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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown on Monday, September the 30th.
00:35Where has this month gone? Thank you very much for being with us.
00:37Thank you very much for tuning in. A bit of magic in the air today, Rachel.
00:41How are you? Not with me.
00:42Looking at the wrong woman if you want magic.
00:44We'll get to that in a second. But tell me this.
00:47When I say magic to you, what do you think?
00:50Well, I actually went to see a magic show recently,
00:53more of a comedy magic show, so it's purposefully bad magic.
00:56It's a group, a German duo called Siegfried and Joy.
01:00Ah, yes.
01:00Instead of Siegfried and Roy.
01:02And they do these videos where they kind of have a magic sheet
01:04and everyone disappears and you can see the child running off
01:07in the background and falling over.
01:08My first experience, similarly, but was, you know,
01:11an absolutely great, an all-time great magician.
01:14But I didn't know that growing up.
01:15I saw he was a comedian, which was Tommy Cooper,
01:17who was just so funny to just even look at before he opened his mouth.
01:21You know, all those great funny faces.
01:23But the biggest thing was the Paul Daniels magic show.
01:26I mean, that started when I was a kid.
01:28And it was just always there.
01:30Like the Olympics or the World Cup, it was every year.
01:32I can't tell you how big it was.
01:34Like, we all had the magic kit.
01:36It was like, you get a football, you want a football for Christmas,
01:38you wanted a Paul Daniels magic kit.
01:40It was crazy.
01:42So, so big.
01:43Well, our magic chat is for a very good reason.
01:45Our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent.
01:47And alongside her, one of the first female magicians to become a member of the magic circle.
01:53And part of that very partnership, there was magic throughout all of the 80s and beyond.
01:59Fantastic to welcome.
02:00Debbie McGee.
02:04Don't go anywhere unless it's a magic trick.
02:07And then you can.
02:07Sure.
02:08I'll try not to vanish.
02:10That's what Neil wants to do.
02:12Try not to vanish after just one win.
02:1484 points in Friday.
02:16It was a week of nail biters.
02:17How are you feeling?
02:18Better than I did last week.
02:20You're up against Terence Newnham.
02:22How are you, Terence?
02:23I'm very well.
02:23Thank you, Colin.
02:24Now, listen, you're allowed to reapply to come on Countdown after 10 years.
02:28Many people do.
02:29We've been here for over four decades.
02:31And I love that.
02:32But I don't mention it every time.
02:33But I have to with you.
02:35Because you won.
02:36So you got the teapot back in 2007.
02:39I did.
02:40We've proudly never updated it.
02:43But you lost your second game on a triple crucial countdown conundrum.
02:49Talk me through it.
02:50What happened?
02:51It was so close.
02:52I was 10 points behind going into the crucial conundrum, which I got.
02:56Which is great.
02:57So we went to a second conundrum.
03:00But no one got it.
03:01And no one in the studio got it.
03:02It was one of those really hard ones.
03:03So I went to a third one.
03:04I was just pipped.
03:07And, yeah, cruelly knocked it out.
03:08What was the word in the third one?
03:11Inventing.
03:12Yeah.
03:12There was an ing word.
03:13I should have got it.
03:14It's good that it's not completely ingrained.
03:16No, I'm not.
03:16It's not eating away at me.
03:17Every word at all.
03:18Well, let's see what happens today.
03:20Terrence and Neil, good luck.
03:23Purple.
03:24Crucial.
03:24We'd love that.
03:25Neil, off we go.
03:26Hi, Rachel.
03:26Hi, Neil.
03:27I'll have a consonant, please.
03:30Start the week with N.
03:31And another one.
03:33R.
03:35And a third, please.
03:37S.
03:38And a vowel.
03:40I.
03:41Another vowel.
03:43O.
03:44And a third vowel, please.
03:46E.
03:48A consonant.
03:50L.
03:51Consonant.
03:53C.
03:54And another consonant, please.
03:56And a final F.
03:58At home and in the studio.
