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00:30Hello, everybody.
00:32Welcome to Countdown as we issue a May Day everywhere
00:35and lay the foundations for another 15 rounds of letters and numbers.
00:39Thank you so much for tuning in.
00:40Hi, Rachel Riley.
00:41Hi, Colin.
00:42On this day, 1931, the Empire State Building opened,
00:47then the tallest building in the world.
00:50Not even in the top five now in New York.
00:53Not even in the top 50 in the world.
00:56I've never been up the Empire State Building.
00:57And I've always, for whatever reason, walked past it.
01:00What about you?
01:01Yeah, I've been up.
01:02It's very high.
01:02Good view.
01:04I think that's what it says on TripAdvisor, doesn't it?
01:06What you'd expect, yeah.
01:07For a long time, for decades, the tallest freestanding structure was the CN Tower.
01:14And when I lived in Toronto, it was a really big deal.
01:17And I don't know what you feel about this, because you know I hit my heights,
01:20but I don't know whether you'd be able to do this.
01:22It's got a glass floor at the top where you can stand on.
01:26And could you...
01:27I couldn't actually make the step.
01:29I think most of the tall ones I've been up, they've got that,
01:32and I don't go anywhere near them.
01:33And even to get close, I'd have to go on my hands and knees.
01:36Crazy, no.
01:36Not for me.
01:36Every time I see, you know, pictures of the window cleaners,
01:39you just think, you could not pay me enough money in the world to do that job.
01:42So bad.
01:43So bad.
01:43Well, listen, hanging out in Dictionary Corner is our guardian of the Dictionary,
01:47Susie Dent.
01:48And it's been really nice this week, as we're saying, you know,
01:51it's the biggest week in the snooker calendar into this bank holiday weekend.
01:55And to have John Virgo with us is absolutely fantastic.
01:58Favourite, favourite waistcoat so far this week.
02:00Love it.
02:01Thank you, John.
02:02Thank you, Tony.
02:04Listen, talking of dizzy heights, that's exactly what Charlotte Robson,
02:07our 16-year-old champion, has reached.
02:10Five wins so far.
02:11And I'm not just saying this to humour you because you're young.
02:13You've had really good contestants every step of the way.
02:16Can you make it six wins, those?
02:19You're going up against Olly Murns.
02:21You must be sick of people pointing out how much it sounds like Olly Murns.
02:24So I won't do that, young man.
02:26I won't do that.
02:26Just 23 from Thorne in Doncaster.
02:29And you're liking the fact John Virgo's in Dictionary Corner.
02:32I am, yes.
02:33I'm quite a big fan of snooker.
02:35Oh, great.
02:36All right, best of luck to you, Olly and Charlotte.
02:40Here we go.
02:41First letters round this Wednesday afternoon.
02:43Charlotte.
02:44Good afternoon, Rachel.
02:45Afternoon, Charlotte.
02:45Could I start with a consonant, please?
02:47You can indeed start with R.
02:50And a second one, please.
02:52G.
02:53And a third.
02:56S.
02:56And one more consonant, please.
02:59R.
03:00And a vowel.
03:02E.
03:03And another.
03:05O.
03:06And one more.
03:08I.
03:09And a consonant, please.
03:11N.
03:12And I think we'll finish with a consonant, please.
03:16Finish with C.
03:18At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:20grunt, thank you.
03:25TURN.
03:31Here we go.
03:32TURN.
03:33Bye.
03:38TURN.
03:39Bye.
03:39Smile.
03:40Bye-bye.
03:41Bye.
03:42Bye-bye.
03:43Bye-bye.
03:47Finally.
03:47Bye-bye.
03:48Bye-bye.
03:49That's time. Charlotte?
03:53Let's try a nine. Yes, Ollie? Five.
03:56A five! You haven't seen it. OK, what's the five, my friend?
03:59Groin. Charlotte?
04:01Rescoring? It's in the dictionary. Well done.
04:04APPLAUSE
04:06Did you get a ten-letter word? No? No.
04:09We're all done, then. Rescoring. Well done.
04:12Good stuff. More letters now. Ollie, stay calm. Here we go.
04:16Good afternoon, Rachel. Good afternoon, Ollie.
04:18Can I have a consonant, please? You can indeed.
04:21R. And another one. S. And a vowel, please.
04:26E. And another one. I. And a third. A. And a consonant, please.
04:37P. And another. N. And a vowel. E. And another consonant.
