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00:30Hello everybody, good afternoon and welcome to another Countdown. On behalf of us all, thank you so much for tuning in. I'm going to say us, I mean us. We're an entire team on camera and off camera and it begins with Rachel Riley. How are you today? Very well. Thank you, Colin. How are you? What's that? Just greetings, Cole. A royal wave. You said it and it begins with Rachel Riley, so I felt some kind of authority to do a proper wave. With an MBE, does.
00:55No way. Listen, it's been a while since we've had a top of show quiz, so are you up for one today? Yes. Always.
01:02You love answering them, I love asking them, so it's a marriage made in heaven. Well, we've got Art Lohanlon in Dictionary Corner. For me, stand-up comedian first, an actor second, a comedic actor third. But of course, one of the things he did amongst many things was Father Ted.
01:17And Father Ted, you think Father Ted, you think Craggy Island. It got me thinking about the places where sitcoms are. The place is almost as famous as the sitcom itself.
01:27So I've got five for you. Okay. Starts easier, gets a bit more difficult. But I think five out of five is totally achievable here. Right.
01:34I take you to New York. We decide we want to go for a coffee. It's the easiest one. We're going to pop into Central Perk. Who do we meet?
01:40We meet Rachel, Ross, Phoebe, all the friends. No, you nearly thought you could name them all and then you backed out a bit. Yes, friends.
01:47Who have I named? Who have I not named? Right. We're in London. Yes. I'm taking you in a lift. We're heading to the 12th floor of Nelson Mandela House in Peckham.
01:57Which family are we going to see? The Trotters. We're going to see the Trotters and Only Fools and Horses. Should we forget countdown and just do this?
02:04Yes. It's a blast. All day. 2-0. Let's go to the third one. All right. We're having a little drive through
02:10a nondescript American town. Not quite sure where it is. But we know that the address is 742 Evergreen Terrace.
02:21Which family are we going to visit? Hmm. The Simpsons? No. Are you asking me or telling me? I'm asking you.
02:28You're asking me, is it the Simpsons? It is the Simpsons. Oh, I mean, that's Springfield, isn't it?
02:33I didn't know their actual address. I've never written to them. So that was a good guess. Right.
02:36Two more for the full boat. I've decided you need a break. So I'm going to take you for a weekend at a well-appointed
02:43guest house located in Torquay. It's right at the centre of the English Riviera. Guests can enjoy comfy
02:51accommodations, whether visiting for a short break or a long holiday. Where are we? I mean, something
02:56with a hotel. I mean, it could be Forty Towers. I don't know where that was set. Is it Forty Towers?
03:01It is Forty Towers. Right. Here we go. Got a bit of business to do. This is for the whole
03:07lot, Rich. Right. OK. What do I win? Absolutely nothing. Yes. That's what I love. Taking you
03:12to 1725. Blackadder. No, don't guess yet. OK. OK. Come on then. Wait. Not the year. That's
03:20the street address. Right. 1725 Sly Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Come on, Rich.
03:32Pennsylvania. Sly Avenue in the United States. Is it the American office? It's the American
03:41office. Oh, there we go. Well, listen, you did it. Let's head over to one of the most famous
03:46places and British television, of course. Dictionary Corner with Susie Dent and the aforementioned
03:51Arlo Anlon. If we get a chance today, we'll maybe talk about the disputed Craggy Island.
03:59There was a bit of a battle to claim which island it was. So we have a wee chat about that if
04:03we get a chance. You seem to know more about it than I do. I'm guessing that might be the
04:07case. I'll tell you all about it. Our champion is Rachel Copley. Three wins in the bag so far.
04:13A delight of a contestant from Norwich. And as we said, you have your fine art degree.
04:22And you're saying you're paying postcards and stuff. What else do you do?
