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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown this Wednesday afternoon, 24th of April, a month that's absolutely whizzed by and a staggering Series 89.
00:41So many octo-champs, I'm losing count and another brilliant battle ahead today.
00:46Good afternoon, Rich O'Reilly.
00:48Afternoon, Mozdog.
00:49Oh, please, don't let that stick.
00:53Listen, Mozdog is the perfect thing to say because today is International Guide Dog Day.
01:00Oh.
01:01And, yeah, you look the right direction because we can just sit back and talk to our Susie Dent, our guardian of the dictionary, and the work that you do in this field.
01:10Tell us all about it.
01:11Oh, teeny, tiny amount.
01:12And the bit that I work in is the My Sighted Guide service where you are partnered with somebody with sight loss, either complete or partial, and you just go and have fun.
01:23You go on trips or, you know, to films, to gigs, that kind of thing.
01:28And it's a really lovely, lovely scheme.
01:31So you're called a My Sighted Guide volunteer.
01:34Yes.
01:35Very good stuff.
01:36Susie and Liz in Dixonry Corner, and we welcome back John Gibson, who, well, survived, I think is probably the right word.
01:44Yeah.
01:45A crucial countdown conundrum on St George's Day, an Englishman won two wins for you.
01:50And I always say this, when you get your third, fourth appearance, we get into chat about family and all that stuff.
01:56So do you watch Countdown with other members of the family?
01:58Yes, I do, yeah.
02:00I've watched it since the year it started.
02:03My eldest daughter was born in the year it started.
02:05Brilliant.
02:06And I've watched it ever since, yeah.
02:07Brilliant.
02:07Now I watch it with my grandchildren, yeah.
02:09Excellent.
02:10Well, you're going up against 16-year-old Charlotte Robson today.
02:15Charlotte's been delightful to chat to before we started the show.
02:18And when did you apply to come on Countdown?
02:21It was the night of my 16th birthday.
02:23Yes, right.
02:24So, yes, as soon as you could.
02:25Why?
02:26Why are we the show that you sort of fell in love with, do you think?
02:29I mean, I was sort of brought up on it, I suppose, and then maybe when I was about 13, I just got, like, really into it.
02:35There's kind of puzzles and stuff, I just love that.
02:38So just, like, every day, Countdown.
02:40Well, listen, you're here now, and it's all about relaxing and just enjoying it.
02:44Whether you end up with a four-letter word or you get a maximum nine, as John will tell you, it goes up and down, and you've just got to relax.
02:51So I hope you can do that for us.
02:52Charlotte against John.
02:53Good luck to both of you.
02:56APPLAUSE
02:57Great, John.
02:58Let's do it.
02:59Consonant, please, Rachel.
03:00Thank you, John.
03:01Start today with N.
03:03And a consonant.
03:05D.
03:06And a vowel.
03:08O.
03:09And a vowel.
03:10A.
03:11And a consonant.
03:13L.
03:15And a consonant.
03:16F.
03:17And a vowel.
03:19E.
03:20And a vowel.
03:23O.
03:25And finish with the usual consonant, please.
03:27Finish with G.
03:29At home and in the studio.
03:31No matter what age you are, you can play along if you like.
03:34Let's do Countdown.
03:34No matter what age you are, I'm going to turn on.
03:53We'll see you later.
03:54Give me a number, John.
04:06Six. And Charlotte? Six. Good start. John?
04:09Fooled. Fooled. And Charlotte?
04:11Loaned. Yeah, loaned and fooled. Fairly straightforward.
04:15Open and round. Les, can we go above a six?
04:18We're going to take you through the canals of Venice in a gondola for seven.
04:23Six points each. Charlotte, first time. You're getting to pick the letters on Countdown.
04:27Start with a consonant, please. Thank you, Charlotte.
04:30S. And another.
04:33L. And a third.
04:36B. And a vowel, please.
04:39I. And another.
