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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio and our second semi-final.
00:36So who's going to meet our number one seed?
00:39Paul James.
00:41We'll discover that at the end of today's game.
00:43So just sit down and enjoy some of the best possible Countdown action.
00:48Now you'll enjoy it at home and indeed we'll enjoy it in the studio.
00:52Except poor Rachel because she's normally so brilliant at the numbers
00:55and never gets a chance here because they're so good.
00:58Isn't that a bit of a...
00:59Yeah, well you get in the finals so they're picking trickier number selections
01:03and they're giving with one hand and then they're just doing it with themselves
01:05so they're taking with the other.
01:08Unfair.
01:09But still, if they slip up, there's always Rachel to straighten it out for it.
01:13The pressure's on.
01:14Actually the pressure's on Heather as well because I don't think
01:16we've had a lady in the finals since I've been doing it.
01:19So all the hopes of the females out there rest on Heather today.
01:22All right Heather, don't let them down.
01:23So who have we got?
01:24We've got Heather.
01:25Well done Heather.
01:26Heather is our number three seed.
01:28She won Monday's quarterfinal with the score of 100.
01:31She also holds the record for the highest score of the series, 114 points.
01:35Well done.
01:36An assistant editor from Seven Oaks in Kent.
01:40Seven Oaks, we want nine letters here today.
01:42All right.
01:43And you're joined by, of course, David Barnard.
01:46David's our number two seed who won his quarterfinal game on Thursday
01:49with a score of 879 points.
01:52So we've got two great characters here, two great players,
01:56number three seed and the number two seed,
01:58vying with each other to meet the number one seed in the final.
02:01So big round of applause.
02:03These are great, great players.
02:09Well, Susie, hold on tight.
02:11This is going to be, this is going to be fun.
02:14And who's with us?
02:15Alistair.
02:16Alistair McGowan.
02:17The polymath, who is Alistair McGowan.
02:20Yes, but as you said to Rachel,
02:21my role here today is fairly minimal
02:24because you never get words that these guys miss.
02:26So I'll just hopefully be entertaining you later on
02:29with a few voices in Manchester here.
02:31Home, of course, of Manchester City now.
02:33Who, I believe, I believe Manchester City have now signed,
02:36my girlfriend told me this today,
02:38she said, did you know they'd signed two English players?
02:40Because they never signed English players, Manchester City.
02:42And she said, yeah, I think they're both called Alf,
02:43but I don't know what their surname was.
02:45And I thought, is she right about this?
02:46And then I heard Roberto Mancini,
02:48the Manchester City manager, giving a post-match interview,
02:50and I think she was right, because he said,
02:52today, result, very, very good, very happy.
02:58Performance, first half, very good.
03:01Second half, better.
03:05Brilliant stuff.
03:06Brilliant stuff.
03:07Well done.
03:08Lovely.
03:09Lovely.
03:09Now, it's time for the serious business.
03:12You're playing for the final, chap.
03:14So, Heather.
03:15Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:16Afternoon again, Heather.
03:17Erm, I'll start with the consonant, please.
03:20Start this semi-final with S.
03:22And another.
03:25H.
03:27A third.
03:29R.
03:31And a fourth.
03:33Z.
03:35A vowel, please.
03:38E.
03:39And another vowel.
03:41O.
03:43Another.
03:45I.
03:46Another vowel.
03:49A.
03:52And a final vowel, please.
03:55And a final O.
03:57And it's countdown time.
04:16And a final vowel, please.
04:16And a final vowel, please.
04:16And a final vowel, please.
04:17And a final vowel, please.
04:17And a final vowel, please.
04:17And a final vowel, please.
04:17And a final vowel, please.
04:18And a final vowel, please.
04:18And a final vowel, please.
04:18And a final vowel, please.
04:19And a final vowel, please.
04:19And a final vowel, please.
04:20And a final vowel, please.
04:20And a final vowel, please.
04:21And a final vowel, please.
04:30Yes, Heather? Six.
04:32And David? Six as well.
04:34All right. Heather? Hazier.
04:37Hazier. Very good. David?
04:38Hosier. Well, what do we think about that?
04:41And you're spelling it with the... H-O-S-I-E-R.
