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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:33Now this year marks 25 years since we lost two of our most popular, most loved comedians.
00:39That's Benny Hill, of course, and Frankie Howard.
00:42And Benny Hill, the Benny Hill show, ran from 1955 right up to 1991.
00:51And he spent most of his time chasing girls around sort of fields and things.
00:55But that was Benny's thing.
00:57And Frankie Howard, of course, who performed for 60 years, six decades.
01:02And his famous expressions are, nay, nay, thrice nay, and of course, titter ye not.
01:08Now, how about you? Who are your favourite comedians now and when you were a youngster?
01:12Well, I can't say now because we work with so many on Cats, I wouldn't want to leave anyone out.
01:16But since I was a teenager, I've loved Bill Bailey.
01:19I think I've seen him maybe six or seven times.
01:21And then, obviously, he came on eight out of ten Cats to the Countdown and I was a bit of a fangirl.
01:26You do. You get some great characters on there, you and Susie.
01:29Yeah, he's brilliant.
01:30Well, get Bill Bailey up here, then.
01:31Oh, that was the first request I had.
01:33Bill Bailey into Alex Ferguson.
01:35No offence, Jay.
01:35Obviously, third on the list.
01:37Yeah, sure.
01:38Whatever.
01:39Whatever.
01:40And climbing up the ranks very fast.
01:42But we'll come to Jay in a second.
01:44In the meantime, we've got to go to James Qualter.
01:46Well done, James.
01:48And you're quite a cool character.
01:50I've been looking, watching you very carefully.
01:52Might look that way.
01:53You enjoying it?
01:54I am enjoying it.
01:54I don't feel very calm when I'm up here, but it might look that way, yeah.
01:58And you're joined by Owen Johnson from Moseley in Birmingham.
02:01And you run your own online business, selling video gaming merchandise.
02:06You're busy?
02:07How's it going?
02:08Well, I'm very busy.
02:10That's excellent.
02:12Of course.
02:13That's your big selling period.
02:15But it's not just business, because you're a keen mini-golf player,
02:18and you represent Kent Mini Golf Club in tournaments.
02:22Yeah.
02:22You've got to be pretty good.
02:23I play in tournaments.
02:27Excellent.
02:28And there's even a World Crazy Golf Tournament.
02:33That's fantastic.
02:34In Iceland every year.
02:37Excellent.
02:38Let's have a big round of applause for Owen and James.
02:44And over in the corner, Susie, of course, as ever, and writer, broadcaster,
02:48and jazz musician, jazz pianist.
02:50Welcome back, Jay.
02:51Good to be here.
02:52You've not rid of me yet?
02:53Certainly not.
02:54No, I'm staying.
02:55You're here for the week, my friend.
02:56I know.
02:56But now it's time to get off with a letters game.
03:00Now then, James.
03:02Consonant, please, Rachel.
03:03Thank you, James.
03:04Start today with H.
03:06And another.
03:09W.
03:10A vowel.
03:12O.
03:14Consonant.
03:16P.
03:17A vowel.
03:20U.
03:21Another vowel, please.
03:24E.
03:26Consonant.
03:27N.
03:29Another consonant.
03:32S.
03:33And a vowel to finish, please.
03:35And the last one.
03:37O.
03:38And here's the countdown clock.
03:40We'll be there.
03:42B argued.
03:43côté Aיכ.
03:44A.
03:44B.
03:45involved.
03:46Bobile.
03:46One.
03:48And a vowel.
03:50Watch out.
03:50One.
03:51Two.
03:51Two.
03:52Three.
03:52Two.
03:53Two.
03:53Two.
04:02Two.
04:05Two.
04:05B연wide.
04:06Four.
04:06Three.
04:07Number two.
04:07Three.
04:07Four.
04:08Two.
04:09Three.
04:09OK, so, Owen, how did you do?
04:14Just a five.
04:16A five? Well done.
04:18And, James?
04:19Six.
04:20And a six.
04:21And what was Owen's five?
04:23Opens.
04:24Opens?
04:25Yeah.
04:25Thank you very much.
04:26James, whoops.
04:28Whoops.
04:29Whoops.
04:30Whoops.
