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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35Friday, which means later on today, it'll be a Friday night, which is going out night, looking for a good night out.
00:43Where do you go? Go to the pub, go round to the in-laws for a night out, possibly not.
00:48Apparently, the new trend, Rachel, is to do something very alternative.
00:53Let me ask you whether you've done any of these alternative activities on your night out.
00:58Have you been to a sushi-making interactive evening?
01:02Not yet, no.
01:04Have you been to an axe-throwing evening?
01:09Can you imagine?
01:10That's an event. That's a Friday night activity.
01:13Yeah.
01:13But what's your favourite night out?
01:16I've been on a 1920s Prohibition speakeasy night and I was a member of the French Resistance once.
01:21That was quite fun.
01:22How did you get on?
01:22I quite like those evenings where you just dress up and everyone's got a character.
01:26That one you had to put a French accent on and had a fake passport for the evening.
01:29But that's in a venue, is it?
01:31It's all you want to think about?
01:32Yeah.
01:32Yeah, there's a place that's Under the Arches by London Bridge, so it's the same one I've
01:35been to a couple of times.
01:36It's really good fun.
01:37That's good fun.
01:38All right.
01:39Now, what's good fun?
01:40Well, it was less good fun, Rachel, yesterday for Owen Jackson.
01:43Owen, first time at 118.
01:46Then you were given a bit of a run for your money, but you came through at the end, so
01:49it's good to see you.
01:51Tight game.
01:52Yeah, it was.
01:52Well, you're joined, Owen, by Martin Hunter, a maths teacher from Southport, so we're expecting
01:58a lot from you in the maths, in the numbers games.
02:02But talking about numbers, what do the following numbers mean to you?
02:07Under 15 and a duck.
02:10Yeah, in 1990, I was able to get Marcus Trescothic out for a duck who went on to Captain England
02:16and played for them 60-something times.
02:19Brilliant.
02:19And you were playing for the under 15s.
02:21Under 15s, opening the bowling.
02:23Yeah.
02:23Our careers have gone different ways since then.
02:25Yeah.
02:26And you went on playing?
02:27Yeah, I played at club level for a long time and took it up again this year.
02:31And I've learned it's a young man's game this year.
02:33Well, it's good to see you here.
02:34Good to have you here.
02:35Good to have you both here.
02:36Big round of applause for Owen and Martin.
02:43And please welcome, over in the corner, the wonderful Susie Dent, a comedian and impressionist
02:48and all-rounder, good bloke, John Cullshaw.
02:50So we'll come back.
02:55More from John later.
02:58But now it's Owen's chance to kick off today's countdown.
03:01Off you go.
03:02Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:03Good afternoon, Owen.
03:03Can I kick this off with a consonant, please?
03:05Kick this off with T.
03:09Uh-huh.
03:10T.
03:11And a vowel.
03:12Vowel.
03:13I.
03:15And another consonant.
03:18M.
03:20And a vowel.
03:22O.
03:23A consonant.
03:25W.
03:26A vowel.
03:28E.
03:30A consonant.
03:32N.
03:34A vowel.
03:35O.
03:37O.
03:38And a final consonant, please.
03:41And a final B.
03:43And here's the countdown clock.
03:44A vowel.
03:46A vowel.
03:46A vowel.
03:47A vowel.
03:47A vowel.
03:47A vowel.
03:48A vowel.
03:48A vowel.
03:48A vowel.
03:49A vowel.
03:49A vowel.
03:50A vowel.
03:50A vowel.
03:50A vowel.
03:50A vowel.
03:50A vowel.
03:51A vowel.
03:51A vowel.
03:51A vowel.
03:51A vowel.
03:52A vowel.
03:52A vowel.
03:52A vowel.
03:53A vowel.
03:53A vowel.
03:54A vowel.
03:54A vowel.
03:54A vowel.
03:55A vowel.
03:55A vowel.
03:55A vowel.
03:56A vowel.
03:56A vowel.
