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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio on our third quarterfinal day.
00:35And what an achievement it is for all of those who've got this far in this great Countdown competition.
00:41So, life's good for some. For others, it's taken rather a bad turn.
00:46And for some, of course, it's been an absolute disaster.
00:48Here's one, for instance.
00:49If you happen to be a blobfish, it couldn't get much worse.
00:53The blobfish has been awarded, I'm told, the not-very-pervited title of the World's Ugliest Animal by the Ugly
01:00Animal Preservation Society,
01:02which, on a more positive note, of course, is trying to protect these species.
01:06It's found off the coast of Australia and Tasmania.
01:09It's a living blob of jelly. Apparently it's about a foot long.
01:12And it's got the face of a bald, grumpy old man with a very shiny complexion or even slimy complexion.
01:21So, it's sort of past the mirror. I mean, past the sick bag, Alice.
01:25For that one, runners-up, the Titicana Frog, also known as the Scrotum Frog,
01:32for reasons that, for the moment, escape me.
01:35And the proboscis monkey, of course. That's the one with a very, very long nose.
01:38Now, I know it's wrong to judge animals or anybody else, for that matter, on their outward appearance.
01:44Which animals do I find unattractive? I suppose the toad is particularly unattractive.
01:49The frog's not terribly pretty. One wouldn't want to kiss a frog unless, of course, you wanted to be a
01:56princess, Rachel.
01:57Which particular animal would you find least attractive?
02:01Have you heard of the eye-eye?
02:03No.
02:03The eye-eye. There's a brilliant YouTube clip called True Facts About the Eye-Eye.
02:08And it says that the eye-eye looks like it wanted to be a cat that was bitten by a
02:11vampire
02:12and gave up halfway through the transformation.
02:14Yeah, very good.
02:15So, it's got a really long finger. It's part Lima, and it is the most hideous thing you've ever seen.
02:19Oh, dear. Poor old chap. That's bad.
02:21So, who have we got with us today? We have got two great contenders.
02:25We've got Glenn Webb. Welcome back, Glenn.
02:27The third-highest-scoring octochamp of this series.
02:29Finished his eight games with a total of 945 points.
02:33Brilliant, brilliant stuff, Glenn.
02:35And good luck to you today, a financial advisor from Cradley Heath.
02:39How are you feeling?
02:40Good, thank you.
02:41All fired up?
02:42Yep.
02:42Good, you need to be, because you're up against Jonathan Liu.
02:45Hereafter to become an octochamp with 754 points, a sports journalist for The Telegraph.
02:50Is that right, Jonathan?
02:51That's right, yeah.
02:51Yep, in London.
02:53And you two, I guess, are all fired up.
02:56Yes, yes.
02:56Very excited.
02:57Well, good luck to you both.
02:58Big round of applause.
02:59Come on, Glenn and Jonathan.
03:04And, of course, we've got the wonderful Susie Dent over in the corner, joined today by a wonderful character, actually.
03:11The great Richard Medley, presenter, but now also an author.
03:15And I picked up your latest book.
03:18Indeed, your first book, I think, isn't it?
03:19You've got another one coming.
03:20First novel, yeah.
03:20This chap here, Someday I'll Find You, which is the, I think, the fastest-selling number one book this year.
03:28Is that right?
03:28Fast-selling debut novel, yeah, to my intense, intense relief, because if it had flopped, you know, and publishing is
03:36a really, it's a crapshoot.
03:38You know, you never know what's going to happen.
03:39If it had flopped, you can imagine the embarrassment because of the Richard and Judy Book Club, you know, because
03:43we give interviews about books and we talk about literature and stuff.
03:45And if it hadn't sold well, I would have been utterly humiliated.
03:48So can I thank everybody who bought a copy?
03:49You saved my neck.
03:51And I tell you what, I picked it up the other day.
03:53Started it, I thought, this is a page turn.
03:54I'm putting this down until Christmas.
03:56Okay.
03:56I'll, you know, it's a cracking read.
03:59Anyway, well done, Rachel.
04:00We'll hear more from you later.
04:01But now, time to get down to business.
04:03Glenn, take us away.
04:04Let us go.
04:05Constance, please, Rachel.
04:06Thank you, Glenn.
04:07R.
04:08And another one.
