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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Wednesday afternoon
00:35as two contestants engage in a game of cat and mouse
00:38over 15 rounds of letters and numbers.
00:41Rachel, Riley, it's funny how you just straight jumped
00:44to another connection.
00:46If I say to you, cat and mouse, you think of...?
00:48Tom and Jerry.
00:50Tom and Jerry, 82 years old today.
00:52Hannah Barbera first appeared in a cartoon 82 years ago.
00:5582 years! That's bonkers.
00:58It's interesting, because we often will have a conversation
01:01about our favourite cartoons and stuff, but I'm not that interested.
01:04I'm more interested in the ones you have that emotional connection to,
01:07because every time you talk cartoons, you're actually talking memories.
01:10You know, that thing that just gave you peace when you were a kid.
01:13What were the cartoons that you identified with?
01:16I don't know about identified with,
01:18but the ones that I've gone back to and tried to show my kids
01:21was Spot the Dog. Do you remember Spot the Dog?
01:23That's you, though.
01:25Spot doing something really tame and cute.
01:28That's me.
01:30There's a few. Dog Tanyan was sensational.
01:33We had Bastille Day the other day, so it's worth mentioning that.
01:39Jamie and His Magic Torch. I think I just like the theme tunes,
01:42because my favourite one was Raggy Dolls.
01:44And that had a nice message.
01:46It was...
01:48If you're not at ease with your knobbly knees
01:50and your fingers are all thumbs,
01:52stand on your two left feet and join our Raggy Doll chums.
01:55And it was about toys that were rejected because they weren't perfect.
01:59And then they lived out the back together and they formed a little gang.
02:03And it was about outsiders.
02:05Most of us as children feel that insecurity.
02:08And it had a really nice message.
02:10I mean, watch it back now. It could be different.
02:12But I loved the Raggy Dolls.
02:14You haven't gone back and revisited it?
02:16No. Funny enough, it's not streaming on Netflix.
02:18Absolutely no recollection of what you're talking about at all.
02:21That is your Christmas present sorted.
02:24Something to look forward to.
02:26Thank you, Rachel.
02:28We'll listen in on Animated Dictionary Corner
02:30all this week on Countdown.
02:32Susie Dent joined again by the man who's rubbed shoulders
02:35with some of the biggest stars in music,
02:37but is slumming it with us, Trevor Nelson.
02:40APPLAUSE
02:43We welcome back our new champion, James Janes,
02:46and we start with an apology, a heartfelt apology.
02:51I have annoyed Mummy Janes, Paula Janes.
02:55I am sorry she has been in contact under no circumstances.
02:59I might have called James Janes Jimmy Janes.
03:02She is not happy, and I believe this is from birth, right?
03:05Yeah.
03:06She told the actual midwife.
03:08Yeah, the midwife delivered me and called me Jimmy
03:10and she gave a short shrift.
03:13So you're forgiven, Colin, but thanks.
03:16I think, James, you might be around long enough for me to make amends
03:19if your first appearance is anything to go by.
03:21Mark Brooks is hoping to end it at just one win
03:24from South Moulton and Devon. Lovely to have you here.
03:27Thank you very much.
03:28Yeah, it was a bit of a long travel and I'm a bit nervous,
03:30but hopefully I'll do my best.
03:31If you weren't nervous, it wouldn't be normal.
03:33That is true.
03:34Forget cartoons from your childhood.
03:36You love Top Trumps, which is, you know, the card game
03:39where it'll rate dinosaurs.
03:41Battleships was the first one that I managed to have.
03:44But I still play them now.
03:45I've got seven or eight packets in the drawer.
03:47Tell me about your collection.
03:49To be honest, it started off with my nan and grandad.
03:53They used to buy me packs and then there would be,
03:56say, you collect the three barcodes, you get a free one,
03:58and I'm probably up to about 100 packs at the moment.
04:01Wow. Wow.
04:02You see, I would be happy to sit and play all 100 in a row.
04:05Well, listen, the only competitor you need to worry about today
04:08is James Jeans.
04:10Good luck to James and Mark. Let's do it.
04:12APPLAUSE
04:14Right, our top trump for the time being. Let's go.
04:17Afternoon, Rachel.
04:18Hi, James, not Jimmy.
04:20I'll start with a consonant, please.
04:22Start today with L.
04:24And another.