04:31Can we have whoops?
04:32Yes, we have that down here, too.
04:34We also had swoop.
04:37Swoop?
04:37Yeah, but it's only five.
04:39Doesn't get this anywhere.
04:40Never mind.
04:41Whoops and swoop.
04:42Anything else, Susie?
04:43Phones for six.
04:44Not an easy starter round, that one.
04:46It'll get better, perhaps.
04:47Six points to James.
04:49And now it's Owen's letters game.
04:51Owen.
04:52Hi, Rach.
04:53Hi, Owen.
04:54Can I have a consonant, please?
04:57Start with X.
04:59And the number.
05:01C.
05:02And the vowel.
05:05I.
05:05And the last one.
05:35O.
05:36Stand by.
05:37I.
06:07Yes, Owen.
06:10A five.
06:11A five, thank you, James.
06:13Six.
06:14And a six.
06:15Owen.
06:16Three.
06:19And?
06:20Prozac.
06:21Prozac?
06:22Whoa.
06:23How are you spelling it?
06:24P-R-O-Z-A-C.
06:27Okay, I think we're going to find it's got a capital P.
06:29It has trademark, unfortunately.
06:31Bad luck, yeah.
06:32Now, what have we got in the corner?
06:33So, it's a word for the dull, but it isn't a dull word.
06:37It's prosaic.
06:39Prosaic?
06:40Good word.
06:40Well done.
06:41And well done, Owen.
06:42You're off the blocks there.
06:43Six points to your five James in the lead, and it's James' numbers game.
06:49Please may I have two big and four small.
06:51Thank you, James.
06:52Two from the top row.
06:53Four small ones.
06:55And for the first time today, your numbers are four, six, ten, five, and the large two,
07:02one hundred and fifty.
07:04And the target, seven hundred and sixty-four.
07:06Seven, six, four.
07:08Seven, six, ten, five, and the large one.
07:39Owen?
07:40No, we're in there.
07:41No?
07:42Too far?
07:42How about James?
07:43Seven, sixty, not quite written down.
07:46Let's hear.
07:47Uh, ten and five.
07:50Ten and five, fifteen.
07:52Times the fifty.
07:54Seven hundred and fifty.
07:55Plus the six and the four.
07:57And then, yep, four away.
07:59Seven, sixty.
08:00Pretty good.
08:01But can Rachel take us all the way?
08:03Seven, six, four?
08:05I can get you there.
08:06If you say one hundred plus fifty is one hundred and fifty, times it by five for seven hundred
08:13and fifty, and then you have a ten and a four left over for seven, six, four.
08:17Very good.
08:17Well done.
08:19Well done.
08:20So, thirteen plays Owens five as we turn to our first tea time teaser, which is We Rigged A.
08:26And the clue, We Rigged a Listening Device to the Property and Tapped into Their Conversation.
08:31We Rigged a Listening Device to the Property and Tapped in to Their Conversation.
08:54Welcome back.
08:55I left with the clue.
08:55We Rigged a Listening Device to the Property and Tapped into Their Conversation.
09:02They Earwigged.
09:03Evil people.
09:04Earwigged.
09:06Thirteen plays Owens five.
09:08And, Owen, your letters game now.
09:13Constantinople.
09:14Thank you, Owen.
09:15S.
09:16And then over.
09:18T.
09:20Foul.
09:22E.
09:23And then over.
09:25I.
09:28And then over.
09:31A.
09:32Constantinople.
09:34S.
09:35And then over.
09:37M.
09:38And then over.
09:41G.
09:43And then final.
09:44Constantinople.
09:46And a final R.
09:48And it's a countdown.
09:49And a final R.
09:50And a final R.
09:50And a final R.
09:51And a final R.
09:51And a final R.
09:51And a final R.
09:52And a final R.
09:52And a final R.
09:52And a final R.
09:53And a final R.
09:54And a final R.
09:54And a final R.
09:55And a final R.
09:55And a final R.
09:55And a final R.
09:56And a final R.
09:56And a final R.
09:56And a final R.
09:57And a final R.
09:57And a final R.
09:58And a final R.
09:59And a final R.
10:00And a final R.