04:10N.
04:11And another.
04:14L.
04:15And a fourth, please.
04:17M.
04:18And a vowel.
04:20E.
04:21And another.
04:23I.
04:24And another.
04:26O.
04:27And a consonant.
04:30D.
04:33And a consonant, please.
04:35And the last one.
04:36N.
04:37And here's the countdown clock.
04:39And a consonant, please.
04:44And a consonant, please.
04:47And a consonant, please.
04:49And a consonant, please.
04:50And a consonant, please.
04:52And a consonant, please.
04:52And a consonant, please.
04:53And a consonant, please.
04:54And a consonant, please.
04:57And a consonant, please.
04:58And a consonant, please.
04:58And a consonant, please.
04:58And a consonant, please.
04:59And a consonant, please.
04:59And a consonant, please.
05:00And a consonant, please.
05:01And a consonant, please.
05:02And a consonant, please.
05:03And a consonant, please.
05:09Yes, Glenn?
05:10Seven.
05:11And Jonathan?
05:12Just six.
05:13And your sixth, Jonathan?
05:14Minder.
05:15Minder.
05:15Yep, Glenn.
05:16Minored.
05:18How do you feel about that, Susie?
05:19Fantastic.
05:20You can major in a subject, you can also minor in it.
05:22Very well done.
05:23Very good.
05:24Well done.
05:25Brilliant.
05:26Well done.
05:28What's the corner got to offer us?
05:29Richard.
05:30We got Nimrod and Remind.
05:33I say we, Susie.
05:35We got Merlin.
05:36And Nimrod is a skilful hunter.
05:39Really?
05:39How interesting.
05:41Right, now where are we then?
05:43So seven points to Glenn.
05:44Jonathan, letters game.
05:46Hi, Rachel.
05:47Hi, Jonathan.
05:48Can I have a vowel, please?
05:49Start with U.
05:51And another?
05:53I.
05:54And another?
05:56A.
05:57And a consonant?
05:59Q.
06:00And another?
06:02R.
06:03And another?
06:05C.
06:06And another?
06:07G.
06:09And another?
06:11L.
06:13And a final vowel, please.
06:14And a final E.
06:17Stand by.
06:19And a final vowel, please.
06:47I'll see you next time.
06:48Yes, Jonathan.
06:49Seven.
06:50Seven.
06:51Yep.
06:52Glenn?
06:52Seven.
06:53So, Jonathan.
06:54Glacier.
06:56And Glenn?
06:57The same word.
06:58Both of you.
07:00All right.
07:00Now then, in the corner, Susie and Richard.
07:03Yeah, we've got Glacier too, but also Acquire.
07:06Acquire.
07:06Acquire.
07:07All right.
07:08So, 14 to seven.
07:09Glenn's still in the lead as we lurch into a numbers game.
07:13One for Glenn.
07:15One large, please, Rachel.
07:16Thank you, Glenn.
07:17One large.
07:18Five little ones for the first time in this quarterfinal.
07:21And the first numbers game of the week is three, ten, five, six, eight.
07:28And the large one, 100.
07:30And your target, 934.
07:33934.
07:35934.
07:36934.
08:05Yes, Glenn?
08:07934.
08:07And Jonathan?
08:08933.
08:10So, Glenn?
08:12100 minus 6.
08:13100 minus 6, 94.
08:15Multiplied by 10.
08:17940.
08:18And then 5 minus 3 is 2.
08:20Yep.
08:208 minus that 2 is 6.
08:22And take away.
08:23Well done, 934.
08:24Very good.
08:25Well done, Glenn.
08:27Well done.
08:28Extended your lead 24 points to 7 as we turn to a teatime teaser, which is rate rise.
08:34And the clue, you'll need to use these carriers for as long as you live.
08:38You'll need to use these carriers for as long as you live.
08:57Welcome back.
08:58I left you with the clue.
08:59You'll need to use these carriers for as long as you live.
09:03And these carriers, arteries.
09:07Arteries.
09:07Is that what it means, literally?
09:09Yes.
09:09Do we have arterial road as well?
09:11Absolutely right.
09:12Same issue?
09:12Yep.
09:13Things that carry blood or, yeah, or traffic.
09:15Yeah.