03:57A vowel.
03:58A vowel.
03:58A vowel.
03:59A vowel.
03:59A vowel.
04:00A vowel.
04:00A vowel.
04:01A vowel.
04:01A vowel.
04:02A vowel.
04:03A vowel.
04:03Oh, then.
04:16Um, I've got a six, but I haven't written it down yet.
04:20And Martin?
04:21Seven.
04:22Yes, Ellen?
04:23I've forgotten it.
04:24I've forgotten it because of panic.
04:26Sorry about that.
04:27All right.
04:27Yeah, it's gone.
04:29Martin?
04:30Emotion.
04:31Emotion.
04:32Have you got it back again?
04:34Em, not panic.
04:40All right.
04:41John and Susie.
04:43Couldn't they top a seven on this round?
04:45No.
04:46Well done, Martin.
04:47Well done.
04:48And it's Martin's letters game now.
04:50Yes, sir.
04:50Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:51Good afternoon, Martin.
04:52Can I start with the consonant, please?
04:54Start with N.
04:56And a vowel?
04:58U.
04:59And another vowel, please.
05:01O.
05:02And a consonant?
05:04K.
05:06Another consonant, please.
05:08G.
05:11Another consonant?
05:13N.
05:15Vowel?
05:16I.
05:20Consonant?
05:22T.
05:23And finish with a consonant, please.
05:26And finish with R.
05:28Stand by.
05:29We'll see.
05:44Martin.
06:00Seven.
06:02And Owen?
06:04Seven as well.
06:05Two sevens.
06:06Martin.
06:07Turning.
06:08Owen.
06:09Touring.
06:09And John?
06:10What's the corner got?
06:11A few severe words cropping up here.
06:15Routing for seven.
06:17But more alarmingly,
06:20nowting,
06:21which was a very severe Russian form of punishment
06:26many centuries ago, I believe.
06:27It was, yeah.
06:28All right.
06:29Fourteen plays seven.
06:31Martin on 14.
06:32And it's Owen.
06:33It's your numbers game.
06:34Could I have two big ones and four little ones?
06:37Thank you, Owen.
06:38Two from the top.
06:39Four not from the top.
06:40And for the first time today,
06:41they are nine,
06:42five,
06:44nine,
06:45two.
06:45And the big ones,
06:4675 and 50.
06:49And your target,
06:50629.
06:51Six to nine.
06:52And the big ones,
06:54and the big ones are over there.
06:54Thank you, Owen.
06:54One,
06:54two,
06:55three,
06:56and a half.
06:56One,
06:57two,
06:57one.
06:58Two,
06:58one,
06:59two.
07:00Three,
07:00two,
07:01three,
07:01one,
07:02two.
07:02Three,
07:04one,
07:04two,
07:04one,
07:05two,
07:05three.
07:06Two,
07:06two,
07:07three.
07:07One,
07:08three,
07:09two,
07:09three,
07:10two,
07:11four,
07:11three.
07:11Five,
07:12two,
07:13two,
07:14three,
07:14two,
07:15one,
07:17three,
07:18two,
07:19two,
07:19three,
07:20Owen?
07:24I've got 629.
07:26And Martin?
07:27629.
07:28Owen?
07:29OK, 9 by 75.
07:31675.
07:33Then subtract 50.
07:35625.
07:36There is another 9 there.
07:37There is.
07:38Take away the 5 from that for 4.
07:409 minus 5 is 4.
07:42Yeah, and that gets added on to make 629.
07:45Perfect.
07:46And the maths teacher, Martin?
07:48Exactly the same method.
07:50Good method.
07:51Well done.
07:54Well done.
07:55So 24 plays 17 as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:01which is a clot 9.
08:03And the clue, only a clot would think this has something to do with the number 9.
08:08Only a clot would think this has something to do with the number 9.
08:19Welcome back.
08:28I left with the clue, only a clot would think this has something to do with the number 9.
08:33What's that then?
