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00:16Good afternoon and welcome to Countdown Studio and a very happy birthday to actor Tom Selleck.
00:22Unlikely to be watching this programme, I guess he's probably out in Hawaii somewhere.
00:27Remember, of course, he was the great P.I. Magnum P.I., his great role back in the 80s.
00:33But everybody loves detective stories. There are so many of them, so many great detectives.
00:38Mine happens to be Poirot, the great David Suchet, whose brother John, of course, was a great foreign correspondent
00:45and who now hosts a classical music show and is a regular on this show.
00:49What a decent bloke he is. And who are you, Miss Marples or a Cluso fan?
00:55I'm more of a Luther fan, actually. Have you seen Luther?
00:58No.
00:58With Idris Elba. It's brilliant.
01:00Is it?
01:01It's fantastic. It's slightly darker. It's not really Murder, She Wrote.
01:04Yeah.
01:05But it's brilliant acting. And it's all set in London as well, which is nice.
01:08It's kind of like an American style, got big money and big drama.
01:13Tell me about it later on.
01:14Because now we've got to introduce you all to our contestants here.
01:18Paul Keene, a semi-finalist back in 2011, an accountant from London. Is that right?
01:23That's right, Nick.
01:24And apparently you want to talk to us about The Hobbit, which is, I think, a favourite book of yours.
01:29Is that right?
01:30It's a favourite book of mine. I really enjoyed it when I was young.
01:32And the lovely thing now is that my son, who's 10, is really into it as well.
01:36So he reads it to me in bed and I fit in the bits he's still slightly uncomfortable with.
01:41But it's just a lovely thing now to refresh my memory with the book as well.
01:45And a great movie too now, apparently.
01:46It is, yeah. I think so.
01:48I met James Nesbitt, who I think plays a dwarf. Is that right, in the new film?
01:52I think so. I've not seen the film. I think you could be right.
01:54And Martin Freeman plays The Hobbit.
01:56He plays Bilbo Baggins, I think, yeah.
01:57What an extraordinary sort of franchise, to use that ugly word, it's been, though.
02:01Yeah, they've managed to string one book into three films.
02:04I'm not sure how they've done it.
02:05They're all filmed down in New Zealand, apparently.
02:07They are, yeah.
02:07Brilliant. Well, good to see you back.
02:09Thanks very much.
02:10Good to see you back.
02:10And you're joined by Neil Zussman, a semi-finalist a couple of years before you in 2009,
02:16and from Halifax, a data analyst.
02:19And you've done pretty well, I think, in the World Sudoku and Puzzle Championships.
02:23Is that right, Neil?
02:24Yeah, every year there's a World Championships for Sudoku and other logic puzzles.
02:29And a few years ago, I finished in the top ten, which was the best ever finishing position
02:35by a UK participant in the Puzzle Championship.
02:38Good for you.
02:38And you've got, I think, an abiding desire, and that's to present Countdown.
02:45Oh, well, I think it would be great to spend an hour every day with Rachel and Susie.
02:50Exactly.
02:50So we decided a few years ago that he wouldn't fit in my dresses, and we put that to bed.
02:54We had somebody on recently who was very keen to take over from Susie.
02:59Isn't that right, Susie?
03:00That was right, Adam, yes.
03:01So we're under pressure here, chaps.
03:03We have to up our game.
03:05Anyway, big round of applause.
03:06Big round of applause for Paul and Neil.
03:11Very good indeed.
03:12Well, Susie, we've got to watch our backs here.
03:16And who have we got with you?
03:17The great Mark Foster, the greatest British swimmer ever.
03:21Welcome.
03:21And we want to talk to you a lot about the Olympics.
03:23You played a pivotal role, I think, in the swimming Olympics.
03:28So more from you later on.
03:29But now it's time to kick our little game off here today with Paul.
03:34Would you be good enough?
03:35Hi again, Rachel.
03:36Hi again, Paul.
03:37Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:39Oh, of course, thank you.
03:39Start today with T.
03:41Another one, please.
03:44D.
03:45And another.
03:47L.
03:48A vowel.
03:50I.
03:51Another vowel.
03:53A.
