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00:00Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to Countdown. Now, what's the first thing we do if we're feeling a little bit under the weather, spot a rash, a spot, what do we do? Well, we're straight onto the internet. And we discover all sorts of terrible things, Rachel, it could possibly be. And I've done that recently. Oh, dear.
00:49Yeah. The things that I could be suffering from and, you know, maybe somewhere in there is the reason for my feeling, whatever it was that I was feeling.
00:59But it's called, apparently, Cyberchondria. And it's a dangerous old game. Have you ever, well, you're in the peak of condition, but perhaps you've looked on the internet to try and find out something about your health or somebody else in the family. Have you ever done that?
01:15I think that's quite a sensible thing to do. Do your own research. Take your health into your own hands and check out the advice. Sometimes it says, go to the doctor. And sometimes it says, wait a couple of days. And sometimes it says, you'll probably be fine.
01:25And you're just Googling what's wrong with me. Then it will give you a whole list of things that are probably wrong with you. But if you use your brain.
01:31I put in, what did I put in? Oh, my tongue was very dry. I can't tell you the things that popped up anyway. But you're right. I mean, why not? Why not? See what's available on the menu.
01:43I'm sure Dr. Phil has a name for patients like you who comes in with dry tongues.
01:48Dry tongue, yeah.
01:49We'll come to him in a minute. But technology at home is starting to be utilised in patches. But also, and I spoke to Dr. Phil about this a moment ago, and he was very sceptical about it.
02:00But tattoos, there are certain sorts of tattoos that you can get that can also be used to monitor, you know, your heart or whatever it is.
02:09So you're not going to get a tattoo then?
02:10I don't think so.
02:11A dry tongue tattoo.
02:12I don't think so.
02:14Now, who's with us? Yes, it's the big day for Owen, Rachel. And here he is.
02:18Of course, you've been a great competitor. Let's just see if you can't finish it off.
02:23But first of all, you've got to clamber all over Stuart Abbott here.
02:26A maths teacher from Greenock was once interrupted when rehearsing for your school talent show.
02:33Tell us about that. What happened? What were you up to?
02:35I was on the stage belting out Hey Mickey.
02:39Yeah.
02:40And then there was these eight smartly dressed gentlemen just wandering past and had bulges in their pockets.
02:45There were the Royal Family Protection Officers.
02:49Prince Edward was coming to Danoong Grammer and they just were checking the place out.
02:53So I'm surprised they didn't think I was dangerous and take me out there and then.
02:57Let's have a big round of applause for Owen and Stuart.
03:06Susie's wearing black as well today in support of Owen maybe and joined once again by the wonderful Dr. Phil.
03:14What about these tattoos? You ever come across that?
03:17No, I've never known anyone go into a tattoo parlour and say I'd like a tattoo to monitor my 24-hour glycosylated haemoglobin.
03:24I would say that was pretty unusual.
03:26But yes, you can get implants and you could hide one in a tattoo.
03:29All right. Now then, Owen Jackson, here we go. It's your letters game now.
03:33A consonant please, Rachel.
03:35Thank you, Owen. Start today with R.
03:38And the vowel.
03:39E.
03:40And the consonant.
03:43S.
03:44And the vowel.
03:45U.
03:47Consonant.
03:48M.
03:49This is nice.
03:50And a vowel.
03:52E.
03:53Yay.
03:54Consonant.
03:56M.
03:57A vowel.
04:00I.
04:01And a final consonant.
04:03Resume.
04:04Knit.
04:05T.
04:06And here's the countdown clock.
04:23I.
04:25I.
04:25I.
04:26I.
04:29I.
04:29I.
04:30I.
04:31I.
04:31Owen.
04:40I got an eight that time.
04:42An eight.
04:43Now, Stuart.
04:44Just seven.
04:45A seven.
04:45You're seven.
04:46Entries.
04:48Yep.
04:49Owen.
04:50Terminus.
04:51Terminus.
04:52Very nice.
