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00:30Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown, or should I say, what's up?
00:34It's the last day of April. Really looking forward to today's show, this Tuesday afternoon.
00:39Hi, Rachel Riley. What's up, Cole? Hey, happy Bugs Bunny Day.
00:43Is it Bugs Bunny Day? It is. Now, here's the really dull part.
00:47Why is it Bugs Bunny Day today? The first iteration of Bugs Bunny was 1938.
00:52He wasn't even called Bugs. He was called a happy rabbit, but it was on this day.
00:56The actual first time he was called Bugs was in 1940 in a wild hair.
01:01But, you know, we don't make the rules up. Today is Bugs Bunny Day.
01:04OK.
01:05Well, from what's up, Doc, let's say what's up, Dent, or Susie, or J of the D,
01:10and alongside her, one of the best characters in the history of snooker,
01:14waistcoat and all, throughout this week.
01:16It is John Virgo.
01:16Here's the test. 16-year-old Charlotte Robson. Bugs Bunny?
01:23Yep.
01:23Yes, there you go. Not too bad at all. Not too bad at all.
01:27We are still catching our breath from yesterday.
01:29Took two conundrums for you to get your fourth win.
01:32Halfway to being an octo-champ.
01:34I don't know what it's going to take to beat you after your stint so far.
01:38But you're up against Sian Hamilton.
01:39I've got to get this right. I don't want to get in trouble.
01:41People are very possessive about their counties.
01:44Welney, is that Cambridgeshire and Norfolk are right on the border?
01:47Welney's on the Norfolk border.
01:49Right.
01:49But technically, I live in Cambridgeshire.
01:52OK, it's on you. I don't want to get involved at all.
01:54But listen, we are not meeting for the first time.
01:57I actually dared you to apply.
01:59Tell me the story.
02:00So I came here about six months ago to support my friend Rachel,
02:05who was sat here challenging.
02:07She unfortunately came up against Virage.
02:10Yeah, the series runner-up.
02:12But you, while I was sat over there in the audience,
02:16you dared me to apply.
02:17So I did that afternoon.
02:19Oh, wow.
02:20And here you are today.
02:21And here I am.
02:21Well, listen, this could be history repeating
02:23because you're coming up against young Charlotte Robson.
02:26But let's see.
02:27Let's see what happens.
02:28Sian and Charlotte, can't wait to enjoy the afternoon with you both.
02:33Charlotte, off you go.
02:34Hi, Rachel.
02:35Hi, Charlotte.
02:35Can I start with a consonant, please?
02:37You can indeed start today with S.
02:39And a second.
02:40D.
02:42And a third.
02:44P.
02:45And one more, please.
02:48D.
02:49And a vowel, please.
02:51E.
02:52And another.
02:53O.
02:54And another, please.
02:57I.
02:58And one more vowel, please.
03:01E.
03:02And finish on a consonant, please.
03:04Finish with M.
03:05At all, man, in this studio.
03:07Let's play Countdown.
03:08E.
03:09And another.
03:09We'll see you next time.
03:10It's time to start.
03:11We'll see you next time.
03:11Good night.
03:12We'll see you next time.
03:13Good night.
03:13Good night.
03:33We'll see you next time.
03:34Charlotte? Seven. Seven from you.
03:41Sian? Seven. Good start. What we got? Deposit. Deposit.
03:44I'll say deposit. Deposit as well. Let's pass that over.
03:49Excellent. A few sevens flying about their decent first letters.
03:54Susie, John? We found an eight. Yes. Epitomies.
03:57Epitomies. Yes. They are people or things that are the perfect example
04:02of something. So they're models. I'm not sure whether Mel Blanc did
04:06the voice of the Roadrunner. I would have to look it up, but Meep was there.
04:09Lovely. Let's move on swiftly. Sian?
04:15Can I get a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, Sian.
04:18S. And a vowel?
04:22O. Can I have a consonant, please?
