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Countdown - Season 93 Episode 85
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00:31Hello, everybody, and good afternoon. May I be the first to welcome you to Countdown.
00:36Let's introduce the team. In Dictionary Corner, of course, our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent.
00:41And looking absolutely fabulous in those specs, let me tell you, is our Reverend Kate Botley.
00:47And I'm sure whatever the numbers throws up today, Rachel Riley will show us the light.
00:52Good afternoon, everybody.
00:53Good afternoon.
00:54I just feel good because it's May the 1st and I know we've had some good days in April.
01:01We had that lovely show, do you remember, where we went from winter into spring in March.
01:06But I, for one, after all the rain of the last six months, I'm happy that May is here.
01:11And I think there's a case for it being the best month of the year.
01:17I'm not going to say anything else. You're screwing your face up. What's your problem, Riley?
01:22What's good about May? You haven't got any school holidays when you're a kid.
01:25You've got exams or you've got revision.
01:29You know, you're waiting for the good stuff. The good stuff coming.
01:31You've had the Easter holidays. They're done. And you're just stuck waiting in limbo.
01:35Not if you're a reverend. She loves that that Easter's over. She's getting a bit of a break.
01:39And have a sit down and a rest.
01:41Let me make a case for it then. The butterflies are here. The days get longer in just such an
01:47acute way.
01:49We have our cherry blossoms. We have so many creatures come to visit us.
01:53The migratory birds return. So our garden fills with loads of new chirps and cheeps.
01:59And I know what you mean about it's tough the start of May, but I like the fact that the
02:03kids come through into the light at the end and get through the exams.
02:07And I just feel there's loads of little reasons why we should absolutely love it.
02:12It's just a beautiful feel, isn't it, Susie?
02:15It is. I love it. Also, the 1st of May is really special in Oxford because you have the choristers
02:20singing from Magdalen Tower.
02:22You have everyone gathered down below at dawn and Morris dancing.
02:26It's a celebration of fertility and warmth and the return of something special.
02:33And, of course, a workers' holiday as well. The 1st of May is one of the workers' holiday, a big
02:37socialist celebration as well.
02:39Yeah. So many things. And you can't really trust April. You get the good days, but you can't trust it.
02:44You never know, oh, no, it's pouring down again. Whereas now, you can plan a barbecue.
02:49You know, come round my house.
02:51What country are you living in, Colin?
02:52Yeah. There is that saying, though. You're uninvited. You're not part of my May anymore.
02:57I don't. There's any time in the year when you're sitting in England thinking, you know what, we're really safe
03:02to have a barbecue on the weekend.
03:03No, well, there's that saying, isn't there? Casting air a clout until May be out.
03:07Yeah. All right, so May's the worst month of the year.
03:10So let me just introduce Patrick Thompson, our two-time champion, and his scores are absolutely sensational so far.
03:17Listen, who's cheering you on at home, my friend?
03:19So my wife, Natalie, and my three boys, Luke, who's 12, Raphael's 10, and Louis, who's six, almost seven.
03:26Brilliant. And the pool team as well.
03:27And the whole pool team, yeah.
03:28Of course they are, yeah, absolutely. Well, listen, let's see if you can go and finish this week with a
03:33hat-trick of centuries.
03:35We'll know that the challenger, Jack Bradley, will have to bring his best game.
03:38Joins us from Garforth and Leeds. How are you, sir?
03:41I'm very well, thanks, Colin.
03:42Nice to have you here. And you've done the Yorkshire's three peaks, and what I believe, as we're talking about
03:48May, was the hottest day of the year.
03:50Tell us about that. I couldn't do it in the coldest, my friend.
03:52Yeah, so it's something I've been wanting to do for a while, but just hadn't got round to it.
03:57And then we'd agreed on a day, but it was like 27 degrees or something.
04:02We probably should have got it done in about nine hours. It ended up taking about 12 and a half,
04:06I think, because we had to just keep stopping.
04:08What an achievement. Well, that feeling of the worst moment when you were trying to climb the three peaks at
04:1227 degrees, double that.