03:54And a third vowel.
03:56U.
03:58A consonant.
04:00N.
04:01Another consonant.
04:04S.
04:05And a final vowel, please.
04:08And a final.
04:09E.
04:10And here's the countdown clock.
04:13And here's the countdown clock.
04:43Paul.
04:44Eight.
04:45Eight.
04:45Very good.
04:46Yes, Neil.
04:46Eight.
04:47Two eights.
04:48Right, Paul.
04:49Unsalted.
04:51And?
04:51Unlisted.
04:53Unlisted.
04:54Yes.
04:54No arguments there?
04:55No arguments with you.
04:56They're very good.
04:56What have you got for us?
04:57Mark?
04:58We actually found a nine.
05:00Yes.
05:01Insulated.
05:02Very good.
05:07Atoll and Neil.
05:09Would you be good enough?
05:10Good to be back.
05:11Nice to see you again.
05:12I'll start with a consonant, please.
05:13Thank you, Neil.
05:14Start with G.
05:16And a vowel.
05:18O.
05:19Consonant.
05:21Y.
05:22Consonant.
05:25S.
05:26Vowel.
05:27I.
05:28Consonant.
05:31F.
05:31Vowel.
05:34A.
05:35Consonant.
05:38N.
05:39And a final consonant, please.
05:41And the last one.
05:42Q.
05:43And here's the clock.
06:14Neil.
06:15A six.
06:16A six, yes.
06:16A six as well.
06:17Two sixes.
06:18Neil's six.
06:19Saying.
06:21And saying as well.
06:21Yeah.
06:22Paul's the same.
06:24And in the corner, dictionary corner, Susie, Mark.
06:28Just got the same.
06:29Well, we had a couple of sixes as well.
06:30One was saying.
06:31And gasify.
06:33Mm.
06:34Yes.
06:35Turned something into a gas, but just six still.
06:37Nothing too exciting.
06:3814 all, says the scoreboard.
06:40And it's Paul's shout.
06:41Let us gain, Paul.
06:42A consonant, please.
06:44Thank you, Paul.
06:45M.
06:46And another.
06:48T.
06:50And a vowel.
06:51E.
06:52Another vowel.
06:54A.
06:55Consonant.
06:57G.
06:59A consonant.
06:59P.
07:02A vowel.
07:04O.
07:06A consonant.
07:07T.
07:10And a final consonant, please.
07:13And a final D.
07:15Stand by.
07:16Tom.
07:18I'm sorry.
07:47Yes, Paul?
07:48Just six.
07:49Six, Neil?
07:50Uh, seven, I think.
07:52Okay, Paul?
07:54Pottage.
07:55Pottage.
07:56And Neil?
07:57I put a D on the end.
07:59Pottaged.
08:00No, I did check that.
08:01You can't pottage and make a stew that way.
08:04It's no verb, I'm afraid.
08:05That's bad luck.
08:06Bad luck.
08:06And in the corner, what else have we got?
08:08Mark, Susie?
08:09We actually didn't do a lot better, do we?
08:11No, although, Paul could have added a T to his potage and had pottage,
08:15which is a good old English word for a soup or stew.
08:19Mess of pottage?
08:20A mess of pottage.
08:21That goes back, I was just looking, to a biblical story of Esau who sold his birthright.
08:26Really?
08:27Sell something for a mess of pottage is to sell it for a ridiculously small amount.
08:30Yeah, give it away.
08:31Give it away.
08:33Naughty boy Esau.
08:34Now then, 20 to 14, sees Paul in the lead.
08:36And whose letters came, is it?
08:37Neil, off you go.
08:38A consonant, please.
08:40Thank you, Neil.
08:40S.
08:42And a vowel.
08:44I.
08:45Consonant.
08:46N.
08:48Consonant.
08:49M.
08:51Vowel.
08:53E.
08:54Consonant.
08:56P.
08:57Vowel.
08:59U.
09:01Consonant.
09:03R.
09:06And a consonant, please.
09:07And lastly, C.
09:10Tick-tock time.
09:11P.
09:12P.
09:12P.
09:13P.
09:14P.
09:14P.
