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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown on Channel 4
00:34this Thursday afternoon.
00:36I hope your day's OK so far.
00:38Thank you for carving out a little bit of it to spend with us.
00:41We never take it for granted.
00:43And Rachel Riley, we've enjoyed having Trevor Nelson
00:46in Dictionary Corner, and as this is his last day of five,
00:49I thought we'd just pay tribute to the DJs at the top of the show,
00:53because now we're talking about 40, 50 years of history here.
00:58Any particular DJs jump into your mind?
01:00And let me tell you, it's not just the dance DJs.
01:02Picking the right tune as a wedding DJ is a big thing, as far as I'm concerned.
01:06I don't even know who the DJ was,
01:08but I remember my best night out clubbing with the girls,
01:10which was probably about ten years ago,
01:12and it was the tunes that we hadn't heard
01:14since we were out clubbing for the first time when we were teenagers.
01:17It was the 90s remixes,
01:19and it's those songs you've not heard for ten years,
01:21but you know every single word when they come on,
01:23and it was tune after tune after tune after tune,
01:25and I still remember that night ten years later.
01:28It's the DJ understanding who's on the dance floor,
01:32and any great DJ will play the right track for that audience that is there.
01:36That's the knack.
01:37I just want to pay tribute to people like DJ Yoda,
01:40who's a cut-and-paste DJ,
01:42but never, ever loses the heart of the venue he was in.
01:45But whether it's the indie music, the dance music, the old show tunes,
01:49there's a great art to DJ and a fantastic art to DJ.
01:52Yeah, and I haven't got it.
01:54Right, well, listen, the reason why we're talking about that, of course,
01:56is we've had the pleasure of an absolute DJ and legend
01:58and pioneer in Dictionary Corner.
02:00As I said, joining Susie Dent is the one and only Trevor Nelson.
02:03APPLAUSE
02:06And very good in the ones and twos and the threes and fours,
02:09but mostly the sevens and eights, is our new champion,
02:12which is Mark Brooks from Devon.
02:14How are you, sir?
02:15Not too bad. A little less nervous than I was yesterday.
02:17Well, goodness help everyone you're going to play when you settle in.
02:21Now, tell us about your fascination with...
02:24..I think it's ancient mythology, in particular the Greeks.
02:28Yeah, so I've always had a thing for basically just Greek and Roman,
02:34to be honest, just all the stories surrounding the gods and the Titans
02:38and everything like that from a really young age,
02:40and it's kind of just sort of grown with me, really.
02:42Yeah, the Greek gods, how can we put this at this time of day?
02:45They had their fun, didn't they? Yes.
02:47My goodness me. They had some interesting stories, yes.
02:50It's a bit steamy with the Greek gods.
02:52Well, Mark, good luck today. Thank you.
02:54You're up against A.D. Martin of Big Six.
02:56If it's experience you want of delivering, I'm going to give you that now,
03:00because he's a postman for the Royal Mail
03:02and A.D., who lives in Hull now, from Leicester, proud Leicester City fan.
03:0620 years in the Royal Navy, tell me a bit about that.
03:09Yeah, I had a couple of aircraft carriers, Colin.
03:14Many tails to spin, going around the world.
03:18Probably not for the afternoon viewers, but...
03:22Yes, yeah.
03:23Is that the best part of it, 20 years of just seeing the whole world?
03:26Yeah, that was easily the best part, yeah.
03:28Serving your country, obviously.
03:30OK, the Hull and back it was for you.
03:32Well, listen, good luck to you today, A.D. and Mark.
03:3615 rounds of letters and numbers this Thursday.
03:38Mark, get us started.
03:40Can I have a consonant, please?
03:42Thank you, Mark. Start today with R.
03:44And another.
03:46T.
03:47And another.
03:49Y.
03:51And another.
03:53P.
03:54And can I have a vowel, please?
03:56A.
03:57And another.
03:58E.
04:00And another.
04:02I.
04:03And a consonant.
04:05B.
04:06And a final vowel.
04:08And...
04:09a final A.
04:10That's the whole man in the studio. Let's play Kite Dive.
