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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Wednesday's Countdown.
00:33Mid-week already, so hopefully you can dine tools
00:36and take a bit of time off this afternoon and spend it with us
00:39because Countdown is nothing without you.
00:41And, Rachel, when we turn up every week to do Countdown,
00:45there's always a smattering of letters and parcels.
00:48May contain penguins. More on that later.
00:50But there was one letter in particular this week
00:53that really caught everyone's eyes.
00:55Yeah, it's one of my favourite letters we've ever had from a viewer.
00:58Shall I read it to you? Yeah. Please.
00:59It says,
01:00Dear Colin, Rachel and Susie, my name is Maximilian.
01:03I am seven years old and I live in London.
01:05I started watching Countdown in my late fives.
01:09Which I think is the best line ever written in a letter.
01:13By now I get most of the maths questions,
01:15but only sixes on the words.
01:17I think Countdown is awesome.
01:18I also get some conundrums like disunited in the final.
01:21And then this is why we're kindred spirits.
01:23He goes on to say,
01:24And I also support Manchester United, but they need to play better.
01:27Yeah.
01:28So we're all with you there, Max.
01:29When I'm older, I wish I was on Countdown and be as good as Arthur Page.
01:33James is great as well and I hope he gets the next trophy.
01:36Best wishes, Max.
01:37Ah, lovely, Max.
01:38We love that.
01:39So, you know, in nine years, I think we've got a player on our hands here.
01:42At seven years old.
01:44Max, you're getting sixes already.
01:46You're going to be a future Octo champ.
01:48We can't wait to see you here.
01:49Brilliant stuff.
01:50That's wonderful, isn't it?
01:51Oh, since his late fives.
01:53Yeah, late fives.
01:54Oh, you remember your late fives.
01:55Old-time viewer.
01:56Oh, your bones are creaking in your late fives.
01:59Well, let's get over to Dictionary Corner and don't worry, Max,
02:02because Susie has checked all the grammar in your letter and she's happy with it.
02:06And the fact that he's still the conundrum disunited is incredible.
02:09Yeah, Susie that with us, of course.
02:11And joined all this week by the magic, Debbie McGee.
02:16And we have a new champion this week in Terence Newnham.
02:19Hiya, Terence.
02:20Hi.
02:21Noting the collection of snazzy shirts.
02:24I got the memo, yep.
02:25Yeah.
02:26You won once when you were on Countdown in 2007.
02:29And we can always tell the expectation by how many shirts did he bring?
02:34So, did you bring eight?
02:35I brought enough.
02:37My fingers are crossed.
02:39Well, hoping to send you home with five clean shirts is Elizabeth O'Neill,
02:43who's a daughter of Glasgow, a retired teacher.
02:46How are you?
02:47I'm fine, thank you.
02:48Good.
02:48Better shirt, by the way, than his.
02:50I know.
02:50Yeah.
02:51Bit of colour.
02:52Exactly.
02:52Bit of colour.
02:53Well, when we get new contestants, they'll often tell us about things like, you know,
02:57I climbed this mountain or I did this bungee jump.
03:00But Elizabeth is a person after my own heart.
03:03You just said, I don't do danger.
03:05I don't either.
03:06Yeah.
03:06I don't even do roller coasters.
03:08Oh, no.
03:09Bungee jumps.
03:10Oh, never.
03:11No.
03:11But you go even further.
03:13The Carrick-O-Reed rope bridge, everyone watching back home will know all about that.
03:18It's about 30 metres, I think, just to the rocks below, and it connects the little island to the mainland.
03:24And you've refused to do that.
03:26Oh, I wouldn't do it.
03:29So, what's the line?
03:30Lifts?
03:30Do you do lifts?
03:31Oh, I'm OK with lifts.
03:32OK with lifts?
03:33Preferably not glass.
03:36If pushed.
03:37If pushed, I could.
03:39So, this is the most dangerous thing you've ever done?
03:41I hope not.
03:43Just don't touch anything sharp.
03:44We'll be absolutely fine.
03:46Elizabeth, Terrence, best of luck to both of you.
03:48APPLAUSE
03:49No-one's to get, shall they?
03:51Smiles all round.
03:52Let's get on with it.