09:15P.
09:22To.
09:40P.
09:42Neil? Seven. Seven. Yes, Paul? Seven as well. Okay, Neil, seven? Princes. Thank you. Yes, Paul? Umpires. Umpires. Umpires. Very
09:53nice. Yeah. Very nice. Yeah. Nothing to argue about. Nothing at all. But what have we got? Anything else interesting?
10:00We have pumices, which is to rub yourself down with pumice, to smooth or clean. Yes. And minces as well,
10:08things that mince.
10:09Thank you. 27 to 21. Now then, Paul, numbers game. There's Rachel. Expectant. Can we get one large and five
10:18small, please, Rachel? Just in a numerical way, let's clarify. Right, one large and five small. You wouldn't be the
10:26first to know, I'll tell you, Nick. Right, here we go. How many have I got? You've flustered me. Right,
10:30the five small ones are four. Oh, here we go. Ten.
10:35Ten. Settle, Rachel. Come along. Ten. Three. Seven. And the large one, 75. And the target, 733. 733. Thank you,
10:49Rachel.
10:50Ten.
11:20How was it Paul at 733 good Neil yes 733 both of you well done Paul take it away
11:27Okay, 75 times 10 75 times 10 750 and then take off the 10 and 7. Yeah
11:34Well done 733 pretty good same again. Yeah, it's fine. Okay. That'd be good
11:41Close call close call here 37 to 31
11:45But now it's time to turn to you mark mark. You've had a hell of a summer
11:50Tell us about it from my point of view. There were there were lots of lots of emotional stories
11:54Something I was connected to with the Paralympics was a guy called James O'Shea
11:58Yeah
11:58I talked about when I was on the show before before the summer started this guy that I found on
12:03the show called dancing on wheels
12:05He lost his legs
12:0615 years ago in a train accident
12:09And we were doing a dancing show and I basically could see what he could do in the chair and
12:12out of the chair
12:12And I basically went to him could you want to make the Olympic games or the Paralympics can you swim
12:17and he said yes?
12:17I love to swim so I put him in the water put him with the coach anyway made the Olympic
12:20team the Paralympic team
12:22Um, and he came forth that was one of the stories of the Olympic games another one was was I
12:26don't know if you remember
12:27I was working with Claire boarding. We had a story with Chad's dad
12:30It was a guy called it was Bert LaClosse who was Chad LaClosse's father. Yes, and Chad
12:36LaClosse won the 200 meter butterfly beating Michael Phelps and Michael Phelps is arguably the greatest Olympian of all time
12:42and he got touched out by
12:43Five hundredths of a second to Chad LaClosse and it came down to the finish and basically Chad LaClosse hit
12:49the finish correctly on a full
12:50Stroke and Michael Phelps ended up on the wall like this, but the the main part was medal ceremony he's
12:55standing there getting his gold medal
12:57Chad LaClosse
12:58And his mother and father are standing there and they're and they're weeping and Claire turned to me and she
13:02said do you know
13:03His parents because the camera was on his parents and I said no
13:07I don't but I said that I know the people stood behind so I ran around to them
13:10I tapped him on the back and I basically said to Ryke I said do you think Chad's dad will
13:13talk to talk to us and he went
13:16He will but he swears a lot
13:19Basically said Chad's dad, but will you come and talk to us over on the TV?
13:24So he ran around and the bit for me was it was the sort of the pride and the joy
13:27every time he was
13:28They were watching his son getting his medal
13:29They were watching him walk around the poolside and taking the photographs and everything else that goes on after the
13:34ceremony
13:34And it was just pride and joy and he just kept looking at his son going my beautiful boy
13:38He's South African, but I'm not very good at a South African accent
13:40So he kept going my beautiful boy, my beautiful boy. Oh, he's amazing
13:43and it was just pride and this joy and I think what capulated it for me was
13:48How much had gone into making it happen and how much sacrifice had gone into making it happen from the
13:52family's sacrifice
13:53I know from my own family what your family give up what your sisters give up and
13:57And and what they go through to make this sort of make this happen these sacrifices
14:00And it was just seeing him beaming the joy the tears. It was very very emotional time
14:05Excellent stuff. Well done. Well done. Lovely stories
14:10Lovely stories. Now it's time for a tea time teaser which is ask basin and the clue
14:15Did someone put graffiti over these Australian shrubs? Did somebody put graffiti over these Australian shrubs?
