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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown.
00:34The show we're saying the right thing is so, so important.
00:38But with this being world listening today, we're going to focus on that.
00:42Hello, Rachel Riley. Hello, Colin Murray.
00:45It's a weird thing, world listening day, and what it's actually about.
00:48It's actually being aware of the sounds around us, nature, footsteps.
00:54It's not necessarily listening to human beings.
00:57So my question to you is, what is your favourite sound
01:01and what is your least favourite sound?
01:03I think favourite sound's easy, isn't it?
01:04It's the same stuff everyone likes.
01:06It's the sound of rain when you're inside or birdsong
01:10or, you know, waterfalls or the beach.
01:13But my least favourite sound, I think it's to do with the texture
01:16and just, like, the whole combination.
01:18It's going to be a weird one.
01:19But you know the...
01:20You love that, actually, you love jigsaw puzzles, don't you?
01:22Yeah.
01:23You know the bottom of a jigsaw puzzle box?
01:25If you, like, run your nails against that,
01:27I just hate the sound, the feel, like, everything about it.
01:30It makes my skin crawl.
01:31My favourite sound, and don't ridicule me, silence.
01:35Because it's almost impossible to find silence.
01:40I...
01:40If I'm sitting here, in this studio, nobody's here,
01:45there's not silence.
01:46The air con is going.
01:48So I always crave that.
01:50I love nothing more if I'm off on holiday
01:52of just not hearing a single sound.
01:54My least favourite sound is connected to our J of the D, Susie Dent.
01:59It is something that Susie can do.
02:01Oh, sorry.
02:02Don't do it, please don't do it, Susie.
02:03No, no, no, no, put those knuckles away, Susie.
02:05Sorry.
02:05Also, a terrible sound is the sound of a happy Liverpool fan.
02:09Awful.
02:11You shut up, Nelson, you haven't even been introduced yet.
02:14But let's make some noise for the man
02:16who's already introduced himself,
02:18and, of course, our Susie Dent,
02:19who's always just a click away.
02:24We have a new sheriff in town, Ian Watson.
02:27Our champion managed to stop our David
02:30from becoming an octo-champ yesterday.
02:32And I tell you what,
02:33you're happy to have Trevor Nelson there,
02:35because, boy, if I hear you talk about Bob Marley once more.
02:38Oh, fair.
02:40Huge love for the legend.
02:43Yeah, we do, yeah.
02:44Yeah.
02:44I love that.
02:45Well, listen, you're up against
02:46the brilliantly named James Jeans.
02:49Can I call you Jimmy?
02:50No?
02:50Please don't.
02:51OK, thank you.
02:51Jimmy Jeans is here.
02:53He's from Fulham in London, 35 years old.
02:57You're a lover of Italy, is that right?
02:59Yeah, absolutely, adoriously.
03:01I did it at uni.
03:02I've gone there for 35 years.
03:03I speak it fluently.
03:05Did you bring back the food?
03:06Can you cook a good Italian meal?
03:07Yeah, yeah.
03:08And my girlfriend even bought me an ice cream maker
03:10the other day, so that was fantastic.
03:12OK, well, James, Ian,
03:13exodus for one of you today.
03:14Let's play.
03:15Off you go, soldier.
03:20Consonant, please, Rachel.
03:21Thank you, Ian.
03:22Start today with N.
03:25Consonant.
03:26R.
03:28Vowel.
03:30A.
03:31Vowel.
03:32I.
03:34Consonant.
03:36T.
03:38Vowel.
03:40E.
03:42Consonant.
03:44S.
03:45Fowel.
03:50U.
03:52Consonant.
03:53And, lastly, H.
03:56At home, man in the studio, let's play Kindtime.
04:04MUSIC PLAYS
04:29Ian. Seven. James.
04:31Yeah, I'll stick with seven. OK, what have you got?
04:33Natures.
04:34Natures, James.
04:35Hursuit.
04:36What was the word you thought of risking?
04:38Haunters.
04:39Haunters, OK.
04:40Well, it's seven points each, but would haunters have worked?
04:44Yes, I hate to tell you.
04:45Brilliant.
04:46Sorry.
04:47It is in the dictionary, yeah.
04:48OK.
