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00:30Good afternoon. Good afternoon. Welcome to the Cagdine studio, 1st of February, and our research department said, let's see what
00:38sort of firsts have excited you.
00:42And the first one they've come up with was, in 1953, Sir Edmund Hillary was the first climber to reach
00:48the summit of Mount Everest with Earl Sherpa tensing.
00:51I sort of remember that. It was nine at the time.
00:53But I definitely remember the next first, which was a year later, when Sir Roger Bannister, as he now is,
01:00was the first to run a mile in under four minutes, three minutes, 59.4 seconds.
01:05And I remember sitting in my father's car. I don't know where we were listening to it on the car
01:10radio.
01:11I remember I would have been 10 years old.
01:13That was down the Iffley Road, wasn't it, Susie?
01:15It was. It was in Oxford, yeah.
01:16It was.
01:16Yeah, Iffley Road. And Chris Chatterway, I think, was the pacemaker, wasn't he?
01:20I don't know who that was.
01:20I think he was. I think he was.
01:22And, of course, it was in 1996 that Dolly the sheep became the first cloned mammal.
01:27And I think the scientists that undertook that revolutionary work died just last year, actually.
01:33Oh, right.
01:33Yeah.
01:34And Dolly, I don't know whether Dolly's still with us, but she's muttoned by now, I would have thought.
01:38I think once they're past two years old, they're muttoned, so, yeah.
01:41Are they?
01:41I think so.
01:42But mutton is wonderful, you know, with capers, caper sauce.
01:45Lovely. Lovely.
01:47Now then, who have we got with us here?
01:48John Ashmore, series winner back in 98, just two years after Dolly was cloned.
01:54And you're a payroll club from Great Yarmouth, and you're interested in Scrabble.
01:59And I'm sorry to burden you with this, but apparently our research department's been probing your sex life.
02:05They have.
02:06Of which, apparently, Dolly had very little.
02:09And Scrabble helped it. What was all that about?
02:12Well, after I last appeared on Countdown, I got involved in tournament Scrabble.
02:16And in the course of that, I met Anne, who is now my wife.
02:19Excellent stuff.
02:20And you play volleyball in Holland. Why?
02:23Well, I've played volleyball for many years, and some of the people in our club have gone over to this
02:30magnificent tournament on the Dutch island of Texel for many years.
02:33Right.
02:34And I've been over there about five times now, I think.
02:36It's not beach volleyball, is it?
02:37No, it's on grass court.
02:39Grass court.
02:39Well, well done.
02:40You're joined today by Kurt Bevans, a series winner from 2009.
02:44He's a trainee actuary, is that right, Kurt?
02:47That's right, yeah.
02:47And also a big darts man. You're a darts referee from York, formerly a maths teacher, but you've chucked that
02:52in.
02:53That's correct.
02:53What does a darts referee do?
02:56A few jobs, essentially. They add the scores up, work out what scores are left, sort out problems on stage.
03:01You have second referees as well, watching out if they go into the exclusion zone, they're too close, that kind
03:05of thing.
03:05Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:06Are they difficult to manage? They're quite big chaps, some of them, aren't they?
03:11Well, a lot of them are getting fitter, let's say, and a lot of youthful people coming through.
03:16Yeah.
03:17There's a father and son. I watched the World Championships not that long ago.
03:22Something to do with chains. Who's that?
03:24Bobby George and his son, Richie George, that would be.
03:27Yes?
03:27Yeah, that's the other code. There's two codes for darts.
03:30Oh, really?
03:30And I'm on the other code to that one.
03:31Which code are you on?
03:33PDC, Professional Darts Corporation.
03:34And they are on the?
03:35BDO, British Darts Organisation.
03:37Oh, we don't talk about those, then.
03:39I don't know about that, but...
03:40All right.
03:42And you apparently had an embarrassing incident during a darts game.
03:45Are you prepared to enlighten us about that?