04:41A. And one more, please.
04:44E. And a consonant.
04:47N. And another consonant.
04:50C. I'll finish with a vowel, please.
04:53Finish with E.
04:54E.
04:5530 seconds.
04:56E.
04:5700.
05:01E.
05:02E.
05:03E.
05:04E.
05:05E.
05:06E.
05:07E.
05:08E.
05:09E.
05:10That'll have to do. Charlotte? Seven. Seven and John? Seven. Seven as well. I wonder what it is, Charlotte? Silence. Yeah, John? Yeah, safely. Very good. How do we get on in Dictionary Corner?
05:39Yeah, I got the sound of silence too, but I think Susie's got an eight. Yeah. Well, yeah, tennis lovers, baseball lovers might recognise the baseline. Oh, goodness me. I can't believe I missed that as such a big baseball fan. 13 points each. Numbers it is. And John? One large, five small, please, Rachel. Thank you, John. One from the top and five Littlins.
06:01And for the first time today, the numbers challenge is seven, one, five, two, six. And the large one, 25. And the target you need to reach, 267.
06:13Two, six, seven. Numbers up.
06:15Two, six, seven.
06:32MUSIC PLAYS
06:45267, our first target of the day, John.
06:48267. Yep. And Charlotte? 267.
06:50Well done. John, off you go, my friend.
06:526 plus 7 is 13. Yes.
06:54Times 25. Is 325.
06:58Er, 5 plus 2 plus 1.
07:01Oh, I've got it wrong. Ah!
07:03OK, there you go. Gasp. Charlotte?
07:05So, 25 plus 1. 25 plus 1, 26.
07:09And then 5 times 2. Is 10. Multiply them together.
07:13260. And add the 7. That will do it. 267. Well done.
07:19Let's just check what Charlotte's doing in her A-levels.
07:22I'm guessing one of them might be maths. It is.
07:25There you go. What are the other ones?
07:26Physics, German and Latin. Oh, Latin.
07:28Well done, Puella. Well done.
07:31Is that right, girl?
07:33Yeah. Well, thank you.
07:34Right, let's go.
07:34First Tea Time teaser.
07:36It's Moral Dig.
07:38Moral Dig.
07:39Daisy's all set to get wed to a rich man.
07:42Daisy is all set to get wed to a rich man.
07:45Welcome back, everybody.
08:02Daisy's all set to get wed to a rich man.
08:05Marigold.
08:06Marigold. There you go.
08:07All right, the numbers separating both champion John and challenger Charlotte so far.
08:13It's Charlotte with her nose in front and you're choosing the letters.
08:15I'm going to start with a consonant, please.
08:17Thank you, Charlotte.
08:18M.
08:19And another.
08:21D.
08:22And another.
08:24K.
08:25One more, please.
08:27S.
08:28And a vowel.
08:29A.
08:31And another.
08:32I.
08:34And another.
08:35U.
08:36One more.
08:38O.
08:39I'm going to finish with a consonant, please.
08:41Finish with T.
08:43Thanks, Rich.
08:43I'll see you next time.
09:08Bye.
09:10Bye.
09:12Bye.
09:12Bye.
09:14Charlotte.
09:15Oh, risky seven.
09:16And John?
09:17Just a five.
09:18That sounds more realistic, John.
09:19What do you have?
09:20Stayed.
09:21OK, fortune favours the brave Charlotte Robson.
09:24Let's have it.
09:25Outsaid.
09:26Outsaid.
09:27I just looked it up.
09:29It's the thing that I have entered on my computer,
09:30and it's not fair, Charlotte, I'm afraid.
09:32No out say.
09:33There you go.
09:33Bad luck.
09:34Well, it's worth going for it.
09:35You had that little cushion as well.
09:37But, John, you managed to peg back five points.
09:40Was there a six or a seven?
09:41Any advance?
