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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Friday afternoon.
00:34We have been expecting you.
00:36We've got an excellent champion taking on an expectant challenger
00:39and both of them hoping to egg sell.
00:42And egging them on, of course, is our Rachel Riley.
00:45How are you?
00:45That's almost inexplicable.
00:48Well, it is World Egg Day today,
00:50which gives us the licence to use egg puns.
00:53OK.
00:54And to tell egg jokes.
00:56What do you call a city of 20 million eggs?
00:58Don't know.
00:59New York City.
01:00Oh!
01:02How do you make an egg roll?
01:04Tell it a joke.
01:05Give a little push.
01:06And my favourite one.
01:08Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
01:10I don't know.
01:11The dinosaur.
01:12Anyway, we're always ecstatic to say hello
01:15to our Susie Den every single day.
01:18And it's no exaggeration to say that we love having the woman
01:21who's been in Dictionary Corner all this week.
01:23Palmers!
01:26Our champion is Rodri Tomas.
01:28Good memory yesterday, your first win.
01:30You love your football and you've worked in football media.
01:33And you've got a great story about going to the new camp
01:36and kind of meeting a future superstar.
01:39It was quite embarrassing.
01:41We were on...
01:42The teams were warming up.
01:43We're on the touchline.
01:44The Barcelona manager's to my right.
01:46There's some ball boys warming up behind us.
01:48We're filming the manager.
01:50Yeah.
01:50And there's four Spanish camera crews pointing the cameras this way.
01:53Oh.
01:53I said, why are they filming us?
01:55So I went to ask them.
01:56They said, no, no, no, no, no.
01:57The ball boys are from the academy
01:59and apparently there's a new kid there who's quite good.
02:01Some Argentine kid called Messi.
02:03Ha, ha, ha!
02:05That's brilliant, Rodri.
02:06Well, you're up against Elaine Sharp today from Epsom in Surrey.
02:09How are you?
02:09Hello there, Colin.
02:10I'm very well, thank you.
02:11I could feign interest in you,
02:13but I'm really only interested in Valerie and Alex.
02:16This is very much a family affair countdown.
02:18Tell us all about it.
02:19It is indeed.
02:21My mum and dad have been huge fans of the countdown show
02:24for many, many years,
02:26from the very first days of Richard doing it.
02:28And the household stops at the relevant time of the day.
02:32They are firm lovers of your show
02:34and it's a delight to be here.
02:36When you're at home and it's Valerie versus Alex versus Elaine,
02:40how do you get on?
02:41Probably I come a little bit out on top,
02:43but mum and dad are a bit equal.
02:45Let's see what happens when we do it for real today.
02:47It's Elaine against Rodri.
02:49APPLAUSE
02:52And Rodri, you're first.
02:54Ah, hello, Rachel.
02:55Hi, Rodri.
02:56You can indeed start today with A.
02:58And the consonant?
03:01And the consonant?
03:03Another?
03:04G.
03:07A vowel?
03:08O.
03:11Consonant?
03:12P.
03:14Another vowel?
03:16I.
03:18Consonant?
03:20G.
03:27And I'll finish with a vowel, please.
03:29Finish with A.
03:32At home and in the studio.
03:33Last time this week, let's play Countdown.
04:04I'll see you next time.
04:07ROGERY? Five, I'm afraid.
04:08And Elaine? I'm sorry to say, only a four.
04:11A four? What's the four? Rota.
04:13And the five? Even this is dodgy-gator.
04:17How are you spelling it? As in alligator, G-A-T-O-R.
04:19Absolutely fine, yes. Yes, well spotted.
04:21For a five, it was really tricky. Pam, any more than a five?
04:24Yes, we've got patria, which is six.
04:27I'm going to ask Susie to explain it, though.
04:30That is your homeland. Oh, is it?
04:32Yes, so your native country.
04:34All right, five-nil. That's absolutely nothing.
04:36That's just a football score, Elaine. Let's get your letters.
04:39Hello. Hi, Elaine.
