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00:31Hello, everybody.
00:32Tuesday afternoon and countdowns.
00:34Champion of champions, the first in five years,
00:37is ready to have us on the edge of our seats again.
00:39And after all that excitement, Rachel and I,
00:41back to the dressing rooms, bit of a nap.
00:44Separate dressing rooms, I will add.
00:45Of course.
00:46Yeah.
00:47It's festival of sleep day today.
00:49The idea being that after all the New Year merriment,
00:52this is the day we all catch up.
00:54And sleeping is very important to the health.
00:56I would say, as someone who's now 45,
00:58sleeping is in my top five favourite things to do.
01:02What about you?
01:02Oh, as someone with two little children.
01:04I remember those days.
01:05I keep accidentally putting myself down for a nap
01:07when I put the toddler down.
01:08Yeah.
01:09Which cuts the day in half, sure.
01:11I've got loads of sleep stats for you.
01:14I think this one is possibly my favourite.
01:1612% of people dream in black and white.
01:19But it used to be that only 15% of people dreamed in colour.
01:27Any idea why that changed?
01:29What was the moment that it completely reversed?
01:32Was it TV?
01:34Colour TV?
01:34It was.
01:35It was the invention of colour TV.
01:37It was the exact moment where that changed.
01:39And then another thing,
01:40the quality of your sleep is based on the colour of your bedroom.
01:44So if it's more muted pastel shades,
01:47you'll get a better sleep.
01:48So that's interesting too.
01:50So you'll be all right with your pale green.
01:52Yeah, and you've got that one lilac wall.
01:54So that'll be easy for you.
01:55Susie, with a black and red dungeon though.
01:57Yeah, the mirrors.
01:58Sorry, how does everyone here know what each other's bedroom looks like?
02:01I'm so sorry.
02:02Sleepovers all the time.
02:03Sleepovers.
02:04Countdown sleepovers.
02:04Right, well listen, catch up in your sleep,
02:06but not until at least three o'clock.
02:08And over in Dictionary Corner,
02:09they definitely will not be napping on the job.
02:12It's our G of the D, Susie Dent,
02:14and a man whose books makes his sleep with one eye open,
02:16Richard Osman.
02:20I can't wait for today,
02:21because this is my favourite of all the round of 16 match-ups
02:24in our Champion of Champions,
02:26and that's because it's a rematch of Series 80, the final.
02:30We'll tell the story of that in a second.
02:32But Dinos Ferris is our champion.
02:34How are you doing, mate?
02:34I'm brilliant, Colin.
02:36I'm very happy to be here.
02:37I don't want to get ahead of ourselves,
02:38but I already know the 2034 Countdown champion,
02:42which is your son,
02:43because he won't remember when you won.
02:46He was too young, but now I hear he's quite good.
02:48Yeah, so he's four years old now,
02:50and we're just sort of getting into,
02:51well, we're practising phonics at the minute,
02:53which he really enjoys,
02:55and just loves doing his numbers and letters.
02:57Yes.
02:57We've not quite got to solving our first conundrum yet,
03:01but there'll be champagne corks popping whenever he does, I'm sure.
03:04I'm sure he'll be old enough now at four to recognise Daddy's on the TV.
03:09Hello to you.
03:11Well, listen, for Elliot Miller,
03:12it really is about a form of friendly revenge today.
03:17So much to talk to you about.
03:19Elliot, first of all,
03:20when the draw came out,
03:22as the person who lost that final,
03:24did you think,
03:24oh, yes,
03:25or oh, no?
03:26Oh, yes.
03:27I love the honesty of it.
03:29There's a reason for that,
03:30in a way.
03:31Elliot's our all-time top octo-champ point score,
03:351,061.
03:36So you did go in his favourite.
03:37Tell me a little bit about it.
03:39Yeah,
03:39so I suppose I did go into that final
03:42as a little bit of an overdog there,
03:44because once you've actually had
03:45so many nines available to you
03:47in your run
03:48and you've been managing to get them,
03:50it was kind of ironic
03:51that one of the things that cost me in the final
03:53was I wrote down a nine-letter word
03:55and then didn't go for it
03:56because I second-guessed myself.
03:59But, yeah,
04:00it was a pretty tense final,
04:03but the better player did win
04:05on the day, actually.
04:08But I am looking forward
04:09to this rematch.
04:10Brilliant.