08:35It's octennial.
08:37Octennial.
08:38From the Latin, octal?
08:40Yeah.
08:40It means simply recurring every 8 years or lasting for a period of 8 years.
08:45Triennial and triennial, and we eventually, occasionally, get to the octennial.
08:50Good.
08:5024 plays 17.
08:52Owen on 17.
08:53Martin, well done.
08:55Letters game for Martin.
08:56Start with the consonant, please, Rachel.
08:58Thank you, Martin.
08:59V.
09:00And another.
09:02M.
09:04And another.
09:06F.
09:08Try a vowel, please.
09:10E.
09:11And another one.
09:13I.
09:14And another vowel.
09:16E.
09:17And a consonant.
09:19S.
09:20Another consonant, please.
09:22L.
09:24And finish with the consonant, please.
09:26And finish with F.
09:28Stand by.
09:29And finish with the consonant, please.
09:30And finish with the consonant, please.
09:31And finish with the consonant, please.
09:32And finish with the consonant, please.
09:33And finish with the consonant, please.
09:34And finish with the consonant, please.
09:35And finish with the consonant, please.
09:36And finish with the consonant, please.
09:37And finish with the consonant, please.
09:38And finish with the consonant, please.
09:39And finish with the consonant, please.
09:40And finish with the consonant, please.
09:41And finish with the consonant, please.
09:42And finish with the consonant, please.
09:43And finish with the consonant, please.
09:44And finish with the consonant, please.
09:45And finish with the consonant, please.
09:46And finish with the consonant, please.
09:47And finish with the consonant, please.
09:48And finish with the consonant, please.
09:49And finish with the consonant, please.
09:50And finish with the consonant, please.
09:52Well, Martin?
10:01Just a five this time.
10:03Owen?
10:03I got a five.
10:04Also a five.
10:05Martin?
10:06Flies.
10:08Flies and?
10:08Feels.
10:10And in the corner, John?
10:12A new-ish word in this digital era, the selfie.
10:17Is that a proper word now?
10:18Yeah, it is.
10:19It was Oxford's word of the year a little while ago.
10:21But as it goes back to the late 19th, late 20th century, I think, in Australia, where
10:27they add the I.E. onto everything.
10:28Anyway, we'll know what selfie is, sadly.
10:30Indeed.
10:31All right.
10:31Seven points in it.
10:3229, please.
10:3322.
10:34Owen?
10:35OK.
10:35Can I kick it off with a consonant, please?
10:37Thank you, Owen.
10:39C.
10:40And a vowel?
10:42A.
10:43A consonant?
10:45S.
10:46And a vowel?
10:48E.
10:48A consonant?
10:51H.
10:53A vowel?
10:55I.
10:57A consonant?
10:59R.
11:00A vowel?
11:03A.
11:05Could I have a final consonant, please?
11:07And a final.
11:09Z.
11:11Stand by.
11:11A vowel?
11:13A vowel?
11:13A vowel?
11:14A vowel?
11:14A vowel?
11:15A vowel?
11:15A vowel?
11:15A vowel?
11:15A vowel?
11:16A vowel?
11:16A vowel?
11:17A vowel?
11:17A vowel?
11:17A vowel?
11:17A vowel?
11:17A vowel?
11:18A vowel?
11:18A vowel?
11:18A vowel?
11:18A vowel?
11:19A vowel?
11:19A vowel?
11:19A vowel?
11:20A vowel?
11:20A vowel?
11:21A vowel?
11:21A vowel?
11:21A vowel?
11:22A vowel?
11:22A vowel?
11:23A vowel?
11:23A vowel?
11:25A vowel?
11:25A vowel?
11:26A vowel?
11:26A vowel?
11:27A vowel?
11:27A vowel?
11:28A vowel?
11:29A vowel?
11:29A vowel?
11:30A vowel?
11:30Owen?
11:44Six.
11:45Six, Martin?
11:46Six.
11:47My six is Chaser.