04:27M
04:28And a third.
04:30T
04:31And a fourth.
04:33N
04:34And a vowel.
04:36A
04:37And another.
04:38E
04:39And a third.
04:41U
04:42And a consonant.
04:45P
04:46And we'll end with a consonant, please.
04:49And end with M.
04:51At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
05:12MUSIC PLAYS
05:23James?
05:24Six.
05:25And Mark?
05:26Seven.
05:27At the six?
05:28Lament.
05:29And Mark?
05:30Plummet.
05:31And plummet. Yes, those nerves are really showing, Mark.
05:33LAUGHTER
05:34Great start. Dictionary Corner.
05:36Exactly the same. Seven, plummet.
05:38Very good. Very good.
05:39Right, Mark, you're picking the letters this time.
05:41OK, could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:43Thank you, Mark. C
05:45And another, please.
05:47D
05:48And another.
05:50W
05:52And could I have a vowel, please?
05:54O
05:55And a consonant.
05:58C
06:00Another consonant.
06:02D
06:03And could I have a vowel, please?
06:06U
06:07And another.
06:09I
06:10And a final vowel.
06:12And a final A.
06:1530 seconds.
06:16MUSIC PLAYS
06:39MUSIC STOPS
06:47Time is up. Mark?
06:49Five.
06:50And James?
06:51Five.
06:52Yeah, good to get five.
06:53Audio.
06:54Yeah.
06:55Same word.
06:56Audio.
06:57Yeah.
06:58We have a visual on audio. Anything else?
07:00Well, it's what we do, isn't it? Audio.
07:02That's what we've got, five as well. It's a tough one.
07:05Five points each. First numbers round. James, James?
07:08One large and five small, please.
07:10One from the top.
07:12And five not.
07:14And the first numbers of this contest are...
07:23And the large one, 50.
07:24And your target to reach...
07:28Five, seven, six. Numbers up.
07:30MUSIC PLAYS
07:35MUSIC STOPS
08:00Five, seven, six.
08:02James?
08:03Five, seven, six.
08:04Mark?
08:05Five, seven, six.
08:06Yes, that's what you want for your first time at the numbers,
08:09when the nerves are at their highest. James?
08:1150 plus four plus three is 57,
08:14times ten plus six.
08:1657, 560, 576.
08:19I think Mark might just be showing his bit of paper.
08:22He might need to be moved.
08:26Right, let's get the first tea time teaser.
08:28The mind boggles at this one.
08:30Lilac bits. Lilac bits.
08:32During the flight, he got extremely angry.
08:34During the flight, he got extremely angry.
08:45APPLAUSE
08:52Welcome back.
08:53During the flight, he got extremely angry.
08:55Your Lilac Bits changes to ballistic for our tea time teaser.
09:00OK, just like James when he was challenger,
09:03now he's champion, he's losing after the first part.
09:06Long way to go, and it's your letters, Mark.
09:09Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:11Thank you, Mark.
09:12T
09:13And another?
09:16R
09:17And another?
09:19F
09:20And a vowel, please?
09:23E
09:24And another?
09:25O
09:26And a consonant, please?
09:29R
09:30And another consonant?
09:33L
09:34A vowel, please?
09:37I
09:38And a consonant?
09:39And the last one?
09:41Y
09:42Thank you, Rachel.
09:58MUSIC PLAYS
10:14Mark?
10:15Six.
10:16James?
10:17Seven.
10:18The six.
10:19Toilet.
10:20James?
10:21Terrify.
10:22Terrify. Terrify.
10:24What have we got?
10:25But we've also got trifoil.
10:27Good countdown word.
10:28It is all about three leaves or three sort of lobes
10:32when it comes to flowers,
10:34and it's a small European plant of the pea family.
10:36Right. 22 points each.
10:38Now, there you go.
10:40And, James, you're back in control.
10:42Consonant, please?
10:43Thank you, James.
10:44S
10:45And another?
10:48R
10:49And a third?
10:51K
10:52And a fourth?
10:53H
10:54And a vowel?
10:56U
10:57And a second?
10:59E
11:00And a third?
11:02O
11:04And a fourth?
11:08A
11:09And a final consonant, please?
11:11And a final R.
11:13Half a minute.
11:15MUSIC PLAYS
11:25MUSIC CONTINUES
11:45James?
11:46Stick with six.