10:00And a final R.
10:00And a final R.
10:01And a final R.
10:01And a final R.
10:02And a final R.
10:02And a final R.
10:03And a final R.
10:04And a final R.
10:04Yes, Owen?
10:21Six.
10:22A six, and James?
10:24Seven.
10:25And a seven.
10:25Owen?
10:26James.
10:28Thank you, and James?
10:30Gassier.
10:32Gassier.
10:33That's it, you're fine.
10:33Very good.
10:35And in the corner, now then.
10:37I believe we have a nine.
10:39No.
10:40Yes.
10:41What have we got?
10:42Magisters.
10:44Is it magisters or magisters?
10:45Magisters.
10:46Magisters.
10:47Yep.
10:47And my able companion here will now explain what this means.
10:51Yes, it's an archaic term, a title or form of address given to scholars,
10:55especially those teaching at medieval universities.
10:57Magister, yeah.
11:00Magister, yeah.
11:01Well, when he plays five, and James, let us go.
11:08Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:09Thank you, James.
11:11N.
11:12And another.
11:14M.
11:15A vowel.
11:17E.
11:18Consonant.
11:19F.
11:23Another consonant.
11:25W.
11:27A vowel.
11:29U.
11:31Another vowel.
11:34O.
11:36Consonant.
11:38T.
11:40And a final consonant, please.
11:42And a final key.
11:44Countdown.
11:45T.
12:07T.
12:08T.
12:09T.
12:09Yes, Owen?
12:17Five.
12:18Five, well done. And James?
12:20Five.
12:21Now, Owen.
12:22Mount.
12:24Thanks, Owen. And...
12:26Women.
12:27Women.
12:28Yes.
12:30And perhaps, Jay, can you help us now?
12:33Yes, for a six, a pot man is the man who serves drinks in a pub.
12:38Possibly to women.
12:39Indeed. And Susie?
12:42Yes, so you can have pot men for six.
12:44And then foment is there as well to stir up unrest.
12:47All right. So 25 plays, 10.
12:50And now, Owen, it's your numbers game.
12:52Can I have two from the top, please?
12:56You can indeed, and four from anywhere, four little.
12:59Thank you, Owen.
13:00And for your round, the four small ones are two, nine, seven, three.
13:07Three, and the large ones, 100, and 25.
13:11And the target...
13:12Oh, 500.
13:14That'll be five, zero, zero.
13:16All right.
13:16All right.
13:16All right.
13:17All right.
13:17Let's go.
13:17¶¶
13:46And Owen?
13:48500.
13:50Well done.
13:50And James?
13:52500.
13:52All right.
13:53Owen?
13:547 take away to...
13:56500.
13:58Yeah, perfect.
13:59500.
14:02Yes, I did 2 plus 3.
14:04But yes.
14:04All right.
14:04That'll do.
14:05Same deal.
14:05All right.
14:06Well done.
14:08Well done.
14:09So, Owen, up to 20.
14:10James, 35.
14:12As we turn now to J&J, you write about food.
14:14You're on TV and radio.
14:15You're talking about food.
14:17When did this healthy interest in food first start?
14:22You mean where did my greed come from?
14:23Yes.
14:24Well, I'm from a north-west London Jewish family.
14:28My parents grew up in the war in very meagre circumstances.
14:32And I think they were absolutely determined that none of that would be visited on their kids when they finally had children.
14:38And Jewish families, we tend to be people who communicate through food.
14:43You know, we're eating today because the Cossacks may be coming tomorrow.
14:46And, you know, the pogroms might sell.
14:48So we eat and we talk and we learn everything at the table.
14:51I never for a moment thought I would make my living through food.
14:54I was a general journalist, covered everything apart from sport.
14:57But somewhere along the line I was given this opportunity.
14:59So it was a big part of my childhood.
15:03And you were quite adventurous as a child.
15:06My mother loved restaurants.
15:08She loved the theatre of them.
15:09And she used to take us out and treat us as an only child each once a year, the three of us.
15:15And she would always take us to particular restaurants.
15:18And so, you know, it was an extremely privileged childhood in which I got introduced to some lovely things.