04:00Let's play Countdown.
04:30Neil.
04:31Seven, but not written down.
04:33And Terrence?
04:34Eights.
04:35Neil, what's the seven?
04:37Recoins.
04:38And for you, Terrence?
04:39Forensic.
04:40Forensic.
04:41Forensic.
04:42Absolutely brilliant.
04:42There's no re-coin.
04:44I'm afraid coiner would have been fine.
04:45But forensic.
04:46Brilliant.
04:47Sensation.
04:50So, after your forensic examination of those nine letters,
04:53is that all we have?
04:54No, no, no.
04:55We had another eight-letter word, which was...
04:59Conifers.
05:00Conifers.
05:00Yeah.
05:01To add to forensic, what a start in Terrence.
05:03Hey, great stuff.
05:05Off we go, your letters.
05:06Good afternoon.
05:07Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:09Start with...
05:11T.
05:11And a second.
05:13S.
05:14And a third.
05:16R.
05:17And a vowel, please.
05:19I.
05:20And another.
05:22U.
05:23And another.
05:25I.
05:27A consonant, please.
05:28G.
05:30And another.
05:32P.
05:33And let's finish with a vowel, please.
05:36And finish with E.
05:38And start the clock.
05:39E.
05:40And another.
05:41And finally.
05:54C.
05:54And another.
06:02Lack.
06:02MUSIC PLAYS
06:09Terence?
06:11Six.
06:12Neil?
06:13Seven.
06:14Terence, what have you got?
06:15Priest.
06:16Priest. And for you, Neil?
06:18Gustier.
06:19Gustier, yes.
06:21Today's a bit gustier than yesterday.
06:22We had windier last week, didn't we?
06:25Gustier this week.
06:26Gustier is to blow those conifers down.
06:28Yes, exactly.
06:29What else do we have?
06:30That was our best one, actually.
06:32We had purges for six, otherwise, yeah.
06:34There you go.
06:35First numbers of the day, Neil?
06:37I'll have one large and five nought, please.
06:40Thank you, Neil. One from the top, five noughts.
06:43First numbers of the week are seven, eight, seven, one, two and 50.
06:51And the target to reach with them, 123.
06:54123. Numbers up.
07:01��paste.
07:01.
07:01.
07:01.
07:30MUSIC CONTINUES
07:311, 2, 3
07:32Yeah, off you go, name
07:3450 plus 8
07:3558
07:36Times 2
07:38116
07:38And add the 7
07:401, 2, 3
07:41Terence?
07:42Yeah, exactly the same way
07:44Brilliant
07:45APPLAUSE
07:47Going to be another close one
07:49Just one point in it
07:50As we get our first Tea Time teaser of the week
07:52It's Cayman Cup
07:54Cayman Cup
07:55As in the Cayman Islands
07:56Sounds like the worst movie ever made
07:58Set up a commercial business
08:00Just go with it
08:01Set up a commercial business
08:03Just go with it
08:12APPLAUSE
08:20Welcome back
08:21Set up a commercial business
08:22Just go with it
08:23A company
08:24A company was our Tea Time teaser
08:26Terence, really good start for you
08:28Point ahead and your letters
08:30Thank you
08:30A consonant, please
08:31Thank you, Terence
08:32T
08:33And a second
08:36R
08:36And a third
08:39G
08:39And a fourth
08:42T
08:43And a vowel, please
08:44A
08:45And another
08:47And another
08:50And another
08:51And a consonant
08:53P
08:55And another consonant, please
08:58A final N
08:59Good luck
09:01Good luck
09:05So
09:06MUSIC PLAYS
09:31Terence?
09:32Seven.
09:34Seven and Neil.
09:36I'll risk an eight.
09:38Why not, Terence?
09:39Patting.
09:40Neil?
09:41Pirating.
09:42Well, can't you be pirating?
09:44Well, you can pirate something, but you need two eyes,
09:47which we don't have.
09:49But, yes, in principle it would have been fine.
09:51Sorry, Neil.