14:37Welcome back
14:38I left you with the clue. Did someone put graffiti over these Australian shrubs and the answer is
14:45Bank Sears
14:46Help me out here
14:48They are evergreen Australian shrubs named not after the great Banksy graffiti artist
14:53But after someone called Sir Joseph Banks
14:57Thank you
14:57I'll find out more about Joseph Banks
14:59No, I wouldn't bother actually
15:01I'm not very interested
15:0237 to 31 and Neil
15:05It's a letters game
15:06Consonant please
15:07Thank you Neil
15:08N
15:10And a vowel
15:11E
15:13Consonant
15:14V
15:16Consonant
15:17R
15:19Vowel
15:20O
15:22Consonant
15:23G
15:25Vowel
15:26E
15:28Consonant
15:31S
15:33And a consonant please
15:37And lastly
15:37D
15:39Stand by
15:40Stand by
16:10Neil
16:11Seven
16:12Seven
16:13Yes Paul
16:14Eight I think
16:16Okay
16:17So Neil
16:18Endorse
16:19Endorse
16:20Yes Paul
16:21Governed
16:23Yep
16:23Governed
16:24Excellent
16:24Very good
16:26Very good indeed
16:28Puts you 45 to 31
16:30But in the corner
16:31Now
16:32What news
16:34No
16:35No we have no more than government
16:36No
16:37You chatting amongst yourselves
16:39Not concentrating
16:40Alright 45
16:41Well done Paul
16:42To Neil's 31
16:43And Paul
16:44You're off again
16:45Let us go
16:45Start with consonant please Rachel
16:47Thank you Paul
16:47B
16:49And another
16:52S
16:53And a third one
16:55Z
16:55A vowel
16:58U
16:59Another vowel
17:00A
17:02And a third vowel
17:03A
17:05A consonant
17:07R
17:11Another consonant
17:13N
17:14And a final vowel please
17:18And the last one
17:19E
17:21Clock time
17:22And a third vowel
17:40A consonant
17:40A consonant
17:41A consonant
17:49A consonant
17:53Yes, Paul.
17:54That's six.
17:55A six.
17:56Neil.
17:57Stick with six.
17:58All right, Paul.
18:00Abuser.
18:01An abuser.
18:02Neil.
18:03Brazen.
18:04Brazen, a brazen abuser.
18:06Very good.
18:07Anything else?
18:08No, we have brazen as well.
18:09Neil, I don't know what you were going to risk.
18:11Urbane's?
18:12Urbane's.
18:13Ah, just there as an adjective, so it was good to leave that one.
18:16Very good.
18:17All right, we're all set.
18:1851 plays 37, and we look to Neil for the next letters game.
18:22A consonant, please.
18:24Thank you, Neil.
18:25C.
18:26And a vowel.
18:28A.
18:29Consonant.
18:31P.
18:32Consonant.
18:34R.
18:36Vowel.
18:37O.
18:38Consonant.
18:40L.
18:41Vowel.
18:44E.
18:45A vowel.
18:48I.
18:49And a vowel.
18:51And the last one.
18:52E.
18:53E.
18:54Tick tock.
19:26Neil. Seven. Seven. Yes, Paul. Seven as well. All right. Neil. Cariole. Thank you. Paul. Paroli. Paroli. Paroli is certainly
19:37in the dictionary. That's extremely good. And Neil, you had Cariole. Yep. That's a variant spelling of Cariole with two
19:45R's. Forgive me while I look that one up. It is a small open horse drawn carriage for one person.
19:53Very good.
19:53Very good indeed. Yeah, very good. 58 to 44. But anything else there? Anything interesting? Mark? We had an eight
20:00for Capriole. Capriole? Capriole is a kind of dance, am I right to say?
20:06Well, it's a movement performed in classical riding in which the horse leaps from the ground and kicks out with
20:12its hind legs. Oh, it's that Austrian job, isn't it? With the Vienna...