04:14That's what it's like playing against Patrick.
04:16So, best of luck to you, Jack and Patrick, let's enjoy this Friday afternoon.
04:24Patrick, you know what to do.
04:25Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:26Afternoon, Patrick.
04:27Have a consonant, please.
04:28You can indeed start today with W.
04:30And another.
04:33T.
04:34And another.
04:35C.
04:36And another.
04:38L.
04:39And a vowel.
04:41A.
04:42And another.
04:43I.
04:44And another.
04:45E.
04:47A consonant.
04:49P.
04:50And another.
04:52Consonant, please.
04:53A final D.
04:55At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
05:00A consonant.
05:00A consonant.
05:05A consonant.
05:05And another.
05:05It's a five?
05:06No.
05:12It's a five?
05:14A consonant.
05:25A consonant.
05:27You can listen.
05:27A consonant.
05:27And another.
05:28It's a five.
05:28Eight.
05:29An eight, and Jack?
05:30Seven.
05:31Seven's a good start, let me tell you.
05:32What have you got, Jack?
05:33Platted.
05:34Yes, and for you, Patrick?
05:36Plicated.
05:37Yes, plicated rather than placated.
05:40It means folded or crumpled, using anatomical senses,
05:44as well as straightforward ones.
05:45Very good indeed.
05:46Is that the best?
05:47I mean, yeah, it is.
05:49We can't do any better than Patrick, I'm afraid.
05:51You complicate me, so we'll just move on.
05:54Jack, let's get your letters, my friends.
05:55Afternoon, Rachel.
05:56Afternoon, Jack.
05:57Can I have a consonant, please?
05:59Start with T.
06:01And another.
06:02G.
06:04And a third.
06:06S.
06:07Vowel.
06:09U.
06:11Another.
06:12E.
06:14And a third.
06:15I.
06:17And a consonant, please.
06:19D.
06:20And another.
06:22B.
06:24And a final vowel, please.
06:28Final A.
06:30Here we go.
06:31Here we go.
07:01All right, Jack.
07:03Seven.
07:04Good stuff, another seven.
07:05Patrick.
07:05Eight.
07:06Oh, my goodness me.
07:08Jack, I'm writing your scores down separately here, because this is really good.
07:11Jack.
07:12Budgies.
07:13Yes.
07:13You and I would have 14 points each right now.
07:15Patrick.
07:16Gaudiest.
07:17Gaudiest.
07:17Gaudiest.
07:18Well done, indeed.
07:19Wonderful.
07:19Is that another top score?
07:21Yeah.
07:21That's another one.
07:22We'd only got other sevens, which was budgets and sub-edits.
07:24But Gaudiest, we can't beat.
07:26Yeah, there you go.
07:27So we're all in the same boat right now, as we get to the numbers for the first time today.
07:32And, Patrick.
07:32Four Lies, please, Rachel.
07:33Thank you, Patrick.
07:34Your favourite.
07:35All the ones from the top and two little ones from this lot.
07:39First numbers today, seven, one, seventy-five, one hundred, fifty, and twenty-five.
07:46And you need to find 323.
07:48Three, two, three.
07:49Numbers up.
07:50Three, two, three.
08:20Three, two, three.
08:21Patrick.
08:22Yep, three, two, three.
08:23And Jack.
08:23Three, two, four.
08:24Yeah, and Patrick got this in about three seconds.
08:27Off you go.
08:28100 plus seven.
08:29100 plus seven.
08:31107.
08:32Times it by the 75.
08:34Times it by 75 for 8,025.
08:38Add the 50.
08:39Add the 50.
08:408,075.
08:41And divide it by the 25.
08:42And divide it by 25, and you do indeed get 323.
08:45Well done.
08:45Wow.
08:48That is ridiculous.
08:50I just want to get the Tea Time teaser so we all get a look in here.
08:54It's Cabin Oat.
08:55Cabin Oat.
08:56You're bound to see a few stars shopping in here.
08:59You're bound to see a few stars shopping in here.
09:18Welcome back.
09:20Botanica is the answer to the Tea Time teaser.
