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00:30Hello, everybody. I find I'm so excited I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head.
00:38I think it's the excitement only a countdown presenter can feel.
00:42Welcome to the show. Redemption comes in the form of our J of the D, Susie Dent, our very special
00:48guest, Ainsley Harriet.
00:50And if I look to your right, I hope, I hope I find Rachel Riley. Good afternoon, Rach.
00:57I can't work out your Easter eggs today.
00:58Well, they all come from, I don't know whether the word is objectively or subjectively, Susie can tell me, the
01:06greatest film of all time.
01:08Because on IMDb, which we think would be the website we look to to guide us, based on millions of
01:15votes on hundreds of thousands of movies, number one of all time is this movie.
01:20Empire Magazine's biggest poll of greatest movies of all time. Number one, we're talking about the Shawshank Redemption.
01:27I think the beauty of the Shawshank Redemption is, even if it's not your favourite, Susie, bet it's in your
01:33top ten.
01:33Oh, it definitely is in my top five. I mean, I think Tim Robbins is one of the finest actors
01:38of our generation, our lifetime, really.
01:41Yeah.
01:41And it's just so beautifully written as well. You can just pick so many quotes from it.
01:45It's a gorgeous one about some birds are not meant to be caged, their feathers are too bright, their song
01:51is too sweet, so you set them free.
01:53It's just beautiful.
01:54And it's also where, especially with that end scene, it's where I think Morgan Freeman became Ainsley the voiceover of
02:02all voiceovers, right?
02:04Absolutely. The way he narrates it, the way he talks about it.
02:07I first met him. You know, the deepness. It kind of draws you in.
02:11It's almost like when you go and visit your favourite uncle or auntie or someone that means something to you,
02:16and their voice just kind of gives you that sort of metaphoric hug. Do you know what I mean?
02:20I'll give you another phrase. There's always one. Rachel, tell them what you said to me about the Shawshank Redemption
02:26when I said it was the greatest movie of all time.
02:28I said, have these people not seen Elf?
02:32So you haven't watched it the whole way through yet?
02:33No, I have. I watched it as a teenager and I vowed to never make myself sit through it again.
02:38What makes a world turn, Rachel? We like what we like, we should never apologise.
02:42There's a Russian phrase, nafkuzitsvetavarishiniet. In taste and colour there are no comrades.
02:46Yes, love that.
02:48Each to their own.
02:48Right, let's introduce our latest comrade here at Countdown, which is our Jodie Madlani, who lives in London these days.
02:56And listen, there's Countdown fans and then there's Jodie, who describes herself as a hardcore Countdown fan.
03:03So this goes back to like when you were a kid. Tell us about when you first started watching Countdown.
03:07Yeah, so my uncle, who was actually in the audience last time I was on, he's been watching it since
03:12he was younger as well.
03:13So ever since I could read and write, I'd just sit on his lap and watch Countdown with him since
03:17I was about five, probably.
03:19Did you win first time?
03:20No.
03:20So yesterday was the teapot.
03:22Yeah, exactly.
03:23Yes, you've been carrying that weight on your shoulder for 10, 11, 12 years.
03:27Oh, yes.
03:28Jodie, you're going up against Darren Saunders with nothing to lose.
03:31Your teapot's sorted.
03:32Darren joins us from Milton Keynes.
03:34How are you doing today, mate?
03:35Very good, thanks.
03:36Now, there's camera shy and then there's camera shy.
03:39Just explain, as you did to me before the opening credits, just how camera shy you are.
03:44Well, I don't like having my photo taken and I don't like appearing on video at all.
03:51I had my wedding videoed in 1997 and I still haven't watched the video.
03:57LAUGHTER
03:58Do you know, I've only ever met one person, and this will help you settle your nerves.
04:02I've only ever heard of somebody who's more camera shy than you once,
04:07and that person, bar the test card logo, girl, you remember that picture with the board?
04:12Is the most appeared person in television ever, Susie Dent.
04:16Yes, you're not.
04:17It doesn't come naturally to you.
04:18Never have.
04:19No, it's just posing.
04:20I don't mind, you know, moving around.
04:21I don't mind cameras.