04:47And lastly, R. Goodness me, 30 seconds.
04:51S. Cheers.
04:56Oli.
05:22I got a six.
05:24A six for you.
05:25Well done.
05:25Charlotte.
05:26Just a five.
05:27Just a five.
05:28What's the five?
05:29Rains.
05:30Goodness me.
05:31Oli.
05:32Pansy.
05:33Oh, dictionary corner.
05:34Pansy was with a Y in English, I'm afraid.
05:37I'm sorry, Oli.
05:38OK, so Charlotte, you've got out of jail a bit there.
05:41Five points for you.
05:42What did we spot, JV?
05:43Well, we had a seven repairs.
05:46Yes.
05:47But there was an eight.
05:48Yes.
05:49With repiners, a very literary term.
05:52So to repine is to kind of lament or to be discontented about something.
05:58So if you're a repiner, you're a bit of a grumbler.
06:00OK.
06:01Let's get the numbers, please, in Charlotte.
06:03I'll have one large and five small, please, Rachel.
06:05Thank you, Charlotte.
06:06One from the top.
06:07Five not back to your favourite pick.
06:09And the first numbers of the day are one, eight, six, nine, five and the large one, 100.
06:18And the target?
06:19320.
06:20320.
06:21Numbers up.
06:22So you're gonna see on YouTube?
06:23Yeah, you're gonna see on Twitter.
06:24You're gonna see.
06:25There hasn't been all these guys unleashingprograms means that it's just not for the sake of the sun.
06:29So you can just come on up to us, so you can confess or pretend what he is going to become self-proたZone,
06:32and you can riches.
06:333-2-0. Charlotte?
06:55Yep, 3-2-0.
06:56And Oli?
06:56I didn't finish it.
06:58Just missed it. Don't worry, Charlotte, off you go.
07:00So, 9-6.
07:019 minus 6, 3.
07:03Take off the 1.
07:05Take 1, 2.
07:06And then 100 over 5.
07:08100 over 5 is 20.
07:10Multiply that by the 2.
07:12By 2 is 40.
07:13Times that by 8.
07:14Lovely, 320.
07:18Right, two-time teaser is he voices.
07:21He voices.
07:22He voices his belief that everyone should stick together.
07:25He voices his belief that everyone should stick together.
07:28Cohesive.
07:40Welcome back.
07:44He voices his belief that everyone should stick together.
07:48Cohesive.
07:48Cohesive is our first tea-time teaser of the afternoon.
07:52Charlotte are championing off to a great start in 33.
07:54That's no surprise.
07:55And Oli, it's no surprise for a challenger to have zero after the first three rounds either.
07:59Don't you worry at all.
08:00Let's get more letters from you.
08:02Could I have a consonant, please?
08:04Thank you, Oli.
08:05T.
08:06And another one.
08:08S.
08:09And a third.
08:12N.
08:13And a vowel.
08:15I.
08:17And another vowel.
08:19O.
08:19And a third.
08:22E.
08:23And a consonant.
08:25G.
08:26And another one.
08:28T.
08:30And another one.
08:31Promising selection.
08:32A final P.
08:34OK, thank you, Rachel.
08:35отдель!!!
08:36To be continued...
08:37Oli,
08:37Vai O.
08:39I!
08:39Do you know what?
08:42Do you know what?
08:43One.
08:43Do you know what?
08:44lineup.
08:45Do you know what?
08:46On theوقen!
08:46Do you know?
08:47Do you know what?
08:47Do you know what?
08:52Do you know what?
08:54Do you know what?
08:56Do you know what?
08:58Do you know what there are?
09:01That's the one.
09:03Do you know what?
09:03All righty, all righty. Oli?
09:08Four. Four for you. And Charlotte? Eight.
09:11You spotted the ING. You gobble them up, you really do.
09:14Oli? Passed. Charlotte? Spotting.
09:18Yes, spotting is there.
09:20Just made me think about the old re-spotted blacks in this snooker.
09:24So it's all coming together. JV, what did you spot?
09:27Pigeons for seven. Pigeons, nice.
09:29Lovely. Lovely indeed. Right, 41 points already.
09:33And the board as we move to another letters round and Charlotte.
09:37Start with a consonant, please. Thank you, Charlotte.
09:40D. And a second, please.
09:43L. And another.
09:46T. And one more.
09:49S. And a vowel, please.
09:52I. And another.
09:54A. And one more.
