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00:31Good afternoon. Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio. It's Good Friday and the beginning of the Easter bank
00:38holiday weekend. Wonderful. Why? Because, of course, on Sunday the clocks go forward and suddenly the world cheers up and
00:47for all those people who, like me, suffer from sad, then we've got the weekend and the following months to
00:54look forward to.
00:55What else will I be doing over Easter? Not a lot. But when we were children, the five children spent
01:00the morning painting faces on hard-boiled eggs and we were all then dragged to the top of Uffington Hill
01:08and rolled the eggs down the hill.
01:10What have you got planned? Easter eggs, I imagine, in your case, Rachel?
01:14Oh, yes, definitely a few chocolate eggs. Choccy eggs.
01:17I'm waiting by the phone. There's a few ex-Countdown staff that are waiting to pop with all their babies
01:22that are ready.
01:23Well, we'd better start saving because we'll have to, you know, we'll have to buy them extravagant presents.
01:27I know, yeah.
01:27Wonderful. A new generation of Countdown people.
01:29It's very exciting. I'll be waiting to buy the phone.
01:31Brilliant. So, who have we got here with us today?
01:34We've got two lucky people. Lucky because they haven't got Andy Platt to contend with.
01:38But we've got Alan Pollard, a part-time lecturer in pharmacology and medicines management from the beautiful city of Worcester.
01:46You also teach, I think, Alan, at a local church on Sundays. Sunday school?
01:51Sunday school, that's right.
01:52Ah, wonderful. And what's this about starring in a local hospital pantomime?
01:56Well, once upon a time, many years ago, I was Will Scarlet in a hospital pantomime.
02:03Oh.
02:04And in the middle of the act, there was a need to go and check a prescription because my background
02:10job is pharmacy and I was a pharmacist.
02:13Yes.
02:13So, I went into the dispensary dressed in red tights to go and sign off a prescription.
02:18Yeah, that was a welcome sight, I'm sure.
02:20It was rather unusual.
02:21I imagine patients darted off in all directions when they saw you arriving in red tights, signing prescriptions.
02:27Oh, absolutely.
02:29If they fitted, I would have put them on today, but sadly I've outgrown them.
02:33Well, you know, if you survive, we'll see you next week on Monday, perhaps, wearing them.
02:37But you're joined today by Peter Fenton from Leeds, currently studying an MA in teaching English to speakers of other
02:45languages.
02:46And I think, Peter, you worked in Poland.
02:48That's right, yeah.
02:49Teaching English, is that right?
02:50That's right, yeah.
02:51For five years.
02:52So, how's your Polish?
02:54It's OK.
02:55I couldn't say I'm fluent, but I can get by.
02:58And where were you?
02:59All over Poland?
03:00No, I was living in one city in the north-west.
03:03Called?
03:04It's called Bidgosh.
03:05It's got eight consonants and one vowel, so it tells you what you need to know about the Polish language,
03:10really.
03:10That'll serve you terribly well here.
03:12Yeah.
03:12Brilliant.
03:13And you've done a little bit of travelling around Africa, I think.
03:17Yeah, a few years ago I spent about six months travelling around Africa, so it was a really interesting experience
03:22for me.
03:23Absolutely.
03:23Africa's very different, isn't it?
03:25The red earth of Africa.
03:26Yeah, definitely, yeah.
03:26Brilliant stuff.
03:27So, shall we have a warm round of applause for Alan and Peter, please?
03:32APPLAUSE
03:35Very good.
03:36And over in Dixon's corner, of course, looking forward to the Easter weekend, Susie, with the children, of course.
03:42Yes, lots of egg hunts around the garden, can't we?
03:45Absolutely.
03:46And what about my story about painted faces on eggs, rolling them down hills?
03:50Well, Richard and I were just chatting about this, and I think Richard knows more than I do, actually.
03:54It's something to do with the stone that was removed from the cave.
03:56Oh, really?
03:57Before the resurrection, wasn't it?
03:58Thank you for that.
03:59I've been worrying about it for the best part of 60 years.
04:03Brilliant.
04:04Well done.
04:05We'll talk to you a little bit later on.
04:06Look forward to it.
