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00:30Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Caghtown Studio, 1st of February, and our research department said, let's see what
00:38sort of firsts that have excited you.
00:42And the first one they've come up with was, in 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary was the first climber to reach
00:48the summit of Mount Everest with Earl Sherpa tensing.
00:51I sort of remember that. It was nine at the time.
00:53But I definitely remember the next first, which was a year later when Sir Roger Bannister, as he now is,
01:00was the first to run a mile in under four minutes.
01:02Three minutes, 59.4 seconds. And I remember sitting in my father's car, I don't know where we were, listening
01:10to it on the car radio, I remember.
01:12I would have been 10 years old.
01:13That was down the Iffley Road, wasn't it, Susie?
01:15It was. It was in Oxford, yeah.
01:16It was.
01:16Yeah, Iffley Road.
01:17And Chris Chatterway, I think, was the pacemaker, wasn't he?
01:20I don't know who that was.
01:21I think he was. I think he was. And of course, it was in 1996 that Dolly the sheep became
01:26the first cloned mammal.
01:27And I think the scientist that undertook that revolutionary work died just last year, actually.
01:33Oh, right.
01:33Yeah. And Dolly, I don't know whether Dolly's still with us, but she's mutton by now, I would have thought.
01:39I think once they're past two years old, they're mutton, so, yeah.
01:41Are they?
01:42I think so.
01:42But mutton is wonderful, you know, with capers, caper sauce. Lovely. Lovely.
01:46Now then, who have we got with us here?
01:48John Ashmore, series winner back in 98, just two years after Dolly was cloned.
01:54And you're a payroll club from Great Yarmouth, and you're interested in Scrabble.
01:59And I'm sorry to burden you with this, but apparently our research department's been probing your sex life.
02:05They have, aren't they?
02:06Of which, apparently, Dolly had very little.
02:09And Scrabble helped it. What was all that about?
02:12Well, after I last appeared on Countdown, I got involved in tournament Scrabble, and in the course of that, I
02:18met Anne, who is now my wife.
02:19Excellent stuff. And you play volleyball in Holland. Why?
02:23I've played volleyball for many years, and some of the people in our club have gone over to this magnificent
02:31tournament on the Dutch island of Texel for many years.
02:33Right.
02:34And I've been over there about five times now, I think.
02:37It's not a beach volleyball, is it?
02:38No, it's on grass court.
02:39Grass court. Well, well done. You're joined today by Kurt Bevans, a series winner from 2009. He's a trainee actuary.
02:46Is that right, Kurt?
02:47That's right, yeah.
02:47And also a big darts man. You're a darts referee from York, formerly a maths teacher, but you've chucked that
02:52in.
02:53That's correct.
02:53What does a darts referee do?
02:56A few jobs, essentially. They add the scores up, work out what scores are left, sort out problems on stage.
03:01You have second referees as well, watching out if they go into the exclusion zone, they're too close, that kind
03:05of thing.
03:05Yeah, yeah, yeah. Are they difficult to manage? They're quite big chaps, some of them, aren't they?
03:11Well, a lot of them are getting fitter, let's say. A lot of youthful people coming through.
03:16Yeah. There's a father and son. I watched the World Championships not that long ago.
03:22Something to do with chains. Who's that?
03:24Bobby George and his son, Richie George, that would be.
03:27Yeah, that's the other code. There's two codes for darts.
03:30Oh, really?
03:30And I'm on the other code to that one.
03:31Which code are you on?
03:33PDC, Professional Darts Corporation.
03:34And they are on the?
03:35BDO, British Darts Organisation.
03:37Oh, we don't talk about those then.
03:39I don't know about that.
03:40All right. And you apparently had an embarrassing incident during a darts game.
03:45Are you prepared to enlighten us about that?
03:48I was just practising darts at university and bent down to pick a flight up that had fallen off.
03:52And I heard a rip and the back of my trousers had just gone straight.
03:56There you go.
03:56And I had to spend the next few minutes walking around with a massive hole in my backside.
04:00Never mind. Never mind. Best place to have one, I suppose.