03:53Terrence.
03:54Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:55Good afternoon, Terrence.
03:55Let's start with the consonant, please.
03:57Start today with R.
04:00And a second.
04:02T.
04:03And a third.
04:05M.
04:06And a vowel, please.
04:08O.
04:09And another.
04:10E.
04:11And another.
04:12A.
04:13And a consonant.
04:15P.
04:16And another.
04:19C.
04:20And a final consonant, please.
04:23A final S.
04:24At home and in the studio, let's play Coyntown.
04:27Coyntown, Coyntown, Coyntown, Coyntown, Coyntown, Coyntown, Coyntown, Coyntown, Coyntown.
04:46MUSIC
04:57Terence? Seven. And for you, Elizabeth? Seven. Seven as well.
05:01Let's get you both on the board. Terence? Tampers. And Elizabeth?
05:06Scamper. Scamper and tampers, just to recap,
05:10and over to the dictionary corner. Lovely words both. Yes, we had another seven.
05:13We did. Captives. All the sevens, although I can't
05:17compare that to Rachel. There you go, well spotted. Compares for eight.
05:22APPLAUSE
05:24You're in the lead. Elizabeth, second letters round. Consonant, please.
05:30Thank you, Elizabeth. N. And a vowel.
05:34E. And a consonant. G.
05:38And another consonant. R. And a vowel.
05:43A. And a consonant. N. And a vowel. E. And a consonant. B.
05:58And another consonant. Lastly, N. Start the clock.
06:31MUSIC
06:34Elizabeth? Only six. And Terence? Yeah, six.
06:38Elizabeth? Banger. And for Terence? Banner. Yeah. Banner, banger. Any more?
06:44We have one more, six. Yeah. Enrage. Didn't do any better.
06:48But can I just say, you know, over here in dictionary corner,
06:52only the mediocre are great all the time? Yes.
06:56LAUGHTER
06:56That's all I can say.
06:5813 points each. And Terence, numbers?
07:02I can have two from the top and four from anywhere else, please.
07:04Thank you, Terence. Two large, four little.
07:08And for the first time today, your numbers are eight, six, five, six,
07:1475 and 100.
07:16And the target, 420.
07:18420.
07:19Numbers up.
07:21MUSIC
07:33MUSIC
07:33MUSIC
07:33MUSIC
07:33MUSIC
07:52And for the first time, Terence?
07:52Yeah, 420.
07:53And for you, Elizabeth?
07:54Nothing.
07:55Nothing, don't worry.
07:56First numbers round for challenger.
07:58Often a nightmare.
07:59Terence, off you go.
08:0075 times six.
08:0275 times six.
08:03450.
08:04And then five sixes are 30.
08:06Five times the other six.
08:07And subtract.
08:08Yep.
08:08Well done.
08:09APPLAUSE
08:12And our first tea time teaser of our midweek countdown is
08:16Reece Stripes.
08:17Reece Stripes.
08:18He'll keep at it for each of his female siblings.
08:21He'll keep at it for each of his female siblings.
08:25MUSIC
08:33APPLAUSE
08:40Welcome back.
08:40He'll keep at it for each of his female siblings.
08:43Persister.
08:44Persister.
08:44And persist is what our challenger Elizabeth must do.
08:47Just ten points behind.
08:48And it's your letters.
08:49Consonant, please.
08:51Thank you, Elizabeth.
08:53S.
08:53And a vowel.
08:55A.
08:56And a consonant.
08:57W.
08:59And another consonant.
09:01L.
09:02And a vowel.
09:04U.
09:05And another vowel.
09:06I.
09:08And a consonant.
09:11I.
09:13And a consonant.
09:16M.
09:18And a vowel.
09:20Lastly, E.
09:22And good luck.
09:23MINNE CON tough.
09:30Which is an fortunate voice.
09:40Unidos gay.
09:42This guy.
09:42And a vowel.
09:42Thank you very much.
09:51And another one,
09:53to put a vowel of one Shouldn't stand?
09:53You have left?
09:54BUZZER
09:54Elizabeth.
09:56A possible six.
09:58And Terence?
09:59I'm going to try a seven.
10:01All right. Elizabeth, possible?