04:06But now we've got to get on with the business of today, countdown business.
04:10Alan, how do you go?
04:12Hi, Rachel.
04:12Hi, Alan.
04:13Start with the consonant, please.
04:15Start today with P.
04:18And another.
04:20N.
04:21And another.
04:25And a final consonant, please.
04:46And a final.
04:47B.
04:48And here's the countdown clock.
05:20Yes, Alan.
05:21Seven.
05:22Seven.
05:22Well done.
05:23Peter.
05:23Seven also.
05:24All right.
05:25Alan, seven.
05:26Bearing.
05:27Bearing and?
05:28I've got exactly the same.
05:29Oh, right.
05:30Two bearings here.
05:32Any bearings over there?
05:33Yes.
05:34A couple more.
05:34Anything else?
05:35Richard, you're looking excited.
05:37Probing.
05:38Probing.
05:39That's why you're excited.
05:40All right.
05:41Seven all.
05:42And Peter, your letters game.
05:44Hi, Rachel.
05:45Hi, Peter.
05:45Can I have a consonant, please?
05:47Of course, thank you.
05:47Starts with T.
05:49And another.
05:51W.
05:52And a vowel.
05:54E.
05:56And another vowel.
05:57A.
05:59And a consonant.
06:01D.
06:02And another.
06:04N.
06:06And a vowel.
06:08U.
06:10And another.
06:13E.
06:14And another consonant, please.
06:16And the last one.
06:17K.
06:18Stand by.
06:20I need aippy vs.
06:23I need a téléphone.
06:28I need a groove.
06:28And let's record a little bit.
06:29I need a microphone.
06:30Beans.
06:31I need a mono..."
06:49And another.
06:50Peter? Just a six. A six. Alan? A seven. A seven. And Peter's six? Wanted. Wanted, yes. Alan? Tweaked. Thank
06:59you. We happy? Yes. Happy? Both in the dictionary. Very good. Tweet is very good. Yep, excellent. Excellent.
07:07Alan? Fourteen to seven. And we're on to a numbers game, Alan. One large, Rachel, and five small, please. Thank
07:15you, Alan. One large one and five little numbers for the first time today. And for this round, the little
07:21ones are three, nine, another three, ten, two, and the large one, fifty. And your target, six hundred and twenty
07:32-nine. Six to nine.
07:37Six to nine.
07:38Six to nine.
07:38Six to nine.
08:06MUSIC CONTINUES
08:096-2-9
08:106-2-9
08:11Off you go, Peter
08:132 times 10 is 50
08:15Sorry, 2 times 10 is 20
08:172 times 10 is 20
08:18Plus 50
08:19Plus 50 for 70
08:2170 multiplied by 9
08:23630
08:24And then 3 over 3 is 1
08:25Nicely done
08:26Take that away
08:27Well done
08:27Yeah, bravo, well done
08:286-2-9
08:29Very good
08:32That springs you into the lead by 3.17 to 14
08:36Well done
08:36But now it's time for a tea time teaser
08:38Which is Larry won
08:40And the clue
08:41Larry won
08:42But only by the smallest of margins
08:44Larry won
08:45But only by the smallest of margins
09:01Welcome back
09:03I left you with the clue
09:03Larry won
09:04But only by the smallest of margins
09:06Indeed, he won narrowly
09:09Narrowly
09:11Narrow margins here too
09:1314-17
09:14Peter leads
09:14And Peter, it's your letters game
09:16Consonant please, Rachel
09:17Thank you, Peter
09:18L
09:19And another
09:20F
09:22And a vowel
09:24A
09:26And another
09:27E
09:29And a consonant please
09:31R
09:32And another
09:34G
09:36Vowel please
09:38I
09:39And another
09:41O
09:44And to consonant please
09:45And lastly
09:46M
09:47Stand by
09:49Mm
09:50And a consonant please
10:18And another
10:18a consonant please I
10:18why You see
10:20Peter.
10:21I'll risk a seven.
10:22A seven.
10:23Yes, Alan?
10:25No, I can't match your seven, so I'll go with five.
10:28And your five?
10:29Five is lifer.
10:31A lifer.