04:26D. Another consonant, please?
04:29M. A vowel?
04:30E. Another vowel, please?
04:34I. A consonant?
04:38T. A consonant, please?
04:43S. And another consonant, please?
04:48A final R. 30 seconds.
04:51Yes.
04:51A consonant, please?
04:53¶¶
05:22That's time, Sian.
05:24Seven.
05:25Seven from you, Charlotte.
05:26Seven as well.
05:27Seven, well done, Sian.
05:28Moisture.
05:29Moisture and Charlotte.
05:31Mossier.
05:32And mossier.
05:33Well, mossier counts, but we'll focus on moister.
05:35We always love when it comes out.
05:37Do we have to?
05:38Make Susie cringe, this word.
05:39It's absolutely fine.
05:40Yes, brilliant.
05:41John, can you add anything?
05:42We found an eight letter, modiste.
05:44Yes, with an S at the end.
05:46I'm guessing by your pronunciation, John, that Susie found that.
05:49She did.
05:50I needed explained.
05:52And she spelt it out as well.
05:54I needed explained too, so, Sian.
05:57It's a slightly old-fashioned word for dressmakers, milliners,
06:00that kind of thing.
06:01Oh, beautiful.
06:02People are in fashion or create fashion.
06:03You should get that with your waistcoats.
06:04You've seen a few of those.
06:05Oh, yeah, absolutely.
06:06My vocation.
06:0714 points each.
06:09First numbers round of the day, and Charlotte.
06:12One large and five small, please.
06:14Your favourite pick.
06:15One from the top.
06:16Five little ones.
06:17And the first numbers of the day are 7, 1, 8, 7, 10 and 25.
06:26Could be interesting.
06:27Let's see the target.
06:28711.
06:29711.
06:30711.
06:31Numbers up.
06:32611.
06:34The second number.
06:35The third number.
06:36611.
06:37The third number.
06:38211.
06:39The third number.
06:40611.
06:41The third number.
06:42711.
06:43The third number.
06:44To be continued.
06:45Five little ones.
06:46Well, Charlotte, we're down at the 7-11.
07:04Did you manage to find it?
07:057-08.
07:067-08. And Sian?
07:087-13.
07:097-13. You're closer for seven points, Sian.
07:13OK. So, I did 7 plus 7 plus 8.
07:177 plus 7 plus 8, 22.
07:21Times 25.
07:23550.
07:24Oh, no, I've gone wrong.
07:26Oh.
07:27Three away. You'll take the seven points, Charlotte.
07:30So, 10 minus 7.
07:3110 minus 7, 3.
07:34Add 1.
07:34Add 1, 4.
07:36Times 7.
07:3728.
07:38Times 25.
07:39700.
07:40Add 8.
07:41708. Three below.
07:437-1-1.
07:44I mean, I gave up.
07:46How'd you get on, Rach?
07:47You're going to have to leave it with me.
07:487-1-1.
07:49So tricky.
07:50So tricky for the first numbers game of the day.
07:53But it's 21-14 as we head to the first teatime teaser of the day,
07:57which is Rich Coos.
07:59Let me spell that for you.
08:00C-double-O-S.
08:01Rich Coos for those who are visually impaired.
08:04With any luck, we might have this sort of summer.
08:07With any luck, we might have this sort of summer.
08:09This is good for the last day of April, actually.
08:29Gives us hope.
08:30Rich Coos becomes Scorchio.
08:33I'm not buying that.
08:34That word's from the Fast Show.
08:37I thought the Fast Show made that up for the famous sketch
08:40of the weather report from Spain that made no sense
08:42and then said Scorchio at the end.
08:44I can't believe that's a real word.
08:45Yes, but it was created by them.
08:47It's a real word.
08:48I mean, that's quite often how words emerge from popular cultures.
08:52So, yeah, first used in the 1990s, as you say,
08:55weather forecast, speaking in an unintelligible language
08:59with Scorchio in it.