04:44Yes, absolutely fine. As long as it was the S, not the Z, I'm happy.
04:48Very good. Very good. What else have we got there?
04:51I had Hosier as well, but nothing more than that.
04:55No, Hazier for me.
04:56Very good. Six all. Now then, David, take it away. Let us game.
05:00A clever consonant, please. Thank you, David.
05:03N. And another one.
05:06D. And another one.
05:10R. And another one.
05:13F. And a vowel.
05:16E. And another one.
05:19U. And another one.
05:23A. And a consonant.
05:26S.
05:27And a final consonant, please.
05:29And a final N.
05:31Stand by.
05:32You.
05:41I.
05:43I.
05:49I.
06:03Yes, David?
06:04A seven.
06:05A seven.
06:06And Heather?
06:07Seven.
06:08David?
06:08A sunder.
06:09A sunder.
06:10And Heather?
06:12Refunds?
06:12Yes.
06:13Happy enough?
06:14I'm very happy.
06:15All right.
06:15What else have we got?
06:17Funders was there as well.
06:18People who fund things.
06:19Funders.
06:20Anything else?
06:21Just those three, I'm afraid.
06:23Sevens.
06:24All right.
06:2513 all as we go into the third game.
06:27Heather, it's yours.
06:28Start with a consonant, please.
06:30Thank you, Heather.
06:31C.
06:32And another.
06:34D.
06:36And a third.
06:38T.
06:40And another consonant.
06:43N.
06:44Vowel, please.
06:46O.
06:47Another.
06:49I.
06:51And another.
06:53U.
06:56Another vowel, please.
06:59E.
07:01Um, I'm finished with a vowel.
07:03And...
07:04I'm finished with...
07:05I.
07:07Countdown.
07:39HEATHER
07:39HEATHER
07:397
07:40A 7 and David?
07:418
07:42Right.
07:44HEATHER
07:45Diction
07:46Diction.
07:47And David?
07:48E-duction
07:48E-duction
07:50Well done.
07:51Yeah, not bad.
07:51Well done, David.
07:52That comes from the verb to educe, which is to bring out or develop something like potential.
07:56And eduction is the noun from that. Well done.
07:59E-duction.
07:59APPLAUSE
08:01Very good.
08:02All right, 21 to 13.
08:04David, would you be good enough?
08:06Could I have a consonant, please?
08:07Thank you, David.
08:08S.
08:09And another one.
08:11J.
08:12And another one.
08:15D.
08:16And another one.
08:18L.
08:19And a vowel.
08:21A.
08:22And another one.
08:23E.
08:24And another one.
08:27I.
08:28And one more.
08:31O.
08:32And a final consonant, please.
08:34And a final T.
08:35Tick tock.
08:37Named,
09:05And a final note.
09:07Now then, David.
09:08Seven.
09:09Heather.
09:10Eight.
09:11David.
09:12Dilate.
09:13Dilate.
09:14And Heather.
09:15Isolated.
09:17Isolated.
09:18Well spotted.
09:18Yeah, very good.
09:19Well done.
09:24That evens things up a bit.
09:2521 all.
09:26But in the corner.
09:27Now then, Alistair.
09:28I was stuck on sixes with jailed and jilted.
09:31I'm sure like people at home, but isolated is fantastic.
09:33But Susie has another eight.
09:34Come along.
09:35It's an anagram of isolated, actually.
09:37And it's sodalite, or sodalite.
09:39S-O-D-A-L-I-T-E.
09:41And it's a blue mineral that you'll find in igneous rocks.
09:44Well done.
09:46Imagine that.
09:47Very good.
09:4821 all as we go into our first numbers game of the day.
09:51And that one would belong to Heather.
09:52May I have one now, please?
09:54It's a five small.
09:55Thank you, Heather.
09:56And I'm fully expecting not to have to do anything with this round.
09:58It's all up to you two.
09:59So for the first numbers game today, they are three, two, six.
10:04Another two.
10:05Nine and the large one, 100.
10:07And the target, 648.
10:10Six, four, eight.
10:11One, two, six, six, six, six, six, six, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
10:22seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
10:25seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
10:25seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
10:26seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
10:26seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
10:42And Heather?
