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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown after the weekend that was.
00:34It is Monday. We have a smashing dictionary corner guest
00:38and we are ready for the next five afternoons in Channel 4.
00:41Thank you for tuning in. Hello, Rachel.
00:43Afternoon, Colt.
00:44It's a happy birthday today.
00:46To Jane Torval.
00:47OK.
00:49To Simon Cowell.
00:50Right.
00:51And to Tom York, the frontman of one of my favourite bands of all time, Radiohead.
00:56Which one of those three have I had an intimate dinner with?
01:00Um, um, um, Jane Torval.
01:02Correct.
01:03If you had have went for the obvious answer, you'd have been left high and dry.
01:06Yeah, when I was a trainee journalist, 1920, they had a little dinner at one of their events
01:11and they invited along just two or three journalists.
01:13So there I was.
01:14And I met Christopher Dean and Jane Torval, I think two of the greatest Olympians in British history.
01:19And I remember just thinking, wow, Jane Torval is the nicest person.
01:23I bet you all celebrities are like this.
01:25Didn't quite turn out that way.
01:27But I remember it so well.
01:28She was so nice to me.
01:30Who have you had dinner with that would make us all go, really?
01:32You had dinner with him?
01:33Um, Sir Alex Ferguson.
01:36That's a good one.
01:37That one.
01:37I love it.
01:38Right, let's get over to Dixonry Corner.
01:40And there she is, as always.
01:42In fact, both of you are on my fantasy dinner party list.
01:45Oh, thank you.
01:46Yeah, well, as soon as you've done it before, it's hard to get rid of her round my place.
01:49But you can come any time.
01:51And so good to have her back in Dixonry Corner.
01:53Pam Ayers!
01:54Woo!
01:55Thank you very much.
01:57You weren't sure after her first date whether you'd come back again.
02:00So thank you.
02:01Oh, of course.
02:02How would I miss it?
02:03Ah, can't wait.
02:04Can't wait.
02:05Well, listen, hopefully not here all week.
02:07And I say it in a nice way is Terence at Newnham, who, of course, is our triathlete with five
02:13wins so far.
02:14So the race over halfway.
02:16How are you feeling about that?
02:17Yeah, I've surpassed expectations.
02:20So I'm very happy.
02:21Today you're up against Melissa Flynn, who lives in Belfast.
02:24She's from Enniskillen, beautiful parts of the world, of course.
02:27And, yeah, Melissa looks at words each and every day because you work at the fabulous Lennon Hall Library,
02:33right in the centre of Belfast, a building I know so well.
02:36Tell us about it.
02:38Well, it's an independent subscription library.
02:41It was established in 1788, so we've been knocking about for 236 years.
02:48But I suppose in terms of the collections that we have, they celebrate Irish history, local studies.
02:54And, yeah, it's a beautiful and wonderful place to work.
02:57It's great.
02:57I love it.
02:58Well, listen, words will be fine.
02:59We'll see how you do the numbers now.
03:01I know what you're thinking.
03:02She's from Belfast.
03:04I'm going to be biased.
03:05That's not going to happen.
03:0615 rounds of letters and numbers.
03:0730 seconds, Terrence.
03:0935 for you, Melissa.
03:10Good luck to both of you.
03:14Terrence, off we go.
03:17Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:17Afternoon, Terrence.
03:18Let's start with a consonant, please.
03:20Start today with R.
03:22And another.
03:24S.
03:25And a third.
03:27G.
03:28And a vowel, please.
03:30I.
03:30And another.
03:32E.
03:33And another.
03:35I.
03:36And a consonant, please.
03:39S.
03:40And another.
03:43V.
03:44And a final consonant, please.
03:47A final N.
03:49Our old man in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:04MUSIC PLAYS
04:21Time's up, Terence.
04:23Eight.
04:24And for you, Melissa?
04:25Seven.
04:26Seven.
04:26Normally great in your first round,
04:28but you're up against a wonderful champion.
04:29Melissa, what's your seven?
04:31Vinings.