11:49Chaser and Martin?
11:50Chairs.
11:50And Chairs.
11:52And in the corner, John and Susie.
11:54By Jove, Susie, there is a nine.
11:57And a very impressive nine, isn't it?
11:59Yeah.
11:59Um, archaizes means to give an artistic worker an old-fashioned flavour
12:04by using archaic words or styles, as in ye olde fish shop, for example.
12:09Very good.
12:11Oh, yes.
12:16Archaizes, that's fabulous.
12:1735 plays 28.
12:19Owen on 28.
12:20And now, Martin, it's your numbers game.
12:22Can I have one from the top, please, Rachel, and any of the five?
12:25You can indeed.
12:25Thank you, Martin.
12:26One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:29These numbers are 7, 10, 8, 4, 1, and 100.
12:36And the target, 463.
12:39Four, six, three.
12:40One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:41One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:41One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:42One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:42One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:43One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:44One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:45One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:46One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:47One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:48One large five, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:49One large, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:50One large, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:51One large, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:52One large, little and no pressure for the maths teacher.
12:53Martin?
13:120-6-3.
13:14I mean?
13:15I got it, just about, yeah, 4-6-3.
13:17Well done.
13:18Now, Martin?
13:20100, add 7, add 8.
13:231-15.
13:24Times by 4 is 4-60.
13:26It is.
13:27And then 4-1 is 3, and add it on.
13:30Haven't used it.
13:30Oh, sorry.
13:32Actually, you have used that 4 twice as I say that.
13:36Sorry, Martin.
13:37Yikes.
13:39Yikes, Owen.
13:40I took the 100 first of all.
13:43Good place to start.
13:44Multiply it by 4.
13:46400.
13:47Then I did 7 by 10.
13:4970.
13:50Added that on.
13:51470.
13:52Subtracted the 8.
13:5310?
13:54Yep.
13:55Subtract the 8.
13:55And then add the 1.
13:56And then add the 1.
13:57Lovely.
13:57Well done.
13:58Well done.
14:01Well done.
14:03Bad like Martin there, so it springs Owen into a three-point lead.
14:07As we turn, once again, to John Coleshaw.
14:10What have you got for us today, John?
14:11Well, yesterday, I thoroughly enjoyed your origins of words,
14:16Susie's origins of words from yesterday,
14:18all about the origin of the word loggerheads.
14:20And as I was listening, I was thinking,
14:23this is a Boris Johnson speech to an opponent.
14:26Because, of course,
14:27you are a dottle, a doddy pole, a wantwit,
14:30a jobard, a doddy pate, a loggerhead.
14:33You are a dumble, an Essex calf,
14:35a tumfy, a jabby now, a cheese-headed fop doodle.
14:38You, sir, are a noddy poop.
14:41Blah!
14:42Very good.
14:45Very good.
14:46It says him so well.
14:48But this does lead us to the other big, big character
14:52in the impersonation world at the moment.
14:55And it's usually the one that is referred to first.
14:57Imagine the Donald in Dictionary Corner.
15:00It's not a corner, it's a curve.
15:02It's Trump Dictionary Curve Corner.
15:04It's so fantastic.
15:04I'm so happy to be here.
15:05This is fantastic, this is great.
15:07You've got to do the hand gestures as though
15:09you're having a game of darts,
15:10but you're not playing very hard.
15:13LAUGHTER
15:14APPLAUSE
15:16APPLAUSE
15:18Brilliant.
15:2438 plays 35.
15:25Owen in the lead, and it's Owen's letters game.
15:28Yes, sir?
15:29Um, could I start this off with a cancel on, please, Rachel?
15:31Thank you, Owen.
15:33T.
15:34And vowel?
15:35T.
15:36O.
15:38And a consonant?
15:40N.
15:41And a vowel?
15:43I.
15:45And a consonant?
15:47T.
15:48A vowel?
15:50O.
15:52And a consonant?
15:55S.