10:436, 4, 8.
10:446, 4, 8, David. 6, 4, 8.
10:46All right, then. Heather?
10:482 over 2 is 1.
10:502 over 2 is 1.
10:519 minus 1 is 8.
10:53Yep. 8 plus 100 for 108.
10:56108.
10:57108, 6 is for 6, 4, 8.
10:59Yeah, well done. 6, 4, 8.
11:01Very good. And David?
11:03I did 2 times 3 is 6.
11:052 times 3 is 6.
11:07Other 2 is 8.
11:09Yep.
11:10Add to 100 is 108.
11:12Again, 108.
11:14And then multiply by 6.
11:15And you haven't used your actual 6.
11:17Yeah, well done. Same result.
11:19Well done.
11:22Very good. 21 all.
11:24We're making Rachel redundant.
11:26This is outrageous, but she'll...
11:28Her time will come.
11:29Alistair, your time's come.
11:31Yes, well, it's very interesting how people
11:34generally have a certain phrase that defines them
11:36or phrases that they use again and again.
11:37I think we're all guilty of that.
11:39And obviously, part of my job as an impressionist
11:41is to pick out the phrases that people use again and again
11:44and then to make capital out of it and impersonate them.
11:46Gary Barlow is very fond of the phrase there.
11:48Do you know what? Do you know what?
11:49He'll always say, do you know what?
11:50Hey, I'll tell you what.
11:51In fact, you can do a whole Gary Barlow impression
11:53with just those two phrases, basically.
11:54Do you know what?
11:55Hey, I'll tell you what.
11:56Do you know what?
11:57Do you know what?
11:57Hey, I'll tell you what.
11:59Well, of course, very famous saying girlfriend.
12:02Ed Miliband, love to say...
12:04Let's make this absolutely clear.
12:05That's one of his favourite phrases.
12:07Let's make this absolutely clear.
12:09There's somebody, I can't think who it is on the television,
12:11who always says, you be sure of it.
12:13I can't think who it is.
12:15Yeah, you be sure of it.
12:16But Mark Lawrenson from Match of the Day,
12:18his favourite phrase is that after the Lord Mayor's show.
12:21He loves to say this all the time.
12:22He says, you know, today, Gary Hayes,
12:24it was all a bit after the Lord Mayor's show
12:25when it's a Man United, big game midweek.
12:27You know, and today, hey, come on,
12:29it was all a bit after the Lord Mayor's show.
12:31It's a really strange phrase,
12:32because what he's implying is that something happened
12:34that was so exciting that they were unable to match it.
12:37Everything was just paled into insignificance
12:39after this major event.
12:40But he says it all the time, after the Lord Mayor's show.
12:43But my girlfriend, well, she's my fiancé now,
12:45but my girlfriend, we were watching the football together recently,
12:47and she said, have they got Professor Brian Cox
12:50commentating on the football now?
12:51And I didn't know what she meant.
12:52Then I realised she thought that Mark Lawrenson
12:53was Professor Brian Cox, because...
12:55If you take Mark Lawrenson's voice
12:57and just make it, hey, come on,
12:58ever so slightly less world-weary,
13:00and take away the gruffness from it,
13:02you realise that he does turn into Professor Brian Cox.
13:05It's almost like the same voice.
13:07And, of course, Professor Brian Cox
13:09has that wonder, doesn't he, about absolutely everything.
13:11And it's like we're brothers, isn't it, Mark?
13:12Well, if you say so, Brian.
13:14No, it is.
13:15It's like we're brothers in voice, you know.
13:17And I'm sure you share my love
13:18as my vocal brother of the universe
13:21and all things great in the universe.
13:22Isn't the universe just marvellous, Mark?
13:24Well, do you know what, Brian?
13:25For me, the universe,
13:27it's all a bit after the Lord Mayer show.
13:29He put it down for you.
13:30Yay!
13:37Perfectly perfect.
13:39Thank you, Alistair.
13:40And now, a tea-time teaser,
13:41which is Tell Need.
13:44And the clue,
13:45Susie helps to make the books look lovely.
13:48Susie helps to make the books look lovely.
14:06Welcome back.