20:17The Viennese horses. Yeah. Looks very awkward. And why would you bother? Do you know what I mean? Why? I
20:25agree.
20:25So, Paul's 58 to Neil's 44. And Paul, your turn to choose letters. Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Paul. D.
20:34Another vowel. A. Another vowel. E. A consonant. N. A consonant. T. A vowel. U. A consonant.
20:50F. A consonant. F. A consonant. C. And another consonant to finish.
20:59And the last one. And the last one. Ah. Stand by.
21:02T host.
21:04T cyt. GENDITYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYTYOS CIV침.
21:33Thank you, Neil.
21:36I think an eight.
21:37Mm-hmm.
21:38Right then, Paul.
21:39Centaur.
21:41Centaur.
21:41And Neil.
21:43Underact.
21:43Very, very good.
21:45Underact.
21:45Yes.
21:46It's all there.
21:46Not enough of that.
21:48Well done.
21:49Very good indeed.
21:51Well done, Neil.
21:52Very good indeed.
21:53But in the corner, anything else?
21:55We didn't do any better than an eight.
21:57I actually got a seven, but I'm not sure if it's right or not.
21:59Tranced.
22:00Tranced?
22:00You can put someone in a trance and tranced them.
22:02Well done.
22:02I don't often come out with good words, you see, so I have to mention it when I do.
22:06Very good.
22:06No, that's a good one, tranced.
22:07I don't think we always have to strive to be the longest.
22:10No, just interesting.
22:10Interesting small words.
22:11Just as good.
22:12Just as entertaining.
22:1358 to 52, says Paul's in the lead by six points.
22:16But now it's our joy to listen to Susie's origins of words.
22:20I'm going to talk about the origin of the phrase to burn one's boats or to burn one's bridges.
22:25It goes back a very long way to the practice Roman generals used to use of setting fire to their
22:31own boats after mounting an invasion.
22:33And the idea of this was to remove any idea whatsoever of retreat from the minds of their soldiers.
22:39It's a very dramatic practice, but it was a very effective one.
22:42And there are historical records supporting this.
22:44For example, an army who came to Britain in about A.D. 296 to bring to heel some rebels who'd
22:52broken away from Rome.
22:53Their commander ordered all the ships that had brought his army to be burned in full view of his soldiers.
22:59And as a result, probably, the invading force defeated.
23:03It killed the mutineers.
23:04It was near present-day Farnham.
23:06And they brought the territory back under Caesar's controls.
23:09And the idea of burning one's boats soon got extended to bridges as well.
23:13And it slipped into English in about the 1800s, but very, very old.
23:17Very good.
23:18You can see the logic behind it.
23:20You can.
23:20You can.
23:21Terrifying.
23:22I'd send them away.
23:23It seems wasteful to burn them.
23:25And actually, when you put the rebels down, you want to get home.
23:27Well, that's true.
23:28I'm not sure how they got home.
23:29That's why I am.
23:30Maybe they swam.
23:31Mark will tell us.
23:32Anyway.
23:3358 to 52.
23:34We now turn to a numbers game.
23:36Neil.
23:36I think the first one was too easy, so could I have three large and three small, please?
23:40Three large?
23:40I was expecting you a six small, if I remember rightly.
23:42Yeah, I thought I'd try something different.
23:43You've changed.
23:44Thank you, Neil.
23:46Three large and three small.
23:47So, for this round, they are six, seven, and another six.
23:51And the large one's 50, 25, and 75.
23:56And the target, 960.
23:58960.
23:59hunter. Thank you. And the
24:30Neil?
24:319, 6, 3.
24:339, 6, 3, 3 away.
24:35Yes, Paul.
24:359, 6, 3 as well.
24:37Right.
24:38Neil?
24:397 and 6 is 13.
24:417 add 6, 13.
24:43Times 75.
24:449, 7, 7.
24:459, 7, 7.
24:4650 over 25 is 2.
24:4850 over 25 is 2.
24:50Times the 6.
24:51Times the other 6 for 12.
24:53And take it away.
24:53And, yep, 9, 6, 3.