04:41Please, may I have a consonant? You may indeed.
04:44S. And another one, please.
04:47T. And a third? F.
04:52A vowel? E.
04:56Another? O.
04:59And a third? E.
05:02A consonant? R.
05:07Another? M.
05:10And one more, please.
05:13And lastly, G. And start the clock.
05:15...
05:20...
05:29...
05:31...
05:31Do
05:42MUSIC PLAYS
05:45Elaine. Six. Six. We're getting better all the time.
05:49Rodri. Six as well. Six as well.
05:51All right, let's get you on the board, Elaine.
05:52Forrest. Forrest. And for you, Rodri?
05:55Yeah, same. Forrest.
05:57There you go.
05:58Is six the best that we can do?
06:00Or can they not see the wood for the trees?
06:02Ah, well, I did come up with a six, which is quite tasteless,
06:06which is fester.
06:07Yes.
06:08But we have got two sevens.
06:10One is remotes, which everybody squabbles about on the sofa,
06:14and meteors.
06:16All right, 11 plays six, then.
06:18First numbers round, Rodri.
06:21Could I have one large and five small, please, Rishul?
06:23You can, indeed.
06:25One large, five little.
06:26Coming up, Rodri, first numbers of the day, eight.
06:30Eight, seven, ten, nine, six.
06:35And the large one, 25.
06:36Could be tricky.
06:37Let's see.
06:38The target...
06:38Maybe not.
06:39One, five, nine.
06:40One, five, nine.
06:41Numbers up.
06:42One, five, nine.
06:44One, five...
07:12Just checking, Rodri.
07:14Yeah, 159.
07:15It's always nerve-wracking, your first numbers round.
07:17Did you get it?
07:18Yes, 159.
07:19Well done.
07:20Rodri?
07:2125 times 6.
07:23150.
07:25That's nine.
07:25Nice and straightforward.
07:27Elaine?
07:28I did it the same way.
07:29Yeah.
07:31Brilliant. Well done.
07:32APPLAUSE
07:34Nice, easy first numbers round for you.
07:36As we get our first Tea Town teaser this Friday,
07:38it's ale drops, ale drops.
07:41These animals always sit in the same place.
07:44These animals always sit in the same place.
07:55APPLAUSE
08:02Welcome back.
08:03Now that Tea Time teaser, you might have gotten it,
08:06I got it, but I couldn't work out why.
08:08Why?
08:09These animals always sit in the same place.
08:11Leopards could not work it out.
08:12Rachel came to the rescue.
08:14For anyone struggling like me at home,
08:16why is it always sit in the same place?
08:18Because they never change their spots.
08:20Ridiculous.
08:21Ridiculous.
08:22Five points in there.
08:23Let's get back to the game.
08:24Elaine playing a little bit of catch-up and that's all.
08:27Off you go.
08:27A consonant, please, Rachel.
08:29Thank you, Elaine.
08:29P.
08:31And another.
08:33S.
08:34A third.
08:36D.
08:38A vowel.
08:40A.
08:42Another.
08:44O.
08:45One more.
08:47U.
08:48A consonant, please.
08:52S.
08:53Another.
08:55N.
08:57And a final vowel.
09:00A final vowel.
09:02A final vowel.
09:03A final vowel.
09:0330 seconds.
09:04A final vowel.
09:05A vowel.
09:12A vowel.
09:13Aуждens話.
09:14threshold.
09:19Four-een hosts.
09:19In theądren 의 army in thealah.
09:20Ofехola.
09:20And a third Giovanna.
09:20Toerfey.
09:22Forer the Nietzotechnology.
09:35Elaine.
09:36Seven.
09:37Seven from you.
09:38And Rodri?
09:39Just the six.
09:40Just the six.
09:41What's the six, Rodri?
09:42Pounds.
09:43And for you, Elaine?
09:44Passion.
09:45Passion for seven.
09:48Susie and Pam.
09:49We have a seven-letter word, suasion,
09:52and we have a Frenchified word,
09:54which I'm not going to attempt to pronounce
09:56with my Berkshire accent.