04:26Birthday cards and Christmas cards and things. Yeah. Oh, that's really nice, isn't it, to get
04:30a personalised one. You're up against young Josh Lester today. 19 years old from Tint Whistle
04:36in Glossop. Now, calm down, Rachel. This is pillow talk to you. Because, Josh, tell me about memorising
04:45the decimal places in pi. Tell me about that. So, back in the day, I did spend quite a lot of time
04:53doing that. I got up to memorising 300 decimal places somehow. Yes. Rachel, how are you with the
04:59decimal points of pi? Oh, I know at least three. That's three more than I probably do sitting
05:06here. Josh, it is lovely to have you here. You're in great company today. Good luck to
05:10both of you. APPLAUSE
05:12Good afternoon, Rachel. Afternoon, Rachel. Consonant, please. Thank you. Start today with D. And another. L. A third. V. And a fourth, please. T. Now a vowel. A. And the second. I. A third. A. A consonant. B. And a final
05:42vowel, please. And a final E. At the whole man in the studio. Let's play Countdown.
05:47V. And a final E. At the whole. We'll see ya
06:10go.
06:11I'll need a number first from both of you.
06:19Rachel?
06:20Seven.
06:20Seven and Josh?
06:21Just the six.
06:22And the six.
06:23What's the six?
06:24Detail.
06:24Yes, good start.
06:25And Rachel?
06:26Availed.
06:27Availed.
06:28Well, you've availed of seven points.
06:30Well done.
06:31To you, what do we have?
06:32Let's start the day in the front.
06:34Food, Arno?
06:35A tiny bit better.
06:37Validate.
06:38Wonderful.
06:39Yep, that will give you an eight.
06:40An eight.
06:40No nines?
06:41Not that we could see.
06:42OK.
06:43Availed.
06:44And Validate.
06:45And Josh, nice moment when you get to pick your first letters.
06:48Good afternoon, Rachel.
06:49Afternoon, Josh.
06:50I'll start with a consonant, please.
06:53Start with R.
06:55And a vowel.
06:57A.
06:58And a consonant.
07:01C.
07:02And a vowel.
07:04E.
07:06And a consonant.
07:08G.
07:09And a vowel.
07:11U.
07:13And a consonant.
07:15R.
07:17And a vowel.
07:19O.
07:21And a final consonant, please.
07:23A final M.
07:2530 seconds.
07:25I'll see you next time.
07:26I'll see you next time.
07:27I'll see you next time.
07:27I'll see you next time.
07:28I'll see you next time.
07:28I'll see you next time.
07:29I'll see you next time.
07:29I'll see you next time.
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07:30I'll see you next time.
07:31I'll see you next time.
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07:32I'll see you next time.
07:32I'll see you next time.
07:33I'll see you next time.
07:33I'll see you next time.
07:33How do you get on, Josh?
07:57Just a six.
07:58And Richard?
07:59A six.
08:00Yeah, good stuff.
08:00There's no just there at all, Josh.
08:02What do you get?
08:03Morg.
08:03Yep.
08:03And Rachel?
08:05Cougar.
08:06Cougar.
08:07Cougar.
08:07Cougar.
08:08And Morg.
08:09Yep.
08:10How do you get on?
08:11Yeah, we got a seven, I think.
08:14Courage.
08:15Courage.
08:15Yeah.
08:16Well spotted.
08:17Courage for seven.
08:18And that's her lot.
08:19That's it.
08:19There you go.
08:20Young Josh is on the board.
08:2113-6.
08:22First numbers of the day.
08:25I suspect he's going to be all right at the numbers, Rich.
08:27Let's get them.
08:28One for the top and five for my narrows, please.
08:30Your usual now.
08:31Thank you, Rachel.
08:32One large.
08:33And five little ones.
08:35And the first numbers of the day are 10, 1, 5, 3, 5, and 25.
08:44And the target, 684.
08:466, 8, 4, numbers up.