09:00Wow.
09:01Is that how I get in the dictionary, from the Fast Show?
09:02Absolutely right, yeah.
09:03That's great.
09:04I love that.
09:05OK, 21-14 is the score at the moment.
09:07Really good contest.
09:09And Sian, our challenger, doing very well.
09:11You're picking these letters.
09:12Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:14Thank you, Sian.
09:15N.
09:16Another consonant, please?
09:18F.
09:19A vowel, please?
09:22U.
09:23A consonant, please?
09:25T.
09:27Could I have a vowel?
09:29A.
09:29Another vowel?
09:32O.
09:34A consonant, please?
09:36L.
09:38A consonant, please?
09:40D.
09:42And a vowel, please.
09:44And the last one, E.
09:46There it is.
09:46There it is.
09:48Thanks, Rachel.
09:48We'll see you next time.
09:54This is famous.
10:07Time's up. Time is up. Sian?
10:22Um, a seven.
10:25And Charlotte? Yeah, seven as well.
10:27Interesting. Sian?
10:28Uh, flaunted.
10:30Flaunted. You're flaunting the seven at me. And Charlotte?
10:33Flouted.
10:33Flouted. Oh, Susie?
10:36Yeah, flaunted and flaunted, often misunderstood, but, Sian, I'm so sorry,
10:40because that is actually an eight. It's an absolutely brilliant eight as well,
10:43but miscounted.
10:44Oh, no.
10:45No.
10:45Was there any other eights other than flaunted?
10:47Um, there is one other eight from Botany.
10:49Nodulate, to produce root nodules.
10:52Good, thank you so much. More letters, please, Charlotte.
10:55I'll start with a consonant, please.
10:56Thank you, Charlotte.
10:57G.
10:58And another.
11:00R.
11:01And another.
11:03D.
11:04And one more.
11:06S.
11:08And a vowel, please.
11:09O.
11:10And another.
11:11I.
11:12And one more.
11:14A.
11:15And a consonant, please.
11:17J.
11:18And finish with a vowel, please.
11:20Finish with.
11:21E.
11:22And half a minute.
11:22And another.
11:23So,
11:26And that one.
11:31And another.
11:36Bye.
11:37And another.
11:38Bye.
11:38Bye.
11:39Bye.
11:40Bye.
11:41Bye.
11:44Bye.
11:44Bye.
11:46Bye.
11:47Bye.
11:49Bye.
11:51Bye.
11:51Charlotte?
11:54Just a six.
11:55And Sian?
11:56Seven.
11:57Seven, OK.
11:58Six is?
11:59Grades.
12:00After the last couple of rounds, we're on tenderhooks here.
12:02So what's the seven?
12:03Goiders.
12:04How are you spelling that?
12:05Over to Susie.
12:06G-O-I-D-E-R-S.
12:09No.
12:10No!
12:10Oh, it's not fair.
12:12I'm sorry, Sian.
12:13John Virgo?
12:14Those are seven, roadies.
12:16Oh, yes.
12:17They're where you get the real stories.
12:19Oh, I bet.
12:20I bet.
12:21It's like the table fitters in snooker.
12:23They tell us the truth about the players as well.
12:26Great job they do.
12:28All right, numbers.
12:29Let's go back to numbers.
12:30It was eventful last time.
12:32And Sian, you're in charge.
12:33Can I have two large, please?
12:35You can indeed.
12:36Thank you, Sian.
12:36Two from the top and four little ones.
12:39And this time the selection is three, two, one, five.
12:45And the big one's 175.
12:48And the target, 842.
12:50Eight, four, two.
12:51Number's up.
12:52swim more and over.
12:53Two.
12:53It's going to be six.
12:59Now, we've got three.
13:00I want to break the target light.
13:02What are you getting me moved?
13:02Should I have ten, way they do, you know.
13:04One, two, three, one.