09:58Susie?
09:59OK, so suasion, first of all,
10:01is persuasion rather than force.
10:05And poussin is a young chicken.
10:07Yes.
10:08Well, it is egg day.
10:10It is egg day.
10:10It's perfect.
10:11Yes.
10:12OK, two points in the lead, Elaine.
10:15Rodri, it's on you for more letters, champ.
10:18I'll start with the vowel, please, Rachel.
10:20Thank you, Rodri.
10:21O.
10:22And a consonant.
10:24R.
10:26A vowel.
10:28E.
10:29Consonant.
10:30D.
10:32Consonant.
10:34N.
10:36Consonant.
10:37C.
10:39Vowel.
10:41A.
10:43A consonant.
10:45Q.
10:46And the final consonant, please.
10:49Lastly, M.
10:50Let's do it.
11:19Let's do it.
11:22Rodri, how many?
11:23Risky seven.
11:25A risky seven. Elaine?
11:27Six.
11:27And a six for you.
11:29OK, what's the six, Elaine?
11:31Dancer.
11:32Dancer. And Rodri?
11:34Cremant.
11:34How are you spelling that?
11:35C-R-E-M-A-N-D.
11:38Cremant.
11:38No, you can spell it with a T in French wines.
11:44It's only there with a T, unfortunately.
11:46All right, so Elaine gets the points.
11:48Let's get back to the numbers.
11:50Elaine, your choice.
11:51Rachel, please may I have one large and five small?
11:54You may, indeed.
11:55One from the top row, five not.
11:57And the next numbers round is as follows.
12:01Four.
12:01One.
12:02Two.
12:03Eight.
12:04Seven.
12:05And the large one, 25.
12:07And the target, 681.
12:09Six, eight, one.
12:11Numbers up.
12:42Fairly big target, Elaine.
12:44Elaine, how did you fare?
12:46683.
12:47Two away.
12:48Rodri?
12:48The same.
12:49683.
12:50OK, Elaine, you go first for seven points.
12:53Four times seven is 28.
12:55Yes.
12:57Times my 25 is 700.
12:59It is.
13:00Two times eight is 16.
13:03Plus the one is 17.
13:05Take it away for 683.
13:08Lovely.
13:08Two away.
13:09Rodri, got to be the same.
13:10It's absolutely, yeah.
13:13There you go.
13:14Seven points.
13:16Six.
13:17Eight.
13:17One.
13:18Yeah, lots of dead ends.
13:20If you start the same way, four times seven is 28.
13:23But before you times it by 25, take one away for 27.
13:27And then you can multiply for 675.
13:31And you have eight minus two left over.
13:33Six to add on 681.
13:35Well done.
13:35APPLAUSE
13:38So near yet so far, but no damage.
13:40It's done seven points each.
13:42And it's a shame.
13:43I mean, if only this week lasted 25 days, that would be great.
13:46So we could have, we could have Palmares for more.
13:49And what are we going to finish with this week?
13:51I'm going to read a poem about flying, about long-haul flights.
13:56At the airport running late, I've never been in such a state.
14:00Which is our departure gate?
14:02It's teeming, streaming.
14:04I am close to screaming.
14:07Everywhere a sense of panic.
14:09Asian, African, Hispanic.
14:12Scan the boards with eyeballs manic.
14:15Blowing.
14:16Pfft.
14:17Glowing.
14:18I wish I wasn't going.
14:21Passport on the check-in shelf.
14:24Have you packed this all yourself?
14:26No, it was Santa and his elf.
14:30Never be clever.
14:32No humour whatsoever.
14:34She gestures off.
14:36I see the view.
14:37Another endless shuffling queue.
14:41Security's a glimpse of hell.
14:43Here's my liquid.
14:44Here's my gel.
14:45Here's my shoes.
14:46They're hot.
14:47They smell.
14:48Profess them.
14:49Confess them.
14:51Let the man assess them.
14:53Then through the scanner you must trot.