04:21MUSIC PLAYS
04:44Mark?
04:45A six.
04:46A.D.?
04:47Six.
04:48Very good. What have we got?
04:49A pirate.
04:50You certainly weren't. You certainly weren't, A.D.
04:52What's your word?
04:53Parity.
04:54And parity, which we have, with six points each. Dictionary corner.
04:57Parity for six as well.
04:59Good. I love the fact party came out just after we talked about DJ.
05:02That was the first five letters on today's countdown.
05:05A.D., you're picking the second round.
05:07Hi, Rachel. Hi, A.D.
05:08Can I have a consonant, please?
05:10You can indeed. D.
05:12And another, please.
05:14L.
05:15And a third.
05:17G.
05:18A vowel, please.
05:19I.
05:20And again.
05:22A.
05:23A consonant, please.
05:26D.
05:27Another, please.
05:29T.
05:31A vowel, please.
05:33I.
05:34And a final vowel.
05:36And a final E.
05:3930 seconds.
05:40MUSIC PLAYS
05:50MUSIC CONTINUES
06:10Eddie.
06:11A six.
06:12And Mark.
06:13A six.
06:14Yes, that is your goal today.
06:15Eddie.
06:16Glided.
06:17Glided.
06:18Mark.
06:19Detail.
06:20Detail. Glided.
06:21Very straightforward start to the show.
06:23What do we have?
06:24I'm going hip-hop here.
06:26That's not there. There was no itches.
06:29For those who know, digital, as in digital underground,
06:32great hip-hop act.
06:34Dilated, as in dilated peoples.
06:37We've got ligated.
06:40Yes. Ligated is kind of tying up a vessel,
06:43or it's an anatomical or medical term.
06:45But lots of sevens.
06:47What is the hip-hop connection? Diligated?
06:49I haven't got one.
06:50OK, fantastic. Just another check.
06:52We'll move on.
06:5312 points each, first numbers round. Mark.
06:56Can I have one big and five small, please?
06:59You can indeed. Thank you, Mark.
07:01One from the top and five not.
07:03And the first numbers of the day are...
07:058, 9, 4, 10, 7,
07:10and the large one, 100.
07:12And the target, 619.
07:15619, numbers up.
07:17MUSIC
07:21MUSIC
07:47619, Mr Brooks.
07:498, 1 away, Mr Martin.
07:51617.
07:532 away. Mark for 7 points.
07:559 x 10 is 90.
07:579 x 10 is 90.
07:59Times by the 7.
08:00630.
08:02Minus the 8 and minus the 4.
08:04Yep. 618, 1 below.
08:06Take me to 619, Rach.
08:08One way you could have said 100 minus 9, 91,
08:13times that by 7 for 637,
08:16and then you can take the 10 and the 8 to get 619.
08:22And the first two-time teaser of the day is Rude Stare.
08:26Rude Stare.
08:27Special memories where X marked the spot.
08:30Special memories where X marked the spot.
08:33MUSIC
08:41APPLAUSE
08:47Welcome back.
08:49Special memories where X marked the spot.
08:51That would be treasured, treasured memories
08:53with pirates and treasure.
08:55You never know where Countdown's going to go.
08:57Let's go again, then.
08:58Aidy, it's on you.
08:59Could I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:01Thank you, Aidy.
09:02G.
09:03And another?
09:05T.
09:06And a third?
09:08H.
09:10Vowel, please?
09:12O.
09:13And another, please?
09:14I.
09:16Consonant?
09:18J.
09:19A vowel?
09:21E.
09:22Consonant?
09:24H.
09:26And a final consonant, please?
09:29Final, N.
09:30Thank you, Rich.
09:31MUSIC
09:45MUSIC
10:02How many, Aidy?
10:03Six again.
10:04And Mark?
10:05Five.
10:06What's the five?
10:07A joint.
10:08And the six, Aidy, to pull some points back?
10:10Height.
10:11Height.
10:12Beats us, actually, cos we were stuck on fives.
10:15Height for six. Are we all done?
10:17Yep, definitely all done. Can't do better than that.
