- 6 days ago
Category
📺
TVTranscript
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown. It's Monday, January 16th, and on Friday, January the 20th, we will crown our first
00:40champion of champions in five years.
00:43Now, that date, Rachel Riley, is the one they brand Blue Monday, which I don't subscribe to. That's not how
00:50mental health works. The idea is the most miserable day of the year.
00:55There's something, though, that was born out of Blue Monday, which I actually love and think we should do, which
01:01is Brew Monday.
01:03And it's a wonderful idea, actually. It's just make contact with somebody who you haven't spoken to for a long
01:09time and you're meant to get around to it,
01:12or somebody that you think might need a bit of company, and just phone them up and see if they're
01:17about for a cup of tea.
01:18Oh, that's nice.
01:19I'd pick Jimmy Nesbitt. We're not great friends, but I only, when I bump into him, it's always great fun,
01:25you know, and it's always a big Irish sporting event.
01:28It's a Carthampton fight or the Ireland rugby. But most times when you do have a drink with Jimmy Nesbitt,
01:34you certainly don't remember it.
01:36Yeah, I can vouch for that.
01:38Right, let's get over to Dixonry Corner here and Suzy Dent, of course, ready to watch over every single word
01:45on the most important of weeks.
01:48I'm here to be educated because I always learn new words from these guys.
01:51It is so different for this standard. And that's why we've put beside you a proper Countdown Disciple, making a
01:58return to Dictionary Corner.
02:00He loves it so much, it's the only show where he wears his glasses.
02:04He brings them along just to look a little bit more intelligent.
02:06Yeah, yeah, can't see a thing.
02:09But I know it looks good.
02:11Rick Edwards is here.
02:13APPLAUSE
02:16OK, well, listen, they've long had a teapot, these two.
02:19Two champions of their series, 84 and 82, respectively, going up against each other for a place in the last
02:27four.
02:27Ahmed Mohamed's back. Hi, Ahmed.
02:29Hi, good to be back.
02:31Rachel Riley's choice to win it all. Does that just put pressure on you? Is that unwanted?
02:36I mean, it was nice to hear it, but it does put a bit of pressure on you.
02:41I don't know.
02:42I don't think anything can put pressure on you.
02:45I mean, I'm bricking it right now.
02:46I don't know if it looks like I'm bricking it, but I am. I really am.
02:50Ahmed, good luck to you.
02:51Cheers.
02:52I think it's one of these moments when you think, you know, when, say, Liverpool meet Manchester City in the
02:58quarterfinal,
02:58and you think, that could be the final, couldn't it? It really could be the final.
03:02That's the case today with Luke Johnson Davies. How are you, my friend?
03:05I'm very well, very excited.
03:06And playing a friend here, so I'm just going to enjoy it as much as I can.
03:10How do you get that balance of, I'm glad he'd win, but I really want to win?
03:14Well, I really don't mind. If he wins, I'm going to be cheering him on, so, I don't know, just
03:18going to pretend it's someone else, I guess, and play my best.
03:22Good luck to both of you. We'll be delighted whoever wins, but I know you'll both give it 100%.
03:26Ahmed and Luke.
03:28APPLAUSE
03:30Right. Let's do it, Ahmed. Let's get nine letters.
03:34All right. Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:36Afternoon, Ahmed.
03:37Could I start with a consonant, please?
03:39Start with G.
03:42And another.
03:44R.
03:46A vowel.
03:47I.
03:49Another vowel.
03:51O.
03:52Consonant.
03:54S.
03:55Vowel.
03:57E.
03:59Consonant.
04:00T.
04:02A consonant.
04:04N.
04:06And a final consonant, please.
04:09Looks promising to me. A final R.
04:12At Hallman in the studio, let's play Codown.
04:14Tatarman.
04:18We'll be back.
04:45Well, lightning strike twice. Ahmed?
04:47Yeah, nine.
04:50Luke?
