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Countdown - Season 93 Episode 86 - Episode 86
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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Bank Holiday Monday.
00:33It's May the 4th and Countdown is here to deal with all the letters and numbers by the bucket load.
00:40Thank you very much for tuning in.
00:42Let's head over to Dictionary Corner.
00:44Dealing with any faulty words, it's Susie Dent, of course.
00:48Goodness gracious me, Nina Wadia, is back.
00:51And happy to tinker with the numbers as necessary is our Rachel Riley.
00:57Good afternoon.
00:58I didn't get the Easter eggs.
00:59Right. So many of them.
01:01Tinker is Alice.
01:03Faulty is Sybil.
01:05Nessa is Jenkins.
01:06Bucket is actually Bouquet.
01:09And that is Hyacinth.
01:10Because just a welcome back, Nina.
01:12We're talking today about your favourite female sitcom character ever.
01:18Now, Nina, that's so hard for you, so you're going last.
01:21Yes.
01:21Right, Rachel, who's yours?
01:22I mean, I'm going to just be predictable.
01:24You know what show I'm going to say.
01:25Yes.
01:26Friends.
01:27Which one, though?
01:28You've got to pick one out of three.
01:30I think it's got to be, for me, between Monica and Rachel.
01:33Monica, early days, is the best character.
01:36But I like how Rachel just kind of stayed normal, where some of them turned into caricatures.
01:40So I've got to go with my namesake.
01:44What about you, Suze?
01:45I have two.
01:46So old school would be Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
01:49I'm probably the only one old enough to remember this.
01:51Love it.
01:51But she was amazing.
01:52I think she was such a strong, independent woman.
01:55And also Lorelei Gilmore in The Gilmore Girls.
01:57Good.
01:58Which I've watched with my daughters, and she's brilliant.
02:00She's resilient, witty.
02:01Yeah.
02:02Lovely.
02:02Here's the definitive answer, Nina.
02:04I think I'm going to have to go with Patricia Ratlidge, Keeping Up Appearances, Mrs. Bouquet.
02:10I mean, what an incredible actress.
02:13And that character still stands true.
02:16You know, incredible.
02:18I mean, I did love Wendy Craig as well in Butterflies.
02:21Oh, great shout.
02:22Amazing.
02:23Yes.
02:23Amazing.
02:24I thought you were going to say, I thought about it.
02:26I'd probably go with Mrs. Hussain, because I'm brilliant.
02:30Well, I'll tell you who he is, absolutely stealing the show.
02:33Three in a row as our Patrick Thompson, our champion.
02:36Nina, you've arrived in the midst of a really special player.
02:41115, 105, and 124.
02:44What?
02:45Like, just very special indeed.
02:46And you're taking on the lovely Helen Humby, a Londoner by birth, living in Bournemouth now.
02:51But, well, travelled, Helen, and you worked out at a church in Spain, learned the language, everything.
02:56That must have been an amazing experience.
02:58Tell us about it.
02:59It was interesting, yeah.
03:00We went out when, in the late 80s to early 90s, about six years.
03:05Kids were small then, and so they learnt Spanish in six months.
03:09Mum and Dad were struggling.
03:11But we stayed out there six years.
03:12We were working with the Protestant church out in a little town called Medina del Campo.
03:17No other English people.
03:19So it was a really wonderful time, really.
03:22So, yeah.
03:23Less than a morning, yeah.
03:24English only today, all right?
03:25Yes, only English.
03:26Let's see what happens.
03:27Helen Patrick, best of luck.
03:32OK, let's see if he is Ab Fab today.
03:35Patrick.
03:36Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:36Good afternoon, Patrick.
03:37Have a consonant, please.
03:38Start the week with S.
03:40And another.
03:42G.
03:43And another.
03:45W.
03:46And another.
03:47R.
03:48And a vowel.
03:50I.
03:50And another.
03:52E.
03:52And another.
03:53O.
03:55A consonant, please.
03:57N.
03:58And one more consonant, please.
04:00Lastly, F.
04:02At home and in the studio.
04:04Let's play Countdown.
04:05There.
04:33The One.
04:36Patrick? Seven. Seven from you. And Helen? Five.
04:39The five is? Swing. Yes. And the seven, Patrick?