04:32Vinings.
04:33We'll check that.
04:34And Terence?
04:35Revising.
04:36Ooh.
04:37Now, does Terence want to revise that?
04:40Because there is an S left over,
04:42and that's got to be tempting for people at home
04:44to plop that S on for revising.
04:47Yeah, it would be revisions, I think,
04:48wouldn't it be, rather than revisings?
04:50So that's not there.
04:51Revising is a brilliant eight.
04:53There's no...
04:54It's not two Ns for vinings, unfortunately.
04:57But, yeah, revising was where we were as well.
05:00Excellent.
05:01Well, that's eight points for Terence.
05:02Melissa, it doesn't matter whether there was two Ns,
05:04one Ns, 20 Ns,
05:05you weren't getting the points.
05:06I see your letters.
05:07Hi, Rachel.
05:08Hi, Melissa.
05:09Can I have a consonant, please?
05:11You can indeed start with R.
05:13And another.
05:15P.
05:17And another.
05:18R.
05:20A vowel.
05:21U.
05:22And another.
05:23E.
05:24And another.
05:25I.
05:26A consonant.
05:29A consonant.
05:32And another consonant.
05:35H.
05:38And a final vowel.
05:39A final E.
05:41And 30 seconds.
05:43E.
06:14OK, Melissa, how many?
06:16Six.
06:17Six. And for you, Terence?
06:19Seven.
06:20Seven. What a start to this Monday for a champion.
06:22Melissa, the six?
06:23Helper.
06:24Helper. And you need help with this?
06:26Pure Isle.
06:27Pure Isle.
06:28Very nice indeed. Yeah, excellent choice.
06:30We've got Pure Isle as well. I was looking forward to saying it.
06:32It's a good word, isn't it? Pure Isle.
06:35Good indeed. And nothing else to add?
06:37It's a bit withering.
06:38There's a nice six there, herple, which is one of the few words that rhymes with purple.
06:42And it means to walk with a limp.
06:43Does it?
06:44Yeah.
06:45I didn't know that.
06:46Well spotted.
06:47Well spotted.
06:4815-0.
06:49Ten points in the numbers, though.
06:50It all changes that quick.
06:52Terence, you're picking him.
06:54One large, five small, please.
06:56Thank you, Terence.
06:57One from the top.
06:58And five.
06:59Little coming up.
07:01First one of the week is seven.
07:03Eight.
07:04Seven.
07:05Four.
07:06Two.
07:07And the large one, 50.
07:08And the target to reach 117.
07:11One one seven.
07:13Numbers up.
07:13Three.
07:14Every.
07:20One.
07:24Seven.
07:34Three.
07:34One.
07:35Three.
07:36Four.
07:36Three.
07:41Four.
07:42Four.
07:441-1-7, Terence.
07:46I've fluffed it, 1-1-5.
07:48No! Melissa, did you get 1-1-7?
07:50I did, yes, 1-1-7. Off you go.
07:53So, 50 plus 8.
07:5550 plus 8, 58.
07:58Times 2. Times 2 is 116.
08:00And then 7 over 7 is 1, an add-on.
08:03Lovely, 1-1-7.
08:05APPLAUSE
08:07And just like that, it changes.
08:09Let's get our first Tea Town teaser of the week.
08:11It's ran-fight. Ran-fight.
08:14Binoculars help you see an old coin in the distance.
08:18Binoculars help you see an old coin in the distance.
08:37Welcome back. Ran-fight becomes farthing.
08:40Binoculars help you see an old coin in the distance.
08:44The penny farthing, Susie, which I thought bicycle straightaway.
08:48Penny farthing was a bicycle.
08:50Farthing was the coin, which was a quarter of an old penny.
08:54Yeah. And the stamp was the penny...
08:57Black. Black, yeah.
08:58I think that might have been the first stamp.
09:00Oh, wow. There you go, well, the History Channel.
09:02Let's get back to it. More letters, Melissa.
09:06Consonant, please.
09:08Thank you, Melissa.