10:02A wassle. W-E-S-S-E-L.
10:06And for Terence, a seven.
10:08Muesleys?
10:09Oof. OK.
10:11I think...
10:14Muesleys would be fine.
10:16Yep, it's actually specified in the dictionary,
10:17so I don't have to put the usual countdown rule in.
10:19Um, wassle... Actually, we were talking about this yesterday,
10:23I think it was.
10:24If you go wassling, it's actually S-S-A-I-L,
10:28rather than the E, I'm afraid, Elizabeth. Sorry.
10:30Muesleys does the trick. Anything else to consider?
10:33Well, we were wandering aimless in the class.
10:37Yeah, seven aimless.
10:39Well done, seven more.
10:40Back to it then, Terence, your choosing.
10:42A consonant, please, Rachel.
10:44Thank you, Terence.
10:45L.
10:46And another.
10:48D.
10:48And a third.
10:50S.
10:51And a vowel, please.
10:54A.
10:54And another.
10:55O.
10:57And another.
10:58I.
10:59And a consonant, please.
11:01Zed.
11:02Ugh.
11:02Another.
11:04M.
11:05And a vowel, please.
11:07Lastly, E.
11:09Half a minute.
11:10Same.
11:24Angels.
11:25O.
11:38Wahrvero.
11:39The rooms.
11:40All right.
11:41Any risks this time, Terence?
11:43Yeah. I'm going to risk a nine.
11:46Wow. Elizabeth?
11:47I've got a very safe six.
11:49Listen, safety's where we like to be, Elizabeth.
11:51We've had this conversation. What's the six?
11:53Solid.
11:54Right, let's see.
11:55The man who would walk carrick a rope ridge without a care in the world.
11:58What's your nine?
11:59It's risky. Modalises with a Z.
12:02Terence, I had exactly the same written down, passed it over to Debbie,
12:06but unfortunately it's fallen out of the dictionary,
12:08which seems really unfair, but I do apologise.
12:11But I have to say, also, solid is a five, not a six.
12:14Oh, no.
12:15Both of you struck out there.
12:16Goodness me.
12:16I had a six.
12:18Oh, no. No points. No points all round.
12:21And that front...
12:22Kind of serves you right, Terence,
12:23for not reading the most up-to-date version of the dictionary.
12:26No.
12:27So even a three gets you points here, Debbie.
12:30What have you managed to find?
12:31We have got sleazoid.
12:34Oh!
12:36Yeah, that would get you to an eight.
12:38Sleazy, sordid, despicable,
12:39often used about lawyers, slightly unfairly, but...
12:42Yeah.
12:43It doesn't sound human, though.
12:45It does.
12:45You know, a sleazoid.
12:47Yeah, you really have to be some kind of creature
12:49for somebody to call you that.
12:50I'm going to start using that word definitely now.
12:53I can think of a few...
12:54That's my friends.
12:55You need to change your friends
12:57if you call some of your friends sleazoid.
12:59Right, 30 plays 13.
13:00The score stay the same.
13:02Elizabeth, numbers?
13:03Just one from the top, please.
13:05Thank you, Elizabeth.
13:06One large and five little coming up.
13:10Second numbers of today's contest
13:11are seven, ten, eight, four, five, and 100.
13:18And the target to make with them, 491.
13:21491.
13:22Numbers up.
13:534-9-1, Elizabeth O'Neill.
13:55Yes, 4-9-1.
13:56Told you the numbers just settle in.
13:58And Terence?
13:59Yeah, 4-9-1.
14:00Yeah, he's been here a while.
14:01Elizabeth, off you go.
14:03100 times 5.
14:05500.
14:07Minus 10.
14:08490.
14:09And 8 minus 7 is 1, to add back on.
14:12Marvellous.
14:13Ten points.
14:14Terence?
14:15Yeah, exactly the same way.
14:16Have a little look there for Elizabeth.
14:18All right.
14:20APPLAUSE
14:22Well done.
14:23Ten points more to both Terence and Elizabeth
14:26as we break bread again with Debbie McGeehan.
14:30And Debbie, I've been forcing you to go all the way back
14:32and talk about the 80s and the Paul Daniels show.