15:22And it served me well throughout my working life.
15:25She was a great character, of course.
15:27Expansive character.
15:28Wonderful character.
15:29Yes.
15:29I mean, some of the viewers will remember my mother, Claire Rayna, as the broadcaster in agony.
15:34She'd been gone six years.
15:36Died six years ago.
15:37But, you know, definitely.
15:38She liked to party.
15:40She liked a noisy restaurant.
15:41She liked conversation.
15:42And those are all good skills that you can introduce to your kids.
15:45And you've inherited them.
15:47Superbly.
15:47I hope so.
15:48You have indeed.
15:48A bit of them.
15:49Well done.
15:50Lovely stuff.
15:54Very good.
15:5535 for James.
15:55Owen on 20.
15:56And now it's a letter game for James.
15:58James.
15:59Can I start with a consonant, please?
16:01Thank you, James.
16:02C.
16:04And another.
16:06P.
16:07A vowel.
16:09A.
16:11And another vowel.
16:13E.
16:15Consonant.
16:17L.
16:18Another consonant, please.
16:20T.
16:22A vowel.
16:24U.
16:26Another vowel.
16:28E.
16:30And a consonant.
16:31And lastly, why.
16:33Stand by.
16:35E.
16:36So.
16:48And a consonant.
16:49E.
16:50And a consonant.
16:50E.
17:03Yes, Owen?
17:07Four.
17:08A four.
17:09And James?
17:10I'm not sure about a seven.
17:13We'll give it a shot, though.
17:14Owen first?
17:15Light.
17:17And James?
17:19Capulet.
17:21Capulet is there, but not Capulet, I'm afraid.
17:24Round of luck.
17:24What can we have, Jay?
17:26Well, for six, you could have the modest teacup.
17:29Yes.
17:29But for a whacking eight, you could have peculate,
17:32which is another word to embezzle.
17:34Public officials nicking money.
17:36Actually, it's related to peculium, which is property.
17:40OK.
17:41So it's all about stealing property.
17:43Peculate.
17:44Brilliant stuff.
17:4535, page 24, and it's Owen's letters game.
17:48Owen?
17:49I can't understand, please.
17:51Thank you, Owen.
17:52S?
17:53And another.
17:56L?
17:57And a vowel.
17:59O?
18:00And another.
18:02E?
18:03And another.
18:06U?
18:07And another.
18:10E?
18:12Constant.
18:14J?
18:17And another.
18:20N?
18:22And a final vowel.
18:25And a final A.
18:28And here's the countdown clock.
18:29And a final vowel.
18:30And a final vowel.
18:31And a final vowel.
18:32And a final vowel.
18:32And a final vowel.
18:33And a final vowel.
18:33And a final vowel.
18:34And a final vowel.
18:34And a final vowel.
18:35And a final vowel.
18:35And a final vowel.
18:35And a final vowel.
18:35And a final vowel.
18:35And a final vowel.
18:36And a final vowel.
18:36And a final vowel.
18:36And a final vowel.
18:37And a final vowel.
18:37And a final vowel.
18:38And a final vowel.
18:38And a final vowel.
18:39And a final vowel.
18:39And a final vowel.
18:40And a final vowel.
18:40And a final vowel.
18:41And a final vowel.
18:41And a final vowel.
18:42And a final vowel.
18:43And a final vowel.
18:43And a final vowel.
18:44And a final vowel.
18:44Oh, six, thank you, James.
19:03Six.
19:05Now, Owen.
19:06Jaws.
19:07Thanks, Owen.
19:08And Jules.
19:09Yeah.
19:10Yep, same word, I think.
19:11Absolutely right, yes.
19:12Very good.
19:13And unity of energy.
19:14Well done.
19:15Yep.
19:1641 now plays 30.
19:17And over in the corner, J.
19:19I'm afraid this is going to make them both very jealous at seven.
19:24Well done.
19:25Jealous at seven.
19:26All right.
19:27So, as I say, 41 plays 30.
19:29And, James, it's your numbers game.
19:32Can I have one big and five small, please?
19:34You can indeed.
19:35Thank you, James.
19:35One big, five small coming up.