04:49And there were a few eights lurking, actually.
04:51I don't know if this is spelt right.
04:52Thesauri.
04:53Very good.
04:54Which we had as our tea-time teaser, didn't we?
04:57We did, yeah.
04:58Plural thesaurus.
04:59Haurient.
05:00H-A-U-R-I-E-N-T.
05:04Haurient.
05:05That's a term from heraldry and it describes, if you were to see it
05:09on a code of arms, for example, a fish swimming vertically.
05:12That is Haurient.
05:14And unearthed, actually, is another eight.
05:16It's a lot of work in that first round.
05:18Yes.
05:19A lot of work indeed.
05:20Well done.
05:21James, let's get your letters.
05:22Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:23Good afternoon, James.
05:24I'd like to start with a consonant, please.
05:25Start with S.
05:27And another.
05:29G.
05:30And a third.
05:32N.
05:33And a vowel.
05:36O.
05:37And another.
05:39E.
05:40And a third.
05:41E.
05:42I.
05:43A consonant.
05:44D.
05:45A consonant.
05:47T.
05:48And we'll end with a consonant, please.
05:53End with W.
05:5530 seconds.
05:57Clependency.
05:581
05:59Newman 2
06:03Technician.
06:05In
06:152
06:162000
06:19Nobel
06:202018
06:26It's going to be a busy round again, isn't it?
06:29James? Seven.
06:31And Ian? Seven. Seven.
06:33What have you got, James?
06:34Twinged. Twinged?
06:35Stowing. Yes, stowing and twinged.
06:39For two sevens. What else have we got?
06:41We've got eight. Widgeons.
06:44Widgeons. Is that something...
06:46If I don't get this, I might not be allowed back home.
06:48Is that at the bottom of a can of Guinness?
06:51Oh, that's a widget. Thank you. OK, move on.
06:54I'm surprised you get to the bottom of a can of Guinness these days.
06:56Isn't it a dabbling duck?
06:57A dabbling duck. You can spell it with a D in the middle.
07:00And yes, dabbling ducks with reddish brown and grey plumage.
07:04A duck pretty much sums up how I play Countdown.
07:07Calm on the surface, the little legs are going underneath.
07:1014 points each. First numbers round, Ian Watson.
07:13One from the top, please, Rachel, and any other five?
07:16Thank you, Ian. One large five little.
07:18See if the numbers could separate you two.
07:20First one of the day is two, six, ten, four, three,
07:27and the large one, 25, and the target to reach 428.
07:32Four, two, eight. Numbers up.
07:34.
07:35.
07:43.
07:47.
07:59MUSIC
08:044-2-8 the target, Ian.
08:064-2-8. Yeah, and James? 4-2-8.
08:08That'd be a really good game today, Ian.
08:1010 plus 3 plus 4.
08:1317. 25.
08:154-2-5.
08:166 divided by 2.
08:18Nicely done.
08:20Same way, James? Identical.
08:22There you go. Have a look, Ian, confirm it.
08:25APPLAUSE
08:2824 points each. First tea-time teaser of the day.
08:32Dr Coconut.
08:34Dr Coconut. It's a good clue, this.
08:36You're more likely to find one on stage than on a bus.
08:40You're more likely to find one on stage than on a bus.
08:43MUSIC
08:51APPLAUSE
08:53Welcome back, Dr Coconut, whoever they are.
08:59You're more likely to find one on stage than on a bus these days.
09:04Anyway, you are. It is conductor.
09:07We're even Stevens. 24 points each. James, you're up.
09:09Thank you. Let's start with the consonant.
09:11Thank you, James. N.
09:13And another.
09:14S.
09:15And a third.
09:16L.
09:17And a fourth.
09:18D.
09:19And a vowel.
09:20E.
09:21And another.
09:22O.
09:23And a third.
09:24A.
09:25And a consonant.
09:26F.
09:27And a final consonant.
09:28Final L.
09:29Thank you, Rachel.
09:30Thank you, Rachel.
09:43So, of course.
09:44Whoo.
09:53And a vowel.
09:54那个 thoroughly.
09:56The renter.
09:57Number one.
09:58Is that the Mash public?
09:59No, it is rolling in the ground.
10:00There's no adjourn.