14:06I left you with the clue,
14:07Susie helps to make the books look lovely.
14:11And the answer is Dontel.
14:13I mean, I kept the pun, don't.
14:14Dontel is lace?
14:16I like Dont, better than Dent.
14:18Dontel is ornamental tooling
14:20used in bookbinding,
14:22which resembles lace edging.
14:23And tooling is usually impressing the book cover.
14:26Good.
14:26Where are we now?
14:2731 all.
14:29Close contest here.
14:30And David,
14:30I call upon you
14:31for a letters game.
14:33OK, clave consonant, please.
14:35Thank you, David.
14:36H.
14:37And another one?
14:40R.
14:40And another one?
14:43V.
14:44And one more?
14:46W.
14:48And a vowel?
14:50A.
14:51And another one?
14:53E.
14:54And another one?
14:57U.
14:58A consonant?
15:00N.
15:01One more consonant, please.
15:03And the last one.
15:04P.
15:05And here we go.
15:36Now then, David.
15:38David.
15:38Just a five.
15:39A five.
15:40Heather?
15:41Five.
15:42Right.
15:43David.
15:44Waiver.
15:44Waiver.
15:45Same for me.
15:46Waivering, too.
15:48Wrong sort of waiver.
15:49And in the corner, Alistair.
15:51Well, you know, we have the word unwavering.
15:54Yes.
15:55So unwaver is there, but does it exist without...
15:58I think it will only be unwavering.
16:01Erm, it is, unfortunately.
16:04No unwaver.
16:05No unwaver.
16:06Seems unfair.
16:07Yeah.
16:07You can have unwrap.
16:09Unwrap our Christmas presents.
16:11Yes.
16:11Very appropriate.
16:1236 all.
16:14Heather, letters game.
16:15Start with a vowel, please.
16:17Thank you, Heather.
16:17Another.
16:17A.
16:18And another.
16:20E.
16:22And another.
16:24I.
16:25And one more.
16:27E.
16:28Followed by a consonant.
16:31M.
16:32And another.
16:32T.
16:35A third.
16:37R.
16:39A fourth.
16:41L.
16:44And a final vowel, please.
16:48And a final I.
16:50Clock time.
16:51time.
16:52Here.
17:19Me.
17:21Now and have a
17:23Eight and eight well done David ain't not quite written down
17:27Here from today the real time real time ever
17:32material with a second e
17:35Okay, and material with a second e is absolutely fine. It means military
17:40Equipment military materials, and they took it straight from the French
17:44David real time
17:46And I know we talked about doing things real time on them the computer etc. I need to say but
17:51it's two words
17:52I'm afraid I've liked a very bad ladline and well done Heather on that
17:58Leading 44 to 36, but what magic has Alice take offers. I thought I got a real magic
18:04I thought I got altimeter, but I realized that there was two eyes and not to tease
18:09Yeah, I was very disappointed
18:12Maltier is the only other multi word more multi. That's nice. Yes, like a nice cuckoo
18:17Well done now then David are you going to steal back some sort of parity here?
18:2344 to 36 you're done and it's a letters game
18:26Could I have a consonant please? Thank you, David. Yes, I'm another one
18:32M and another one
18:35H and no one
18:36G
18:38G
18:38One more
18:40R
18:42And a vowel
18:43E
18:45And another one
18:46I
18:48And another one
18:50O
18:52A final vowel please
18:55And a final
18:56A
18:58Countdown
18:59T
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19:30Now then, David.
19:31A seven.
19:31A seven, Heather.
19:33Six.
19:34And your six?
19:35Orgasm.
19:36And David?
19:36Aguirre.
19:38Yes, absolutely fine. You spell it for me, David.
19:40H-E-G-I-R-A-S.
19:43Yes, it's an exodus where migration looks back to Muhammad's departure from Mecca to Medina.
19:49Really?
19:50Yes.
19:51Aguirre.
19:52Well done.
19:53Never heard of it. Well done, David. That's excellent stuff.
19:56Now, Alistair.
19:56There were other sevens.
19:58Ogre-ish.
19:59Yep.
20:00Heroism.
20:00Yep.
20:01Hoagies.
20:02Yes.
20:03And Moorish.