11:47Mark?
11:48Six.
11:49What have we got?
11:50Rasher.
11:51And Mark?
11:52Shaker.
11:53Rasher.
11:54Was there a seven in there or anything better?
11:56Yeah, yeah, yeah.
11:58Huskier?
11:59No, sure.
12:01Horser?
12:02There you go.
12:03APPLAUSE
12:04I'm trying, I'm trying to accent the show.
12:08Well done. Horser?
12:10Yeah.
12:11Nothing better?
12:12Nothing better.
12:13More numbers now. Mark?
12:14Could I have one from the top and five small, please?
12:17This one. Picked it very specially for you.
12:19One large, five little coming up.
12:22Thank you, Mark.
12:23And the five little ones for this round are two, five,
12:27ten, four and seven,
12:30and the large one, 100.
12:32And the target...
12:34Very small, 156.
12:36156. Good luck.
12:38MUSIC PLAYS
12:53MUSIC CONTINUES
13:07It's just the way it falls sometimes. 156, Mark?
13:10Yeah.
13:11James?
13:12Yep.
13:13Off you go, Mark.
13:14Ten by five is 50.
13:1550.
13:1650 plus 100 is 150, plus the four and the two.
13:19No need to waste the ink.
13:20Yeah, no need to at all. James?
13:22I did four times two times seven for 56 and added it to the 100.
13:26There you go.
13:27Simple.
13:3138 points each as we chat with Trevor Nelson
13:36and we've had the early days, we've had the MTV days,
13:39the Radio 1 days.
13:41You've met and interviewed,
13:43not met them as in some sort of autograph hunter.
13:46You've interviewed the great and the good,
13:48really have, all the big stars.
13:50Let me ask you this today.
13:52Who are the ones that have got away,
13:54who you wish you had been able to get time with and never did?
13:57Dr Dre.
13:59Yeah.
14:00As a producer, I think of his generation in terms of hip-hop,
14:03definitely the biggest and greatest.
14:06He just never came over here and I never had the opportunity...
14:09I mean, I did Eminem, I remember, at the start of his career.
14:12While I was interviewing Eminem, all I was saying was,
14:15I didn't think Eminem was going to stick around as long as he did,
14:18to be fair, but I had a chance to interview Prince, you know,
14:22and at the time, when they offered me the interview,
14:26he called himself Cymbal and he hated the music industry
14:31and so I would have been interviewing a guy who was very quiet,
14:34not answering any questions, with a mask on,
14:37and I thought, I don't want any part of that.
14:39I think he's an amazing, still the best live performer
14:42I've ever witnessed in my life, but I thought,
14:45do I want to remember this guy for a dead interview?
14:49And sometimes you don't want to meet your heroes, right?
14:51Yeah.
14:52And I'd say the only other person...
14:54I'd never had an opportunity to interview,
14:56but it's the first record I ever got was Michael Jackson.
15:00I had the opportunity to meet him, but, again, I didn't want to meet him.
15:05Yeah.
15:06You know, I just think the music was the great escape when he was a kid.
15:10It was incredible.
15:12But everybody else has been...
15:15People say to me all the time,
15:17oh, it must be great you having interviewed all these people.
15:20Not really, Colin.
15:22Sometimes I don't look forward to them, because of that entourage thing,
15:26because of that, you know, what comes with it,
15:28and the expectation of what you're expected to get out of them,
15:31which is a lot of pressure.
15:33Well, let me ask you then, who's exceeded your expectations?
15:37The most giving person always was Will Smith.
15:39Yes.
15:40He was always the most giving.
15:42Even if he's promoting a dodgy film that's not very good,
15:45he still gives you an incredible 10, 15 minutes.
15:48Thank you very much, Trevor Nelson.
15:5338 points each.
15:55Champ, here we go.
15:57Thanks, Colin. Rachel, can I start with a consonant, please?
16:00Thank you, James. W.
16:02And another?
16:04T.
16:05And a third?
16:06R.
16:07And a fourth?
16:09G.
16:10And a vowel?
16:12E.
16:13And a second?
16:14U.
16:15And a third?
16:17O.
16:18And a consonant?
16:21S.
16:23And a final consonant?
16:25And a final D.
16:26Start the clock.
16:37CLOCK TICKS
16:57James?
16:58Seven.
16:59And Mark?
17:00Seven.