03:47Um, I was just practising darts at university and bent down to pick a flight up that had fallen off,
03:52and I heard a rip, and the back of my trousers had just gone straight.
03:55There you go.
03:56And I had to spend the next few minutes walking around with a massive hole in my backside.
04:00Never mind, never mind. Best place to have one, I suppose.
04:02Anyway, what I'd like to think is that we can now have a big round of applause to John and
04:10Kurt.
04:15Brilliant stuff.
04:17Anyway, we were talking about first, we've got Susie over in the corner,
04:20joined on this wonderful Friday, the 1st of February, by the great Mark Foster.
04:25And you've had a few firsts in the pool, our most successful swimmer.
04:29I mean, frankly, the statistics are extraordinary.
04:33Five times Olympian, six times world champion, ten times European champion,
04:38eight times world record holder, and twice a Commonwealth champion.
04:42That's fantastic.
04:43And you've had, of course, the Olympics, and you grew in stature.
04:47You were already eight feet.
04:48You're about 12 feet tall now.
04:49Because you were sitting there next to Claire Balding, a lovely woman, actually.
04:53I've met her a couple of times.
04:54She's a great character.
04:55Yeah.
04:55And you had a great time.
04:57The best time.
04:57The best time.
04:58Well, the next best thing to do in it is actually talking about it.
05:00But I might have achieved all those things, but I've never won a countdown teapot.
05:05I'll see if I can't find one for you.
05:06There's no old broken ones out the back.
05:08I'll see what I can do.
05:09But in the meantime, we've got to kick this game off.
05:11Now then, John, would you be good enough to do that?
05:15Can we start with a consonant, then, please, Rachel?
05:17Thank you, John.
05:18Start today with N.
05:20Another one, please.
05:22T.
05:23And a third one.
05:25P.
05:27Vowel, please.
05:29I.
05:30Another vowel.
05:31E.
05:32A third vowel.
05:34O.
05:36Consonant.
05:38R.
05:39Another consonant.
05:41J.
05:43And we'll finish with a vowel, please.
05:45And finish with...
05:47I.
05:48And here's the countdown clock.
05:50And here's the denominator.
06:09I.
06:10I.
06:11I.
06:18I.
06:19now then John Ashmore eight thank you and Kirk yeah eight as well okay John
06:24point here point here cook now I'm the same point you point yeah any more
06:30point here than that yeah we're point here as well anything else protein
06:35yeah protein proteins good anything else point you own protein pretty good
06:40well done eight all and Kirk take it away Kirk hi again Rachel hi again Kirk
06:45can you start with a constant please of course thank you starts with M and
06:49another Q and third please R and the fourth K Val E Val you Val a constant
07:07please S and a final constant please and a final P and here's the clock
07:18so
07:45Yes, Kirk?
07:47Seven.
07:47Seven.
07:48John?
07:48Also seven.
07:49Okay, Kirk?
07:51Marquise.
07:52Marquise, yes?
07:54Marks, yes.
07:54M-A-R-Q-U-E-S.
07:56Okay.
07:56Kirk, can I just double-check how you were spelling that?
07:59M-A-R-Q-U-E-S.
08:00Yeah, excellent.
08:01Are we happy there?
08:02We are, as in makes of car.
08:04Yeah, I have to say that the person sitting next to me got that within two seconds of
08:09the clock.
08:09I was very, very impressed.
08:11She's very, no, not impressed, very surprised.
08:13No, I was impressed.
08:14Very good.
08:15Surprised.
08:16A mark.
08:16Yeah, indeed.
08:17Yeah.
08:17Very good.
08:1815 all.
08:20Anything else?
08:22And you can turn that round and have masquer, or masquer, M-A-S-Q-U-E-R, and that
08:27is somebody
08:27who takes part in a masquerade.
08:30Yeah, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade, masquerade.
08:32Very good.
08:3315 all, and John, off you go.
08:36Consonant, please.
08:36Thank you, John.
08:38R.