09:42There's a great Gilbert and Sullivan opera, the Mikado,
09:46and I just wondered, can you pluralise that?
09:48You absolutely can, yeah.
09:49That would be a brilliant seven.
09:50So, emperors, titles given to emperors of Japan, Mikados.
09:54Stadium also for seven.
09:56Five points in it, John.
09:57Off you go.
09:58A consonant, please, Rachel.
10:00R.
10:01And a consonant.
10:03V.
10:05A vowel.
10:06E.
10:08And another vowel.
10:09A.
10:10Consonant.
10:12G.
10:13And a consonant.
10:16T.
10:17And a vowel.
10:19E.
10:20And a vowel.
10:22I.
10:24And a final consonant, please.
10:26A final R.
10:27In half a minute.
10:28And a vowel.
10:30And a vowel.
10:30And a vowel.
10:30And a vowel.
10:31And a vowel.
10:31And a vowel.
10:31And a vowel.
10:32And a vowel.
10:32And a vowel.
10:32And a vowel.
10:33And a vowel.
10:33And a vowel.
10:34And a vowel.
10:34And a vowel.
10:34And a vowel.
10:34And a vowel.
10:34And a vowel.
10:35And a vowel.
10:35And a vowel.
10:36And a vowel.
10:36And a vowel.
10:36And a vowel.
10:37And a vowel.
10:37And a vowel.
10:38And a vowel.
10:38And a vowel.
10:38And a vowel.
10:39And a vowel.
10:39And a vowel.
10:40And a vowel.
10:40And a vowel.
10:41And a vowel.
10:42and a vowel.
10:42And a vowel.
10:43And a vowel.
10:43and a vowel.
10:44And a vowel.
10:59Talk to me, John. Six.
11:01And Charlotte? Seven. Seven. The six is?
11:04Reva. Right, let's see what Charlotte has managed to get.
11:07Greater. Greater.
11:09Greater is very good indeed. How are you spelling Reva?
11:13R-E-I-V-E-R.
11:15Absolutely fine. Yep, we're just checking that from the Scottish borders.
11:20Yeah. And it's all to do with carrying out raids.
11:23Right, we are back to the numbers already.
11:26And Charlotte, this is your first time choosing,
11:28so let's see what your tactics are.
11:30Two large, four small, please, Rachel.
11:32Thank you, Charlotte. Two from the top.
11:34And four small ones coming up for you.
11:36Second numbers game of the day is two, ten, eight, three.
11:41And the large two, 75 and 50.
11:44And the target to reach 142.
11:47142, numbers up.
11:49dementia.
11:5012, sports.
11:515, 16, top of the hour.
11:52six.
11:5310,.
11:54options.
11:56Moving on to the top.
11:57You can go under the terminally.
11:58Next time.
11:595, 25.
12:00Sa� next time.
12:01Yes.
12:02In the top.
12:03There are the fewilds of the national management.
12:05All the alum.
12:0610, 15, 15, 15, 26.
12:082, 10.
12:09in the top.
12:18142, another low target, and just confirm, Charlotte.
12:24Yeah, 142.
12:25Yeah, and John?
12:26Yeah, 142.
12:26Let's see if there's any showboating, or did you do it the obvious way?
12:3075 times two, 150, and then take off the eight.
12:33Yeah, that'll do.
12:34John, same way, yeah?
12:35Yeah.
12:36Good.
12:39Right, Les Dennis.
12:41Yeah.
12:41Loved our chat yesterday, and even more looking forward to today,
12:45because you're going to talk about sharing a dressing room with the late,
12:48great Spike Milligan.
12:50Yes, I did the Royal Variety performance back in, I think it was 1984,
12:55and Dustin Jean, my late partner, and I shared a dressing room
12:59with the comic genius that was Spike Milligan,
13:02and I couldn't contain myself.
13:04I said to him, I love your surreal limericks,
13:07and he went straight into, there once was a man from Tralee
13:09who got stung on the neck by a wasp.