04:51Yeah, nine as well.
04:54Ahmed, give it to me.
04:56Restoring.
04:57And Luke?
04:57I'll go resulting, then.
05:00APPLAUSE
05:04Two nines to start.
05:06Welcome to the world of champion of champions, Rick.
05:08You're about as useful to me as a chocolate fire guard.
05:11I've got them, though. I've got them.
05:13And I've also... I've got ten.
05:17Were there any other nines that were missed?
05:19No, just those two.
05:21That was the two. Right, OK.
05:23Luke, nine more letters.
05:24Let's see if they're just as kind.
05:26Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:27Afternoon, Luke.
05:28Could I start with a consonant, please?
05:29You can indeed.
05:30Start with C.
05:32And another one?
05:33S.
05:34And another?
05:36S.
05:38And another?
05:40N.
05:40And a vowel, please.
05:43O.
05:44And another?
05:45A.
05:46And another?
05:48E.
05:49And a consonant, please.
05:53None of the C.
05:55And a final vowel, please.
05:59A final I.
06:0230 seconds.
06:03During the last five months.
06:04During the hurricane.
06:26And a consonant.
06:26Oh, the European country is moving down.
06:31Ha!
06:33And another?
06:33Or a porridge.
06:33And another one, tends to move.
06:33That's time. Luke?
06:35I think I have a nine again. Ahmed?
06:37I'll try one as well.
06:38OK, Luke, what would be the nine?
06:40Accession.
06:41Fantastic. Ahmed?
06:43Same words.
06:44Susie, have we started with back-to-back maximums?
06:47We absolutely have. Accession to the throne. Very, very good.
06:54What a start. 36 points each after just two rounds.
06:59Both on a hat-trick, unprecedented, when we get to it.
07:02But we need to do the numbers first.
07:04And Ahmed, you're picking.
07:06I want a nice and easy one large.
07:09I've heard whisperings amongst the Countdown contestants
07:13that this could be decided on numbers.
07:15Let's see how they fall today.
07:17The first one, 2, 10, 6, 3, 2 and 25.
07:24And the target, 179.
07:28179. Numbers up.
07:29And what happens.
07:31And what happens.
07:59And there are an swapage that's doing.
08:00Nice and easy, Ahmed.
08:02Yeah, 179. Yeah, and Luke?
08:03Yeah, 179. Off you go, sir.
08:06Er, ten minus three.
08:08Seven. Times 25.
08:10175. Add to twos.
08:12And I think that's easy enough, like you ordered. 179.
08:15How'd you do it, Luke? I made a meal of this one, actually.
08:18So I did ten over two is five. Yep.
08:20Add that to 25.
08:22430. Times that by six. 180.
08:25And then three minus two is one, and take that away.
08:27Nothing merely about you. 179.
08:30APPLAUSE
08:33Let's get the two-time teaser. It's one of my all-time favourites.
08:37Any years. Any years.
08:39The sort of person to turn down Leo.
08:43The sort of person to turn down Leo.
09:03It was a reference, in case you're not unusual, to Leo Sayer.
09:10Nay Sayer.
09:11Luke, you're picking the next letters.
09:13Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:14Thank you, Luke.
09:15R.
09:17And another one.
09:18Y.
09:20And another.
09:21M.
09:22And another.
09:24N.
09:25And a vowel, please.
09:28E.
09:28And another.
09:30I.
09:31And another.
09:33E.
09:35And a consonant, please.
09:39B.
09:41And a final vowel, please.
09:44A final.
09:45A.
09:46Fingers crossed.
09:48Queen.
09:50A.
09:58Two.
10:04A.
10:07One.
10:08One.
10:08Two.
10:18Time's up, Luke.
10:20Just a seven, I'm afraid.
10:21Ahmed?
10:22Eight.
10:23What a letdown, Luke.
10:24So, Breyani, B-R-E-Y-A-N-I.
10:28And Ahmed?