20:05Pretty good.
20:0644 to 43.
20:08Heather's still in the lead there.
20:10And we're going to let us game, Heather.
20:13May I have a consonant, please?
20:14Thank you, Heather.
20:15Y.
20:16And another.
20:18T.
20:19And another.
20:21G.
20:23And another.
20:25S.
20:26A vowel, please.
20:28E.
20:30And another.
20:32I.
20:33A third vowel, please.
20:35E.
20:37And another.
20:39A.
20:41I'm finished with a consonant.
20:42And finished with D.
20:45And here they go.
20:48I'm finished with a consonant.
20:49I'm finished with a consonant.
20:56I'm finished with a consonant.
20:58I'm finished with a consonant.
21:01I'm finished with a consonant.
21:01I'm finished with a consonant.
21:02I'm finished with a consonant.
21:03I'm finished with a consonant.
21:04I'm finished with a consonant.
21:05I'm finished with a consonant.
21:05I'm finished with a consonant.
21:05I'm finished with a consonant.
21:06I'm finished with a consonant.
21:07I'm finished with a consonant.
21:07I'm finished with a consonant.
21:07I'm finished with a consonant.
21:08I'm finished with a consonant.
21:10I'm finished with a consonant.
21:17HEATHER
21:18Heather?
21:19Erm, seven.
21:20A seven. David?
21:22Just a six.
21:23And your six?
21:24Gaiety.
21:25Gaiety.
21:26Heather?
21:27Agisted.
21:29Ah.
21:29Agisted.
21:30He's spelling out A...
21:31G-I-S-T-E-D.
21:33G-I-S-T-E-D.
21:33It's to take in livestock for payment.
21:36It's a very old agrarian term.
21:38I bet.
21:39G-I-S-T-E-D.
21:40G-I-S-T-E-D.
21:41G-I-S-T-E-D.
21:42G-I-S-T-E-D.
21:43G-I-S-T-E-D.
21:44Very good.
21:45Alistair, anything else?
21:46Er, no, a couple of sixes.
21:47Stagey and staged.
21:49Mm-hm.
21:49Things close to my heart.
21:50Quite.
21:51And, er, possibly de-stage?
21:53To take something down to...
21:53I don't know, I don't know if you can...
21:55De-stage?
21:55De-stage?
21:55De-rig.
21:57Another seven, erm, describes this contest actually edgiest.
22:01Erm, edgiest.
22:02Er, de-stage notic.
22:04De-stage notic.
22:04Bad luck.
22:05Bad luck.
22:0651 plays 43.
22:07Well done, Heather.
22:08As we, er, now concentrate on Susie's origins of words.
22:13Silence, please.
22:15Well, I've been reading this, er, great book.
22:18Er, it looks at, er, phrases from, er, around the world, idioms from around the world,
22:23and, erm, where they came from, and translates them into English for you.
22:27And, erm, before I go into some of the English idioms, I thought I'd read some of those from other
22:31cultures,
22:32because they, they tickled my fancy a little bit.
22:35Erm, in Italian, er, if you want to say life goes on, er, they say one Pope dies, they make
22:40another.
22:41Erm, in French, if you want to say you're spending time on a pointless task, you talk about combing the
22:47giraffe.
22:48And my absolute favourite from German is, er, this is probably the equivalent of our mutton dressed up as lamb,
22:54and it's, from behind a girl's school, from the front a museum, which I really liked.
23:00But anyway, they also, they also talk about, erm, some English idioms, as I say,
23:04and, erm, one of them is humble pie, which, erm, refers to the umbels in the old days of a
23:09deer,
23:09which was the offal, er, and they generally were given to visitors that you didn't really think much of,
23:14or the peasants who would sit in the corner and eat umbels pie, which then became humble pie later.
23:19Erm, but I do recommend it, it's just lovely, lots and lots of different idioms from around the land,
23:23and, erm, and it'll give you a laugh, but it certainly did me.
23:26Brilliant. Brilliant stuff.
23:30Brilliant stuff. 51 plays 43 as we go into a numbers game.
23:34David, that would be your numbers game.
23:36OK, Clough, four large, please.
23:38Big tactical decision there, thank you, David.