15:57And a vowel?
15:59A.
16:00And a final consonant, please.
16:03And a final L.
16:06Countdown.
16:07Walk.
16:18To be어� diseño, sir,
16:20A.
16:20A.
16:21And aSu.
16:23And a vowel,
16:23A.
16:24A.
16:25Does a choice?
16:27Yes.
16:28And a vowel,
16:28A.
16:29And a eel,
16:30A.
16:31Owen.
16:39Came up with a seven in that one.
16:40A seven. How about Martin?
16:42Seven.
16:43Owen.
16:43Mine is lotions.
16:45Lotions.
16:46Martin.
16:47Station.
16:48And station.
16:49Yeah.
16:50Yeah.
16:51Good seven.
16:52And in the corner.
16:53Talons was there for six, but nothing to top those fine sevens.
16:58So 45 plays 42 in Owen's favour.
17:01Martin.
17:02Letters go.
17:02Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:04Thank you, Martin.
17:05D.
17:06And a vowel, please.
17:08E.
17:09A consonant.
17:11R.
17:12A vowel.
17:14A.
17:15A consonant, please.
17:17P.
17:18A vowel.
17:20I.
17:22A consonant.
17:25R.
17:26A vowel.
17:28E.
17:29And finish with a consonant, please.
17:31And finish with S.
17:33Stand by.
17:34A vowel.
17:36Is.
17:37A vowel.
17:37And finish with a synod.
17:37Letters.
17:38I'm going to hear it.
17:39One.
17:40One.
17:42The vowel.
17:43One.
17:44Is.
17:55A vowel.
17:56One.
17:57One.
17:57One.
17:58Another.
17:58One.
17:58One.
17:59One.
17:59One.
18:00One.
18:00One.
18:02One.
18:02Two.
18:03Martin.
18:06Eight.
18:06An eight.
18:07Owen?
18:09I'm going to risk a nine.
18:12Very well.
18:13Martin.
18:13Repaired.
18:15Repaired.
18:16Owen Jackson.
18:18Repraised.
18:22It's not there, I'm afraid.
18:25OK.
18:25Sorry.
18:26It was a good shot.
18:27Yeah.
18:27It was a good shot.
18:28Anything else, did you?
18:29Well, we were hoping for a despairer, but that wasn't in.
18:33But you can have the plural of draperies, so cloth or curtains, etc.,
18:37and have draperies, which will give you a nine.
18:39Well done.
18:41Well done.
18:44Draperies.
18:46So, 50 plays, 45.
18:48Martin, five points ahead as we turn to Owen.
18:51Now, Owen, for a numbers game.
18:53I will go for two large again and four small ones.
18:56Two large, four little, no gamble, no panic just yet.
18:59Thank you, Owen.
19:00The four littles are four, three.
19:03One, two, and the big two, 50, and 75.
19:08And your target, oh, 150.
19:12One, five, zero.
19:13One, two, and the big one.
19:15big picture, oh, here we go.
19:22We go.
19:22It was a big one.
19:33To be continued.
19:35Oh, I got that one well done and Martin yeah me too so Owen let's deal with this quickly get your marker ready now
19:54just in case 75 for two that'll do it and Martin same way all right
20:00thank you we won't drag it out 60 plays 55 still five points in it as we turn to our second tea time
20:07teaser which is lady train and the clue the lady on the train smiled at me with so much joy
20:13the lady on the train smiled at me with so much joy
20:30welcome back I left with the clue the lady on the train smiled at me with so much joy and the answer
20:39that is that she smiled radiantly radiantly five points in it 60 plays Owens 55 Martin
20:49let us go start with the constant please Rachel thank you Martin T and another one X and another one
20:58vowel please O another vowel a another vowel I consonant R another consonant S and a final consonant please and a final G
21:24Countdown
21:26Countdown
21:27kryptonat
21:31here
21:33in uk
21:35and
21:36at
21:37record
21:38nobody
21:39record
21:41I lyric
21:42冬
21:43four
21:44hij
21:45==
21:46Unde
21:47f
21:49Martin?