10:19Beats us. That's how you do it, Aidy.
10:21Just one point in it now. Mark, your choosing.
10:23Could I have a consonant, please?
10:25Thank you, Mark.
10:26R.
10:27And another?
10:28T.
10:30And another?
10:31V.
10:33And a vowel?
10:35I.
10:36Another vowel?
10:37E.
10:39Another vowel?
10:40U.
10:41A consonant, please?
10:43S.
10:44Another?
10:45C.
10:47And a final vowel, please?
10:51Final, A.
10:5230 seconds.
10:54MUSIC
11:12MUSIC CONTINUES
11:24That's time. Talk to me, Mark.
11:27Eight.
11:28And Aidy?
11:29Seven, not wrote down.
11:30Again, what's the seven?
11:31Saucer.
11:32And that eight?
11:33Curviest.
11:34Very good indeed.
11:35There you go.
11:36APPLAUSE
11:40Interesting letters. Trevor, Susie,
11:42anything you'd like to add at this particular juncture?
11:45Curatives.
11:46Is that for a nine?
11:47Yes.
11:48APPLAUSE
11:51They are medicines that have the power to cure disease.
11:54Yeah.
11:55All that matters is curviest, though.
11:57In this seesaw battle, Aidy, back to the numbers for you.
12:01Could I have one large, five small ones, please?
12:04You can indeed, thank you, Aidy.
12:06One large, five little coming up.
12:08And this time, your numbers are eight, six, one, three, two,
12:15and the big one, 50.
12:17And the target to reach, 633.
12:20633, numbers up.
12:22MUSIC
12:38MUSIC
12:53633, the target, Aidy?
12:55640.
12:56Seven away, Mark?
12:57632.
12:59One away, so it'll be seven points for you if you are one away.
13:03Six times two is 12.
13:04Six times two, 12.
13:07Times by the 50 is 600.
13:09600.
13:10Three plus one is four.
13:12Yep.
13:13Times by the eight is 32, and then add it on.
13:16And add it on for one away, yep.
13:18Now, Rachel, you had your magic clipboard out.
13:21You only use that when it's a challenge,
13:23but I think the way you passed it back, you looked a bullion.
13:26No, I didn't.
13:27No?
13:28No, you have to come back to it.
13:30It's one of those ones that looked really easy,
13:32and I got to lots of dead ends, so give me another 30 seconds, Colin.
13:35It's one away, said he, Rich.
13:37One away, said he.
13:38Good time to have a rethink, though,
13:40as we talk to Trevor Nelson for the last time
13:43in your Debut Stint in Dictionary Corner,
13:45and it's just been brilliant.
13:46Such a rich career, such an important career,
13:48just to hear so many of the highlights.
13:51But we were paying tribute to the DJ at the start.
13:53You've been doing it for so long.
13:55Yeah.
13:56I mean...
13:57I have, I have, I have.
13:59I never... I did not imagine I would still be out there,
14:02but Rachel nailed it.
14:04She really nailed it for what I do now.
14:06You know, you get loads of people sort of Rachel's age
14:09coming to my parties, and now they're bringing their...
14:12Well, I'm not saying Rachel's got a kid old enough to come to my parties,
14:15but do you know what I'm saying?
14:16She's brought her kid to a disco before.
14:18It was like a mums and daughters disco.
14:20Well, this is it, and it's like...
14:22I think it's driven by the music and the era,
14:24and the 90s particularly, you know,
14:27they don't make music like that anymore,
14:29and that's what people are loving.
14:31I'll give you a fantasy scenario to finish.
14:33You go to River Nelson's DJ,
14:35and we've all decided to buy tickets,
14:37so you've got Susie there, Rachel's there, I'm there.
14:41Now, Susie's brought along her two children,
14:46one of which is just about to turn 16.
14:48OK.
14:49The other one's slightly older.
14:51Yep.
14:52What are you playing, To Please Us All?
14:54Are you going to put our two contestants in the club as well?
14:56I don't know Mark and Eddie well enough.
14:58Yeah, but, you know...