08:39Another consonant.
08:42N.
08:43And another.
08:45B.
08:46A vowel, please.
08:48O.
08:49Another vowel.
08:51A.
08:52A third vowel.
08:54I.
08:56Consonant.
08:58V.
09:00A vowel, please.
09:03E.
09:04And a final consonant.
09:07And a final T.
09:09Stand by.
09:25V.
09:25I.
09:40Yes, John.
09:42Eight.
09:43Kirk?
09:43Eight.
09:44All right.
09:44John?
09:45Baritone.
09:46Baritone.
09:47And the same.
09:48Yes, two baritones.
09:49Yep.
09:49Two baritones.
09:54Very good.
09:55And in the corner.
09:56Any more baritones over there?
09:57Oh, we've also got another...
09:58For another eight, you could have had abortive.
10:00An abortive mission.
10:02Exactly.
10:03Very good.
10:03Cut short.
10:04Very good.
10:0423 all.
10:05Close game here.
10:06Kirk.
10:08Letters game.
10:09Constance, please, Rachel.
10:10Thank you, Kirk.
10:12S.
10:12And another.
10:14D.
10:15And a third.
10:17N.
10:18And vowel, please.
10:20A.
10:21And another.
10:22U.
10:23And another.
10:25E.
10:26Consonant.
10:27S.
10:28A consonant.
10:30M.
10:32And a final consonant, please.
10:34And a final.
10:35D.
10:36And countdown.
10:37E.
10:38M.
10:39E.
11:09A seven.
11:10A seven.
11:11John.
11:11Seven for me too.
11:14Now then Kirk.
11:15Assumed.
11:16Assumed, yes.
11:17Madness.
11:18Madness.
11:19Madness, yeah.
11:21Yep.
11:22What's happening over in that particularly sane corner of the studio?
11:25We've got a couple more sevens.
11:28The Barnes.
11:29Yes.
11:30And Medusas, which is a form of jellyfish.
11:33Jellyfish, exactly.
11:34It can be Medusas or Medusi.
11:37No capitals though.
11:38No.
11:39As in the Medusa.
11:40Named after Medusa.
11:41The serpent headed.
11:43Exactly.
11:43From myth.
11:44But no, no capital letter anymore.
11:46All right.
11:4730 all, tight game.
11:48John.
11:50Rachel awaits you.
11:51It's a numbers game.
11:52I'll have three from the top please.
11:54And three small ones.
11:55Thank you John.
11:56Three large ones.
11:57And three little ones for you.
11:58And for the first time in this contest, the numbers are 3, 6, 7, 50, 75 and 100.
12:07And your target?
12:10107.
12:11Oh dear.
12:11107.
12:12There's something right.
12:14Bye.
12:15Bye.
12:24Bye.
12:28Bye.
12:32Bye.
12:32Bye.
12:33Bye.
12:35Bye.
12:38Bye.
12:38Bye.
12:38Bye.
12:41Bye.
12:42Sorry.
12:43Very good, John. I didn't see you writing it down.
12:46I might just scribble something down that says 107.
12:48Well done. Kirk?
12:50Yeah, the same.
12:51You got it? All right.
12:52Well, let's hear from John first.
12:54Strangely enough, I added 100 to 7.
12:56I thought you might say that.
12:57I don't think we need to write that one down.
12:59And Kirk, did you struggle at all?
13:01Yeah, I did the same way.
13:03Well done.
13:03Why not? Seems a pity to get stressed over it.
13:06So, 40 all, but now it's our turn to talk to Mark.
13:10Mark, I think that when the opening ceremony of the Games was being televised,
13:16you were also on television with young Rachel Riley.
13:19Is that right?
13:20We were, indeed, yeah.
13:21Tell us about that.
13:22We're a partnership.
13:23I think actually Rachel got asked who she wanted to do the show with.
13:26Yes.
13:26And she said, I'm this really intelligent guy.
13:28Yes.