14:55Will you ring the bell or not?
14:57Yes, stand aside or else be shot.
14:59They'll search you.
15:01Besmirch you.
15:02On a screen, research you.
15:05Can I touch you?
15:07If you must.
15:09Provided you're devoid of lust.
15:12Come, pat me down.
15:14Come, stroke my bust.
15:15Inspect me.
15:17Protect me.
15:18Don't let the bombs affect me.
15:21Your blue-gloved hands and steely eyes.
15:25Keep me safe while in the skies.
15:28And this is a verse about the aircraft toilet.
15:31At last, the aircraft toilet's free.
15:34Now everyone can wait for me.
15:37The floor's awash.
15:40I think it's wee.
15:43It's whittle.
15:44Piddle.
15:46Someone missed the middle.
15:48In the mirror, some old hag.
15:51Don't bother with a make-up bag or think of lighting up a fag.
15:55I'm crabby.
15:57Well, it's shabby.
15:58You couldn't swing a tabby.
16:01Dare I flush?
16:03Fight down my fear.
16:05That roar to paralyse your ears and suck you to the stratosphere.
16:10Reeling, squealing, clinging to the ceiling.
16:14I hate these squalid aircraft loos and wish that I had worn my shoes.
16:21LAUGHTER
16:23APPLAUSE
16:26Brilliant.
16:28OK, Rodri and Elaine.
16:29Big act to live up to.
16:30Let's get back to the games.
16:32Rodri, your choosing.
16:33Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
16:35Thank you, Rodri.
16:36I.
16:37And another.
16:39O.
16:41A consonant.
16:41S.
16:44Another consonant.
16:46C.
16:48Another consonant.
16:51S.
16:53And another, please.
16:55T.
16:57A vowel.
16:59U.
17:02And another consonant, please.
17:06N.
17:07And one more vowel, please.
17:11Lastly, E.
17:12That might help.
17:13Good luck.
17:14Z.
17:17The one word.
17:43Can I have a vowel, please?
17:43The one word.
17:44ROGERY
17:45A seven.
17:46Elaine.
17:47Only a six.
17:48And a six. Here we go, the pendulum might swing again.
17:51The six, Elaine.
17:52Scouts.
17:53The seven.
17:54Notices.
17:55Well noticed, well noticed.
17:57Pull that back to within 1.9 pounds.
18:01Well, we don't want to look like brain boxes over here, she lied,
18:05but we have got four eight-letter words.
18:08No.
18:08They are countess, counties, sections and sections.
18:16Well done, four of them.
18:20Right, more letters.
18:21Elaine.
18:22Consonant, please.
18:23Thank you, Elaine.
18:24L.
18:25And another.
18:27F.
18:29One more.
18:30T.
18:32Vowel.
18:33O.
18:35Another.
18:36A.
18:38One more.
18:40E.
18:42Consonant.
18:44S.
18:46Another.
18:48W.
18:50And a final consonant.
18:52And a final K.
18:54Here we go.
18:54Hello, Anna.
18:59That.
18:59To.
18:59And.
19:18The music.
19:23Is it ever being tuned?
19:23Or.
19:23To.
19:24Or.
19:24New.
19:26Elaine?
19:27Six.
19:28And for Rodri?
19:29Just a five.
19:32I can't predict what's going to happen with you two every round.
19:34Right, Rodri, the five.
19:36Walks.
19:37Walks.
19:38And for Elaine?
19:39Floats.
19:40Floats.
19:41Well done, you got the points.
19:42Over to Pam for four eights, I'm guessing.
19:44No, no, afraid not.
19:46No, but we do have a seven, which is folates.
19:49Folates.
19:50I'm not sure what it means.
19:51Yeah, folates, they are derivatives of folic acid,
19:55which, of course, is really important in the body.
19:58OK, seven points in it.
20:00At numbers, third of the day, Rodri?
20:03Oh, it's time to go for six more, I think.
20:06Time for six more.
20:06If anyone's under pressure, Elaine.