10:30Ambreen, Ambreen.
10:31So, Breyani is a variant spelling of biryani,
10:35which I think many of us are familiar with from Indian cooking,
10:38and how are you spelling that?
10:40A-M-B-R-E-I-N-E.
10:43Yes, Ambreen.
10:44It doesn't have to have an E at the end, but it can do.
10:47Crucial in this case.
10:49Yes, it's a crystalline compound,
10:51which is the main constituent of ambergris,
10:54which is used in perfume making.
10:56Well done. Well done, Ahmed.
10:57Let's get more letters now.
10:59Ahmed?
10:59Cheers.
11:00Could I start off a consonant, please?
11:01You can indeed.
11:02T.
11:04And another.
11:05R.
11:07Vowel.
11:08E.
11:09Vowel.
11:11U.
11:12Consonant.
11:14N.
11:15Vowel.
11:15Vowel.
11:18Consonant.
11:20H.
11:21Vowel.
11:23O.
11:26And consonant, please.
11:29And lastly, W.
11:31Thanks, Rachel.
11:33We'll see you next time.
11:33Bye-bye.
11:33Bye-bye.
11:35Bye-bye.
11:36Bye-bye.
11:36Bye-bye.
11:36Bye-bye.
11:36Bye-bye.
11:37Bye-bye.
11:39Bye-bye.
11:55Bye-bye.
12:03That's time off. Ahmed?
12:04That's seven. And Luke?
12:06Yeah, just seven as well. What have you got, Ahmed?
12:08A where-who. And Luke?
12:10I'll go with another.
12:12OK. Over to Susie.
12:14Yeah, absolutely fine. Sorry.
12:16Where-who, I was just checking. I think it's going to be
12:18one of those words
12:20that we're also educated on for Ahmed.
12:22It's a marine fish of coastal
12:24australian waters. A where-who.
12:27Very good indeed.
12:28Apart from where-who, what else did you have,
12:30Rick? Haunter?
12:32Can you have Haunter? You can be a Haunter.
12:34Or something can be. Yeah.
12:36I think I probably can be.
12:38Put my mind to it. Yeah. That's a good seven.
12:40Another unearthed we had as well.
12:42So a few sevens there. Right. Second
12:44numbers round today. And Luke, you're picking?
12:46Six more, please.
12:48Yeah, you don't want an easy one, do you, Luke?
12:51Not really, no.
12:52Unless he misses it somehow.
12:53Right, let's see.
12:55Anything could happen on countdown.
12:57Little one's eight, one,
12:59nine, three,
13:01nine, and four.
13:03And we want a challenge.
13:05827.
13:06827, numbers up.
13:091027, numbers up from the 11th.
13:10The 11th.
13:141027, numbers up.
13:14The 11th.
13:37Page.
13:37How do you get on, Luke? 828.
13:41Ahmed? 828.
13:42Fantastic. Off you go, Luke.
13:44So, 8 plus 9 is 17.
13:468 plus 9 is 17.
13:484 plus 3 minus 1.
13:504 plus 3 minus 1 is 6.
13:52Times that by the 17.
13:55102.
13:56And times by the other 9.
13:58Oh, it's 928, isn't it?
14:01I know what you've done. Yeah, I'm sorry.
14:03You got 918 there.
14:05Oops.
14:06Ahmed, windows open.
14:089 times 8.
14:109 times 8, 72.
14:124 minus 1.
14:144 minus 1 is 3.
14:15Take it off.
14:16Take away 3 for 69.
14:189 plus 3.
14:19And then the second 9 plus 3...
14:22And times them together?
14:2412. Right.
14:25828.
14:27Well done, one away.
14:28Possible?
14:29Yeah, you could have made some ground here.
14:31If you say 9 plus 3 is 12,
14:35times that by 8 for 96.
14:37Take away the 4 for the 92 that you wanted, Luke.
14:40And then you can times that by the second 9 for 828.