10:01That's precise.
10:02That's great.
10:03Bye.
10:04That's not bad.
10:06I will add another creature to Nashville on stage.
10:08Which is a pensive rite?
10:10Is that theì…˜?
10:11Yes.
10:12What are you going to go for, James?
10:15Six.
10:16And Ian?
10:17Six.
10:18OK. James?
10:19Farson.
10:20Yes?
10:21Torns.
10:22I know you've something better written down.
10:23Stollen.
10:24Stollen?
10:25Yes, Stollen.
10:26Delicious, really rich German fruit nut loaf, essentially.
10:30Anything else?
10:31That's all, really.
10:32That was it?
10:33Yeah, Stollen was ours.
10:34Stollen, not declared, so Ian steals in and shares the points again.
10:39So, 30 points apiece as we get more letters in.
10:42Mr Watson.
10:43Consonant, please.
10:44Thank you, Ian.
10:45C.
10:46Consonant.
10:49Y.
10:51Vowel.
10:53I.
10:54Vowel.
10:56A.
10:58Consonant.
10:59P.
11:02Consonant.
11:04M.
11:05Vowel.
11:07E.
11:10Consonant.
11:12P.
11:17Consonant.
11:18And the last one.
11:19N.
11:21Half a minute.
11:22Marquee.
11:23C.
11:24C.
11:25The Back Are ouvert.
11:26Professor of This is a 45-hour thread.
11:27MUSIC PLAYS
11:53Give me a number in.
11:54It's the five.
11:55And James?
11:56I'll try a six.
11:57Five, Ian?
11:58Mince.
11:59And the six.
12:00Coyman?
12:01Yes, very good.
12:02Yes, that's a good old countdown word.
12:04Absolutely, yeah, pie seller.
12:05What else have you got for me, Trevor?
12:07Same thing.
12:07That's it?
12:08Yeah.
12:08You can actually use the second P and have a pipe man,
12:11if you would like one,
12:12and that is someone who either lays pipes,
12:16or in the US it's a firefighter.
12:17Right.
12:18Not a bagpiper, then.
12:20Well, do you know what?
12:20It's got so many different meanings.
12:21It could be somebody who smokes a pipe,
12:23so I wouldn't be surprised if it could also be a bagpiper.
12:25Well, it's Bagpipe Appreciation Day coming up soon.
12:28Rach, don't worry, we will be talking about it.
12:31James, you're picking the numbers.
12:33Let's go for one large and five small stuff.
12:35Why not?
12:36One big five, little.
12:38And this selection is two, four, five, five, four,
12:47and the large one, 50.
12:48And the target to reach 235.
12:52235, numbers up.
12:53Two little spikes, five, four, five, five, four,
13:08four, five, six, seven, five, six, seven, seven, seven, nine.
13:10So we can see a little bit.
13:12We'll be talking about it right now.
13:14We'll be the third time.
13:14We'll be looking at it.
13:15We'll be looking at it.
13:16nämlich America.
13:162-3-5, the target, James.
13:252-3-5.
13:26And in.
13:272-3-5.
13:27That's what I expected.
13:28Off you go, James.
13:3050 times 4 is 200.
13:32200.
13:334 plus 2 is 6, times 5, 30.
13:36Add it on along with the other 5.
13:38Yeah, and you haven't used any of those more than you should have.
13:41Yeah, many ways to go, Ian.
13:4350 times 5 is 250.
13:45Yep.
13:454 divided by 2.
13:484 divided by 2?
13:50Sorry, I've gone wrong.
13:514, 4.
13:52Sorry, I've gone wrong.
13:52Oh, my goodness.
13:54James takes the 10 points.
13:56As we break bread again, we break stalling with Trevor Nelson.
14:00I feel like chronologically we're going through your career so far
14:04and I'm loving it because there's big stories at every turn.
14:07We started with the early days of KISS FM,
14:10we then went towards MTV.
14:11Where are we going today?
14:12Where would you like us to go to?
14:14Radio 1?
14:16Yeah, that's the next stop.
14:17That's where I met you, Colin.
14:18That's where we met.
14:19I mean, I joined Radio 1 in 96.
14:21It's really going for a massive change.