04:11Dean Arsenele, everyone.
04:16It's a little edgy in the studio today.
04:18Let's get cracking.
04:19Dinos, you're up first.
04:21Hi, Rachel.
04:21Hi again, Dinos.
04:22I'll start with a consonant, please.
04:24Start today with K.
04:26And a vowel.
04:28O.
04:29And a consonant.
04:31M.
04:32A vowel.
04:34E.
04:35A consonant.
04:36L.
04:38A vowel.
04:39A.
04:40A consonant.
04:42M.
04:44A consonant.
04:46P.
04:48And a final vowel, please.
04:51And a final E.
04:53At home and in the studio,
04:55let's play Kindtime.
04:58I'll be there.
05:00I'll be there.
05:11Bye.
05:12Bye.
05:12Bye.
05:13Bye.
05:14Bye.
05:21Bye.
05:26Dinos?
05:27I think, yeah, six.
05:29And Elliot? Six.
05:30OK, early nerves. What have you got, Dinos?
05:33Pommel. Yes, and Elliot.
05:36Wonderful.
05:37It was Slim Pickens, dictionary corner.
05:39Yeah, pommel as well, three pommels.
05:41Is it pomelo? Is it a fruit?
05:43It is, yeah. You need two o's for that.
05:45I was looking for the pommel. Oh, do you?
05:46Yeah. Oh, of course you do.
05:48Yes. Good, that was just to settle everybody down a little bit.
05:51Just to show them who the alpha males in the room are.
05:54Definitely these two.
05:55There you go. As good as you can get with the six o's.
05:59And it's your first time picking the letters. Elliot?
06:01Afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Elliot.
06:02I'll start with a vowel, please.
06:04Thank you. Start with O.
06:06And another.
06:07E. And another.
06:09I. And a consonant.
06:11R. And another.
06:13T. And another.
06:16P. And another consonant.
06:19F. And a vowel.
06:21E.
06:22And a final vowel, please.
06:24And a final U.
06:2730 seconds.
06:27Thank you very much.
06:28Thank you very much.
06:32Thank you very much.
06:33Thank you very much.
06:40Thank you very much.
06:41Thank you very much.
06:42Thank you very much.
06:43Thank you very much.
06:44Thank you very much.
06:45Thank you very much.
06:45Thank you very much.
06:45Thank you very much.
06:46Thank you very much.
06:46Thank you very much.
06:48Thank you very much.
06:48Thank you very much.
06:51Thank you very much.
06:57How'd you get on, Elliot?
06:59Seven.
06:59Do you know us?
07:00Seven as well.
07:01Can't split them, Elliot.
07:03Poutier.
07:04Poutier.
07:05Firepot.
07:06Lovely word, seven.
07:07They both count the same, though.
07:09Richard?
07:09Out of fire.
07:10Sadly, not in, but you can have a two, pay.
07:13You can have a two, thank you, I will.
07:14And just for people who weren't watching yesterday,
07:17Susie has lost her voice,
07:19but I can hear little shoots of recovery there.
07:21I hope so.
07:22Good stuff.
07:23Back to the game.
07:24Nothing needs to be said.
07:2513 points each, and we get our first numbers round now.
07:29Dinos, you're up, mate.
07:30Could I just have one large today, please, Rachel?
07:33That's going to be important tactics.
07:35Today, one large, a gentle start, or will it be?
07:38Let's see.
07:39Little ones are five, seven, two, one, six,
07:43and the large one, 50.
07:44The first target for you two, 847.
07:48847, numbers up.
08:05847.
08:06847.
08:08447.
08:19847.
08:21Dinos?
08:22I've got it not written down.
08:23OK, and Elliot?
08:24Yep, 8, 4, 7.
08:25And not written down, Dinos, go.
08:26OK, so I did 50 plus 6 plus 5.
08:30Yep.
08:31Multiply that by 2 is 1, 2, 2.
08:33It is.
08:33Subtract the 1.
08:341, 2, 1.
08:35And multiply by 7.
08:37Perfect, 8, 4, 7.
08:38Elliot, same way?
08:39Yep, exactly the same.
08:41Yep.
08:42APPLAUSE
08:45These are little moments, eh?
08:4623 points each, our first tea time teaser,
08:49then a little hairy today.
08:50Paul Burt.
08:51Paul Burt.
08:53Paul and Burt were at the peak of adolescence.