14:37Panto season's coming up.
14:38You've done quite a bit, haven't you?
14:40I have, yeah.
14:42I mean, I've done loads.
14:43I love it.
14:44You know, I really do love doing it.
14:46But one that sticks out in my mind the most is I was playing
14:50Maid Marian at the Theatre Royal in Norwich.
14:53And it was actually before Paul and I were married,
14:56but we were going out together.
14:58And he was going off to Germany to do a job,
15:01so I thought he was in Germany.
15:02But as I've said during the week,
15:05he loved playing jokes, especially on me.
15:07And it had been postponed because of snow.
15:11So he'd come up to Norwich, he'd hidden in a box in the wings
15:16where, you know, I'd stood there talking to people
15:19and that box was carried on the stage in the second half
15:23and normally I'd open it and it would be that the babes have gone
15:28because the baddie has taken them away.
15:30But on this matinee performance outstepped Paul,
15:34who I thought was in Germany.
15:35And he just walked forward and said,
15:37oh, wrong show and walked off.
15:40That was it?
15:41That was it.
15:41What a lie.
15:42And left me stunned.
15:43And I was giggling so much I couldn't get my lines out.
15:47So Robin Hood and his merry men came on
15:49and kind of covered my lines to get on with the scene.
15:52Yeah.
15:53The audience must have just...
15:54Oh, they just thought it would...
15:55They just fell about.
15:57Yeah, I couldn't recover for about half an hour, you know.
15:59With every story you tell,
16:01I'm kind of falling in love with Paul Daniels
16:03because that idea is the amount of effort to do that
16:07for just one line and to make you laugh.
16:09There's a love story in there.
16:11It's a huge love story in there.
16:12But if you think about the physicalities of that,
16:15I could go, leave the house.
16:16She thinks I'm in Germany.
16:17Probably had to stay in a hotel or so.
16:19Comes back, hides in a box.
16:21He's in there in his own singing.
16:22It's worth it.
16:23It's going to be.
16:24It's a huge effort to make you laugh.
16:26And also the phone calls, you know,
16:28to the stage manager of the theatre
16:31to work it out of where this illusion was going to be
16:34and get him into it without me seeing.
16:37Yes.
16:37You know, because I'm a person that during the show
16:39I like to watch and see what everybody else is doing.
16:41So I don't stay in the dressing room.
16:43So I'm always around.
16:45Yeah.
16:46Incredible.
16:47Yeah, and of course it did.
16:48We laughed about it for a long time.
16:49Thank you, Taze.
16:50I just love it.
16:51I love that story so much.
16:56Wonderful.
16:5717 points and a Terence.
16:59Let's see what I'm going to do next.
17:01Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:02Thank you, Terence.
17:03R.
17:04And a second.
17:06T.
17:07And a third.
17:08W.
17:09And a fourth.
17:11T.
17:12And a vowel, please.
17:14A.
17:14And another.
17:16I.
17:16And a third.
17:18A.
17:20A consonant, please.
17:22G.
17:24And a vowel.
17:25And lastly, E.
17:28Let's do it.
17:29A.
17:30A consonant, please.
17:30A consonant, please.
17:40A consonant, please.
17:40A consonant, please.
17:42A consonant, please.
17:43A consonant, please.
17:43A consonant, please.
17:43A consonant, please.
17:43A consonant, please.
17:43A consonant, please.
17:43A consonant, please.
17:45A consonant, please.
17:49A consonant, please.
17:50A consonant, please.
17:52A consonant, please.
17:56A consonant, please.
17:56MUSIC PLAYS
17:59Terence.
18:00Just a six.
18:02Elizabeth.
18:02I'll try a seven.
18:04OK. Terence.
18:05Waiter.
18:06Waiter. And Elizabeth.
18:08Wattage.
18:09Yes.
18:10Very good. Well done.
18:11Yes.
18:13I'm back within ten points and all of a sudden, there you go.
18:17It's a closely run affair.
18:20What have you got in Dictionary Corner?
18:21Well, Wattage was the top one, wasn't it, for us?
18:24So, I've got regatta, because I live in Henley-on-Thames,
18:28and we have a regatta, so that was in my head.
18:30Very nice.