04:22But if it's a still, if it's a photograph, I absolutely hate it.
04:25I have not learned how to pose.
04:28Wow.
04:28That's the thing.
04:29I've got four letters here, diva, to start today's show.
04:33Darren, Jodie, best of luck to you.
04:37Well, off you go, Jodie, you're a dab hand at this now.
04:40Hi again, Rachel.
04:41Hi, Jodie.
04:42Can I start with consonant, please?
04:43You can indeed.
04:44Start today with G.
04:46And another.
04:48P.
04:49And a third.
04:51B.
04:52And a vowel.
04:54A.
04:54And another.
04:56U.
04:57And a third.
04:58I.
04:59A consonant.
05:01S.
05:02Vowel.
05:04E.
05:04And a final consonant, please.
05:06And a final W.
05:08At home and in the studio.
05:10Let's play Countdown.
05:41Time's up, champ. What have you got?
05:43Just a five. And for you, Darren?
05:45It's a five for me as well. Good, let's get you both on the board.
05:47Pause. Yeah, jumped out that, Darren.
05:50Wages. Wages. Pause.
05:53So can you take us any higher, please, Suzanne Ainsley?
05:56Well, I've not really got much. I've got Waspy.
06:00Very nice. Waspy's there for six. It's a woman's corset.
06:03There you go, Darren. Something learnt already as you pick your first letters.
06:07Hello, Rachel. Hi, Darren. Can I have a consonant, please?
06:10Can, indeed. T.
06:12A consonant. M.
06:15A consonant. R.
06:17A vowel. O.
06:21A vowel. E.
06:23A consonant. L.
06:27A consonant. C.
06:30A vowel. I.
06:34And a vowel.
06:35And lastly, A.
06:38Let's do it.
06:39A vowel.
06:40A vowel.
06:43A vowel.
06:47A vowel.
06:50A vowel.
06:54A vowel.
06:55A vowel.
06:56A vowel.
06:56A vowel.
06:56A vowel.
07:09Darren, how many?
07:11Six. And Joltee? Seven.
07:13And a seven there. The sixth, Darren?
07:15Loiter. And for you, Joltee? Miracle.
07:18Fantastic. Well, we all believe in that, but do we have anything else?
07:22We certainly do. I've got an eight here.
07:25Metricle. Metricle, we're talking digits here, we're talking numbers.
07:29Yeah, we're looking at measurements, for sure.
07:31And there's another lovely one, bit of a countdown word, loricate,
07:34and it describes an animal that has protective plates or scales.
07:38Fantastic. First numbers round of the day, and that means Joltee's picking.
07:42I'll have two large, please, Rachel.
07:44Thank you, Joltee. Two from the top, four little coming up.
07:47First numbers of this contest are 1, 5, 1, 9, 25 and 50.
07:55Let's see if this is possible.
07:57The target is 6-4-1.
07:586-4-1. Numbers up.
08:001, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5,
08:111, 5, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6,
08:161, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6,
08:161, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6,
08:171, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6,
08:171, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1, 6, 1
08:30Hmm. 6-4-1, Jyoti.
08:336-4-4, not written down.
08:353 away. Darren?
08:376-4-1.
08:38Nailed it for a big ten points. Let's hear Darren.
08:429-1.
08:439-1, 8.
08:4550 plus 25 plus 5.
08:4780.
08:49Multiply the two together.
08:506-4-1.
08:51640. And the second one, the only way I saw.
08:53Well done, 6-4-1.
08:56Not easy, that one. Brilliant from a challenger.
08:59He now has a three-point lead as we get this tea-time teaser.
09:02Walk legend. Walk legend.
09:04It's in the Chinese pan.
09:05It's my understanding that London cabbies must get this.
09:09It's my understanding that London cabbies must get this.
09:28Welcome back.
09:29If you had the knowledge, you would have worked out that tea-time teaser.
09:32Jyoti and Darren certainly do.
09:34It looks like it's going to be a close affair today, Jyoti.
09:36Three points in it, which is nothing on Countdown.
09:39Darren, you're picking these.
09:40OK, can I have a consonant, please?
09:43Thank you, Darren.
09:44N.
09:45Consonant.
09:47S.
