oliver Reed.
23:29That's it.
23:30So, we couldn't have just had the clue, stay out of the black and in the red,
23:33and then we wouldn't have had to have this conversation at all.
23:36Right.
23:37Six rounds to go.
23:38Sue, keep the faith.
23:40Let's go.
23:41Nine letters from you.
23:42Can I have a consonant, please?
23:44Thank you, Sue.
23:45G.
23:46And a vowel.
23:48A.
23:49And a consonant.
23:51R.
23:52And a consonant.
23:54D.
23:55And a vowel.
23:56U.
23:57And a consonant.
23:59T.
24:00And a consonant.
24:03L.
24:04And a vowel.
24:04E.
24:07And a final vowel, please.
24:10Final I.
24:12Kind I.
24:13MUSIC PLAYS
24:43Time's up, Sue.
24:45Seven.
24:45Seven for you.
24:46Brilliant.
24:46Tom.
24:47Seven as well.
24:48Yes.
24:48What have you got there, Sue?
24:50Diluter.
24:51A diluter.
24:52Well, I'm a diluter.
24:53I love my cordial, but I'm not sure if it's in the dictionary.
24:55We'll find out.
24:56Tom.
24:57Erudite.
24:57An erudite.
24:58Oh, very nice.
24:59Very posh.
25:00Erudite in the dictionary.
25:01All fine.
25:02Yeah, no problem there.
25:03Excellent stuff.
25:04What else can we throw in?
25:05Well, we've got guilt, of course, which is what sometimes people feel, but we could extend
25:10it to guilted.
25:11More letters now.
25:12Tom, you're up again.
25:13Erudite.
25:14Erudite.
25:14Erudite.
25:14Thank you, Tom.
25:16O.
25:16And another.
25:18E.
25:19And another.
25:20A.
25:21And another, please.
25:23E.
25:24And a consonant.
25:26R.
25:27A consonant.
25:28S.
25:30A consonant.
25:31G.
25:32And another.
25:34J.
25:36And a final consonant, please.
25:37Final T.
25:39Good luck.
26:10Tom?
26:12Seven.
26:12Sue?
26:13Seven.
26:14Yes.
26:14Come on, Tom.
26:15Storage.
26:16No problem.
26:17Sue?
26:18Storage.
26:19Yes.
26:20There you go.
26:20Plenty of room for everybody.
26:22How did you get on in Dictionary Corner?
26:23Oh, well, I got greats for six, but we also love tow rags as well.
26:30Isn't that nice?
26:31Is that acceptable?
26:32I mean, it's not as good as you snake mackerel.
26:34But I think we use tow rag as the type of thing you say, kind of quite lovingly, their nephew
26:39or something, your little tow rag.
26:41Yes.
26:42Be careful.
26:43It does say derogatory in the dictionary.
26:44Yes.
26:45But, yes, I agree.
26:46It's on the kind of slightly milder end of the scale.
26:49I think we can use it quite like rapscallion or something like that.
26:52Yeah.
26:52Yeah.
26:53Surely.
26:54All right.
26:55Well, listen, that's a little limber up for you, Susie, because it's time for Origins of
26:59Words.
26:59Yes, I'm going to ask the million-dollar question, which is where does that phrase come from?
27:04And I think most of us probably would guess and would think of a programme, a quiz, a show
27:10that many of us enjoy.
27:12But actually, it started off with a very different quiz programme in the 1940s.
27:16And it was on American radio.
27:19And it was called Take It or Leave It.
27:22And it featured progressively difficult questions.
27:24So a very recognisable format.
27:27And the contestant could either take the money and run, or they could leave it and try and
27:31go on to the next question.
27:33And it started with $1 and ended, remember, this was the radio in the 1940s, with the top
27:38prize of $64.
27:39And that would be awarded if the hardest question was answered correctly.
27:43It was so successful, it was transferred over to TV.
27:46And of course, they had to up the ante there.
27:48So it became the $64,000 question, which was a huge amount of money in those days.
27:54Really, really popular show.
27:56It became embroiled in a big scandal as to whether contestants were being fed answers.
28:00It sort of affected quite a few shows, particularly in the US at that time.
28:05But it survived the phrase, at least, those kind of disgraced origins and continued to inflate
28:11with the times.
28:12And so today, we're simply much more likely to hear about the million dollar question.
28:16But I, for one, did not know the history and didn't know it all began with $64 in the
28:201940s.
28:20There you go.
28:21Well, listen, we'll get back to our questions now on Countdown.
28:23Thank you, Kate.
28:26Four rounds to go.
28:2879.
28:28Look at Sue, already on 50.
28:30Already got the half a century up and enough road left.
28:33You could pull a maximum out and it would change everything, Sue.
28:37So let's get your letters.
28:38Can I have a consonant, please?
28:39Thank you, Sue.
28:40N.
28:41And a vowel?
28:43E.
28:44And a consonant?
28:46M.
28:46And a vowel?
28:48O.
28:49And a vowel?
28:51Found him.
28:52A.
28:53And a consonant?
28:55K.
28:56And another one?
28:58S.
28:59And a vowel?