17:01The Highstander continues. What have you got?
17:03Outgrew.
17:04Mr Briggs?
17:05We had grited and outgrew to Dictionary Corner.
17:08Yeah, we had outgrew as well for seven.
17:11And this one for seven, worsted.
17:15Can't be a word. Yeah, worsted, innit?
17:17It's worsted. Worsted, you get me. Worsted, bro.
17:21Yeah. Tell me that's not the dictionary.
17:23It is, but it's not what you think.
17:25It's a toponym.
17:26So it's the name of a smooth yarn,
17:29a fabric that is so named because it's made in Worsted,
17:33the name of a parish in Norfolk.
17:35Very nice. Better meaning than how it's...
17:37It's not what we wanted, though, is it, Colin?
17:39No, I wanted it just to mean exactly as you used it.
17:41Mark, more letters.
17:43Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:45Thank you, Mark. T.
17:47And another?
17:48L.
17:49And a third?
17:51M.
17:53And can I have a vowel, please?
17:55E.
17:56And another?
17:58A.
17:59And a consonant?
18:01R.
18:02And another?
18:04G.
18:06And another?
18:08R.
18:09And a final vowel, please?
18:12Final E.
18:14Here we go.
18:33MUSIC CONTINUES
18:45Mark?
18:46Seven.
18:47And James?
18:48Seven.
18:49Off you go.
18:50Greater.
18:51Greater.
18:52Likewise.
18:53Greater.
18:54Dictionary corner.
18:55You missed out on telegram for eight, guys.
18:57There we go. You're mailing it in now.
18:59You're mailing it in now.
19:02Let's go two large, four small.
19:04Two large, four small this time.
19:07See if this can separate you two.
19:09The four little ones, nine, five, one and three.
19:14And the two large ones, 150.
19:17And the all-important target, 846.
19:20846. Numbers up.
19:22MUSIC CONTINUES
19:32MUSIC CONTINUES
19:52Time's up, James.
19:53846.
19:55Yes, and Mark?
19:56846.
19:57Off you go, James.
19:58100 minus 5 minus 1 times 9.
20:00100 minus 5 minus 1, 94 times 9 is 846.
20:04How do you go about it, Mark?
20:06100 by 9 is 900.
20:08Yep.
20:09900 less 50 is 850.
20:11Then minus the 3 and the 1.
20:13Yep, very straightforward.
20:15APPLAUSE
20:17Neck and neck, 62 points each.
20:19Your second tea time teaser is Suspender.
20:22Suspender, his shirt had an iron deficiency.
20:25His shirt had an iron deficiency.
20:28APPLAUSE
20:43Welcome back to Countdown this afternoon.
20:45His shirt had an iron deficiency.
20:47Unpressed, it was.
20:49Unpressed.
20:50We're very impressed by the performance
20:52of both our champion and challenger today.
20:54Mammoth scores with six rounds left.
20:56You could both break 100 here, which is always special.
20:59That's not temp fate, though.
21:01Six rounds left. Mark, you're up.
21:03Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:05Thank you, Mark. B.
21:06And another.
21:08N.
21:09And another.
21:11R.
21:12And a vowel.
21:14O.
21:15Another vowel.
21:17I.
21:18A consonant, please.
21:20G.
21:22Another consonant.
21:24S.
21:26A vowel.
21:28E.
21:29And another vowel, please.
21:31And lastly, I.
21:33Let's play.
21:55MUSIC PLAYS
22:05Mark?
22:06Eight.
22:07And James?
22:08Seven.
22:09The seven is?
22:10Ironiser.
22:11And the eight, Mark Brooks?
22:13Sobering.
22:14A sobering thought for our champion, James Jeans.
22:17Brilliant work.
22:18APPLAUSE
22:22Very good.
22:24Sobering was eight. We had regions for seven or ignores for seven.
22:28Very good. Lovely. Let's move on. James, it's your letters.
22:32Can we start with a consonant, please?
22:34Thank you, James. X.
22:36And a better one.
22:38F.
22:39And another.
22:41S.
22:42And a vowel.
22:44E.
22:45And a second.
22:47O.
22:48And a third.
22:50I.
22:51And a consonant.
22:53T.
22:54And another.
22:56T.
22:57And a final consonant, please.
23:00Final. S.
23:02Good luck.