09:23The clue is you're bound to see a few stars shopping here.
09:26Explain how we get to Botanica.
09:27I like this.
09:29So this is in the US.
09:30It's a shop that sells traditional remedies,
09:33but also charms, incense, candles, and that kind of thing
09:37for religious, spiritual purposes.
09:40Thank you very much.
09:41Well, listen, let's get back to the game,
09:43where Jack and I are locked at 21 points each.
09:47Unfortunately for Jack, he's not playing me today.
09:49So it's 26 points down.
09:51Long way to go, Jack.
09:52Let's go again.
09:53Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:55Thank you, Jack.
09:56M.
09:57And another.
09:59D.
10:00And a third.
10:02S.
10:03And a vowel.
10:05I.
10:07And another.
10:08E.
10:10Another vowel, please.
10:13O.
10:13And a consonant.
10:15M.
10:17Another consonant.
10:19H.
10:22And a final consonant, please.
10:25And a final R.
10:27OK, let's do it.
10:58Jack.
10:59Jack.
11:007.
11:01Patrick.
11:018.
11:02Jack.
11:03Homeist.
11:03Homeist.
11:04We'll check it and Patrick.
11:06Isotherm.
11:07Isotherm that you will find when studying meteorology and it's a line on a map connecting points that
11:15have the same temperature.
11:16That's fantastic.
11:18All right.
11:20Listen, even 7s.
11:22Yet again Patrick has beaten us in this corner but we got Homeist as well for 7.
11:26And Shimmer which is nice, isn't it?
11:28Yes.
11:29Let's get back to it then.
11:31Patrick, lift your game please.
11:33Your letters.
11:34A consonant please, Rachel.
11:35Thank you, Patrick.
11:36N.
11:37And another.
11:38R.
11:39And another.
11:41L.
11:42And another.
11:43N.
11:44And a vowel.
11:46A.
11:46And another.
11:47O.
11:48And another.
11:49I.
11:51A consonant.
11:52L.
11:54And a consonant please.
11:57Lastly.
11:58D.
11:59Half a minute.
12:00n
12:27Then it is filled with gorgeous and
12:29The time.
12:31Patrick? A seven. Jack? Just a five this time.
12:34No worries, the five. A drill.
12:36And for you, Patrick? A nail rod. A nail rod.
12:40Yes, coarse dark tobacco sold in thin rolls.
12:43This is, again, Australian and New Zealand English,
12:46so you definitely know that English. Very good.
12:49Great seven. Well done. Can we match it even?
12:53Yeah, we matched it with another seven over here,
12:54which I was quite proud to get. I got lanolin.
12:57Oh, lanolin? You know, the thing with sheeps.
13:00Absolutely. You find it on sheeps, a fatty, viscous substance.
13:03Kate got that within two seconds. Excellent.
13:06I don't know how sheep is this. I don't know how to do this.
13:07It's got a greasy texture, isn't it?
13:12Excellent stuff. Let's move on.
13:13Let's get back to the numbers, and Jack, you're in control.
13:16I think I'll go for one large, please.
13:18There's ten points here for you, Jack. I can feel it.
13:21Ten points, six numbers. Here we go.
13:23They are ten, nine, three, two, nine, and 25.
13:30And the target, 833. 833.
13:34Numbers up.
13:35The target, 933.
13:39The target, 933.
13:42And the target, 933.
14:05And time's up. Jack?
14:078.33. Yes, you needed all 30 seconds.
14:10And, Patrick? 8.34.
14:12He's missed it by one. I can't speak. Jack?
14:17So, I did 25 times three, 75.
14:20Plus nine.
14:2284. Times by ten.
14:25840. And then the other nine minus the two.
14:28Fantastic spot. Well done.
14:31APPLAUSE
14:35He's been good all show.
14:36You know, we know when we're shifting uncomfortably
14:39are we going to get a zero. It's not been the case with Jack.
14:41And, yeah, more points to come your way. Don't worry about that.
14:44Patrick has been otherworldly.
14:46They both deserve a break, as we have our last chat of the week.