09:09B.
09:10And another.
09:12S.
09:13And another.
09:15L.
09:16And a vial.
09:18A.
09:19And another.
09:20E.
09:21And another.
09:23U.
09:26Consonant.
09:36And lastly, M.
09:39Thanks, Rich.
09:41Thanks, Rich.
10:12Melissa? Seven. And for you, Terence? Ah, yeah, seven. Okay, should be seven points each year, I think, Melissa? Blamers?
10:20Blamers, people who blame, and Terence? And rambles. And rambles, people who ramble. Rambles, it's great. I did look up
10:27blamer, I have it in the search box here, but it's not in, which is really bad luck, Melissa, I'm
10:31sorry. Come on, Susie, really? I know, I thought it stood a really good chance. Every round's been eventful. How'd
10:37you get on? Oh, we got on quite well. We've got maulers. Yes. As in the lion tamer.
10:43Connection. And we've also got marbles, as in he has lost his marbles.
10:49More letters, Terence. Thank you. A consonant, please. Thank you, Terence.
10:53Yes. D. And another. N. And another. L. And a fourth, please. N. And a vowel. E. And another. O.
11:09O. And another. I. And a consonant, please. F. And another consonant, please.
11:17And a final. T. And here we go.
11:20O. And another.
11:22O. And a Czech Bearziehung.
11:44O.
11:44O.
11:46A masterports tard.
11:47O.
11:48O.
11:49O.
11:50O.
11:50O.
11:51Terence?
11:52I'm going to try a seven.
11:54And Melissa?
11:55A seven.
11:55Notice she didn't say try.
11:57I did notice.
11:58100% confidence there.
12:00It might not work out that way, Terence, what's yours?
12:02Let's see.
12:03Flinted.
12:04Melissa?
12:04That's exactly what I've gone for.
12:06All right, so I take it all back.
12:08The same chances.
12:10Yes, and flint is there as a noun, but not as a verb, I'm afraid,
12:14and flinted not there as an adjective, so I have to say no.
12:16Both of you, have a good look at yourselves.
12:18Pam, what did you get?
12:19Well, we've got a nice eight, actually.
12:22We've got indolent, yeah, which is a nice word.
12:25And we've also got intoned.
12:28He intoned a long sermon and everybody's eyes glazed over.
12:32Brilliant.
12:33Back to the numbers, which worked out really, really well
12:36for a senior library assistant from Belfast, first time around.
12:40You're choosing this time.
12:42Three large and three small.
12:43Thank you, Melissa.
12:44Three from the top and three little, the lesser chosen.
12:47Your three small ones are seven, ten and ten.
12:52And the three big ones, 25, 100 and 50.
12:55And the target to reach 349.
12:59Three, four, nine.
13:00Numbers up.
13:01Three, four, nine.
13:04One, two, three, four.
13:04Three, one, two, three, four.
13:18And that's how I work.
13:25Even if I can program now.
13:25One, two, three, four, you know.
13:26One, two, three.
13:28Yeah, no.
13:30One, three.
13:30One, two, three.
13:30One, two, three.
13:313-4-9 the target, Melissa?
13:34Yeah, 3-4-9.
13:35And for you, Terrence?
13:363-4-9.
13:36No fluffing your lines this time.
13:38Off you go, Melissa.
13:3950 times 7.
13:4150 times 7, 350.
13:43And then 10 over 10 for one and take away.
13:46Straight forward enough, 3-4-9.
13:48And for you, Terrence?
13:49I've redeemed myself, yeah, exactly the same way.
13:52Well done.
13:53APPLAUSE
13:56OK, that time of the show,
13:57when we get to have a chat with Dixon Recorner
13:59and with Pam Ayers here,
14:00we know it's going to be a treat every single day.
14:03And we're actually celebrating the release of your new book,
14:06which is called Doggedly Onward, A Life in Poems.
14:09It came out last week,
14:10so some people might have already got their eyes around it.
14:15I mean, how would you describe it?