14:25For a lot of young people watching now,
14:26they wouldn't realise how big a station it was.
14:29It's big to them now, but it was ginormous.
14:32Yeah.
14:33And it was trying to appeal to every age group just before I joined.
14:37And they had a...
14:37Remember, they had a sort of a...
14:39They slashed a lot of the old DJs and got rid of them.
14:42And it was an outcry in the public.
14:44And that's when Radio 2 became really popular.
14:46Because a lot of them, that audience went to Radio 2.
14:49And there were lots of specialist DJs like Tong, you know, myself, Judge Jules.
14:54It was part of the...
14:54The Britpop explosion was happening.
14:56R&B was emerging.
14:58Hip-hop was...
14:59It was just so much fun.
15:01And we were seen as, I think,
15:04the last sort of really, really household-y name...
15:08Well...
15:09...young radio DJs, I think.
15:11Not to be disparaging, and I'm not being disparaging here at all,
15:14but that line-up was very successful after all the outcry.
15:17Very successful indeed.
15:19And nobody was famous before they walked into the building.
15:22That's true.
15:22You know, Scott Mills came from local radio.
15:25I came from local music magazine.
15:27Edith, you could argue, was the only one.
15:30She had an MTV show, right?
15:31But it wasn't a huge show or anything.
15:34So everyone was there for the love of music
15:35and loved the art of radio.
15:37You're right. I think it's changed.
15:39And thank God there wasn't social media.
15:41Because I don't think we would be where we are today
15:45if there was social media in those days.
15:47Speak for yourself.
15:47I'm telling you now.
15:49Second, everything you say, can you imagine?
15:50Everything you say, someone critiquing it back then.
15:53Every show you did, someone marking you out of ten,
15:56or what was that about?
15:58No, I think we had the last analogue run of fun.
16:03You know, the reason I'm still broadcasting today
16:05is because of that time.
16:06Yeah.
16:07You know, that time, that very analogue time.
16:09I survived it to be in a digital world.
16:11Nobody dressed up to go to work, right?
16:13You didn't have to film yourself.
16:15And when a guest came in, it was radio.
16:18It wasn't radio and TV and social media at the same time.
16:22Now, they're coming in and it's hair, makeup, it's the whole thing,
16:25and you're preparing someone to do a radio interview,
16:28it might as well be a TV interview.
16:29Correct.
16:30And that's the difference.
16:30So it was brilliant.
16:32Trevor, thank you so much.
16:3346 players, 30.
16:39So a bit of catching up for a champion to do,
16:41and it's your letters.
16:42Consonant, please.
16:43Thank you, Ian.
16:44F.
16:46Consonant.
16:46A final O.
17:14Here we go.
17:16Here we go.
17:47More of a challenge, Ian?
17:49Six.
17:50James?
17:50Five.
17:51Five?
17:51What's the five, mate?
17:52Fourth.
17:53And the sixth?
17:53Cozier.
17:54Susie, cozier with a Z.
17:56Yeah, I'd love to say yes.
17:57And there are examples in the dictionary of it with a Z, but it is US English, I'm afraid, American English, and we're not allowed American spellings.
18:05Sorry, Ian.
18:06Anything else?
18:07Yeah, we've got seven.
18:09Wow.
18:09Orifice.
18:10Orifice.
18:11Orifice.
18:11Orifice.
18:11Orifice.
18:12Orifice.
18:12Orifice.
18:13There you go.
18:14Great word.
18:15Yeah.
18:16I will not mention talking out of anything.
18:18I'll literally just ask James for more letters.
18:20Start with the consonant, please.
18:21Thank you, James.
18:23N.
18:24And the second?
18:25D.
18:27And a third?
18:29S.
18:30And a fourth?
18:32G.
18:33And a vowel?
18:35E.
18:36And another?
18:37O.
18:38And another?
18:39E.
18:41And a consonant?
18:44D.
18:47And a final consonant?
18:50A final S.
18:52Let's start the clock.
19:06S.
19:22Out there, James.
19:25Six.
19:26And Ian.
19:27Try seven.
19:28James.
19:29Dodgers.
19:30Go ahead.
19:31Godsend.
19:32Godsend.
19:33Godsend is beautiful.