10:32Yes, Peter.
10:32A flamier.
10:34Flamier.
10:35A fire could be flamier than a...
10:37Possibly.
10:38I mean, it sounds very odd.
10:39It lists a lot of computing senses for flame and flamer, etc.
10:44It's good enough, though.
10:45It's good enough.
10:46What else?
10:46Richard.
10:47Um, film-goer.
10:50Very good for you.
10:51It's all there for eight.
10:51Perfect.
10:52Not bad.
10:52Eight.
10:53On it like flint.
10:56It's brilliant.
10:56Very good.
10:57Peter, 24 to Alan's 14.
10:59Alan, let us go.
11:01Hi, Rachel, again.
11:03Start with a vowel, please.
11:04Thank you, Alan.
11:06A.
11:07And another one, please.
11:09I.
11:11Consonant.
11:13Y.
11:15Consonant.
11:16S.
11:18Vowel.
11:20O.
11:22Consonant.
11:24D.
11:26Consonant.
11:28T.
11:29Vowel.
11:32E.
11:33And a final consonant, please.
11:35And a final L.
11:37And they're off.
11:55And a final consonant, please.
11:58And a final consonant, please.
11:58And a final consonant, please.
11:58And a final consonant, please.
11:58And a final consonant, please.
11:59And a final consonant, please.
11:59And a final consonant, please.
11:59And a final consonant, please.
12:00And a final consonant, please.
12:00And a final consonant, please.
12:01And a final consonant, please.
12:01And a final consonant, please.
12:10Alan?
12:12Five.
12:13Five. Yes, Peter?
12:14Eight.
12:15Right. Alan?
12:17Salty.
12:18Salty. Now then, Peter?
12:19Steadily.
12:21Steadily.
12:21Excellent. Very well done.
12:23Good effort.
12:24Can it be beaten?
12:25Richard?
12:26Isolated.
12:27Yes.
12:29Very good.
12:30That's another eight.
12:30And there's one further ace, actually, which is diastole,
12:33which is to do with the phase of the heartbeat when the heart relaxes.
12:37We have the diastolic blood pressure.
12:38Oh, yes. Dr Phil's always on about this.
12:41Yes. Diastolic and systolic.
12:42I worry about my diastolic.
12:4414 to 32 says Peter's in the lead.
12:47And, Peter, it's a numbers game.
12:49Can I have four from the top and two small ones, please?
12:51You can. Back to the four large and two little ones.
12:54Thank you, Peter.
12:55We'll leave two little ones.
12:56And they are five and four.
12:59And no surprises with the four large ones.
13:01One hundred, fifty, twenty-five and seventy-five.
13:06And your target, eight hundred and two.
13:09Eight-oh-two.
13:09Eight-oh.
13:11Eight-oh.
13:36Then we'll have three and a half last.
13:41Peter?
13:42Just 800.
13:43800, two away.
13:45Alan?
13:46800.
13:47Now then, Peter?
13:49100 plus 50 is 150.
13:52100 plus 50, yeah, 150.
13:55Multiplied by 5 is 750.
13:57It is.
13:58And then 75 minus 25 is 50.
14:0175 minus 25, another 50.
14:03And add that on.
14:04Yeah, 800, two away.
14:06Very good.
14:06And Alan?
14:0750 over 25.
14:1050 over 25 is 2.
14:13Times 4.
14:14Times 4.
14:164 is 8.
14:17Oh, then times by the 100.
14:18Times by the 100.
14:19800, two away again.
14:20All right, yeah.
14:21But now, 802, are you comfortable with this, Rachel?
14:25If you say 100 times 5 is 500,
14:314 times 75 is 300,
14:34add the two together for 800,
14:36and you have 50 over 25 left over for 2 and 802.
14:41Excellent stuff.
14:42Well done.
14:44Well done.
14:45But now, it's time to turn to Richard.
14:49Richard Arnold.
14:50Final day together.
14:52It's been such fun.
14:53What are you going to talk to us about today?
14:54Perhaps something to do with 71 Degrees North?
14:57Well, it was a celebrity show.
14:59A change of life was happening upon me.