09:48Vowel.
09:49E.
09:51Consonant.
09:52D.
09:53Consonant.
09:55G.
09:56Vowel.
09:58O.
09:59A vowel.
10:01U.
10:03Another vowel.
10:06I.
10:08And a consonant.
10:10Lastly, L.
10:11Start the clock.
10:12A vowel.
10:14I.
10:40Tod.
10:43DARREN? Seven. Seven for you. Jyoti? Seven.
10:47And a seven. What have you got there, DARREN? Lounged. Lounged. Jyoti? Dowsing.
10:51So, two sevens, Ainsley. You look pretty happy with yourself.
10:56Well, yeah, you've triggered something in my mind there,
10:59because you said dowsing, so I've got de-lowsing for a nine.
11:02Oh, fantastic, yes. Yeah, there you go.
11:08Nine, fantastic. We'll just move on then, eh? Yes. Yeah, good stuff.
11:11More letters now. Jyoti, you're back in control.
11:14I'll start with a consonant, please. Thank you, Jyoti.
11:18N. And another. T. And a third. X. A vowel. E. Another. O. A third. U. A consonant. S. A
11:33vowel. A.
11:36And a final consonant, please. A final R. And half a minute.
11:40No.
12:09It's okay.
12:10All right, so.
12:11Jotie.
12:12I'm going to stick with seven.
12:14Oh, there was a decision there, Darren.
12:16Seven for me.
12:17And a seven as well, Jotie.
12:19Soutane.
12:20And for you, Darren?
12:21Natures.
12:22Well, natures I'm OK with, but let's go to Susie on Jotie's seven.
12:26Yes, Soutane or Soutan, it's a Roman Catholic priest, Catholic.
12:29Ainsley, just on a roll with that nine.
12:32I'm guessing no, there'll be no nines here.
12:34I can't manage a nine, but I can do you a seven, treason.
12:38Treason.
12:39Yeah.
12:39There you go.
12:41Three points still in it as we get back to those numbers.
12:44Darren's first time choosing, and he loves his maths,
12:47so let's see what you do.
12:48Oh, go safe with one large, please.
12:51Not always safe, but often.
12:53Let's see if you get your wish, Darren.
12:55Five little ones for this round.
12:57Nine, one, seven, five, seven, and the large one, 50.
13:03And the target, 876.
13:06It's seven, six.
13:07Numbers up.
13:07One, two, three, four, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:19five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:22five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:22five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:22five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five,
13:22five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five, five
13:378, 7, 6, darling.
13:39No, I'm too far away.
13:41Yeah, I am for you, Joltee.
13:43Missed it as well.
13:43My goodness.
13:45Rachel.
13:46I found a way.
13:47If you say 7 times 5 is 35,
13:51and then 9 minus the second 7 is 2,
13:5350 divided by 2 is 25,
13:56times those together for 8, 7, 5,
13:58and add on the 1.
14:03Let's head over to next the recorder
14:05and have our daily chat with Ainsley Harrier,
14:07and I believe our chat today is going to have a bit of a musical tone
14:10as you take us back to the Calypso Twins.
14:12It takes me way, way back,
14:14and we're talking about a time when...
14:16In fact, what was interesting about this, Colin,
14:19was that I was actually working.
14:20It was January, it was really cold.
14:22It was in the late 80s,
14:24and I get a call from a friend of mine
14:25who I used to go to school with
14:28asking me whether I'd like to go to Miami or not.
14:30I said, I can't afford it.
14:31I haven't got that type of money.
14:33He said, no, no, no, we'll get together,
14:34we'll write a few songs.
14:35I'd previously been in a comedy duo before,
14:38so we kind of used a bit of that too.
14:40And we got together, learnt a few songs,
14:42and Mr Branson on Virgin Atlantic
14:45used to do in-flight entertainment.
14:48So my first gig was 35,000 feet in the air.
14:52Hold on, live music?
14:53Live music.
14:55It was a fantastic thing to do.
14:59If you can imagine you being a customer on the airline,
15:03you're sitting there, you're a bit nervous,
15:06we're talking no laptops, we're talking no phones,
15:10nothing, perhaps you got one film
15:12that the whole plane watched, which was up on screen.