14:49With The Rev, what are we talking about?
14:51Well, you know, we're privileged today
14:53to have some very strong and talented men around us.
14:56But I think, women, we're also very strong and talented.
15:00And I have known some amazing women in my time.
15:03My favourite, one of my favourite women was a woman called Maureen,
15:07who was the verger at the first church that I ever started at.
15:11I mean, I'm not a tall woman. I'm sat on a cushion here.
15:14So, you know, Maureen made me look tall.
15:17She was a tiny little woman and she was very sort of in charge and authoritative.
15:22Well, the first Sunday of my new job, as a wet-behind-the-ears new vicar,
15:28I went along to the church and there were two doors into the church.
15:32There was the great, big, massive, Norman, beautiful, carved door.
15:36Absolutely gorgeous thing.
15:38And then there was this little tiny door at the size that was Maureen size.
15:42That you couldn't get a pushchair through.
15:44Guess which door we used to use on a Sunday.
15:46We used a little tiny Maureen door, don't we?
15:48So the first Sunday that I start, I get the big key out
15:51and I open the great, big Norman doors, these oak doors into the church.
15:55And Maureen comes sprinting, like a ferry up a drainpipe down the aisle,
16:00and says to me, what are you doing, what are you doing, what are you doing?
16:02And I said, Maureen, I'm opening the doors for church this morning.
16:06And she looked me dead in the eye and she said, you only come through those doors
16:11in your box when you're dead, she said.
16:16She said, not anymore, Maureen, not anymore.
16:18We're going to use these doors every single Sunday.
16:21And she wasn't happy about it.
16:22Anyway, she had the good grace about a week later to resign as her day.
16:27And I have to thank her for it, God rest her.
16:30Because when I went round to see her, when she'd handed in her resignation,
16:33always accept her resignation, by the way, if someone resigns.
16:35Never argue.
16:36I went round with my bunch of flowers and my box of chocolates
16:39to thank her for her work for all the years.
16:40And I said to her, Maureen, can I ask you, why are you resigning?
16:44And she said, because there is only room for one strong woman in this church.
16:49And you're it.
16:51Oh, that's beautiful.
16:52And so one of the best things about being a strong woman
16:54is knowing when to step aside to let somebody else take the lead.
16:58So I thank God for her.
16:59And I thank God for every woman who knows when to step aside and let me through.
17:04That's brilliant.
17:05So for the rest of your time, then, how long were you at this church?
17:08Oh, I was at that church for about six years, that one.
17:11Yeah.
17:11And then I bet you every time you opened those doors...
17:14I always thought of Maureen.
17:15You thought of Maureen every time.
17:16And of course, one day, Maureen did come through those doors.
17:18Aw.
17:18And I got the good grace to be able to help say goodbye to her.
17:21And it was a joy to be the person and a privilege to lead that service for her.
17:26Aw, that's beautiful.
17:27Thank you so much.
17:28You're so welcome.
17:31Lovely stuff.
17:32Jack's ears pricked up there because he's a caretaker.
17:36Yeah.
17:36Oh, wonderful.
17:38Well, you know, there's a vacancy.
17:40Maureen's not working there anymore.
17:42And, listen, we're taking good care of every single round.
17:46And let's get straight back to it.
17:47Patrick, you're choosing.
17:49A consonant, please, Rachel.
17:50Thank you, Patrick.
17:51S.
17:51And another.
17:53Q.
17:54And another.
17:55N.
17:56And another.
17:57R.
17:58A vowel.
17:58O.
17:59And another.
18:00A.
18:01And another.
18:02E.
18:04And a consonant.
18:06F.
18:07And one more consonant, please.
18:09Lastly, S.
18:10Start the clock.
18:11Ooh.
18:23Ooh.
18:28Yeah.
18:28Ooh.
