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00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Thursday afternoon.
00:34We're ready for the drama to unfold yet again.
00:36Thank you so much for tuning in. Hi, Rachel. Hi, Col.
00:39So, you know when everybody watches a TV programme and you don't
00:42and you feel like you're the only one in Britain?
00:44Mm-hm.
00:45Well, it's an anniversary of one of those today,
00:46but I'm not the only person in Britain because the other one is Rachel Riley.
00:49We might be the only two people didn't really get into Downton Abbey,
00:53which celebrates its birthday today.
00:56But, you know, it broke the Guinness Book of World Records
00:58for the best critical response for any programme.
01:02So we're kind of must be wrong.
01:04No, I'm not. I mean, I just haven't had time to watch it yet.
01:07I think I probably will get round to it at some stage.
01:09I mean, my little brother, who likes all kinds of weird stuff,
01:12he loves it.
01:13And I've seen Bridgerton, so I'm not, you know, anti-period.
01:16I just haven't got round to it yet. So it's in my future.
01:18Well, not only does she like Downton Abbey,
01:19I think she's been to visit where it's filmed as well,
01:22our J&D Susie Dent.
01:23So we've got to bring one fan in of Downton Abbey on its birthday.
01:28You love it, yeah?
01:30Yeah, I didn't go specific to the Highclere Castle specifically to see the set,
01:35but they were actually filming it at the time.
01:36But the acting, it's Maggie Smith and Penelope Wilton,
01:39and, you know, some of our bests are in it.
01:41So you can't not watch it, really.
01:43Another film coming.
01:44Will you be going to the cinema to see that?
01:45Yes.
01:46Yeah, there you go.
01:47Maybe.
01:48Might wait till it comes on my little screen.
01:50A little matinee in the afternoon, eh?
01:51Oh, yeah, that's a lovely idea.
01:52Popcorn for one.
01:53Yeah, you won't be there, will you?
01:54No, absolutely not.
01:56It doesn't matter how close we live to each other, I ain't going.
01:59Well, it's alongside a world-class wordsmith today,
02:02music to all our ears all week,
02:03back in Dexterity Corner, Bob Iris.
02:08And yesterday, I wouldn't say out of nowhere,
02:10because she had a brilliant debut to become champion,
02:12but Trisha's dad weighed in with a 111 without the conundrum.
02:17So the mind boggles as to what lies ahead.
02:19How are you feeling today, Trisha?
02:21Just as nervous as I was the first time.
02:23I know.
02:24Well, that's the adrenaline.
02:25Keep you on the edge.
02:26Trisha, you're up against Paul Critchley today from St Helens.
02:31How are you?
02:32I'm good, thank you, yeah.
02:33Good.
02:33Listen, you're an accountant with a maths degree,
02:36so, you know, beware of the numbers rounds today, Trisha.
02:39And you also like adding up your breaks, don't you?
02:41Big snooker fan.
02:42Tell us about that.
02:43Yes, I've played for perhaps almost 25 years now.
02:47Windleshaw Snooker Club, just to give the, you know, dimension.
02:50So, yeah, 93 breaks, my highest.
02:53Not quite got the century.
02:55But, you know, I'd love one today, obviously.
02:57I was going to say, I don't care what your score is in snooker.
03:00When you're playing at home, have you beaten 93 at Countdown?
03:04I've beaten 93, yeah, but it's completely different here, I can imagine.
03:07It is very different.
03:08It's like the difference between playing snooker down in a club
03:10and playing it at the Crucible.
03:12So, let's see what happens.
03:14Paul and Trisha, best of luck.
03:18Referees everywhere, Trisha.
03:19Let's get on the way.
03:21Hello, Rachel.
03:22Hi, Trisha.
03:22Can I have a vowel, please?
03:24You can, indeed.
03:25Start today with A.
03:26And another one?
03:28E.
03:29And another one, please.
03:31U.
03:32And a consonant?
03:34L.
03:35And another consonant?
03:38R.
03:39And a vowel, please.
03:43A.
03:45And a consonant?
03:48G.
03:50And a consonant?
03:52S.
03:54And a final consonant, please.
03:57A final M.
03:58At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:32Trisha, how many?
04:33Only a five, I'm afraid.