09:20Nowhere near it. Josh? 685. One away. Let's hear it. 10 minus 1 is 9. Yes. Times 5 of 3 for 27. 27. Times 25 for 675, I think. 675. And up the two fives. And the two fives gets you one away. Rachel, 684.
09:40Well, if you rejig Josh's method a little bit, you can take these fives and say 5 divided by 5 is 1. 25 times 3 is 75. Add that one to the 75 for 76. And again, 10 minus the original one is 9. And times those together for 684.
09:57Yay. OK, two-time teaser. Good luck, everyone. The Billy. The Billy. Acting this way towards the Northumbrian town. Acting this way towards the Northumbrian town.
10:10APPLAUSE
10:20Welcome back. Acting this way towards the Northumbrian town. That's how the Billy becomes blithely. Let's get back to the game. Young Josh is picking these letters.
10:35OK, I'll start with a consonant, please. Thank you, Josh. T. And a vowel. E. And another consonant. H. And a vowel. U. And another consonant. S.
10:53M. And a vowel. A. And a final consonant, please, Rachel. And a final S. Thanks, Rich.
11:23How many, Josh? Josh's the 6th. And Rachel? 7. And a 7th. The 6th, Josh? Shames. And the 7th? Atheism. Very good indeed. Dextry Corner.
11:49Mushers. Mushers. Mushers, you can have. You can have mushies, which are mushrooms in Australian English.
11:55OK. And then you can have mushist, which will give you an 8. Mushist. It gets the job done. That will get you a strong 8 points.
12:02Let's go again, Rich. Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Rachel. N. And another. L. And a third. P. And one more, please.
12:12T. T. And a vowel. E. A second. I. And a third. A. And a consonant. D. And a final consonant, please.
12:27Final T. Half a minute.
12:29Final T. Half a minute.
12:47Final T. Half a minute.
12:47Final T. Half a minute.
12:52MUSIC PLAYS
13:00Decent letters, Rich? Seven.
13:02A seven again. And Josh? Also seven.
13:04What have we got? Painted. Painted, what about you, Josh?
13:07Also painted. Yep.
13:09Seven points each, Dextry Corner? I think we might have been nine.
13:13Tin-plated. Tin-plated?
13:16Yes, all one word, coated with tin. Yeah.
13:18APPLAUSE
13:21And if you like, we could tin-play too.
13:23LAUGHTER
13:25No, thank you.
13:27Seven points at it. Another close game today
13:30as we get our second numbers round.
13:32OK, I'll take two large and four small, please.
13:35Thank you, Josh. Two from the top row and four knots coming up for you.
13:39And the four smalls are one, two, seven and nine.
13:44And the large two, 75 and 25.
13:47And your target, 435.
13:50435, numbers up.
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13:564-3-5 is the target, Josh.
14:244-3-4, not written down.
14:26OK, one away, Rachel.
14:274-3-9.
14:29So, not written down, will be seven points.
14:31If you're right, Josh, off you go.
14:32OK, seven minus one is six.
14:36Yes.
14:36Times by the 75 for 4-50.
14:394-50.
14:40And 25 minus nine is 16.
14:44And subtract that.
14:46One away.
14:474-3-4, well done.
14:48Seven points for you.
14:49Another chance to steal the show, Riley.
14:51I'm sure there must be an easier way,
14:53but the way I saw first, 75 minus nine is 66.
14:57Times that by seven for 462.
15:01And then take away the two and take away the 25.
15:03Nice.
15:04Brilliant again.
15:04Scores level, 27 apiece as we head over for a quick chat again with Ardal O'Hanlon.
15:12We weren't negative yesterday, but it's quite nice to talk about the worst things.
15:16And as a stand-up comedian, I mean, is it fair to say you probably remember the worst as much as you do the best?
15:23Yeah, you probably do.
15:24I mean, I obviously don't remember very many bad shows.
15:27I mean, I just...
15:28You don't believe me.
15:31There's a few...
15:32Like, there's going to be shows where it's not your fault.