04:03Anyway, what I'd like to think is that we can now have a big round of applause to John and
04:10Kirk.
04:15Brilliant stuff.
04:17Anyway, we were talking about first, we've got Susie over in the corner, joined on this wonderful Friday, the 1st
04:22of February, by the great Mark Foster.
04:25And you've had a few firsts in the pool.
04:28Our most successful swimmer.
04:29Now, I mean, frankly, the statistics are extraordinary.
04:33Five times Olympian, six times world champion, ten times European champion, eight times world record holder, and twice a Commonwealth
04:41champion.
04:42That's fantastic.
04:43And you've had, of course, the Olympics, and you grew in stature.
04:47You were already eight feet.
04:48You're about 12 feet tall now.
04:49Because you were sitting there next to Claire Balding, a lovely woman, actually.
04:53I've met her a couple of times.
04:54She's a great character.
04:55Yeah.
04:56And you had a great time.
04:57The best time.
04:58The best time.
04:58Well, the next best thing to do in it is actually talking about it.
05:00But I might have achieved all those things, but I've never won a countdown teapot.
05:05I'll see if I can't find one for you.
05:07There's some old broken ones out the back.
05:08I'll see what I can do.
05:09In the meantime, we've got to kick this game off.
05:12Now then, John, would you be good enough to do that?
05:15Can we start with a consonant, then, please, Rachel?
05:17Thank you, John.
05:18Start today with N.
05:20Another one, please.
05:22T.
05:23And a third one.
05:25P.
05:26Vowel, please.
05:28I.
05:30Another vowel.
05:31E.
05:32A third vowel.
05:34O.
05:36Consonant.
05:38R.
05:40Another consonant.
05:42J.
05:43And we'll finish with a vowel, please.
05:45And finish with I.
05:48And here's the countdown clock.
05:49Iluminous.
06:15Well, let's be honest.
06:18Tomp, bye-bye.
06:19So, thank you for helping me.
06:19Now then John Ashmore eight. Thank you and Kirk. Yeah, eight as well. Okay, John point here point here cook
06:27and the same
06:28point you point here
06:30Any more point here than that? Yeah, we're point here as well. Anything else?
06:35Protein protein proteins good anything else?
06:39Point your own protein pretty good. Well done at all and Kirk take it away, Kirk. Hi again, Rachel
06:44Hi again, Kirk. Can you start with a constant, please? Of course. Thank you. Starts with M and another
06:51Q and third place ah
06:55on the fourth
06:57K well
06:59E well
07:02You well a
07:07Consonant please and a final constant place and a final
07:13P and here's the clock
07:46Yes, seven seven. John also seven. Okay, cut
07:51Marquis Marquis. Yes
07:54Marks. Yes, okay. I'm quick. Can I just double check how you're spending that? Um, m a r q u
08:00e s. Yeah, excellent
08:01We happy there we are as in makes of car
08:04Yeah, I want to say that the person sitting next to me got that within two seconds of the clock.
08:10I was very very impressed
08:11She's very no not impressed very surprised
08:12No, I was impressed
08:14Very good surprised a mark. Yeah, indeed. Yeah, very good
08:1815 all and the else and
08:22And you can turn that round and have masquer or masquer m a s q u e r and that
08:27is somebody who takes part in a masquerade
08:30Yeah, masquerade masquer
08:32Very good
08:3315 all and John off you go
08:35Consonant please. Thank you, John
08:38R
08:40Another consonant
08:42N
08:43And another
08:45B
08:46A vowel please
08:48O
08:49Another vowel
08:50A
08:52A third vowel
08:54I
08:55A consonant
08:58V
09:00A vowel please
09:03E
09:04And a final consonant
09:06And a final T
09:08Standby
09:09Standby
09:09A
09:10A
09:11A
09:11A
09:11A
09:12A
09:12A
09:12A
09:13A
09:14A
09:15A
09:16A
09:16B
09:41Yes, John?
09:42Eight.
09:42Thank you, Kirk.
09:43Eight.
09:44All right, John?
09:45Barito.
09:46Well, baritone.
09:47And the same.