04:34And Paul?
04:35Six.
04:36Trisha?
04:36So, I have rules.
04:37Yes, and Paul, is this within the rules?
04:40I hope so.
04:40Realms.
04:41Realms!
04:42Oh, well done.
04:42Lovely, well done.
04:43Very nice.
04:43Within the realms of the rules.
04:45Lovely.
04:45Points in the bag.
04:47Anything else?
04:48We've got C7s, haven't we, CZ?
04:50Yes.
04:51Lagers.
04:52With two A's, which in South African English is an encampment.
04:57And maulers.
04:59M-A-U-L-E-R-S.
05:02Yes.
05:02Both of them seven.
05:03Good name for wrestlers, grapplers and maulers.
05:07Rugby, I suppose, as well.
05:08Right, good start to our challenger, Paul, and it's your letters.
05:11Hi, Rachel.
05:12Hi, Paul.
05:12Can I have a consonant, please?
05:14You can, indeed.
05:15R.
05:16And one more.
05:18T.
05:19And another.
05:21P.
05:22And one more.
05:24C.
05:25And a vowel, please.
05:27I.
05:28And another vowel.
05:30E.
05:31And one more vowel.
05:33O.
05:35A consonant.
05:36N.
05:38And a final vowel, please.
05:40A final E.
05:42And 30 seconds.
05:44MUSIC PLAYS
06:14Paul.
06:15Paul.
06:15Try a nine.
06:17Going to try a maximum.
06:18Tricia.
06:19I've...
06:20Er, a seven.
06:21Seven.
06:22What's the seven?
06:23Pointer.
06:24Pointer.
06:24OK, Paul's going for it.
06:26Er, reception.
06:28It's all there.
06:29Well done.
06:30APPLAUSE
06:32Any ticks on that?
06:34No, that was ours, too.
06:35I couldn't see another nine there.
06:36So, absolutely brilliant start.
06:38What a start, what a start.
06:39Up against Tricia, who's a champion, got 111 yesterday.
06:42So, this is going to be quite a contest.
06:45And, Tricia, it's your numbers.
06:46Er, one large and five small, please.
06:49Still not gambling, sticking with the plan.
06:51One large, five little.
06:52And the first numbers of today are six, three, nine, seven, eight, and 25.
07:03And the target, 510.
07:05510, numbers up.
07:08MUSIC PLAYS
07:37510, Tricia.
07:39Yes, 510.
07:40Very good.
07:41And, Paul?
07:41Yeah, 510.
07:42Excellent.
07:43Tricia?
07:44Er, I did seven threes of 21.
07:47Seven threes, 21.
07:49Times 25 is 525.
07:52Yep.
07:52And take away the nine and the six.
07:54Perfect.
07:54510.
07:55And for you, Paul?
07:56Yeah, exactly the same way.
07:58Well done.
07:59APPLAUSE
08:01And there you go.
08:02Three rounds in.
08:03Paul, I've said this to many, a challenger.
08:04Don't worry.
08:05You'll settle in.
08:06You'll get more points as we go.
08:08All right, let's go.
08:09First tea time teaser.
08:11Cream peak.
08:12Cream peak.
08:13One of Gerry's friends had this fitted to help his heart.
08:16One of Gerry's friends had this fitted to help his heart.
08:34Welcome back.
08:35The clue was one of Gerry's friends had this fitted to help his heart.
08:39The other clue could have just been Rachel's favourite song.
08:42And that would have got you there as well.
08:43Gerry is Gerry Marsden.
08:45Gerry and the pacemakers.
08:47And I'll never walk alone in this studio, that's for sure.
08:50Right, well, here we go.
08:51Let's get straight back to it.
08:52And Paul, out in front and picking the letters.
08:55Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
08:57Thank you, Paul.
08:58L.
08:58And another one.
09:01S.
09:01One more.
09:03G.
09:05And a vowel.
09:05I.
09:07And another vowel.
09:09U.
09:10One more vowel.
09:12E.
09:13A consonant.
09:15N.
09:16Another consonant.
09:18V.
09:19And a final consonant.
09:21A final T.
09:23Thanks, Rich.
09:24Evan Will.
09:33And another one.
09:34Thanks, Rich.
09:35Yeah.