15:01I was about to reach the big 4-0,
15:02and this particular gig came up,
15:03a trek to the North Pole,
15:04a celebrity icecopade,
15:06with the likes of Martin Kemp from Spandau Ballet,
15:08John Barnes, Charlie Demick, all the greats.
15:10And so we schlepped off to the North Pole.
15:13It was extraordinary.
15:14Witnessed the Northern Lights,
15:15which are like the hand of God coming down out of the sky,
15:17and the most extraordinary experience.
15:21What I didn't factor in was obviously the elements
15:23and how brutal they would be,
15:24least of all on the knees,
15:25how dry it is.
15:26The climate's actually drier than the Sahara,
15:29which a lot of people don't factor into frozen climes.
15:32We were living on our wits alone, frozen food.
15:34We were, however, surrounded by Her Majesty's finest Marines,
15:37who helped us take the edge off
15:38by putting us in harnesses and chains
15:40and throwing us down cliffs.
15:42We had to straddle more things than I care to remember.
15:45It was the most extraordinary trek.
15:49The best part about it was, though,
15:50towards the end, as we finally got to the North Pole,
15:53is the Marines, who were helping us with all the trials,
15:56came out with us at the same time.
15:58So my leaving party coincided with the Marines.
16:01And I probably learnt more about turning 40,
16:03and indeed, more than I've ever learnt
16:04in my four decades on God's green earth,
16:06in that one night that I spent with the Marines,
16:09than I ever would have done anywhere else.
16:11The most extraordinary trip of a lifetime.
16:14Phenomenal.
16:15Very, very good.
16:16But now it's time to look to you, Alan.
16:18Let us go.
16:19A consonant, please.
16:21Thank you, Alan.
16:22Q.
16:24A vowel.
16:26O.
16:27Another vowel, please.
16:29E.
16:31Another one.
16:33O.
16:35A consonant.
16:37R.
16:39Another.
16:40N.
16:41Vowel.
16:45A.
16:46Consonant.
16:49F.
16:49And the final consonant.
16:51And the last one.
16:52T.
16:53Clock time.
16:55A.
16:56T alignment.
17:10B.
17:11A.
17:11A.
17:11A.
17:13A.
17:14A.
17:17A.
17:24A.
17:25Yes, Alan?
17:27I'll go with a risky seven.
17:29Risky seven, Peter?
17:30I'll stick with a five, then.
17:32And your five?
17:33It's front.
17:34Front? Alan, fournate.
17:37OK.
17:39There's fourmate and fournicate.
17:41I don't know if there is fournate.
17:45No, it's not there, I'm afraid, Alan.
17:47But it sounds like a word, doesn't it?
17:49It really sounds like a word.
17:50I'm convinced.
17:51Bad luck indeed.
17:52But what else have we got?
17:53Richard, what have you produced for our delectation?
17:56We had ornate, didn't we?
17:57Yeah, drop the F.
17:58Ornate.
17:58Drop the F.
17:59An ornate you could have got away with.
18:01All right, anything else?
18:02Footer.
18:03Yeah.
18:04Footer.
18:05Thank you very much indeed.
18:0644 to 21.
18:09Peter's in the lead here.
18:10And, Peter, your letters game.
18:12Continent, please.
18:13Thank you, Peter.
18:15G.
18:15And another?
18:18S.
18:19And a vowel.
18:22O.
18:23Another vowel.
18:25I.
18:26A consonant.
18:28T.
18:30Another consonant.
18:32G.
18:34A vowel.
18:36O.
18:38And another?
18:40E.
18:42And a consonant, please.
18:44And the last one.
18:45C.
18:46Countdown.
18:46A vowel.
19:17Peter? Seven, I think. Seven. And Alan? No, no, we're four. Four. We'll still have the four. Cogs. Thank you.
19:28And gooey-ist. Gooey-ist? Gooey-ist is absolutely brilliant. Gooey-ist, that's very good.
19:35Yeah. I was just looking at the origin for goo. It's quite nice. It comes possibly from bur-goo, which
19:40was a nautical slang term for porridge, and that was based on a Persian word, bulgur, meaning bruised grain.