08:55Paul and Burt were at the peak of adolescence.
09:06APPLAUSE
09:13Welcome back.
09:14Paul Burt becomes pubertal.
09:16Paul and Burt were at the peak of adolescence.
09:19Well, they say sequels are never as good as the original.
09:22Maybe The Godfather 2 would be an exception
09:24and this just might be as well.
09:26A rematch of our Series 80 final back in 2019.
09:29Dinos and Elliot cannot be separated at the moment.
09:32Let's do something about that, maybe.
09:34Elliot, your letters.
09:35Val, please, Rachel.
09:35Thank you, Elliot.
09:37Thank you, Elliot.
09:37And another.
09:38E.
09:39And another.
09:40U.
09:41And a consonant.
09:43G.
09:44And a second.
09:45W.
09:46And a third.
09:47N.
09:48And a fourth.
09:49R.
09:50And a vowel.
09:53A.
09:54And a final vowel, please.
09:55And a final I.
09:57Thank you, Rachel.
09:58Thank you, Rachel.
10:28Benstein.
10:29Elliot.
10:30Seven.
10:30Dinos.
10:31Seven.
10:32OK, Elliot, what have you got?
10:33Wearing.
10:34And Dinos.
10:35Uranage.
10:37Uranage.
10:38It is there, yes.
10:40It's totally new to me.
10:42This is a judo move
10:43in which one rolls backwards to the floor
10:46while pulling your opponent over your head or shoulder.
10:48I presume, is it not like uranage?
10:51Yeah, exactly right.
10:53Uranage.
10:53And it's usually hyphenated,
10:55but you can have it with that.
10:56Well done.
10:57Very good.
10:57All counts the same,
10:58whether it's a judo move or simply wearing,
11:00it doesn't matter.
11:01So, same point.
11:02We've got winger and wanger, if that helps you.
11:04Yes.
11:04There you go.
11:04Doesn't help me at all.
11:05Yeah.
11:06Let's get more letters.
11:08Dinos, you're up.
11:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:10Thank you, Dinos.
11:11N.
11:12And a vowel.
11:13E.
11:14And a consonant.
11:16M.
11:17A vowel.
11:18I.
11:19A consonant.
11:21G.
11:22A vowel.
11:23E.
11:25A consonant, please.
11:28R.
11:30And a consonant, please.
11:32S.
11:34And a final consonant, please.
11:38And a final X.
11:40Here we go.
12:11Can't wait to find out.
12:13Dinos.
12:13Eight.
12:14And Elliot.
12:15Eight.
12:16Dinos.
12:17Resexing.
12:18Resexing.
12:19And Elliot.
12:21Regimens.
12:22Yes.
12:23Thank you, Elliot, for keeping the standard of the show up.
12:27Resexing.
12:27The mind boggles, Susie.
12:29It's not in the dictionary.
12:31Boggle no more.
12:32And regimens are in.
12:33That's absolutely brilliant.
12:34Right, let's get some more numbers now.
12:36Elliot, you probably know this.
12:38You never led in the Series 80 final.
12:42So, it's your first time being in a lead against it.
12:43It is.
12:44I must cherish it while it lasts.
12:45Yeah, it could go now.
12:46Ten points up for grabs, Elliot.
12:48It's your numbers.
12:49One large, please, Rachel.
12:49One large.
12:50Very cautious number selections for the first one each.
12:53And five little coming up.
12:55And this time, the numbers are two, five, four, six, one.
13:00And the large one, 100.
13:01And your target, 984.
13:05Nine it for numbers up.
13:06Nine it for numbers up.
13:36Well, I know they both got 984,
13:39because they had a game of rock, paper, scissors during that,
13:42which Elliot won scissors over paper.
13:45But just to confirm it, Elliot.
13:47Yeah, 984.
13:48And Dinos?
13:49984, yeah.
13:50Great spirit.
13:51Elliot, off you go.
13:51100 minus 1.
13:5399.
13:54Multiply by the 5 and multiply by the 2.
13:56990.
13:57And subtract the 6.
13:59Perfect, 984.
14:00There you go, Dinos.
14:01Exactly the same.
14:02There you go.
14:05So the eight-point lead remains as we have a little chat with Richard Osman,
14:10who was delighted to have in Dictionary Corner in this special week.
14:15You know, I've got to talk to you about quiz shows at some stage this week.