09:43Louis.
09:55Paul.
09:55A six.
09:56A six from you.
09:57And Tricia.
09:58And a six.
09:59And a six from you.
10:00OK, Paul.
10:01Invest.
10:02Invest.
10:03And Tricia.
10:04And unite.
10:05And unite.
10:06Unite and invest.
10:09Talk to me, Bob and Susie.
10:10We have got a couple of sevens.
10:12Yeah.
10:12Haven't we?
10:13Tingles.
10:14Yes.
10:15And singlet.
10:16Yes.
10:17Which I particularly like.
10:18Excellent.
10:19Any others?
10:20Utensil.
10:20It's another seven.
10:22All right.
10:22At 40, plays 16.
10:24Honours even in that round.
10:26And you're picking now, Tricia.
10:28A vowel, please.
10:29Thank you, Tricia.
10:31A.
10:31And another vowel.
10:33I.
10:34And another.
10:35E.
10:37And a fourth, please.
10:39I.
10:40And a consonant.
10:42C.
10:44Consonant.
10:45S.
10:47Consonant.
10:48P.
10:50Another consonant, please.
10:53H.
10:54And a final consonant.
10:57And a final G.
10:58And start the clock.
11:01And a half.
11:01And a half.
11:29And a half.
11:30Trisha? Only a five, I'm afraid.
11:32It was a weird old round. Paul? Yeah, stick with a five.
11:35Yeah, should be better. Trisha? Space.
11:38Yeah, same. Paul? Peach.
11:41So, everyone on fives, let's find out if Dexter and Corner can help us.
11:45Yeah, so will we. We had aspic.
11:47But out of time, there is Pachisi, P-A-C-H-I-S-I,
11:52which is an Indian board game.
11:54Pachisi for you to say. Let's get on with the next round.
11:57One large, please.
11:58Thank you, Paul. You've got your nose in front.
12:01You're just going for one large for now.
12:03Let's see if you get ten points.
12:05The little ones for this round.
12:06Six, two, ten, eight, six, and 75.
12:13And the target? 681.
12:16681. Numbers up.
12:50No, six, seven, five. Not written down.
12:53Six away, Trisha?
12:55680.
12:56680. Just one away, Trisha.
12:58So, this would be a good seven points to get back.
13:01Eight times 75 is 600.
13:04Yeah.
13:05Ten times eight is 80.
13:07Ten times eight is 80.
13:09Sorry, have I... No, that's not what I did.
13:11How did you make this eight?
13:12No, I'm sorry. I made the six and the two made the eight.
13:14Yep.
13:15And then times the ten, and that makes the 80.
13:17Uh-huh. One away.
13:18Off you go, Rach.
13:19Yeah, well, this is what I do when I go into schools.
13:21If you just used one eight, you can say eight times 75 plus ten,
13:26and go straight to 680,
13:29and then you've saved yourself a six over six.
13:31Ow.
13:31For one.
13:32Six, eight, one.
13:33Brilliant.
13:35Excellent stuff.
13:36Well done, Rachel.
13:37It's 45-20.
13:38Trisha, you really needed those seven points.
13:41Good timing on that.
13:42It's game on again as we head over to Dictionary Corner
13:44for our daily chat with Whisper and Bob.
13:47Now, I'd imagine when you work mainly in country music,
13:50there's a few questions you hate to get asked.
13:52I'm going to ask you one of those questions now.
13:55OK.
13:55What's Dolly Parton like, Bob?
13:59Oh, Colin, she's so great.
14:01She is absolutely...
14:02She was over in the UK some months ago now
14:07promoting her Rockstar album
14:10because, you know, she got inducted
14:12into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
14:14Yes.
14:14And she didn't feel that she belonged there
14:18until she'd made a rock album.
14:21So she made a rock album.
14:23And it turns out it's her 49th studio album.
14:27Great.
14:28And she came over to London to promote it.
14:31And I was very fortunate to spend probably three hours with her
14:35talking about the record, just being in her company.
14:38She hosted a press conference.
14:41And I was so, so impressed with her.
14:44Just positive way.
14:46Yeah.
14:46She's the most...
14:48I mean, she's got so much life about her.
14:50Yeah.
14:51She's older than I am.