13:12When asked if it hurt, he said, not at all.
13:14He can do it again if it likes.
13:16It's just so brilliant.
13:19But Spike famously suffered from depression.
13:24You know, I think on his gravestone, famously it says,
13:27I told you I was ill.
13:29And that is true, that's on his gravestone.
13:32But at a time that, you know, nowadays we talk openly
13:35about mental health.
13:37But then it was a very brave thing to do.
13:40And he wrote a book called Depression and How to Survive It
13:43with the great Dr. Anthony Clare.
13:46And it's still seen as one of the best books on depression.
13:50And there is a thing called the sad clown syndrome.
13:54Yeah.
13:55You know, Freud said, I must just quote him properly here,
13:59he said, the comedians try to make people laugh.
14:02I love that he said try to make people laugh,
14:04to relieve their anxiety and sadness.
14:08Yeah.
14:08But there's the story of the man who went to the doctors
14:10and he said to the doctor, I'm just sad.
14:14I just, I don't have any joy in my life.
14:17I can't laugh.
14:18I can't enjoy life.
14:20And the doctor said, if you feel like that,
14:22go and see the great clown, Grok,
14:25and he'll make you laugh.
14:27He'll cheer you up.
14:28And the man said, I am Grok.
14:30Ah, what a story.
14:32Who cheers up the cheer-uppers.
14:34Absolutely.
14:35Wow.
14:35I love our conversations.
14:37Exactly what I love about a great dictionary corner,
14:40I guess, you just, every day it's different.
14:42Every day it's different.
14:43And honest as well, which I love.
14:44Thank you, Liz.
14:46APPLAUSE
14:46Fantastic.
14:49Charlotte, I'll do you a little crib sheet
14:50and all of the people he was talking about there
14:52and you can learn them for another day.
14:54Right, 12 points in it.
14:55Really close run affair and champion, John.
14:58A little bit of catching up to do.
14:59Off you go, sir.
15:00Consonant, please, Rachel.
15:01Thank you, John.
15:02C.
15:03And a consonant.
15:05M.
15:06And a vowel.
15:08U.
15:09And a vowel.
15:11O.
15:12And a consonant.
15:13T.
15:14And a consonant.
15:16P.
15:18And a vowel.
15:20A.
15:21And a vowel.
15:23O.
15:24And finish with a consonant, please.
15:26Finish with T.
15:28And here we go again.
15:29I.
15:31I.
15:31I.
15:56I.
15:56MUSIC
16:00John? Six. Charlotte?
16:02Just a five on that one. The five is? A tempo.
16:04And the six? Potato.
16:06There you go, just when you needed the points.
16:09Over to Dixonry Corner, six points for a potato.
16:13What else did you find? Like, potato, no tempo,
16:16cos there's no E in the selection, just to say.
16:19OK, yeah. Yeah. Easy done. Easy done.
16:22All right, anything else for us? You could have had the other...
16:25..well, it's not a vegetable, it's a fruit, tomato.
16:27Six points in it. No, it was destined to be close today.
16:30And, Charlotte, you're picking the next letter,
16:32so let's enjoy this round.
16:33Start with a consonant, please. Thank you, Charlotte.
16:36S. And another.
16:39D. And another.
16:42B. And one more.
16:45R. And a vowel, please.
16:48I. And another.
16:50E. And another.
16:53U. One more.
16:56A. And finish on a consonant, please.
17:00Finish with... H.
17:02And start that clock.
17:04This.
17:05As.
17:07New depth.
17:09Saylbo.
17:10The way around the ground size.
17:11To try indicate.
17:12And what do you think around the ground size?
17:13If your reader see that you can see it,
17:15there will not be.
17:16There will be a erection.
17:17The way up to the wall.
17:19And one more.
17:20And a Ihnen has a language.
17:21The way down the ground yourself.
17:22I can see that at- grows an electron.