09:16Certainly unblocked arteries are a thing to be, you know, prayed for.
09:2024 to 7.
09:21Glen in the lead.
09:22Jonathan, your letters go.
09:24Cover a vowel, please, Rachel.
09:25Thank you, Jonathan.
09:26O.
09:27And another.
09:27I.
09:30And another.
09:31E.
09:33Consonant.
09:35S.
09:36And another.
09:37R.
09:39And another.
09:40D.
09:42And another.
09:44P.
09:45And another.
09:48T.
09:50And a consonant, please.
09:52And lastly, G.
09:55Countdown.
09:58Countdown.
10:27Yes, Jonathan.
10:28Tate.
10:29And Glenn.
10:31Ace.
10:312H.
10:33Pottiest.
10:34Yes.
10:35Both of you.
10:36Same word.
10:37I wonder why.
10:38Pottiest.
10:38Very good.
10:39You happy with that?
10:40Yes.
10:41Seeing as we've got Pottiest as well, but also what I've never heard.
10:44What's this?
10:45Peridots.
10:46Peridots.
10:46I think you can put the S on.
10:48Yeah, a peridot is a green, semi-precious variety of stone.
10:52Oliven, it's called.
10:53So it's obviously olive green.
10:55Very good.
10:55I think you could probably have more than one.
10:58You can certainly have it for seven, possibly eight.
11:00Very good.
11:01All right.
11:02Well done.
11:02Anything else?
11:02That's it?
11:03That's it, yeah.
11:04Very good.
11:0432 plays.
11:0515.
11:05We move to Glenn.
11:08Letters game.
11:08A consonant, please, Rachel.
11:10Thank you, Glenn.
11:11C.
11:11And another.
11:14F.
11:15And another.
11:17P.
11:17And another.
11:20S.
11:21And a vowel.
11:23O.
11:24And another.
11:26A.
11:26And again, please.
11:28E.
11:30And another.
11:32O.
11:34And a consonant, please.
11:36And the last one.
11:37Y.
11:39Here's the countdown clock.
11:41The bye-bye.
12:11Glenn?
12:12Only a five.
12:14Five.
12:14Jonathan?
12:15I'll try a six.
12:17Now then, Glenn.
12:18Just faces.
12:19Unlike you.
12:20Jonathan?
12:22Scoopy.
12:24Scoopy?
12:24Yeah.
12:25Scoopy is on offer.
12:27Scoopy.
12:28Scoopy.
12:30Scooper, scoopful, but no Scoopy, I'm afraid.
12:33Sorry, Jonathan.
12:34Scoopy don't, in that case.
12:36So what else have we got?
12:38Well, we have a made-up one as well.
12:40Yes.
12:40A sepoy.
12:41Yeah.
12:41But we've got Soopy and we've got Spacey, which is six.
12:45Very good.
12:46All right.
12:46Perfectly good.
12:4737 plays 15.
12:48And we're back into a numbers game.
12:50Jonathan, your numbers game.
12:53Can I have six small numbers, please?
12:54You can.
12:55Need to make up some ground, some gambling early.
12:58Thank you, Jonathan.
12:58Six little ones.
13:00And these numbers are nine, eight, five, seven, ten, and six.
13:08And the target, 973.
13:11Nine, seven, three.
13:13One, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
13:24seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
13:24seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
13:24seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
13:24seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
13:24seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
13:44Jonathan. 977. And Glenn? 975. So, yes, Glenn? 7 plus 5 is 12. 7 plus 5 is 12. Multiplied
13:54by 8. 96. Multiplied by 10. 960. Then add the 9 and the 6. And the 9 and the 6
14:01left
14:02over. 975, two away. Two away. But, Rachel, 973, if you'd be so kind. Wasn't too tricky
14:09for this one. You could have said 5 plus 8 is 13. Times by 10 is 130. Add the 9,
14:17139,
14:18and times it by 7. 93. Very good. Well done. Very good. Very good. Now, then, Glenn on 44.
14:28Jonathan just on 15 at the moment, but plenty of time. But now we turn to Richard. Richard,
14:33Christmas is almost on us. Come on, you've got a store of stories. We all have, haven't
14:37we? But the Christmas, to remember, at Maiderley Towers was when my little boy was about four.