14:53LAUGHTER
14:54You know, she's got so much dynamic energy.
14:57She's a person who's a force of good in the world, I think.
15:02I'm sure you would agree.
15:03But if I were to pick out one thing
15:05from all the sort of various projects and charities
15:08and everything else that she's been involved with
15:10through the years,
15:11the way that she provides books for children,
15:15if you subscribe to her foundation,
15:19she'll send you a book every month.
15:22Wow.
15:22And she sends hundreds of thousands of books out
15:25to children who wouldn't otherwise necessarily
15:28have access to literature.
15:32So, you know, there's a lot of things about Dolly
15:35and, of course, her longevity and kind of perseverance
15:39and creative brilliance as well.
15:42She's a very strong person,
15:45but she has great energy for the world
15:47and is massively supportive of new artists that come along.
15:51So I just cannot speak more highly of her.
15:54Yeah.
15:55Fantastic.
15:56I'm glad I asked the obvious question.
15:57Thank you, Bob.
15:59APPLAUSE
16:01OK.
16:01At 45.28, back to the game.
16:05And Tricia, here you come again.
16:06A vowel, please.
16:08Thank you, Tricia.
16:09E.
16:10And another.
16:12I.
16:13And a third, please.
16:15A.
16:16And a consonant.
16:18R.
16:19And a vowel.
16:21O.
16:23And a consonant.
16:25S.
16:27And a vowel.
16:29E.
16:31And a consonant.
16:33T.
16:35And a consonant.
16:37Lastly, S.
16:38And we're off.
16:40Ngot five.
16:43Another.
17:03We're off.
17:05I know.
17:08Any way,
17:10That's time, Trisha.
17:12Seven.
17:13OK, Paul.
17:14Seven.
17:15OK, OK, interesting.
17:18Trisha.
17:19Stories.
17:20Stories.
17:21And Paul?
17:22Rosiest.
17:23Rosiest and stories.
17:25Let Dixon Recorder tell you a story.
17:27I really love this one.
17:29Roasties.
17:30Yes.
17:30Yes, absolutely.
17:31Is that where you were going?
17:32Any other eight, Susie?
17:34Yes, there's one more eight.
17:35Osterias.
17:36Italian restaurants.
17:37Very simple ones.
17:38OK, yeah.
17:39I've said pizzeria, but I've never heard osteria.
17:42It's nice.
17:43All right, then.
17:44Let's get back to it.
17:45It's a close run affair and you're off.
17:46Piece of the action for you now, Paul.
17:48Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:50Thank you, Paul.
17:51D.
17:52And another.
17:54C.
17:55And one more.
17:57N.
17:58And one more.
18:00P.
18:01Vowel, please.
18:03I.
18:04One more vowel.
18:05E.
18:07Third vowel.
18:08I.
18:09A consonant.
18:12R.
18:13And a final consonant.
18:15A final H.
18:17Let's start the clock.
18:18controller play.
18:18And a final consonant.
18:19Tv0.
18:19Tv0.
18:30One more.
18:30Thaw.
18:30One more.
18:31Two more.
18:48And that's time. Paul.
18:50Try an eight. And Tricia.
18:52A seven. A seven. The seven from you, Tricia.
18:55Pinched. Paul. Pinchier.
18:58Oh, something's pinchier. Yeah, I did check that one.
19:00Pinchier is in, but not pinchier, I'm afraid.
19:03OK. So Tricia pinches seven points. Well done.
19:07Susie and Bob. Phrenic.
19:09Phrenic, yes. P-H-R-E-N-I-C. Relating to the diaphragm.
19:12There you go. Another seven.
19:15Ten points in it. We're back in crucial countdown conundrum territory.
19:20And ten points up for grabs now. Tricia, you're picking the numbers.
19:23Please, can I have two from the top and four from the bottom row?
19:28You can indeed. It's getting serious now. We're getting specific.
19:31Thank you, Tricia. The four from the bottom row.
19:33Ten, four, nine, and seven, and large to 25, and 100.
19:41And the target? 340.
19:43340. Numbers up.
19:44340. Numbers up.
19:58340. Numbers up.
20:00340. Numbers up.
20:13The three of you saw us saw us saw us saw us saw us.