29:01O.
29:02And a final consonant, please.
29:04Final G.
29:0630 seconds.
29:28Do you want to see it?
29:30Bye-bye.
29:30Bye-bye.
29:32Bye-bye.
29:35Bye-bye.
29:37Sue?
29:38Seven.
29:39Tom?
29:40Six.
29:41The six is?
29:42Omegas.
29:42And for you, Sue?
29:44Smokage.
29:44Oh, it's a risk.
29:46I love it, though.
29:47Oh, it's not bad.
29:49You kill joy.
29:51We admire taking the risk, but not there, so you're sorry.
29:54OK.
29:54But omegas gets the job done?
29:56Yes, yes.
29:57Last letter to the Greek alphabet.
29:58Very good indeed.
30:00And all done?
30:00We couldn't do any better.
30:01There you go.
30:03Last letters for Tom?
30:04Start with a vowel, please.
30:05Thank you, Tom.
30:07I.
30:07And a consonant?
30:09R.
30:11And a consonant?
30:13S.
30:14And a vowel?
30:15A.
30:17Another vowel, please.
30:18E.
30:19And another vowel?
30:21I.
30:22And a consonant?
30:23D.
30:25And another consonant?
30:26R.
30:28And a consonant, please.
30:29Lastly, M.
30:31Taxine last letters.
30:33S.
30:33S.
30:34S.
31:03Tom, I'll stick with the 7.
31:04And Sue?
31:05Seven.
31:06What have you got there, Tom?
31:07Married.
31:08And Sue?
31:09Married.
31:10And married, you don't have to show it.
31:12Absolutely.
31:13Seven points each in the bi-dictionary corner.
31:16There is actually marrieds, so people who are marrieds.
31:20You could say we were young marrieds at the time.
31:23There is a plural noun, believe it or not, that would be an eight.
31:25Can't be that many E-Ds that you can put an S on the end.
31:29No, to make a noun, I think you're absolutely right.
31:31Lovely round.
31:32There you go.
31:32Over is a competition, but not as an enjoyable afternoon, let me tell you.
31:36It's worth flying in from Armenia for this.
31:39Enjoy every second, Sue.
31:40We are.
31:40It's the last numbers.
31:42Can I have two large and the rest small, please, Rachel?
31:45Thank you, Sue.
31:46Two from the top.
31:47Four, not final numbers today, are five, eight, nine, one, and the large two, 75 and 50.
31:55And the target, 733.
31:58733.
31:59Numbers up.
32:00Hi.
32:21And the title of the role of Russia.
32:22We love you.
32:22Yeah.
32:29We love you.
32:297-3-3, Sue Lesser.
32:337-3-2.
32:34Oh, missed it by one again?
32:36Mm-hm. Tom?
32:38I think I've got it.
32:39Oh, he only thinks. Let's find out.
32:41So, nine times 75.
32:429, 75, 675.
32:45Plus the 50.
32:467-2-5.
32:47And plus the 8.
32:49You know you had that. Well done. 7-3-3.
32:51And with that, our champion Tom chalks up his second century.
32:54Well done.
32:56Yeah, 102 plays 57 and still 10 points worth grabbing.
33:02You don't need to tell Sue.
33:04Fingers on the buzzer already.
33:06Tom joins her and we reveal our countdown conundrum.
33:16Tom?
33:16Lessening.
33:17Yeah, let's have a look.
33:19And it is.
33:22There you go.
33:23It was so close yesterday.
33:25Came back with a statement win today, didn't he?
33:28With 112.
33:29Halfway to becoming our sixth octal champ of this series.
33:33With time running out quite quickly.
33:35Well done, Tom.
33:36Halfway there, we'll see you tomorrow.
33:38And Sue, we are so delighted that you would come from Armenia
33:41to be on the programme.
33:42We don't take that lightly, do we?
33:43No.
33:44And we love each and every person that comes through.
33:46And so, love, thank you for doing it.
33:48Thank you for having me.
33:49It was a really lovely day.
33:51And listen, just asking for a friend.
33:53We're not paying your travel expenses, are we?
33:56Only from Liverpool.
33:57Only from Liverpool.
33:58That's good.
33:59We don't have the budget.
34:01We have to pay for Cape Botley.
34:02We'll see you both tomorrow.
34:04Yes, and thank you to Sue for a beautiful blanket
34:06with the Armenian alphabet on it.
34:07So, I am very chuffed with that.
34:09You're welcome.
34:09I got sweets.
34:10Yay!
34:12Did you get a present?
34:13I did indeed.
34:14Clearly better than mine.
34:15She's not telling me what it is.
34:16Lovely.
34:17We are back tomorrow.
34:18Thank you so much for tuning in wherever you are watching.
34:21Same time, same place.
34:22You can count on us.
34:24You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:29You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:33And we'll be back tomorrow.
34:47Give me a round of applause.
34:48We will be back tomorrow.
34:48If you are happy tomorrow, please, I will, like.
34:51And time as you can bust out of the world.
34:51And time as you can defend yourself.
34:51Thank you, I will.
34:52Thank you, everybody.
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