04:43Wingers. Wingers. Let's head over to Dictionary Corner,
04:46because I like these letters. I wonder, are you going to have a great start to the week?
04:49Possibly. Yes, we have got a nine, actually, to kick off.
04:53And four wings. Yes. And insects, four wings.
04:56That's amazing.
04:57APPLAUSE
05:00What a start for Dictionary Corner. Helen, let's get more letters from you.
05:03Hi, Rachel. Hi, Helen. Could I have a consonant, please?
05:06Indeed. R. And another, please.
05:10P. And another.
05:13C. And a vowel, please.
05:16I. And another vowel.
05:19O. And another vowel.
05:22U. And a consonant, please.
05:25T. And a vowel, please.
05:30E. And a consonant.
05:32Lastly, S.
05:35Perfect.
05:3630 seconds.
06:05No source.
06:05No source.
06:06No charge.
06:07Helen. An eight, I think. An eight. And Patrick? An eight as well. Helen. Precious. Patrick. Pictures. A precious picture
06:16has been painted here. Perfect, perfect. Very good indeed. We have one more to add to the list, which is
06:22crepitus, which is kind of crackling. You can get crepitus in your lungs or in your joints. Yes, indeed. Yes.
06:28Again, flirting with back-to-back nines. You know, really nice letters. Yeah, really nice letters. Loads of endings and
06:34prefixes and all sorts going on again.
06:35What a lovely start. Well done, Helen. Eight points on the board this early is great. And Patrick, are you
06:41choosing the first numbers? Four lives, please, Rachel. Thank you, Patrick. Don't need to ask. That's your favourite. You're an
06:45expert. You're a pro. You're practised. Two little ones to start the week. Eight and six. And the big ones.
06:5125, 75, 50 and 100. And you need to find 455. 455. Numbers up.
07:31455, Patrick. Yeah, 455.
07:33Helen. I haven't got anything. You and me both. I'm really intrigued. I wonder what he's going to do. Off
07:39you go.
07:3950 minus 6. 50 minus 6, 44. Times the 8. Times the 8 for 352. Add the 100.
07:50452. And then add the 75 over 25. 75 over 25 is 3. 10 points. Well done.
07:58Wonderful. Wonderful again in the numbers from Patrick. A joy to watch as we get this Tea Time teaser.
08:03Arty sign. Arty sign. The copper with the kink sounds fishy to me. The copper with the kink sounds fishy
08:11to me.
08:27Welcome back. Another one of those Tea Time teasers where the clue is much more fun than the answer.
08:32So we get to Stingray. Obviously sounds fishy to me. But you're going to try and work this out.
08:37The copper with the kink. So.
08:41Sting. Sting. Brilliant. From the police. And what's the kink?
08:45Someone in the kinks. Ray Davies from the kinks. Brilliant.
08:49Very good. Oh, excellent. Excellent.
08:52Right, let's get back to it. Helen, I see these nine letters threw up.
08:56Consonant, please. Thank you, Helen.
08:57And another one? M. And another? D. And another, please. S. And a vowel, please. I.
09:09Another one? A. Another one? U.
09:16A. Consonant, please. T.
09:19T. Another vowel, please. O.
09:25And a consonant.
09:27Lastly, P.
09:29Here we go.
10:01Helen? Just a five.
10:03And for you, Patrick? Seven.
10:05The five, Helen? Maids.
10:06And the seven, Mr Thompson? Stadium.
10:09Stadium. There's just wingers and stadiums and all sorts going on here.
10:14Inspired by the sport.
10:16Nina, what can we add to that, if anything?
10:18Is there a plural of utopia?
10:21Yes, utopias. You can say that?
10:23You can. That will give you a lovely seven.
10:26And podiums as well.
10:27Oh, there you go, sport again.
10:29You would settle for one utopia, though, wouldn't you?
10:31That's great. Anyone will do.
10:33Two seems greedy to me.
10:35More letters, Patrick.
10:37Consonant, please, Rachel.
10:38Thank you, Patrick.
10:39G.
10:40And another.
10:42L.
10:43And another.
10:44T.
10:45And another.
10:47R.
10:48And a vowel.
10:49E.
10:50And another.
10:51O.
10:52And another.
10:54A.
10:56And a consonant.
10:58Q.
10:59And a final consonant, please.
11:00And a final L.