20:153.40, the target. So, Trisha?
20:18Yes, 3.40. Yes, Paul?
20:203.40. Trisha, hoping for something a bit more difficult there, I think.
20:24Off you go, Trisha.
20:2525 plus 9... 34. ..is 34 times 10.
20:293.40. Same way, Paul?
20:31Yeah, same way. 10 points!
20:33APPLAUSE
20:34What a brilliant standard today.
20:37Can't wait to get back after this Tea Time teaser.
20:39Six rounds to go, all to play for.
20:41Solid chip. Solid chip.
20:43Mr. Collins has a dance to all of his record collection.
20:47Mr. Collins has a dance to all of his record collection.
20:58MUSIC PLAYS
20:59APPLAUSE
21:06Hello again. Mr. Collins has a dance to all of his record collection.
21:10That's Phil Collins, of course.
21:12And it's DISCOPHILLE, which...
21:15Have we made a mistake here? Have we misspelled DISCOPHILLE?
21:18We haven't, but at some point in the past, for some reason,
21:22people knocked off the E of DISCOPHILLE,
21:25and then you kind of get it, wouldn't you?
21:26It's somebody who loves gramophone records or collects them.
21:29Well, there you go. DISCOPHILLE. DISCOPHILLE.
21:33So, let's get back to the game.
21:35I mean, there's only ten points in it.
21:37You coming back was against all odds, Tricia,
21:40but it's happened as we get more letters from Paul.
21:43A consonant, please, Rachel.
21:45Thank you, Paul.
21:46N.
21:48Another consonant.
21:49Y.
21:50One more.
21:52G.
21:53One more.
21:54A consonant.
21:56A vowel.
21:58O.
21:59Another vowel.
22:00U.
22:01One more.
22:02Vowel.
22:03O.
22:05A consonant.
22:06L.
22:08And a final consonant.
22:11And a final W.
22:13Good luck, y'all.
22:14A consonant.
22:15деся.
22:32Two more.
22:34One more.
22:35Two.
22:37Where is it?
22:39We will,
22:40Four other frontal parag ñ
22:40One more.
22:41MUSIC
22:45Paul Critchley? Just a five.
22:47Tricia, Dad? I've got a seven.
22:49A seven. The five, Paul? A growl.
22:52And the seven, Tricia?
22:54Wrongly. Wrongly. Excellent. Well spotted.
22:56Oh, yes. Good stop.
22:58Excellent.
22:59I'd have put the Y on growl. My dog's growly.
23:02You can be growly. He's growly.
23:04It's a weird word, but, yeah.
23:05Wouldn't have mattered, Paul. Wouldn't have mattered at all.
23:07Because the seven's there for Tricia.
23:09What can we add in there,
23:11Bob Harris? Same. Growly
23:13and wrongly.
23:15That's our pick as well. And that's
23:17it. Within three points
23:19now, but look at these scores. Unbelievable.
23:21Five rounds to go. Could happen.
23:24Could have two centuries today. Could have
23:25a losing score of a century. It'll be in and around
23:27that. Let's get on with the game.
23:29And you're picking these letters, Tricia.
23:31A vowel, please. Thank you, Tricia.
23:34E. And another.
23:36A.
23:37And a consonant, please.
23:40E.
23:41And another.
23:42T.
23:44And a vowel.
23:46E.
23:49And another vowel.
23:51A.
23:53And a consonant.
23:55N.
23:57And another consonant.
24:00T.
24:01And a vowel, please.
24:03Deja vu.
24:04A final.
24:05E.
24:07But seriously.
24:08E.
24:09E.
24:10E.
24:12E.
24:12E.
24:13E.
24:15E.
24:16E.
24:18E.
24:24E.
24:25E.
24:39All righty, all righty.
24:42How many, Tricia?
24:43Six.
24:44And for you, Paul?
24:44Six.
24:45Let's get the words, Tricia.
24:47Tenant.
24:47Tenant.
24:48And for you, Paul?
24:49Neaton.
24:51Neaton and Tenant.
24:52We're OK with that, yeah?
24:53Yeah, absolutely fine.
24:54Listen, I'm sure you have, maybe you have,
24:56but never before sitting at home or sitting here
24:58have I seen that, saying four letters twice
25:00and then the sequence starts again on the ninth letter.