09:52So Terence counts, gets the points.
09:54Absolutely, yes.
09:55What about you, Debbie? Any risks for me?
09:58Rotating.
09:59Very nice.
10:00Yeah, we'll get you to an eight.
10:01Yeah, well done, well done indeed.
10:03At 25.17, off you go, rescue Neil.
10:07Have a consonant, please.
10:09Thank you, Neil.
10:10V.
10:11And another one.
10:13N.
10:14And a third.
10:16M.
10:18And a fourth, please.
10:21D.
10:21A.
10:23And a vowel.
10:24B.
10:25Another vowel.
10:27I.
10:29And another vowel, please.
10:31A.
10:33And a consonant.
10:36R.
10:38And a consonant, please.
10:40And lastly, F.
10:42And half a minute.
10:42And a Romanian.
10:45They smell it.
10:46They smell it.
11:11And another one.
11:12Loved to one.
11:14Neil just six just a sex Terrence hey I'll stick with the six okay
11:18What you got Neil ravine a ravine and Terrence framed framed as well all good
11:24Yes, come on Debbie. What we got. I waved my magic wand a bit
11:29We've got ravined ravines
11:33Neil sorry about that. I feel so sorry for you especially after the previous world, but anyway
11:39Invader so as well. That's another one. Yeah, we've got some others got a fireman as well. Yeah, oh, yeah
11:44fireman
11:46Fireman great great work from next to me corner
11:49I'm back to the numbers, but Terrence your first time choosing I can have two large and four from anywhere
11:54else
11:54Please you can indeed. Thank you Terrence. Too big for little coming up and for the second time today. The
12:00numbers ten four
12:03seven five and the large two 50 and
12:0725
12:08And the target six hundred and thirty one six three one numbers up
12:43Six three one Terrence no six two four six two four misses it by seven nail no not even close
12:51wow so five points Terrence
12:52So I've got 50 plus five plus seven
12:57Sixty two times that by ten six hundred and twenty and then at the four and the four six two
13:03four seven away
13:04And for you Rachel six three one. Yeah couple of ways one of them if you say seven minus five
13:10is two
13:11Fifty divided by two is twenty five ten five times twenty five
13:16Six hundred and twenty five and then ten minus four is six to add on
13:21the six three one
13:22Yeah
13:26Debbie our first chat of the week we haven't got enough days because so many questions
13:31But could you indulge us and take us back to like day one of the Paul Daniels
13:36So because I know you've been working with Paul already on you for quite a long time three years
13:40Yeah three years and all of that you know personal and professional
13:44But day one like I mean did you think it was ever going to be as big as it became
13:49no not at all
13:50But he'd done his TV shows for three years before I joined it. Yeah, and so I will tell you
13:56the experience of my first day in rehearsals
13:59Yes
14:00At the BBC old actor rehearsal rooms my first
14:04proper illusion really that I was doing and
14:08They put me in this crate
14:10Which is now in a museum in London actually and cut me into seven pieces with pieces of
14:18Perspex and it was an illusion. I actually couldn't get myself out of and
14:23Then I heard Paul say okay crew everybody
14:26coffee 15 minutes
14:29Joke on me thinking that there are walls and I'm thinking what do I do?
14:33Has he forgotten I'm in this box, you know, but anyway, it was a joke
14:36They all went quiet for a little while and a few steps of the feet as if they were walking
14:41out
14:41And then they all started laughing and got me out
14:43But yeah, that was my first experience on the TV show
14:46That's such a nice thing to do in it to immediately make you feel like part of the team
14:51I don't I think you know because I worked with Paul in the theater for three years before that and
14:56what people don't know is
14:57I was a ballet dancer in Iran and got stuck in the revolution
15:00Yeah, and but I'd worked as a backing dancer for ABBA and some other big pop stars
15:06Christopher and people around Europe
15:08So I was kind of used to cameras and whatever but magic is a whole different ballgame
15:14Yeah, and especially being locked in a blimmin illusion
15:17My goodness me
15:19And now you listen you were locked in for life then weren't you?