09:48Yes, two baritones.
09:49Yep.
09:50Two baritones.
09:54Very good.
09:55And in the corner.
09:56Any more baritones over there?
09:57Oh, we've also got another...
09:58For another eight, you could have had abortive.
10:00An abortive mission.
10:02Exactly.
10:03Very good.
10:03Cut short.
10:04Very good.
10:0523 all.
10:05Close game here.
10:06Kirk.
10:08Letters game.
10:09Constantly, Rachel.
10:10Thank you, Kirk.
10:12S.
10:12And another.
10:14D.
10:15And a third.
10:17N.
10:18And vowel, please.
10:20A.
10:21And another.
10:22U.
10:23And another.
10:25E.
10:26Consonant.
10:27S.
10:28A consonant.
10:30M.
10:32And a final consonant, please.
10:35And a final.
10:36D.
10:36And countdown.
10:38And countdown.
11:09Kirk?
11:09A seven.
11:10A seven.
11:11John?
11:12Seven for me too.
11:14Now then, Kirk.
11:15Assumed.
11:16Assumed, yes.
11:17Madness.
11:18Madness.
11:19Madness, yeah.
11:21Yep.
11:22What's happening over in that particularly same corner of the studio?
11:25We've got a couple more sevens.
11:28De Barnes.
11:29Yes.
11:30And Medusas, which is a form of jellyfish.
11:33Jellyfish, exactly.
11:34It can be Medusas or Medusai, but Medusas...
11:37No capitals there, as in the Medusa.
11:40Named after Medusa.
11:42Serpent-headed.
11:43Exactly, from myth, but no, no capital letter anymore.
11:46All right.
11:4730-all, tight game.
11:49John?
11:50Rachel awaits you.
11:51It's a numbers game.
11:52I'll have three from the top, please, and three small ones.
11:55Thank you, John.
11:56Three large ones and three little ones for you.
11:58And for the first time in this contest, the numbers are three, six, seven, 50, 75, and 100.
12:08And your target, 107.
12:11Oh, dear.
12:11107.
12:12ha?
12:42107.
12:42107.
12:42107.
12:43Very good, John. I didn't see you writing it down.
12:46I must have scribbled something down that says 107.
12:49Well done. Kirk?
12:50Yeah, the same.
12:51You got it? All right.
12:52Well, let's hear from John first.
12:54Strangely enough, I added 100 to 7.
12:56I thought you might say that.
12:57I don't think we need to write that one down.
12:59And Kirk, did you struggle at all?
13:01Yeah, I did the same way.
13:03Well done.
13:03Why not? Seems a pity to get stressed over it.
13:06So, 40 all, but now it's our turn to talk to Mark.
13:10And Mark, I think that when the opening ceremony of the Games was being televised,
13:16you were also on television with young Rachel Riley.
13:20Is that right?
13:20We were, indeed, yeah.
13:21Tell us about that.
13:22We're a partnership.
13:23I think actually Rachel got asked who she wanted to do the show with.
13:26Yes.
13:26And she said, I'm this really intelligent guy.
13:29Yes.
13:29But I will not go on that show without as my right-hand man.
13:32Well, what actually happened was they said that we had to share a dressing room.
13:35And I thought, who do I know that's an underwear model?
13:39And Mark agreed.
13:40Well done.
13:40Now, come on, tell us a little bit more about this.
13:42It was called?
13:43It was called the Million Pound Drop.
13:44Well done.
13:45And it was a charity thing?
13:46Yeah, it was.
13:47And you two teamed up, and what happened?
13:49Well, basically, the money we raised, or any of the couples, there were about six different
13:53couples, and the money that we all raised was going to be doubled and then given to the,
13:57it was Paralympic Sport.
13:58It was, I think it was 12 different charities all involved in Paralympics, or Paralympic Sports,
14:02yeah.
14:12We got through to the end, and we won £50,000.
14:15We got through to the end of the competition, take your marks, bent down, and my trunk's
14:19ripped at the back.