14:44And we brought the Christmas tree home, and we decorated it. It was about two weeks before
14:47Christmas. And my son Jack and I thought that the finishing touch should be artificial snow.
14:52But Judy, my wife, and Chloe, my daughter, thought that was really naff. So, we had a big argument
14:56about it, and the girls won. So, the artificial snow went into the back of the cupboard under
15:00the stairs and was forgotten about. Flash forward to Christmas morning. It's about four in the morning.
15:04I'd gone to bed very drunk on Christmas Eve, and I came to. I woke up, and I was in
15:09the
15:09cupboard under the stairs, stark naked, on my hands and knees, right at the back of the
15:13cupboard with the light on, not stitch on, and my face in the Wellington boots that you
15:17put at the back of the cupboard. And in each hand, I held a can of artificial snow. I sort
15:21of came to as if from a trance. And these cans were empty, which was an ominous sign.
15:27So, I put them down, and I crawled back out, and I came into the hall. All the lights were
15:30on.
15:30I put all the lights on. And I had covered the Christmas tree with the total contents
15:34of these tins. It looked like a giant Mr. Whippy, sort of standing there. And so, horrified,
15:39I put the lights on. Nothing I could do. I went back, crept into bed. And then we were
15:43woken up the next morning at about seven o'clock by the kids who'd gone downstairs like they
15:47do, you know, dead early. They said, well, something's happened to the tree. Something's
15:49happened to the tree. So, Judy and I went down in dressing gowns, and there it was, Mr.
15:52Whippy, sitting in the corner. And to my shame, I turned to Jack and said,
15:57Jack, did you do... I kept it up for about 10 seconds, and then I confessed. And there
16:02was nothing we could do. I mean, once it's on, it's on. So, the Christmas tree was the
16:05most bizarre tree on our road that year. But anyway, I have to confess all...
16:09It shows you in a very different language.
16:11Well, I tell you what, I have to be careful how much I drink, because I do black out.
16:16Really?
16:16Yeah, I've discovered that. So, I watch how much I drink.
16:19Or not very much, you mean?
16:20No, no, I have had a lot.
16:22You have to have two or three bottles.
16:23Yes, I have to have a lot to black out. I will black out, yeah.
16:25Well, we'll all black out eventually.
16:28Yes.
16:28Brilliant stuff. Lovely story. I shall look at you with a very different look.
16:33Very good. Well done, Richard.
16:36Very good, indeed. Lovely story. And he blamed his little boy, Jack. How could you?
16:42Now then, Glenn, letters came.
16:44Constantly, please, Rachel.
16:46Thank you, Glenn.
16:48And another.
16:50L.
16:51And another.
16:53H.
16:54And a fourth, please.
16:56S.
16:57And a vowel.
16:59I.
17:00And another.
17:01E.
17:02And another.
17:05O.
17:07And another.
17:09A.
17:11And a consonant, please.
17:13And the last one.
17:14T.
17:15Standby.
17:20I.
17:23I.
17:48I.
17:49I.
17:50I.
17:50I.
17:50Jonathan? Seven. And yours, Jonathan? Thistle. Thistle. Glenn? Totalise. The totaliser. Totalise?
17:59Yes. It sounds quite a clumsy word, but it's in the dictionary. To totalise is to combine
18:04something into a total, to tot up, in other words. Very, very good. Yeah, very good. The totaliser.
18:11I think the tote, which used to be the sort of, you know, nationalised betting thing. That's
18:16the root of it, yeah. Yeah, yeah. Now then, Richard, what have you got for us? We've got
18:19close to, but we've got a toasty as well. A toasty. Yeah. All right. That's very good.
18:24Look at this. 52 points to 15. Jonathan, you have to put your foot on the gas with this
18:29letters game. Jonathan? Val, please, Rachel. Thank you, Jonathan. E. And another. A. And
18:37another. O. Consonant. M. And another. N. And another. S. And another.
18:54O. And a final vowel, please. And a final I. And here's the clock.
19:02O. Is that correct?
19:04O. And another.
19:34Yes, Jonathan. Eight. And eight. Glenn? Eight. Jonathan, womanise. Womanise, both of you? Yes. Two womanisers? Yes. Shame on you
19:43both. Any more womanisers in the corner? I'm afraid we have three womanisers in the studio today. Who knows? Just
19:52for me, she thought up snow, which I think was quite sweet. All right. Very good. Anything else? That's it?