17:23As you can see, it's sort of an releasing system.
17:27Any years.
17:28All right, like.
17:29Until next time.
17:30What are falling?
17:31Charlotte.
17:35A seven. Seven from you and John.
17:37Seven. And a seven. Charlotte.
17:39Brushed. Brushed. And John...
17:42Braised. Braised and brushed.
17:46Yes, a plethora of sevens in this one.
17:48Yeah. Yeah, in American low-coat, you hear the word sidebar.
17:53Sidebar. And just a single eight.
17:55I'm not sure if you're going to like this one,
17:58but you might say it on MasterChef if you were commenting
18:02on the consistency of a sauce, for example, bread-ish.
18:05Oh, bread-ish sauce. Yes.
18:06That's nice. That's a lovely eight.
18:08If you've got that at home, you take all the points
18:10if you're playing along.
18:11Apart from that, just loads of sevens.
18:13So, Charlotte keeps her six-point lead.
18:15Back to the numbers. John, off you go.
18:18One larger, five smaller, please, Rachel.
18:20Thank you, John. One from the top row and five from the other ones.
18:24And this time around, the selection is five, ten, two, seven, nine.
18:32And the large one, 100.
18:34And the target, 572.
18:36572. Numbers up.
18:38Easy to change.
18:40You will be on the line.
18:40And we're just waiting for you now.
18:41Time as long as possible.
18:42We're still waiting for you when you go.
18:44Okay?
18:47Two, ten, ten, ten, ten, ten.
18:49Go.
18:52This way.
18:56Complete and begin.
19:00One nice...
19:01consumable.
19:04菜...
19:05Nat scientists original.
19:075, 7, 2, the target in our third numbers round of the day.
19:13John? 5, 7, 2. And Charlotte? 5, 7, 2.
19:17John? 9 plus 2 is 11. Yes.
19:20No, sorry, I've gone wrong. Oh, my goodness,
19:23you always deliver the drama, though, Mr Gibson, I love it.
19:26Right, Charlotte? So, 5 times 100. 500.
19:3010 minus 2... Is 8.
19:33Times that by 9. Gives you your 72.
19:36So, I don't need it happening. Well done.
19:38APPLAUSE
19:41Well, you might have got those 10 points, Charlotte,
19:43but you'll have no idea what this clue is about being 16.
19:46Our second Tea Time teaser, Ant Rebel. Ant Rebel.
19:51This used to apply to all the blockbusters, a blockbuster.
19:54This used to apply to all the blockbusters, a blockbuster.
19:58Hello again. Ant Rebel becomes rentable cos it applies to the blockbusters,
20:05a blockbuster.
20:06I used to love, Rachel, going to the video store, you know,
20:09and sometimes you had to book it for a couple of days.
20:14It's a bit like buying vinyl, really. You had to look forward to it.
20:17There was a bit of a journey involved.
20:18Yeah, I mean, it's very retro.
20:19Charlotte, I won't know what we're talking about right now.
20:20Oh, we used to rent videos. Yeah, there was two types,
20:22a VHS and Betamax.
20:23She doesn't care in one jot.
20:24Oh, I'm not that old.
20:25You get annoyed, though, if the person who'd had it before hadn't rewound it.
20:28If the person didn't return the tape the night you were going to get it,
20:31we were quite a close-knit community where I grew up,
20:34so you'd be like, who was it?
20:36Who was it?
20:37Who was it?
20:38Who was it?
20:39Who was it?
20:40Who was it?
20:41Who was it?
20:42You know, you know, and sometimes you had to book it for a couple of days.
20:45It's a bit like buying vinyl, really.
20:46You had to look forward to it.
20:48There was a bit of a journey involved.
20:50Yeah, I mean, it's very retro.
20:52You'd be like, who was it?
20:53And it'd be like, John at 14.
20:55Knock his door.
20:56John, get Jaws 3 back to the...