13:05And I want to break the limit.
13:06I can speak up to the truth.
13:07One, two.
13:08And I'm tryin since then.
13:09One, two.
13:10One, two.
13:11One, two, one.
13:13Bowl.
13:14One, two, three, two.
13:15One, two.
13:17One, two.
13:18One, three.
13:188-4-2, Sian?
13:24Nothing.
13:25Nothing there. And Charlotte?
13:27Yeah, same, not close enough.
13:28Wow. No points.
13:31Charlotte and Sian both drawing a blank.
13:338-4-2, I could see you're very, very busy there, Rachel.
13:36Yeah, I think no points, because out of time,
13:38but I've just spotted if you say 75 times 2 is 150,
13:44take away 1 is 149,
13:47times it by 5 for 745,
13:50and then take away the 3 and add on the 100.
13:538-4-2.
13:54Yes.
13:58Well, as I say, last day of April,
13:59and of course we head into a bank holiday weekend,
14:02and the bank holiday weekend at the beginning of May
14:04is all about the snooker for me.
14:06It always has been, of course,
14:07because we get the final on the Sunday and Monday.
14:10And how great to have John Virgo here,
14:12who's taken part in and commented on so many great finals
14:15over the decades.
14:17So, if you don't mind,
14:19because you have 1,001 stories,
14:21let's just stay maybe in the World Championship snooker.
14:25If I just said you, a final,
14:27you know, what comes into your mind?
14:29Well, I'm thinking if you're talking about a final,
14:32when we first went there,
14:33Spencer won the first year,
14:36Raiden won the next one, 78,
14:39and then all of a sudden along came this Steve Davis,
14:42who won it in 1981.
14:44And you thought,
14:45has Alex Higgins' chance of winning another world title gone?
14:48Yeah.
14:48Because he was the big name in the game, you know.
14:51And unbelievably, Steve Davis,
14:53the following year, 1982,
14:56got beaten the first round by Tony Knowles,
14:5910 frames to 1.
15:00Yes.
15:01And now, of course,
15:02this opened the door for us all, really.
15:05And Alex played Jimmy White in the semi-final,
15:08made the greatest clearance ever seen,
15:11and believe me, it was,
15:12when Jimmy was just one pot away from being in the final,
15:16played Ray Raiden,
15:18and, of course, we all remember at the end of it,
15:21he's calling out Lynn, his wife,
15:23to bring Lauren, the baby, onto the stage.
15:26You know, just unbelievable.
15:27And to think it was 10 years since he'd won it before
15:31was remarkable.
15:32And I just felt it was fitting that Alex Higgins,
15:36one of the greatest names in the game,
15:38won a title at the Crucible,
15:40and that was 1982.
15:42So that will always have a special memory for me.
15:44For everybody watching this show,
15:46this week and last week,
15:48on Catch-Up,
15:49because you betrayed us to go and watch the snooker,
15:51a special hello to you.
15:53Thank you, John.
15:54Right, back to the game.
15:57And, Charlotte, you're choosing these letters.
15:59Start with a consonant, please.
16:00Thank you, Charlotte.
16:01G.
16:02And another.
16:04T.
16:05And a third.
16:07S.
16:08And one more, please.
16:10B.
16:11And a vowel.
16:12A.
16:13And another.
16:14O.
16:15And a third.
16:17A.
16:18And a consonant, please.
16:20M.
16:20Finish with a vowel, please.
16:24Finish with E.
16:26And here we go again.
16:27And now we'll see you next time.
16:33Charlotte?
16:59I think I'll stick with a seven.
17:02Sian? Just a six.
17:03Just a six. Well, what's the six?
17:05Abates.
17:06Let's see what's happening in Charlotte's head here.
17:08Gametes.
17:09OK. Let's just confirm we're OK with those.
17:12There's only one E for gametes, unfortunately.
17:15I'm sorry, Charlotte. Yes, it's G-A-M-E-T.