23:40Four from the top row, and two other ones, and we'll see what we have for this round.
23:45So the two small, ten and one.
23:47And we know what's coming, the four large, 50, 25, 75 and 100.
23:53And the target, 953.
23:56953.
23:57953.
23:58963.
24:00963.
24:24MUSIC PLAYS
24:28Now, David.
24:299-5-3.
24:309-5-3.
24:31Heather?
24:329-5-3.
24:34Go on, David.
24:35I did 100 times 10 is 1,000.
24:37100 times 10, 1,000.
24:39Take away the 50 is 950.
24:41Yep.
24:42And 75 divided by 25 makes me to add on.
24:45Yep.
24:46Not the toughest for large challenge for you two.
24:489-5-3.
24:50Now then, Heather?
24:5110 subtract 1 for 9, multiply by 100,
24:54then add the 50 and the 3 in the same way.
24:57Great.
24:58Well done.
24:59Very good.
25:00Well done.
25:0361-53 as we turn to a T-time teaser,
25:06which is ten clues.
25:08And the clue?
25:10There aren't ten clues.
25:12Think about eight.
25:13There aren't ten clues.
25:15Think about eight.
25:23APPLAUSE
25:30Welcome back.
25:31I left you with a clue.
25:32There aren't ten clues.
25:34Think about eight.
25:35And the answer is esculent.
25:38Esculent.
25:39Susie?
25:40Well, you can definitely use this to describe Christmas lunch.
25:42It means fit to be eaten or edible.
25:45I should hope.
25:46Esculent.
25:47Thank you very much.
25:4861 plays 53.
25:49Heather, letters game.
25:51Off you go.
25:51May I start with a vowel, please?
25:53Thank you, Heather.
25:54And another.
25:56And another.
25:58And another.
25:59E.
26:00And another.
26:02O.
26:04Consonant, please.
26:06S.
26:07And another.
26:08N.
26:10A third consonant.
26:11X.
26:13Another.
26:15D.
26:17And a final consonant.
26:20And a final L.
26:22Here comes the clock.
26:55Heather.
26:56Six.
26:57And David.
26:58Six as well.
26:59All right.
26:59Heather.
27:00I'm a sloned.
27:02Yes.
27:02And David.
27:03Sealed.
27:04Sealed.
27:05Thank you very much.
27:06And the else in the corner.
27:08I was still playing.
27:11Not easy, this one.
27:12No.
27:13I was hoping for saloned.
27:15If you have a salon open.
27:17But sadly not.
27:19What else are you up?
27:20Nothing.
27:20Saxon was all I could see.
27:22Is that a proper noun?
27:22It is, yes.
27:23I think probably a castle.
27:26Discontinued.
27:26Discontinued.
27:27I'd have been saloned for that.
27:29Thrown into a different room.
27:30Very well.
27:31So 67th place 59.
27:33David, would you help us out?
27:35Could I have a consonant, please?
27:37Thank you, David.
27:38S.
27:39And another one.
27:41D.
27:42And another one.
27:44C.
27:45And one more.
27:47G.
27:49And a vowel.
27:51A.
27:52And another one.
27:54I.
27:55And another one.
27:57E.
27:59A consonant.
28:01T.
28:02A final consonant, please.
28:04And a final N.
28:07Countdown.
28:08And another one.
28:09And another one.
28:28And another one.
28:28And another one.
28:28And another one.
28:31And another one.
28:33And another one.
28:39Yes, David.
28:40Eight.
28:41And eight, and Heather?
28:42Seven.
28:43No, seven, Heather.
28:45Stained.
28:46Stained.
28:46David?
28:47Sedating.
28:49Sedating.
28:50Well done.
28:51Well done.
28:51Very good.
28:52Excellent.
28:56Well done indeed.
28:5867 all.
28:59What have we got in the corner?
29:01I was stuck on sevens casting, ceasing.
29:03I took a gamble on steading.
29:06Oh, that's very good.
29:08Steading, I think, is like a farmstead in America.
29:12That's brilliant.
29:13Well done.
29:13Thank you very much.
29:14Eight.
29:14Excellent.
29:15In this company.
29:17Very, very good indeed.
29:19So, 67 all.
