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00:18Thank you so much for joining us.
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01:15Here are 19-month-old Cameron, Jackson and Lily May
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01:22With them sitting so quietly like that,
01:24if Catherine wasn't a Countdown fan before, bet she is now.
01:28Oh, and here they are from the front as well.
01:30Oh!
01:32Aren't they gorgeous, Rach?
01:34Oh, they're clearly a Nicky fan.
01:36Yeah, they...
01:37It's like they were watching her contest.
01:38That's right, they were watching Nicky,
01:40and they were transfixed, weren't they?
01:41Absolutely fantastic.
01:42Yeah.
01:42Lovely.
01:44I wonder if there'll be future Countdown champions.
01:46Who knows?
01:46I do know that one of our two contestants today
01:48could easily become the Countdown champion of this series, 65.
01:52This is our second series quarterfinal,
01:55in which we welcome back, first of all, Nicky Roberts.
01:58Nicky's a housewife from Whitford in Hertfordshire.
02:00She's our number seven seed.
02:02She made her first appearance on Countdown
02:04at the beginning of October
02:05and won a total of seven times.
02:08I understand, though, Nicky,
02:10that your niece, Bella,
02:11wasn't that impressed by your performance.
02:13No, she wasn't.
02:14She was more excited by you mentioning my son, Thomas.
02:17And she ran off to get his photograph
02:19to show everyone to see that story.
02:21Oh! Thomas, a TV star now.
02:23Yeah.
02:23Well, Bella is as well, of course, now.
02:25Yeah.
02:25Well, Bella, you might be interested to know
02:27that Auntie Nicky has scored a total of 655 points in her run,
02:32averaging 82 points per game.
02:35Bet you're impressed now.
02:37Now, Nicky Roberts is our number seven seed.
02:40Up against Nicky today is Graham Cole,
02:43a software engineer who first made his first appearance
02:46back at the beginning of June.
02:48Seems a long time ago now, doesn't it?
02:50Since then, he says he's probably had the most uneventful
02:52six months of any Countdown quarterfinalists ever.
02:55Why has it been so uneventful, then, Graham?
02:57Oh, well, other than Countdown,
02:59it's just been living, breathing Countdown, basically.
03:01Oh, right. OK.
03:02You've been working hard at it. Good.
03:03But I understand that the Jules Holland impression
03:07that you did when John Koshaw was on the show
03:09made quite an impact to this.
03:10Yes, he got me to say, ladies and gentlemen,
03:12Arctic monkeys in my own voice,
03:14which apparently counts as an impression of Jules Holland.
03:18I'm now known as Jules at work.
03:21LAUGHTER
03:22Brilliant.
03:24Graham had a total of 813 points over his eight games,
03:27making him our number two seed.
03:29So it's Graham Cole against Nicky Roberts.
03:33APPLAUSE
03:37And in Dictionary Corner, once again,
03:39we have Susie Dent and the former England cricketer
03:42turned commentator these days, of course, David Lloyd.
03:46APPLAUSE
03:51Who are the bright cricketers, then, David?
03:53Either, you know, on the field or in the commentary box,
03:55who are the ones who might do well
03:57if they were sitting in the chairs
03:58that Nicky and Graham are occupying?
04:00Well, a quiet achiever would be Andrew Flintoff.
04:03He was some sort of junior chess champion,
04:06and I know he sort of enjoys life,
04:09but quite a studious guy.
04:11Andrew Strauss, I would think, would be right up there.
04:16The lad who opens the ball in Stephen Finn for England
04:19is a clever cookie.
04:20So there's plenty of them around.
04:22What about Beefy?
04:23How do you think he'd do?
04:24Beefy?
04:24Yes!
04:26Yes!
04:28Yes!
04:28It would be different!
04:30LAUGHTER
04:32It's a bit early in the day, isn't it?
04:34LAUGHTER
04:37I mean, in fairness, of course, Susie, as you know,
04:39I mean, over the years, we have had a few sportsmen,
04:41haven't we, essentially?
04:41We were all impressed by Clark Carlisle when he came on.
04:44Yes.
04:44He was fantastic, yes.
04:46And, of course, Matt Letizia, who was sitting here,
04:48was ace at the numbers, for example.
04:50Absolutely.
04:50Yeah.