25:03I've never seen that.
25:04Crazy.
25:05We could creep to a seven.
25:06Yeah?
25:07With Entente, as in Entente Cordial.
25:11So, you know, a friendly alliance.
25:13Yeah?
25:14Yeah.
25:1565.
25:16I'm not going to curse it again by saying it's gone all the way.
25:18We'll see what happens.
25:20But it's time for Origins of Words with four rounds left.
25:23A lovely email came in from Adrian Sue Crowver from Hebden Bridge
25:27and they want to know about a word that comes up frequently
25:30in conversation, which is off-comer or off-comden.
25:34It's spelt in many different ways.
25:36And they're not originally from Hebden Bridge
25:39and so they say it's frequently applied to them.
25:42And the key thing is they're people who have moved in
25:44and don't belong to the area.
25:46So they're wondering where this word comes from.
25:48So an off-comer or an off-comden is indeed a newcomer
25:51and, in fact, it belongs to the same family as a newcomer
25:54because an in-comer indeed as well.
25:56It is somebody who has come from off, i.e. from outside.
26:00It's been recorded in regional English since 1898,
26:04as far as I could see, in my local dictionaries.
26:07And it was noted in a glossary of words
26:09from Cumberland and Westmoreland originally,
26:11which was a former county in the north of England.
26:15And it got me thinking, really,
26:17about so many words to do with outsiders.
26:19And I think anyone who has moved into
26:21a quite tightly-knit community will be aware of the fact
26:24that they are new and will be viewed
26:26with a little bit of scepticism for a while
26:29until you completely settle in.
26:31But foreigner itself is quite an interesting one
26:34because a phoranus for the Romans
26:36was somebody from outside or beyond.
26:39And that gave us not only foreigner but also forest
26:41because a forest was often kind of beyond the settlement
26:45of a city or people weren't allowed to go into it
26:48because very often it belonged to a nobleman or the monarch.
26:52And, interestingly, phoranus also gave us the ur in hors d'oeuvre,
26:58believe it or not, crept into different languages.
27:00And that means outside the main bit.
27:04So, you know, something that's excluded on a menu
27:07from the ordinary courses,
27:08but it's all to do with being outside.
27:11And there's so many where you can see
27:13how that sort of slight distrust of foreigners
27:16has embedded itself in English.
27:19So the first meaning of strange
27:21was someone from another country.
27:23It gave us stranger because they seemed to be strange.
27:26Outlandish was somebody who came from the outland,
27:28somebody who came from beyond.
27:30Alien can mean somebody from elsewhere.
27:33It can also mean sort of strange and unusual to us.
27:38But, thankfully, a little bit like Grockles in Devon
27:41and Emmett's in Cornwall,
27:42I think offcomers are off-combed and used slightly affectionately.
27:46And, unlike Grockles and Emmett, who will always be tourists,
27:49I think it's very possible for an offcomer
27:51to become a fully-fledged native, but only in time.
27:55Thank you, Susie.
27:56APPLAUSE
27:59OK, who's going to be coming back tomorrow?
28:02We have no idea.
28:04Three points in it.
28:05Paul, our challenger, just in front.
28:07Cook him down to three points.
28:09It's your letters.
28:10Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:12Thank you, Paul.
28:14D.
28:14One more.
28:16N.
28:17One more.
28:19M.
28:21Vowel, please.
28:22I.
28:23One more vowel.
28:24E.
28:26Consonant.
28:28L.
28:29A consonant.
28:31S.
28:32A vowel.
28:33U.
28:34And one more vowel.
28:36And a final A.
28:39Let's play.
28:41We'll see you next time.
28:42All right.
28:51We'll see you next time.
28:52All right.
29:02We'll be back.
29:03Bye, Paul.
29:09We'll be back.
29:09We'll be back.
29:11Paul.
29:11A seven.
29:12A seven from Paul.
29:13Trisha.
29:14And a seven.
29:15And a seven.
29:15Here we go, Paul.
29:16A mislead.
29:17Mislead and Trisha.
29:19Maidens.
29:20Maidens.
29:21Very nice.
29:22Yeah.
29:22And mislead.
29:23Well, both of you.