20:08The six more are coming out.
20:10Let's see what they are.
20:12Two, nine, eight, ten, another eight,
20:17and six, and the target to reach 395.
20:22Three, nine, five.
20:23Numbers up.
20:24Two, nine, seven, eight.
20:27Three, nine, eight, ten.
20:553-9-5, the target, Rodri.
20:58No, I knew it.
20:59You're still writing. Elaine.
21:023-9-3.
21:03Oh, that'll be for seven points. Let's hear it.
21:05Six times eight is 48.
21:08Yes.
21:09Minus eight is 40.
21:11Yep.
21:12Times by ten, 400.
21:16Nine minus two is seven.
21:18Take them away for 3-9-3.
21:21And seven points. Well done.
21:223-9-5.
21:23Well, started the same way as Elaine.
21:25Six times eight is 48.
21:28Ten divided by two is five.
21:31Take that off for 43.
21:33Times that by nine for 387.
21:36And you have a remaining eight.
21:383-9-5.
21:39Brilliant.
21:42No shame in missing that one, but if you got it at home,
21:45well done to you.
21:46Make sure you apply to be in this programme.
21:48Let's get our last Tea Time teaser of the week.
21:50It's throw one.
21:52Throw one.
21:53You might throw one or two bits of this over your food.
21:56You might throw one or two bits of this over your food.
22:14Hello again.
22:15You might throw one or two bits of this over your food.
22:17I can't ever remember putting home wort on my food.
22:20But H-O-N-E-W-O-R-T.
22:23Susie Dent, help me out.
22:25It's a wild plant of the parsley family.
22:27And very often when you get the wort, whatever's in front of it,
22:31it is a remedy for.
22:32So we have liver wort, which is good for the liver.
22:34And H-O-N-E here is a swelling, so the plant was thought to reduce swelling.
22:38There you go.
22:38Oh, shit.
22:39I've never put it in my chips, I'll tell you that much.
22:4235-49.
22:43Elaine, your letters.
22:45Consonant, please, Rachel.
22:46Thank you, Elaine.
22:47T.
22:48One more, C.
22:52Another, P.
22:55A vowel, U.
22:59Another, I.
23:03One more, please.
23:05E.
23:06A consonant, T.
23:10Another, Y.
23:14And a final vowel, please.
23:18A final A.
23:19And half a minute.
23:21One more.
23:23And half a minute.
23:24And half a minute.
23:35Three more.
23:41One more.
23:43One more.
23:44One more.
23:45One more.
23:45You.
23:49Would you like to earn fun?
23:51That's it, Elaine.
23:53Hopeful five.
23:55Rodri? Five as well, yeah.
23:56Five as well. Elaine?
23:58Peaty. Rodri?
24:00Tacit. And tacit.
24:02Yes, both very good. Soil can be peaty.
24:05It's in the dictionary, that's absolutely fine.
24:07Yeah, OK. Anything above a five?
24:09We've got a nice word, we've got a very nice word.
24:12It's seven letters and it's paucity.
24:14Yeah, scarcity, in other words.
24:16Nice, well done, well done.
24:18All right, it's as you were. Let's get back to it.
24:20Rodri, straight in with another nine.
24:24Start with the vowel, please, Rachel.
24:25Thank you, Rodri. O.
24:27And another.
24:29E.
24:30Consonant.
24:32D.
24:33E.
24:34A consonant.
24:35Only tunnel, that would get a cheer on.
24:38N.
24:39And another.
24:41H.
24:43Vowel.
24:45U.
24:45A consonant.
24:48M.
24:51A consonant.
24:53W.
24:55And the vowel, please.
24:56Lastly, I.
24:58It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:00It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:01It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:09It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:12It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:14It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:16It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:19It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:19It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:20It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:21It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:21It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:23It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:26It's the nerdiest thing I've ever done in my life.
25:31Time's up. Flew by, Rodri, how many?
25:33Let's try a seven. Going to try a seven here, a lane.
25:36Six. And a six. Well, this is massive.