19:47Really? Yeah. So not on a masterpiece. Gooey-ist. Gooey-ist. Excellent stuff. What else you've got over there, then?
19:53We had ego-ist. Yeah. For six. And goose for five. So not a great selection. Very good. To be
20:01goosed. To be goosed indeed. 51 to 21. Well done, Peter.
20:05And we're now going to a numbers game, Alan. One large and five small, please. Thank you, Alan. Back to
20:11one large and five little ones.
20:14And this time around, the five little ones are four, ten, seven, nine, and three. And a large one, 50.
20:24And your target, 301.
20:273-0-1.
20:293-0-1.
20:59Alan.
21:003-0-1.
21:013-0-1, yes. Peter.
21:03Yeah, 3-0-1. OK. Alan.
21:06Right. 7 minus 4.
21:087 minus 4 is 3.
21:10Plus 3.
21:11Plus 3 is 6.
21:12Times 50.
21:13Is 300.
21:1410 minus 9.
21:16Yeah.
21:161.
21:173-0-1.
21:183-0-1, indeed.
21:19Well done, Peter.
21:209 minus 3 is 6.
21:219 minus 3 is 6.
21:24Multiplied by 50 is 300.
21:25For 300 again.
21:284 plus 7 is 11.
21:30Yeah.
21:30Minus 10 is 1.
21:31It's another one.
21:32And another 1.
21:32Well done, 301 again.
21:33Very good.
21:35Well done, both of you, 301.
21:3861 plays Alan's 31 as we go into a tea time teaser, which is the cramp.
21:44And the clue, the meal you might eat before kick-off.
21:47The meal you might eat before kick-off.
22:04And a warm welcome back.
22:06I left you with the clue, the meal you might eat before kick-off.
22:09And the answer is pre-match.
22:13A pre-match.
22:1461 to 31, says Peter's in the lead.
22:16And Peter, it's your letters game.
22:18A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:20Thank you, Peter.
22:21P.
22:22And another.
22:25V.
22:26And another.
22:28R.
22:30And a vowel.
22:32I.
22:33Another.
22:35O.
22:37And another.
22:38E.
22:40A consonant.
22:42N.
22:43And another.
22:46J.
22:47And a vowel, please.
22:49And lastly.
22:50U.
22:51And it's tick-tock.
22:53And another.
22:55And a vowel, please.
23:21Bye-bye.
23:22And those people are not good.
23:24Yes, Peter.
23:25Mastick with a six.
23:26A six. Alan.
23:27Seven.
23:28Thank you, Peter.
23:30Joyner.
23:31Joyner and Alan.
23:32Juniper.
23:33Yes, juniper.
23:34Lovely word. Well done.
23:36What are we doing over there, Richard?
23:38Proven juniper. That's pretty much it.
23:40Good enough, though. Juniper. 61 plays, 38.
23:43Alan, your letters game.
23:45Start with a vowel, please.
23:47Thank you, Alan.
23:49E.
23:51Another one?
23:53I.
23:55Third one?
23:57A.
23:58Consonant?
24:00S.
24:02Another one?
24:03X.
24:05Another one?
24:07R.
24:08Vowel.
24:10E.
24:12Consonant?
24:14B.
24:16And the final consonant.
24:17And the last one.
24:19N.
24:20Stand by.
24:21I.
24:22They.
24:37I.
24:41I.
24:44I.
24:49I.
24:50I.
24:52Mmm, Alan.
24:54I'll go with the dicks.
24:56Peter.
24:57I'll risk a seven.
24:58A seven.
24:59Alan.
25:00Sexier.
25:02Sexier, why not?
25:03And Peter?
25:04Beaners.
25:04B-A-N-E-R-S.
25:07OK.
25:10Okie dokie.
25:12Yeah, I have to say it's a derogatory term,
25:14so not to be used lightly,
25:16but it's a Mexican or person of Mexican descent.
25:19In fact, probably not to be used at all,
25:20but it is in the dictionary.
25:21You want to get away from this, don't you, Susie?
25:23I do.
25:25What else have we got?
25:28Beanies.
25:28Are we allowed beanies?
25:29We are allowed beanies, yes.