15:17And you had this entertainment
15:18going through each section of the plane,
15:20and the real beauty of it,
15:22after you did a 10- or 15-minute session in each part,
15:26you then got to sit in upper class
15:28if there were seats available.
15:29Yeah.
15:30All the way down to Miami,
15:32and the middle of January,
15:33the sun was shining, fantastic.
15:36And on the way back, no performance,
15:39just upper class,
15:40sitting down there and taking it all in.
15:43First of all, that's weird,
15:44you'd definitely make them perform again,
15:46wouldn't you, on the way back?
15:47That's a bad deal you've struck there,
15:49if you can't get them home.
15:51Well, I suppose that in those days,
15:53you know, they were all very, very competitive,
15:56so they wanted to do something a little bit different,
15:59and an opportunity to do that was just fabulous.
16:03Really, really loved it.
16:04It's just a different era.
16:06I can't...
16:06It would be my worst nightmare, by the way.
16:08I just want to sleep.
16:10But, yeah, that's...
16:11You know, it's so...
16:12What, you don't want to hear me sing?
16:14I'm sorry, Ains.
16:15I'm glad I wasn't going to Miami that year.
16:18I'm one of those, I get the earplugs in
16:20and just want to just sleep.
16:21Yeah, but how it's changed, I think, Colin,
16:24in those days, you know, when you travelled,
16:27it was more excitement.
16:29I think now we just take it for granted.
16:31Because it was rare.
16:32Well, listen, you never know, you never know.
16:33Maybe we'll have a re-prize at some stage.
16:35Thank you, Ainsley.
16:36Thank you, Ainsley.
16:39Right, back to the game.
16:41Darren Saunders up against a really good champion.
16:43Nearly scored 100 in her debut yesterday,
16:46but he's got his nose in front.
16:48Three points to the good.
16:49And Jodie, our champion, picking these letters.
16:51I'll start with a consonant, please.
16:53Thank you, Jodie.
17:04And a final consonant, please.
17:15And push the button.
17:47Jyoti.
17:48Seven.
17:49Darren.
17:50Seven.
17:50Seven as well.
17:51Neck and neck.
17:52Jyoti.
17:52Primate.
17:53Primate.
17:54And for you, Darren?
17:55Ragtime.
17:56Oh, ragtime!
17:57Very nice.
17:59Two great words.
18:00Lovely.
18:00Excellent.
18:01What are we adding, Ainslie?
18:03I'm also going down the seven route.
18:05I've got migrate, or indeed primate.
18:08Both of those things came to me.
18:10All done, then?
18:10Yes.
18:11Epigram, another one.
18:12There you go.
18:13Migrate, primate, ragtime, and all that jazz as we get back to more letters in Darren.
18:18A consonant, please.
18:19Thank you, Darren.
18:20N.
18:22A vowel.
18:23E.
18:25Consonant.
18:26D.
18:28Vowel.
18:29O.
18:29Vowel.
18:32A.
18:33Consonant.
18:34K.
18:36Consonant.
18:38T.
18:40A vowel.
18:42I.
18:44And a consonant.
18:46Lastly, M.
18:47On 30 seconds.
18:49On 30 seconds.
19:01MUSIC PLAYS
19:19Darren, give me a number.
19:20I've not written it down, but I've got six.
19:22And for you, Jotie?
19:24Eight.
19:25What's the sixth there, Darren?
19:27Donate.
19:28Donate. And you spotted an eight.
19:29That face is screwed up. What's going on?
19:32Dominate. It's all there.
19:33Yes, that's all there.
19:36That'll be all there is.
19:37Yes, I think so.
19:38There's an I7, a musical one, Mediant,
19:41which is the third note in a musical scale.
19:43Excellent stuff.
19:44Well, you're not dominating, but you're back in the lead by five points.
19:48As we switch back to the numbers, champ.
19:51I'll go to a large, please.
19:52Thank you, Jotie.
19:54Close one today.
19:55Let's see if this can separate you two either way.
19:57Four little, eight, four, ten, ten.
20:02And the large two, one hundred and twenty-five.
20:06And the target, 942.
20:08942.
20:09Numbers up.