04:51We're going to get more sporting involvement,
04:52I think that's for sure.
04:53But let's press on with this quarterfinal, shall we?
04:56On this occasion, Graham has won the toss,
04:58and he has decided to put Nicky into bat, so to speak.
05:02So, Nicky, you get first pick.
05:03Hi, Rick.
05:04How are you going, Nicky?
05:05Could I start with a consonant, please?
05:07Start today with Y.
05:09And another.
05:11N.
05:12And another.
05:14R.
05:15And a vowel, please.
05:17O.
05:18And another.
05:19E.
05:20And a third.
05:22I.
05:23A consonant, please.
05:25T.
05:26And another.
05:28P.
05:29And a final consonant, please.
05:32And a final.
05:33R.
05:34And for the first time today, here's the countdown clock.
06:02And for the first time today, here's the countdown clock.
06:08Graham, how many?
06:09Seven.
06:10And Nicky?
06:11Seven as well.
06:11Okay.
06:12What's yours, Nicky?
06:12Protein.
06:13And yours, Graham?
06:14Pointer.
06:15Protein and pointer.
06:17Yes.
06:17Yes.
06:19A lowly start.
06:19Yes.
06:20A couple of good sevens.
06:21What have you got in Dictionary Corner, David?
06:23Susie.
06:23Steady sevens, haven't we, really?
06:24Yes.
06:25Nothing better.
06:25Repoint.
06:26I could put the RE somewhere else.
06:27Repoint your brickwork.
06:28But still sevens.
06:29Okay.
06:30Yeah.
06:30Good stuff for Nicky and Graham.
06:32They're both on the scoreboard straight away with those nice solid sevens.
06:35Graham, it's your pick.
06:37Hi again, Rachel.
06:37Hi again, Graham.
06:38Let's start with a consonant, please.
06:40Start with N.
06:41And another one, please.
06:44D.
06:44And another.
06:46S.
06:47And a vowel.
06:49O.
06:50And a vowel.
06:52U.
06:53And a third.
06:54O.
06:56Consonant.
06:57B.
06:59Consonant.
07:00G.
07:02And a vowel, please.
07:03And lastly, E.
07:06And your 30 seconds starts now.
07:40Nicky, what have you got?
07:41Just six.
07:41Graham?
07:42Seven.
07:43Okay.
07:43Nicky, what's the six?
07:44Bounds.
07:45And the seven, Graham?
07:46Bongos.
07:47Bongos.
07:48It was an E, I hope.
07:49Oh, I'm afraid you have to have just the OS and not OES.
07:53I'm very sorry.
07:54It was a good try, Graham.
07:55It was a very good try indeed.
07:56But Bounds it is that takes it up to six.
08:00What are the alternatives in Dixery Corner then?
08:03Any sevens, nor sevens?
08:04No sevens.
08:05Goose was the only alternative on six, but nothing more.
08:09Okay.
08:10Bounds moves Nicky on to 13 and Graham has seven.
08:14Nicky, your choice.
08:16Consonant, please, Rachel.
08:17Thank you, Nicky.
08:18T.
08:19And another.
08:21H.
08:22And another.
08:24S.
08:25A vowel, please.
08:27A.
08:28And another.
08:29O.
08:30And another.
08:32U.
08:33Consonant, please.
08:35N.
08:36And another.
08:38T.
08:39And a final vowel, please.
08:41And a final.
08:42A.
08:43Time starts now.
08:44T.
08:46T.
08:46T.
08:47T.
08:48T.
08:48T.
08:48T.
08:49T.
08:50T.
08:51T.
08:52T.
08:53T.
08:53T.
08:55T.
08:56T.
08:57T.
08:58T.
08:59T.
09:00T.
09:00T.
09:01T.
09:01T.
09:03T.
09:04T.
09:11T.
09:15Graeme?
09:16Six.
09:17And Nicky?
09:17Six as well.
09:18OK, what's yours, Nicky?
09:19Haunts.
09:20And yours, Graeme?
09:21Haunts.
09:22Yes, haunts for six.
09:24Not much more than six, was there?
09:26Nor seven.
09:27No, sonata, taunts, sixes again.
09:30Yeah, sonata, taunts, haunts, all sixes.
09:34Nicky moves on to 19 and Graeme to 13.
09:38Graeme, it's your selection.