21:58Six.
21:58A six, and Owen?
22:00I think I've got a seven.
22:02Martin?
22:03Ratios.
22:04Ratios.
22:05Owen?
22:06Goat-ish?
22:08You can be goat-ish, as well as goaty.
22:11Yep, in the dictionary.
22:13Goat-ish?
22:14Yeah.
22:14What does that mean, being goat-ish, do you think?
22:16Look, that doesn't actually give you a definition.
22:20One says, I feel myself to be a lot more goat-ish than sheepish.
22:25Goat-ish cliches, and goat-ish beards, and goat-ish sins, all sorts of things.
22:30I don't think it's very positive.
22:32All right.
22:32So, two points in it, then.
22:34Owen, 62 to Martin, 60.
22:36Close run thing.
22:37Owen, you're back.
22:38OK, can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:39Thank you, Harry.
22:40D.
22:42And a vowel.
22:44E.
22:46And a consonant.
22:48R.
22:50And a vowel.
22:52A.
22:54And a consonant.
22:56J.
22:58And a vowel.
23:00U.
23:02And a consonant.
23:05D.
23:07And a vowel.
23:09A.
23:10And a final consonant.
23:14And a final R.
23:16And the clock starts now.
23:18A.
23:19And a vowel.
23:28The.
23:30And a vowel.
23:33And a vowel.
23:38And a vowel.
23:40And a vowel.
23:40It's called.
23:41I'm going to stick with the six here.
23:52Martin?
23:53Six.
23:54And?
23:55It's Judder.
23:56Judder?
23:57Judder, yeah.
23:58And?
23:58Jod.
23:59And Jod.
24:01Yep.
24:01Close enough, aren't they?
24:03John?
24:04Well, there were a nice seven that Susie had after about eight seconds, I think it was.
24:09Uh, adjured, adjured.
24:13To adjure is to urge or request somebody to do something very solemnly or earnestly.
24:19It's got that jure to swear in it, so it's all about sort of making an oath, if you like,
24:24in its history.
24:25But yes, to earnestly request that somebody does something.
24:28To adjure.
24:30I adjure you.
24:3268 to 66.
24:33Two points, as I say, and it's Susie we turn to now.
24:36Take the pressure off Owen and Martin, as we turn to Susie and her origins of words.
24:41Yes, ma'am.
24:43Well, I have to thank Annie Jackson for an email.
24:45She asked where the adjective crestfallen comes from.
24:50And it's a good one.
24:50I've spoken before on the programme about how some of the cruelest sports in our history,
24:55such as bear baiting, et cetera, have sort of given the idioms to the English language.
25:00And cockfighting has done exactly the same, unfortunately.
25:04And crestfallen goes all the way back to a rooster who's lost his fight.
25:08So he might well have a fallen crest in a very literal sense.
25:12And the very first evidence for it in the Oxford English Dictionary is from 1589,
25:17probably referring to a person but likening them to a rooster.
25:20Oh, how meagre and lean he looked.
25:22So crestfallen at his comb hung down to his bill.
25:25So we have cockfighting to thank, if we have to thank it for anything, for crestfalling.
25:30But also a few other idioms, like showing the white feather associated very much,
25:36especially in the Second World War, with cowardice, of course.
25:39That goes back to the fact that a gamecock that had a white feather was considered to be of inferior breeding,
25:44so poorly bred, and hence not to have as much gusto and bravery as the real pedigree roosters.
25:51So to show the white feather was literally to turn tail.
25:54But just one final stop, not really to do with cockfighting,
25:57but I mentioned showing the white feather and the idea of a bird of poor breeding, if you like,
26:03and poor pedigree.
26:04And pedigree is actually a wonderful one, which I love, a wonderful origin,
26:07because in medieval manuscripts, a mark consisted of three curved lines
26:12was used to indicate a family lineage.