13:29But I will not go on that show without as my right-hand man.
13:32Well, what actually happened was they said that we had to share a dressing room.
13:35And I thought, who do I know that's an underwear model?
13:39And Mark agreed.
13:40Well done.
13:40Now, come on, tell us a little bit more about this.
13:42It was called?
13:43It was called the Million Pound Drop.
13:44Well done.
13:45And it was a charity thing?
13:46Yeah, it was.
13:47And you two teamed up, and what happened?
13:49Well, basically, the money we raised, or any of the couples,
13:51there were about six different couples,
13:53and the money that we all raised was going to be doubled
13:55and then given to the Paralympic sport.
13:58I think it was 12 different charities all involved in Paralympics,
14:00or Paralympic sports, yeah.
14:02We got through to the end, and we won £50,000.
14:04That's terrific.
14:05I was going to say, actually, earlier,
14:06when Kurt was mentioning being on the occhi
14:09and playing darts in his trousers going,
14:12I once got on the block in China for a World Cup competition,
14:16take your marks bent down, and my trunk's ripped at the back,
14:19which obviously I didn't know had happened at first,
14:21and this sort of laughter and stuff started,
14:24and someone came and tapped me on the side and said...
14:27And, of course, all my teammates were laughing their heads off
14:29at the other end, so...
14:31There was no hint of a breeze, only.
14:34But we were indoors.
14:36Oh, I see.
14:36There we are.
14:37What a shame.
14:38It's now time for a tea-time teaser.
14:40Let's see what we've got for you here.
14:42Royal Tea is the teaser,
14:43and the clue, between one and six,
14:46depending on how it falls.
14:47Between one and six, depending on how it falls.
15:05Welcome back.
15:06I left you with the clue.
15:07Between one and six, depending on how it falls.
15:10And the answer is aleatory.
15:13Aleatory?
15:14Susie?
15:15It's a great word to learn, this one.
15:17It's an adjective, and it means
15:18depending on the throw of a dice or on chant.
15:21It's so random.
15:22And it goes back to the Latin.
15:24I remember.
15:24Aleatory-ta-est.
15:26Very good.
15:26The dice-cast.
15:27Crossing the Rubicon.
15:28Crossing the Rubicon.
15:29Aleatory-ta-est.
15:30Well done.
15:30I knew I sort of knew it somewhere.
15:33Aleatory-ta-est.
15:34The dice-cast.
15:35Very good.
15:36Not bad, eh?
15:37Not bad.
15:37An old one.
15:39Very good.
15:40Forty-all.
15:41Quite pleasing himself.
15:43Kirk.
15:43Off you go.
15:45Constantly, Rachel.
15:46Thank you, Kirk.
15:47G.
15:48And another.
15:50S.
15:51And a third.
15:53S.
15:54A vowel.
15:55A.
15:56Another.
15:58U.
15:58Another.
16:00O.
16:01Consonant, please.
16:02L.
16:04Consonant, please.
16:06D.
16:07And a consonant.
16:09And the last one.
16:10B.
16:11And here's the clock.
16:12B.
16:13B.
16:14B.
16:14B.
16:15B.
16:16B.
16:16B.
16:17B.
16:17B.
16:19B.
16:20B.
16:20B.
16:21B.
16:22B.
16:28B.
16:29B.
16:29B.
16:30B.
16:31B.
16:33B.
16:43Yes, Kirk?
16:44Seven.
16:45Seven.
16:46Yep.
16:46John?
16:46No, miserable five.
16:48Miserable five?
16:49Let's hear about your misery.
16:50Flags.
16:51Flags?
16:52Kirk?
16:53A busload.
16:54A busload?
16:55And any improvements on busload?
16:59No, we have something quite similar.
17:01I'll just double check that it's in.
17:02I'm pretty sure it is.
17:03Um, it is, yes.
17:07Very, very good.
17:07Very good.
17:08What have you got?
17:09Well, if we were swimming championships, Susie would win bag fours or medals?