14:18Of course we will.
14:19You know, a pointless part of the furniture now,
14:21a house of games, which you're still the centre point of, countdown.
14:25We talk a lot about quiz shows like they've never failed.
14:28But for everyone that succeeds, there's probably 10 in TV that go like one series.
14:34Well, there's more than that.
14:34I think when Pointless started, I think we've done about 2,000 episodes of it,
14:39and it started at roughly the same time as The Chase,
14:41which still remains also on 2,000-odd.
14:43And we counted up at one point that in the 10 years following,
14:47there have been 47 new quiz shows in daytime.
14:50Wow.
14:51And only Tipping Point had survived.
14:52So, yeah, it's very, very hard to launch a quiz show.
14:55But if you get it right, as you three know very well,
14:59you know, it lasts forever.
15:00There's slight controversy over which is the longest-running UK quiz show.
15:04If you want to go for radio, it's very easy,
15:06because Round Britain Quiz started in 1947.
15:09Wow.
15:10So it's on its 76th anniversary at the moment.
15:13But there's competition between Question of Sport and University Challenge.
15:18Because University Challenge started eight years earlier,
15:21but it had seven years off.
15:23And if you count various regional variations,
15:25there's arguments about which one of those has lasted longer.
15:29But I think they're both blown out of the water
15:31by the fact that Countdown is a daily show.
15:34So the University Challenge has only done about 2,000 episodes,
15:37which, you know, I've done more than that.
15:39And 7,000 over 40 years for Countdown, 41st year now.
15:44So that surely is the longest-running.
15:47But host...
15:48Now, the longest-running quiz show host,
15:51that's genuinely perceived to be Jeremy Paxman,
15:53who I still think of as the new host of University Challenge.
15:56But he did 28 years.
15:58Wow.
15:59Richard Whiteley, 23 years, as did Sue Barker.
16:03But again, Richard Whiteley was doing these every single day.
16:06So he did over 4,000 episodes,
16:08which is more than Paxman, of course.
16:11Now, I was thinking, where do I sit on this list?
16:13I've done 2,000-odd.
16:15And I was thinking, well, I'm a co-host, really.
16:19But do I count as a host?
16:20And if I count as a host,
16:22then anybody who does every single show
16:24and sits behind a computer also counts as a host.
16:27So forget Paxman,
16:29because over 30 years, 5,000 episodes,
16:33the longest-running host in British quiz show history,
16:35I am honoured to be sitting next to her.
16:37Susie Dent is the answer to that question.
16:41The longest-running host on British television.
16:43Isn't that unbelievable?
16:44Surely that's got to be the case.
16:45And my other TV wife must be really close, too, then.
16:50Well, she is, but she really needs Susie to quit.
16:52I do, I do.
16:54I'm never going to catch up.
16:54Which explains it.
16:56But you know what?
16:56That's the beauty of Countdown.
16:58It's been on for so long.
16:59And so few shows can have a...
17:00You know, you'll have a champion show.
17:01To have a champion of champion show
17:03with such brilliant people,
17:04to have all these stories, like sport,
17:07which is essentially what it is.
17:08You know, it's a competition.
17:10You get the same people come back and back
17:11and be brilliant at it.
17:12I used to, in the 80s,
17:13my grandad would sit down with his bit of paper
17:15and, you know, write down the things and play along.
17:18And we're still doing it now.
17:19Yeah.
17:19And what a joy.
17:20What a lovely way to commune with him.
17:21And I know plenty of people at home
17:23played with elderly relatives,
17:24older relatives who are no longer with us.
17:25But Countdown goes on and on and on
17:27because it's just...
17:28It's a brilliant show.
17:29But, you know, Susie's been at the heart of it
17:30for such a long time.
17:32Yeah.
17:32Wonderful.
17:36I probably shouldn't say
17:38because we weren't meant to mention it yet.
17:40But next month, we're doing our
17:41champion of champion of champions series.
17:44One of the contestants is 104 years old.
17:47I can't wait to do that.
17:48Right, let's get back to the game.
17:50And, Dinos, you're up.
17:51A consonant, please, Rachel.
17:52Thank you, Dinos.
17:53G.
17:54And a vowel.
17:58And a vowel.
18:01E.
18:02Consonant.
18:03M.
18:05A vowel.
18:06O.
18:07A consonant.
18:09T.