18:31And we also had agitate.
18:33Fantastic. You're a little agitated yourself now, Terence.
18:37And Elizabeth, you're choosing these letters.
18:39Consonant, please.
18:40Thank you, Elizabeth.
18:42D.
18:43And a vowel.
18:45A.
18:46And a consonant.
18:48S.
18:49And another consonant.
18:51T.
18:52And a vowel.
18:53Vowel.
18:54I.
18:56And a consonant.
18:58H.
19:00And a vowel.
19:02E.
19:04And a consonant.
19:07S.
19:09And another consonant.
19:11Lastly, Y.
19:12Here we go.
19:15We'll see you next time.
19:17We'll see you next time.
19:17We'll see you next time.
19:19We'll see you next time.
19:21We'll see you next time.
19:24We'll see you next time.
19:25We'll see you next time.
19:26We'll see you next time.
19:27We'll see you next time.
19:28We'll see you next time.
19:29We'll see you next time.
19:29We'll see you next time.
19:30We'll see you next time.
19:31We'll see you next time.
19:32We'll see you next time.
19:32We'll see you next time.
19:32We'll see you next time.
19:33We'll see you next time.
19:33We'll see you next time.
19:33We'll see you next time.
19:35We'll see you next time.
19:36We'll see you next time.
19:41We'll see you next time.
19:44Elizabeth. Eight. And Terence?
19:47No, just a six. Ah, just a six. Terence?
19:51The panto word hissed.
19:56Elizabeth. Shadeous.
19:57Yes, well done.
20:00Back to within two points.
20:02It was one of those, if you could just see that one eight that was there,
20:06you were sitting nice and pretty on this.
20:08Unless there was anything else?
20:09No, we weren't sitting on anything else pretty.
20:12No shade, yes, without you.
20:14Let's get our third numbers of the day.
20:17Terence with just a squeak of a lead now.
20:20One large and five small, please.
20:23Under pressure. I bet that was a tough decision.
20:25One large, five and little could prove important today.
20:28Let's find out the numbers.
20:30Nine, seven, two, ten, six and 75.
20:36And your target? 856.
20:40856. Numbers up.
20:41That's crazy.
20:55We're one large.
20:56We're going dead to the right.
20:56We've ever talked about.
20:56We could solve our channels.
20:57Having the stages.
20:57Or you know, I can try that big.
20:58We can catch up.
21:10We can check out.
21:118-5-6, Terence.
21:14No, I've lost it.
21:15Oh! Elizabeth.
21:178-5-8.
21:18Which would be 7... Not totally written down.
21:20You don't have to worry, he lost it. Off you go.
21:2410 plus 2 is 12.
21:26Yes.
21:27Times 75.
21:29900.
21:30And six 7s are 42.
21:33Take them away and you should have... 8-5-8.
21:368-5-8, two away.
21:38You're in the lead. Quite fun.
21:40And for 8-5-6.
21:42Yeah, not the easiest for one large, but you could have said...
21:4575 plus 7 is 82.
21:48Times that by 10 for 820.
21:52And then 6 minus 2 is 4.
21:54Times by the remaining 9 for 36.
21:57And add them together, 8-5-6.
21:59APPLAUSE
22:01Great work. Can't wait to come back.
22:03See what happens after this Tea Time teaser.
22:05Giant Bree. Yes, please. Giant Bree.
22:08It sounds like he's paying money back for adding more worms.
22:12It sounds like he's paying money back for adding more worms.
22:35because he's rebating.
22:38Well, in the last three rounds before that break,
22:40Elizabeth had Terence hook, line and sinker.
22:43But let's see what happens now in these last six rounds.
22:47Elizabeth, wind in your sails.
22:49Let's go.
22:50Consonant, please.
22:51Thank you, Elizabeth.
22:52G.
22:53And a vowel.
22:55I.
22:56And a consonant.
22:57S.
23:00S.
23:00And another consonant.
23:02N.
23:03And a consonant.
23:06L.
23:08And a vowel.
23:10U.
23:11And a consonant.
23:15D.
23:16And a vowel.
23:20A.
23:22A.
23:23A.
23:24A.
23:24And a consonant.
23:25And lastly, C.
23:27All right, let's do this.