04:53Yep.
04:53Very good.
04:57What can Dr Phil and Susie do?
04:59I spotted nits.
05:01But Susie has a nine.
05:02Quite extraordinary.
05:05Mutineers.
05:05Mutineers.
05:06How about that?
05:07Well done, Susie.
05:08Perfect.
05:11So, Owen on eight.
05:13Stuart yet to score, but it's your letters game now.
05:16Stuart.
05:17Hi, Rachel.
05:18I'll start with a consonant, please.
05:20Start with F.
05:22And another.
05:25S.
05:26And another.
05:28H.
05:30And another.
05:31Y.
05:34Another consonant, please.
05:36D.
05:38A vowel.
05:40O.
05:41Another vowel.
05:43E.
05:44Another vowel.
05:47A.
05:49And a final consonant, please.
05:51And a final R.
05:54Stand by.
05:55A.
05:56B.
05:56A.
05:56A.
05:57A.
06:03A.
06:12A.
06:13A.
06:14F.
06:14A.
06:14A.
06:15A.
06:15A.
06:16A.
06:16A.
06:16A.
06:17A.
06:17Yes, Stuart?
06:26A six.
06:27A six.
06:28Owen?
06:28A seven.
06:30And a seven.
06:31Stuart?
06:32Hortz.
06:33Owen?
06:34Fedoras.
06:35Fedoras, indeed.
06:36Very good.
06:37Yeah.
06:38Well spotted.
06:39All right, 15 points to Owen, and it's Owen's numbers game.
06:42Yes, sir?
06:43Thanks, Nick.
06:44I'll get two from the top and four not from the top.
06:47Thank you, Aaron.
06:47Two large and four little to start the day, and these numbers are two, ten, one, another
06:55two, and the large one's twenty-five and fifty.
06:58And the target, eight hundred and eighty-eight.
07:01Eight, eight, eight.
07:17Now then, Owen?
07:36I have it, but it's kind of written down badly, but I have it.
07:39You've got it.
07:40How about Stuart?
07:41I'm the same.
07:42Not written down at all.
07:43And have you eight?
07:44Eight, eight, eight.
07:44Not written down.
07:45All right.
07:46Shall we go to Stuart in that case?
07:49Let's go to you first, shall we?
07:51Fifty plus twenty-five.
07:53Seventy-five.
07:54Take away one.
07:55Seventy-four.
07:56And then ten plus two.
07:57Eight, twelve.
07:58And then multiply.
07:59Perfect.
08:00Eight, eight, eight.
08:00Yeah.
08:01And Owen?
08:02I have that, but the minus isn't written in on the one, but do you see what I mean?
08:05It's kind of, it's all there, like, aye.
08:07Okay.
08:12So, Stuart's off the blocks there.
08:14Ten points to, um, Owens.
08:16Twenty-five as we turn to our first Tea Time teaser, which is All Surrey.
08:20And the clue.
08:21All of Surrey were behaving in a most bizarre way.
08:24All of Surrey were behaving in a most bizarre way.
08:37Welcome back.
08:46I left with the clue.
08:47All of Surrey were behaving in a most bizarre way.
08:50And the answer to that is they were behaving surreally.
08:55Surreally is the answer to that one.
08:57Now, twenty-five plays ten, Owen on twenty-five, and it's Stuart's Letters game.
09:03A continent, please, Rachel.
09:04Thank you, Stuart.
09:05Tea.
09:05And another.
09:08N.
09:10And another, please.
09:12Did you say a vowel or a number?
09:14Yeah, a consonant.
09:15Z.
09:17A consonant.
09:19F.
09:21A vowel.
09:22I.
09:24Another vowel.
09:26E.
09:27Another vowel.
09:30A.
09:31A consonant.
09:33R.
09:34R.
09:35And a final vowel, please.
09:38And a final U.
09:41It's coming by.
09:42It's coming by.
09:42We out.
09:42Take it.
09:43Yeah.