18:41It's
18:41to
18:42Patrick a seven a seven and Jack six yeah what's the six snarls yeah we're
18:49kind of only working with eight letters here so seven's just one off what have
18:52you got reasons reasons yeah nice nice and straightforward anything else yeah
18:57we've got reasons as well but farness distance away are you eating in class I've
19:05got enough for everybody don't show the broad honestly I've got enough for
19:09everybody you have been there's some underneath your desk wait have you left
19:12me sweet sweet enough anyway Colin don't give me that blush and die Jack let's
19:20get more letters consonant please Rachel thank you Jack G and another n and a
19:28vowel please a and another e and a third I consonant please D and
19:39another s and a third please P the final vowel please final you
19:49kind of
20:21How many, Jack? Six. And for you, Patrick? Seven. He spotted a seven. Jack? Upside. And for you, Patrick? Guineas.
20:29Guineas. Yes, where we were to. Very good. On the money. Very good. And that's it again. That was ours.
20:35Pausing was the only other one that we were. Yeah, pausing. Excellent. Couple in there. Excellent stuff. And just like
20:40that, we're back to the numbers. I think Patrick might be making it difficult for us all again. Let's find
20:46out. Four large, please, Rachel. Another four large. Four from the top row. Two not.
20:50Thank you, Patrick. This time, the small ones are two and seven. And the non-surprises, 75, 25, 150. And
21:00the target? 518. 518. Numbers up.
21:38Yeah, 5-1-8.
21:39And for you, Jack?
21:405-2-1, not fully run down.
21:42Oh, Patrick's going to take care of that anyway.
21:44Don't worry about it, Mr Bradley.
21:46Off you go.
21:4675 minus 50 is 25.
21:49Yep.
21:50Times that by the other 25.
21:526-2-5.
21:53Take off the 7 and 100.
21:54Lovely.
21:5510 points again.
21:56Well done.
22:00And it's our last Tea Time Teaser of the week,
22:03and it's a musical one.
22:04Mr Non-Fat.
22:06Mr Non-Fat.
22:07Mr Pop is one of these, but in rock.
22:10Mr Pop is one of these, but in rock.
22:28Hello again.
22:29Yes, the Mr Pop was Iggy, and of course, he is a front man.
22:33A front man.
22:34Right.
22:35Let's get back to the letters.
22:37Jack, you're going to pick these.
22:38Let's see if we can get some more points on the board.
22:41OK.
22:42Can I start with a consonant, please?
22:44Thank you, Jack.
22:45T.
22:46And a second.
22:47N.
22:48And a third.
22:50G.
22:51A vowel, please.
22:53O.
22:54Another vowel.
22:55E.
22:57Third.
22:58O.
23:00Another vowel, please.
23:03I.
23:04Consonant.
23:06L.
23:08And a final consonant, please.
23:10Final.
23:12R.
23:13And good luck.
23:14R.
23:20And good luck.
23:22R.
23:27And good luck.
23:30And good luck.
23:32R.
23:32R.
23:32And good luck.
23:33R.
23:34And good luck.
23:36R.
23:42And good luck.
23:44Time's up. A lot of people sitting back in their seats. I wonder why. Jack?
23:48A nine. And for you, Patrick? A nine. Yes, come on, Jack.
23:54Retooling. Retooling! Patrick, pass it over! Love it!
23:59CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
24:02Gets back to what I was saying. I wasn't being condescending.
24:05Jack's a player! He is, he is. That's wonderful.
24:08I love that. 18 points each. Retooling.
24:11Excellent. What can we say? Yeah. I'll tell you what we can say.
24:15Let's get more letters. Patrick? Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:18Thank you, Patrick. C. And another.
24:22H. And another.
24:24Y. And another.
24:27N. Vowel.
24:30A. And another. E. And another.
24:34I.
24:35N. Vowel.
24:38Um...
24:38Consonant.
24:39C.
24:41Um...
24:42One more, please.
24:43Lastly, S.
24:4430 seconds.
24:45Two more, please.
25:15T.
25:16Patrick? Eight. An eight. And Jack? Seven. Yeah, the seven is? Chances. What are you
25:22chanting your arm with? Chicanes. Oh, that's sensational. Chicanes. You're
25:27absolutely motoring. Well done to you. Another eight. Let's just stay focused team.