09:56E. And a consonant, please.
10:00Q. And I'll finish with a vowel, please.
10:03And a final I.
10:05Half a minute, y'all.
10:06Faertick in between, today's head.
10:07I'm actuallySoft倫.
10:08You know, I'll come with a vowel.
10:08I'll finish with a vowel, please.
10:09I'll give a �l.
10:10And a vowel.
10:11A vowel on the vowel.
10:11And a vowel.
10:12And a vowel in a vowel.
10:13Yes, please.
10:14And a vowel.
10:14If we don't have a vowel, you know,
10:15you know, this.
10:27Have a vowel, you know.
10:28Charlotte?
10:38Seven.
10:39Ollie?
10:40Five.
10:40The five is?
10:41Listed.
10:42The seven?
10:42Details.
10:43Details.
10:44Details, very good.
10:46Listed would be a six, so that's not bad at all.
10:52And we could only find one eight, couldn't we?
10:54Yeah.
10:55Idealist.
10:56Yes.
10:57Yeah.
10:57You say you can only find one eight.
10:59There was a Q with no U.
11:01So, for me, that's as good as a maximum.
11:04Yeah.
11:05So, maybe I'm an idealist, but that is fantastic.
11:07Well done.
11:11Not going to get any better with those letters.
11:13Simple as that.
11:14Well done, dictionary corner.
11:15And Ollie, good news, you're in charge of the numbers, my friend.
11:18Could I have three from the top and the rest small, please, Rachel?
11:22You can indeed.
11:23Three and three, and hopefully we'll find ten points hiding in these.
11:27The three little ones, seven, four, and one.
11:30And a large three, 25, 50, and 75.
11:35And the target, 975.
11:37975.
11:38Numbers up.
11:38So, we'll see you then.
11:46Join us.
11:49We'll see you then.
11:49I'll be there.
11:50Bye-bye.
11:55OK, Olly, my friend, how do you get on?
12:12I don't think I get anything going off.
12:13Don't worry about it. And Charlotte?
12:15975. Off you go.
12:17I say 25 minus 7.
12:1825 minus 7, 18.
12:21Multiply by 50.
12:22900.
12:23And add the 75.
12:24Well done, 975.
12:29Another numbers round out of the way,
12:32but let's relax for a little bit and head over to Dictionary Corner.
12:36Now, JV, I'm just spotting something here,
12:38because on Monday we went right back to 1977,
12:41first year at the Crucible.
12:42Then you did 82.
12:44And you were sending me before we came on air today,
12:47I'll talk 85 today.
12:48So are we chronologically doing big moments here?
12:51Yeah, but before we get to 85,
12:53I'd like to talk about 83,
12:55because 83, the first Maximum ever at the Crucible,
13:01by Cliff Thorburn,
13:02who'd won the title in 1980.
13:07People say,
13:08was that the first ever televised Maximum break?
13:10But, of course, it wasn't.
13:12The first one was by Steve Davis in a tournament that was on Granada Television,
13:18I believe.
13:19But even that wouldn't have been the first one.
13:22The first one, actually, in a televised event was by John Spencer.
13:28But because the session was overrunning,
13:30the producer gave the cameraman permission to go off and have a cup of tea.
13:35And while they were off,
13:37John Spencer made the 147.
13:39So it was amazing.
13:40But what I was...
13:42And I've been lucky enough to commentate on them.
13:44Jimmy White's Maximum,
13:47Mark Williams when he made his Maximum,
13:50Stephen Hendry,
13:51and Ronnie O'Sullivan's.
13:53And it always struck me as funny,
13:55when they compared Ronnie's with Cliff Thorburn,
13:59Ronnie had finished,
14:01and Cliff Thorburn still had six reds left on the table.
14:04LAUGHTER
14:04I want to mention Jack Cornham,
14:07the commentator.
14:08Oh, yeah.
14:08Yeah, great line.
14:09Because just...
14:10I think it's an all-time top five greatest commentary lines ever.
14:14You know, that Maximum at the Crucible,
14:16as he just goes to play the final shot in the black,
14:18he says what everyone was thinking,
14:20which is the greatest thing.
14:21Yeah.
14:21Good luck, mate.
14:22Yeah.
14:22That was it.
14:23That's all you had to say.
14:24Good luck, mate.
14:25Oh, great line.
14:26What a line.
14:27What a line.
14:28And a great moment, once again.
