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00:30Thank you. Hello to you, and a very warm welcome to a brand new series of Countdown.
00:35Would you believe this is the 10th series since we first came on the air way back in November 1982?
00:40And here we are, still going strong.
00:43Now, to launch this new series, we have a really special show for you today,
00:47in a specially extended edition.
00:49Two very familiar Countdowners are taking part.
00:52So will you please welcome Mark Nyman and Clive Friedman.
01:03Go on, chaps. Smile. Smile you might.
01:05They're familiar faces to you all. Indeed, they're very special.
01:08In fact, they're unique in Countdown's history, as they are both winners of the Championship of Champions.
01:14You remember that after the first four series of Countdown,
01:17we invited back the best eight competitors to take part in a special knockout competition.
01:21Well, that was won by Mark.
01:22And then we invited back the best eight from series five to eight.
01:27And that was won by Clive Friedman.
01:30Well, since then, we've had literally thousands of letters and requests asking for a clash between these two titans.
01:36And who are we to refuse?
01:37So Clive Friedman and Mark Nyman are here now in the Countdown studio.
01:41So let us just, of course, meet them again.
01:44Mark appeared in the third series of Countdown.
01:47His highest score then was 79.
01:49But he didn't win. No, he didn't win.
01:51He was just the runner-up, I'm afraid, to Andrew Guy.
01:54Altogether, though, he won ten games before he was defeated.
01:57But even though he wasn't a Countdown champion,
01:59he did become, as I say, the champion of champions after the first four series.
02:04He was defeated...
02:05He defeated, rather, Joyce Cansfield.
02:07So, Mark, you were that... What?
02:09You were a little boy of 16.
02:10A little boy of 16, yeah.
02:12What's happened to you since?
02:13Well, I've grown up a bit. Not a lot.
02:16I'm at university now.
02:17I've been there for a couple of years.
02:19And enjoying life.
02:21I feel as if I've sort of come out of retirement here, in fact.
02:25Well, yes.
02:27And you obviously still play word games and watch Countdown and so on.
02:31Yeah, still getting as much enjoyment out of it as I ever did.
02:33And what are you reading at university?
02:35Maths and statistics.
02:36Ah, you've got the numbers game, then.
02:38And this is at Bristol.
02:39This is at Bristol, yeah.
02:40OK, well, it's very good to see you back.
02:42Mark Nyman.
02:49Now, Clive Friedman had a rather chequered career with us.
02:52He played one game in Series 6 before the finals started.
02:55So then he came back at the start of Series 7.
02:58And he won eight games on the trot.
03:00He then lost to Ian Bebbington in the semifinals of that series.
03:03Ian went on to win that series.
03:04So, Mark, just like Mark, Clive has never been an actual Countdown champion.
03:08His high score was 68.
03:10But he was, of course, champion of champions in the last champion of champions thing we did.
03:15So he, too, has not been a champion of the series, but he's been a champion of champions.
03:21He also won ten games on the trot before he was defeated.
03:24So what's happened to you since your great success?
03:26Major upheavals, actually, I think it's fair to say.
03:29No longer live in Newcastle.
03:30I've gone down to Hastings, where my parents live, and I'm running their pub for them.
03:35Am I allowed to plug it?
03:36Go on.
03:36It's the Royal Hotel in St. Leonard's near Hastings, and you're all welcome.
03:42As long as you've got money.
03:43And that's Clive Friedman.
03:50Well, as a special programme, in Dictionary Corner, we have two adjudicators who I think
03:54could well have their work cut out today.
03:56So will you please welcome the litter and large of lexicography, Giles Brandreth and Bill
04:02Tidey.
04:03Good to see you, Bill.
04:06Well, in honour of this very special occasion, I've been to my cupboard, indeed the room
04:11where I keep my jumpers, and I've managed to unearth the sweater that I wore on the
04:16very first time I appeared on Countdown three years ago.
04:20Isn't that marvellous?
04:21And the shirt, too, which has been laundered, you'll be pleased to know.
04:25It's marvellous to have been involved in the programme for so long.
04:27The producer, very generously today, gave me a radio as a present for long service.
04:33It's a lovely thing.