15:22Yeah, I certainly was
15:23With Paul that's sensational I love it
15:25You can't just drop I used to tour with ABBA by the way
15:28And not expect us to come back to that later in the week
15:31But for now Debbie thank you
15:32Thank you
15:34Right let's get more letters and it's Neil
15:37Of a consonant please
15:38Thank you Neil
15:39T
15:40And another one
15:42S
15:43And a third please
15:45D
15:46And a vowel
15:47E
15:49Vowel
15:50A
15:51Consonant
15:53M
15:56Consonant
15:57Y
15:59Vowel
16:01E
16:02An A consonant please
16:04And lastly T
16:06And let's do it
16:28Let's do it
16:37Neil
16:38Seven
16:39And for you Terence
16:40Ah yeah seven
16:41Seven as well off you go Neil
16:43Steamed
16:44Steamed
16:44And Terence
16:45Exactly the same
16:46Steamed
16:47And I hold you both in high esteem well done Dictionary Corner
16:50I don't know what it means but we have metates
16:52Oh it's a type of potato
16:54Is it?
16:54It's just a posh type of mashed potato, metates
16:57Yeah we'll move on now
16:58Now what is it Susie?
16:59It's a stone on which grain and cocoa and various substances are ground with a smaller stone in Central America
17:07Brilliant
17:07Of course it is
17:08Yeah that's great I love that
17:09I'll be using that now
17:11Terence let's score again
17:13A consonant please
17:14Thank you Terence
17:15L
17:16And another
17:18B
17:19And a vowel
17:21U
17:22And another please
17:24O
17:25And a consonant
17:27N
17:28And another
17:30G
17:31And another
17:34R
17:35R
17:35R
17:36Vowel please
17:36A
17:38And a final consonant
17:40Final T
17:42And 30 seconds
17:44To be continued
17:44To be continued
17:47To be continued
18:13To be continued
18:14Terence
18:15Just a five
18:16And Neil a chance
18:17I'll risk a seven
18:19I think you need to
18:20I think you need to
18:21He's very very good
18:22Terence
18:23Blute
18:23So a little opportunity for Neil
18:26Outrang
18:28Outrang
18:29Let's look up outring
18:31Oh I'm not having much luck with the dictionary today Neil
18:33It is not there I'm afraid
18:36Outrange
18:37Had we had the E but not outrang sorry
18:39Was there anything valid Debbie?
18:41Yes we've got two seven letter words
18:45Yeah
18:45Which my favourite is gunboat
18:47A gunboat
18:48Because you would have thought that would be obvious but it never is is it?
18:51And
18:52Langer
18:52And if you're feeling langerous it's kind of pleasurably lazy
18:56Yes please
18:56Like I am here you know
18:57Langerous
18:58Feeling langerous in that chair
19:00Yes
19:01Excellent stuff
19:02We'll get you a coffee
19:03Thank you
19:05Numbers again already
19:06Third numbers round of the day
19:08Neil
19:08One large and five small please
19:11Thank you Neil
19:11Just one from the top five little no gambles just yet
19:15And this time your numbers
19:17Seven
19:18One
19:19Eight
19:21Nine
19:22Another eight
19:23And one hundred
19:24Could be tricky let's see
19:25The target
19:26Five hundred and thirty four
19:27Five
19:28Three
19:28Four numbers up
19:29One
19:29Two
19:31Two
19:34Two
19:36One
19:36Two
19:37Three
19:37Four
19:37Four
19:39One
19:39Two
19:40One
19:42Two
19:44One
19:47One
19:49Three
19:51One
20:005, 3, 4, nil.
20:025, 3, 6.
20:04Two away. Terrence?
20:05No, no, we're nil.
20:06OK, this is seven points for you, if you're right.
20:097 minus 1 is 6.
20:107 minus 1, 6.
20:12Times 100.
20:13600.
20:148 times 8.
20:16Yeah.
20:1764, take it away.