14:16Well, it's all my poems from the 70s up to the present day
14:21and lots of introductions and information
14:23about how they came about and what I was doing at the time.
14:27And so they start off with me worried about my boyfriends
14:30in the 70s and then it goes through getting married
14:33and having children and trying to cope with children and teenagers
14:37and then the joys of getting older.
14:40It's kind of like a diary, but it's all my poems
14:43and it is a big book.
14:44You might need a winch to lift it up.
14:46I don't want to presume, but I think it's straightforward.
14:50Could we have a poem every day?
14:52Absolutely. I've got lots.
14:55This is one about thinking you can do what you always did,
14:58but maybe you're a little bit past it.
15:02Last night we went out to a party.
15:04We decided we were dressed and we were gone.
15:08It was only up the road at Roy and Brenda's.
15:11We were in a party mood, so bring it on.
15:15And though the bloke who played the keyboard started sagging,
15:19though the vocalist was ashen with fatigue,
15:23still on the floor the pair of us were dancing.
15:28Endurance, there was no one in our league.
15:30When we got up to do the locomotion,
15:34there was no one there could say we'd lost the knack.
15:37But this morning as I tried to cross the landing,
15:41I feel as if I might have broke me back.
15:44Or it could be more a fracture of the pelvis.
15:48I can get about. I'm all right once I start.
15:51But I have to shuffle very, very slowly
15:54and keep me legs about three feet apart.
15:58The addicts, they were clustered in the garden,
16:01lighting up their fags and their cigars.
16:05It was probably a clear and perfect evening,
16:08but the smoke was blocking out the moon and stars.
16:12They had a fella there just like Sinatra.
16:15I shouted,
16:16Turn the music up! Let's hear him sing!
16:21But frankly, I am coming to regret that,
16:23because this morning I can't hear a ruddy thing.
16:27When the band had packed their gear into the transit
16:31and the cats were on the wreckage of the feast,
16:34we staggered up our road on Sunday morning
16:37and the sun was slowly rising in the east.
16:41I don't know what was in that last libation,
16:44but I laughed fit to bust at everything I saw.
16:49Only now I can't remember what was funny.
16:51I feel as if I might have broke me jaw.
16:55So far, no encounters with my husband.
16:58Since we came singing up the stairs at half past four,
17:02I couldn't say I'm feeling optimistic,
17:05because there's groaning from behind the bathroom door.
17:10Last night I was soaring like an eagle,
17:13but like Icarus I flew too near the sun.
17:17So this morning I am just a broken woman,
17:21devastated that me dancing days...
17:24..I don't know.
17:25Oh!
17:26APPLAUSE
17:29Sensational.
17:30Palm airs with us all week.
17:32Just 12 points in it, but our challenger, Melissa,
17:34yet to score on the letters.
17:36I'm sure that will change either this rounder.
17:38Next, Terence, you're picking.
17:40Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:41Thank you, Terence.
17:43And a second.
17:45T.
17:46And a third.
17:48G.
17:49And a vowel, please.
17:51E.
17:52And another.
17:53A.
17:54And another.
17:55E.
17:56And a consonant.
17:58C.
17:59And another.
18:01N.
18:02And a final vowel, please.
18:04A final...
18:05O.
18:07Ah, let's play.
18:08...
18:36END
18:38all right Terrence just a six six Melissa I'll try an eight going to go for
18:45and it every round is a story isn't it Terrence an acts okay so we'll set on an
18:51axe and for you Melissa Stone Age stone ages in the Stone Age is capital S
19:00capital A and two words but I was thinking stonage maybe but it's not
19:05there Melissa the dictionary not your friend today I'm sorry so Terrence you
19:09get the points for the knacks what was there Pam well I've got a seven which is
19:15gootees which is those little beards which you would know all about but Susie has
19:20got an eight yes yes you'd expect this from a lexicographer so cognates and they
19:26are words that are derived from the same family so father in English father in
19:30German Peter in Latin they're all from the same ancestor all right but let's say
19:36this round is gonna happen let's do it I'll start with the consonant please
19:40thank you Melissa T and another S and another C and the vial please a another I and
19:56another C and another C consonant D another consonant P and a vial please lastly E start the clock
20:15the clock
20:23so
20:26so
20:30so
20:42MUSIC PLAYS
20:46Melissa?