04:34It gets all the stations, you know, Victoria, Waterloo, King's Cross.
04:38Trouble is, the programmes tend to be rather late.
04:41Somebody who is always on time, on cue, my colleague, companion, friend, one of the
04:46great artists of our time, the Leonardo da Vinci of our day.
04:50Would you please welcome Bill Tidey?
04:59Gosh, how a season at rest has changed you.
05:03He used to be so virulent and acerbic, and now the man's mellowed, as has his pullover,
05:08indeed.
05:09I'm interested in Clive moving to Hastings.
05:11They have a very good postmark in Hastings, which says, popular with visitors since 1066.
05:18I'm delighted to be back here.
05:21I hope that there'll be a different atmosphere for us to watch these titans nibbling at each
05:26other's ankles, because we can adapt a slightly sporting attitude, don't you think, this time?
05:30Oh, I'm going to compete.
05:32Well, I don't know.
05:33I might take a slightly off-hand attitude, but I can only do that because I have next
05:38to me a pillar of wisdom, a pink pillar of wisdom, someone with whom I have the greatest
05:44respect, because she finds words in this huge book with frightening quickness.
05:49Catherine Clarke.
05:57And before we begin, this is the special treat for everybody.
06:00Let us meet Radiant after her summer.
06:03We don't know what she did, but there she's looking terrific.
06:06Kathy Heitner.
06:06Welcome back, Kathy.
06:07Thank you, Richard.
06:13And I have seen Carol Mather lurking somewhere around, and perhaps she'll turn up before
06:17we get to the first numbers game, which will be in about five minutes' time.
06:20So, let's continue now with the game.
06:22Clive Friedman, Mark Nyman, our two titans.
06:25Round one, Clive.
06:26Consonant, please, Kathy.
06:28H.
06:29Consonant.
06:30B.
06:31Vowel.
06:34A.
06:35Vowel.
06:36O.
06:37Consonant.
06:39S.
06:40Consonant.
06:42J.
06:43Consonant, please.
06:45C.
06:46Vowel.
06:48E.
06:51And another vowel, please, Kathy.
06:54Thanks very much.
06:55And an I.
06:57Here we go.
06:58The countdown starts now.
07:00The countdown starts now.
07:29Clive.
07:31Just five.
07:32What?
07:33Five.
07:34Five.
07:35Five, says Clive.
07:36Mark.
07:37Yeah, five.
07:38Oof.
07:39Well, if both the maestros say five, let's hear them.
07:41Um, beach.
07:42B-A-C-H.
07:44Beach.
07:44Yeah.
07:45Mark?
07:45Aches.
07:47Aches.
07:48A-C-H-E-S.
07:48Oh, Aches, yes.
07:49Beach and Aches.
07:51Well, we've got five.
07:52Off to a cracking start there.
07:53What about you two chaps?
07:54I'm afraid it's chaos over here.
07:56That's all we could come up with.
07:57C-H-A-O-S.
07:58We couldn't agree on that.
07:59Right, let's quickly rush on.
08:00Let's draw a veil over that round.
08:01And let's move on to round two.
08:03We have, in fact, 14 rounds in this programme.
08:05A special extended programme.
08:06So, round two.
08:07Letters, Mark.
08:08Uh, consonant, please.
08:10Q.
08:11Vowel.
08:13E.
08:14Consonant.
08:16S.
08:17Consonant.
08:19R.
08:20Vowel.
08:22A.
08:24Consonant.
08:25G.
08:26Consonant.
08:28P.
08:30Vowel.
08:32E.
08:34Uh, vowel.
08:37I do try and do better this time, you two.
08:39You.
08:40Yeah.
08:41You heard what the lady said, and here we go.
08:43I do try and do better this time, you two.
09:13Mark.
09:15Try seven.
09:16Try seven.
09:16And, Clive?
09:17I'll stay with six.
09:18What?
09:19Grapes.
09:20Grapes.
09:21Grapes for six.
09:22We have a seven.
09:28Grapes for six.
09:41Grapes for six.
09:46Grapes for six.
09:47Grapes for six.
09:48Grapes for six.
09:48Grapes for six.
09:48Okay, now it's round three.