20:195, 3, 6, two away.
20:21Magic.
20:235, 3, 4, H.
20:24I can get you one closer, but I thought it might be tricky with that selection,
20:28and it was.
20:29It was impossible, this one.
20:30Brilliant.
20:31That's W is impressive.
20:32Well done, Lee.
20:35It's getting towards our second break.
20:37You're thinking, you know what?
20:39Terrence is pulling away.
20:40Am I just going to make a cup of tea?
20:42Make that bed that needs made?
20:44Not anymore.
20:4511 points in it.
20:46Stay with us.
20:46Six rounds to go.
20:48Tina rages.
20:50Tina rages is your tea time teaser.
20:52Tina rages at anything to do with change.
20:55She's not for it.
20:56Tina rages at anything to do with change.
20:58She's not for it.
21:15Hello again.
21:16Tina rages at anything to do with change.
21:18She's not for it.
21:20Against her.
21:21Against her.
21:22Never heard of this word, Susan.
21:23Yeah, I think this would be a constant critic and against her.
21:26Somebody who always opposes things, just for the sake of it sometimes.
21:29What a terrible thing to be levelled at.
21:31I agree.
21:32Terrible, terrible, terrible.
21:33Right, back to the game.
21:34Just 11 points in it.
21:36We're back in that knife edge.
21:37Can Terrence hold his nerve?
21:39It's your letters.
21:40I'll try.
21:41A consonant, please.
21:42Thank you, Terrence.
21:52And a final consonant, please.
22:07And a final N.
22:09And here we go again.
22:41That's time.
22:42Terrence.
22:43Eight.
22:44Neil.
22:45Just seven.
22:46Seven is?
22:47Sonnier.
22:48Sonnier.
22:48And for you, Terrence?
22:50Ushering.
22:51Ushering.
22:52Absolutely brilliant.
22:52Ah!
22:53APPLAUSE
22:57Anything else to add in there?
22:59Very similar.
23:00Ensuring.
23:01Very good.
23:02Big moment for Terrence to pull that one out of the bag.
23:05A lot to do for a champion.
23:06Neil, and it's your letters.
23:08I'll have a consonant, please.
23:09Thank you, Neil.
23:11K.
23:12And another one.
23:14M.
23:16And a third.
23:18S.
23:19A vowel.
23:21A.
23:23Another vowel.
23:24O.
23:26A consonant.
23:28G.
23:30A vowel.
23:31E.
23:34A consonant.
23:36R.
23:38And a consonant, please.
23:41A final W.
23:43Tone down.
23:44One, two, three.
24:14And time's up, Neil.
24:16Got a risk of another seven.
24:17And for you, Terence?
24:19Six.
24:19Stick with the six.
24:20Smoker.
24:21It's everything being thrown to the wind now.
24:23Neil?
24:24Gawkers.
24:25Oh, gawkers.
24:27You didn't see it, but it's in.
24:29Well done.
24:30APPLAUSE
24:33You'll find it for your Countdown Life, this is magnificent.
24:36Taking all the rest of that one paid off, so 12 points in it.
24:40Right, Debbie, how did you get on?
24:41Well, we didn't have any that were particularly good.
24:44We had smoker and soaker, which, you know, six letters.
24:49You did really well.
24:50Goodness me, we're all set up again, aren't we?
24:52We're all set up again as we get our first Origins of Words of the Week.
24:56Susie Dent.
24:58Well, thanks to Cathy Yowd, who was emailing
25:02while watching the Trooping of the Colour a little while ago,
25:05and it reminded her of something that she says has always puzzled her.
25:08Why do we use the word troops to mean a number of individual soldiers,
25:13e.g. 100 soldiers will be described as 100 troops?
25:16But, Cathy says, for me, a troop is a collective noun,
25:19so shouldn't it be used in this way?
25:20It really confuses me.
25:23Go back to the beginning.
25:24The word troop is from the French troupe, O-U-P-E,
25:29which itself is built on a Latin word meaning a flock.