14:20Which, obviously, I didn't know had happened at first, and this sort of laughter and stuff
14:23started, and someone came and tapped me on the side and said, and of course, all my teammates
14:28are laughing their heads off at the other end, so.
14:31There was no hint of a breeze, wasn't there?
14:34But we were indoors.
14:36Oh, I see.
14:37There we are.
14:38What a shame.
14:38It's now time for a tea-time teaser, and let's see what we've got for you here.
14:42Royal tea is the teaser, and the clue, between one and six, depending on how it falls.
14:47Between one and six, depending on how it falls.
15:05Welcome back.
15:06I left you with the clue, between one and six, depending on how it falls, and the answer
15:11is aleatory.
15:13Aleatory?
15:14Susie?
15:15It's a great word to learn, this one.
15:17It's an adjective, and it means depending on the throw of a dice, or on chance, so random.
15:23And it goes back to the Latin.
15:24I remember.
15:24Aleatory-ta-est.
15:26Very good.
15:26The dice-cast.
15:27Crossing the Rubicon.
15:28Crossing the Rubicon.
15:29Aleatory-ta-est.
15:30I knew I sort of knew it somewhere.
15:33Aleatory-ta-est.
15:34The dice-cast.
15:35Very good.
15:36Not bad, eh?
15:37Not bad.
15:37An old one.
15:39Very good.
15:40Forty-all.
15:42Quite pleasing to himself.
15:43Kirk.
15:44Off you go.
15:45Constant, please, Rachel.
15:46Thank you, Kirk.
15:47G.
15:48And another.
15:50S.
15:51And a third.
15:53S.
15:54A vowel.
15:55A.
15:56Another.
15:58U.
15:58Another.
16:00O.
16:01Consonant, please.
16:02L.
16:04Consonant, please.
16:06D.
16:07And a consonant.
16:09And the last one, B.
16:11And here's the clock.
16:14Now, let's do it.
16:15Let's do it.
16:23And we'll see you.
16:24Hello, sir.
16:37And here's the podcast, there's a 카�ian in France.
16:38Would you tell us?
16:38Yes, then.
16:42And here's the podcast here, Sarah locations.
16:42yes 7 7 yep John now miserable five about your misery flags thanks Kirk bus
16:53load a post load and any improvements on bus load no we have something quite
17:00similar I'll just double check that it's in I'm pretty sure it is it is yes very
17:07very good very good what have you got well we were swimming championships
17:11Susie would win bag fours of medals bag force very good now then Kirk stormed
17:17into the lead 47 to John's 40 and John time to catch up now don't let him get
17:22away that's his game constant please Rachel thank you John N another Z a third
17:32consonant s vowel please you another vowel a and another I consonant please T
17:47another consonant P and I'll finish with a vowel please and finish with E stand by
18:05so
18:31Yes, John?
18:32Eight.
18:33An eight.
18:34Kirk, also an eight.
18:35John?
18:36Petunias.
18:37Petunias.
18:38That's the same one.
18:38Two Petunias.
18:40Yep.
18:41Two Petunias, very close.
18:42Any more Petunias?
18:43We have Petunias.
18:44Anything else?
18:45No better.
18:46Or Peanuts for seven.
18:48Peanuts.
18:49Peanuts, Petunias.
18:50Very good.
18:5148 plays.
18:5255.
18:53Kirk still in the lead.
18:54And Kirk's letters game.
18:56Off you go.
18:57Can I have a constant, please, Rachel?
18:58Thank you, Kirk.
19:00C.
19:00And another.
19:03Y.
19:03And another.
19:05And another.
19:06Vowel, please.
19:08E.
19:09And another.
19:10U.
19:11And a third.
19:14I.
19:14And a consonant.
19:17T.
19:19Consonant, please.
19:21N.
19:24And a consonant, please.
19:26And the last one.
19:27L.
19:28Tick tock.
19:30T.
19:56Tick tock.
20:00Now then, Kirk.
20:01Eight.
20:02An eight.
20:03John?
20:03Just seven.
20:04And your seven?
20:05Eluiting.
20:08Yes, Kirk?
20:09Cultigen.
20:10Cultigen.
20:10That's a new one on me.