09:49We're going to have some numbers.
09:50This is the numbers game for new viewers.
09:53Uh, we ask our contestants to choose numbers at random.
09:56From the top row, though, are the numbers 25, 50, 75, and 100.
10:00On the other rows, numbers one to ten.
10:02So, you'll see what happens as we go along.
10:04So, will you please choose Mark?
10:06Uh, I have three from the third row and three from the bottom.
10:13Yes.
10:13So, he's choosing, choosing low numbers.
10:16And that's eight, two, four, ten, one, and three.
10:23We have a little machine which we call Cecil, to arrive at the random figure of.
10:309, 5, 1, 951, and we have to achieve that target using any or all of those numbers, but not
10:36the same one twice.
10:37You'll see.
11:089, 5, 1, Mark.
11:109, 50.
11:11One away, Clive.
11:129, 50.
11:13Really?
11:13Yeah.
11:13Okay.
11:14Well, we're going to hear them both, but let's first welcome back from her summer holidays, Carol Mather.
11:18Welcome, Carol.
11:24Carol and Cathy, both in blue today.
11:25Lovely blue there.
11:26So, 9, 5, 0 we're looking at, aren't we?
11:30Let's ask Mark.
11:319, 5, 0.
11:31Um, eight times four is 32.
11:34Eight multiplied by the four gives us 32.
11:37Times three is 96.
11:39Multiplied by the three gives us 96.
11:42Minus one is 95.
11:44Yeah, to give us 95.
11:46And times ten.
11:47And multiply by the ten to give 950.
11:50One away.
11:52Okay.
11:57And Mr Friedman.
11:58There it is.
11:59There it is.
12:00Exactly the same.
12:00Absolutely exactly the same.
12:02So, congratulations to you.
12:04So, you get your seven points as well.
12:07Well, come on, kid.
12:08What do you say?
12:09Very tricky, this one.
12:10First one in the series.
12:12Eight multiplied by four gives us 32.
12:15Multiply that by the ten to get 320.
12:19And 20.
12:20Then add the two and the one together to give three.
12:22And subtract that to give 317.
12:26And multiply that by the other three.
12:28And that gives us 951.
12:39So, well, you two chaps, Clive and Mark,
12:41should be ashamed of yourself for not getting that, shouldn't you?
12:44Humble pie will be eaten.
12:45But not before we have another letters game.
12:47And we ask Clive to choose his letters, please.
12:50Vowel, please, Cathy.
12:53O.
12:54Vowel.
12:55E.
12:57Consonant.
12:59T.
12:59Consonant.
13:01L.
13:02Consonant.
13:04R.
13:05Another consonant, please.
13:07N.
13:09Vowel.
13:11I.
13:13Consonant.
13:15R.
13:17And a vowel, please.
13:20And an A.
13:22Here we go.
13:23The countdown starts now.
13:54Right, Clive.
13:55Eight.
13:56Eight, says Clive.
13:57Mark?
13:57Eight.
13:58Right, eight.
13:59They both get eight.
13:59What do they say?
14:00Mark?
14:01Relation.
14:02Relation, says Mark and Clive.
14:04And a relation to go with it.
14:06You've got relation as well?
14:07I have.
14:07Okay.
14:08A couple of relations.
14:09Good.
14:09Yes.
14:14Well done.
14:15That's eight points for with you.
14:17Yes.
14:17Speaking of strange relations, tell me, Bill, what do you get if you cross a hedgehog
14:21with a giraffe?
14:23Shall I tell you?
14:24A ten foot long toothbrush.
14:25Yeah.
14:26Just trying to say something clever, because I'm so jealous of him, because you came up
14:30with an eight letter word that wasn't relation.
14:32Well, if he was your Uncle Ho, he would be.
14:35Ho Ho?
14:35No, Oriental.
14:37Oh.
14:38Oriental.
14:39Clever.
14:39Very good.
14:40Oriental, eight letters.
14:42Right, round five now, another letters game.
14:44It is Mark's choice of letters.
14:46Consonant, please.
14:48D.
14:49Val.
14:50I.
14:51Consonant.
14:53W.
14:54Consonant.
14:56N.
14:57Val.