25:33So, Cathy's right from this point of view.
25:34It is, well, it's a collective noun, a group of people.
25:38And, in fact, it's a sibling of the Old English word thorpe,
25:41which you'll find in a lot of place names, meaning a village or a community.
25:45So, just as a community of a thorpe includes lots of people,
25:49so a troop also signified many people together.
25:52But, as the word troop is singular or plural,
25:55this is one of those cases where anything goes.
25:57And I know a lot of people who are sticklers for correct usage won't like this,
26:01but some people think it should only be used in the plural, troops.
26:05Other people think it should only be used as a collective noun.
26:08It accommodates both.
26:10When it came into English from that French word,
26:13it meant a group of soldiers.
26:15Then you could add the plural answer, you could talk about a thousand troops.
26:19But this is where it gets slightly problematic,
26:21because if you take 999 of those troops away, do you have one troop?
26:26Kind of sounds slightly odd, but the dictionary will allow you both.
26:30But, for me, what's just as interesting is,
26:32and I thought of Debbie when I was thinking about this,
26:36is that when you say someone is a real trooper,
26:38you might go back to that kind of military sense.
26:41But, actually, this is all about a dance troupe,
26:43not about soldiers at all.
26:45And it looks back to the theatrical world in the 19th century,
26:48when a troupe was a company of performers.
26:50It was very much the show must go on.
26:53So, next time you're calling someone a real trooper,
26:56remember to spell it with a U.
26:58Not to talk about. Thank you.
26:59APPLAUSE
27:02OK. 56 for Terence at our challenger.
27:0744 for our champion, Neil.
27:09So, it could still go either way.
27:11Terence, here we go. What's your letters?
27:13Thank you. Consonant, please.
27:15Thank you, Terence.
27:16D.
27:17And a second.
27:19P.
27:20And a third.
27:22T.
27:23And a vowel.
27:24A final.
27:26And another.
27:27U.
27:28And another.
27:29E.
27:31A consonant.
27:32Z.
27:34Another.
27:36T.
27:37And a final vowel, please.
27:41A final O.
27:42Let's play.
27:43That's it.
27:45And a vowel.
27:50They go.
27:51So.
27:52One.
27:53One.
27:54The one.
27:55And a vowel.
27:55Three.
28:09Two.
28:10MUSIC
28:14Terence?
28:15Er, six.
28:16Neil?
28:17And six.
28:18Terence?
28:19Er, potted.
28:20OK, potted.
28:21Pitted.
28:22Unpitted.
28:23Mm-hm.
28:24Unputted.
28:25Fuck, can we go beyond that?
28:27You can add an I to putted for puttied.
28:29Yes.
28:29Puttied windows.
28:30Yeah.
28:31And, of course, on my dancing shoes and Rachel's, it's tiptoed.
28:36Tiptoed!
28:37Yeah.
28:38Through the tulips.
28:39Exactly.
28:40That's for seven as well.
28:42And we get to the last letters now, Neil.
28:44A vague consonant, please.
28:46Thank you, Neil.
28:47L.
28:48And another one.
28:50S.
28:51And a third.
28:53W.
28:54And a vowel.
28:57A.
28:58Another vowel.
29:00E.
29:01A consonant.
29:04S.
29:06A vowel.
29:08A.
29:11A consonant.
29:13M.
29:15And another consonant, please.
29:17Lastly, D.
29:18Last letters.
29:20Two years.
29:26There he is.
29:46Oh penance.
29:49They have a vowel.
29:50Interesting. Neil?
29:52I'll stick with a six.
29:53Oh, Terence?
29:54Seven.
29:56What a moment!
29:58The six?
29:59Salads.
30:00Yes, and Terence?
30:02Amassed.
30:03And just as we go over the dictionary corner,
30:05Neil, I'll stop on my way past...
30:07What were you thinking of risking?
30:10Salford.
30:11And that was four... Seven.
30:12Seven as well. You'd have shared the points.
30:15Erm...