20:12Cultigen.
20:13If it comes from Kirk, you can be fairly sure that it's going to be in.
20:17I remember scurrying around the dictionary before.
20:20It is.
20:20It's a term from botany, and it's a plant species of variety known only in cultivation,
20:25so one which has no wild ancestors.
20:26Very good.
20:28Okay.
20:29Well done, Kirk.
20:31Well done.
20:32But anything else in the corner?
20:33Mark's got a cracker.
20:34Yes, Mark?
20:36Glycine.
20:37Yes.
20:38Yeah, it's a brilliant seven.
20:39I did spell it wrong, but I had the right letters in there.
20:41You did.
20:42Susie then put me right.
20:44It's an amino acid, the simplest naturally occurring amino acid.
20:48You'll find it in those proteins.
20:50Is it French for wisteria as well?
20:52I could be.
20:53It comes from the Greek meaning sweet.
20:55I think it is.
20:56But I could easily be wrong at this time of the day.
21:0163 plays John's 48.
21:03John, your letters game.
21:06Consonant, please.
21:07Thank you, John.
21:08N.
21:10Another consonant.
21:12P.
21:13And one more.
21:15R.
21:17Vowel, please.
21:19E.
21:20Another vowel.
21:21E.
21:23And then one more.
21:25A.
21:27Consonant.
21:29F.
21:31Another consonant, please.
21:33L.
21:35And we'll finish with the consonant.
21:37And finish with X.
21:40And it's counting down clock time.
21:42Yeah.
22:10L Shield.
22:11We'll catch you, John.
22:12Interesting. John?
22:13Just a six. A six. Yes, Kirk.
22:16Yeah, the same. John?
22:18Flaxen. Flaxen, yes.
22:20And reflex. And reflex.
22:23Yes.
22:24Anything else? No better.
22:26So, reflex is there, and that gives
22:28a 69 to Kirk, 54
22:30to John, as we turn to you, Susie,
22:32for your origins of words.
22:34Delight us, Susie.
22:35Well, I'm not sure I'll delight you with this one.
22:37I heard the Chancellor using this expression
22:40a little while back
22:41talking about cutting benefits,
22:43and he said he made no bones
22:45about cutting them,
22:47you know, universal benefits, because some people didn't need them.
22:50And it got me thinking, well, where does that expression
22:51come from, to make no bones about something?
22:54And one theory is that it comes
22:55from the gambling table. And even today
22:58you might hear someone say, roll those bones
23:00when they throw the dice.
23:02And bones, with this sense, goes right back to the
23:041500s.
23:05And so, potentially, if you make no bones, you're not trying
23:08to influence the course of the dice
23:09by any of the superstitious practices
23:11that people use.
23:13They, you know, blow on the dice,
23:14or they roll them in their hands,
23:16turn them up to show a particular number, etc.
23:18It's a nice theory, but the
23:19records don't quite fit.
23:22And we do know that
23:23proverbial bones are everywhere
23:25in English. We talk about having a bone
23:27to pick with someone, which is having a bone of
23:29contention to pick at or gnaw at, a bit like a dog.
23:32And back in the 1400s,
23:34another phrase was to find
23:35bones in something, as if you came across a bone
23:37while drinking a bowl of soup,
23:39which made it quite difficult to eat.
23:41And that's where this making no bones
23:44comes from, because to make bones
23:45is to make difficulties.
23:47To make no bones means you have no difficulty
23:49or misgivings at all
23:51in saying something which is quite difficult
23:53and which you're going to deal with.
23:55Good. There you go.
23:56He's always out.
24:01Very good indeed.
24:02Well, Kirk, 69 plays 54,
24:03and it's your numbers game.
24:05So, there's Rachel.
24:06Talk to her.
24:08Just one large, five small, please, Rach.
24:09Thank you, Kirk.
24:10Or the Kirkulator,
24:11as I'm sure you love to still be called.
24:14One large and five small coming up for you.
24:16And for this round,
24:17they are nine, six, ten.
24:20Another nine, another six,
24:22and the large one, 25.
24:24And the target, 735.