14:30And I always remember,
14:31if anyone ever looks back on it,
14:33you'll see Big Bill Wurbanook, the Canadian,
14:36peeping round the screen.
14:38And I always remember,
14:39somebody asked me,
14:40who was he playing on the other side of the screen?
14:43Yeah.
14:43And they said it was David Taylor,
14:45who was known as the Silver Fox.
14:47Yeah.
14:48And I didn't know, so I rang David,
14:50and I said, was that you?
14:51He said, yeah, but I was playing that bad.
14:53He said, I didn't care what was happening on the other side.
14:57So, everybody for their own.
14:59I love that.
14:59And this is, I mean,
15:00that was watched by just such a huge audience.
15:02And then, of course,
15:03the one I suppose that's the highest audience still to this day
15:06for after midnight on British television
15:09is Taylor Davis.
15:11There's never been more people watching TV after midnight
15:14in Great Britain than that game.
15:16Yeah, and it was amazing.
15:18And, of course, we had all the build-up to it
15:21that Steve Davis had won the World Championship in 83-84.
15:25Now they were saying that he was unbeatable.
15:28His manager was saying he should give the other players a start.
15:31And when Dennis started that final
15:34and lost the first seven frames,
15:36it seemed that everybody believed that that was going to happen,
15:40except one man.
15:41Yeah.
15:41And that was Dennis Taylor.
15:43And you can't underestimate the achievement
15:46of going against all the odds
15:48to still believe you could overcome that deficit,
15:51which is what he did in that final black.
15:53It was a tremendous moment for him
15:56and an iconic moment for the game of snooker.
15:58Well, you know, it's hard to get him to talk about 85, though.
16:00You can never get a story out of Dennis.
16:02He doesn't like to suck.
16:05Love it.
16:06Thank you very much, Jamie.
16:08APPLAUSE
16:08All right, nice to relax.
16:11Good times ahead, I predict, for Ollie, for sure.
16:14Don't you worry at all.
16:15Charlotte, though, champ, you're picking these letters.
16:17I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel.
16:18Thank you, Charlotte.
16:19And I think I'll finish with a vowel, please.
16:42And finish with E.
16:45And here we go again.
16:45MUSIC PLAYS
16:47尚人
17:17Just a four, there.
17:18A four, an Ollie.
17:19Six.
17:20Yes!
17:21Ooh, I know.
17:22Charlotte.
17:23A wadz.
17:24Ollie, this better be in.
17:25Guides.
17:26Guides.
17:27In, well done.
17:28Excellent.
17:29APPLAUSE
17:30All right, JV.
17:32Er, wadges.
17:34Six, but only equaled Ollie.
17:36I know what a wedge is.
17:37What's a wadge?
17:38A wadge of notes.
17:39So it's a large amount of something.
17:41Which snooker player are you thinking of
17:42when you think of wadge of notes, JV?
17:44I wouldn't have a clue.
17:45You know the only one.
17:47Jimmy White.
17:48Jimmy White.
17:49No credit cards there.
17:52More letters, Ollie.
17:54I'll start with a vowel, please, Rachel.
17:56Thank you, Ollie.
17:57U.
17:57And another one.
18:00E.
18:01And another one.
18:03U.
18:04And consonant.
18:06N.
18:07And just another.
18:09B.
18:10And a third.
18:12T.
18:14And another one.
18:16M.
18:18And a vowel.
18:20A.
18:21And another vowel.
18:22And lastly, E.
18:25And start the clock.
18:26A.
18:27B.
18:27And a vowel.
18:33B.
18:34And a vowel.
18:39D.
18:39Oli?
18:58Six.
18:59And Charlotte?
19:00Yeah, I'll risk a six as well.
19:01OK, Oli, what have you got?
19:02Butane.
19:03Butane.
19:04And Charlotte?
19:05Unbeat.
19:06Unbeat.
19:07Unbeaten, but not unbeat.
19:10I'm afraid.
19:10Sorry.
19:11John Virgo and Susie Dent?
19:13Couldn't be that.
19:14Six.
19:15Batman, Autumn, you know.
19:18Did you say Batman?
19:19Yeah.
19:20Yes.
19:20What, like, we turn up at a Halloween party in the same costume?
19:23Are we Batman?
19:24That would be a capital B.
19:25In the armed forces, a Batman is an officer's personal servant.
19:30That's what I love about Susie.
19:31When you're having a laugh, she'll correct you if you're wrong.
19:33That would be a capital B call.