14:43And you have a 1 remaining.
14:45827.
14:45There we go.
14:46Thank you, thank you.
14:47APPLAUSE
14:50OK, 68 plays 53 as we take a break and catch up with Rick.
14:54Good to have you in Dictionary Corner.
14:56What's in your mind today?
14:58So, I wanted to talk about the fact that...
15:01And I don't know if this is just me or if this is a common experience,
15:04so I'll read the room here.
15:06Throughout my entire life, I've assumed that there would be a point
15:10when I was like, oh, I'm an adult now.
15:13I'm like an adult guy.
15:14Because I so vividly remember both my mum and dad's 40th birthdays
15:20and thinking, well, they're like middle-aged old people.
15:24And I am now past that age and I still haven't got to the point
15:28where I feel like I imagined that they were
15:32until a couple of sort of quite minor incidents
15:36in the last couple of weeks where I've thought,
15:38hold on, it might be happening.
15:39I might be an adult man.
15:41Firstly, I dead-headed some roses.
15:44LAUGHTER
15:44Oh, wow.
15:45Never really had a garden before,
15:47never shown any inclination to do any gardening,
15:49went out there, bought some secateurs at a garden centre,
15:52dead-headed some roses, thought,
15:53this is the kind of thing I can imagine my dad doing,
15:56I'm getting there.
15:57Then, literally two days later, I had some plums,
16:01the plums were slightly on the turn,
16:03normally I would have just thrown them away.
16:05I stewed the plums.
16:06Oh, wow.
16:07I got some sugar, I got some cinnamon, I stewed them up,
16:10I had them on some yoghurt the next day,
16:12I was like, this is it.
16:13It's finally happened, aged 43.
16:15There's a phrase that says, er,
16:18you don't stop playing when you grow old,
16:20you grow old when you stop playing.
16:22Hmm.
16:22You know?
16:23I fight against it.
16:24The things we want to do as kids,
16:26you know, stay up late,
16:28eat ice cream whenever we want.
16:30When we grow up, we can do all that,
16:32and then we don't, we become our parents.
16:35We go, well, you can't,
16:36you've got to have your main course first.
16:38When's the last time you said,
16:39dinner's in 15 minutes, I'm going to have a mint magnum?
16:43I'll be honest, Colin, it's slightly embarrassing
16:45that I'm the wrong person to ask,
16:47cos I will do that.
16:48Particularly when it comes to ice cream,
16:50I'm an absolute animal for it.
16:52And that's part of it.
16:53Like, I still...
16:54I know that definitely my dad
16:56would never have been having an ice cream before his dinner.
16:58Yeah.
16:58I will do that.
16:59Well, don't grow old too quickly.
17:01Thank you, Rick.
17:02APPLAUSE
17:05OK, 68 plays at 53,
17:08and Ahmed, you're picking more letters.
17:11Could I get a consonant, please?
17:13Thank you, Ahmed.
17:14M
17:15And another.
17:17T
17:18Vowel
17:20E
17:21Vowel
17:22I
17:23Consonant
17:24P
17:26Vowel
17:28A
17:29Consonant
17:31W
17:33Consonant
17:34R
17:36And a final vowel, please.
17:40Final U
17:41Here we go.
17:42To
17:43To
17:43To
17:44To
17:44To
18:11To
18:12To
18:13Ahmed. Seven. Luke. Seven as well.
18:16OK, what have you got, Ahmed? Wiretap.
18:19Wiretap, great word. Luke. And wartime.
18:23Wartime wiretaps. I love when they connect just a little bit, you know?
18:28What else did you get over there, soldiers?
18:30Well, I mean, I think you can't, annoyingly, have time warp.
18:35It would be so good. Two words, unfortunately.
18:38Yeah, so just primate for seven.
18:42Yeah, tempura, also there for seven.
18:44You can't have it, but you can do it.