19:58No, that's it. All right. 60 plays. 23. And we turn now to
20:02Glenn's numbers. Game. Glenn? One large, please, Rachel. Keep it simple. Thank you, Glenn. One large one and five small
20:09ones. And for the next numbers round, they are three, five, one, seven, two, and the large one, 50. And
20:19your target, 569. 569.
20:50Yes, Glenn? Yeah, 569. And Jonathan? 569. Both of you. So, Glenn? 50 plus 7. 50 plus 7. 57.
21:002 multiplied by 5 is 10. Yep. Multiply together. 570. Take away the one. Perfect. And Jonathan? Same way? Very
21:10good. Well done, both of you. 70 points to Jonathan's 33 as we turn to a tea time teaser, which
21:19is Aura Bibs.
21:44Welcome back. I left with the clue of all the interesting animals. This is a bit of a bore.
21:48And the answer is Babi Rusa. Now, I turn to you, Susie. Babi Rusa?
21:55I don't think I'd want to meet one of these. It's a forest-dwelling wild pig with upturned horn-like
22:00tusks, but happily only in Malaysia.
22:03Excellent stuff. So, well done, Glenn, at the moment. 70 points to 33 for Jonathan. Jonathan, you're back on with
22:09the letters game.
22:10Could I have a vowel, please? Thank you, Jonathan.
22:36And a final I. Countdown.
23:04Thank you, Jonathan.
23:11Jonathan.
23:127.
23:12A 7. Glenn?
23:14I think 8.
23:15So, Jonathan.
23:17Atheism.
23:18And Glenn?
23:19Muriates.
23:21Muriates.
23:22Yeah, and muriate is a salt of muric acid. I'm pretty sure you can have it in the plural because
23:28I think you get more than one kind.
23:31Yes, absolutely fine. Well done, Glenn.
23:33Well done, indeed.
23:34You knew that.
23:35You knew it.
23:36Very good.
23:37And in the corner, what else have we got there?
23:39I'm still reeling with shock that she knows these things without even looking at the dictionary.
23:42Oh, she's extraordinary.
23:43It's amazing.
23:44We've got an 8, actually.
23:45We've got thesauri.
23:47Thesauri.
23:47Which my learned friend will elucidate.
23:49It's the plural of thesaurus.
23:51Of course.
23:52So, yeah.
23:52So, if you had three Barrages thesaurus, you'd have thesauri.
23:55I think you can say thesauruses as well.
23:56That's a bit of a mouthful.
23:58Thesauri's a bit nicer.
23:59Cool.
23:59Very good.
24:00Well done, Susie.
24:01Well done, Susie.
24:01Never fails to amaze.
24:0278 points to 33.
24:04We turn to Glenn.
24:05Let us go.
24:05Glenn.
24:07Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:08Thank you, Glenn.
24:09N.
24:10And another.
24:13K.
24:13And another.
24:15D.
24:16And a fourth.
24:19N.
24:20And a vowel, please.
24:22A.
24:23And another.
24:25E.
24:25And another.
24:28O.
24:33And a consonant, please.
24:37And the last one.
24:38R.
24:39Clock time.
24:40R.
25:12Yes, Glenn.
25:12A six there.
25:13A six.
25:14Jonathan.
25:15Six.
25:15Two sixes.
25:17Yes, Glenn.
25:18Darken.
25:19And Jonathan.
25:20Danker.
25:21Danker.
25:22Danker and Darken.
25:24Now, anything else?
25:25We're a bit exposed on this one.
25:26We got naked.
25:27Yes, right.
25:29And what was I going?
25:30Drank.
25:30Just going back to your story.
25:31Drank and naked.
25:33Drank.
25:33So we've had snow and we've had drank.
25:34I mean, it's clearly, you know, the story is infiltrating the thinking.
25:37Excellent.
25:37Excellent stuff.
25:3884 to 39.
25:41Strong stuff.
25:42I think somebody's going to make 100 here.
25:44But now it's time to be educated and entertained by Susie and her origins of words.
25:51Susie.
25:51Well, I have to thank Paul Jones for this because he's written a great book called Haggard Hawks
25:57and Paltry Poltroons.