23:29C.
23:30D.
23:30Ditch.
23:31And a consonant.
23:40A.
23:41Ditch.
23:45Ditch.
23:53Bborne.
23:54BLEASE.
23:54BLEASE.
23:54BILLwatch.
23:54TO çıkar.
23:56RAPIP.
23:56BOX.
23:56BRO.
23:58TO Engineers.
23:59Bmares.
23:59Elizabeth. It's eight. Terence. I'm gonna have to gamble an eight then, yeah. Yes, I
24:06think you both might be Elizabeth. Scalding. Scalding, scalding hot water.
24:11Are you in it now, Terence? Maybe, uh, clausing. Oh. Yeah, causing would have been
24:17fine, but clause, not there is a verb, I'm afraid, Terence, I'm so sorry. Wow, another
24:22fantastic moment, Debbie. Did you spot anything? We had scalding too. That was our
24:27top one, so well done, yeah. It continues for Elizabeth as we go back to letters and
24:33Terence. Need some points. Consonant, please. Squeaky bum time. N. And another. T. And
24:44another. N. And a vowel, please. I. And another. U. And another. I. Vowel again,
24:56please. A. Consonant. P. And another consonant, please. Lastly, R. 30 seconds.
25:37Terence?
25:38Seven.
25:40You're not confident.
25:41Elizabeth?
25:42Only five.
25:43I think I know what he's going for.
25:44What's the five?
25:46Paint.
25:47This is huge.
25:48Terence?
25:49Puritan.
25:50Puritan is absolutely brilliant.
25:52Yeah.
25:52Small P, well done.
25:55It just was that dark, but it's a small P.
25:58Brilliant.
25:59Well done.
25:59Well done for gambling on that.
26:01What a game it is.
26:02We're back within six points.
26:03Debbie McGee, Susie then.
26:05Well, yeah, Puritan for seven is excellent.
26:07Otherwise, down to six is all the way.
26:09Let's stay in Dixnery Corner.
26:10Four rounds to go.
26:11What a show today.
26:12And Origins Award, Susie.
26:13Yes, this one comes from the Mitchells in Coventry,
26:16who want to know why something that's poorly constructed
26:19is said to be gerry-built.
26:22And I think for most people,
26:25and I imagine this is where you're going in your head too, Colin,
26:28would think about the Second World War,
26:30or would think about perhaps the poor defences of the German enemy
26:35or just as an insult towards the Germans.
26:37So you would think it was part of our kind of propaganda.
26:40Actually, the expression is much older than that.
26:42It first appears in the 1860s.
26:44That's when it's first recorded.
26:47And lots of different theories about this,
26:48sometimes said to derive from the name of a firm of builders in Liverpool,
26:53who are obviously cowboys.
26:54And another theory is that it comes from Jericho.
26:58It's a contraction of Jericho,
27:00whose walls are described in the Bible
27:02as falling down at the blast of a trumpet.
27:06But this isn't the actual origin.
27:09The most...by far the most plausible explanation
27:11is that it comes from a much older term, jury-rigged.
27:15Now, this is not to do with rigging the type of jury
27:18that you will find in court.
27:19That jury goes back to a French word meaning to swear,
27:22because they swear an oath and are sworn in.
27:25In fact, it goes back to another French word, much older,
27:29a jury, which meant assistance or aid.
27:32And jury-rigged was used to describe a makeshift mast on a ship.
27:37That's the rigging bit.
27:39And so it had to be kind of held up.
27:41It had to be supported in a way that was improvised, if you like.
27:45So because it seemed to be poorly constructed,
27:48it needed that makeshift repair, it was jury-rigged.
27:51And because of the associations, probably with the Germans,
27:54it then went over to Jerry and jerry-rigged.
27:58So you can see how kind of popular imagination, if you like,
28:03reshapes parts of our language to make it more familiar.
28:06But, as I say, it started off with jury-rigged.
28:09Sensational. Thank you.
28:10APPLAUSE
28:13Four rounds to go.
28:15Going to enjoy every second of this, Elizabeth.
28:17Your letters.
28:18Consonant, please.
28:19Thank you, Elizabeth.
28:20L.
28:21And a vowel.