25:33We can do this. I'm wondering if Patrick wants to swap seats, really, to be honest with you.
25:38We did get that one, Elise. We did get it. We're like getting really proud of ourselves when we get
25:42the same one that he's getting.
25:43Yeah, that's where we are at the moment. Nothing else? No, not that we can get.
25:48All right. Let's then dictionary corner for origins of words. I'm guessing Patrick already knows it.
25:54But let's see what you have to say. Graham and Marjorie Offord have been in touch from Chingford.
26:01And I think this is Graham speaking. My father used to play cricket and the team captain was often called
26:05the skipper.
26:06Ship captains are also called skippers and we skip something when we don't do it and so on.
26:12Could you explain all of these skips? And it's such a good example of how gnarly English is because there
26:19are so many different meanings of one particular word.
26:22And you might think that they're all connected in some way. And sometimes there are really, really gossamer like threads
26:27that do connect them all.
26:28But very often they've come at us from all sorts of different directions and very different stories. And this is
26:33the case with skip.
26:34So I'll start with skipper. And really, this goes back to the Low Countries, so Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, etc.
26:41And maritime trade. And in Dutch, a shipper or skipper, S-C-H-I-P-P-E-R, was a
26:48captain of a ship.
26:49And because with Dutch we share the E-R at the end if we want to describe someone who does
26:54something, it was instantly recognisable really to English ears.
26:57So that's the skipper. There is a connection with the skip that you will find as the captain of a
27:04curling team, for example.
27:05And the idea of someone who is in charge, because probably related to the captain of a ship, as simple
27:14as that.
27:15But the sense of skipping something is very different.
27:17So if you miss a class and you skip a class, that goes back to an old Norse word, a
27:24Viking word, meaning to leap,
27:25because it's the idea of kind of jumping lightly away from something.
27:29So that one has nothing to do with the Dutch.
27:31Then you have the large metal container that is a skip that we throw things into.
27:36That also is a Viking word, but it goes back to their word skipper, which meant a basket.
27:41In this case, it obviously became a very, very big one.
27:44And actually that also gave us skep, which is a traditional domed beehive.
27:49So, so many different things coming at us, you know, with that single word skip.
27:54And it just shows, as I say, how many contacts we've had with other nations that we've borrowed and plundered
28:00words from every nation we've encountered.
28:02And quite often it ends up being the same word, but with very different histories.
28:06Excellent. Thank you very much.
28:08APPLAUSE
28:10And we should not skip a single moment of these last four rounds.
28:14Even though it's over as a contest, it's been a hugely enjoyable show, especially with those maxes that we got
28:19just earlier on in this part.
28:21So, Jack, let's see if we can, we can replicate that, your letters.
28:24OK. Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:26Thank you, Jack.
28:27P.
28:28And another.
28:29W.
28:31Third.
28:32T.
28:33And a vowel, please.
28:35U.
28:36Another vowel.
28:37E.
28:39And a third.
28:40A.
28:42Consonant, please.
28:44R.
28:45Another consonant.
28:47F.
28:49And a final vowel, please.
28:53Final E.
28:55Let's play.
28:55Thanks.
29:11Thanks, David.
29:13I'm gonna beat him, huh?
29:18Thanks a little too.
29:21All.dr
29:25USA. Like
29:26Jack? A six. A six. And Patrick? A six as well. Excellent stuff. Jack? Refute. More points. And for you,
29:34Patrick? Repeat.
29:35This is probably the most straightforward round we've had all day, so let's bask in the glory of it. Off
29:40you go.
29:40Yes, we got a seven. Yeah, we did. We did really please. Feature for seven. Could feature that one, yep.
29:48But we both got pewter as well for six, which are quite nice. I might like it when we get
29:51the same one.
29:52Absolutely, but shame on Patrick. Shame.
29:55Yeah, he should really be disappointed with himself, shouldn't he?
29:59He can't show his face this weekend in his home town. Patrick, last letters of the day, Mitt.
30:04A consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Patrick.
30:06T. And another.
30:08R. And another.
30:11G. And another.
30:14N. And a vowel.
30:16U. And another.