25:39So, the six. Wind. What's the seven you're going to try?
25:43Unhoned.
25:46Could an animal, for example, be unhoned?
25:49It's not there, Rodri, I'm afraid.
25:51Palm. Is wind all we have?
25:54Well, I came up with the rather feeble honed, which is only five,
25:59but Susie has come up with the rather mystifying inhumed,
26:04which I think is the opposite of exhumed.
26:06It is. It's to bury rather than to bring up.
26:10Nice seven. That one was in the dictionary, Rodri,
26:13but you are not dead and buried yet.
26:1420 points in it, four rounds still to go.
26:17But origins and words. Last one of the week, Susie.
26:19Yes. Eggs. I give you eggs.
26:21Yay!
26:23So, before the word egg came about, we had in Old English,
26:27E, so in its plural, it was Eeren.
26:30And that was used particularly in the south,
26:33whereas in the north, where there was the Danelaw,
26:35the area occupied by the Vikings,
26:37they had eggs, which came straight from their language.
26:41And quite often, if people from the north and people from the south
26:44wanted to communicate and buy eggs,
26:46they didn't really understand each other.
26:48Some people would say nothing's changed since.
26:50But the two co-existed side by side for a very, very long time.
26:54And finally, that Old Norse word took over and we had eggs.
26:57But when William Caxton set up the first printing press,
27:01he wasn't quite sure which one to use,
27:03so they were both very much in existence.
27:05But we have so many phrases in English to do with eggs.
27:07You can have egg on your face if you do something a bit humiliating.
27:11We talk about a good egg and a bad egg.
27:14And we have also, don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
27:19But, yeah, they have been around for a very, very long time.
27:22I will just say, when you're egging someone on,
27:24that's nothing to do with giving them eggs
27:26or egg and spoon races or anything.
27:28That is also from the Vikings, but it's from a different verb.
27:31But there's eggian, which meant to incite or to urge.
27:34Aye. Brilliant. Thank you.
27:35That's really good.
27:39And World Egg Day, just perfect.
27:42Just perfect.
27:43All right. 20 points in it.
27:45Elaine, do your letters.
27:47Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:48Thank you, Elaine.
27:49R.
27:51And another.
27:52N.
27:53One more.
27:55P.
27:57A vowel.
27:59O.
28:01Another.
28:02E.
28:04And another.
28:06A.
28:08Vowel.
28:10O.
28:12Consonant.
28:13R.
28:15And a final consonant.
28:17And a final N.
28:19And countdown.
28:19A.
28:21And a final consonant.
28:47This is a new method.
28:48Now.
28:49Composite.
28:49A.
28:49A.
28:49A. A.
28:49And that's time, Elaine.
28:53Sadly, only a five.
28:54Yeah. And Rodri?
28:56Even more sad, a four.
28:57A four? Oh, my goodness me.
29:00Right, what is our four?
29:02Open.
29:03And the five to take a 25-point lead?
29:05Opera.
29:06And the dictionary corner to show you're all up.
29:09No, only by one.
29:10We have poorer, which is six, and we have...
29:14We have a nooner, which is a little bit raunchy.
29:18It's something that occurs in the middle of the day,
29:20particularly if it's a kind of sexual encounter.
29:23Yes, OK, say no more.
29:24Say no more, because I think that's just about PG enough.
29:27We'll get back to the game.
29:28Rodri, nine more letters.
29:32Let's try a vowel, please, Rachel.
29:34Thank you, Rodri.
29:35E.
29:36And a consonant.
29:38G.
29:40A consonant.
29:42Just go for it.
29:43It's a long shot.
29:44Oh!
29:45V.
29:46A vowel.
29:47I.
29:49And a consonant.
29:52S.
29:54Consonant.
29:56L.
29:58A vowel.
30:00E.
30:02A consonant.
30:05R.
30:07And a final consonant, please.
30:10A final L.
30:11All right, last letters.