14:59I wouldn't feel comfortable having a night out with no fans.
15:01Well, you know, the truth is, if you're really a real DJ,
15:04you don't prepare your sets.
15:05Right.
15:06You look at what you've got in front of you,
15:08and you deal accordingly with the crowd that's in front of you.
15:11It will be something to make Rachel and Susie dance,
15:15because if they get going, you'll be dragged along in the hole.
15:19That's what happens.
15:20I'll be a countdown sandwich if they're on the floor,
15:22don't worry about that.
15:23I can tell you now, it will probably be an R&B banger.
15:26I don't know, something glamorous, something escapist,
15:30something that makes you feel beautiful and wonderful and free.
15:33OK, well, listen... Is that right?
15:35Have you ever stopped DJing and gone into politics
15:37because you didn't even answer the question?
15:39Thank you, mate.
15:40APPLAUSE
15:43I'd have played Groovers In The Heart by Delight, there you go,
15:46but I don't sit on the fence, what can I say?
15:48Rachel, 6-3-3.
15:50I mean, with this audience,
15:51Jaguar Skills and the Countdown remix, I mean...
15:53Aye!
15:55With this game, you could have said,
15:5750 minus 1 is 49,
16:00times it by 2 for 98,
16:03add 8 for 106,
16:06times 106 by 6 for 636,
16:10and you have a 3 left over for 6-3-3.
16:12APPLAUSE
16:15Brilliant, Rachel. I couldn't ask for another.
16:17Let's get more letters. Mark.
16:19Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:21Thank you, Mark. T.
16:22And another?
16:24N.
16:26And another?
16:28W.
16:29And a vowel?
16:31E.
16:33And another?
16:34A.
16:35And a consonant?
16:37R.
16:38Another consonant, please.
16:40S.
16:41A vowel?
16:43O.
16:44And a final consonant?
16:45A final C.
16:47Start the clock.
16:56CLOCK TICKS
17:18How did you get on, Mark?
17:20Seven.
17:21And Eddie?
17:22Likewise.
17:23Very good. What have we got?
17:24Treason.
17:25Coaster.
17:26Coaster.
17:27And treason, to dictionary corner, Susie and Trevor.
17:30OK, we've got a couple of sevens and an eight.
17:33Cornets.
17:35Mm-hm.
17:36Cartons.
17:37Building up to it.
17:38Enactors is the eight.
17:40Very good, Dave. Very classy. Very classy.
17:43More letters.
17:44Eddie Martin still very much in this, just 16 points behind.
17:47Could I have a consonant, please?
17:49Thank you, Eddie.
17:51R.
17:52And another?
17:54S.
17:55And a third?
17:57P.
17:58A vowel, please?
18:00A.
18:01And another?
18:02E.
18:04A third of vowels, please?
18:06U.
18:08Consonants?
18:10S.
18:11And again?
18:13K.
18:14And a final consonant, please?
18:16A final F.
18:18Here we go.
18:24MUSIC PLAYS
18:49Eddie?
18:50Six.
18:51And Mark?
18:52A six.
18:53A six as well. What's your word, Mr Martin?
18:55Spares.
18:56Mr Brooks?
18:57Pauses.
18:58Spares and pauses. Let's do just that.
19:00Dictionary Corners on form today.
19:02We've got sevens, eights.
19:04Pauses is good, but we've gone pauses.
19:07Ah.
19:08Yeah. Lots of agent nouns today, haven't we?
19:11Yeah.
19:12Somebody who stops something or pauses something.
19:14OK, third numbers round of the day. Mark Brooks?
19:17Could I have one from the top and five small, please?
19:20Thank you, Kennedy. One large, five little, curl me up.
19:23And for the third time today,
19:25this number's selection is eight, three, one, four,
19:30another four and a large one, 100.
19:33And your target?
19:35Oh, sit down for this. 600.
19:38Hawk Amongst Your Shells.
19:50MUSIC PLAYS
20:10Mark?
20:11600.
20:12And Eddie?
20:13600.
20:14Let's do it.
20:15Eight over four equals two, times three equals six, times 100.