20:10ранs music pains.
20:38I'll be right back.
20:409-4-2. Jiltie.
20:42No, we're too far away, sorry.
20:44What about you, Darren? 9-40.
20:469-40. Seven points.
20:48You'll be back in the lead by two points.
20:50Dazza, let's hear it.
20:51It's 100 times 10.
20:54100 times 10, 1,000.
20:568 divided by 4.
20:582.
21:02Multiplied by 25.
21:0350.
21:06Take that away for 9-50.
21:08Yep. And then take off the other 10.
21:09And you've got a second 10 for 9-40, yep.
21:11We've missed something, definitely Jiltie and Darren,
21:14because she didn't need the clock.
21:15So what is it? Do you want the easy way or the slightly less?
21:18Really easy way. The really easy way.
21:19Rub it in.
21:20100 minus 4 is 96.
21:23Times 10 is 960.
21:26Take away the other 10 and the 8.
21:279-4-2.
21:28Oh!
21:32There you go.
21:33Only easy if you see it.
21:35Let's get our tea time teaser.
21:36Our second one of the day, Cool Paris.
21:38Of course it is. Cool Paris.
21:40Paris is cool, but Athens is in ruins.
21:44Paris is cool, but Athens is in ruins.
22:02Welcome back, Acropolis.
22:04What a brilliant tea time teaser clue that was.
22:07Well, listen, our champion Jiltie might come a cropper today.
22:10Darren, our challenger, two points up.
22:13Six rounds left.
22:14Let's enjoy everyone, Darren, your letters.
22:16A vowel, please.
22:17Thank you, Darren.
22:18E.
22:19A vowel.
22:20O.
22:21And another.
22:22I.
22:24Consonant.
22:25R.
22:26Consonant.
22:28H.
22:30Consonant.
22:31G.
22:33Consonant.
22:34D.
22:36Consonant.
22:38Consonant.
22:39Consonant.
22:40And a vowel.
22:41And a final A.
22:43And good luck.
22:44Consonant.
22:45Consonant.
22:47Consonant.
22:53Consonant.
23:00Consonant.
23:01Consonant.
23:01Consonant.
23:02Consonant.
23:03Consonant.
23:15DARREN.
23:16Seven. Jilty. Seven.
23:19DARREN. Charged. Yeah. Jilty. Roached. Roached. OK.
23:25Absolutely fine.
23:26It means of an animal's back having an upward curve
23:29or of someone's hair brushed upwards or forwards into a roll.
23:32No. Very good. Oh, I thought you'd hit the skids there.
23:36I didn't think that was it. That's fantastic. Roached.
23:40Very good. And charged, of course.
23:43Like a lot of people would have spotted charged at home.
23:45Yes. Pretty much jumped out.
23:46What else do we have there, Ainslie? Is that your luck?
23:48I just had charged two. That's for seven. Yeah.
23:51Seven points each. Let's get back to it.
23:53More letters from Jyoti. A consonant, please. Thank you, Jyoti.
23:57Y. And another.
24:00N. And a vowel.
24:02E. And a consonant. T. And a vowel. O. And another.
24:10U. And a consonant. S. A vowel. E. And a final consonant, please.
24:18A final N. And let's play.
24:51Jyoti.
24:52A six.
24:54Darren.
24:54A six.
24:57Jyoti.
24:58Unseen.
24:59Unseen.
24:59Unseen.
24:59What did you see, Darren?
25:00Sonnet.
25:01There you go.
25:02There's love if you want it.
25:03Over the dictionary corner.
25:05I got a six.
25:06Two.
25:06Tenets.
25:07Tenets.
25:07Yes.
25:08There is a seven.
25:09An unusual one.
25:10Syntone.
25:11And it's all to do with the person being responsive to and in harmony with their environment.
25:16Outseen?
25:17No.
25:17Ah.
25:18That does sound logical.
25:21It's not in, though.
25:22It's not in there.
25:23No.
25:23Sorry.
25:24Dictionary's not what it used to be, people.
25:26But let's stay in dictionary corner anyway.
25:28It's time for origins of words.
25:29Well, maybe there's been some jiggery-pokery going on.
25:31Love this.