30:16No, it is not there as if...
30:17I would have given you that one myself, but it's not there as a verb,
30:21so you made the right choice, sort of.
30:22But, yeah, nothing lost.
30:24Nothing lost.
30:24That's the key, so it's easier to sleep at night with that one.
30:28Debbie, what did you get?
30:29Well, we got both of those,
30:32and I don't know if you've got anything else.
30:34I don't know if this is a word,
30:36but I came up with wassled.
30:39W-A-S-S-L-E-D.
30:41Yeah, it's...
30:43It's pronounced wassled, but it's spelt wassailed,
30:46with A-I-L-E-D.
30:47But it's a great word like drinking, let's suppose.
30:50We could add an E to salad for salad,
30:54which are not French salads, contrary to expectation,
30:57and light helmets worn as part of medieval armour.
31:01Thank you, my damsels.
31:02I appreciate that.
31:04Right.
31:06We are at 19 points in it.
31:09So, actually, still there, Neil, of course,
31:11if you can better Terence at the last numbers.
31:13Bad news for a champion, though.
31:15Terence is picking them.
31:16Can I have one large and five small, please?
31:18You want the easiest or the most impossible one.
31:20Yes, please.
31:21Either end of the spectrum will do for you.
31:23Let's see what we end up with.
31:24Final numbers of the day.
31:25Eight,
31:26nine,
31:27one,
31:29seven,
31:30ten,
31:31and 100.
31:32Could be another tricky one.
31:33The target...
31:34Maybe not.
31:35102.
31:36102.
31:37A
31:38Mesmer mont yeah.
31:54Two.
31:56Two
32:08It worked out perfectly, Terence.
32:10102?
32:11102.
32:11Yes, and Neil?
32:12Yeah, 102.
32:13He's about to collect a second teapot.
32:15That's just greedy.
32:16Off you go, Terence.
32:189 minus 7 is 2 plus 100.
32:21Not the trickiest around.
32:23Neil?
32:24I did 10 minus 8 to make it with 2.
32:26We'll give you 10 points.
32:28APPLAUSE
32:30So there we go.
32:31We have a new champion today.
32:32I'm kind of glad, Terence, that you're not 10 points behind
32:36going into the last round.
32:37I think we were able to get a medic in if that history had it repeated.
32:41So let's get your fingers on the buzzers.
32:42It's not crucial, but it's been really pleasurable today.
32:45So thank you to Neil and Terence for this afternoon.
32:48And let's do our Countdown Conundrum.
32:52MUSIC PLAYS
33:18Right at the desk.
33:19I don't think it is, no, reticence.
33:21Is it reticence?
33:23It's not.
33:24You've got a couple of seconds.
33:25Here we go, Neil.
33:28Oh, not even worth a punt.
33:30I thought it was Terence for about 27 seconds of that.
33:34Looking around your studio, this has been a real stumper, I think.
33:38No?
33:39No.
33:40OK.
33:41Well, abracadabra, let's reveal it.
33:44Oh!
33:45APPLAUSE
33:46Oh, nectarine, nectarine.
33:48Very, very good indeed.
33:50It's all apples and oranges, isn't it, this show?
33:53Terence, well done, mate.
33:54You're back in the Champions chair over 10 years later.
33:57Yeah.
33:57Brilliant, well done.
33:59Second teapot to him.
34:00Neil, happy days, mate.
34:02What a pleasure.
34:02What a pleasure.
34:03Thanks for having me.
34:04Great time.
34:05Don't know what's going on in these shows.
34:06There's just no walkovers in Series 90.
34:09Chaos is the words, the chaos series.
34:11Brilliant.
34:12And a little bit of chaos, I think, with Debbie McGee.
34:15Great avenue in the extreme corner.
34:17We'll see you tomorrow with Susie.
34:18Yes, look forward to it.
34:19Brilliant.
34:19And all done for today, Rachel.
34:21Have a good day.
34:21See you tomorrow.
34:22Excellent.
34:23Thank you so much.
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