25:59And it's great.
26:00He looks at different subjects and sees how their themes have kind of infiltrated English.
26:05And today's theme is waterways because a lot of common English words actually derive from
26:10the idea of a waterway.
26:12Barbican, we tend to think of the Barbican Centre in London or other arts facilities was a fortress
26:18of some kind, something that was guarding a manor or it could even be on a bridge.
26:24And the idea was that these would have loopholes through which arrows, et cetera, could be fired.
26:28And because they were very, very narrow, they actually took their name from a narrow, narrow canal.
26:33And in Arabic, a canal was a barbac.
26:36And so barbac comes from that.
26:38And the barbac, which is a sort of disaster or a fiasco, and that goes back to the melting of
26:44river ice
26:44during the spring thaw, a French word.
26:46So the idea that everything then comes flooding out.
26:48Go back.
26:50Go back.
26:50Exactly.
26:51And to derive, it used to mean to draw water from one location and channel it to another.
26:57A fairway used to be a very clear, open stretch of water, which would enable a ship to navigate
27:04down it without any obstacles at all.
27:06So it was a clear path.
27:06And of course, that went into gulf eventually.
27:09Arrival, I love this one.
27:11Arrival used to mean a riverbank at which an opponent would say,
27:16so two people would sit on either side.
27:18And because water was such a precious commodity, they would each be fighting with each other
27:22to get as much water as they possibly can.
27:24So it goes back again to the idea of a river.
27:26And finally, rosemary goes back to the lesson rosmarinus, which meant literally Jew of the Sea.
27:33Very good.
27:34Well done.
27:35Lovely stuff.
27:39Oh, Susie never disappoints.
27:40Lovely stuff.
27:4184 to 39.
27:43Glenn in the lead as we turn to you, Jonathan, for a letters game.
27:46Jonathan.
27:46A vowel, please, Rachel.
27:48Thank you, Jonathan.
27:49E.
27:49And a vowel.
27:51O.
27:53And another.
27:54E.
27:55And a consonant.
27:57D.
27:59And another.
28:00B.
28:02And another.
28:03Z.
28:04And another.
28:06G.
28:08And another.
28:10R.
28:12And a vowel, please.
28:13And the last one.
28:15I.
28:16Stand by.
28:16All right.
28:17All right.
28:18All right.
28:33All right.
28:34All right.
28:36All right.
28:36All right.
28:37All right.
28:37All right.
28:37All right.
28:37All right.
28:38All right.
28:42All right.
28:43All right.
28:48Yes, Jonathan?
28:49Six.
28:50A six. And Glenn?
28:51Yes, I'll stay with six.
28:52Two sixes. Jonathan?
28:53Dozier.
28:54Dozier. Glenn?
28:56Zeroed.
28:57Zeroed.
28:58Yes, zeroed in on something.
28:59Yeah.
29:00Very good. Happy?
29:02Yes.
29:02What else have we got? Richard?
29:03Got Dozier as well. And we got Bodger.
29:07A Bodger.
29:07Someone who does a terrible job.
29:10I know a Bodger.
29:11We all know a Bodger.
29:13We've all paid a Bodger.
29:15I know. Very good.
29:1690 points. Here we go.
29:18Nudging 100 there, Glenn.
29:2045 to Jonathan.
29:21And we turn to you, Glenn.
29:23Last letters game for today.
29:25Constance, please, Rachel.
29:26Thank you, Glenn.
29:28F.
29:28And another.
29:31S.
29:32And another.
29:34V.
29:35And a fourth.
29:37T.
29:38And a vowel, please.
29:40O.
29:41And another.
29:43A.
29:44And another.
29:46E.
29:49Consonant, please.
29:51S.
29:55And a vowel, please.
29:56And the last one.
29:58U.
29:59And it's countdown.
30:01And a vowel, please.
30:03And a vowel, please.
30:05And a vowel, please.
30:06And a vowel, please.
30:09And a vowel, please.
30:10And a vowel, please.
30:10And a vowel, please.
30:11And a vowel, please.
30:11And a vowel, please.
30:11And a vowel, please.
30:12And a vowel, please.
30:13And a vowel, please.
30:14And a vowel, please.
30:19And a vowel, please.