25:32Is that what today is?
25:33Yes.
25:33Come on.
25:34And this question comes from Sheena in Bangor in Northern Ireland.
25:38Ah.
25:39So, where does it come from is what Sheena is asking.
25:43And we don't use it enough these days, I think.
25:46It's a delightful word, though it does refer to slightly underhand behaviour quite often
25:51or kind of the manipulation of things.
25:53But sometimes we use it to mean some form of trickery to get something to work.
25:57So, if a remote control isn't, you know, isn't working or if you can't get your phone
26:02to connect to Wi-Fi, whatever.
26:03So, look, I need to do a little bit of jiggery-pokery and it might work.
26:07And its charm, I think, lies in the fact that it's just got this bouncy rhythm to it.
26:13And it's an example of what we call a double dactyl.
26:16And a dactyl is a stressed syllable.
26:18And in this case, it's one followed by two unstressed syllables.
26:21So, dactyl is from the Greek for finger.
26:25And if you look at your finger, it's got three joints on it.
26:28So, you've got your three syllables, one stressed and two that are unstressed.
26:32So, you'll also find them in things like higgledy-piggledy, for example.
26:35So, it just sounds lovely.
26:37First recorded at the end of the 19th century in Oxfordshire dialect.
26:42So, local to me.
26:43And it actually, though, comes from a Scots phrase, we think.
26:47So, it travelled quite a long way.
26:48And in Scots, you had jiggery-porkery, which sounds quite similar.
26:51And that duke, J-O-U-K, meant to dodge or skulk about.
26:57And it may be linked to a term in American football to duke, which is to make a move that's
27:03intended to deceive your opponent.
27:05Exactly that.
27:05It's not connected to the duke in jukebox.
27:07That's slightly different.
27:08And the second bit of jiggery-pokery is from porky, P-A-W-K-Y.
27:13And that's another Scots word that can mean artful or sly.
27:17So, it's all about kind of cunning and a slight of hand.
27:20But it just sounds so wonderful.
27:22And for me, it sounds a bit like a conjurer's patter, a bit of jiggery-pokery.
27:26I love the word.
27:26And you're right.
27:27It straddles the middle of it.
27:29Is it sinister?
27:30Is it playful?
27:31And I always think, skullduggery we don't want.
27:35Tomfoolery we love.
27:36Jiggery-pokery sits between the two.
27:38Nice.
27:38I like that scale.
27:40I'm with you on that one.
27:41The scale of those words.
27:42They all feel like they belong together.
27:43Yes.
27:44And remember, skullduggery, nothing to do with digging up skulls.
27:46No, absolutely.
27:46And that's from another Scots word.
27:48So, yeah.
27:49For another day.
27:51APPLAUSE
27:52All right.
27:53We'll have no jiggery-pokery out of you two.
27:55Just two points in it.
27:56Good, clean countdown for four more rounds.
27:59Good luck to you both.
28:00Darren, your letters.
28:01Can I start with a consonant?
28:03Thank you, Darren.
28:04T.
28:04Another.
28:06V.
28:08And another.
28:09M.
28:11And again.
28:13R.
28:14A vowel.
28:16A.
28:17A vowel.
28:19E.
28:20Another vowel.
28:22O.
28:24A consonant.
28:26F.
28:27And a consonant.
28:30Lastly, C.
28:32And kind down.
28:33A consonant.
28:50When in a torture,
28:50If you take a hold on,
28:50There's like acreatic as it is.
28:54The biggest thing to say is,
28:54To be the opposite.
28:55If you take money,
28:57Orchangazan.
29:02To be the opposite.
29:02The only thing that is is that cost,
29:02Darren Saunders.
29:04Six. Jyoti Madlani.
29:06I'm going to risk a seven.
29:07It's that moment, isn't it? Right.
29:09Darren.
29:11Victor.
29:12It might count. Jyoti.
29:14Formate. Formate, yes.
29:16Good countdown word.
29:17It's a derivative of formic acid emitted by ants.
29:20Very good.
29:21Well done.
29:23A lot of people sitting with format at home
29:26and having risked putting that E in the end.
29:28They're kicking themselves now.
29:29What have you got, Ains?