18:46So, let's get more letters now. Let's not turn this into disco.
18:50Luke, it's yours. Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:53Thank you, Luke. T. And another one.
18:56S. And another.
18:59P. And another.
19:03S. And a vowel, please.
19:05E. And another.
19:08I. And another.
19:11O. And a consonant, please.
19:17P. And another consonant, please.
19:22Finally, R. Half a minute.
19:26The hörtper.
19:26zusammen.
19:26Over here.
19:54So, we can go out here.
19:55Last time, Luke? Just eight.
19:58Ahmed? Eight.
19:59Yeah, OK. Luke, what's your word?
20:01Ripostes. Yes, and Ahmed?
20:04Stoppers. Very good. Very good.
20:06A rare time where you don't have to pound the keyboard
20:09just to check it exists, which is nice.
20:11Very good, exactly.
20:12What else do we have in the dictionary corner?
20:15Soppiest? Yes, nice one, that one.
20:17Quite a few eights to be had.
20:1983 plays 68, and Ahmed, it's time to get more numbers.
20:24Er, I'm going to ask for an even easier one, Lord.
20:28Another one from the top.
20:30And five little, and the easiest thing I can find.
20:33Well, we shall see. Glad I have no say in it.
20:36The numbers, 5, 10, 3, 2, another 2 and 75.
20:43And the target, 549.
20:47549, numbers up.
20:48Amazing.
21:17unnecessarilyena rejected, 5, 4one Newton's account.
21:19Time's up, Ahmed. 549.
21:22Well done. And Luke?
21:23I've gone kind of blank, actually, I don't have anything.
21:26The numbers don't worry, it can happen to the best of them,
21:28and you are one of the best of them.
21:30So, Ahmed, for ten points. 75 plus 2.
21:3375 plus 2, 77.
21:3510 minus 3.
21:3710 minus 3 is 7.
21:39Multiply them together.
21:40For 539.
21:42And 5 times 2 for the ten to add on.
21:44And the second two gets you ten points. Well done.
21:47There we go.
21:51Let's get a teetown teaser in the bag.
21:54It's drainage. Drainage.
21:56Without good drainage, it'll struggle to grow.
21:58Without good drainage, it'll struggle to grow.
22:08APPLAUSE
22:16Welcome back to Countdown.
22:18Gardenia is the answer to the teetown teaser.
22:21Susie?
22:21Yeah, they're lovely plants.
22:23Blackstall flowers?
22:24White, yellow flowers.
22:25Yeah, very pretty.
22:26If you're green-fingered, you'll know all about that.
22:29Luke trying to dig himself out of a hole here.
22:3193, please.
22:33And it's 68.
22:34And Luke, it is your letters.
22:35A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:37Thank you, Luke.
22:38L.
22:39And another one?
22:40Z.
22:41And another?
22:43S.
22:44And another?
22:46H.
22:47And a vowel, please.
22:49A.
22:51A.
22:52And another?
22:53A.
22:55And another?
22:57A.
22:58And a consonant, please.
23:01N.
23:03And a final vowel, please.
23:07A final I.
23:10Kind down.
23:11A.
23:11And a consonant,?
23:15H.
23:15H.
23:19The ending.
23:19H.tã‚’
23:41That's time, Luke.
23:42I think I have a seven.
23:43And Ahmed.
23:44Yeah, I'm going to try a seven as well.
23:46Going to go for it now.
23:47Luke.
23:48Alizons.
23:49And Ahmed.
23:50Got the same words.
23:51Yeah, if you both have it, I'm guessing it's in, Susie.
23:54Yes, Alizons, absolutely fine.
23:56They were stock characters in ancient Greek comedy,
24:01characterised by arrogance and generally not particularly pleasant characteristics.
24:06Main thing is they are in.
24:08Well done.
24:08Yeah.
24:09Love a good Greek comedy.
24:10Great genre.
24:12Rick, how do you mind sticking on?