26:15So it was a family tree, not too dissimilar to the ones that we have today.
26:18And people saw a resemblance between this mark and the claw or track of a crane,
26:23and so they called it a crane's foot.
26:25And in the French, of the Normans who came over after the conquest, that was a paix de grue.
26:29And eventually, paix de grue, in the English tongue, became pedigree.
26:33But its literal meaning is a crane's foot.
26:36It's amazing.
26:37Well done.
26:41Fabulous.
26:43I remember reading years ago that Belgium was the cockpit of Europe,
26:47because it's where all the wars tended to start in those days.
26:51Right.
26:51The cockpit of Europe.
26:5368 plays 66.
26:54Two points in it.
26:56Owen in the lead for the moment.
26:58It's Martin's letters game.
26:59Let's see what you can do, Martin.
27:01Continent, please, Rachel.
27:02Thank you, Martin.
27:03T.
27:04And another one.
27:06P.
27:07And a vowel.
27:09O.
27:10And another vowel, please.
27:13I.
27:14A consonant, please.
27:16W.
27:18And another.
27:19N.
27:21Another consonant, please.
27:23P.
27:25Another consonant, please.
27:27L.
27:28And finish with a vowel, please.
27:31And finish with E.
27:33Standby.
27:35Standby.
27:35And finish with E.
27:37Kindle.
27:44And before you go, let's try it again.
27:46Then, let's try it.
27:48And then, let's try it.
28:00Owen, a six.
28:09Martin, six.
28:11Owen, point with an E on the end.
28:13Mm-hmm, Martin.
28:15Er, topple.
28:16Yep, point, point, the tip of the toes.
28:21That's absolutely fine.
28:22Now, what's the corner got for us?
28:24Can we beat it?
28:24An interesting seven, a toe line.
28:27Yes, two lines for towing.
28:29Toe lines for a seven, yeah.
28:30Sure, well done.
28:3274 plays 72.
28:35And now, Owen, final letters game for you.
28:37Off you go.
28:38Thanks very much.
28:39Rachel, could I start off with a consonant?
28:41Thank you, Owen.
28:42Y.
28:44And a vowel.
28:46O.
28:48A consonant.
28:50T.
28:50A vowel.
28:53E.
28:55And a consonant.
28:57G.
28:58A vowel.
28:59I.
29:01A consonant.
29:04D.
29:07Vowel.
29:10A.
29:11And a final consonant.
29:13And a final S.
29:15And here's the countdown clock.
29:17And here's the countdown clock.
29:17A vowel.
29:18And a vowel.
29:23And a vowel.
29:33A vowel.
29:34And a vowel.
29:35Owen?
29:49I got an eight.
29:51An eight, you say?
29:52Yeah.
29:52Martin?
29:53I got a seven.
29:55And that seven?
29:55Dotages.
29:57Dotages.
29:58Owen?
29:59It wouldn't be Countdown without Kadishas.
30:02Very true.
30:04Well spotted.
30:05Well spotted.
30:09Now, John and Susie.
30:11No, just to remind anyone new to Kadishas that they're very showy North American annual plants.
30:16Blooming spring.
30:17Pink and red, I think.
30:19All right.
30:2082 to 72.
30:21Plenty.
30:22Well, not plenty of time, but it's very possible.
30:25And it's the final numbers game.
30:27Martin?
30:28OK, let's do it.
30:29Six more, please, Rachel.
30:30Six more, gambling time.
30:31I like it.
30:31Thank you, Martin.
30:32For the final numbers game of the week, we have...
30:34Two.
30:36Another two.
30:38Six.
30:39Five.
30:40One.
30:41And four.
30:41Quite small.
30:43And the target?
30:44217.
30:45217.
30:46One.
30:46One.
30:47One.
30:47One.
30:48One.
30:48One.
30:48One.
30:48One.
30:49One.
30:49One.
30:49One.
30:49One.
30:50One.
30:50One.
30:50One.