20:47Er, seven. Seven from you. Terence?
20:50Yeah, seven.
20:51Taking absolutely nothing for granted. Melissa?
20:54Dope-iest. Dope-iest. And for you, Terence?
20:58Er, coasted. It's happened, hasn't it?
21:00Er, in the dictionary, I'm pleased to say, yes.
21:03So, very good.
21:04APPLAUSE
21:06Well, we're saying that like she's miles behind,
21:08she just isn't because of the numbers.
21:10Er, all right, Pam Ayres.
21:12Well, we have an eight.
21:14Oh.
21:15Which is rather a nasty image.
21:17We've got despotic.
21:18Despotic, there you go.
21:20Despots.
21:21Well, there you go.
21:22More numbers you're choosing, Terence.
21:24Er, can I have two large and four from anywhere else, please?
21:27You can indeed.
21:27Two large ones, four little ones.
21:30Melissa's specialist round.
21:32Er, the numbers this time.
21:34Ten, four, two, ten.
21:37And the big ones, 25 and 75.
21:40And your target, 844.
21:42844.
21:44Numbers up.
21:46.
21:47.
21:47.
21:49.
21:49.
21:52.
21:52.
21:52.
21:52.
21:54.
21:54.
21:54.
21:54.
21:54.
21:54.
21:54.
22:00.
22:02.
22:03.
22:03.
22:05.
22:05.
22:05.
22:09.
22:11.
22:14.
22:15.
22:15,
22:18.
22:19.
22:19And for you, Melissa? Yes, 8-4-4.
22:21Well done. Terence, off you go.
22:23OK, 75 plus 10 is 85.
22:26Plus 10, 85.
22:27Times by 10. Times by the second 10, 8-50.
22:30And then subtract the 4 and the 2.
22:31Well done. 8-4-4.
22:33Melissa? Exactly the same.
22:36Yeah, it's interesting. Good stuff. Well done.
22:38Ten points each. Love this tea-tank teaser. Love it. Great clue.
22:42It's Icon Scam. Icon Scam.
22:46And a moral act with a coffee? What a snick.
22:49And a moral act with a coffee? What a snick.
23:08Hello again. And a moral act with a coffee? What a snick.
23:11This snick is a moccasin, a moccasin.
23:14Very clever indeed.
23:16Right, here we go then.
23:1855-37 means we're going all the way to the end today.
23:22And it's letters time. Melissa, six rounds to go.
23:25Consonant, please.
23:26Thank you, Melissa.
23:27And another.
23:29And another.
23:30N.
23:32And another.
23:33S.
23:35And a vial.
23:37A.
23:38And another.
23:40I.
23:41And another.
23:42Vial.
23:43O.
23:44A consonant.
23:47Y.
23:49Another consonant.
23:51R.
23:54And another consonant, please.
23:56Lastly, N.
23:5830 seconds.
24:0030 seconds.
24:30Melissa?
24:31Six.
24:32Terence?
24:33Seven.
24:34Seven.
24:34The six, Melissa?
24:36Same.
24:36And for you, Terence?
24:38Soaring.
24:38And soaring.
24:39Yes, you'll be kicking yourself there, Melissa.
24:41Pam, what did you spot?
24:43I've only got a six, Colin, which is grains, as in oats, barley, etc.
24:49All those grains.
24:50And for you, Susie?
24:51Yeah, soaring was the only seven that I could spot as well.
24:53Yeah.
24:54And we go back to it.
24:56Terence, you're beginning to soar.
24:57Let's get more letters.
24:59Consonant, please.
25:00Rachel.
25:01Thank you, Terence.
25:02B.
25:02And another.
25:05S.
25:06And a third.
25:08W.
25:09And a vowel, please.
25:11E.