19:35If we both turned up as Batman to a Halloween party.
19:38That number's time, then.
19:41Charlotte, you're faltering a little bit.
19:43You need to get back on track.
19:44I'll have one large and five small, please.
19:46Back to your favourite.
19:47One big one.
19:48Five not coming up.
19:50And as ordered, the little ones are two, seven, eight, four, and ten.
19:57And the large one, 100.
19:59And you need to reach 172.
20:02172.
20:03Numbers Up.
20:33Well, that'll steady the good ship.
20:35Robson, 172?
20:36Yeah, 172.
20:37Yeah, and Ollie?
20:38172.
20:38Nice, you're still racking up the points.
20:40Now, Charlotte, off you go.
20:42So, 7 times 10.
20:437 times 10, 70.
20:45Add the 100.
20:46170.
20:47Add the 2.
20:472, yeah.
20:48Lovely.
20:49Ollie?
20:49Pretty much the same.
20:51I did 7 times 10, add 2, add 100.
20:54That's the same, so just pass it across.
20:57Yes.
20:57Same way.
20:58Well done.
20:58APPLAUSE
20:59Well, Ollie, you scored 22 points in three rounds.
21:04Well done, you.
21:04There you go.
21:05Brilliant.
21:05You can relax now as we get our second Tea Town teaser.
21:08This sounds horrible, by the way.
21:10Chug skin.
21:12Chug skin.
21:13C-H-U-G.
21:14If you get this, the world's your oyster.
21:16If you get this, the world's your oyster.
21:18All right, welcome back.
21:36If you get this, the world's your oyster.
21:38A chug skin becomes shucking, shucking oysters.
21:42Of course, a bit expensive, I think, in the major cities.
21:45But if you go somewhere like Strand-Raw, it has great oysters up there.
21:48Of course, they're just local.
21:50People are getting them so much cheaper.
21:51It's great when you go to source.
21:52Right.
21:5368 plays 22.
21:55Six rounds left.
21:56And Ollie, you're choosing.
21:58Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:59Thank you, Ollie.
22:00S.
22:01And another one.
22:03Y.
22:04And a third.
22:06L.
22:07And one more.
22:09D.
22:10And a vowel.
22:11A.
22:13And a second.
22:13O.
22:15And a third.
22:17U.
22:19And another consonant.
22:21R.
22:22And one more.
22:24Lastly, P.
22:26And let's play.
22:27And a third.
22:40And a third.
22:41Olly. Five. And Charlotte. Eight. And eight there.
23:02Olly. Salty. This might be quite an applicable word.
23:05What have you got? Outplays. Yeah.
23:06She has in that round. Well done to you. Outplays.
23:10Get you eight. Fantastic.
23:14I don't know how other people will have this at home.
23:16I wonder if anyone used the R instead of the L for outpraise.
23:20Could you outpraise somebody? That would be something else, wouldn't it?
23:23You can. No way. You can. Yeah, you can outpraise someone.
23:28Right. 76, 22. Charlotte, let's go again.
23:31I'll start with a consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Charlotte.
23:34L. And another.
23:37N. And a third, please.
23:40L. And one more.
23:43T. And a vowel, please.
23:45O. And another.
23:48A. And a third.
23:51E. And a consonant, please.
23:54S. And I'll finish with a vowel, please.
23:58Finish with another A.
23:59I'm calm down.
24:00No.
24:01And a consonant, please.
24:13That's it, Charlotte.
24:32Six.
24:33Six from you.
24:33Nice steady six, Ollie.
24:35Seven.
24:36Yeah, you see, Charlotte.
24:37Atones.
24:38Yes, and for you, Ollie.
24:40Sealant.
24:41Sealant.
24:41Sealant, excellent, well done.
24:43Well done to you.
24:44Fantastic.
24:46I feel like you've went from being, like, beyond too nervous to being, like, really relaxed.
24:51If you could just get somewhere in the middle of that would be absolutely perfect.
24:54John Virgo, anything to add to that list?
24:57Yeah, well, the only thing we got, we got a seven.
25:00Stollen.
25:01Yes.
25:01Sounds a bit German.
25:03Yes.
25:03Sounds a bit German.
25:05Oh.
25:06A bit Sean Connery, didn't it, really?
25:08Stollen, obviously.
25:11Is that what it is?
25:12Is it a stolen pitcher or something?
25:14No, it's delicious.
25:15Stolen money.