11:02Let's do it.
11:13It's...
11:30MUSIC PLAYS
11:34Patrick?
11:35Seven.
11:35Yep, and Helen?
11:37Yeah, I've got a seven.
11:38Yes.
11:38Patrick?
11:39Glowter.
11:40Yes.
11:40I've got the same.
11:41Pass it on over.
11:42Don't gloat, just pass.
11:44There you go, two sevens, Nina?
11:46Same.
11:46I'm a gloater, too.
11:47Right, yeah.
11:48Yeah, just jumped out, didn't it?
11:49And we're all very happy with ourselves for about 25 seconds.
11:53And nothing beyond it.
11:54The cue made it a lot more straightforward, didn't it?
11:57So let's get back to the numbers.
11:59I mean, Patrick likes his four large, but Helen, you do whatever you want.
12:03Let's find out.
12:04I'll have one large and the rest small, please.
12:07A more traditional choice.
12:08Yes, more popular, you might say.
12:10Let's have a look.
12:11Five little ones.
12:13Two, one, three, four, ten, and the large one, 25.
12:19And the target to reach?
12:21839.
12:23839.
12:24Numbers up.
12:56839.
12:56The one large wasn't large at all.
12:58The 25, Helen?
13:00No, I didn't.
13:01810.
13:02Yeah.
13:03Always difficult with a high number in the 25.
13:05Patrick, our numbers, Wiz.
13:07840.
13:08Well, he's missed it by one.
13:09Off you go for seven points.
13:1025 times 3.
13:1225 times 3, 75.
13:142 times 4.
13:152 times 4, 8.
13:16Add that on.
13:1883.
13:19And the one.
13:2084.
13:21Times it by the 10.
13:22Yep.
13:23One away.
13:24Now, is that as good as it gets, Rachel, or can we get to 839?
13:28This one was possible if you say 10 plus 1 is 11 times 25, 275.
13:36Add 4 for 279.
13:39Times that by 3 for 837.
13:42And you have a 2 left over for 839.
13:44Magic.
13:46Lovely.
13:4746.15 as we get over to Nina for our first chat of the week.
13:52Do you enjoy doing Countdown in terms of, like, when you look at your diary, you go,
13:56oh, that's a little something different, isn't it?
13:58Yeah, it's fun.
13:59I like doing different things, you know.
14:02And this, I watched Countdown growing up as a kid.
14:05So, when I got on this, I thought if my mum had still been around, she would have absolutely loved
14:10it.
14:10She'd be like, I can't believe it.
14:11She wouldn't have watched anything else I did.
14:13It would have just been Countdown.
14:15So, yeah.
14:16But I just like to do different things.
14:19And it's, you know, I do a lot of workshops with young people.
14:21And they always say, so, how are you still relevant?
14:24Because you get to a certain point in your career and people go, oh, she's been around for years, you
14:28know.
14:28Why do we bother anymore?
14:29So, I got offered a musical last year.
14:31And I've never done a musical before.
14:33So, I took a chance and did it.
14:34And it was called Now That's What I Call a Musical, based on the Now CDs and things from the
14:3980s.
14:40Oh, wow.
14:40Yes.
14:40Craig Revelhall were directed, which was hilarious.
14:43And then we had every single pop star that I grew up with, who I loved.
14:47So, I had Sunita on one week.
14:49We had Carol Decker, Jay Osmond.
14:51Can I just tell you, weirdest moment of my life.
14:54In a Bradford in Nando's with Jay Osmond.
14:57While we were up there, sort of working for the week.
15:00And I just thought, what's happened to my life?
15:03It was very, very bizarre and strange.
15:05Did you sing before, professionally?
15:08No, never sung professionally.
15:10And I've turned down musicals before because I've never been trained professionally.
15:13But I can hold a note.
15:14I love to sing.
15:15Yes.
15:15So, and I thought, it's my genre.
15:17It's the stuff I loved, you know, growing up with the 80s.
15:19So, I thought, yeah, let's give that a go.
15:22I think when I got my first record player, I think it would have been like, I don't know,
15:26like 1979?
15:27Yeah.
15:281980?
15:28And then, like, the now albums were always part of the Christmas package.
15:33Completely.
15:33And, you know, taking it out.
15:35And just that whole mix.