15:35Like, just the conditions aren't right or something.
15:37I remember the first ever time I did a live show in America.
15:42So it was a huge deal for me.
15:43You're going back 25 years ago now or more.
15:4530 years ago.
15:47And I was invited to do a half-hour special on Comedy Central.
15:50So it was a really big deal for me.
15:51I was really excited about it.
15:53And so in advance of the live recording, they sent me out to these comedy clubs to try out the material.
15:59And I go into this club one night.
16:01It was a Tuesday night.
16:02It was an open mic night.
16:03There was about 30 comedians of all sorts of different quality, different experience, all chomping at the bit to get on.
16:10And there was no compare as such.
16:12There was just this lady with a clipboard calling out the names of all these wannabes getting on the stage.
16:19And so it was my turn to go on.
16:21I was standing at the side of the stage.
16:22And she comes down to me and she's very excited.
16:25She said, oh, you can't go on now because Jerry Seinfeld has just walked into the building.
16:28Wow.
16:29And he came in in his jogging pants and he wanted to try out some stuff.
16:32And so he went on and the audience went completely crazy because he was the biggest sitcom star in the world at that time.
16:39And he was a personal hero of mine.
16:41And I loved his observational comedy and all that kind of thing.
16:44So he goes on and the audience are going nuts.
16:47And then at the end of his set, she comes up with the clipboard again.
16:50And she says, that was Jerry Seinfeld.
16:54And now, and she can't read my name, and now a guy from Ireland.
16:58They are whooping and hollering as only Americans can do.
17:02And they're shooting their guns in the air and they're hyperventilating.
17:05And they're just following him out the door.
17:07Some of them literally get up and walk out the door after him to take photos of him and to call their friends and everything.
17:12And I'm standing there on stage, like, to an empty room at this stage.
17:16So, you know, is that my fault?
17:18Hmm.
17:19No.
17:19It's not.
17:20I love that.
17:22I mean, I was just speaking into a void.
17:24You know, like, literally no one was remotely interested in anything I had to say afterward.
17:28How did the comedy special go?
17:30It was great.
17:32Of course it was.
17:33Happy days.
17:34I wasn't following Seinfeld at that, was I?
17:36Thank you very much.
17:37APPLAUSE
17:3827 apiece is this.
17:42A proper battle royale.
17:44Rachel, let's get underway again.
17:45Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:47Thank you, Rachel.
17:48N.
17:49A second.
17:50R.
17:51Third.
17:53G.
17:54And one more, please.
17:56F.
17:57A vowel, please.
17:58O.
17:59And the second.
18:01I.
18:02A third.
18:03A.
18:04A consonant.
18:06K.
18:07And one more vowel, please.
18:09And lastly, E.
18:11And start the clock.
18:12MUSIC PLAYS
18:28Rachel.
18:44Eight.
18:45And Josh.
18:46Just a seven.
18:47Yeah.
18:47Listen, Josh, never just a seven.
18:49There's only nine letters up there.
18:51That's great.
18:51What's the word?
18:52Fearing.
18:53Fearing.
18:53And how did you fare?
18:54Freaking.
18:55Freaking.
18:56We have foreign, if you want to go off-piste a bit.
18:59That's about it.
19:00Very good.
19:01High standard today.
19:02Another round.
19:03Loving every second of it, Josh.
19:05Let's go.
19:05I'll start with a consonant, please.
19:08Thank you, Josh.
19:08S.
19:10And a vowel.
19:11O.
19:12And a consonant.
19:14N.
19:15And another vowel.
19:16A.
19:17And another consonant.
19:19S.
19:20And a vowel.
19:22E.
19:23And a consonant.
19:24L.
19:25And another vowel.
19:27O.
19:28And a final consonant, please.
19:30A final D.
19:31And here we go.
19:31And here we go.
19:57Josh.
20:03Seven.
20:04And Rich.