17:18Anything else in Dictionary Corner?
17:20We always try the idge words to see if they're in,
17:23and boatage is in as a noun, and boatages,
17:26so transportation by boat and the cost of it is in for an eight.
17:3134 plays 20, and, Sian, there you go.
17:34You looked so crestfallen when you said that six,
17:36and you got your points, and it's your letters.
17:38Could I have a consonant, please?
17:41Thank you, Sian.
17:42L.
17:43Another consonant.
17:45N.
17:46A vowel, please.
17:48I.
17:49Another vowel.
17:50E.
17:51A consonant.
17:53S.
17:55A consonant.
17:57T.
17:58L.
17:59And...
18:00Another consonant, please.
18:01And a final R.
18:02Half a minute.
18:03MUSIC PLAYS
18:13MUSIC PLAYS
18:45What have you got, Sian?
18:47A seven, not written down.
18:49OK, and Charlotte?
18:50Yes, seven as well.
18:51What have you got, Sian?
18:52Retains.
18:53And Charles?
18:54Rallies.
18:55And rallies?
18:56Yeah, absolutely.
18:57Nice.
18:58How did you get on, Mr Virgo?
18:59A couple of nines there.
19:00Yes.
19:01We...
19:03Installer.
19:05Installer.
19:06You get someone out and stall in your kitchen, an installer.
19:09Yes.
19:10What else do we have?
19:11Reinstall.
19:12Oh, my goodness, I'm only giving you one there.
19:14One and a half.
19:15One and a half.
19:16OK.
19:17Charlotte, let's get the numbers, third round of the day.
19:21Two large and four small, please.
19:23Two from the top this time and four little coming up for you, Charlotte.
19:26And they are nine, eight, ten, seven.
19:31All quite big, dangerous.
19:32And the large ones, 125.
19:35And the target, 814.
19:37814.
19:38Numbers up.
19:39Two of them, two little...
19:40Two almost, three.
19:41One almost, three, five.
19:42Two times, three.
19:43The area is very desirable.
19:44So yeah, thank you.
19:45The area was 500,000.
19:46Two about 345.
19:47The area was 50,000.
19:48Three at home.
19:49Yeah.
19:50Two.
19:51One, two, three.
19:52Three at home.
19:53One, two.
19:54Two, four.
19:55Four, four, one.
19:56Three, four, five, five, six.
19:58Three square times, three.
19:59mission, two.
20:00Two, one, six.
20:01Four, four, five, six.
20:02Five, five, six.
20:04Four, two, six.
20:05Six, nine, seven, six.
20:06The target was 814. Charlotte Robson.
20:13Oh, 816.
20:15Two away. Sian Hamilton.
20:17I think I've got 814 not written down.
20:19Here we go. It's the rollercoaster of Sian on the numbers, part two.
20:23Let's go.
20:248 minus 7 is 1.
20:26Yes.
20:27Plus 10 for 11.
20:28Yeah.
20:30100 minus 25 is 75.
20:33Yes.
20:33Times 11.
20:35825.
20:37A minus for the 9.
20:39Oh, no.
20:40That's 816.
20:41Two above.
20:42I tell you what, it's exciting, though, Sian, if that's any consolation.
20:46I'm loving every second.
20:47Charlotte, off you go.
20:48You're going to steal more points here.
20:50So, 8 times 100.
20:518 times 100, 800.
20:53Add 9, add 7.
20:549 and 7, 816.
20:56Same result, yep.
20:57And 814 the target.
20:59Yes, well, with this one, if you say 100 minus 7 is 93,
21:05times that by 9 for 837.
21:10Take away the 25, and then you have remaining 10 less 8 for 2 to add on 814.
21:17Very good.
21:20Real challenge, that, though.
21:21Real challenge.
21:22Right.
21:22Second Tea Time teaser is I spilled.
21:25I spilled.