15:36There was no, like, scene or, like, you didn't have to be cool.
15:39No.
15:39You know, and you'd take it out.
15:40And, oh, there's Boris Gardner.
15:44There's a whole mix of music in together.
15:46It's true.
15:46We used to have a fight about, like, why are they on there?
15:48No, they shouldn't be on there.
15:49No, they should be number one to all of that.
15:52But I absolutely love it.
15:53I still think the 80s were actually a really pure time.
15:57Yeah.
15:57You know, that's why I think TV shows that are also set, like, in the 80s, like Stranger
16:01Things, one of the reasons it's successful is it was a time where you didn't have mobile
16:06phones dominating most of the storyline.
16:08You know, you didn't have that kind of communication.
16:10You had to wait till you got home to make a phone call or to communicate with other people.
16:15And so I just, I love that era.
16:16I always have done.
16:17And also, 75 to sort of maybe, say, 95, there was just so many new genres of music.
16:23And music was reinvented so many times.
16:25Very much so.
16:25And it was so exciting.
16:27And I also think we never pay enough credit to what you were involved with, which is the
16:32now that's what I call music, which is in that musical, like, there was just such great
16:36pop music.
16:37Yes.
16:38It came out of the 80s as well.
16:39Whether it was manufactured or written by someone else or written by the band, it was
16:42a great era for pop as well.
16:44Yeah, very much so.
16:45And it was nice to actually work with these people, you know, being on stage with someone
16:49like Sonia, who, by the way, still looks 14.
16:51Yeah.
16:51You know, she's, and she's so cute.
16:53She's so lovely.
16:54I mean, we would work in different sort of cities all over the UK.
16:58Wherever we walked down, people would go crazy, like absolutely crazy, going, oh, my gosh, sir.
17:03And we went to a little charity shop.
17:05And I said, hey, let's look through the records.
17:07And there she was going, there's me.
17:08There's me.
17:09And I'm going, this is wild.
17:11This is absolutely wild.
17:12Lovely.
17:13Thank you, Nina.
17:14No worries.
17:16Right back to the game.
17:18Patrick, that's what I call countdown.
17:19Off you go.
17:20A consonant, please, Rachel.
17:22Thank you, Patrick.
17:23H.
17:24And another.
17:26N.
17:27And another.
17:28M.
17:29And another.
17:30B.
17:33Vowel, please.
17:35E.
17:36And another.
17:37A.
17:37And another.
17:39O.
17:40And another.
17:42E.
17:43One more, please.
17:45Lastly, I.
17:47Start the clock.
17:49E.
18:19Patrick.
18:19Eight.
18:20And for you, Helen?
18:21I've got an eight.
18:22Excellent stuff.
18:23Patrick.
18:24Bohemian.
18:25Bohemian.
18:25Bohemian.
18:26Pass it on over there and then we'll be in Rhapsody.
18:28Excellent work.
18:29Eight points.
18:32And I can't remember Bohemian coming out of my time here, Susie.
18:36No, not me, actually.
18:37It's a lovely, lovely spot and we can't top that one.
18:39We just had one seven otherwise.
18:41Hambone.
18:42Hambone?
18:43Yes.
18:43An inferior actor.
18:45Right.
18:45Helen, let's do the fandango again.
18:48Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:50Thank you, Helen.
18:50N.
18:51And another.
18:53R.
18:54And another, please.
18:56T.
18:58Vowel.
18:59A.
19:01Another vowel.
19:03U.
19:05Consonant.
19:06D.
19:16And the final vowel, please.
19:18And the final A.
19:20Half a minute.
19:52Helen?
19:53A six.
19:54Patrick?
19:54Eight.
19:55An eight.
19:56Where have you got an eight in there?
19:57Let's find out.
19:58Helen?
19:58Outran.
19:59And for you?
20:00Argonaut.
20:01Oh, my goodness me.
20:02It's a small floating octopus and the female has webbed sail-like arms
20:08and secretes a sort of shell in which she lays her eggs.
20:11Yeah.
20:11Lovely.
20:12So, that's sensational.
20:13I'm guessing...
20:14Beat us.
20:15You're all at sea.
20:16We are.
20:17Great stuff.
20:18Patrick, let's get the numbers.
20:19Four lines, please, Rachel.
20:20Thank you, Patrick.