20:05Seven.
20:06And a seven as well.
20:07What have you got, Josh?
20:08Saloons.
20:09Saloons.
20:10Rachel.
20:10Lassoed.
20:11And lassoed and saloons.
20:13What a lovely connection between those two words.
20:15We'll head back to the Wild West for this.
20:17Are we all right, Suze?
20:18We're fine, yes.
20:19I was hoping for salooned.
20:21But not loads of that.
20:23No.
20:23Saloons is the best I could come up with.
20:25But loosens is something that's wrong there, isn't it?
20:30Loosens is very good.
20:32Is it?
20:32But it's not eight.
20:34No, it's not eight.
20:35We couldn't get to an eight.
20:36Noodles we got as well for seven.
20:38Good stuff.
20:39We got through it.
20:39That was the main thing, aren't we?
20:41Rachel, let's do the numbers.
20:43Two, one, two, one, please.
20:45Thank you, Rachel.
20:46Moving away from your one large preference with two large, four little.
20:50And the four little ones are eight, six, one.
20:55And two.
20:56And a large two, 50 and 25.
20:59And the target, 911.
21:02Nine-one-one.
21:03Here we go.
21:03We'll see you then.
21:17Calling time on 9-1-1.
21:37Rachel?
21:389-0-9.
21:39Josh, any closer?
21:409-1-9.
21:419-1-9.
21:4210 away, so seven points again.
21:44Nobody's nailed.
21:45A number's round yet between Rach and Josh,
21:48but this is a valuable seven points.
21:50Two times six is 12.
21:51Two, six is a 12.
21:5350 plus 25 is 75.
21:5550, yep, 75.
21:57Times those.
21:58900.
21:59Plus eight, plus one.
22:00Two away, 9-0-9.
22:01Very good.
22:02I could get the 9-10, not the 9-11.
22:04Is it a hat-trick for you, Rachel?
22:06It is.
22:07We're 50 minus two for 48,
22:1125 minus six for 19,
22:14times them together for 912
22:16and take away the one, 9-11.
22:18Nice.
22:21Let's get the second tea time teaser.
22:23This is one for the English accent.
22:24This will explain when we come back.
22:26But car hairs, car hairs,
22:28things just got hot
22:30and Joffre got a knighthood.
22:32Things just got hot
22:34and Joffre got a knighthood.
22:35That's Joffre Archer, the cricketer.
23:01But you have to say archa in an English accent.
23:04They get the sriracha, sriracha, the sauce.
23:06Very good.
23:07Very clever indeed.
23:08Unless you've got a Northern Irish accent.
23:10Josh, hit me with more letters.
23:12I'll take a consonant, please.
23:14Thank you, Josh.
23:15A final consonant, please, Rachel.
23:38A final N.
23:40And it's time to play Countdown again.
24:13What are you going to go for, Josh?
24:14Josh's a six.
24:15And Rachel?
24:16Six.
24:17Going for the six as well.
24:18Right, Josh, what's the word?
24:19Emotes.
24:20Emotes and Rachel?
24:21Stymie.
24:22And stymie?
24:23Stymie.
24:24It always looks funny on the page.
24:25S-T-Y-M-I-E.
24:26Yeah.
24:27To prevent something or hinder it.
24:29Going to take a punt on any sevens?
24:31I'm going to go an eight.
24:32And I'm also going to chance my arm with a nine.
24:35Ooh.
24:35Well, definitely an eight.
24:36I'm guessing the eight's definite.
24:39Yeah.
24:39The eight's good.
24:40Semitone, I think.
24:41Semitone.
24:42Brilliant.
24:42Right, we're going for semitone-y.
24:46No.
24:47But I love the idea of it.
24:48Rachel, letters, please.
24:51A consonant, please, Rachel.
24:53Thank you, Rachel.
24:54R.
24:54And another.
24:56T.
24:57A third.
24:59B.