09:39Constant, please.
09:40Thank you, Graeme.
09:41C.
09:42And another.
09:44R.
09:45And another one, please.
09:47M.
09:49A vowel.
09:50I.
09:51Another vowel.
09:52O.
09:53And another vowel.
09:55I.
09:56Consonant.
09:57L.
09:59Consonant.
10:00D.
10:02And a vowel, please.
10:03And lastly, A.
10:05And here's the countdown clock.
10:07A vowel.
10:38Nicky, what do you make of that?
10:40Try six.
10:41And Graeme?
10:42I'll try seven.
10:43OK.
10:44Let's have the six first, please, Nicky.
10:45Milord.
10:46And the seven, Graeme?
10:48Domical.
10:49How are you spelling that?
10:50D-O-M-I-C-A-L.
10:51Fantastic.
10:52It's another word for domed.
10:53That's very good.
10:55Indeed, I think Milord should be fine.
10:58It is Nicky, yep, that's there too.
11:00Excellent.
11:01But Domical is a superb seven.
11:05David, Susie, what have you got over there?
11:07Nothing better, is it?
11:08No, we have Domical as well and Cordial.
11:11OK.
11:12So the lead's changed hands.
11:13Nicky has 19, Graeme now has 20.
11:17Time for the first numbers round of this contest.
11:19Nicky, it's you to pick those numbers, please.
11:21I have one large and five small, please.
11:23One large and five small ones.
11:25Thank you, Nicky.
11:26And for this round, they are eight, six, seven, nine, four.
11:33And the large one, 50.
11:35And the target, 201.
11:3930 seconds if you require them to reach 201.
11:42And the option one.
11:44Talk about this section.
11:51to form an island from B.
11:52A navigation, timing.
11:56The other one has really to be told.
11:59Well, thank you.
12:00Ask your好吧.
12:00And the line is the 1, 2, 3, 3, 5 we want to reach Kaiser.
12:09So you'll see.
12:10bending one.
12:12I'll see.
12:12The afternoon while you are attending,
12:14at 201 is the target then a pretty straightforward one i think but let's just check nikki yep 201
12:20and graham 201 okay graham let's hear yours please 50 times four 200 nine minus eight is one that is
12:26one way to do it yeah same method i did seven minus six for the one but yeah oh yes
12:31a bit of
12:31variety lovely uh that's the way it falls sometimes 10 points apiece nikki moves on to 29
12:37graham on to 30 you get the feeling it is going to be a very hard-fought encounter uh breather
12:43for
12:43them now because david lloyd's been our guest all this week uh you've been taking a bit of a break
12:48haven't you the last uh few weeks anyway yeah a couple of months off uh it was india last time
12:53five one-day internationals and a 2020 game so a couple of months off and then in the new year
12:59we go out to dubai and abu dhabi which i thought would near to derby i thought it would have
13:06the
13:06a52 but apparently it's next to dubai but we're playing pakistan out there england played pakistan
13:12in three test matches five one bears and three 2020 so that's the next port of call for the
13:19england team then they come back and then go out to sri lanka just for two test matches so
13:25it's been a quite an easy winter really a lot of people would say there is too much cricket
13:31uh when in actual fact this winter i think has been pretty good for the england team difficult
13:37to play in that part of the world to play in india to play out in abu dhabi and dubai
13:42and then to go
13:43on to sri lanka they'll find it difficult but they are number one test team so they've got to be
13:49able
13:49to play in in those sort of conditions um you were making the news not so long ago weren't you
13:55what was this incident at old trafford oh yeah well frog marched out almost um and you know that's at
14:03old trafford um yeah i'm a life member i've got every tag going to get in but uh somebody didn't
14:09like me in there and uh i was asked to leave and i said i ain't moving i'm not going
14:15anywhere
14:15um and i didn't and there was a real frag car but uh i was looking at all the pictures
14:21and i tried
14:22to make a bit of fun of it as well i said i'm looking at all the pictures in the
14:25long room in
14:26the in the members area um as i say i'm a life member i've got every accreditation going i said
14:33to the fellow i'm on 19 of these pictures this is me when i had air i had a lot
14:39more air but he
14:40wasn't having it no crazy absolutely crazy and david is there going to be a world according to
14:46bumble 2 in the future do you think yeah um i had great fun with that book and there's one
14:51i think
14:52they call it in the pipeline for 2013 and the working title i can reveal i can tell you now
15:00that
15:00the working title i've had to call me something wacky pass me loofer i'm having a bath absolutely
15:12brilliant i look forward to reading the story behind the title great uh nikki's got 29 then
15:18graham has got 30 and i've got the first teaser of this quarterfinal the words are wide roof wide
15:24roof and the clue sack victoria to get some fuel sack victoria to get some fuel
15:43sack victoria to get some fuel uh firewood is the answer to the victorian question of course
15:49being victoria wood uh very good uh second quarterfinal developing here between our number
15:55seven seed nikki robertson and number two seed graham cole at the moment nikki has 29 graham
16:00has the narrowest of advantages on 30 graham here's your selection constant please rachel thank
16:06thank you graham t and another another k and another m a vowel please i another vowel e and
16:20another vowel a consonant d consonant s and a vowel please and the last one e and here's the countdown
16:35clock
16:35and we'll see you next time
17:07Nicky, how many?