24:15Would you realise I have Shaolin?
24:16Yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking.
24:18It's a great word.
24:19I think it's catalysed, it is, unfortunately, yes.
24:22So, no, then.
24:23Right.
24:24Ahmed already has the century up, 25 behind us.
24:28Luke, Ahmed, you're picking the letters.
24:30Can I get a consonant, please, Rachel?
24:32You can indeed.
24:33D.
24:34And another.
24:56And another consonant, please.
25:00Lastly, G.
25:01Start the clock.
25:03Start the clock.
25:06Check out the key.
25:34That's time, Mohamed.
25:35Seven.
25:36And Luke?
25:37Seven as well.
25:38Very good.
25:40Rick, how do you manage to get on?
25:42Just a six, gloats, maybe gulags.
25:45Yes.
25:47Yes, beaten again.
25:48Just here to spectate, really, to be honest.
25:49Yeah, you said that like someone complaining about the weather.
25:52Yeah, gloats, maybe gulags.
25:54Move on.
25:55Well, I won't move on, I'll stay exactly where I am.
25:57Origins of Words has been brilliant.
25:59It's been like a little tour of the UK last week.
26:02What have you got in store for us today, Susie?
26:04Well, I have been talking about place names, particularly inspired by the English heritage,
26:11who have done some lovely work on their origins.
26:14And I've talked about the various influences over the centuries from the Vikings, the Celts,
26:20the Normans, et cetera.
26:21I didn't really talk so much about the Normans in the last one, so I'm just going to finish off
26:25with them.
26:26Because as we know, when the Normans came over, they conquered not just our land, but also our language.
26:34So French words just came flooding into our language and have remained there ever since, even though they seem particularly
26:40French nowadays.
26:41They very much do have French ancestry very often.
26:44And many Norman elements in place names indicate that sort of conquering, the ownership, if you like.
26:51So if you take Ashby de Lazouche, that was owned by the Lazouche family.
26:58The Bouzard owned Leighton Buzzard.
27:02And so it goes on.
27:04And actually, if you look at Ville, you don't find V-I-L-L-E so much in English place
27:09names.
27:10But you do find places that were then owned by bishops and priors and princes and kings and queens.
27:14You have Kings Lynn, Queenborough, Princess Risborough, Bishop Stortford, Prior Norton, et cetera.
27:21So these were all owned by the governing aristocracy.
27:24But Ville itself meant settlement, but you will find it in Bourneville, Turnville, et cetera.
27:29So again, it goes back to that sort of Norman conquest.
27:32But I'm just going to give you some of the more peculiar names, because I think we all delight in
27:37those weird ones that you will find up and down the country.
27:40So remember, we've got Boggybosham, Upper Thong, Ha Ha Road, which I love.
27:46Mudford Sock, Tiddlywink, Giggleswick, of course, and Richard Whiteley's much-beloved Wetwag.
27:54Fantastic. Thank you.
27:58Right, back to the game.
27:5925 points, the difference between Ahmed and Luke.
28:02That is certainly not insurmountable, Luke.
28:04So let's get nine more letters with four rounds left.
28:07Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:08Thank you, Luke.
28:09L
28:10And another one.
28:12R
28:13And another.
28:14V
28:15And another.
28:17N
28:18And a vowel, please.
28:21E
28:21And another.
28:23I
28:23And another.
28:26E
28:27And a consonant, please.
28:31F
28:31And a final consonant, please.
28:36Countdown.
28:37And a final T.
28:38Countdown.
28:39And another test for the one.
29:10That's time, Luke. I think I have an ape.
29:13And Ahmed. I think I have one as well.
29:15OK, what do you think you have, Luke? Life rent.
29:18Are you the same word, Ahmed? Yeah, same words. Oh, come on.
29:21Oh, my goodness me. Life rent. I'm in arrears.
29:25I'll tell you how much. It's in the dictionary, yeah?