17:14Bag fours.
17:15Very good.
17:16Now then, Kirk stormed into the lead, 47 to John's 40.
17:19And John, time to catch up now.
17:22Don't let him get away.
17:23Letters game.
17:24Constance, please, Rachel.
17:26Thank you, John.
17:27N.
17:28Another.
17:31Zed.
17:31A third consonant.
17:33S.
17:35Vowel, please.
17:37U.
17:38Another vowel.
17:40A.
17:41And another.
17:43I.
17:45Consonant, please.
17:47T.
17:48Another consonant.
17:51P.
17:53And I'll finish with a vowel, please.
17:56And finish with E.
18:00Stand by.
18:00And.
18:01They're.
18:14They're.
18:19They're.
18:28They're.
18:31Yes, John.
18:32Eight.
18:33An eight.
18:34Kirk?
18:34Also an eight.
18:35John?
18:36Petunias.
18:37Petunias.
18:38That's the same one.
18:38Two Petunias.
18:40Yep.
18:41Two Petunias.
18:41Very close.
18:42Any more Petunias?
18:43We have Petunias.
18:44Anything else?
18:45No better.
18:46Or Peanuts for seven.
18:48Peanuts.
18:49Peanuts, Petunias.
18:50Very good.
18:5048 plays.
18:5155.
18:53Kirk still in the lead.
18:54And Kirk's letters game.
18:55Off you go.
18:57Can I have a concert, please, Rachel?
18:58Thank you, Kirk.
18:59C.
19:00And another.
19:02Y.
19:03And another.
19:05G.
19:06A vowel, please.
19:08E.
19:08And another.
19:10U.
19:11And a third.
19:13I.
19:14A consonant.
19:17T.
19:19Consonant, please.
19:21N.
19:24And a consonant, please.
19:25And the last one.
19:27L.
19:28Tick tock.
19:29Tick tock.
19:30Tick tock.
19:32Tick tock.
19:33Tick tock.
19:48Tick tock.
19:48Tick tock.
19:49Tick tock.
19:50Tick tock.
19:51Tick tock.
19:52Tick tock.
19:52Tick tock.
19:52Tick tock.
19:53Tick tock.
19:54Tick tock.
19:54Tick tock.
19:55Tick tock.
19:57Tick tock.
19:57Tick tock.
19:58Tick tock.
19:59Tick tock.
20:00Now then, Kirk.
20:01Eight.
20:02An eight.
20:03John?
20:03Just seven.
20:04And your seven?
20:05Eluiting.
20:07Yes, Kirk?
20:08Cultigen.
20:10Cultigen.
20:10That's a new one on me.
20:12Cultigen.
20:12If it comes from Kirk, you can be fairly sure that it's going to be in.
20:17I remember scurrying around the dictionary before.
20:20It is.
20:20It's a term from botany, and it's a plant species of variety known only in cultivation,
20:25so one which has no wild ancestors.
20:27Very good.
20:28Okay.
20:29Well done, Kirk.
20:31Well done.
20:32But anything else in the corner?
20:33Mark's got a cracker.
20:34Yes, Mark?
20:36Glycine.
20:37Yes.
20:38Yeah, it's a brilliant seven.
20:39I did spell it wrong, but I had the right letters in there.
20:41You did.
20:42Susie then put me right.
20:44It's an amino acid, the simplest naturally occurring amino acid, and you'll find it in
20:49those proteins.
20:50Is it French for wisteria as well?
20:52It could be.
20:53It comes from the Greek meaning sweet.
20:55I think it is, but I could easily be wrong at this time of the day.
21:0163 plays John's 48.
21:03John, your letters game.
21:06Consonant, please.
21:07Thank you, John.
21:08N.
21:09Another consonant.
21:12Another consonant.
21:13And one more.
21:15R.
21:17Vowel, please.
21:18E.
21:19Another vowel.
21:21E.
21:22And then one more.
21:25A.