25:15Delicious cake.
25:16It's a kind of fruit and nut German.
25:17Yeah, it is indeed.
25:18It's lovely.
25:18Eat it at Christmas.
25:19Really nice.
25:20And etalons, which are devices for measuring wavelength.
25:23That would be another set.
25:24Good stuff.
25:25Good crack.
25:25Well, listen, we'll stay with you.
25:27Four more rounds to go.
25:28We've got our origins of words.
25:30Where have you stolen this one from?
25:33Well, you know, I love my dialect.
25:35So I love delving into all the local words and sayings that we have.
25:38And Pat Davison, Bolton, has allowed me to do that today.
25:41She says one of her mum's sayings is that she was pal-fagged when she got home after a busy day.
25:48Would I know where this comes from?
25:49And as I always say, dialect collects around certain themes.
25:53So our regional vocabulary really loves the earthy stuff.
25:56And tiredness is one of those.
25:58So up and down the country, we will all have different regional words for tiredness.
26:02You'll have the general ones like shattered, exhausted, knackered, that kind of thing.
26:06But pal-fagged is defined in the dictionary as weakened in body and mind.
26:11So if you're feeling absolutely exhausted by the end of the week, pal-fagged is a really good one.
26:17Now, I think it actually originated in Lancashire.
26:21And there's actually an account from the 19th century that suggests that if somebody became quite tired with mowing,
26:28and lots of manual labour, they were said to fag at the pole of the scythe.
26:33So they were fagging at the pole.
26:36And so it's possible that pole, P-O-L-E, from the sort of, you know, mowing implements, etc.,
26:43that that became pal, and that was their idea there.
26:47And you could be pal-fagged if you'd reached the top of the hill and you were out of breath.
26:50Or it was also used in fighting.
26:53So somebody might say, give that here or I'll pal-fag you.
26:56So it was used in lots of different ways.
26:58If you look in the dictionary, it says it comes from pal as a variant of pole, P-O-L-L, which meant the head.
27:04So the pole tax was pretty much a tax per person, per head.
27:09And a tadpole is a toad head, believe it or not.
27:12That's how it originated, because it's got a very big head.
27:15And the fag is probably a riff on flagging.
27:18If you're flagging, you're growing weary, like a flag drooping on a flagpole.
27:22So we think that's where it comes from.
27:24But I will just add a couple of my absolute favourite words, again from dialect, for being exhausted.
27:29One is dumbfungled, which comes from US dialect, because it's so expressive.
27:34And another, from the Scots dictionary, is depuperit.
27:37Yes.
27:38Depuperit.
27:39Fantastic.
27:40APPLAUSE
27:4076-29.
27:43Four rounds to go.
27:44Oli, here we go again.
27:46Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
27:48Thank you, Oli.
27:48And a final L.
28:15Good luck.
28:18Oli, here we go again.
28:48Five.
28:49Yeah.
28:50Charlotte?
28:50Yeah, five as well.
28:51Yeah.
28:51Oli.
28:52Laugh.
28:53Charles?
28:53Same word.
28:56Yep.
28:56Yeah?
28:57A few fives in there.
28:59This will be the one for me, if you can beat five with these horrible letters.
29:02Going to let you down.
29:03No.
29:04Yeah.
29:04Doe.
29:05Doe.
29:06It's more the Homer Simpson version, isn't it?
29:08Yeah, exactly.
29:09Yeah, exactly.
29:10All right, we'll just move on then.
29:11Get the last letter, Charlotte.
29:12Start with a consonant, please.
29:14Thank you, Charlotte.
29:15M.
29:17And another.
29:18N.
29:19And another.
29:21P.
29:22And one more.
29:24C.
29:25And a consonant.
29:26Oh, sorry.
29:27And a vowel, please.
29:29I've got a worse perspective there.
29:30I.
29:31And another.
29:32O.
29:33And one more, please.
29:35E.
29:36And a consonant.
29:38V.
29:39And a vowel, please.
29:41And a final O.
29:43Our last letters.
29:44In the語
29:44It's a responder.
29:46And the first letter.
29:47To be.
29:48To be.
29:48To be.
29:48For aكون.
29:49To be.
29:49To be.
29:49To be.
29:50To be.
29:51To be.
29:52To be.
29:52To be.
29:53To be.
29:53All right, Charlotte.
30:16Just a four.
30:17Ollie.
30:18Five.
30:19Look at this.