17:08Seven.
17:09And Graeme?
17:10Eight.
17:10OK, Nicky, what's the seven?
17:12Mistake.
17:13And the eight, Graeme?
17:14Mediates.
17:16Mediates.
17:16Excellent.
17:17Lovely work.
17:18Well done.
17:23Yeah, very good indeed, mediates.
17:25David, Susie, you got anything over there?
17:27Same two here.
17:28Same two.
17:28We have a nice six because I know that David likes his curries.
17:32Kima, have you ever had a kima naan?
17:34Yes.
17:34Yes.
17:34Kima is Indian minced meat.
17:37Nicky on 29, Graeme on 38.
17:41Nicky, it's your selection.
17:42Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:44Thank you, Nicky.
17:45S.
17:45And another.
17:47D.
17:48And another.
17:50N.
17:51A vowel, please.
17:52A.
17:53And another.
17:55E.
17:56And a third.
17:58I.
17:59Consonant, please.
18:00R.
18:02And another.
18:05And a final consonant, please.
18:06And a last one.
18:08L.
18:09And your 30 seconds starts now.
18:12All right.
18:18We'll be right.
18:19Yeah.
18:42So, Graeme, how many this time?
18:43Nine.
18:44Nine.
18:45OK.
18:45Nicky?
18:46Eight.
18:47OK, what's the eight, Nicky?
18:48Darlings.
18:49And the nine, Graeme?
18:50Drag lines.
18:52Drag lines.
18:53Absolutely brilliant.
18:54It's in the dictionary.
18:54Well done.
19:00So, what are drag lines, Sue?
19:02Well, there's two senses, and I really like the second one.
19:04The first one is a large excavator with a bucket pulled in by a wire cable.
19:08But the second one is the line of silk produced by a spider,
19:11which acts as a safety line or in newly hatched spiders as a parachute.
19:16Right.
19:16OK.
19:17So, a spider's parachute.
19:18Excellent.
19:21Nicky has 29, then, and with the hope of that nine-letter word,
19:24Graeme shoots up to 56.
19:27Graeme, it's your pick.
19:28Consonant, please.
19:29Thank you, Graeme.
19:30T.
19:31And another.
19:33V.
19:34And another.
19:35M.
19:36A vowel.
19:38A.
19:39A vowel.
19:40O.
19:41A vowel.
19:42I.
19:44Consonant.
19:45P.
19:46Consonant.
19:48L.
19:50Vowel, please.
19:51And the last one, E.
19:53And your 30 seconds starts now.
19:56And your 30 seconds starts now.
20:27Nicky, what have you got?
20:28Seven.
20:29And Graeme?
20:29Seven.
20:30What's yours, Graeme?
20:31Violate.
20:31And yours, Nicky?
20:33Optimal.
20:34Violate and optimal.
20:35Very nice.
20:36Mm.
20:36Yes.
20:37Yes.
20:37Excellent words.
20:38So, what else could we have had, David, Susie?
20:43Pivotal is another seven.
20:45OK.
20:45Yeah.
20:45Just two or three sevens around then.
20:47One spotted by Nicky, one spotted by Graeme, non-spotted by David, I think.
20:54Nicky's got 36 now, and Graeme has got 63.
20:59Nicky, your selection this time.