23:03MUSIC PLAYS
23:23MUSIC STOPS
23:33James?
23:34Stick with a six.
23:36And Mark?
23:37Seven.
23:38The six is?
23:39Poises.
23:40Poises. You're going to kick yourself. Mark?
23:42Foxiest.
23:43Foxiest. Dictionary corner.
23:45OK, there is actually a nine.
23:47Postfixes.
23:49Is that very modern? Is that a media word?
23:52Yeah, it sounds like you might say,
23:54we'll fix it in the edit type thing.
23:56In linguistics, you postfix something by adding a suffix to it,
23:59as in for and some.
24:01So, awesome is postfixing.
24:03So, it's a bit complicated, but it will at least give us a nine.
24:06Well, we can't add anything to that. Brilliant.
24:10Here in the game, though, it takes Mark out
24:12of that crucial Countdown Conundrum territory,
24:15but four rounds left.
24:17You know only too well, James, it can change in the last four rounds.
24:21What are the origins of words?
24:23Susie, Dent, what have we got?
24:26We have got an example of how...
24:28I've been doing this for such a long time,
24:30but I can still be really surprised by something and think,
24:33wow, I never, ever knew this.
24:35And bear with me, because it involves something
24:38that is really not exciting when I say it.
24:41Back formation.
24:43OK, so back formation happens all the time in English.
24:46So, anyone driving a white van these days
24:49might not know that they took their name from a caravan.
24:52Not the caravans that we see on our modern roads,
24:54but the ones that would once travel across the desert.
24:57It's all to do with the means of transport.
24:59If we televised something, obviously we brought that back from television.
25:03PG Woodhouse gave us gruntles,
25:05to be pleased about something rather than disgruntled.
25:08So, this is something we do all the time,
25:10but sometimes it will surprise you
25:12because it will work in a way counter to your expectations.
25:15Orator came before orate, for example,
25:19or editor came before edit.
25:21You would have thought it would be edit,
25:23and then someone who does the edits would be editor,
25:25so it works that way. Swindler gave us swindle.
25:28So, the directions are quite interesting,
25:30but this one I never, ever knew.
25:32So, it involves the word escalator.
25:35OK, so the first escalators appeared in the late 1800s.
25:39We didn't really have names for them
25:42rather than quite sort of complicated ones like revolving stairs
25:45or endless conveyor and that kind of thing.
25:49But you would have thought, of course, that an escalator was so named
25:52because it escalates, it goes up,
25:54but you know it, you have already guessed.
25:58So, turn of the century, the New York's Otis Elevator Company
26:01patented the very first escalators.
26:04It was an entirely new brand name
26:06and their design won first prize at the Paris Exhibition in 1900.
26:11And they became more and more common
26:13because, of course, they're sort of highly useful.
26:15And so, what do we do when we get on an escalator?
26:18We escalate.
26:20And that came after the escalator.
26:23So, it might make you think,
26:25well, why did they name it an escalator in the first place?
26:28They actually took that from a French word, escalade,
26:30which means to climb a wall.
26:32So, they took it from something that was kind of
26:34much, much further back in time when it comes to language.
26:37But I love the fact when we say, well, that escalated quickly, etc.
26:40You would have thought that came first.
26:42But, no, it was the escalator patented all those decades ago.
26:46All from a brand name. Yeah.
26:48Look what came from it. Brilliant. Thank you, Sue Reid.
26:50You're welcome.
26:52The list did escalate quickly, didn't it?
26:55James, really good champion, really strong first win.
26:58He's up against it now. Mark's on 77.
27:01James is on 62.
27:03Perfectly good scores. Let's see what happens. Mark.
27:06Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
27:08Thank you, Mark. C.
27:10And another.
27:12P. And another.
27:14H.
27:16And a vowel. U.
27:18Another vowel.
27:20E. A consonant.
27:23V.
27:25Another consonant.
27:27G. A vowel, please.
27:31I. And a final vowel.
27:33And the last one.
27:35O.
27:37Can't dine.
28:08There you have it. Mark?
28:10Five. And James?
28:12Five. What have you got, Mark?
28:14Pouch. Pouch.
28:16And James? Vogue.
28:18Yeah, Vogue, Pouch. Horrible letters.
28:21Let's see what the brains department says.
28:24Five all round, actually.
28:26Vouch.
28:28We did pouch.
28:30And cough. Yeah.