21:27Consonant.
21:28F.
21:30Another consonant, please.
21:33L.
21:34And we'll finish with a consonant.
21:37And finish with X.
21:39And it's countdown clock time.
21:42And it's countdown clock time.
21:43And it's countdown clock time.
22:12Interesting.
22:13John?
22:13Just a six.
22:14A six.
22:15Yes, Kirk.
22:16Yeah, the same.
22:17John?
22:17Flaxen.
22:19Flaxen.
22:19Yes.
22:20And reflex.
22:21And reflex.
22:22Yes.
22:23Anything else?
22:25No better.
22:26So reflex is there.
22:27And that gives us 69 to Kirk.
22:2954 to John.
22:31As we turn to you, Susie, for your origins of words.
22:34Delight us.
22:35Well, I'm not sure I'll delight you with this one.
22:37I heard the Chancellor using this expression a little while back.
22:42Talking about cutting benefits.
22:43And he said he made no bones about cutting them.
22:47You know, universal benefits.
22:48Because some people didn't need them.
22:49And it got me thinking, well, where does that expression come from?
22:52To make no bones about something.
22:53And one theory is that it comes from the gambling table.
22:57And even today, you might hear someone say, roll those bones when they throw the dice.
23:02And bones, with this sense, goes right back to the 1500s.
23:05And so potentially, if you make no bones, you're not trying to influence the course of the dice
23:09by any of the superstitious practices that people use.
23:13They, you know, blow on the dice or they roll them in their hands,
23:16turn them up to show a particular number, et cetera.
23:18It's a nice theory, but the records don't quite fit.
23:22And we do know that proverbial bones are everywhere in English.
23:26We talk about having a bone to pick with someone,
23:28which is having a bone of contention to pick at or gnaw at, a bit like a dog.
23:32And back in the 1400s, another phrase was to find bones in something,
23:36as if you came across a bone while drinking a bowl of soup,
23:39which made it quite difficult to eat.
23:41And that's where this making no bones comes from, because to make bones is to make difficulties.
23:47To make no bones means you have no difficulty or misgivings at all
23:51in saying something which is quite difficult and which you're going to deal with.
23:55Good. Very good.
24:00Very good indeed.
24:02Well, Kirk, 69 plays 54, and it's your numbers game.
24:05So, there's Rachel. Talk to her.
24:07Just one large, five small, please, Rach.
24:09Thank you, Kirk. Or the Kirkulator, as I'm sure you love to still be called.
24:14One large and five small coming up for you.
24:16And for this round, they are nine, six, ten.
24:20Another nine, another six, and the large one, 25.
24:25And the target, 735.
24:27735.
24:27835.
24:56835.
24:59Yes, Kirk?
25:007, 3, 5.
25:01Well done, John.
25:02Yep, 7, 3, 5.
25:03OK, Kirk.
25:049 minus 6 is 3.
25:069 minus 6 is 3.
25:07Times 9.
25:08Times 9, 27.
25:09Times 25.
25:10Times 25 is 6, 7, 5.
25:13And then 6 times 10 is 60 to add on.
25:15And the other 6 times the 10, 60.
25:18And well done.
25:19Yeah, you're there.
25:207, 3, 5.
25:21Very good.
25:22And John, now a different way.
25:249 minus 6 is 3.
25:259 minus 6, 3 again.
25:26Times 10, times 25.
25:2810 times 25 is 7, 50.
25:31Take off the other 9 and 6.
25:32And the other 6 for 15 to take away.
25:36Very good.
25:36Good turn.
25:40OK, so Kirk maintains his lead, 79 against 64,
25:44as we go into a tea time teaser.
25:46And the teaser is Tea Album.
25:48And the clue, go for a walk,
25:50but behind schedule by the sounds of it.
25:52Go for a walk, but behind schedule by the sounds of it.
26:10And the answer, of course, is ambulate.
26:18Ambling along, ambulating.
26:19Now then, where are we?