20:58Let's get more letters.
21:00I can start with a consonant, please.
21:02Thank you, Charlotte.
21:03N.
21:04And another.
21:06F.
21:07And another.
21:09D.
21:10One more.
21:12G.
21:13And a vowel, please.
21:15E.
21:16And another.
21:17O.
21:18And another.
21:19I.
21:21I.
21:22And a consonant, please.
21:24N.
21:25And finish on one more consonant, please.
21:28Finish with S.
21:29OK.
21:30Let's play Kind.
21:31I.
21:32I.
21:33I.
21:34I.
21:35I.
21:36I.
21:37I.
21:38I.
21:39I.
21:40I.
21:41I.
21:42I.
21:43I.
21:44I.
21:45I.
21:46I.
21:47I.
21:48I.
21:49I.
21:50I.
21:51I.
21:52I.
21:53I.
21:54I.
21:55I.
21:56I.
21:57I.
21:58I.
21:59I.
22:00I.
22:02I.
22:03I.
22:04I.
22:05I.
22:06I.
22:07I.
22:08I.
22:09I.
22:10I.
22:11I.
22:12I.
22:13I.
22:14I.
22:15I.
22:16I.
22:17I.
22:18I.
22:19I.
22:20If you want to move away from the ing you can have dingoes.
22:21Dingoes.
22:22Yes.
22:22Excellent, right.
22:2464.48 is the score that stands at the moment, and John, with a little bit of catching up to
22:30do, but not too much. Sheer Letters.
22:32Consonant please, Rachel.
22:34Thank you John.
22:35P.
22:36And a consonant.
22:38S.
22:39And a vowel, please.
22:41O.
22:42And a vowel.
22:43E.
22:44And a consonant.
22:46W.
22:47And a consonant.
22:49T.
22:50And a vowel.
22:52A.
22:53And a vowel.
22:55I.
22:56And a consonant, please.
22:58Lastly, N.
23:00All right, good luck, everybody.
23:31John Gibson?
23:32We'll try a seven.
23:33We'll try a seven.
23:34Charlotte Robson?
23:35Just a five.
23:36Just a five.
23:36OK, so obviously there's a bit of risk involved here.
23:39The safe five, Charlotte?
23:40Waste.
23:41Waste.
23:42And let's say if this goes to waste.
23:43Pintos.
23:44Pintos.
23:45As in the beans?
23:47As in the horses.
23:48P-I-N-T-O-Y-S.
23:49Not there, unfortunately.
23:53Pintos are there as piebald horses, but not with the E.
23:56They're there for a six, but not a seven.
23:58Goodness me.
23:59Goodness me.
24:00Right, there you go.
24:01Listen, I didn't even know what it meant, let alone could spell it right, so don't worry
24:04about that, John.
24:05The five counts.
24:07Yes.
24:07But certainly better up there.
24:09What do we have?
24:09No better than fives for me.
24:11I've got sweat and stain.
24:12Oh, there you go.
24:13Well, that doesn't paint a very good picture, does it?
24:15No, it doesn't, does it?
24:16No, it does opiate for that matter, but that's there for seven.
24:19There you go.
24:21OK, slight extension of the lead.
24:2321 points now with four rounds left.
24:26Remember, Charlotte applied to come on the show on her 16th birthday.
24:29How cool is that?
24:30And she's gone great guns so far.
24:32Let's get her origins of words for today.
24:35So, Susie.
24:36Yes.
24:37Barbara Atterbury in West Sussex has written to us,
24:40to ask where the phrase, don't tell me how to suck eggs, comes from.
24:45Now, again, this won't mean anything to Charlotte,
24:47but there is an old proverb, don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs.
24:51In other words, don't try and lecture somebody who already knows everything.
24:55And it's quite a good indicator, really, of how we don't venerate age enough.
25:01So, in other cultures, you know, the older you get, the wiser you get,
25:05the more you are revered.