19:34It's in the dictionary, and you might kick yourself, but, I mean, you've still got the seven.
19:39Godsend is, yes, you can put the S on it.
19:41Yeah.
19:42Yeah.
19:42Well done.
19:43Ian, let's get numbers.
19:44One and five, please, Rachel.
19:46Thank you, Ian.
19:46One and five.
19:48And the five for you are one, nine, eight, four, and six.
19:58And the one, 100.
20:01The target, five, six, four.
20:03Five, six, four.
20:03Numbers up.
20:04Five, six, four.
20:07Five, six.
20:08One and five.
20:08Five, six, five.
20:13One.
20:22Two.
20:24Two.
20:24One.
20:25One.
20:26Two.
20:27Three.
20:28One.
20:29One's.
20:30Two.
20:31Two.
20:32One.
20:32One.
20:33Two.
20:335-6-4. Ian? 5-6-5.
20:37One away. James? 5-6-4. Off you go.
20:41106. 100 times 6, sorry. 600.
20:449 times 4. 36. Perfect.
20:485-6-4.
20:51Stretching that lead again. Welcome, Mr. Jeans.
20:54Your second tea-time teaser is gasp until.
20:58Gasp until. The fans would gasp until the final whistle.
21:01What a game.
21:02The fans would gasp until the final whistle.
21:04What a game.
21:21Welcome back. The fans would gasp until the final whistle.
21:25What a game.
21:26Pulsading was your tea-time teaser.
21:28Are we going to get the crucial countdown conundrum?
21:30We shall see.
21:32Better work for a champion to do.
21:34And our challenger, James, leading by 24 points, picks these letters.
21:38Could I start with the consonant, please?
21:40Thank you, James.
21:40N.
21:41And another.
21:43B.
21:44And a third.
21:46R.
21:47And a fourth.
21:51M.
21:51And a vowel.
21:53I.
21:54And another.
21:55A.
21:56And a third.
21:58E.
21:59And a consonant.
22:02L.
22:03And a final consonant.
22:05And a final K.
22:07Let's play.
22:33MUSIC PLAYS
22:39James? Seven. And Ian? Six.
22:42The six is? Humberler. James, what have you got?
22:45Mineral. Mineral. Very good. Nice.
22:49Seven points for James. Stretch is that lead. What else?
22:52Seven as well. Ramekin. Yeah.
22:55Ian, there's still hope. Let's do it. Consonant, please.
22:58Thank you, Ian. R.
23:01Consonant.
23:03H. Vowel.
23:06O. Vowel.
23:09I. Consonant.
23:13G.
23:16Consonant.
23:17R. Vowel.
23:20E.
23:23Consonant.
23:27V.
23:31Consonant.
23:32Lastly, S.
23:35Good luck.
23:35S.
23:36S.
23:37Vowel.
23:46Is.
23:55Vowel.
23:55Incont.
23:56F.
23:56MUSIC PLAYS
24:06Ian, give me a number. I'll try your seven.
24:08You got it at this stage. James?
24:10I'll stick with the six. The six is? Hovers.
24:13And what about the seven? Horsier?
24:15Erm, absolutely fine.
24:17You have a horsier face than the next person. Oh, my goodness.
24:21Horsier delivers you the seven points.
24:25Trevor? I have nothing.
24:28No. Horsier.
24:30What we left, though, the G and the V, that's fantastic.
24:33Unless you have something, Susie.
24:35I can't beat seven, that's brilliant. Horsier.
24:37Well, listen, let's end Dixnery Corner and trot straight into another
24:41Origins of Words with Denticles.
24:44What are we doing today? You talk about biscuits.
24:46Oh, nice. I remember Richard Whiteley always telling the audience
24:50how much he loved Gypsy Creams, and he was sent crate loads of them,
24:54so perhaps if we mention our favourite biscuit.
24:57Well, I mean, you shouldn't do that. You shouldn't do that, really.
24:59No.
25:00It's taken advantage, and we're also public service broadcaster.
25:03Do you know what I love? The feel of £50 notes.
25:05Sensational.
25:06Absolutely. But by the by, you don't... I do love them.
25:10OK. Well, I'm going to talk about taking the biscuit,
25:12cos that's actually not always a good thing,
25:15and you would think of it as being a quintessentially British idiom,
25:18wouldn't you, because biscuits are so much part of our culture.