14:58E.
15:00Consonant.
15:02L.
15:04Consonant.
15:05S.
15:07Val.
15:09E.
15:11And consonant, please.
15:15And an F.
15:16Right, here goes the clock on round five.
15:48Yes, Mark?
15:50Seven.
15:50Seven.
15:51And Clive?
15:51Seven.
15:52Both on seven.
15:52Here, Mark, seven.
15:54Swindle.
15:55Swindle.
15:56Swindle and?
15:57Felines.
15:58And felines.
15:59Swindle and felines.
16:01Okay.
16:02We got the thin end of the wedge here, haven't we, really?
16:04No.
16:05It's pathetic, really.
16:06We're scratching here, I'm afraid.
16:08Speaking of felines, yes, indeed.
16:10Not purring with pleasure at all.
16:11No.
16:12So, look, the score.
16:13Twenty-seven and thirty-four there.
16:15And it's a numbers game now, and it's Clive's choice of numbers.
16:18Six from the second row, please, Cathy.
16:23That pleases Carol, no end.
16:26That's one, ten, two, six, nine, and eight.
16:35And here's a man who knows the score.
16:37It's old Cecil.
16:39201.
16:40201.
16:41Here we go.
16:57Clive.
17:12Okay.
17:13201.
17:14Clive.
17:14200.
17:16200.
17:17And Mark?
17:18201.
17:19Right.
17:19So, let us hear now.
17:21201.
17:22Mark Nyman and Carol Mather.
17:24Six divided by two is three.
17:26Six divided by the two gives us three.
17:29Plus nine, plus eight.
17:31Plus the nine, plus the eight to give us 20.
17:34Times ten.
17:35Multiply by the ten to give 200.
17:38Add the one.
17:38And add the final one.
17:39Very well done, Mark.
17:41201.
17:47Twenty-seven and forty-four.
17:50Now, as it's a special game, we've got two conundrums.
17:52A conundrum for new viewers.
17:54What we do, we take a nine-letter word, we jumble it up, and it's the first person to, as
17:58it were, un-jumble it and get the word right.
18:00So, there's ten points or nothing for this.
18:03So, often a very important round.
18:05So, let us now please see the first of today's countdown conundrums.
18:11Conundrums.
18:13Oh, on two seconds, he says...
18:15Husbandry.
18:16Husbandry.
18:18Husbandry.
18:18Well, let's see if he's right.
18:21He is.
18:28Well, I must say, you always were good at conundrums.
18:30You haven't lost any of your knack for that, have you?
18:3337 and 44.
18:34I should just perhaps tell you what we're playing for, actually.
18:36We do have big prizes here in countdown terms.
18:39ÂŁ150 for the runner-up and a ÂŁ250 book token for the winner.
18:43So, it is a very serious game indeed.
18:4537 and 44, the score so far.
18:48Quick word into the break from our two over there.
18:50Well, yes, I'd like to thank Mrs. Jean Morris, who sent me a letter,
18:54saying that in the last series of Countdown, I told rather a lot of silly riddles.
18:58And perhaps in this series, I'd like to try some riddles that are a little bit more mentally taxing.
19:04And she's come up with a couple here that I think are rather ingenious.
19:07See if you can work this one out without peeping at the answer.
19:10A man was approaching a field, and he knew that when he reached it, he would die.
19:17Why?
19:18Now, this is an ingenious riddle.
19:20I told her the answer.
19:22Because his parachute had failed.
19:26And she sent me another one, which I think also is quite a clever one.
19:29What has a neck and a bottom, but no arms or legs?
19:34What has a neck and a bottom, but no arms or legs?
19:37Cries of the Venus de Milo from the audience.
19:40But no, the answer is a bottle.
19:42And I've got a third one of my own devising.
19:45Because Bill is a dab hand with the paintbrush, I've done a little drawing myself.
19:50What do you think this is?
19:52That's a Maori demonstrator.
19:56No, it isn't.
19:57It's an aerial view of Nelson's colt.
20:04Okay, over to you now, Bill.
20:06Ladies and gentlemen, I can't hope to tub that, because I think we should be serious for a while.
20:11This is important.