21:00A consonant, please, Rachel.
21:01Thank you, Nicky.
21:03F.
21:03And another.
21:05T.
21:06And a third.
21:08S.
21:09A vowel, please.
21:11A.
21:11And another.
21:13I.
21:14And another.
21:15E.
21:17Consonant.
21:18P.
21:19And another.
21:21D.
21:23And a final consonant, please.
21:24And a final R.
21:26And here's the countdown clock.
21:28C.
21:29And another.
21:30A.
21:31And another.
21:57And another.
21:58And another.
22:00Graham, what did you make of that?
22:01Seven.
22:02And Nicky?
22:03Eight.
22:04OK.
22:05Graham, what's the seven?
22:06Pirates.
22:07And the eight, Nicky?
22:08Traipsed.
22:09Traipsed.
22:10Excellent.
22:11Love that.
22:16And it's a lovely word, isn't it?
22:17Traipsed for eight.
22:18Very nice.
22:19David, Susie, any alternatives on it?
22:21No, Susie had traipsed, didn't he?
22:23Yes, lots and lots of sevens, but that was the only eight.
22:25OK.
22:26Very good.
22:27Well spotted, Nicky.
22:28Nicky reduces the gap.
22:29She has 44.
22:30And Graham has 63.
22:33It's Origins of Words time once again, so straight back to Dictionary Corner.
22:37Susie, place names?
22:39Yes, I thought I'd finish off the week with some of the more comical place names,
22:42because as all of us know, there are some wonderful ones around the places
22:45and the stories behind them.
22:48Blubber Houses is a little village in North Yorkshire.
22:51That means Houses by the Foaming Spring, from the Old English Blubber,
22:54meaning Boiling or Foaming.
22:56Boobies Bay, which is a coastal area in Cornwall, refers probably to the presence of the booby,
23:02which was a seabird closely related to the gannet and is involved in the idiom a booby trap.
23:08Crackpot, which is in North Yorkshire again, is a crow's pothole.
23:13That's where that comes from, is Old Scandinavian.
23:15Great Cockup, in Lake District, is a hill and it probably means a secluded valley frequented by woodcock.
23:22So much nicer than it sounds.
23:24Great or Little Snoring, which are villages in Norfolk.
23:27Snoring probably meaning the settlement of Snir's people.
23:31Snir was an old English personal name.
23:33Pratt Bottom, the village in London, is a valley associated with the Pratt family,
23:38known from the 14th century.
23:40And finally, Wetwang, which always reminds me of Richard Whiteley,
23:43the village in Yorkshire probably comes from the Old Scandinavian,
23:46meaning a field used for law trials.
23:54It's my next holiday destination solved.
23:57Boobies Bay it is.
24:00Nicky's got 44, Graham has got 63.
24:03Time for another numbers round.
24:04Graham, it's you to pick them this time.
24:06Let's have six more, please, Rachel.
24:07Six more.
24:08We fancy a challenge.
24:09Thank you, Graham.
24:11Right, let's see what we have.
24:12Six little ones this time.
24:14Eight, five, six, nine, one, and three.
24:20And the target to reach, 212.
24:2330 seconds to reach, 212.
24:25212.
24:56Lucky for 2-1-2 this time then.
24:58Nicky?
24:592-1-7.
25:00OK, Graham?
25:012-1-2.
25:02OK, off you go, Graham.
25:048 times 6 times 5 is 2-40.
25:068 times 6 times 5, 2-40.
25:099 times 3 is 27.
25:119 times 3, 27.
25:13Add 1 for 28 and take it off.
25:15Add 1, 28, and well done.
25:21Yeah, very well done indeed, Graham.
25:22It means that Nicky is on 44 and Graham has moved on to 73.
25:27Time for another teaser.
25:28The words this time are egg stars.
25:30Egg stars and the clue, no need to egg these stars,
25:34they tell great jokes.
25:36No need to egg these stars, they tell great jokes.
25:52No need to egg these stars, they tell great jokes.
25:55They are gagsters, the answer to our final teaser of the week.
25:59We've got a good quarter final going on here.
26:02Nicky Roberts, our seventh seed on 44,
26:04but it's advantage to our number two seed, Graham Cole, at the moment.
26:08He has 73.
26:09But Nicky, you do have pick of the letters.