25:22Um, first appeared in the late 19th century,
25:24and it means to kind of win or excel at something,
25:27but, as I say, it can mean that something tops everything else
25:30in sort of badness as well as good things as well.
25:34So it can be something that's really annoying as well as surprising.
25:37Um, and what is surprising is that it isn't, in fact, British,
25:40and it is American.
25:42And this happens quite often with expressions
25:44that we think of as being so part of our culture
25:47that they've got to be British homegrown examples,
25:50but stiff upper lip is the classic example,
25:53which is actually American.
25:55Anyway, back to taking the biscuit.
25:57First examples, as I say, from the US,
25:59and it's actually a riff on an earlier phrase,
26:02which is to take the cake,
26:04and that meant to take the honours.
26:06And we think this may have begun with the giving of a cake
26:09as a prize, um, in fact,
26:12in a competition that was known as the cakewalk.
26:14And the cakewalk was a contest in graceful walking,
26:17and you would find it particularly in the US southern states,
26:21um, and particularly, um, amongst slaves,
26:24black slaves in southern plantations.
26:26So, um, it was a kind of entertainment,
26:28it was thought, uh, to be then.
26:30And this isn't new,
26:31because the ancient Greeks also awarded cakes as prizes.
26:34Anyway, I think that's how it started.
26:36And by the 1880s, it wasn't taking the cake,
26:39it was taking the biscuit.
26:40Um, and biscuit itself, just to throw this in,
26:43one of my favourite etymologies,
26:44goes back to the French biscuit, meaning twice cooked,
26:47because it's baked, first of all,
26:49and then it's dried in a slow oven,
26:51uh, so that it will keep for longer.
26:53Nice.
26:54APPLAUSE
26:56Right, let's get back to the game.
26:59Four rounds left.
27:0224 points in it.
27:04Still within touching, distance champion.
27:07James, you're picking the letters.
27:09Start with a consonant, please.
27:10Thank you, James.
27:11T.
27:12And a second.
27:14P.
27:15And a third.
27:16D.
27:17And a vowel.
27:18U.
27:19And another.
27:20A.
27:21And a third.
27:22E.
27:23And a consonant.
27:24S.
27:25And another.
27:26Q.
27:27And end with a consonant, please.
27:29End with a consonant, please.
27:30End with a T.
27:31Count down.
27:32T.
27:33T.
27:34T.
27:35T.
27:36T.
27:37T.
27:38T.
27:39T.
27:40T.
27:41T.
27:42T.
27:43T.
27:44T.
27:45T.
27:46T.
27:47T.
27:48T.
27:49T.
27:50T.
27:51T.
27:52T.
27:53T.
27:54T.
27:55T.
27:56T.
27:57T.
27:58T.
27:59T.
28:00T.
28:01T.
28:02T.
28:03T.
28:04T.
28:05T.
28:06T.
28:07T.
28:08T.
28:09T.
28:10T.
28:11T.
28:12T.
28:13Eight. And Ian?
28:15Eight. Yeah, it's going to be the same word, isn't it, James?
28:18Squatted. Yes, and Ian?
28:20Yeah, OK. There you go. Yeah, well done.
28:23APPLAUSE
28:25The queue there, I mean, there you go.
28:28We also got updates for seven but squatted for eight.
28:30Very good, very good. One letters round to go.
28:33Ian, you're choosing.
28:34Consonant, please. Thank you, Ian.
28:36N.
28:38Consonant.
28:39D.
28:41Vowel.
28:42A.
28:44Vowel.
28:46E.
28:47Consonant.
28:49R.
28:51Consonant.
28:52T.
28:54Vowel.
28:56O.
28:59Vowel.
29:02A.
29:04Consonant.
29:05Lastly, S.
29:07And last letters.
29:09E.
29:13C.
29:18This is.
29:20Our time is up in. You need to do better than James.
29:42It'll be home with the teepot. Seven.
29:44Seven. Seven as well. OK, let's confirm the words.
29:48Treason. Treason.
29:49Treason and James. Roasted.
29:51And roasted. Well done both of you.
29:54And so you go, you'll be in that champion's chair.