21:27Attempting this, I spilled off the skateboard and onto the floor.
21:31Attempting this, I spilled off the skateboard and onto the floor.
21:34I've never been a skateboarder, so I don't know what lip slide is.
21:58Thankfully, though, we've got the sick and gnarly Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner
22:03can tell us everything.
22:04Oh, yes.
22:05Just absolutely my world.
22:06So, skateboarding and snowboarding, this is a particular manoeuvre where the board
22:10slides along like a ledge, for example, using the underside of the lip of the board.
22:16Brilliant.
22:1748 plays 27.
22:19Six rounds to go.
22:21Sian, it's been eventful, hasn't it?
22:22It's been emotional so far.
22:23Your letters.
22:24Can I please have a consonant, Rachel?
22:27Thank you, Sian.
22:28Y.
22:29Oh, can I have another consonant, please?
22:32N.
22:33And another one?
22:36R.
22:37A vowel, please?
22:39I.
22:40A consonant?
22:42G.
22:44A vowel, please?
22:46E.
22:48A consonant?
22:50W.
22:52Another consonant?
22:53F.
22:55And a vowel, please.
22:57And a final I.
22:59And let's play.
23:00A vowel, please.
23:02A vowel, please.
23:03A vowel, please.
23:04A vowel, please.
23:05A vowel, please.
23:06A vowel, please.
23:07A vowel, please.
23:08A vowel, please.
23:09A vowel, please.
23:10A vowel, please.
23:11A vowel, please.
23:12A vowel, please.
23:13A vowel, please.
23:14A vowel, please.
23:15A vowel, please.
23:16A vowel, please.
23:17A vowel, please.
23:18A vowel, please.
23:19A vowel, please.
23:20A vowel, please.
23:21A vowel, please.
23:22A vowel, please.
23:23A vowel, please.
23:24A vowel, please.
23:25A vowel, please.
23:26A vowel, please.
23:27A vowel, please.
23:28A vowel, please.
23:29A vowel, please.
23:30I think stick with a six.
23:35And Charlotte? Yes, six as well.
23:37Yes, Sian, what have you got? Frying.
23:40Frying and Charlotte? Same word.
23:43Excellent. Susie, John?
23:46There was a seven. We found a fingery.
23:49What's that mean? Yes, it means resembling fingers.
23:52So you might have a tree with fingery branches.
23:54Oh, that's a beautiful word then.
23:56OK, Charlotte, you're picking these letters.
23:59I'll start with a consonant, please. Thank you, Charlotte.
24:02N. And another.
24:05M. And another.
24:08L. And one more.
24:11B. And a vowel, please.
24:14E. And another.
24:18I. And one more.
24:21E. And a consonant, please.
24:24G. And finish with a vowel, please.
24:28And a final A.
24:30And countdown.
24:31And countdown.
25:03Time's up, Charlotte. Seven. And Sian? I think an eight. You think an eight? Oh, you better have counted this right. Charlotte, what's your seven? Beaming. Sian, eight. Liegeman? Liegeman. Did you spell that? L-I-E-G-E-M-A-N. Oh. It's absolutely brilliant. Brilliant. So a Liegeman was a vassal who owed service to a nobleman, so would be considered a peasant in Ulfheim.
25:32Good. Well, where'd that pop into your head from? Do you know? I read a lot of old books. There you go. Brilliant. Brilliant. Let's pay it off there. And it was eight, and it brings you right back into this. Just 13 points in it. Well done to you.
25:42APPLAUSE
25:43Four rounds to play as we get our origins of words for today. Susie?
25:51Yes. Adam Kite has written to us. He's from Cornwall, and he wonders what the origin is of oxymoron, and whether it has any link to the modern-day use of moron, or what oxy-prefixes are based on. As Adam says, I'd always assumed others were oxygen-based.
26:07And then, as a little postscript, do you have any favourite or entertaining oxymoron examples?