20:18Some of the easiest ones ever.
20:20Eddie?
20:21Yeah, three minus one.
20:23Yeah.
20:24Plus four, times 100.
20:25Yeah.
20:26Well done, Bullsby.
20:27APPLAUSE
20:28There you go. Keeps it tight, doesn't it?
20:3057-41.
20:31Let's get your second tea time teaser of the day.
20:34Land to air. Land to air.
20:37A bunch of people travelled by land to Manchester Airport.
20:41A bunch of people travelled by land to Manchester Airport.
20:45MUSIC PLAYS
20:49APPLAUSE
20:59Land to air is your tea time teaser.
21:01People are travelling by land to Manchester Airport.
21:04It's trainload, trainload.
21:06Slight edge at the moment for our champion, Mark Brooks.
21:09He's on schedule for a second win.
21:11All to play for, Eddie, six rounds left. Let's do it.
21:14Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:16Thank you, Eddie.
21:17L.
21:18And again, please.
21:20N.
21:21A third.
21:22R.
21:23A vowel, please.
21:25E.
21:26And again.
21:27O.
21:28Another vowel, please.
21:30E.
21:33A consonant.
21:34W.
21:36A vowel.
21:38U.
21:40And a final consonant, please.
21:42A final M.
21:44Let's play.
21:47MUSIC PLAYS
21:50MUSIC CONTINUES
22:16Eddie. Just a five.
22:18And Mark?
22:19Oh, the same, five.
22:20Yeah, what have we got?
22:21Loner.
22:22Loner.
22:23And mourn.
22:24And mourn. Loner and mourn.
22:26Anything above a five?
22:27Yes, really tough, though, wasn't it?
22:29Yeah, I mean, the first thing you put down was worm,
22:32and then eelworm.
22:33Eelworm.
22:34Yes, it's a nematode, a worm,
22:37especially one in the soil that can become a serious pest
22:41of plants and that kind of thing.
22:43And we also have something that's two words.
22:45Women rule.
22:46Women rule was there.
22:48Mark, let's get more letters.
22:50Could I have a consonant, please?
22:52Thank you, Mark.
22:53Z.
22:54And another?
22:56R.
22:57And another?
22:59L.
23:00And another?
23:02N.
23:03Could I have a vowel, please?
23:06E.
23:07And another?
23:08O.
23:09Another vowel, please?
23:12E.
23:13Another vowel?
23:16O.
23:17And a final consonant?
23:18And a final V.
23:20Good luck, everybody.
23:47MUSIC STOPS
23:52Talk to me, Mark.
23:53A five.
23:54An 80?
23:55Same again, five, yeah.
23:56There you go. Tight.
23:57Never.
23:58Never an 80.
23:59Louder again.
24:00There you go.
24:01Counts all the same, doesn't it?
24:03Fives all round to Susie and Trevor.
24:06I got lover.
24:07Yes, that's a nice five.
24:09There's a six, which is not nearly as nice.
24:12Rezone.
24:13Rezone, which in American English is to assign land
24:17to a different kind of area, really.
24:20Can you not re-love?
24:22Can you re-love someone that you loved before?
24:24You can. That's much nicer.
24:26Right?
24:27Yeah, very good.
24:28Let's rezone that round.
24:30I agree.
24:31And we'll take re-love as the best word.
24:3367-51.
24:34Four rounds left.
24:35Let's get our origins of words for this Thursday afternoon
24:38and Susie Dent.
24:39We're going to go to Shuj Datu.
24:41And I hope I've pronounced it correctly, Shuj.
24:44She has written to say she often uses the phrase
24:47to take something with a pinch of salt.
24:49And the other day, Shuj says,
24:51she said it to a Spanish friend whilst living in Spain
24:55and she couldn't quite explain to her friend the exact meaning.
24:58And she was wondering, where on earth does it come from?
25:01And it's a lovely story, I would say.
25:04It counts as one of the greatest hits
25:06if you're an etymologist, really.
25:08It ends with a historian called Pliny the Elder.