18:10Another consonant.
18:12R.
18:14And a final...
18:16Let's have a consonant, please.
18:19Final B.
18:20Here we go.
18:52Give me a number, Dinos.
18:53Just six this time.
18:54And Elliot.
18:54Seven.
18:55Big moment.
18:56Dinos.
18:56Butter.
18:57Butter.
18:58And Elliot.
18:59Gourmet.
19:00Oh, gourmet butter.
19:02Over we go.
19:02Yes, gourmet.
19:04Gutter and matter as well.
19:05But that was our best.
19:06Love it.
19:07Love it.
19:07Big seven points.
19:08Richard, do you manage a seven?
19:10I did not.
19:10I got grout.
19:11That's the difference between me and Susie.
19:13I get grout, she gets gourmet.
19:14There you go.
19:16Speaks a thousand words, that.
19:17Right, 40 plays 55.
19:19So, work to be done for Dinos.
19:22But, Elliot, it's your letters.
19:23Oh, please, Rachel.
19:24Thank you, Elliot.
19:26A.
19:26And another.
19:27I.
19:28And another.
19:29A.
19:30Consonant.
19:32S.
19:33And a second.
19:34N.
19:35A third.
19:37T.
19:38And a fourth.
19:39F.
19:40And a vowel.
19:42E.
19:44And a final vowel, please.
19:46And a final O.
19:48Half a minute.
19:49And a fourth.
19:51And a fourth.
20:08And a fourth.
20:09And a fourth.
20:09And a fourth.
20:09And a fourth.
20:09And a fourth.
20:10And a fourth.
20:13And a fourth.
20:19Elliot.
20:20Seven.
20:21Dinos.
20:21Let's try an eight.
20:23Big moment, big gamble.
20:24Elliot, what's the seven?
20:25Atonis.
20:26Dinos, what are you going to try?
20:28Faizante.
20:29F-A-I-S-A-N-T-E.
20:32Sounds like it means pheasant in French.
20:34It is not in the dictionary.
20:36I'm afraid there's faizante with a D, meaning affected,
20:41but not with a T.
20:42I got mixed up.
20:43I'm so sorry.
20:44And Elliot, yours was?
20:46A-T-O-N-I-E-S.
20:49Yes.
20:50Atonis in the dictionary.
20:51Atony is lacking muscular tone, also used, I think,
20:55to do with the contraction of the uterus after birth.
20:58And atonis is the plural.
21:00Very good.
21:00Very well done.
21:02Well, a huge gamble from Dinos.
21:04Huge that wasn't in.
21:05Huge that that was in.
21:07Another seven points for Elliot.
21:08How did you get on, Richard?
21:09Well, not as well.
21:10It would shock you to hear.
21:11But it goes to show what you have to do to win this.
21:13That's the point, isn't it?
21:13Two brilliant players.
21:14You've got to take a risk.
21:15And some of those risks, when we were happy to get Sonata,
21:18so, you know, that's very, very well played.
21:22Yeah.
21:22So, 62 plays 40.
21:2422 points in it.
21:26So, Dinos, another big decision to make with your numbers.
21:29Could be my last choice in my countdown career.
21:32I would be really disappointed if I didn't get to play six small.
21:35So, let's go with six small, please.
21:37Yeah, you can't pick one large at this stage.
21:38You're a gambling man.
21:40You know the score.
21:41Thank you, Dinos.
21:41Six little ones.
21:42Hope it's an interesting one.
21:43Right, we have one, five, ten, two, ten, and six.
21:50I don't like those numbers, but let's see the target.
21:53Seven, seven, one.
21:55Seven, seven, one.
21:56Numbers up.
21:56Two, four.
21:58Three, two, three.
22:24Bye, bye.