29:28It is, yes. Scottish legal term, a rent or revenue
29:31which a person is entitled to receive for life.
29:33It's wonderful. Absolutely fantastic. What have you got?
29:36Nothing to beat that. No. Fervent. Yes.
29:40Just seven. Yeah, fertile.
29:41OK, Ahmed, one more letters round your picking.
29:45Could I get a consonant, please? Thank you, Ahmed.
29:49J. And another.
29:51T. A vowel.
29:54O. Another vowel.
29:58U. Consonant.
30:00S. Vowel.
30:02A. Consonant. D.
30:09Consonant. T.
30:12And a final vowel, please. A final.
30:15I. Last letters.
30:18T. A.
30:19...
30:45I.
30:46I.
30:47I.
30:48Ahmed? A seven. And Luke?
30:52I'll just stick with six. I don't think my seven is real.
30:54OK, no worries. What's the six? It's a just.
30:57A just. No worries. And Ahmed? A judoist.
31:01A judoist. Oh, how did we miss this one? Yes.
31:04Yes, it's in the dictionary. A fantastic word.
31:07And I think they call it a nippon, don't they, when you win the match?
31:10Is that what it is, Rick? You're the judo expert. I am, yeah.
31:13But weirdly, I've forgotten that. I don't know.
31:16Well, whatever the word is, it's just happened in our match today.
31:19Ama, congratulations for getting through to the semi-final.
31:22APPLAUSE
31:26Let's get the final numbers. Yeah, I'm just going to go one last, please.
31:30See if I can knock this one up. One last.
31:32Get some points on the scoreboard. Five little.
31:34Finish the day with five, ten, one, nine, four, and 100.
31:43And the target, 751.
31:467-5-1, last numbers.
31:55Music
32:00Music
32:01Music
32:15MUSIC PLAYS
32:19Luke?
32:20Yeah, I think I have 751, but not written down.
32:22Ahmed?
32:23Just 750.
32:24You might be kicking yourself.
32:25Luke, off you go.
32:26OK, so 5 plus 1 is 6.
32:295 plus 1 is 6.
32:30Times 4.
32:3224.
32:33Yep.
32:33Take that away from 100.
32:3576.
32:36Times by 10.
32:37760.
32:38And take away the 9.
32:39Well done.
32:40Ten points.
32:45Two centuries.
32:46Ahmed, 122.
32:47Luke, on 100s.
32:49You can get greedy now, can't you?
32:50Come on, 110.
32:52110.
32:53Get your finger on that buzzer, Luke, and go out by taking the last two rounds.
32:57Here we go.
32:58Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:02BUZZER
33:03BUZZER
33:04BUZZER
33:04BUZZER
33:04BUZZER
33:05Nikoziano.
33:06Let's have a look.
33:08Yes.
33:08APPLAUSE
33:09BUZZER
33:10BUZZER
33:11BUZZER
33:12BUZZER
33:12BUZZER
33:13BUZZER
33:13BUZZER
33:29BUZZER
33:36BUZZER
33:37BUZZER
33:38BUZZER
33:41BUZZER
33:42BUZZER
33:43BUZZER
33:45BUZZER
33:46BUZZER
33:47BUZZER
33:48BUZZER
33:48BUZZER
33:48BUZZER
33:49BUZZER
33:49BUZZER
33:49BUZZER
33:49BUZZER
33:51BUZZER
33:51BUZZER
33:52BUZZER
33:52BUZZER
33:52BUZZER
33:53BUZZER
33:54Well, you know who Ahmed's going to be having a couple of tea with next?
33:57Dan.
33:58Not exactly a cakewalk in the semi-final, so got work to do.
34:02See you at the same time, same place tomorrow.
34:04Rachel, Susie and I will be here.
34:06Don't miss it. You can count on us.
34:09You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com
34:13or write to us at countdownleadsls31js.
34:17You can also find our web page at channel4.com forward slash countdown.