25:11Now, he was a Roman statesman and a real scholar
25:14and he wrote something called Natural History,
25:17which is this vast encyclopaedia of natural and human history.
25:21And he's recounted lots of things
25:23which have given rise to English expressions.
25:27One of my favourites is In a Nutshell,
25:29and that goes back to an account that Pliny the Elder wrote
25:32that there was a copy of Homer's Iliad, this epic, epic poem
25:36that was actually written on a piece of parchment
25:38small enough to fit within a walnut shell,
25:40which is just beautiful.
25:42But Pinch of Salt is another one
25:44because Pliny talks about a king of Pontus
25:48called King Mithridates, essentially, the Sixth,
25:51and he was in conflict with the Roman Republic
25:54and he was also, it is said, fairly paranoid,
25:56not without good reason,
25:58but he was slightly obsessed with toxicology
26:00and was convinced that his enemies meant to poison him.
26:04And it is said by Pliny, so this is kind of second-hand,
26:08that he devised this recipe
26:10which would eventually make him immune to poison
26:14if he ingested it and took it every day.
26:17And Pliny writes of it being two walnuts, two figs,
26:2020 leaves of rue, which is this kind of bitter plant,
26:23and a grain of salt.
26:25And if the person took this, especially on an empty stomach,
26:29they would be immune from poison all day.
26:32And the grain of salt is the important thing here.
26:34So it was written by Pliny,
26:36cum granul salis, with a single grain of salt,
26:38and the idea is it was that
26:40that helped this horrible concoction probably go down.
26:43So when we take something with a pinch of salt,
26:45we take it with a sort of hefty, you know,
26:49helping of something that would just about enable us to swallow it
26:53because it is pretty unbelievable.
26:55And all those centuries ago,
26:57that single story gave us such an enduring expression today.
27:00Lovely.
27:03Four rounds left of today's countdown.
27:05Still very much game on.
27:07And, Adi, you're choosing these letters.
27:09A consonant to start, please.
27:11Thank you, Adi. N.
27:13And another, please.
27:16B. And a third.
27:19N.
27:20Let's have a fourth.
27:23T.
27:24A vowel, please.
27:26E.
27:27And another.
27:29A.
27:30And a third, please.
27:32E.
27:33Consonant.
27:35S.
27:36And a final consonant, please.
27:38And a final R.
27:41Countdown.
28:00CLOCK TICKS
28:12How many, Adi?
28:13Seven.
28:14And Mark?
28:15Seven.
28:16And a seven to Adi?
28:17Neatons.
28:18Neatons.
28:19And Mark?
28:20Beaters.
28:21Beaters.
28:22And neatons.
28:23Anything better than the sevens, Mr Nelson?
28:25Yes, we do.
28:27Tenors isn't a word, is it?
28:28It is, yeah.
28:29Is it?
28:30Yeah, give me a tenor.
28:31As in tenors.
28:32Yeah, yeah.
28:33Oh, yeah.
28:34All right, that's one.
28:35But the nine, gentlemen, is bannerettes.
28:37Yes, you can extend a banner.
28:39So, in the olden days, it was a knight
28:41who commanded his own troops in battle under his own banner,
28:45but also a knight who was given on the battlefield for courage.
28:48So you could say that was admirable, Nelson.
28:50Thank you. You like it.
28:51Well done.
28:52Thank you for the whole week.
28:5574 plays 58.
28:58And we're down to three rounds. Mark your letters.
29:00Can I have a consonant, please?
29:02Thank you, Mark. S.
29:03And another?
29:05F.
29:06And another?
29:08G.
29:09And a vowel?
29:11I.
29:12And a consonant?
29:14D.
29:15A vowel?
29:17O.
29:18Another vowel?
29:20E.
29:22Another vowel?
29:24U.
29:25And a final consonant?
29:27And a final L.
29:28And last letters.
29:53That's time. Pens down, Mark.
29:56A six.
29:57Edie?
29:58Just a five.
29:59Just a five. What's the five, my friend?
30:01Fuels.
30:02And the six?
30:03A sludge.
30:04Sludge.
30:05HE CHUCKLES
30:06Yes. Very good.