24:27735.
24:28735.
24:33836.
24:34936.
24:411131.
24:441036.
24:441137.
24:44Touchoff.
24:441138.
24:461140.
24:561238.
24:561238.
24:581239.
24:581338.
24:59Yes, Kirk?
25:00735.
25:01Well done, John.
25:02Yep, 735.
25:03OK, Kirk.
25:049 minus 6 is 3.
25:069 minus 6 is 3.
25:07Times 9.
25:08Times 9, 27.
25:10Times 25.
25:10Times 25 is 675.
25:13And then 6 times 10 is 60 to add on.
25:15And the other 6 times the 10, 60.
25:18And you're well done.
25:19Yeah, you're there.
25:20735.
25:21Very good.
25:22And John, now a different way.
25:249 minus 6 is 3.
25:259 minus 6, 3 again.
25:27Times 10, times 25.
25:2810 times 25 is 750.
25:31Take off the other 9 and 6.
25:32And the other 6 for 15 to take away.
25:36Very good.
25:36Good turn.
25:40OK, so Kirk maintains his lead.
25:4379 against 64 as we go into a tea time teaser.
25:46And the teaser is Tea Album.
25:48And the clue, go for a walk, but behind schedule by the sounds of it.
25:52Go for a walk, but behind schedule by the sounds of it.
26:10Welcome back.
26:11You'll remember the clue.
26:12Go for a walk, but behind schedule by the sounds of it.
26:16And the answer, of course, is ambulate.
26:18Ambling along, ambulating.
26:20Now then, where are we?
26:22John, take it away.
26:24Slightly behind.
26:25Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
26:27Thank you, John.
26:28M.
26:29And another.
26:32G.
26:33And one more.
26:35S.
26:36Vowel, please.
26:38I.
26:39Another vowel.
26:40O.
26:41And another.
26:43Another O.
26:45Consonant, please.
26:46R.
26:48Another consonant.
26:51V.
26:55And a consonant, please.
26:58And the last one.
26:59T.
27:00Clock time.
27:00V.
27:02And.
27:14T.
27:15T.
27:15T.
27:17T.
27:17T.
27:18T.
27:32Yes, John?
27:33I think it's time to gamble on an eight.
27:35All right.
27:36Kirk?
27:37I'll stick on a six then.
27:38Angel six?
27:39Erm, grooms.
27:41John?
27:42Vomiteurs?
27:43OK, I think it would be an vomiteur.
27:47Erm, it is, I'm afraid.
27:49Not vomiteur, bad luck.
27:50This is when you ate so much and then they went and threw it up again so they could go
27:53back and gorge themselves again.
27:56Yeah.
27:57You don't find that a very attractive proposition, really.
27:59Not really.
28:01Anything else?
28:02Well, to go with grooms, we had vrooms, which is to have a car to make a vroom noise, believe
28:09it or not, it's in the dictionary.
28:10Vroom, vroom.
28:11Vroom, vroom.
28:12So, it's John, 64, Kirk, 85.
28:14And Kirk, your turn to choose the letters.
28:18Constantly, please, Rachel.
28:18Thank you, Kirk.
28:20C.
28:20And another.
28:22N.
28:23And a third, please.
28:25S.
28:26Vowel.
28:27E.
28:28Vowel.
28:30I.
28:30Vowel.
28:32E.
28:33Consonant.
28:34T.
28:35Consonant.
28:37R.
28:38And a vowel, please.
28:40And the last one.
28:42O.
28:43Countdown.
28:44Hoel.
28:45Would you likeăng?
28:46Tant thing.
28:46One.
28:53In me.
29:06All right.
29:07One.
29:08One.
29:12One.
29:14Yes, cook nine and nine John nine, okay cook I had erections that round
29:21Thank you
29:23And John resection
29:26Very good. We happy with those
29:28Yep, I'll just double check resection. I'm pretty sure it will be in it is so excellent
29:34Very excellent
29:34Did I spot a secretion in that secretion excellent another nine, but yeah
29:46Would you very careful about those 103 Kirk what's going on here to John's 82 John your letters game constant,
29:54please. Thank you, John
29:56D
29:57consonant
29:59see
30:00vowel please a
30:04and a vowel
30:05E
30:07consonant
30:09M
30:10vowel
30:12A
30:14consonant
30:17L
30:19A vowel please
30:20A
30:24And a consonant and the last one
30:27G
30:28Stand by
30:29To
30:31To
31:01John.