20:22Four from the top row and two others.
20:24This time, your little numbers.
20:26Three and six.
20:28Big ones.
20:29One hundred.
20:31Seventy-five.
20:32Fifty.
20:32And twenty-five.
20:34And the target?
20:35Nine hundred and sixty-three.
20:36Nine six three.
20:37Numbers up.
20:38One hundred and sixty-three.
20:40One hundred and sixty-three.
20:46One hundred and sixty-three.
20:56One hundred and sixty-three.
20:57One hundred and sixty-three.
20:58One hundred and sixty-three.
20:58One hundred and sixty-three.
20:59One hundred and sixty-three.
21:00One hundred and sixty-three.
21:01One hundred and sixty-three.
21:06One hundred and sixty-three.
21:08At 9-6-3, Patrick?
21:119-6-6.
21:13Three away.
21:14Helen?
21:14Nowhere near.
21:15Patrick, off you go.
21:16So 75 plus the 6.
21:1981.
21:20Times that by the 100.
21:22Times that by the 100.
21:24Take off the 50.
21:258,100 minus 50.
21:27Divided by the 25.
21:29Divided by the 25 for 322.
21:35And then times that by the 3 for 9-6-6.
21:379-6-6.
21:39Seven points.
21:40I try to learn from Rachel every single day when she does the numbers.
21:44I know it's a multiple of 9, and that's as far as I manage to get.
21:47I don't know if that's going to help us, is it?
21:49Well, not with this one.
21:51But what you could have said is 100 divided by 25 is 4.
21:5750 times 6 is 300.
22:00Take away the 4 for 296.
22:02Times it by 3 for 888.
22:05And then add on the 75.
22:079-6-3.
22:08Ah, yes!
22:09Come on!
22:10Oh!
22:12Just had two belters today.
22:14Fantastic, Rachel.
22:16Let's get this Tea Time teaser.
22:17I love this one as well.
22:18Reclaims.
22:19Reclaims.
22:20We're going to jiggle that about.
22:21And the clue is, they're beyond belief.
22:23It's getting smoky in here.
22:24They're beyond belief.
22:26It's getting smoky in here.
22:43Hello again.
22:44Yes, the smoky reference, of course, was Robinson and the miracles.
22:48The miracles.
22:48And I think a challenger's going to need a minor miracle to topple our Patrick Thompson.
22:52But there's six rounds left.
22:54You never know.
22:55And, Helen, we're just going to enjoy every single one.
22:57And you're picking these letters.
22:59Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:00Thank you, Helen.
23:02T.
23:03And another one.
23:05J.
23:06And another, please.
23:08P.
23:09And vowel, please.
23:11E.
23:12Another vowel.
23:14U.
23:15Another vowel.
23:17I.
23:19Consonant.
23:19T.
23:22Vowel.
23:25A.
23:27And a final consonant, please.
23:29Final R.
23:30Let's play.
23:30Bye-bye.
24:03Dodgy seven.
24:04Dodgy seven. Patrick?
24:05I'll try seven as well.
24:07OK, what's the word, Helen?
24:08Jupiter.
24:09Jupiter. Can you have a small j? We'll find out.
24:12Patrick?
24:13Apartheid.
24:14Yes, we were scurrying away on both those words, actually,
24:17because Nina asked about Jupiter.
24:19Sadly, it is just a capital J, so it's a proper noun.
24:22Sorry.
24:23Apartheid is in there.
24:24Back to insects' wings, actually,
24:25because it means divided nearly to the base.
24:28Apartheid.
24:28OK. Anything else?
24:30That was it.
24:30So, there you go, Helen, you and I cast adrift in that round.
24:34Patrick, let's get more letters from you.
24:36A consonant, please, Rachel.
24:37Thank you, Patrick.
24:38C.
24:39And another.
24:41S.
24:42And another.
24:43G.
24:44And another.
24:45P.
24:46And a vowel.
24:47O.
24:48And another.
24:49A.
24:50And another.
24:51E.
24:52A consonant.
24:54N.
24:55And final consonant, please.
24:59Final W.
25:01Countdown.
25:02End.
25:02End.
25:03End.
25:04End.
25:06End.
25:07End.
25:08End.
25:09End.
25:11End.
25:13End.
25:14End.
25:14End.
25:14End.
25:15End.