30:08Sounds exactly like it should sound.
30:10It does. Very animatic.
30:11For what it means, yes.
30:13So, we've got a six, which I'm only going to say because it's relevant.
30:17Mm-hm.
30:19A soulie.
30:20S-O-U-L-I-E.
30:22Is that somebody who loves soul music, a soulie?
30:24That's me, pal.
30:25Oh, you soulie.
30:26Oh, no. But the eight is dogflies.
30:29Eugh!
30:30Dogflies.
30:31I wouldn't want to be around any of those.
30:33Same principle as a horsefly. They annoy dogs.
30:35Dogflies for eight, but it was Mark's six.
30:38That means there's no flies in you, mate.
30:40A second win in the bag.
30:42Just though, Edie, you fought really well.
30:44Let's get the last numbers.
30:46Just one large one, Rachel, please. Five little ones.
30:49Thank you, Edie. One large, five little,
30:52to finish the day, numbers-wise.
30:54And this last selection is seven, nine, two, four, ten,
31:00and 50, and hopefully something worth the ink.
31:03146.
31:05146. Numbers up.
31:07DRAMATIC MUSIC
31:16DRAMATIC MUSIC
31:38146, Edie?
31:40Yes, 146. Yeah, Mark?
31:42146. Off you go, Edie.
31:44Ten minus seven.
31:46Three.
31:47Times 50.
31:48150.
31:49Take the four off.
31:50Lots of ways for this one, unsurprisingly.
31:52And Mark?
31:5350 times two is 100.
31:55100.
31:56Nine fours are 36.
31:58Add that on and then add the ten.
32:00Lovely. Again, 146.
32:02APPLAUSE
32:05All right, good contest today.
32:08A chance for Mark to notch up a century as he seals the second win.
32:13Our postman, Edie, hasn't delivered, but you have been first class,
32:16so let's see if we can see it through.
32:18Mark's finger on the buzzer, Edie's finger on the buzzer.
32:21Let's reveal this Thursday afternoon Countdown Conundrum.
32:24DRAMATIC MUSIC
32:43DRAMATIC MUSIC
32:54Time is up. No points for Mark or Edie.
32:57Rach, go ahead.
32:59I'm not even sure if it's a real word I've come up with.
33:01Is it unsalable?
33:03Is it unsalable? Let's have a look.
33:06It is.
33:07APPLAUSE
33:09You must know what unsalable means.
33:11Yeah, it can't be salable. You must know.
33:13Susie, tell us.
33:15The reason it looks odd is it should have an E in the middle normally.
33:18Unsalable. OK.
33:20But you can spell it that way.
33:22Thank you very, very much, Edie.
33:24No win for you today. Good festivity.
33:26Are you proud of your performance? Absolutely, yeah.
33:28It's been a terrific afternoon. Should be.
33:30And shirt of the week. He's got flamingos like I had last week,
33:33so we're connected straight away.
33:35And, Mark, second win for you, mate. Yes.
33:37So I know you love your history.
33:39You're six wins away from going down in our history,
33:41so we will see you tomorrow.
33:43Thank you very much. Lovely.
33:45And, Trevor, let's just let the nation in the secret.
33:48Trevor turned us down the first time we asked him.
33:51On the Countdown, he said no.
33:54Then he bumped into Rachel, was all vol-a-vons and champagne,
33:58and said yes.
34:00How could you expose me like that?
34:02I'm here. This is a massive box tick for me, you know.
34:05So I've had a great time, honestly,
34:08and it's been the crew being great. It's a fantastic show.
34:11We will see you again. Yes, you will.
34:13Happy days. Susie, see you tomorrow. Yes.
34:15And we welcome back a new old friend, if you like.
34:18I think it's third appearance now on Dictionary Corner.
34:20The brilliant Irish comedian, Neil Delamere,
34:22starts a five-day stand tomorrow. Yeah, that'll be lots of fun.
34:25Love it. Hopefully we'll see you. Rachel, Susie and I will be here.
34:28You can count on us.
34:30You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:34You can also find our web page at channel4.com forward slash countdown.