28:32Yes. Chive.
28:34I think you might be able to put IE at the end of some of those.
28:37Pouchy, vouchy, but you can't.
28:39Nothing at all. You can if you want to.
28:41Well, if it's thrown in English, you could, but...
28:43Pogue. My goodness, so many fives.
28:45Nothing above that. Nothing above that.
28:47OK, let's see what this final letters round brings.
28:50James, you're choosing how many consonants and how many vowels.
28:53We'll start with a consonant, please.
28:55Thank you, James. T.
28:57And another.
28:59L. And a third.
29:01S. And a fourth.
29:04N. And a vowel.
29:07I. And another.
29:09E. And another.
29:11A.
29:13And a consonant.
29:15T.
29:17And end with a final consonant, please.
29:21And to finish, D.
29:23Last letters.
29:34MUSIC PLAYS
29:55James?
29:57Just seven. And Mark? Seven.
29:59A seven. What have you got? Slanted.
30:01Slanted. And Mark?
30:03There you go. Good standard.
30:05Well done to both of you. Seven points each.
30:07Not over yet. Dictionary corner, anything else?
30:09We've got one better. Mm-hm.
30:11Instated. Instated.
30:13Yes, you reinstate somebody,
30:15but to instate them someone in the first place is to install them.
30:18Is to put them in. To instate them.
30:20We could be installing a new champion.
30:23But, but, still hope, James,
30:26if you can do better in this numbers round, Mark, you're choosing them.
30:29Can I have six more, please?
30:31You can indeed. You want to seal the deal with a tricky one, potentially.
30:35Six little numbers to finish the day. James needs this.
30:38Right, we have ten, nine, one, four, five and seven.
30:44Is it possible in the first instance?
30:46928.
30:48928 last numbers.
30:50MUSIC PLAYS
31:02MUSIC CONTINUES
31:21928. Mark?
31:23Erm, I believe 928, but I haven't written it down.
31:27No worries. And James?
31:29No, I lost it. Lost it.
31:31OK, Mark, what I get this would be, let's see.
31:34I think I've gone wrong.
31:36OK, so both of you have drawn a blank. Mark, you can smile,
31:39cos that means you're a new champion.
31:41But, Rachel, I mean, this is a bit of a pipe dream, surely.
31:45You're going to have to leave it with me.
31:47I'll leave it to you to Wednesday week.
31:49No, give me two minutes.
31:51We'll see what we can do.
31:53One final round to go.
31:55James and Mark, fingers on buzzers
31:58as we reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:04BUZZER
32:05Come on, James.
32:06I thought it was dangerly, but it's not.
32:08It's not, so the rest of the time goes to Mark.
32:11MUSIC CONTINUES
32:29MUSIC STOPS
32:39Time is up.
32:41Susie Dent got it within a couple of seconds.
32:43Well, I hope I got it right. Legendary.
32:45Legendary. No wonder she got it right.
32:48It's the words you've described.
32:50End of Quizlet.
32:51APPLAUSE
32:53Well, there you go, all over.
32:55What a ride. It's not been a long time,
32:57but what a lovely ride it has been.
32:59We've got to know your family, we've got to have a laugh.
33:02You get the teapot all worked out well, eh?
33:04Perfect, yeah. What's more to want?
33:07And, Mark, you were so, so nervous before those titles rolled,
33:11you know, so I know that was a big deal today.
33:14So I think your scores are just going to go up and up, by the way.
33:17Thank you so much. Well done. Mark's our new champion.
33:20APPLAUSE
33:22I suppose we'll have you back again tomorrow, Trevor.
33:25We'll see you then. All right, Suze?
33:27Yep, see you then.
33:28Oh, well, listen, that is the look of euphoria.
33:31With even time to get the conundrum as well.
33:33I'm going, I'm happy today, Colin.
33:35If you say seven times ten is 70,
33:39add one for 71,
33:41four plus nine is 13,
33:44times those together for 923,
33:47and you have five left over, 98.
33:50Brilliant.
33:51APPLAUSE
33:52Always good to go out on a high.
33:54Can't wait to do it all again tomorrow.
33:56Suze, Rachel and I will be here. Of course, you can count on us.
33:59APPLAUSE
34:01You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:05You can also find our web page at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
34:10APPLAUSE
34:22CHEERING AND APPLAUSE