25:30As in the hats.
25:31Exactly, one on the back of the head.
25:33Skullcaps, as we used to call them in the 70s.
25:35Anything else?
25:36No, that was our best.
25:37Very good indeed.
25:38All right, excellent stuff.
25:3968 plays, 38.
25:41Peter in the lead.
25:42Now then, ears are cocked across the nation
25:47for Susie's origins of words.
25:49Susie.
25:50Well, I have to thank Elizabeth Teasdale from Salford,
25:53so very good to hear,
25:54who wrote in to say,
25:55I'd like to ask Susie,
25:56she knows why Holland is also called the Netherlands
25:59and why its inhabitants are called Dutch.
26:01It's puzzled me for some time
26:03because these words seem to have no relation at all
26:05to one another.
26:06It's a good question.
26:08It's a good question.
26:09Netherland, or Nederland, means low countries,
26:12and it's a geographical description of low regions
26:15in what's now most of present-day Belgium, Luxembourg,
26:19and some land in France and Germany.
26:21And low because the land rises on average
26:23only about one metre above sea level.
26:27And in many languages, including English,
26:30Holland is a common name for the Netherlands as a whole
26:32because historically Holland was the most powerful region
26:36of the Netherlands.
26:38The word Holland itself, by the way,
26:39means wooded land because the area of Holland
26:41was once covered with forests.
26:43But it's a little bit like using England
26:45as a label for the United Kingdom.
26:47Strictly speaking, Holland only takes up
26:49two of the 12 provinces of the Netherlands,
26:51but they're frequently confused.
26:53And now to Dutch.
26:55In 9th century Germany, Deutsch or Dutch,
26:58with an S actually, was used to distinguish
27:00the tongue of the people from the Latin of the church
27:03or the educated people.
27:05And in the 15th and 16th century,
27:07we in Britain also used Dutch, again with the S,
27:10or Deutsch to mean German.
27:12But of course at that time,
27:13that also included the people of the Netherlands
27:15because they were part of the German domain.
27:18And of course then, when the United Provinces
27:20became an independent state,
27:22we used Dutch purely for the people of the Netherlands.
27:25But it all goes back to Deutsch in Deutschland.
27:27Brilliant.
27:29Brilliant.
27:32I'm breathless with admiration, Susie.
27:36It's true.
27:37You're too nice, thank you.
27:38It's true.
27:3968 plays 38.
27:41Alnon, 38.
27:42Peter, your letters game.
27:44Consonant, please, Rachel.
27:45Thank you, Peter.
27:46P.
27:48Vowel.
27:48I.
27:51And another.
27:53E.
27:55Consonant.
27:57D.
27:58And another.
28:01H.
28:02And another.
28:05R.
28:07Consonant.
28:09S.
28:11Vowel.
28:15And a final vowel, please.
28:17And a final.
28:19U.
28:20Dun-dun.
28:22Cousin.
28:23I.
28:23I.
28:35I.
28:47I.
28:47I.
28:52Yes, Peter?
28:53I think I've got an eight.
28:55Thank you. Alan? Six.
28:57And your six? Prides.
28:59Prides. Now then, Peter?
29:01Upraised. Upraised?
29:03Fantastic. Upraised hand, upraised arm.
29:04Yes, absolutely.
29:09Very good indeed.
29:11Very good. And in the corner?
29:13Phrased. Yes.
29:15Anything else?
29:16Upraised perfectly.
29:19No, upraised was ours as well.
29:21Upraised was ours as well.
29:22Very good. But a good effort.
29:2476 to 38.
29:26And Alan, we turn to you.
29:27This is the last letters game of the day.
29:30Start with the consonant, please.
29:31Thank you, Alan.
29:32N.
29:34Vowel.
29:37I.
29:38Consonant.
29:40R.
29:42Vowel.
29:44E.
29:45Vowel.
29:48O.
29:49Consonant.
29:51N.
29:53Another one.
29:55L.
29:56Vowel.
29:58U.
30:00And a final consonant.
30:02And a final.
30:03D.
30:04And they're off.
30:06And they're off.
30:37Yes, Alan.
30:39I'll go six.