30:14The Bound of The Bound of the Bound of the Bound of the Bound of the Bound of the Bound
30:15of the Bound of the Bound of the Bound of the Bound of the Bound of the Bound of the
30:17Bound of the Bound of the Bound of the Bound of the Bound of the Bound of the Bound of
30:30the Bound.
30:43That's it, Rodri?
30:44A seven.
30:45A seven, well spotted.
30:46And Elaine?
30:47A very small five.
30:48The five is?
30:50Lives.
30:50It's not over yet.
30:51The seven has to be there.
30:53Servile.
30:54Yes, obsequious.
30:55Very good indeed, that's it.
30:57Oh, look at this.
31:01Seven points.
31:02Right.
31:02Anything else to add to this partay?
31:05We do have for seven, reviles.
31:08Excellent.
31:09So, staying alive, as the Bee Gees would say.
31:12Another chance to get the job done, Elaine.
31:14One large and five small.
31:16I thought you might say that you want the easiest one possible.
31:19Rodri does not.
31:20Final numbers of the week.
31:22Eight, two, five, one, nine.
31:27And the large one, 25.
31:29And the target, 616.
31:31Six, one, six.
31:33Last numbers.
32:046-1-6. Elaine?
32:06I've had a complete brain freeze.
32:09You've had a blank.
32:10Rodri, have you got it?
32:11I haven't. 6-1-4.
32:12Ah! Admirable effort for seven points.
32:15Off you go.
32:168 times 2 plus 1.
32:198 times 2 plus 1, like that?
32:20Yeah.
32:21So, 24.
32:22Times 25.
32:24600.
32:25Plus 9 plus 5.
32:26And the 9 and the 5, yeah.
32:28Listen, well done, Rodri.
32:30So close, so close.
32:316-1-6.
32:32How do you say?
32:33I'll tell you why I didn't get it.
32:35Because Rachel got it before I hit the button,
32:37and that always throws me.
32:39She just spends 30 seconds trolling me.
32:42Like this.
32:44How did you get it in 0.2 of a second?
32:47Well, there were a couple of ways.
32:49One of them, 8 minus 2 minus 1 is 5.
32:52Times 5 is 25.
32:54Times 25 is 625.
32:57And take away the 9.
32:58Yay, well done.
33:02So, a whole week without a crucial countdown conundrum,
33:05but loads of close games.
33:06And this is an interesting one, Rodri,
33:08because if you could get this, you can say,
33:10I only lost by one point, you know.
33:12Right, Rodri and Elaine, here we go.
33:14Let's reveal this countdown conundrum.
33:27Go on, Elaine.
33:28Engrossed.
33:29Let's have a look.
33:30Yes.
33:33Elaine, you are now the proud owner of a countdown teapot,
33:37but let's be honest, there's no way that your mum and dad
33:40are going to let you have that teapot.
33:41It's theirs, let's be honest, right?
33:43Well, it's terrific to have it.
33:45See you Monday.
33:47Happy days.
33:48And, Rodri, that kind of feels OK, I think.
33:50Absolutely.
33:51I've got a teapot, man.
33:52All you lovely people have had a great time.
33:54Wonderful.
33:55Thank you, Rodri.
33:55Appreciate it.
33:56Pam, please come back again.
33:58You've got to make it a hat trick.
33:59Oh, thanks.
34:00I'd love to.
34:01Susie, you have to come back.
34:02You're contracted.
34:03See you Monday.
34:04I'll come back if Pam does.
34:05Excellent.
34:06Well, we've got Mikey Adder and Pocock with us,
34:08so it's, you know, brilliant dictionary corner guess
34:11after brilliant dictionary corner guess.
34:13Yeah, exactly.
34:14Rachel, should we finish on World Egg Day
34:16with the greatest egg joke of all time?
34:18You'll know it.
34:19Definitely.
34:19We can celebrate it.
34:21Why do French people only have one egg for breakfast?
34:25You don't know?
34:26No.
34:26Because one egg is an oof.
34:29Oh, God.
34:32Oh, all of you, go away.
34:33We'll see you Monday and count on us.
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