30:21And a vowel, please.
30:26And a vowel, please.
30:31Glen. Seven. Seven. And Jonathan. Six. And that would be? Safest. Safest. Glen. Estufas.
30:42How are you spelling that for me, Glen? Estufas. You know your dictionary. Estufa is a heated
30:54chamber in which Madeira wine is stored and matured. Maybe you know your wine as well.
30:59Very, very good. Very good. That's extraordinary. Now, not everybody knows that, Glen, I've got
31:08to tell you. What else have we got? Richard, we've got stoves and I'm not sure about this
31:12one. Fatsos. Yes. Can we have fatsos? You can. You can't put the E in, unfortunately, but
31:16you can have fatsos for six. I thought it was a slang. Loads of slang in here. Oh, okay.
31:21Yes. It's an unkind slang. Fatsos. Oi, fatsos. Who are you calling fatsos? Exactly. You're
31:26looking at me. Now then, 97 to 45. And here we are. Last numbers game. Jonathan, take
31:34it away. Six more numbers, please, Rachel. Six small again. Why not? Thank you, Jonathan.
31:38Six little numbers for the last challenge of the day. And for this round, they are 10, 1,
31:431, 8, 6, 4. Another 4. Lots of even ones. And the target, 857. 857.
31:59jedemine's Apprentice, 857. 758. 857. 858. 858. 859. 868. 858. 608. 829. 869. 869. 879. 469. 869. 879. 869. 869.
32:01869. 879. 8710. 879. 889. 879. 879. 879. 879. 869. 879. 908. 879. 8890. 899. 889. 869. 859. 869. 879.
32:24Jonathan, 8.56, one away.
32:28Glenn?
32:28No, 8.60.
32:298.60, so, down to you, Jonathan.
32:33No, sorry, I've got 8.60 by mistake, sorry.
32:37So, in that case, Glenn, we're back with you.
32:40Yeah, I'm afraid I've made a mistake as well.
32:42Oh, oh, debacle.
32:46Now then, Rachel, 8.57.
32:47Well, I can get to 8.56, but I think one away is the best for this one.
32:518.57 is not possible.
32:53All right.
32:54So, here we are then, gentlemen, 97 plays 45 as we plunge into the final round, conundrum time.
33:00So, fingers on buzzers, let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:10Brisk, Glenn?
33:11Replicate.
33:12Replicate.
33:13Let's see whether you're right.
33:14I have a feeling you will be.
33:17Well done.
33:18And.
33:22Well done.
33:24A good win, 107.
33:26I knew you'd go through that 100.
33:28Excellent stuff.
33:28Bad luck, Jonathan, but he was a strong contender today.
33:31He's very good at counting.
33:32So, he's back to London, back to Telegraph, and back to sports journalism, you lucky chap.
33:37For you.
33:37It's a great job, isn't it?
33:38It's a lovely job.
33:39If you like sport, if you don't like sport, it's probably not as fun.
33:41Nobody who doesn't like sport will go into it.
33:43That's the truth of it.
33:44You've got to be a fan.
33:46You've got to be a fan.
33:46When you take this doorstop, it's made of precious kryptonite and of almost incredible value.
33:53Well, it is incredible value.
33:54And your goodie bag.
33:56Yes.
33:56Back to the Telegraph.
33:58Yeah.
33:58And keep drawing with that.
33:59And we shall see you, Glenn, I think, for the semis on Thursday.
34:04Yeah?
34:04Well done.
34:05Brilliant, brilliant performance.
34:07See you tomorrow, Susie.
34:08See you tomorrow, Nick.
34:08Richard, great stories.
34:10More tomorrow.
34:10More tomorrow.
34:11More tomorrow.
34:12Yeah.
34:12All right.
34:13See you then.
34:13Rachel, see you tomorrow.
34:14See you tomorrow.
34:15And we look forward to seeing you tomorrow for another quarterfinal here in the Countdown
34:20studio.
34:21Same time.
34:22Keep you sure of it.
34:23Good afternoon.
34:33How to pull off a Christmas to remember tonight on 4, from parties to pants and Kirstie's
34:38Crafty Christmas at 8.
34:40But we're off to see the banker next, though.
34:42Best behavior.
34:43It's deal or no deal.