26:22John, take it away.
26:24Slightly behind.
26:25Start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
26:27Thank you, John.
26:28M.
26:29And another.
26:32G.
26:33And one more.
26:35S.
26:36Vowel, please.
26:37I.
26:39Another vowel.
26:40O.
26:41And another.
26:42Another O.
26:45Consonant, please.
26:47R.
26:49Another consonant.
26:51V.
26:55And a consonant, please.
26:57And the last one.
26:59T.
27:00Clock time.
27:02Sounds.
27:04I.
27:04You.
27:14You.
27:19You.
27:30You.
27:30You.
27:32Yes, John.
27:33I think it's time to gamble on an eight.
27:35All right.
27:36Kirk?
27:37I'll stick on a six then.
27:38And your six?
27:39Erm, grooms.
27:41John?
27:42Vomiteurs.
27:43OK, I think it would be an vomiteur.
27:47Erm, it is, I'm afraid, not a vomiteur.
27:49Bad luck.
27:50This is when you ate so much and then they went and threw it up again so they could go
27:53back and gorge themselves again.
27:56Yeah.
27:57You don't find that a very attractive proposition, really.
27:59Er, not really.
28:01Anything else?
28:02Well, to go with grooms, we had vrooms, which is to, for car to make a vroom noise, believe it
28:09or not, it's in the dictionary.
28:10Vroom, vroom.
28:11Vroom, vroom.
28:12So, it's John, 64, Kirk, 85.
28:14And Kirk, your turn to choose the letters.
28:17Constance, please, Rachel.
28:19Thank you, Kirk.
28:20C.
28:20And another.
28:22N.
28:23And a third, please.
28:25S.
28:26Val.
28:27E.
28:28Val.
28:28I.
28:30Vowel.
28:32E.
28:33Consonant.
28:34T.
28:35Consonant.
28:37R.
28:38And a vowel, please.
28:40And the last one.
28:42O.
28:43Countdown.
28:47We'll see you next time.
28:48We'll see you next time.
28:52We'll see you next time.
28:53We'll see you next time.
28:53We'll see you next time.
28:55We'll see you next time.
28:56We'll see you next time.
28:57We'll see you next time.
28:59We'll see you next time.
28:59We'll see you next time.
29:00We'll see you next time.
29:01We'll see you next time.
29:01We'll see you next time.
29:02We'll see you next time.
29:02We'll see you next time.
29:03We'll see you next time.
29:03We'll see you next time.
29:03We'll see you next time.
29:04We'll see you next time.
29:04We'll see you next time.
29:05We'll see you next time.
29:05We'll see you next time.
29:12We'll see you next time.
29:14Yes, Coke?
29:15Nine.
29:16Nine.
29:17John?
29:17Nine.
29:18OK.
29:18Coke?
29:19I had erections that round.
29:22Pleased to hear it.
29:23And John?
29:24Resection.
29:26Very good.
29:27We happy with those?
29:28Yeah, I'll just double-check resection.
29:31I'm pretty sure it'll be in.
29:32It is.
29:33So excellent.
29:34Very excellent.
29:35Very good.
29:35Is secretion in there somewhere?
29:40Did I spot a secretion in there?
29:42Secretion?
29:43Excellent.
29:43Another nine.
29:44Well done, Nick.
29:45Yeah.
29:46We'll be very careful about those.
29:48103, Kirk.
29:49What's going on here?
29:50To John's 82.
29:52John, your letters game.
29:54Consonant, please.
29:54Thank you, John.
29:56D.
29:57Consonant.
29:59C.
30:00A vowel, please.
30:02A.
30:03And a vowel.
30:05E.
30:07Consonant.
30:09M.
30:10A vowel.
30:11A.
30:15Consonant.
30:16L.
30:18A vowel, please.
30:21A.
30:24And a consonant.
30:26And the last one.
30:27G.
30:29Stand by.
30:29A vowel.
30:58Let's go.