28:23U.
28:24And a consonant.
28:26R.
28:27And a vowel.
28:28O.
28:30And a consonant.
28:32G.
28:33And another consonant.
28:35P.
28:36And a vowel.
28:38E.
28:45And lastly, S.
28:4930 seconds.
28:50MUSIC PLAYS
28:52MUSIC PLAYS
28:55MUSIC PLAYS
29:20Elizabeth O'Neill.
29:22Eight.
29:24Terence Newnham.
29:25Eight.
29:26Oh, Elizabeth.
29:28Splurged.
29:29Splurged, what a great word.
29:31I also splurged.
29:32Yes, well done both of you.
29:34APPLAUSE
29:35The sound is amazing, splurged.
29:38Beautifully onomatopated, well done.
29:40What have you left?
29:41I don't know, I'm not ruling it out, but is that the best?
29:44Yes, it is.
29:45Good word.
29:47Still the six points then, final letters round, and Terence.
29:52A consonant, please.
29:54Thank you, Terence.
29:55T.
29:55T.
29:56And another.
29:57G.
29:59And another.
30:00V.
30:01Vowel, please.
30:03A.
30:04And another.
30:05I.
30:06And a third.
30:07A.
30:09Consonants.
30:11T.
30:12And another.
30:13The.
30:13L.
30:15And a vowel.
30:17Lastly, I.
30:19Last letters.
30:20One.
30:25No.
30:26No.
30:44No!
30:48No.
30:49No.
30:52Terence?
30:53That's hard. Five.
30:55Elizabeth? Five. Five as well.
30:57Terence? A veil.
30:59A veil. And Elizabeth?
31:01Vital. Yes.
31:02Sixes, sevens, or to no avail?
31:05A veil. Yes.
31:06And vita, which is part of a plant.
31:09But that was it.
31:10So every round, vital.
31:12One more numbers round.
31:14Elizabeth, you're choosing.
31:15I'll have two large, please.
31:16Two large and a possible crucial coming up.
31:20Terence has done it before, but he definitely wants one today.
31:23Let's see if we get there.
31:24Final numbers.
31:26Six, nine, eight, ten.
31:28And the large two.
31:3075 and 25.
31:32Could be tricky. Let's see.
31:34388.
31:35388. Numbers up.
32:07Three, eight, eight.
32:09Elizabeth?
32:09Nothing.
32:10Terence?
32:11391.
32:14391.
32:15Now, that is important, but let's do this first.
32:1775 times six.
32:1975 times six.
32:21450.
32:22And then 10 minus eight is the two.
32:24Yeah.
32:25Times 25 is 50.
32:28Subtract.
32:29Give you 400.
32:30400.
32:31And then subtract the nine.
32:32And you are one point ahead now.
32:35Wow.
32:36388.
32:37Rachel?
32:37Yes.
32:38Well, start the same way as Terence.
32:4075 times six.
32:42450.
32:43Eight times nine.
32:4572.
32:45Take that off another 10.
32:47Yes.
32:47Well done.
32:50So, our champion Terence Newnham sailed off to a really comfortable early lead.
32:55Our challenger, Elizabeth O'Neill, battled back brilliantly.
32:59And now, Terence, as Rachel says, has just a one point lead.
33:03So, for Elizabeth, will this be a bridge too far?
33:07Fingers on the buzzers.
33:09Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:31Terence.
33:33Verbidden?
33:34Is it forbidden?
33:36It is indeed.
33:37APPLAUSE
33:40What a sensational win today.
33:42What a sensational win.
33:44As good as anything we've had this season in terms of the battle.
33:47Well done to you, Terence.
33:48We'll see you tomorrow.
33:49But there's only one hero today.
33:51Elizabeth, in defeat, you must be so proud of how you fought back there.
33:56No, you got it.
33:57I love that.
33:58I love that.
33:59In terms of somebody who doesn't take risks, though,
34:01to apply to come on Countdown, to come on national television,
34:04I hope you're proud of that.
34:06Mm-hm.
34:08Thank you, Elizabeth.
34:10You both.
34:10Lots of love to you.
34:12Brilliant.
34:12What a show it was today.
34:13Debbie and Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:15See you then.
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