24:59And a fourth, please.
25:01P.
25:02Now a vowel.
25:03E.
25:04And a second.
25:05U.
25:06A third.
25:07E.
25:09A consonant, please.
25:11S.
25:12And a final consonant.
25:15A final T.
25:16Good luck.
25:18Good luck.
25:48Rich.
25:49Seven.
25:50And Josh.
25:50Seven.
25:51Let's have the words.
25:52Butters.
25:53Butters, yep.
25:53And putters.
25:55I'm guessing that's as good as it gets.
25:57You can, believe it or not, get an agent noun from upset.
26:00So an upsetter of a situation is there for eight.
26:03Music fans don't know all about the upsetters.
26:05Let's take a dictionary corner then for origin.
26:08So words are we going back to for your emails today?
26:10Well, going back to numbers.
26:11Oh, I loved that yesterday.
26:12The one-yen.
26:13The one-yen.
26:14Exactly.
26:15And it's just basically talking about how numbers weave their way, like little threads
26:21through our language, sometimes invisibly, sometimes not.
26:24So I'm on to number four.
26:27And no surprise, you get, you know, quadratic.
26:30You get your quads, your quadriceps, which are the big muscle on the front of the thigh, which
26:35is split into four distinct pieces, if you like.
26:39Helps you extend your leg.
26:41Cheating a little bit here.
26:41But quarantine goes back to Venetian dialect, caranta, meaning 40, because ships would have
26:47to anchor for 40 days at sea before coming on shore in case the crew were carrying any
26:53infectious diseases.
26:55Fort night, 14 nights.
26:57We always forget that one is wearing its heart on its sleeve.
27:00But anyway, four is in lots of places.
27:02Number five, easy to see.
27:04You get quintet and you get quintuplets and things.
27:07Less apparent is the quint in quintessence.
27:08Quintessence, something's quintessential.
27:11It is the absolute distillation of perfection, really.
27:14And the ancient Greeks held that everything was composed of four elements, so earth, air,
27:19fire and water.
27:20But Aristotle, the philosopher, added one new element, which Cicero dubbed quintuessentia,
27:26the fifth essence, because he thought it was higher and purer and more elevated than
27:32the four earthly elements.
27:34And six, we get siesta.
27:36That goes back to the Latin sexta ora, meaning the sixth hour after sunrise, i.e. noon.
27:42But nowadays, we tend to take a siesta in the afternoon.
27:45Yeah.
27:46Brilliant.
27:49Right.
27:50Four more rounds left of this afternoon's countdown.
27:53Young Josh gone great.
27:54Gone still in this.
27:55Let's get more letters.
27:57I'll take a consonant, please, Rachel.
27:58Thank you, Josh.
27:59R.
28:01And a vowel.
28:02I.
28:03And another consonant.
28:04G.
28:05And another vowel.
28:07O.
28:08And a consonant.
28:09D.
28:10And a vowel.
28:12A.
28:13And another consonant.
28:15M.
28:16And another vowel.
28:18I.
28:20And a final consonant, please.
28:22A final R.
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28:47Time down.
28:48Time down.
28:49that'll do is josh on with four and rich just a five yeah tricky rounds we got we got josh
29:01maids yeah and rich radio yeah radios there see josh is all about this streaming and the youtube
29:09but rachel with her love of sex music and all things music managed to spot radio in there
29:16tricky round tricky round did you tune in anything else well i mean i'm i'm completely making this up
29:22but uh the plural of diorama is probably diorami origami uh it's dioramas sadly but i love where
29:31you're going with that uh the only one we could find of any length column was mirador which is
29:35quite lovely m-i-r-a-d-o-r a turret or tower that you'll find on a building and it just gives
29:41beautiful views beautiful lovely uh rachel nine more letters consonant please rachel thank you
29:47rachel p and another d and a third r and a fourth please w and a vowel please o and a second
29:59i and a third o and a consonant r and a final vowel please a final i and last letters
30:11so
30:15so
30:19so
30:21so
30:25so
30:31How many, Rachel?