19:37And for this round, the small ones are two, three, one, seven, and six.
19:43And the large one, 100.
19:46And the target, another easy one, 117.
19:50One, one, seven.
19:51And the large one, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, eight.
20:04Yes, Owen?
20:241.17.
20:25Well done. And James?
20:271.17.
20:28Good man. So, Owen?
20:30Seven times two.
20:3314.
20:34I defray.
20:3517.
20:36I don't do it.
20:37Perfect.
20:38And James?
20:40Yes, I did it that way. I did do it another way as well, but yes, I did do it that way.
20:44There's a lot of ways. Even our director upstairs has got this one, I think.
20:47Well done.
20:49So, 51 plays 40, and we go into our final, our second tea time teaser, which is Chapel Fenn
20:56and the clue. Big Brother decided this was no longer useful in 1984. Big Brother decided
21:02this was no longer useful in 1984.
21:10Welcome back. I left with the clue. Big Brother decided this was no longer useful in 1984.
21:29and it was the halfpence that went. The old Hapley. Halfpence. So, 51 plays 40, and Owen,
21:40it's your letters game. Owen.
21:41Can I start with a consonant, please? Thank you, Owen. T.
21:46And then over. S. And then over. Q. And the vowel. O. And then over. I. And then over. O.
22:00O. And a final A. And the clock starts now.
22:16We'll see you later.
22:19We'll see you later.
22:21MUSIC PLAYS
22:47Yes.
22:48Owen?
22:49I got a five.
22:50And James?
22:52Also five.
22:53Yeah.
22:54Pretty good for those letters.
22:56Owen?
22:56Owen's a toast.
22:59James?
23:00Goats.
23:02And goats.
23:03Toasted goats.
23:05In a toga.
23:05Togas.
23:06Togas will do.
23:07For a five.
23:09Toasted goats in togas.
23:11Yeah.
23:11Susie?
23:12No more than that.
23:14Quite hard, wasn't it?
23:15It was very, very hard.
23:1756 plays 45.
23:18James on 56.
23:19And it's your letters game again.
23:22James?
23:23A consonant, please, Rachel.
23:25Thank you, James.
23:26N.
23:27And another.
23:29T.
23:31A third consonant.
23:33D.
23:34A vowel.
23:35I.
23:37Another vowel.
23:39O.
23:40A third vowel.
23:43E.
23:44Consonant.
23:46R.
23:48Another consonant.
23:50H.
23:51And a vowel to finish, please.
23:54And a final A.
23:56Counter.
23:57A.
23:58A.
23:59A.
23:59A.
23:59A.
24:00A.
24:00A.
24:02A.
24:02A.
24:02A.
24:02A.
24:02A.
24:03A.
24:03A.
24:03A.
24:03A.
24:03A.
24:04A.
24:04A.
24:05A.
24:06A.
24:06A.
24:06A.
24:07A.
24:07A.
24:08A.
24:08A.
24:09A.
24:09A.
24:10A.
24:10A.
24:10A.
24:11A.
24:11A. A.
24:11Now, Owen?
24:29Six.
24:30A six. James?
24:31Seven.
24:33Mm-hmm.
24:33Owen?
24:34Ender.
24:35And James?
24:37Handier.
24:38And handier.
24:39Very good.
24:40How do we do in the corner?
24:42We've got an eight.
24:43Yes.
24:44Which is Ironhead, which is a breed of duck.
24:47Is that right?
24:48It is.
24:49Ironhead.
24:50Particular breed of duck.
24:51To be found in these waters, as it were?
24:54Now you're asking.
24:57Well, it's the golden eye duck, in fact.
25:01And the male has a mainly greenish-black head.
25:05That's the appearance of iron.
25:06Not quite sure where they swim.
25:07Apparently it's very rare.
25:08Ironhead.
25:09All right.
25:09If you see one, you're lucky.
25:11Indeed.
25:1263 plays 45.
25:14And Susie, we're back with you for your origins of words.
25:17And today?
25:18Well, if you know me well, as you do, Nick, you'll know that I say sorry quite a lot, probably
25:24too often.
25:25So I'm going to talk about the word sorry.
25:26Sorry also links in because Jay wrote a book called The Apologist, I believe.