25:06But in this country, it seems to be, it seems to work the other way.
25:09And we have words that once had very neutral meanings, like senile,
25:14but we apply them in not particularly nice ways.
25:16Likewise, geriatric, very simple, straightforward meaning.
25:19But it's used in quite a sort of bad way anyway.
25:21That's my bit of morality today.
25:24But let's go to don't tell me how to suck eggs.
25:27It's been a proverb for a very, very long time.
25:31And most likely, the meaning of the expression is that before we got good dentistry,
25:36many elderly people, including grandmothers, might have had not particularly good teeth,
25:41they might have had no teeth at all.
25:42So the simplest way to eat protein, etc., was to suck.
25:46And there was indeed a method of sucking eggs.
25:49You would just make a little hole and you would suck the contents through.
25:51So it's probably as literal an idiom as you might get.
25:55And then it was broadened in meaning, as I say, just to use another expression,
25:59don't teach an old dog new tricks.
26:02And indeed, there's a category of English, which Rachel first alerted me to,
26:07called a malaphor, which is a blend of a metaphor and a malapropism.
26:10It's when we get things slightly wrong.
26:12And there is a version of this, which is you can't teach an old grandmother new tricks,
26:16which I quite like.
26:18And others in that category, some of my favourite is,
26:21it's not rocket surgery.
26:22Or I'll burn that bridge when I get to it.
26:26But anyway, it's a very old proverb, 1600s,
26:30and it is simply about trying to teach wisdom to somebody who is already wise.
26:34So we need to revere older people much more than we do.
26:37Love it.
26:39APPLAUSE
26:39OK, well, listen, we're trying our best to respect our elders,
26:44but, John, you've got to do the work, all right?
26:47We can't help it that young Charlotte's in the lead.
26:49Four more rounds to go, and Charlotte, you're picking these letters.
26:53I'll start with a consonant, please.
26:54Thank you, Charlotte.
26:55G.
26:56And another.
26:58T.
26:59And another.
27:01Y.
27:02And one more.
27:04R.
27:05And a vowel.
27:07O.
27:07And another.
27:09E.
27:10And one more.
27:11O.
27:13And a consonant, please.
27:16D.
27:17And a final vowel, please.
27:19And a final I.
27:21All right.
27:21Countdown.
27:22MUSIC PLAYS
27:23MUSIC PLAYS
27:27Charlotte.
27:53Six.
27:54John.
27:55Six.
27:56Charlotte the Six.
27:57Rooted.
27:57And the Six.
27:58Same word, rooted.
28:00OK, well the scores are rooted to where they are,
28:03same gap and over the dictionary corner.
28:06Susie's got a seven, I think.
28:08Yes, it comes up so often, this word, goited.
28:10It means to have a swelling of your thyroid gland.
28:14Last letters round and something that has to give here, John,
28:17you need to do better than Charlotte in this or it'll be curtains.
28:19Off you go.
28:20Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:21Thank you, John.
28:23R.
28:23And another.
28:25P.
28:26And a vowel.
28:28U.
28:29And another.
28:31A.
28:32And a consonant, please.
28:34M.
28:35And another.
28:36R.
28:38And a vowel.
28:40E.
28:41And a vowel.
28:43O.
28:44And a consonant, please.
28:46Lastly, L.
28:47Thanks, John.
28:48Here we go.
28:48Last letters.
28:49¶¶
29:19Big moment, Mr Gibson. How many? Seven.
29:22Seven. This could be it. Charlotte?
29:24Yeah, just a five. Just the five. OK, it's not over yet.
29:27What's the five? Maple. And the seven?
29:30Parlour. Parlour.
29:32Very nice. I haven't seen that one. I can tell.
29:36I've touched you.
29:40Needed that. Absolutely had to do it right there, John.
29:43You lived to play another round. How do we get on, Les?
29:47Well, there's a dental word that I didn't realise you could put pre in front of.