29:30I've got seven. Overact.
29:33Yeah.
29:33Yes.
29:34Nice.
29:34Does that work?
29:35Is that two different words here?
29:36No, it's all one word.
29:37OK. Lovely.
29:38Lovely.
29:38Well done, darling.
29:40We'll just move on.
29:41More letters.
29:42Final letters in what is such a close game.
29:44Just five points in it.
29:47Jyoti, you know what's happening now.
29:49You're choosing.
29:50Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:51Thank you, Jyoti.
29:52N.
29:53And a vowel.
29:55E.
29:56And a consonant.
29:57D.
29:58And a vowel.
30:00I.
30:01A consonant.
30:02Q.
30:04Another consonant.
30:05T.
30:07Another vowel.
30:08O.
30:10Consonant.
30:11S.
30:13And a final vowel, please.
30:14A final E.
30:17Deep breath, everyone.
30:18Last letters.
30:20Oh, no.
30:48T
30:49Jotie? Seven. Darren? A six. The six is? Stoned. Stoned. And for you, Jotie? Denotes. Denotes. Oh, that's a seven.
31:01Well done. Yes, well done. Just that thing. The hardest part for Challenger? The first three rounds and the last
31:07three rounds. That's the business part of countdown. So keep the faith in there. Do we have anything else? Nothing
31:13better than a seven. There you go. No, denotes. That's it. That's it. Well, listen, I note that there's now
31:1712 points in it.
31:18We're just outside of crucial countdown conundrum territory, but here's the thing. Here's the twist in the tale. Darren is
31:25in charge of the last numbers. Let's hear it.
31:28We'll go for four rounds. Four rounds. Yeah, you're not leaving anything in the locker room and you've had the
31:34edge in the numbers so far. Let's see if you've got it in the round that counts.
31:37The last little ones. One and ten. And we know 100, 50, 75 and 25. And the target? Really small.
31:48One, four, seven. One, four, seven. Final numbers.
31:52One, four, seven.
32:221-4-7. DARREN? 1-4-7. Jotie? 1-4-7.
32:27Both written down? Excellent, because I don't think Rachel's going to write it down.
32:31DARREN? 100 plus 50 minus 75 over 25.
32:36Yep, the pens went down pretty quickly. Jotie, same way. Well done.
32:40APPLAUSE
32:41A second win for Jotie, but hey, DARREN, you played it safe in your own words,
32:47first time around with one large. It was so difficult. We didn't get it.
32:50And then you go for the four large and it was the easiest round of the day.
32:54Goodness me. Never mind. That's the way it goes.
32:59What a contestant. Really good.
33:01It's not crucial, but it's a close call.
33:02So let's see who gets the final ten points.
33:04Look at them ready straight away. I love that.
33:07Let's reveal Tuesday's Countdown Conundrum.
33:21DARREN?
33:22Welcoming. Let's have a look. Yes.
33:25APPLAUSE
33:26There you go. Finished just two points in it.
33:29So tiny margins has made the difference.
33:32Well, listen, hopefully we made you feel welcome.
33:34And as you leave, will you do me a favour?
33:37Watch your wedding video.
33:38I might do it.
33:39Yeah, you've been on national TV now and you've been great as well.
33:42I actually think he's born for the camera.
33:45Come back in ten years, we'll do it again?
33:46I will do. Thank you.
33:47Love it. Because Jotie did, lost first time around.
33:49Now look at her. Double champion.
33:51We'll see you tomorrow.
33:51Thank you. Excellent.
33:52Ainsley, Susie, see you tomorrow.
33:54See you then.
33:55And listen, I know you won't watch Shawshank Redemption,
33:57but I think this might persuade you,
33:59because actually it wasn't a success when it was released.
34:01A lot of people thought what you thought.
34:03There was no room for prison dramas at that stage.
34:05And it only became popular in the world of rental videos.
34:09And I love this.
34:10In the United States, when it became popular,
34:12on one night there was over 320,000 copies
34:16of the Shawshank Redemption rented out on VHS.
34:20I still got it. I'll give it to you, alright?
34:23Thankfully I don't have a VHS player anymore.
34:25Bring Elf in for me, will you?
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