22:26Did the gamble pay off Dinos 771 and Elliot 7-7-1 oh
22:31Dinos so I did 10 plus 2 10 plus 2 12 multiplied by 6
22:3672 at the 577 multiplied by the other 10 770 and add on the one well done
22:43771 and Elliot exactly the same
22:51The gap remains 22.6 huge Ryan still to come when we return from our final break and our tea
22:58time teaser
22:58It's a lovely one. I see carts. I see carts terrify the large time. There's a shortage terrify the large
23:06time. There's a shortage
23:24It becomes scarcity well Dinos is a few rounds from getting out of town
23:31So let's see if you can turn it around, but it's Elliot
23:34Who is runner-up in series 80 against Dinos who has a 22-point lead and is picking the letters
23:40Oh, please Rachel. Thank you Elliot a and another oh
23:44Oh, the third I the constant
23:48N a second B third P fourth J a vowel a
23:57And the final vowel please and the final
24:33Okay, Elliot six Dinos six as well, okay Elliot, what have you got up near and
24:39And Dinos yeah, it's a snore fest over here
24:43Apnea very good anything else Dixery corner honestly every time we think there's no way they're beating this
24:48I thought there's no is not there's nothing more than the five we can cure your apnea with it with
24:52a piano and a banjo
24:53but that's
24:54Six-point seats Elliot hasn't yet put Dinos to sleep. Let's get some more letters a consonant, please Rachel. Thank
25:00you Dinos L
25:01And a vowel
25:03U
25:04A consonant
25:06N
25:07And a vowel
25:08I
25:09A consonant
25:10T
25:11And a vowel
25:13E
25:14A consonant
25:15S
25:17And a vowel
25:18I
25:21And let's have a final consonant, please
25:26Final D
25:28Start the clock
25:29T
25:30Z
25:32And a vowel
25:59T
25:59kills
26:00Dinos. I've got an eight.
26:02An Elliot. Eight. What have you got?
26:04Utilised. Utilised.
26:06And Elliot. Insulted.
26:08Insulted and utilised.
26:10Two fantastic eights. We do have another
26:11eight, which is disunite.
26:14Disunite. Disunite.
26:15Very good indeed. Right.
26:17Elliot, your letters. Vowel, please, Rachel.
26:20Thank you, Elliot. You.
26:23And another.
26:25A.
26:26And a third.
26:27Third. O.
26:30And a consonant.
26:31T. And another.
26:33S. And a third.
26:35C. And a fourth.
26:37S. And a vowel.
26:40E. And a final vowel, please.
26:42And a final A.
26:45Let's go.
26:45S. And a vowel.
26:46S. And a vowel.
27:00S. And a vowel.
27:04S. And a vowel.
27:04S. And a vowel.
27:05S. And a vowel.
27:05S. And a vowel.
27:12S. And a vowel.
27:16Four consonants and five vowels.
27:18Elliot, how do you do?
27:19Seven.
27:20And Dinos?
27:21Go on, I'll try a seven.
27:22Elliot, what's your seven?
27:24Acetus.
27:25And what are you trying, Dinos?
27:26Caseus.
27:27C-A-S-E-O-U-S.
27:30Yeah, so acetus is like acetic.
27:33It means containing vinegar.
27:35Caseus is also in...
27:36It's a medical term.
27:38Caseation is a little bit like tuberculosis, actually.
27:42So, again, all to do with physiology.
27:44Very good.
27:44Great seven-point seeds.
27:46I feel like there's loads of made-up words that won't be in,
27:48but should be all connected with the C.
27:50Outseas, when you're a bit further out.
27:52Oh, I've got C-Scout.
27:53Yeah, I love that.
27:54Brilliant.
27:54I wonder if that's a word.
27:55It's two words and they're both capsulised.
27:57I'm sorry.
27:58Right, let's get some more letters.
28:00Last letters round, actually, Dinos.
28:02So, this really is down to the wire.
28:04Big, big moment.
28:05Off we go.
28:06A consonant, please, Rachel.
28:07And your last chance.
28:08Thank you, Dinos.
28:09Need this one.
28:09L.
28:10And a vowel.
28:12O.
28:12A consonant.
28:14C.
28:15And a vowel.
28:17E.
28:18A consonant.
28:19Y.
28:21A vowel.
28:22U.
28:23A consonant.
28:25T.
28:27A consonant.
28:29S.
28:31And a final consonant, please.
28:34Final L.
28:36Last letters.
29:08Big moment. Dinos?
29:09Seven.
29:10Elliot?
29:11Seven.
29:11OK, if these match, that means Elliot has his revenge.
29:15Dinos, what's the seven?
29:16Closely.
29:17Closely. No worries there. Elliot's going to show it.
29:20Bravo.
29:21And it's not close anymore.
29:25Dix in the corner.
29:26And what a game it's been as well.
29:27It's been so terrific watching it and watching everyone have to go for every single round as well.
29:32Outsell, we had... I've got an eight, which is how this show is presented these days,
29:36which is cold style.