26:12So, I will start with oxymoron itself, just to explain. It's a kind of rhetorical device, really, where you put together two contradictory items.
26:22So, bittersweet is a really good example, or cruel kindness, that kind of thing, or make haste slowly, that kind of thing.
26:33And the word is Greek, and it comes from oxy meaning sharp, and then moron meaning foolish.
26:40So, it means sharply foolish, or put in another way, sharply blunt.
26:45So, they are contradictions in themselves, which makes oxymoron an oxymoron itself, which I've always loved.
26:52And that oxy does indeed belong to oxygen as well, and you will find it in lots of scientific terms.
26:59And oxygen really translates as an acidifying constituent.
27:04And that's because, originally, oxygen was thought to be an essential compound in forming acids.
27:10So, again, you've got that idea of sharpness behind it.
27:14Science has since overtaken it, but that was what was believed at the time.
27:18Adam also asks about moron. The link there is the foolish bit.
27:22Moron now considered derogatory, not to be used, but it was once a specific medical term.
27:28But, again, language has moved on.
27:31Many strange expressions in English, but Adam does ask for my favourite.
27:35And, well, Shakespeare does it with, oh, brawling love, oh, loving hate, in Romeo and Juliet.
27:41But one that I use regularly all the time is, yes, Colin, that's a definite maybe.
27:46Thank you very much.
27:48APPLAUSE
27:5113 points in it. Sian, you're on the charge, and it's your letters.
27:55Can I have a consonant, please?
27:57You can have T.
27:59Um, another one. S.
28:02Um, a third, please.
28:05K.
28:06Um, and a vowel.
28:08I.
28:09Another vowel, please.
28:11E.
28:12Um, a consonant.
28:14C.
28:15Uh, another vowel, please.
28:17O.
28:19Um, a consonant.
28:22N.
28:24A consonant, please.
28:25A final D.
28:26Good luck.
28:54E.
28:55E.
28:57E.
28:58E.
28:59E.
29:00E.
29:01E.
29:02E.
29:03E.
29:04E.
29:05That's it, Sian.
29:06Um, a seven.
29:07And that's it, Charlotte.
29:08Yeah, seven as well.
29:09Seven as well, very good.
29:10Sian.
29:11Er, stocked.
29:12Stocked, and Charlotte.
29:13Same word.
29:14Well done, the purr-ee's, as my granny would say.
29:17Over the dextry corner.
29:19Lots more sevens over here.
29:20Yeah.
29:21Section.
29:22Er, dockets.
29:23Lots of sevens.
29:24Fantastic.
29:25That's it.
29:26There you go.
29:27The gap remains the same then.
29:28Charlotte, your letters.
29:29Final ones.
29:30I'll start with a consonant, please.
29:31Thank you, Charlotte.
29:32R.
29:33And another.
29:34L.
29:35And a third.
29:37V.
29:38And one more, please.
29:40C.
29:41And a vowel, please.
29:43I.
29:44Er, one more.
29:46E.
29:47And one more vowel, please.
29:49O.
29:50O.
29:51And a consonant, please.
29:53S.
29:54And finish with a consonant, please.
29:57Finish with P.
29:59Last letters.
30:00Class letters.
30:01Hold on.
30:02Let's go.
30:05All right.
30:06See you next time for us.
30:07Aåºƒå ± report.
30:08Let's go.
30:09And start with the signs.
30:10Give us a vaccination to add.
30:11The first time for a recommendation.
30:12Get to the number of e-mail.
30:13This is smart.
30:14The e-mail, the third time for which we do.
30:15Let's go.
30:16To the next time.
30:17Phew.
30:18To the next time.
30:19To the first time.
30:20To the next track.
30:21How many, Charlotte?
30:32Seven.
30:32How many, Sian?
30:33An eight.
30:34An eight, which would be a game-changer.
30:36Charlotte?
30:37Clovers.
30:37Is this another magic eight?