29:21Heather, last letters game.
29:22Will you have a consonant, please?
29:24Thank you, Heather.
29:25M.
29:26And a vowel.
29:28A.
29:29A consonant.
29:32D.
29:33Vowel.
29:35I.
29:36Consonant, please.
29:38P.
29:39A vowel.
29:41E.
29:42Consonant.
29:45L.
29:46A vowel.
29:49I.
29:51And a final consonant.
29:53And a final...
29:55T.
29:55Stand by.
29:56And a vowel.
30:14And a vowel.
30:16And a vowel.
30:19And a vowel.
30:20And a vowel.
30:20And a vowel.
30:23And a vowel.
30:25And a vowel.
30:25And a vowel.
30:27Heather. Seven. A seven. David. A seven. OK, Heather. Mine's platted. Yes. And David. Impaled. Impaled. Very nice. Pretty good.
30:38Yes. Pretty good. And in the corner. More sevens limited. Yep. And palmed. Palm something over the crossbar, perhaps. Yep,
30:48yep.
30:49It's six, yep. Seattle football. Oh, is that six? That's six. Platt is good, though. Very good. Palmed. If you
30:56palm something off on somebody, what's that? How do you do that? It's your business. Nick, you shouldn't have about
31:02that sort of thing. Ask Alan Sugar, he'll tell you. Hasn't he got enough apprentices yet? How many does he
31:08need? Thousands. Now then, 74. All as we come to the final game, as it were. David.
31:16I suppose I'm going to have to go four large again. Thank you, David. Four from the top. Two small.
31:21We know we've got a crucial conundrum. Let's just see if it's a tiebreaker.
31:24Right. So the last numbers game today. The two are ten and five, and the four large ones, 50, 100,
31:3225 and 75. This could be tricky. The target, 658. 658.
31:4818 and 75.
31:58The target.
31:5818 and 75.
32:00That's the target.
32:0018.
32:0019.
32:0319.
32:0319.
32:1320.
32:1362 away heather 660 no not written down well let's hear from you hello 100 plus 25 is 125 100
32:23plus 25 is 125 125 5s are 625 they are 75 minus 50 is 25 75 minus 50 25 65
32:36plus 25 plus 10 yeah
32:38you're there 60 well remembered well done now then david i did 75 minus 5 is 70 75 minus 5
32:46yep 70 100
32:48divided by 25 is 4 yes take that away from the 70 is 66 66 and multiply by 10 and
32:55multiply by 10 yeah
32:56660 two away two away now then rachel they couldn't get it can you take it to 658 i can't
33:03i'm not sure
33:04if it's possible um but with the 5 and the 10 hard to get anything isn't round but i will
33:08have another
33:09look just thank you thank you but what does this mean 81 all that's what it means that means it's
33:14right down to the wire heather david count down conundrum time this is a critical one who's got
33:23the fastest finger
33:24the wire heather david count down
33:51Yes, is it inaudible inaudible let's check that out for you
34:09well done you're in the final it could not have been closer but you you pulled it off well done
34:20Heather bad luck David you put up a brave performance right through this contest and
34:25we say goodbye with a heavy heart but you've done brilliantly well and back to Ross and why
34:30this is by the better player you're beaten by a tremendous player but you're going
34:34off with this wonderful trophy with our very best wishes and congratulations too and we'll
34:40see you in the final young lady indeed good night's sleep well done very well done so there
34:50we have great stuff wasn't it amazing great stuff and we'll see you tomorrow Alistair until
34:58tomorrow yes very exciting that wasn't that something wasn't that something and they stole
35:03all your thunder again oh no these two rotters they can have all the thunder it wasn't it a
35:07brilliant game wasn't it good really I can't wait for tomorrow now tomorrow the final the
35:12final big one yeah tomorrow you better join us fireworks in the countdown studio tomorrow
35:18it's the the shootout so you'll be with us same time same place you'll be sure of it
35:34George Clark checks out some Christmassy amazing spaces one of which is actually good enough to eat
35:39not sure the owners would appreciate that but then they probably shouldn't build a gingerbread house if
35:43you don't want people to eat it anyway that's a date next Sandy's got a thousand and one things you
35:47should know
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