29:51Yeah. Premolar. Did you get that one? Yes.
29:54And do you know why? Because I got molar because you were talking about dentures
29:58and I was still thinking about my grandfather's teeth in a glass
30:01beside the bed growing up. And then I was thinking,
30:04I think my dentist has said premolar. Yes.
30:06Yeah. So, it's a tooth between the canine and the molar teeth
30:09and most just have eight. Love it.
30:1214 points the difference now. 20 points still up for grams.
30:16Champions often do this in the last part. They really give a challenge
30:20as a run for the money. And we're going to do our last numbers.
30:23And you're choosing, Charlotte?
30:25One large and five small things.
30:27You want the easiest one the numbers can possibly give us.
30:30Well, we have no control. Let's see what the gods have in store for us.
30:33Final numbers today. Seven, three, three, four, five and 75.
30:40And the target, 821. 821.
30:44Numbers up.
30:45One large and 75.
31:03You probably won't need for the money, right?
31:08Five.
31:09Time is up. 8.21. Charlotte?
31:17Yeah, 8.21.
31:18Oh, and John.
31:19Yeah, 8.21.
31:20For the win, Charlotte?
31:22So, three over three.
31:23Three over three, one.
31:25Seven minus one.
31:26Seven minus one is six.
31:28Add five.
31:29Is 11.
31:30Time's 75.
31:31825.
31:32Take off the four.
31:33And you've won the show. Well done.
31:34We'll do a little bit of a replay in that in a second.
31:39But first of all, John.
31:41Seven plus four is 11.
31:43Yep.
31:44Times 75.
31:46825.
31:47Three over three is one.
31:49Take the one off the five and subtract.
31:52Lovely. Same result. Well done.
31:53Same result. And probably the easier way to go.
31:56You did that in, like, four seconds.
31:58I did it in about seven seconds.
32:01Rachel didn't even need the timer.
32:03And we were looking at Charlotte, 28 seconds in.
32:06Still scribbling away.
32:07There was real pressure there, wasn't there?
32:09Yeah.
32:09Oh, now you know the difference between all those years watching at home.
32:12But big congratulations to you.
32:14But we'll save it for a little while, because what a day it's been.
32:17John, you've covered yourself in glory as well.
32:1971 points at the moment.
32:21Charlotte in 85.
32:22Ten more up for grabs.
32:23Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:25We'll see you next time.
32:55Imagine if that had been a crucial no chance getting it in the studio here.
33:00John and Charlotte draw blanks.
33:02It's been a difficult week of the old Countdown Conundrums.
33:05If you manage to get this, just do a lap around your street, you know what I mean?
33:08Round the houses, back into the living room.
33:10Let's reveal it.
33:11Dysphoria, dysphoria, very difficult indeed to get that right.
33:17Dysphoria was the answer, and it switches to euphoria, because 16-year-old Charlotte Robson,
33:23who applied on her 16th birthday, has managed to win an episode of Countdown, her favourite show.
33:29Well done.
33:29Well done.
33:32And, you know, as if it could get even better, you get what every 16-year-old wants, a really old-fashioned teapot.
33:39There you go.
33:40That's for you.
33:41And you get to take yours home with you, John.
33:43You get to put it in that mantelpiece and say to your grandkids,
33:46I ruled the roost when it comes to Countdown.
33:49You've got a lot to learn, and I hope we get to see them on here, maybe.
33:52Oh, hopefully, yeah.
33:54Yeah, I want all the Gibson family in here.
33:56They're like you, we want them in here.
33:58Right.
33:59Well done, champ.
33:59Thank you so much.
34:00Love it.
34:01Les, Susie, all done.
34:02See you tomorrow.
34:02Yeah, see you then.
34:03See you tomorrow, Rich.
34:04Until then, what a show.
34:06We'll be all here to do it again tomorrow.
34:07You can count on us.
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