30:40Yes, Peter.
30:41I'll stick with a six.
30:42Alan, six.
30:43Remind.
30:45And?
30:46Louder.
30:47Louder from Rita.
30:48Very good.
30:49Anything better?
30:51Moldier.
30:52Yes.
30:52Yes, very good.
30:53That's there for eight.
30:54Very good.
30:5482 plays.
30:5544.
30:56So, last numbers game.
30:57Peter, it's yours.
30:58Off you go.
30:58I think we'll just go for one large this time, please.
31:01Thank you, Peter.
31:02End of a long week.
31:03One large.
31:04And five little ones for you.
31:06And this time they are eight, six, two, three, ten.
31:13And the large one, 50.
31:15And the target should reach 581.
31:19581.
31:51Peter, I think I've got 583, but I haven't written it down.
31:55583.
31:55What does Alan say?
31:58583 as well, I think.
32:00Both written down or not?
32:01Yeah.
32:02Have you written down?
32:02Yeah, pretty well.
32:03All right.
32:04Let's hear from Peter then.
32:07Eight plus three is 11.
32:09Eight plus three, 11.
32:11Six over two is three.
32:13Yep.
32:14Add that to 50.
32:15It's 53.
32:1653.
32:17And I think if you multiply those together, you get 583.
32:20Yeah, you do.
32:21583.
32:23Very good.
32:24And Alan?
32:25Ten plus two.
32:27Ten plus two is 12.
32:29Times 50.
32:30600.
32:31Then eight plus six plus three.
32:34Eight plus six plus three, 17.
32:37Take that from 600.
32:39And, yeah, same result.
32:41583, two away again.
32:42Well done.
32:42But, Rachel, show them how it's done.
32:46Simpler than you might have thought.
32:47If you say 50 plus eight is 58, times by ten, 580.
32:55And then three minus two is one.
32:58And 581.
32:59Well done, Rachel.
33:00And if anybody at home got time over the Easter holidays, apply.
33:06It's great fun here in the Countdown studio.
33:08But now, with the score standing at 89 to 51, we've come to the conundrum round.
33:14So, fingers on buzzers, gentlemen, please.
33:15Let's reveal today's Countdown conundrum.
33:23BELL RINGS
33:26Alan?
33:27Invention.
33:28Let's see whether you're right.
33:31Invention.
33:32Oh, well.
33:33Very good.
33:34Well done.
33:38Two good scores, 89 to 61, but Peter takes it today, and we'll see you on Monday.
33:46And that means, Alan, that we're sending you home, back to the glorious city that is Worcester,
33:52with our very best wishes, and your goodie bag.
33:55Travel safety.
33:56And have a good Easter weekend, both of you.
33:58And, indeed, Susie, have a lovely weekend with children.
34:02And Richard Arnold, will you come and see us again?
34:04This is your first week on Countdown.
34:07Has it been misery for you?
34:09I've been on a knife edge every day.
34:11No, Susie's been wonderful, very accommodating.
34:14I heard some terrible things, Susie, but you've put them to bed.
34:18Will you come and see us again?
34:19I'd be delighted to.
34:20It'll be a lot of fun, actually.
34:21Very good, indeed.
34:22Have a good weekend.
34:23Now, Mrs Gilbert, back to the family.
34:25Yeah, the same to you.
34:26Good luck with all that egg rolling down the hill.
34:28No, I don't do that anymore, actually.
34:30I'm just going to rest over the weekend, actually, and polish that funny little car I told you about
34:34the other day.
34:35Oh, OK.
34:36I know.
34:36Lovely.
34:37Anyway, at home, I hope you're seriously thinking now, get your pencils out, apply for
34:41Countdown.
34:41We have a lot of fun here.
34:43It's not as hard as it looks, actually.
34:44So we'll see you on Monday.
34:46Same time, same place.
34:47You be sure of it.
34:48Good afternoon.
34:58Good afternoon.
35:00Join Tony Robinson as he takes a seven-day stroll around the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution
35:06in a new series, Walking Through History, tomorrow at eight.
35:10Well, next, the afternoon quizzery continues with Phil's common denominator.
35:14APPLAUSE