25:12And another.
25:13A.
25:14And another.
25:16E.
25:17A consonant, please.
25:19D.
25:20And another.
25:22M.
25:24And we'll finish with another consonant, please.
25:27Finish with F.
25:28Kind of.
25:30Kind of.
25:31Or.
25:32And another.
25:45That.
26:01That's your lot, Terence.
26:03Just a six. And for you, Melissa? A six.
26:05And a six as well. Points on the board, Terence.
26:08Embeds. And for you, Melissa?
26:11Beamed. Beamed. Beamed, yeah. Very good.
26:13As in, me up, Scotty. What have you got, Pam?
26:17Oh, we've got something that you hope doesn't happen to you,
26:20which is defames, which is seven.
26:23What's defames?
26:25It means that people say something nasty about you.
26:27Oh, yeah, it's a libel, a form of libel.
26:30Absolutely. Slander, yes.
26:32Yeah, there you go.
26:33Right, 68, 43, and let's stay in Dictionary Corner
26:36because it's first Origins of Words of the Week.
26:39Well, I'm hoping that Pam will enjoy this one
26:43because I know she loves bees.
26:45And in fact, when I told her I was going to talk about bees,
26:47she drew me, because she's a great artist.
26:48She drew me a little picture of a bee with Hooray next to it.
26:52And the inspiration for this was an email from Lizzie Henderson,
26:55who says that,
26:57My dad and I were sitting in the garden the other day watching the bees buzzing
27:01around the hive and noticing the wandering pattern they make on their way in,
27:05which got us thinking about where the expression make a bee line comes from.
27:10If it does indeed come from our insect friends, then it seems a bit off,
27:14as bees never seem to take a straight path.
27:16Now, Pam was a beekeeper, as is many of her family, so correct me if I'm wrong here.
27:21But this expression to make a bee line was first recorded in the 19th century.
27:26And I think fair to say that there hadn't been very close study of bees' behaviour at this point.
27:32So it may have just been assumed that it was a straight path,
27:36much as we say as the crow flies, et cetera, and just sort of using that metaphor.
27:42But the behaviour of bees, it did inform it because when a forager bee finds a source of nectar,
27:48it returns to the hive and it communicates its location to the other bees
27:51and it performs this display, which I'm sure Pam's seen, called the waggle dance.
27:56Yeah.
27:57And the other bees then are able to fly directly to the source of the nectar,
28:01that is, they make a bee line for it.
28:03And it's a really sophisticated, complex dance, which is incredible,
28:07because bees don't have a very big brain, by all accounts.
28:10And it performs this kind of short, wiggling run, hence the name of the dance,
28:14and the angle denotes the direction of the nectar-laden flower.
28:18So, as I say, really, really sophisticated.
28:21Love it. Thank you.
28:22APPLAUSE
28:2425 points in it. Not insurmountable, Melissa. Your letters.
28:28A consonant, please. Thank you, Melissa.
28:31L. And another.
28:35H. And another.
28:36S.
28:39A vowel.
28:41O.
28:42And another.
28:43E.
28:45And another.
28:46A.
28:48A consonant.
28:50N.
28:52And another.
28:54P.
28:55And a final vowel.
28:59A final O.
29:00tien chalet.
29:01Good luck.
29:02Hello.
29:26Good luck.
29:28Thank you!
29:33Terence?
29:34Just a six.
29:36Yeah, Melissa?
29:36A six.
29:37Six as well.
29:38What's yours, Terence?
29:39Phones.
29:41And for you, Melissa?
29:42Shapen.
29:43Shapen.
29:44Shapen.
29:45So we have Miss Shapen.
29:47Can we have Shapen?
29:48No, it's only there is Miss Shapen, I'm afraid.
29:50Goodness me.
29:51Sorry, Melissa.
29:52Goodness me.
29:52Another near miss for Melissa.
29:53Terence picks up those points.
29:55It was a nearly word round, wasn't it?
29:57So close to so many sevens in it.
30:00It's just not quite there.