24:56Very good.
24:57And, Paul?
24:58Exactly the same way.
24:59Same.
25:00Check it out.
25:01Happy, Neil?
25:01Yep.
25:01OK, very good.
25:02Now, Rachel, come on.
25:039, 60 is possible.
25:05Yeah.
25:05It took me a while to get this one.
25:06But if you say 75 add 7 is 82.
25:1150 over 25 is 2.
25:1482 less 2 is 80.
25:16And then 6 plus 6 is 12.
25:18And times the two together for 9, 60.
25:20Excellent.
25:21Well done.
25:23As ever.
25:24Never foxed.
25:25But now it's time for a tea time teaser,
25:26which is liked sea in the clue.
25:29He liked the sea, but this location was even better.
25:31He liked the sea, but this location was even better.
25:49Welcome back.
25:50I left you with the clue.
25:51He liked the sea, but this location was even better.
25:54And which location was that?
25:56Why?
25:56It was the lakeside.
25:58Lakeside.
25:58Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant,
26:02you can email countdown at channel4.com
26:04to request an application form
26:06or write to us at contestantsapplications,
26:10Countdown leads, LS3, 1, J, S.
26:14So, 65 plays 59.
26:17Paul in the lead.
26:18Paul, your letters game.
26:20OK.
26:20Consonant, please.
26:21Thank you, Paul.
26:22And a final vowel, please.
26:51And a final vowel, E.
26:55Countdown.
26:57Let's go.
27:27Yes, Paul?
27:28Just six.
27:29And Neil?
27:29Seven.
27:30Paul?
27:31Intend.
27:32Intend.
27:33And Neil?
27:33Dottier.
27:35Dottier, you need two runs, yes.
27:37So no candy for Paul, but dottier is absolutely fine.
27:40Dottier.
27:40It's a good word.
27:41Very good indeed.
27:42So, Neil, 66 to Paul, 65.
27:46Now then, in the corner.
27:48Mark.
27:48We found an eight.
27:50Oriented.
27:51Oriented.
27:52Yeah, it means the same as orientated.
27:54Yeah, just shorter.
27:55Just shorter.
27:56Exactly.
27:57Anyway, don't let's get stuck on that.
27:5965 to 66.
28:00Neil in the lead, and it's Neil's letters game.
28:03Consonant, please.
28:04Thank you, Neil.
28:05S.
28:06And a vowel.
28:08I.
28:09Consonant.
28:11L.
28:12Consonant.
28:14V.
28:15Vowel.
28:17U.
28:18Consonant.
28:20R.
28:22Vowel.
28:23A.
28:28Consonant.
28:30M.
28:31And a consonant.
28:33And the last one.
28:34X.
28:36Dug down.
28:36Vowel.
28:39Vowel.
28:40Vowel.
28:41Vowel.
28:47Vowel.
28:52Vowel.
28:53Vowel.
28:54Vowel.
28:54Vowel.
28:54Vowel.
28:54Vowel.
29:07Neil. Stick with six. Six. Yes, Paul. I'll stick with a safe six. Safe six. Neil, six. Murals. Murals. Yes,
29:18Paul. Rivals. Rivals. Nothing too complicated there. Nothing at all. What were you thinking of, Paul? Valiums. Valiums. Oh, I
29:27don't think you'd be allowed that, actually. So I think it might be trademarked.
29:32Yeah. Anything else? Any advances? Murals for us. Murals. Yes. All right. Very good. 71 plays Neil. 72. Now then,
29:41Paul, what you can do about it? Well, I'll start with a consonant. Thank you, Paul. T. Another one. W.
29:53And a third. J. Another consonant. R.
30:01Vowel. O. Another vowel. A. Another vowel. I. A consonant. S. And a final consonant. And a final D. Stand
30:25by.
30:31S. And a fifth.