30:17O. And another.
30:21E. And a consonant.
30:23T.
30:25One more, please. One more consonant.
30:27Lastly, R.
30:29Last letters.
30:30T.
30:31T.
30:31I.
30:31T.
30:32T.
30:38I.
30:39MUSIC CONTINUES
31:01Patrick? Seven. And Jack? Yeah, seven as well.
31:04Nice. Go ahead, Patrick. Grunter. Yeah, Jack.
31:08Grunter. Yes, you can be a grunter.
31:11Just check it's still in the dictionary.
31:13It is, yeah, very good. There you go.
31:15There's a little pregnant pause on that.
31:17Patrick moves to 104.
31:20Jack can hit us half-century now, which is remarkable,
31:23sitting on 41, and, in fact, you can do it here
31:25if the numbers fall well for you.
31:27But it's your choice. Let's find out.
31:29I think I'll play it so I can stay with one large, please.
31:32Thank you, Jack. One from the top five not coming up for you.
31:35Final numbers of the week.
31:38Two...
31:39Eight...
31:40Nine...
31:41Nine...
31:41One and a large 175.
31:44And the accompanying target...
31:46979.
31:479...
31:48Nine 7...
31:48Nine...
31:49Number's up.
31:49horm比 shoot.
32:04tick
32:05by
32:05const plutôt
32:16mé
32:19Nine, seven, nine, Jack.
32:21No, mine went blank.
32:23Don't worry.
32:23Patrick?
32:24Nine, seven, nine.
32:25Off you go.
32:2675 plus one is 76.
32:2876.
32:29Eight divided by two.
32:31Four.
32:32Add to the nine.
32:3313.
32:34Times them together for nine, eight, eight.
32:36Yep.
32:37And take off the nine.
32:38And take off the second nine.
32:41Lovely.
32:41Well done.
32:45Marvellous stuff.
32:45One, one, four.
32:47That's a hat-trick of centuries for Patrick.
32:49And we're not done yet.
32:51Jack, it's the last chance to get that half a century.
32:53But whatever happens, you've done really well.
32:55So fingers on the buzzers.
32:57Last round of the week.
32:58And our Friday afternoon.
33:00Count down.
33:01Get on, Jim.
33:04There is just no weakness.
33:06Go.
33:07Empowered.
33:07Let's have a look.
33:09Brilliant.
33:12Susie, am I losing my mind here?
33:14Because every time we seem to get an octo-champ, I think, well, they're definitely favourite for this series.
33:19And then another one.
33:20And then another one.
33:21I can't pick Luke, Daniel, Ian, Callum.
33:24Could be Patrick if he runs next week.
33:26I can't go for the challengers, who are also equally impressive.
33:30So we had Jack and we had Gavin, and that's a shame, too.
33:33So, yeah, very high calibre.
33:35It's really hard, Jack, on national television, when you have all those zeros at the start, because he started so
33:40well, to hold your composure and not think, I'm on national TV here.
33:44You did so well to pull it together, and you've got a maximum to take away.
33:48Brilliant.
33:49I was happy with that.
33:49I did warn you, it was climbing three peaks at nothing.
33:53The first couple of rounds, I was just like, yeah, just damage limitation.
33:57Exactly.
33:58Well, listen, lovely to have you here, Jack.
34:00Thank you so much.
34:01Thanks a lot.
34:01It's been great.
34:01I wish it wasn't a weekend, Patrick.
34:03I can't wait to see what you do next week.
34:04We'll see you Monday.
34:06And Kate, what a delight.
34:07You bring such sunshine and sweets to this studio, so thank you for being here.
34:12Oh, an absolute joy and a privilege, as always.
34:14Please have me back.
34:15Yes, of course, always, always.
34:17And Susie, see you on Monday.
34:18Have a great weekend.
34:20Rachel, you have a great May weekend.
34:22Please have me back as well, Colin.
34:23Of course, it wouldn't be the same without the troublesome twosome here.
34:28The three of us will be waiting for you on Monday, same time, same place.
34:32You can count on us.
34:34You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:39You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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