30:59A vowel.
31:00John.
31:01Just six.
31:02Six.
31:03And Kirk?
31:03Seven.
31:04John.
31:05Calmed.
31:06Calmed.
31:06Yes, Kirk.
31:08Sorry, Susie.
31:09Alameda.
31:11How are you spelling that?
31:12A-L-A-M-E-D-A.
31:16I know it's going to be there.
31:17It is.
31:17In Spain and Spanish-speaking areas, it's a public walkway or promenade, shaded with trees.
31:22Very good.
31:25Big, big score there.
31:26Well done, Kirk.
31:27Yeah, very good.
31:28One ten to eighty-two.
31:29Eighty-two's known to be the score, but a hundred and ten's terrific stuff.
31:33And now we come to the last numbers game.
31:35Rachel, are you ready?
31:37Kirk's coming.
31:39Just one large, please, Rachel.
31:41One large and five small.
31:43Thank you, Kirk.
31:44And for the last time this week, on for a very high score there, the numbers are five, seven,
31:50three, ten, nine, and the large on one hundred.
31:56And the target, nine hundred and ninety-eight.
31:58Nine, nine, eight.
32:00One, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
32:12nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
32:15nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
32:15nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
32:15nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine,
32:15nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine
32:30No, Kirk.
32:31Yeah, 998.
32:33You good, John?
32:34Yeah.
32:34Well done, both of you.
32:36Kirk?
32:37100 times 10.
32:39100 times 10, 1000.
32:42And then 5 minus 3.
32:435 minus 3.
32:44Well done.
32:45Another very easy one.
32:46All right.
32:46And John, same way?
32:48Snap.
32:49Same way.
32:49Well done.
32:51Very good.
32:52120.
32:53Highest score of the series, you know.
32:55Kirk?
32:55Oh, excellent.
32:56Yeah.
32:56You could be going for a big one.
32:58And if you pull off the conundrum, which we are about to unveil, that will be a terrific
33:04score.
33:05So, fingers on buzzers, please, gentlemen.
33:08Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:13Kirk?
33:14By concave.
33:15Right.
33:16Let's see.
33:19Ah, brilliant.
33:20Well done.
33:261.30.
33:28Kirk, 1.30.
33:30Monster score.
33:31Many congratulate.
33:32I mean, 92 for John.
33:34Normally, that would carry the day.
33:361.30.
33:36My word.
33:37That's something.
33:38You're in the final 16.
33:39And looking good, to be frank with you.
33:42Looking good.
33:43So, John.
33:44Back to Great Yarmouth with your clunk of kryptonite and your teapot.
33:49And our best wishes and congratulations, too.
33:52Great score.
33:53It's been good to be back.
33:53On the day, the calculator.
33:56He was here.
33:57He's going to be a good player who's going to stop him in this tournament, I think.
34:00Oh, brilliant.
34:00Brilliant stuff.
34:02So, it's Friday.
34:03Susie, have a lovely weekend.
34:04Sadly, we have to bid farewell to Mark.
34:06It's been a great pleasure having you here.
34:08You're a very popular guest.
34:09I hope you won't be too long before you're back again.
34:12Thank you very much.
34:13Brilliant stuff.
34:13Thank you very much, indeed.
34:15Have a lovely weekend.
34:16You know, you were talking about firsts earlier, as well.
34:18Yeah.
34:18You know, Kirk was my first ever series champion.
34:20Oh, is that right?
34:21And you never forget your first, do you?
34:24So they say.
34:26So they say.
34:28But, anyway, it'll be Monday afternoon, same time as ever, the same place here in Media City.
34:34You'll be sure of it, because we'll be waiting for you.
34:37Good afternoon.
34:48Our new series continues later at four, and some young antelope need some help with an older bully to South
34:54Africa for work on the wild side.
34:56Next, this afternoon, to Spain, where Scarlett Douglas has five more homes ready and waiting.
35:00It's a place in the sun.