25:32And that's potentially what I could call myself, but you might be forgiven for thinking that
25:38the word sorry is linked in some way with the word sorrow, because after all, they've both
25:43got to do with that.
25:45They're both related to sadness.
25:46In fact, they have no etymological connection at all, in meaning, yes, but not in their history.
25:52And sorry actually goes back to an Anglo-Saxon word, sarig, which in turn goes back to a prehistoric,
25:58very, very old Germanic route, which also gave us sore, S-O-R-E.
26:03And those are both very, very closely related.
26:07And the meaning of sorry originally covered both physical pain and mental pain or distress,
26:13as did sore.
26:14So if you were feeling sorry, you felt great distress.
26:18It could be because of a physical ailment, or it could just simply be because of existential
26:23sadness or some particular cause.
26:26English went, as so often it does, it went on to differentiate between the two to make it
26:32clear.
26:32So sore and sorry went their separate ways.
26:35So sore, stuck with the physical side of things, and sorry went on to convey a mental sense,
26:40if you like, of pain or discomfort.
26:43So much for apologists.
26:45People who say sorry a little too often are sometimes thought of as wimps.
26:49Hopefully, I'm not talking about myself here, but that's a word with a less certain history.
26:54We know that from the Office of the Institutionary and all the detective work that's gone on there,
26:58that the word was known in the 1920s.
27:00It was used by Cambridge undergrads to describe women, believe it or not, when it was quite
27:04a neutral term.
27:05That dropped out of circulation.
27:08And there's no connection, we think, between that wimp and the wimp that suddenly exploded
27:12in America in the middle of the 1960s to mean the ineffectual person that we know today.
27:16Probably most plausible explanation is that it's linked with the word whimper.
27:22And put this together with wimpy, the passive ineffectual companion of Popeye, if you know
27:28your cartoons, and we may have our answer.
27:31Popeye's wimpy may have somehow popularised the term, but yes, probably goes back to whimpering,
27:36which would make you very sorry indeed.
27:38Indeed.
27:39Well done.
27:39Thank you, Susie.
27:44Wimpering.
27:44All right.
27:4563 plays, 45.
27:46James in the lead.
27:47And it's Owens.
27:49Let's escape.
27:49Owen?
27:50Can I start with a constant, please?
27:53Thank you, Owen.
27:54D.
27:55And then over.
27:57L.
27:58And then over.
28:01R.
28:02And then over.
28:04T.
28:05And then over.
28:08O.
28:09And then over.
28:11I.
28:13And then over.
28:16O.
28:18And then over.
28:20E.
28:22And then volume, foul.
28:24Add a file.
28:27I.
28:28Stand by.
28:28I.
28:46I.
28:47I.
28:49I.
28:51I.
28:52I.
28:54I.
28:56I.
28:57I.
28:57Owen?
29:00Six.
29:01A six and...
29:03Six.
29:04Two sixes.
29:06Rooted.
29:07Rooted, yes.
29:09James?
29:09Toiled.
29:10And toiled.
29:12Can we get beyond six, Jay, Susie?
29:15Yeah, I think we can.
29:16We can get to seven by putting an L into rooted and you get rootled.
29:20Rooted.
29:21Remind me what rootle is.
29:23Well, animals may rootle in the undergrowth, for example.
29:27So it's an informal term for root.
29:29So the example here is the terrier's scuttled off to rootle through the brushwood.
29:33All right.
29:3469 to 51, and it's James's letters game.
29:37Last one for today.
29:40A consonant, please, Rachel.
29:41Thank you, James.
29:43K.
29:44And another one.
29:46T.
29:48A consonant.
29:50D.
29:50A vowel.
29:53E.
29:54Another vowel.
29:56I.
29:57Consonant.
30:00L.
30:02Consonant.
30:04T.
30:05A vowel.
30:07U.
30:09And a final vowel.
30:12And a final O.
30:14Countdown.
30:15A vowel.
30:16山 Blue.
30:21Tert
30:25A vowel.
30:27A vowel.
30:28A vowel.
30:29A vowel.
30:30A vowel.
30:30A vowel.
30:30A vowel.