26:11A consonant, please, Rachel.
26:12Thank you, Nicky.
26:14G.
26:14And another.
26:16R.
26:17And another.
26:19S.
26:20A vowel, please.
26:22A.
26:23And another.
26:24O.
26:25And a third.
26:27E.
26:28Consonant, please.
26:30B.
26:31And another.
26:32S.
26:33And a final consonant, please.
26:36And a final G.
26:38And here's the countdown clock.
26:55And a final consonant, please.
26:57And a final consonant, please.
26:57And a final consonant, please.
26:57And a final consonant, please.
26:57And a final consonant, please.
26:58And a final consonant, please.
26:59And a final consonant, please.
27:00And a final consonant, please.
27:00And a final consonant, please.
27:00And a final consonant, please.
27:00And a final consonant, please.
27:00And a final consonant, please.
27:02And a final consonant, please.
27:03And a final consonant, please.
27:07And a final consonant, please.
27:10Graham, what have you got?
27:12Seven.
27:12And Nicky?
27:13Seven as well.
27:14What's yours, Nicky?
27:15Beggars.
27:15And yours, Graham?
27:17Borages.
27:18Beggars and borages.
27:20OK.
27:21So, question for Graham is whether or not you can put an S on it.
27:26Yeah, European herbaceous plant with bright blue flowers.
27:29It doesn't say it's a matthew down, so you can.
27:31Well done.
27:32Excellent.
27:33He looked pretty confident you could.
27:34Yes.
27:35That's what she was.
27:38So, sevens.
27:39David, Susie, anything more?
27:41Seven, same.
27:41Beggars.
27:42Beggars are there.
27:43And saggers, which are protective fireclay boxes enclosing ceramic pottery.
27:48You can spell it E-R-S as well as A-R-S.
27:50Just sevens.
27:52Nicky's moved on to 51.
27:53Graham on to 80.
27:55Graham, it's your choice.
27:56Consonant, please.
27:57Thank you, Graham.
27:58S.
27:59Consonant.
28:01H.
28:02Consonant.
28:04N.
28:04Vowel, please.
28:06A.
28:07Vowel.
28:08I.
28:09Vowel.
28:11A.
28:12Consonant.
28:13P.
28:15Consonant.
28:17J.
28:18And vowel, please.
28:20And lastly, I.
28:22And your 30 seconds starts now.
28:24And now, and I'll be back at you.
28:54MUSIC PLAYS
28:56Nicky?
28:56Just five.
28:57And Graham?
28:58Six, I think.
28:59OK, what's the five, Nicky?
29:01Pains.
29:01And the six, Graham?
29:03Japans.
29:05Japans, as in more than one Japan?
29:07No, that would have a capital J.
29:10And this one is a generic verb with a small j,
29:13which means to cover something with a hard black varnish.
29:16So Japans is excellent.
29:18Wow.
29:20Four, six.
29:22David, Susie, were there any alternatives?
29:24Just that five pains.
29:26Yeah, nothing.
29:27More than that six, that single six.
29:29That's hurting now, really.
29:32I know the feeling by the end of the week.
29:34And it is usually by the end of the night.
29:37Nicky has 51.
29:38Graham has 86 at the moment.
29:41This is the final letters round of this quarterfinal, then.
29:44And Nicky, it's you to pick those letters, please.
29:45A consonant, please.
29:46Thank you, Nicky.
29:47N.
29:48And another.
29:50V.
29:51And another.
29:52C.
29:53A vowel, please.
29:54A.
29:56And another.
29:57U.
29:58And another.
30:00E.
30:01A consonant, please.
30:03T.
30:03And another.
30:06And another.
30:07And a final consonant, please.
30:08And a final R.
30:11And your 30 seconds starts now.
30:12I'm sorry.
30:15T.
30:15And a vowel, always.
30:16T.
30:16And a vowel, always.
30:43So, Graeme, how many? Seven. And Nicky? I'll try a seven. Okay, let's have yours, Nicky.
30:49Curvate. Curvate. And yours, Graeme? Uncrate. Uncrate. Curvate and uncrate.
30:59Curvate. Curvature, but not curvate, I'm afraid, Nicky. Uncrate. Sounds very unlikely,
31:07but as it's Graeme, I'm not going to say anything. Yeah, it's to remove something from a crate.