20:13This gentleman in the top hat and cape is, of course, the famous Marvo, the sword swallower.
20:25And he has come to a shop to purchase another gadget for his act.
20:32A beautiful French-made épée.
20:36ÂŁ350 worth.
20:39The salesman utters the immortal words,
20:42Would you like me to wrap it, sir, or will you swallow it now?
20:52OK, break time.
20:5437 and 44 in this good game between our two great champions.
20:58See you in part two.
21:16We've just tuned in and wondering what's happening.
21:19Welcome back to another series of Countdown.
21:21What we're doing, if you recognise these fellows, Mark Nyman and Clive Friedman,
21:24they're both, of course, champion of champions,
21:27and we've asked them to come back and fight out a special battle for us
21:31to mark at the beginning of this new series.
21:32So far, Clive Friedman is on 37, Mark there on 44.
21:36But there are seven rounds to go,
21:38and we get on straight away with the letters game and Mark.
21:42Consonant, please.
21:43D.
21:45Bell.
21:46O.
21:48Consonant.
21:49Z.
21:51Bell.
21:52A.
21:54Consonant.
21:56G.
21:56Consonant.
21:58M.
22:00Bell.
22:02E.
22:04Consonant.
22:05S.
22:08And a consonant, please.
22:12And an end.
22:14The countdown starts now.
22:16The countdown starts now.
22:17The countdown starts now.
22:33The countdown starts now.
22:34The countdown starts now.
22:36The countdown starts now.
22:36The countdown starts now.
22:36The countdown starts now.
22:36The countdown starts now.
22:36The countdown starts now.
22:36The countdown starts now.
22:37The countdown starts now.
22:38The countdown starts now.
22:41The countdown starts now.
22:45Okay, Mark.
22:46Six.
22:47Six, Clive.
22:48Only five.
22:49Five, what's the five?
22:50Gazed.
22:51Gazed, gazed for five, sixes?
22:54Dosage.
22:55Dosage, dosage, gets it for six, yes?
22:58Yes, I got a different six-letter word,
23:00thinking of a group of canine mothers,
23:03would you call them dogmas?
23:05Dogmas, is there.
23:08This could be a nine.
23:10What?
23:11This could be a nine.
23:11Do you remember the Hungarian?
23:14The, uh, Professor Do...
23:16It was dog...
23:17Dosage-mesm.
23:19A man who could hypnotise canaries.
23:21I think...
23:23I think it's...
23:24I think we'll find it in the book.
23:25Dosage-mesm.
23:28Or was it cuckoo clucks?
23:31Well, I reckon someone's cuckoo.
23:32Let's get on while they're doing all that.
23:34While they're enjoying themselves,
23:35we've got work to do here.
23:36Clive, it's another letters game.
23:38It's your choice, please.
23:39Consulate, please, copy.
23:39M.
23:42And another, please.
23:43T.
23:44Consonant.
23:46X.
23:48Um, vowel.
23:50I.
23:51Vowel.
23:53E.
23:54Consonant.
23:56D.
23:57Consonant.
23:59R.
24:00Consonant.
24:02V.
24:04And...
24:05I'll have a vowel copy.
24:07Yes, if you want.
24:09An O.
24:10Terrific.
24:11Here we go now, on this one.
24:12I.
24:13B, B.
24:40I'll have a vowel.
24:42yes Clive six six mark six yeah right both the sixes mark six divert divert
24:50and Clive invert invert divert yeah what about you super no advance on that I got
24:58Voida as in Darth Voida anything you got driven driven I thought was a hint oh as
25:07in Tallulah Bankhead's famous saying I'm as pure as driven slush let's have a look at
25:14the scores we haven't seen the scores for a bit 43 and the 56 round 10 is a numbers
25:19game and it's Clive's choice one from the top place and five from the bottom and
25:30that's three four three five two and 25 okay so that's all 782 good 782 30 seconds to get that
25:46one
25:50so
25:58so
25:59so
25:59so
26:17Oh, dear. Right. 782. Not an easy one, I fancy. Clive?
26:21781. 781. And Mark?
26:23No, I haven't got anything.
26:24You haven't got anything? No.