29:57James, well done to you.
29:59Through no fault of your own end at all, by the way.
30:01A really great performance.
30:03Two rounds left, though. Anything else in that last letter?
30:06We had donates for seven.
30:08Yeah.
30:09And one I don't know, torsade.
30:11Torsade?
30:12Yeah, it's like a twisted, decorative braid for your hair.
30:15About like I had a torso style.
30:17Clearly why I don't know it.
30:19Yes, there's no knowledge of that.
30:20Yeah.
30:21You wouldn't even have got brush if it had been there.
30:23OK, don't push it.
30:25James, last numbers.
30:27You can pick.
30:28I can pick.
30:29Let's go for six more.
30:31Let's wake our brains up and annoy Colin as well.
30:34Two for one.
30:35Who are the little ones for this round.
30:38Seven, four, ten, five, nine, and two.
30:44And the target to reach with them, 589.
30:47You're always going to pick six small.
30:49Five, eight, nine, last numbers.
30:50You're always going to pick six small.
30:51You're always going to pick six small.
30:52You're always going to pick six small.
30:53You're always going to pick six small.
30:53You're always going to pick six small.
30:54You're always going to pick six small.
30:54You're always going to pick six small.
30:55You're always going to pick six small.
30:55You're always going to pick six small.
30:56You're always going to pick six small.
30:56You're always going to pick six small.
30:57You're always going to pick six small.
30:58You're always going to pick six small.
30:59You're always going to pick six small.
31:00You're always going to pick six small.
31:01You're always going to pick six small.
31:02You're always going to pick six small.
31:03You're always going to pick six small.
31:04You're always going to pick six small.
31:05You're always going to pick six small.
31:06MUSIC PLAYS
31:215-8-9, the target was six small, James.
31:245-8-8.
31:25One away, in.
31:265-90.
31:275-90, one the other way. You go first, James.
31:309-7 is a 63.
31:3263.
31:33Take five for 58.
31:35Yep.
31:36Times by ten is 5-80, and then four twos are eight, and add it on.
31:395-80 and eight for one below.
31:42And take us one the other way, please, Ian.
31:447 times nine, minus the four.
31:477 times nine, 63, minus four, this time for 59.
31:50Times the ten.
31:51Yeah.
31:52Yep, and that's one the other way.
31:53Got to be doable.
31:55It is doable, Colin.
31:57With ten times seven is 70, minus five is 65,
32:02times by nine is 585, and add on the four, five, eight, nine.
32:08Yes.
32:09APPLAUSE
32:10Well done.
32:13An important seven points, though, James.
32:15You can really put a marker down here,
32:16getting 100 on your very first appearance.
32:20Ian's there in 66, guaranteed the teapot,
32:24so all's well and ends well,
32:26as I ask you to put your fingers on the buzzers
32:28as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:00Time is up.
33:04Rachel Riley, the conundrum queen.
33:07Yeah, I'm sure Trevor played a bit of usher, usher, usher,
33:10et in your time.
33:13Ooh.
33:13Usheret.
33:14Usheret.
33:15Usheret.
33:15APPLAUSE
33:16Very good.
33:19The mind boggles as to what a thrustee does.
33:22But never mind, you missed out on the ton,
33:26but what you did do is capture that teapot
33:28and become a champion.
33:29See you tomorrow.
33:31Ian, in such a short space of time,
33:33I feel like we've really gotten to know you.
33:35So it's been so good to have you.
33:36You get the teapot and the goodie bag.
33:39Is it everything you thought it would be in your dreams?
33:41Yeah, yeah.
33:41Thoroughly enjoyed it.
33:43I was just glad to get to wear two shirts, actually.
33:45Listen, keep your two shoes on at Hartley Pool Games
33:49and thank you so much for being here.
33:50Thank you very much.
33:51Well done, lovely.
33:54No matter what your performance,
33:56you two get the return tomorrow.
33:58So, Susie, Trevor, I'll see you then.
34:00And all done, Rach.
34:02That was my gift to you.
34:03One whole second of silence.
34:05I still hear that air conditioning going off in the background.
34:08We'll see you tomorrow.
34:09Rachel, Susie and I will be here.
34:10You can count on us.
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