31:13What a horrible word. Very good. Horrible word to you, but it's a lovely word as far as Graeme's concerned.
31:20It certainly is. Yes, well done. Uncrate is great. Any more sevens? Difficult.
31:26Centaur. A centaur is there for seven as an alternative. Very good. Nicky stays on 51,
31:31but Graeme closes in on that century. He's got 93 now. Time to move on to the final numbers round
31:37of the contest. Graeme, it's you to pick those numbers again. Can I have an inverted T, please?
31:41An inverted T. One from the top this time. Thank you, Graeme. One from the top of five small.
31:46And for the last numbers game this week, they are five, six, nine, another five, four,
31:54and the large one, 100. And the target, 310. 30 seconds to reach, 310.
32:33Just looking for 310 in this final numbers round. Nicky?
32:37Yep, 310. Graeme? 310. Nicky, let's hear yours, please.
32:409 minus 6 is 3. 9 minus 6 is 3. Times the 100.
32:45Or 300. And add the two fives. And well done, 310.
32:49Graeme, same method? No, I did 4 times 100 for 400.
32:534 times 100, yeah, 400. 5 plus 5 is 10.
32:57Again. Multiply it by 9. 9. Take that away.
33:01310 again, well done.
33:08Well, I think you can see the standard, can't you?
33:10Our second quarterfinal and our second century already.
33:14Graeme on 103. Nicky on 61.
33:18Just remains for me to ask you to put your fingers on your buzzers, please,
33:21as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:30Graeme?
33:31Whingiest?
33:33Let's take a look.
33:45And eight wins becomes nine wins for Graeme now,
33:48because he is through into our semi-finals with a terrific score.
33:51He's finished on 113. Nicky has finished on 61.
33:55Nicky, well played, by no means disgraced.
33:58He's a tough opponent, though.
33:59Very tough, yeah.
34:00Very tough.
34:00My money's on Graeme for the champion, I think.
34:03OK.
34:04There you are, Graeme.
34:06What a sense of responsibility now.
34:08Yeah, thanks for the pressure there.
34:11It's strange, because you've been away for quite a while, haven't you,
34:13you know, since your initial appearances.
34:16Pretty nervous today early on.
34:17Yeah, I know.
34:18I just started shaking a bit, and then I got a lot of bongos.
34:22Yeah, that'll be in.
34:23Oh, it's not.
34:23Oh, OK.
34:25Yes, I was a bit shaking then.
34:27Well, it's great to see you back.
34:28And you will be back again next Thursday for your semifinals.
34:31So, very well played, indeed.
34:34Dave, it's been fantastic having your company all of this week.
34:38Are you still on Twitter?
34:39You're still on Twitter?
34:40Are you still tweeting?
34:40I've got back on Twitter.
34:42I had a sabbatical.
34:43I went off for a while because of bad language on there, so...
34:46You shouldn't be using it.
34:47Well, it was directed at me.
34:50Oh, I see.
34:50Sorry.
34:51So, I've gone back on, and I've found out how to use it
34:54and how to block people who are very rude.
34:56Hmm.
34:57So, I just press a little button and block them off.
35:00You're on, aren't you?
35:00No, I'm not.
35:01Oh, you're not?
35:02Rachel is.
35:03Rachel is.
35:03You're just on, haven't you?
35:04You just started.
35:05Yeah, I'm a newbie.
35:06Yeah.
35:06How many followers have you got, Rachel?
35:08About 12.
35:09How many followers have you got, David?
35:11About 180,000.
35:15But now that everybody knows that she's on,
35:18she'll go flying past me.
35:19I can promise you that.
35:20Brilliant.
35:21David, it's been fantastic having you here again this week.
35:23Thanks for having me again.
35:24See you again very soon.
35:26Likewise, Susie and you, Rachel.
35:27Hope you have a fantastic weekend.
35:28Don't forget, our third quarter final is on Monday,
35:3110 past three.
35:32Bye-bye now.
35:43Still to come this Friday afternoon at 5.30.
35:46It's the final day in Stockport's In Come Dine With Me.
35:51Before that, a little horse riding.
35:53Before, Tracy has to reveal her winning man.
35:56That's In Come Date With Me at 5.
35:58That's all to come after Deal or No Deal next.
36:02next.
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