30:31A vowel.
30:32A vowel.
30:32A vowel.
30:33A centres.
30:33A vowel.
30:33A vowel.
30:33A vowel.
30:34A vowel.
30:34A쟁.
30:34A vowel.
30:34A überzeug.
30:35A Squeeze.
30:35A vowel.
30:36A robe.
30:37A Magic.
30:38A watched.
30:39A watch.
30:39澳isel.
30:40A communication.
30:40Abringing.
30:41A heck.
30:41Aников.
30:42A Surprise.
30:42A 좋아.
30:43Aeté paranoid.
30:44Now, Owen.
30:47Six.
30:48Six, indeed.
30:49And James?
30:50Six again.
30:51Yeah.
30:52Owen?
30:53Toilet.
30:54And James?
30:55Dilute.
30:56And dilute.
30:58Yep.
30:58We're on the sixes, chaps.
31:00Any advances?
31:01So we've got another six, which is kilted, as in someone who's wearing a kilt.
31:05Yeah.
31:05For seven, there's out lied.
31:07Out lied.
31:09Yes.
31:09To surpass somebody in lying.
31:12Not something you want to do.
31:13No.
31:13Out fib.
31:15All right.
31:1675 to 57.
31:18And now, Owen, it's the last, the final numbers game for today.
31:22Can I have two from the top and four small?
31:27Thank you, Owen.
31:28Two large, four small, and still all to play for in this game.
31:31Possible crucial conundrum.
31:32For the last round, they are nine, three.
31:36Another nine, five.
31:38And a large to 175.
31:40And the target, 476.
31:44Four, seven, six.
31:45Two, three, four
32:04five, five, five, six with one.
32:06Erwin.
32:17Four, seven, six.
32:20And James.
32:21Four, seven, six.
32:22Thank you, Erwin.
32:24And just 100 times five.
32:29500.
32:3075 divided by three.
32:3525.
32:36Take them away.
32:38Four, seven, five.
32:39And nine divided by nine.
32:42And add it on.
32:43Perfect.
32:44Well done.
32:44Four, seven, six.
32:46And James.
32:47It's the same way.
32:48There we go.
32:49We happy?
32:50Yeah.
32:51Well done, both of you.
32:52Very good.
32:54So it's 85 to 67 in James's favour as we move to the final round.
33:00So it's things on buzzers, chaps.
33:03Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:06James?
33:20Bullfights.
33:22Bullfight?
33:23Let's see whether you're right.
33:24There it is.
33:27He's the matter of all.
33:28Well done.
33:29Well done, James.
33:3095.
33:32Good.
33:32That's the best.
33:33I think it might be the best.
33:34It is.
33:34Your best score.
33:35Well done.
33:3695 to 0 in 67.
33:38Brave fight, Owen.
33:39A good fight.
33:40Well done.
33:40Because you're up, Owen, against somebody who's got now four wins to his name.
33:46So you did pretty well.
33:47Thank you very much indeed for coming.
33:48And you take this goodie bag back to Moseley.
33:51And good luck with your business.
33:52It's fantastic.
33:54And the golf.
33:55Thanks very much indeed.
33:57And James, we shall see you tomorrow?
33:59See you tomorrow.
34:00Well done.
34:01Yeah.
34:01Looking for your fifth win.
34:02Yes.
34:03Not going badly, is it?
34:05No, I'm very surprised.
34:07Well, I think you're a very good customer, actually.
34:09We'll see Jay tomorrow and Susie, too, of course.
34:11All right.
34:11See you then.
34:11See you tomorrow.
34:12See you then.
34:12Brilliant stuff.
34:14Excellent.
34:15So, four down, four more to go.
34:17And then we'll have a qualter as an octochamp.
34:21That's probably...
34:21Possibly.
34:21A long way to go, though.
34:22You know what they say.
34:23You know what you say.
34:23Someone's always creeping up behind you.
34:25I know.
34:25I know.
34:26You'll be sure of it.
34:26That's put the window up.
34:27See you tomorrow.
34:28See you tomorrow.
34:29Same time, same place.
34:30You'll be sure of it.
34:31A very good afternoon to you all.
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