26:25Oh, dear. Right. So let's now hear it. 781.
26:29Clive and Carol.
26:31425s make the 100, Carol.
26:33OK. 4 multiplied by the 25 gives us 100.
26:36Subtract the 2 to give 98.
26:38Subtract the 2 to give 98.
26:405 and 3 is 8.
26:42Yep. 5 plus 3 gives us 8.
26:45Multiply the 98 by the 8 gives you 784.
26:48Yes, that is right. 784.
26:50And subtract the other 3.
26:52And subtract the other 3 to give us 781.
26:56One away.
27:03Yes, well, he gets 7 points for that because he is within 5 of the actual target figure.
27:07So 7 points bringing him up to 50.
27:0950 and 56.
27:11But could he have got 10, do we think?
27:14782.
27:15782.
27:15Very, very difficult.
27:163 plus the 3 gives us 6.
27:19Multiply that by 5 to give 30.
27:22If you add the 4 to that, you get a 34.
27:25Looks simple so far.
27:27Then subtract the 2 from the 25 to give 23.
27:31And multiply those two together.
27:33I'll give you one guess what you get.
27:34And that's 782.
27:41So now, Mark is going to choose his letters in another letters game, please.
27:46Off you go.
27:47Vowel, please, Kathy.
27:50Sorry.
28:13And a consonant, please.
28:17And an S.
28:20Here's the countdown on this one.
28:51Yeah.
28:52Mark.
28:537.
28:537.
28:54The Clive.
28:546 only.
28:55Which is the 6?
28:56Towers.
28:57Towers.
28:57Yes, Towers.
28:59And Mark?
29:00Twister.
29:00Twister.
29:02Twister for 7, you said, didn't you?
29:04Yeah.
29:04Twister for 7.
29:05Yeah.
29:06You too.
29:07Yes, we've got a 7-letter one, but that's because we like to feel that we're like that romantic
29:12owl who had to wit to woo.
29:14Twitter.
29:15Witters.
29:16Witters.
29:17Witters.
29:18Two witters make a Twitter.
29:22We make 50 and 63 now here.
29:25Now we already have come to the last of the letters games.
29:27Round number 12.
29:29And Clive, choose, please.
29:30Consonant, please.
29:32Thank you, Clive.
29:33M.
29:33And another.
29:35L.
29:35And yet another, please.
29:38And an S.
29:39And I'll go for a fourth.
29:41And a B.
29:43And I'll take a vowel copy.
29:46And an O.
29:47And another, please.
29:49U.
29:50And another.
29:52A.
29:54Consonant.
29:56Y.
29:59And another, please.
30:00And another, please.
30:02And an L.
30:04Here's the countdown on the final letters game.
30:36And Clive? Six. Six. And Mark? Six. Both on six. Right. Here, Clive, six. Blowsy. Blowsy? B-L-O-U
30:44-S-Y. Blowsy. And Mark? Albums. Albums. Albums and blowsy. Are we looking at blowsy?
30:52No, we're not looking. Maybe we're looking up albums in case the plural is al-bar. I've got something a
30:58little bit different here. You know what the policeman said to the metallurgist when he found him working after hours?
31:04Alloy, alloy, alloy. And put those together and you've got alloys.
31:08They're the ones? They're the ones that beat the Germans in the last war?
31:14What is Catherine checking? I'm checking blowsy and I'm afraid you couldn't spell it that way.
31:21Goodness. Well, okay. Bad luck.
31:25That interruption was very rare, but much to the point, don't you think? I could see her spoiling for a
31:31while here. Sorry about this, Clive.
31:34Yes, well, that's what she's there for. So, well done. Well done to you for checking that one. Fifty and
31:38sixty-nine. It's a numbers game and it's Mark.
31:43One from the top row, please. Two from the second and three from the third.
31:51Nice, easy one. Eight, seven, nine, ten, one, and a hundred. Will that do?
32:02Yeah, that's fine. Here's Cecil now.
32:05Four hundred and three. Four hundred and three. Here we go.