25:17End.
25:18End.
25:19End.
25:32Patrick?
25:33A seven.
25:34A seven from you.
25:35And Helen?
25:35Risky seven.
25:36Let's throw caution to the wind.
25:38Patrick, what's yours?
25:39Cowpeas.
25:40Spell that for me.
25:41C-O-W-P-E-A-S.
25:43And what's dodgy, Helen?
25:45Snowcap.
25:46Oh, like a snow-capped mountain.
25:48Wow, I like the sound of it.
25:50So do I.
25:52It's there.
25:53Yeah.
25:54Very nice.
25:55Beautiful.
25:56Love that.
25:56Beautiful.
25:57There you go.
25:58So, all good with Patrick as well?
26:00Very good indeed.
26:00Yes, both of them planted the pea family, a cowpea.
26:04Simple as that.
26:04We had another plant.
26:06Cowridges.
26:07Yes.
26:08Cowridges there for seven.
26:09It's a climbing plant this time,
26:10but beware, because it causes stinging and itching.
26:12There you go.
26:13Sevens all round.
26:14If you've got one of them at home, well done.
26:15As we head over for Origins Awards, Susie.
26:18So, let's start the week strong.
26:20Who's been emailing you?
26:21Graham Baker.
26:22Hello, Graham.
26:23From Norfolk.
26:24Just the other day, Graham writes,
26:25I used the expression,
26:27sent him off with a flea in his ear.
26:29Where does that expression come from?
26:32So, to give someone a flea in their ear,
26:34it's to give them a sort of lecture
26:36and a right sort of talking to, if you like.
26:39And it's a really powerful image
26:41that goes back a very long way,
26:42and you'll find it in lots of European languages as well.
26:45So, you'll find it in French,
26:46you'll find it in German.
26:47And it's a particular kind of discomfort
26:50if you have a fly or a flea in your ear.
26:51It's a kind of buzzing, irritating,
26:54inescapable, and really persistent.
26:56And obviously, also, if you have a flea bite,
26:58that's incredibly painful as well.
27:00So, someone who has received a kind of stinging rebuke,
27:04it's quite a nice metaphor for that,
27:06because you just can't, you can't shift it.
27:09And the flea, as a source of kind of really irritating closeness,
27:15is a sort of image that you'll find
27:17throughout medieval and Renaissance literature, actually,
27:19in lots and lots of different things,
27:20and it's always a nuisance.
27:23And the ear is the sort of the, you know,
27:25where you receive advice, often unwanted advice.
27:28You can lend someone an ear.
27:30You can have something whispered in your ear.
27:32It's something that is, again, stands for something
27:34that is very close and intimate,
27:36even if you don't want this particular advice.
27:38But it made me think also about how fleas pop up
27:41in unexpected places.
27:42So, Colin, you know famously that the ukulele
27:45is from the Hawaiian for jumping flea,
27:47because of the sort of rapid sound of its notes.
27:50You can be as fit as a flea,
27:52because the flea jumps around, looks very athletic.
27:55And also, the adjective puce.
27:57If you go puce, you go a particular kind of red,
27:59and actually that goes all the way back to the French
28:02for a flea, because it's the colour of a flea.
28:05Particularly after it has drawn blood, I hate to say.
28:08But we have flea pits and flea markets, et cetera.
28:10So fleas actually have a pretty big role in language.
28:12Yeah, absolutely.
28:13A tiny, brilliant start to the week.
28:18All right, four rounds from now,
28:20we'll be fleeing the studio.
28:2183.30.
28:23Patrick looking to hit his fourth century.
28:27In a row, not a single person in Britain
28:30is betting against that right now.
28:31Now, Helen, a really impressive 30
28:34against the onslaught of our champion, Thompson.
28:38So let's keep it up, and let's get more letters from you.
28:40OK, consonant, please.
28:41Thank you, Helen.
28:42C.
28:43And another.
28:44T.
28:46And another.
28:47S.
28:48And another, please.
28:50R.
28:52Vowel, please.
28:53O.
29:01And a consonant, please.
29:04K.
29:06And a final vowel.
29:08Final I.
29:09Good luck.
29:41Helen.
29:41Very dodgy nine.
29:44Yeah.
29:45Patrick?
29:46I'll stick with an eight.