29:39Well, Polly, I thought you were going to go for one I think might be in,
29:41which is because we're a bit raucous at times.
29:44Can you out yell somebody? Out yells.
29:47Let's hope you can. I can't at the moment, but someone can.
29:50That's brilliant. Yes.
29:53And that's what they call cold style.
29:56Right, here we go. Two rounds left.
29:59And, Elliot, we can all relax.
30:01We can have a lot of fun, which is what countdown's all about.
30:03So off you go with your numbers.
30:06You choose, Rachel.
30:07Oh.
30:08What shall we have?
30:09Colin, you choose. You never get to choose.
30:11Right. Pressure's on.
30:12I'm not doing it, Richard. You choose.
30:15No, well, let's go cold style, shall we?
30:18Let's have three big ones.
30:20Three big.
30:21No-one ever goes three big, do they?
30:23Little. No-one ever does, no.
30:25You're ahead of the curve. No, you're something.
30:27Behind it?
30:28I don't know.
30:29You're just you, Richard.
30:30Right, three little.
30:31Six, one, three, 75, 25 and 50.
30:37And the target, 725.
30:40You're never pegging again.
30:41Start the clock.
31:13You're never pegging again.
31:13You have to go to the person who picked, so, Richard?
31:17Uh, 725.
31:19And more importantly, Elliot.
31:20Yes, 725.
31:22Dinos.
31:22725 as well.
31:23Off you go, Elliot.
31:2475 times 25.
31:2675 times 25 is 1875.
31:3050 times 6.
31:32300.
31:33Add them together.
31:34Add them together, 2,175.
31:37And divide by three.
31:37Just showboating now, yeah.
31:40Yes, yes, yes.
31:41Believe it or not, I didn't go that way.
31:446 plus 1 is 7.
31:466 plus 1, 7.
31:48Multiply by 3.
31:49Multiply by 3, 21.
31:51Subtract that from the 50 to get 29.
31:5429.
31:55And multiply that by 25.
31:56Yep.
31:58That'll do.
31:5875.
32:02Great stuff.
32:03110 players, 88.
32:05What a battle it has been.
32:06We know our winner, but who's going to have the last laugh
32:09between these two fierce competitors.
32:11Fingers on buzzers as we reveal today's Countdown Conundra.
32:41Dinos.
32:42They're all made up, these words.
32:43I'm going to say Tanadino.
32:44To quote another quiz show host, if it's up there,
32:47I'll give you the money myself.
32:49Let's have a look.
32:50No, rest of the time to Elliot.
32:57Have a go.
32:59Anna Deenant.
33:00Anna Deenant.
33:01Again, let's have a look.
33:04And funny enough, that is incorrect.
33:06Let's give the last remaining two seconds to the rest of the nation.
33:11And that's time up.
33:12We've got to make it more difficult.
33:14It's the champion of champions.
33:16We haven't had a conundrum solved in our first two games.
33:20Richard?
33:21Yeah, we still haven't.
33:22Anti something?
33:23What about the longest serving host in the history of quiz shows?
33:27All right.
33:27These are all so difficult, these ones.
33:29It's all set up.
33:30Rachel, for you to take the glory.
33:32Put us out of our misery, Colin.
33:33Come on.
33:33Oh, I've got it, but I don't want to say.
33:35Let's have a look.
33:37LAUGHTER
33:40Susie, come on.
33:42It's a musical direction, a manner that is lighter than Andante and quicker as well.
33:46Of course it is.
33:47Of course it is.
33:48If you've got that at home, please apply to be on Countdown.
33:52Elliot wins 110 to 88.
33:55Dinos, thank you for being back.
33:56My pleasure.
33:57Loved it.
33:57Elliot, we'll see you in the quarterfinals.
33:59We'll.
34:00Wonderful.
34:00Susie, Richard, thank you so much.
34:02What a day it's been again, Richard.
34:03Oh, it's been an absolute treat.
34:05Thank you, gents.
34:06Love it.
34:06Well, we're off our nap now, Rachel.
34:08You know, one in four couples, another nap fact for you,
34:11one in four married couples sleep in separate beds.
34:15What do you think about that?
34:16I think 100% of TV couples do as well.
34:19Keep it that way, Colin.
34:20Love it.
34:21Right, we'll be back tomorrow.
34:22Same time, same place.
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