32:08Four hundred and four hundred and four hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred
32:16and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five
32:24hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and
32:25five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred
32:25and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five
32:25hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and
32:25five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred
32:25and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five
32:25hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and
32:25five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred
32:30and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five hundred and five
32:36hundred
32:39403 mark 401 401 Clive 401 well well well who should we have who should we who
32:47should we hear whose dulcet tones should we let's hear Clive's dulcet tones 401
32:50please 10 minus 7 Carol okay 10 10 minus 7 gives us 3 added to the 1 to give 4
32:58okay plus 1 gives us 4 multiply by the 100 give 400 yeah multiply by the big
33:03number to give us 400 and then 9 minus 8 9 minus 8 to give us another 1 and add
33:10the
33:102 and add the 2 together to give 401 yeah and that gets you 7 points and mark
33:15exactly the same way well not bad but we really wanted 10 can we get 10 403 we
33:20want can we get it yeah 403 7 multiplied by the 8 with pens running out gives us 56
33:28too much like hard work this multiplied by the 9 gives us 504 then 100 plus the 1 gives
33:36us 101 subtract that then you get 400 and a big 3
33:47okay so that is the way to do it well now we come to the very last round of this
33:53game and
33:53this is a conundrum our second conundrum so here we go 10 points pay attention please
33:58everybody Clive and Mark let's now reveal today's second countdown conundrum
34:08and Clive on two seconds says recipient recipient well you'll be the recipient of some applause
34:24and you're also in fact the recipient of a book token of 150 pounds so well done to you but
34:31the
34:31recipient of the book token of 250 pounds will be the man who has now really become the countdown
34:37super champ the countdown master yes confirmed in that position Mark Nyman
34:52so well done to you that's a terrific achievement for you one of our earliest contestants in here
34:57still losing none of your great agility at the game so Mark we're delighted you've done so well
35:02and good luck to you and of course good luck at Bristol University any idea what you're going to do
35:07when you leave no idea yet I'll uh maybe see what happens uh maybe accountancy or something like
35:13that but I don't know if I can take another seven years of exams but TV sounds like quite a
35:17nice idea
35:18as well so we shall see maybe I'll get around you at the end so there are no jobs in
35:22TV available
35:23very difficult very difficult to get them doesn't it Giles
35:25nice seat over there
35:28okay well thank you very much and goodbye to Mark Nyman I'm sure we'll see him again sometime thank you
35:39well that got our series off to a cracking start thanks very much to Giles and to Bill
35:43well I thought for a moment that Richard you were going to ask me what I plan to do when
35:46I grow up
35:47one of the things I might like to do is become a great artist because inspired by Bill Tidey I've
35:53been doing some some pictures I've got one here of one of the great folk heroes of contemporary
35:58literature it is the invisible man all good in its own way and I've got another one here that's
36:04rather splendid because it's got a poem to go with it it's a portrait this of a Saint Bernard
36:10lost in a snowdrift you see I wanted to end on a high note these are the funds let me
36:17give you
36:18the little poem about the Saint Bernard sent in by Mrs Phyllis David from Chislehurst in Kent and it
36:24goes like this the brave Saint Bernard never smiles not even when you pat it he carries brandy miles and
36:32miles and never can get at it thank you Mrs. Davis
36:44I've seriously tried to avoid the standard cartoon situation but some of them are unavoidable and we're
36:52going really back to square one you'll always remember the missionaries in the cannibal ponds
36:58I never usually do this but I'm I'm doing it because this is such a special day I don't know
37:03why but anyway we've got the usual standard situation missionary in the pot coming to a good
37:10boil the odd bit of carrot and that sort of thing a last desperate throw by this man who reaches
37:19out
37:19and shakes hands with a cook
37:26to the sad rejoiner from this man arrowed good try Harold but I don't think the Masonic Brotherhood has
37:33got this far yet
37:43Bill thank you very much indeed Bill Tidy Giles Brandreth thank you very much indeed to Clive
37:48Friedman and Mark Nyman we've had a lot of fun on this first program got the series off to
37:52a great start tomorrow we shall get back to normal we shall just be having mere mortals on again two
37:58brand new contestants and who knows one of those contestants you will see tomorrow could end up as
38:02the champion of countdown series 10 we shall see so until tomorrow take care goodbye
38:10so
38:22so
38:23so
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