30:01How did you get on with that, Palmares?
30:03Susie's got another one and it sounds chemical.
30:07It is.
30:08Yes, phenols.
30:10Mildly acidic, toxic, white, crystalline solids.
30:13I think you'll find them in things like paint strippers.
30:15Oh.
30:16Yeah.
30:16Right, OK.
30:17I'll stay clear.
30:18I'll stay clear.
30:18Let's go back to the game.
30:20Off you go.
30:21Let's start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
30:23Thank you, Terence.
30:24I.
30:24And another.
30:26O.
30:26And a consonant, please.
30:29S.
30:30And a second.
30:32M.
30:33And a third.
30:34T.
30:35And a vowel, please.
30:37E.
30:38And a consonant.
30:40R.
30:41Another consonant, please.
30:43Z.
30:44And a final consonant, please.
30:48Final K.
30:50Last letters.
30:51Are you?
31:20See you.
31:21Vs.
31:22That's time. Talk to me, Terence.
31:26Seven.
31:27And for you, Melissa?
31:28Seven.
31:29The seven as well, you think? Right, OK, Terence.
31:33Smokier.
31:33Right, let's go on another adventure.
31:35Moisture.
31:36Oh, I knew we were going with that one.
31:37No, I know.
31:38Yeah, yeah, yeah, it's single syllable,
31:39so I think we can put the E-R on it, however much I hate it.
31:42It's absolutely fine. Yeah, well done.
31:4581.50, well done. Points for both of you.
31:47Pam?
31:48Yes, we got Smokier for seven, but we didn't get anything else.
31:52And that is it, yeah.
31:53The K and the Z will do that.
31:55Right, here we go, two rounds left to go.
31:57You can't win now, Melissa,
31:58but you can mess up Terence getting a century.
32:00So let's try and do that.
32:01Last numbers.
32:03Three large and three little, please.
32:04Three more from the top and three more not.
32:08Thank you, Melissa.
32:08Final numbers of the day.
32:10Seven, nine, four,
32:13and the big ones, 100, 75 and 50.
32:16And you need to reach 934.
32:19Nine, three, four.
32:21Numbers up.
32:21Seven, nine, three.
32:23Seven, nine.
32:47You need to reach 934.
32:49Yeah, I'm so close.
32:50We're down, baby.
32:529, 3, 4 for you, Melissa.
32:549, 3, 6. Two away and for you, Terence.
32:57A bit closer than me, 97. OK, for seven points, Melissa.
33:01So, 100 plus 4. 100 plus 4, 104.
33:06And times 9. Times 9, 9, 3, 6.
33:09Well done for seven points, 9, 3, 4, Rachel.
33:12Yes, I've found a way. If you say 50 plus 75 is 125,
33:18add the nine for 134,
33:21times that by seven for 938,
33:25and take away the 4, 9, 3, 4.
33:26Great.
33:29So, ten points, just the seven here for Melissa.
33:34But it brings you to 57. 67 would be a fantastic score.
33:37Terence, you've got your sixth win.
33:39Let's see if you can cap it off with this,
33:42the Countdown Conundrum.
33:55Terence.
33:56Reluctant.
33:57Let's have a look.
33:59Correct.
34:00APPLAUSE
34:01You were reluctant to say it, but you were right.
34:04That takes you to 91 points.
34:06Really good score.
34:08Melissa, unlucky.
34:09Shaky start.
34:10Done you, really, didn't it?
34:11Yeah, couldn't settle.
34:13Still reeling from Stone Age.
34:16We will see you again, I'm sure.
34:18Thank you, Melissa.
34:20And Terence, two more to go?
34:21Yeah, looking forward to it.
34:22I'm not sure you are looking forward to it.
34:24The nerves creeping in.
34:25We'll see you tomorrow, Mick.
34:27You two as well, Pam and Susie.
34:29See you tomorrow.
34:29See you tomorrow, Rach.
34:30See you tomorrow, Col.
34:31Happy day.
34:32Started the week with a bang, didn't we?
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