30:56Oh
30:57Six, thank you Neil seven Paul ratios ratios. Yes, new asteroid asteroid asteroid
31:06Yes, very good asteroid, but asteroid which is a magical turn very good cracking 79 to Paul 71 now
31:14But in the corner any any advances there no no one spin another seven you could have had towards yes
31:22Asteroid I think was asteroid takes it for sure
31:25So Neil 79 to Paul 71 last numbers game of the day Neil off you go
31:30I'll try three large three small again. Thank you, Neil still all to play for in this game
31:35So for the last numbers game they are six
31:39nine
31:40Five and the large three twenty five one hundred and seventy-five
31:46And the target to reach one hundred and forty two one four two
31:51Five thousand and eighty-five
32:211 4 2. Yes, Paul.
32:231 4 2.
32:24All right, take it away, Neil.
32:26100 plus 75 minus 25.
32:28100 plus 75 minus 25, 150.
32:326 minus 5 is 1.
32:34Yep.
32:349 minus 1 is 8.
32:35It is.
32:36And take that away.
32:381 4 2.
32:38Yes, Paul.
32:40OK, 9 times 5 is 45.
32:429 times 5, 45.
32:44Plus the 100.
32:46145.
32:46Then 75 divided by 25 is 3.
32:49Yep, another way.
32:50Take it away.
32:50Same result.
32:51Well done.
32:52Very good.
32:53Well done.
32:53Well done.
32:56Very good.
32:57Well done.
32:57So, here we are.
32:59Final round.
33:00Crucial conundrum time, gentlemen.
33:02Who's fighting for a...
33:03Well, you're both fighting a place in the final 16.
33:05Who's going to get it?
33:06Fingers on buzzers, please.
33:07Let's reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:14Neil, that was pretty rapid.
33:15Come on.
33:17Let's see whether you're right.
33:21Well done.
33:22Well done.
33:23Well done.
33:23Well done.
33:24Well done.
33:24Cracking very fast, indeed.
33:27Well done.
33:28Well done.
33:29Excellent stuff.
33:31So, 99 plays Paul's 81.
33:34Paul, you're going home.
33:36Yeah.
33:36Related with your kryptonite trophy and your teapot and our blessings.
33:40Thank you very much.
33:41Thank you so much.
33:42And great to see you back here again.
33:43Yeah, great to be back.
33:43We shall see you next month.
33:45Well done.
33:46Well done, indeed, Neil Zussman.
33:49Yeah.
33:50See you tomorrow, Susie.
33:51Thank you for everything.
33:52And more tales from the pool from you tomorrow, yes?
33:56Yeah.
33:56Yeah.
33:57More tomorrow.
33:58More tomorrow.
33:58Mark.
33:59Thank you very much for everything that you've done to lighten my burden today.
34:03I'd like to know what position Mark could take you to in the next, possibly, Olympics.
34:08Eighteen months?
34:09Three and a half years?
34:10Three and a half years?
34:10Nothing.
34:11Nothing.
34:12Nothing.
34:13I was so terrified as a child of water.
34:15I used to wear water wings until I was about 18.
34:18Anyway, there we are.
34:20I was, no, I didn't like getting water in my eyes.
34:24Is that a common problem?
34:25There's people with water in their eyes, putting their head underneath the water.
34:28Some people don't like the water.
34:30Some people are scared of heights.
34:31There's lots of different things.
34:31Yeah, but we were talking earlier about this Australian plant, Banksia.
34:36Presumably they're all burnt to a shrivel with these dreadful Australian fires.
34:39People are now standing up to their necks in the sea, because that's the only place they
34:44can survive in Tasmania, I saw the other week on the television.
34:48Amazing.
34:49And the kids have to dip their heads underneath the water and come up and gasp for air.
34:53I don't think Australians have a problem with the fear of water.
34:56No.
34:56I think they all learn because of surfing reasons, and everyone hangs out by the seaside.
35:00So if we hang out by the seaside more in the UK, we'll all be good swimmers.
35:03I guess so.
35:03I guess so.
35:04Anyway, more from you tomorrow.
35:06Tomorrow and tomorrow from you at home.
35:08Same time, same place.
35:10You be sure of it.
35:10Good afternoon.
35:22Fancy a game of hide-and-seek with a few zebras?
35:25It's not all fun and games while working on the wild side.
35:27Today at four.
35:29Next on Channel 4, Lanzarote is the destination for a place in the sun.
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