30:19Bet you wish you could start from about halfway through this show, Ollie.
30:23Charlotte.
30:23Moon.
30:24Moon.
30:25And Ollie.
30:26Mince.
30:27And Mince, yeah.
30:28No worries there at all with a five.
30:29Well done to you.
30:31Was that another top-scoring five?
30:33No, yeah.
30:34There was a six.
30:35No, yes.
30:36Thank you for clearing that up, Jordan.
30:37No, yes.
30:38Well, I was keeping my bets open, you know.
30:41No, it was a six.
30:43Novice.
30:43Yes.
30:44Novice.
30:45Very good.
30:46One for those who like your horse racing.
30:48That's it.
30:49Income, yeah.
30:50A few sixes, nothing better.
30:51Toffees.
30:52A few toffees today.
30:53Back to the numbers.
30:54Ollie, let's go out with a bang.
30:56What are you going to choose?
30:57Can I have one big and the rest small, please, Rachel?
30:59You can indeed.
31:00Thank you, Ollie.
31:00One large, five little for the final numbers of the day.
31:03And they are six, nine, seven, six, four.
31:09And the large one, 25.
31:11And you need to find 385.
31:14Three, eight, five.
31:15Last numbers.
31:16Two, three, eight, five, six, six, 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, 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, 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, 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, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
31:463, 8, 5, the target.
31:49Oli.
31:50Didn't get it.
31:51No.
31:51Sharda.
31:523, 8, 9.
31:53Four away for seven points.
31:55So, seven plus six.
31:57Seven plus six, 13.
31:59Add to the 25.
32:00Add to 25, 38.
32:02And then the other six plus the four.
32:04Ten.
32:05Multiply.
32:06380.
32:07And add the nine.
32:09And add on the what, sorry?
32:10The nine.
32:10Nine left over.
32:113, 8, 9.
32:12Four away.
32:13That'll do for the points.
32:143, 8, 5.
32:17Yeah, a few different ways for this one.
32:19One, you could have said six divided by six is one.
32:22Add to nine for ten.
32:23Add to 25 for 35.
32:26And then four plus seven is 11.
32:29And times them together.
32:303, 8, 5.
32:31Look at that.
32:34Very good indeed.
32:36If you manage to get that at home, I've got an email address for you.
32:39Countdown at channel4.com.
32:42Because if you've got that at home, the number's been so important on your way to a teapot,
32:46you need to apply to be on the show.
32:47Countdown at channel4.com.
32:49The number four.
32:50We would love to have you.
32:51Okay, 88, 39.
32:53Ollie really made a fist of it, didn't he?
32:55After a nervous start, which is more part of your elbow.
32:57Let's see if you can continue that trend and pick up the final ten points.
33:01Or Charlotte, let's see if you can chalk up another conundrum.
33:04Fingers on buzzers.
33:05Let's reveal Wednesday's countdown conundrum.
33:07Charlotte.
33:23Embodying.
33:24Let's have a look.
33:25Correct.
33:25Another win.
33:30Another impressive score by our Charlotte, who's now up to six wins.
33:36Two away from becoming an octochamp.
33:38You can do it all this week.
33:39You don't even have to stay the weekend.
33:41Look at that.
33:42Brilliant.
33:42Right, Charlotte, we'll see you tomorrow.
33:43See you then.
33:44Well done.
33:45And Ollie, I mean, my goodness, I was sweating for you after the drawing a blank for so many rounds.
33:50But it's hard when you get hit with a maximum at the start.
33:53Yeah, it's not been a great start, but I picked it up a bit.
33:56You scored 39, and it feels like a really good score, doesn't it?
34:01And you should be really proud of that.
34:03You really got it together.
34:03Well done to you.
34:05Thank you, mate.
34:05Right, OK.
34:06JV, SD, I'll see you both tomorrow.
34:09Look forward to it.
34:10Excellent.
34:11Happy May Day.
34:12Rachel, happy May Day.
34:13Yep, don't go jumping off any bridges.
34:15Is that a thing on May Day?
34:17Yeah, they used to jump off Magdalene Bridge in Oxford and break all kinds of bones, so it's not to be advised.
34:22Yeah, I mean, I only really know one person from Oxford, and she's a dangerous human being.
34:27She is.
34:27Has to be said.
34:28I agree.
34:28Yeah, OK.
34:29We'll be back tomorrow.
34:30Rachel, myself, and the Oxford one.
34:33You can count on us.
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