29:25Anything else?
29:26We do have an eight.
29:27We do.
29:28Muslin.
29:29Muslin.
29:30Yes.
29:30Very muslin.
29:31Yeah.
29:32Lovely.
29:33Three points to difference.
29:35I just want to get straight back into last letters.
29:38Trisha, data champion, under pressure.
29:40A vowel, please, Rachel.
29:42Thank you, Trisha.
29:43I.
29:44And a consonant.
29:46Z.
29:48And another vowel.
29:51O.
29:53And another vowel.
29:55I.
29:56And a consonant.
29:58T.
30:00A consonant, please.
30:04S.
30:06And another consonant.
30:09M.
30:12And a vowel.
30:15A.
30:17And a final consonant, please.
30:20A final D.
30:22Last letters.
30:23I.
30:24A.
30:25I.
30:25A
30:26A.
30:52I.
30:54Tricia?
30:55I'll risk a seven.
30:57What a time to do it. Paul?
30:59Six. Also risky.
31:01Wow, wow, wow. Six is?
31:03Idioms.
31:04And for you, Tricia?
31:05I hope it's a word. Mastoid?
31:07Oh, yes, the mastoid process,
31:09which is all to do with the temporal bone behind the ear.
31:12Well done.
31:13Wow, great. What time to do that?
31:16What a time to pull out mastoid, which I thought was a transformer.
31:20What have you got?
31:21Diatons.
31:22Diatons.
31:23Yes, single-celled algae.
31:25Seven as well.
31:26Right, the two sevens.
31:27That means the lead switches to Tricia but keeps us in the same zone.
31:33Two rounds to go.
31:34Paul, final numbers.
31:36We'll go one large, please, Rachel.
31:38You're hoping for that crucial conundrum.
31:41One large, five little.
31:42Let's see if we can get there.
31:44Important last numbers.
31:45And they are two, eight, ten, three, six and 25.
31:52And the target, 339.
31:55Three, three, nine.
31:56Last numbers.
31:57Well, if we could get that billion years after the吗
32:28Paul? 339.
32:31Tricia? 337.
32:32You've been taking a breath.
32:34Countdown's meant to be relaxing.
32:36Paul, off you go.
32:3810 plus 3.
32:3910 plus 3, 13.
32:41Times the 25.
32:43325.
32:44Plus the 8, plus the 6.
32:45And you have a crucial and you have the lead for it.
32:48Yes.
32:51Well, here we go.
32:52Our singing champion has been our headliner
32:55for almost all of this week.
32:57But our challenger, Paul,
32:58is looking to knock her off the top of the countdown charts.
33:01Let's get your fingers on the buzzers
33:03because it's time to see what Tricia and Paul do for an encore
33:07as we reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:21To stay in the chair.
33:23Unspoiled?
33:24Let's see if it is.
33:26Oh!
33:32Oh, my goodness me.
33:34That running after your Origins Awards.
33:37The lead chopping and changing hands.
33:38That was amazing.
33:39Oh, just absolutely stunning.
33:41First of all, Paul, you know, what a joy it's been today for us.
33:45I think you've went through all sorts of hell, though,
33:47in the last 45 minutes or so, right?
33:49Just a little bit, yeah.
33:50A couple of mistakes.
33:51But, no, it's been a great experience.
33:53We've loved it.
33:54And, again, I've said it enough times for it to be true.
33:58I cannot believe how close the battles have been in Series 90.
34:02And, Tricia, from a 1.11 and absolute dominance, how did that feel to be in such a close battle
34:08today's champion?
34:09Terrible.
34:09Oh, I'd like a lie down now, please.
34:13I'll give you a 23 hours and 10 minutes rest.
34:17Roughly about that.
34:18Roughly about that.
34:19And same for you, Bob and Susie.
34:20Definitely.
34:21I'm going to see you tomorrow.
34:21See you then.
34:22And, Rachel, wow, another catch-your-breath day.
34:24Yeah, I think we're all going to need to lie down after that, not at least, Tricia.
34:27Absolutely.
34:27Rest up, easy, rest up, easy.
34:29Come back full of beans.
34:30We'll be waiting for you.
34:31Same time tomorrow.
34:32You can count on us.
34:34You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
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