29:47Oh, he's not going for it.
29:48Oh, I would have went for it.
29:50We are going for it.
29:51Patrick?
29:52Rockiest.
29:53OK, he's stuck with rockiest.
29:55Just confirm, Helen.
29:56Crookiest.
29:57The most crooked person is the crookiest.
29:59Come on, come on, Sue.
30:01Er, no.
30:03No.
30:04Crookiest, but not crookiest.
30:05That's how I'm afraid.
30:08How much you went for it, though?
30:10Exactly that, Nina.
30:11Exactly that.
30:12Of course.
30:13You know, you're here, you go for it and have fun with it.
30:16Yeah, it felt dodgy as we wrote it down.
30:19But really good fun to go for it.
30:22So, at rockiest is the road taken,
30:24and that gets eight points for Patrick.
30:26Anything else?
30:27You can be corkiest.
30:28Well, something can be corkiest.
30:29A wine would be corkiest?
30:30Yes, that kind of thing.
30:32So, that's an alternative eight.
30:33Goodness me.
30:35Last letters, Patrick.
30:36A consonant, please, Rachel.
30:38Thank you, Patrick.
30:39L.
30:40And another.
30:41S.
30:42And another.
30:43L.
30:44And another.
30:46N.
30:46A vowel.
30:48E.
30:48And another.
30:49I.
30:50And another.
30:51A.
30:53A consonant, please.
30:55D.
30:57And one more, please.
30:59Lastly, T.
31:01Lost letters.
31:02And another.
31:03First or, please.
31:14Welcome to the Ones.
31:14Challenges.
31:14Clean story.
31:15BloodyARTs.
31:15Just say we'll be right back.
31:15Ones une over one next time.
31:18Place to my home.
31:31tipping point.
31:32Time's up. Patrick? Nine. Yes. Helen? Six. The six is? Island. Patrick? Installed. All there. That's great. Yeah, very good.
31:44Any others? No other nines, no. Landties for eight, etc. But installed is the only one that counts.
31:51Well, listen, Patrick, there's been some quite difficult rounds. And even with that, you could beat your top score so
31:57far of 124.
31:57124. Let's see how it pans out. Helen, you're in charge of these last numbers.
32:02I'll have one large and the rest small, please. Thank you, Helen. One large, five little.
32:07Final numbers today are seven, nine, seven, five, one and 100. And the target? 899.
32:19899. Last numbers.
32:52899, Helen.
32:53Even I can do that.
32:54What do you mean, Eve? Don't you say that now. You're really good. Patrick?
32:57Yeah, 899.
32:58Off you go, Helen.
33:00Nine times 100 minus the one. I thought you might say that.
33:04Better be the same way, Patrick.
33:05Yep, same way.
33:06Well done.
33:10Well, look at that. Patrick could post his highest score. He's on 119 at the moment.
33:14Helen could get her half century up. There's still something to play for here.
33:18Fingers on the buzzers, please.
33:20Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:23Fingers on the buzzer, please.
33:27Fingers on the buzzer, please.
33:27Fingers on the buzzer, please.
33:28Co-labbing?
33:29Let's find out.
33:31Yes.
33:34Co-labbing's like collaboration and it's just, it's, I'm co-labbing with somebody.
33:38It's used a lot in PR, isn't it?
33:40Exactly right.
33:41Yeah, it's good stuff.
33:42Disappointed that it took Patrick nearly three seconds to get that one.
33:46He's slipping, he's slipping.
33:48Helen, listen, you've already seen Patrick at work.
33:51You knew what you were walking into today.
33:53I think you did great with Forde and did you enjoy the whole experience?
33:57Yeah, it's been wonderful.
33:58Thank you very much.
33:59Love it.
33:59Yeah, it's been great.
33:59Thanks.
34:00You'd have beaten him in Spanish.
34:01Oh, yeah, without a doubt.
34:03Rubbish in Spanish.
34:04Anything beyond, oh, la, he's got no chance.
34:08Patrick, you're getting better and better.
34:09It's a joy to watch.
34:10Thank you very much.
34:11See you tomorrow.
34:11Well done.
34:11Back of the net again.
34:13Nina, Susie, see you tomorrow.
34:14See you then.
34:15And we are all done, Rachel.
34:16Have a good night.
34:17See you tomorrow.
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