30:51One.
30:51One.
30:51One.
30:52One.
30:52One.
30:52One.
30:52One.
30:52One.
30:53One.
30:53One.
30:53One.
30:53One.
30:53One.
30:54One.
30:54One.
30:55One.
30:55One.
30:55One.
30:56One.
30:56One.
30:56One.
30:57One.
30:57One.
30:58One.
30:58One.
30:59One.
31:00One.
31:00One.
31:00One.
31:00One.
31:01One.
31:02One.
31:02One.
31:03One.
31:04One.
31:04One.
31:05One.
31:05One.
31:06One.
31:07One.
31:08Martin?
31:182, 1, 2.
31:205 away.
31:21Owen?
31:22I've got...
31:232 and 7?
31:24Yeah.
31:26Let's go.
31:27OK.
31:28Don't mess this up now.
31:29OK.
31:30So we've got 5 plus 2 plus 2 is 9.
31:325 plus 2 plus 2, 9.
31:34We've got that by 4.
31:3636.
31:37Multiply that by 6.
31:39Is 216.
31:43And add on the 1.
31:44And you have the 1 left over.
31:45Well done.
31:462, 1, 7.
31:47Yeah.
31:55Yeah, heavy score there.
31:58That was a big score for you.
31:59So 92 to 72.
32:02Well done.
32:03As we go into the final round.
32:04Good luck to you both.
32:05Fingers on buzzers.
32:07Let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:15Martin?
32:16Is it indulging?
32:18Indulging.
32:19Let's see whether you're right.
32:20Here we go.
32:22Indulging.
32:22Yes.
32:23Yes.
32:23Yes.
32:24Yes.
32:24Yes.
32:31Fantastic.
32:32Two good players.
32:34You had him on the ropes a lot of the time too.
32:37Yeah.
32:37Tough not to crack.
32:38It was.
32:38It was.
32:38But you got the conundrum.
32:40And if you had just got in there for the numbers, you would have taken it.
32:44But listen, you played really well.
32:46Thank you very much for coming.
32:47You get back to the family with this goodie bag.
32:52They'll have been watching.
32:53They'll be proud of you.
32:54Yeah.
32:54It's a good performance.
32:55Thanks, Nick.
32:57Wow.
32:57Lucky.
33:00Very lucky.
33:01Well, I don't know about luck.
33:02You pulled out the numbers game.
33:05And I could see the relief on your face.
33:07Anyway, listen, you have a quiet weekend, will you?
33:10I'll do my best, Nick.
33:11Come back on Monday.
33:12Look at that.
33:12How many wins have you got now?
33:13Three?
33:14Yeah.
33:17Did you have the nerve to get eight badges made?
33:22You did.
33:22It's called optimism, not arrogance.
33:24So Twitter trolls, please go easy on me.
33:27All right.
33:28You'll be fine.
33:29Thank you very much for that, Owen.
33:31It was great.
33:32Cheers.
33:32See you Monday.
33:33John, will you please come back with more wonderful impressions?
33:37Thank you so much.
33:38And I want to pay respect to these guys.
33:40That was a very covefe performance.
33:42It was so...
33:42That was bigly fantastic in every respect.
33:45It was so bigly good.
33:47The best.
33:49See you Monday.
33:53And Susie, too, of course.
33:54Have a great weekend.
33:55Brilliant.
33:55Okay.
33:56Wow.
33:57You know, and pull it out, then.
33:58Oh, just...
33:59John's Trump is so...
34:00Isn't it good?
34:01So good.
34:01It makes me want to go and have a shower.
34:05You're right.
34:06It's brilliant.
34:07Anyway, listen, we'll see you on Monday.
34:08See you then.
34:09Well done.
34:09Same time, same place.
34:11You'll be very, very sure of it.
34:13Very good afternoon.
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34:34Now, all these shows are like my kids, and I really shouldn't choose, but it's the last leg, and I love it.
34:38Brand new tonight.
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