30:39Can you have policers?
30:40Can you have policers?
30:41You can police, you can be policed, but are there policers?
30:45No policer, which is completely plausible, as is Clovers, actually,
30:50but there is a mass noun in the dictionary, so I can't accept either.
30:54Zero zeros.
30:55As you were.
30:56Zero zeros.
30:56So what was there?
30:58Well, we found a noun letter.
31:01Goodness me.
31:02Coverslip.
31:03Coverslip.
31:03Coverslip.
31:05Oh, yes, is that?
31:06I'm trying to think the other thing, but coverslip goes in the top of something,
31:08doesn't it?
31:08I was thinking duvets, but actually it's a piece of glass that's used
31:13to protect a microscopic slide.
31:16Wow.
31:16Yeah, so really important.
31:18Good word to find.
31:19Right, so actually, still 13 points of difference, still in the balance,
31:25and you're in charge of the final numbers, Sian Hamilton.
31:28Um, can I go for too large?
31:32Too large, that's your gamble, too large.
31:34I think so.
31:34OK, we'll see if it pays off.
31:36We need something tricky enough to beat Charlotte.
31:39Let's see if we can force that crucial conundrum.
31:41Final numbers today.
31:42Four, eight, five, ten.
31:46And the big two, 125.
31:49And the target, 127.
31:52Hee-hee.
31:52One, two, seven.
31:54Numbers up.
31:54One, two, five, ten.
31:55One, two, five, ten.
31:55One, two, five, ten.
31:56One, two, five, ten.
31:56One, two, five, ten.
31:57One, two, five, ten.
31:57One, two, five, ten.
31:58One, two, five, ten.
31:59One, two, five, ten.
31:59One, two, five, ten.
32:00One, two, five, ten.
32:01One, two, five, ten.
32:01One, two, five, ten.
32:02One, two, five, ten.
32:03One, two, five, ten.
32:04One, two, five, ten.
32:05One, two, five, ten.
32:06One, two, five, ten.
32:07One, two, five, ten.
32:08One, two, five, ten.
32:09One, two, five, ten.
32:10One, two, five, ten.
32:11Oh, there's Sean. Yeah, one two seven. Yeah, and Charlotte. Yeah, one two seven. Yeah, it didn't pay off, did it, Sean? Let's have a look. Off you go.
32:31So I did eight over four. Is the two. Yeah, plus 25, plus 100. Yeah, I don't need to write that down. Nice. Charlotte. Same way. Same way. Well done.
32:41And that means Charlotte Robson, 16-year-old Charlotte, has her fifth win. I'm losing count. Five wins so far. Sean, though, feels like what could have been, doesn't it? Really does feel like what could have been. But hey, let's just concentrate on our final ten points. Charlotte, Sean, fingers on the buzzers. Let's reveal the countdown conundrum.
33:11Charlotte, the death.
33:32Oh, no, I've, er, no.
33:35It's worth a pop. It's worth a pop. Charlotte, a couple of seconds for you.
33:40Oh, didn't have a stab at it. There you go. Rachel got it in one second. What is it?
33:44I think it might be necessity.
33:46Let's have a look. The burn necessity. Yes. Brilliant. Excellent.
33:50And there you go. We always say countdown is a place you can come and forget about your worries and your strife. So a good word to get. And Charlotte, we'll see you back here tomorrow.
33:59Yes, see you there. There you go. Yes, slightly less dramatic today. But, Sean, I feel like, you know, on another day you're taking home a teapot.
34:06I'm proud of doing it, so pleased I did it. Right, thank you so much. JV on World Snooker Championship, the big week. So good to have you. See you tomorrow.
34:15Look forward to it coming. Lovely. Susie. Yep. And as they say in all the cartoons, that's all, folks.
34:23We're done. We'll be back here tomorrow. Rachel, Susie and I, Ian, count on us.
34:27You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com. You can also find our web page at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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