30:43Five.
30:44And Josh?
30:45Just the five.
30:46And the five as well.
30:47Let's have him.
30:47Droop.
30:48Droop.
30:49Prior.
30:49Prior and Droop.
30:51No worries there whatsoever.
30:52Feels like an Ardell O'Hanland round, this, doesn't it?
30:55Or he's going to take a risk.
30:57I'm always going to go for it.
30:58You know this.
30:59Possibly, mate.
31:00Possibly could be there.
31:02Ripwood.
31:04Something that you'd find floating in a lake.
31:08A riptide after a shipwreck.
31:10It's not there.
31:11But there is puri, the lovely unleavened bread that you get in Indian cooking,
31:16which you can spell P-O-O-R-I.
31:18For five.
31:19Yes.
31:20All right, you give that a big build-up and it actually wasn't...
31:22I know, it's just a little bit different and tasty.
31:24Right, it is indeed.
31:25But nothing.
31:26No tastier words in terms of the scores.
31:27So there's 20 points in it with 20 points left up for grabs.
31:31So, Josh, you need to best Rachel in our final numbers round.
31:36But good news is you get to pick them, so you're in control of your own destiny.
31:39I'll have some fun with three large, please.
31:41Three large.
31:42Yes.
31:42Good choice.
31:43You're taking it just into your own hands for this teapot.
31:46Come on, Josh.
31:46Let's get a crucial conundrum.
31:48The final numbers.
31:48Three, four, five.
31:51And the big ones.
31:52One hundred, fifty and twenty-five.
31:55And the target, very small.
31:57I'm sorry, two, two, five.
31:59The randomiser does not like you, Josh.
32:01Two, two, five.
32:03Last numbers.
32:03One hundred, fifty and twenty-five.
32:33Let's just confirm it.
32:35Josh.
32:35Two, two, five.
32:36And Rich?
32:37Two, two, five.
32:37Off you go, Mr Lester.
32:4025 times five is 125.
32:42Yep.
32:43That's over 100.
32:44Yeah, two, two, five.
32:45So many ways to go.
32:46Rich?
32:47Five minus three is two.
32:49Times 100 is 200.
32:51Plus 25.
32:52Yeah, many, many ways.
32:53You're just showboating now.
32:55Right, ten points apiece.
32:57Let's dot the i's and cross the t's as we reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:04Josh.
33:12Is it inanimate?
33:14Let's have a look.
33:15Wonderful.
33:16APPLAUSE
33:17Brilliant finish.
33:21Got better and better and better, young Josh, as we went through today's show.
33:26How was it for you?
33:27Yeah, really enjoyed being here.
33:28We'll have to have a minute of it.
33:29And I tell you what, Rachel, it's not just about the wins.
33:33Because, you know, depends who you're playing.
33:35I thought Sandy yesterday was really good.
33:37Josh today was really good.
33:39You're knocking down really quality opponents.
33:41She must be so happy.
33:42Really pleased.
33:43Yeah.
33:44Love it.
33:45Right, Ardell, Susie, see you tomorrow.
33:46Yeah, see you then.
33:47All right.
33:48Hey, Rich, memorising pie, Josh managed 300 decimal places, which blew my mind.
33:55Do you want to look at what the world record is?
33:56Go on, then.
33:57What is it now?
33:57It's a guy called Akira Haraguchi.
34:01In 2006, over 16 hours and 30 minutes, he managed to recite 100,000 digits of pie.
34:12At a public event, just from his memory.
34:16I mean, some might say wasted life, but give him.
34:20100,000 digits.
34:22I don't think I could have a go at that.
34:24Anyway, that's all from Rachel and I can't remember her name and me,
34:28but we'll be back tomorrow.
34:29You can count on us.
34:32You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:36You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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