31:01A six.
31:02A six.
31:03And Kirk?
31:03A seven.
31:04John.
31:05Calmed.
31:06Calmed.
31:07Yes, Kirk.
31:08Sorry, Susie.
31:09Alameda.
31:11How are you spelling that?
31:12A-L-A-M-E-D-A.
31:16I know it's going to be there.
31:17It is.
31:17In Spain and Spanish-speaking areas, it's a public walkway or promenade, shaded with trees.
31:22Very good.
31:25Big, big score there.
31:26Well done, Kirk.
31:27Yeah, very good.
31:28One ten to eighty-two.
31:29Eighty-twos don't mean to score, but a hundred and tens, terrific stuff.
31:32And now we come to the last numbers game.
31:35Rachel, are you ready?
31:38Kirk's coming.
31:39Just one last, please, Rachel.
31:41One large and five small.
31:43Thank you, Kirk.
31:44And for the last time this week, on for a very high score there, the numbers are five, seven, three,
31:51ten, nine, and the large on 100.
31:55And the target, 998.
31:58Nine-nine-eight.
31:59Ten-nine-eight.
32:01Ten-nine-eight.
32:30No, Kirk.
32:32Yeah, 998.
32:33You good, John?
32:34Yeah.
32:34Well done, both of you.
32:36Kirk?
32:37100 times 10.
32:38100 times 10, 1000.
32:42And then 5 minus 3.
32:435 minus 3, another very easy one.
32:46All right, and John, same way?
32:48Snap.
32:49Same way, well done.
32:51Very good.
32:52120, highest score of the series, you know.
32:55Kirk?
32:55Oh, excellent.
32:56Yeah, you could be going for a big one.
32:58If you pull off the conundrum, which we are about to unveil...
33:03No pressure, then.
33:03That will be a terrific score.
33:05So, fingers on buzzers, please, gentlemen.
33:08Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:13Kirk?
33:14By Concave?
33:15Right, let's see.
33:19Ah, brilliant.
33:20Well done.
33:26130.
33:28Kirk, 130.
33:30Monster score.
33:31Many congratulations.
33:32I mean, 92 for John.
33:34Normally, that would carry the day.
33:35130, my word.
33:37That's something.
33:38You're in the final 16.
33:39And looking good, to be frank with you.
33:42Looking good.
33:43So, John, back to Great Yarmouth with your clunk of kryptonite and your teapot.
33:50And our best wishes and congratulations, too.
33:52Great score.
33:53It's been good to be back.
33:54On the day, the Kirkulator, he was here.
33:58He's going to be a good player who's going to stop him in this tournament, I think.
34:00Oh, brilliant, brilliant stuff.
34:02So, it's Friday.
34:03Susie, have a lovely weekend.
34:04Sadly, we have to bid farewell to Mark.
34:06It's been a great pleasure having you here.
34:08You're a very popular guest.
34:10I hope you won't be too long before you're back again.
34:12Thank you very much.
34:13Brilliant stuff.
34:13Thank you very much indeed.
34:15Have a lovely weekend.
34:16You know you were talking about firsts earlier as well?
34:18You know, Kirk was my first ever series champion.
34:20Oh, is that right?
34:21And you never forget your first, do you?
34:24So they say.
34:26So they say.
34:28But, anyway, it'll be Monday afternoon, same time as ever, the same place here in Media City.
34:34You'll be sure of it because we'll be waiting for you.
34:37Good afternoon.
34:38APPLAUSE
34:48Our new series continues later at four, and some young antelope need some help with an older bully to South
34:54Africa for work on the wild side.
34:56Next this afternoon to Spain, where Scarlett Douglas has five more homes ready and waiting.
35:01It's a place in the sun.
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