09:43A consonant.
09:47There should be as Ó, as it is.
09:48Oops.
09:48People should be able to pick.
09:52The aftermath.
09:52Well, people should
09:54know.
09:54That's it.
09:55I will.
09:55I will.
09:56And a final Imagine.
09:57Next time.
10:01And a 재미.
10:03Pioneer.
10:03Whatever.
10:05I will.
10:05Protest.
10:06You have one.
10:07I will.
10:08Thanks.
10:09I will.
10:09Let's check it out.
10:09So rare.
10:10What?
10:11Stuart?
10:14Try an eight.
10:15Owen?
10:16I'm going to stick with a seven.
10:18And your seven?
10:19Urinate.
10:21Urinate.
10:21Stuart?
10:23Naturise?
10:26No, nature is a naturist, but not naturise.
10:29Oh, that's unlucky.
10:30That is unlucky, isn't it?
10:30Yeah.
10:31Bad luck, bad luck.
10:32Stuart, Dr Phil?
10:34Yes, I was rather taken by urinate, but fainter is also in there as well.
10:38Mm-hm.
10:39That'll do.
10:39Fainter.
10:4132 plays 10.
10:43Owen, your letters game.
10:45Thanks, Dick.
10:46Rachel, if we could start with a consonant, please.
10:48Thank you, Owen.
10:48D.
10:49And vowel.
10:51A.
10:52A consonant.
10:54S.
10:55And a vowel.
10:57I.
10:58Another consonant.
10:59T.
11:00Then a vowel.
11:02E.
11:04A consonant.
11:06W.
11:07A vowel.
11:08A vowel.
11:09U.
11:10U.
11:12And final consonant, please.
11:14And a final S.
11:16And the clock starts now.
11:18Yeah.
11:18Yeah.
11:18That makes a vowel.
11:19Yeah.
11:34Oh.
11:36That was found.
11:41Yeah.
11:41Yeah.
11:42Yeah.
11:43Yeah.
11:43Yeah.
11:44Yeah.
11:45Yeah.
11:46Yeah.
11:46Yeah.
11:47Owen?
11:49I've only got a six there.
11:51A six, Stuart?
11:53Seven.
11:54Owen's six?
11:55My six is sautés.
11:57Now, Stuart?
11:59Wasted, with an I.
12:00Yeah, absolutely fine, shirt-wasted, for example.
12:04Very good.
12:04Now then, Dr Phil, is sawdust in there?
12:07Is it in there?
12:08Yeah, very good, seven.
12:09Seven.
12:10Susie, anything else?
12:11Very nice.
12:12Another six for you, desist.
12:14Very good.
12:15Well then, Stuart.
12:16So, 17 points, plays Owen's 32, and now it's a numbers game for you, Stuart.
12:22One from the top, and any other five, please, Richard?
12:25Thank you, Stuart.
12:25One large five little coming up.
12:28And for this next round, the numbers are six, two, five, one, seven, and 50.
12:37And the target, 811.
12:40811.
12:46And, Owen, yeah?
12:59Yeah.
13:00Steward?
13:138-1-1.
13:14And, Owen, yep.
13:15Yep.
13:16Steward?
13:1850 times 2.
13:1950 times 2, 100.
13:217 plus 1.
13:23Is 8.
13:24Multiply them together.
13:25800.
13:26And then add the 5 and the 6.
13:288-11, lovely.
13:29And, Owen, same way?
13:30That's pretty much it, yep.
13:34All right.
13:37So, 42, please.
13:39Stewart's 27.
13:41And we turn to Dr Phil Hammond.
13:43Well, I'm delving behind the headlines.
13:45And, as I promised yesterday, we're going to talk about sleep.
13:48Really interesting study that said,
13:51opening your bedroom window at night helps you prevent obesity and type 2 diabetes,
13:56according to an Oxford professor.
13:58Now, some people would say, well, if an Oxford professor said that, it must be right.
14:01It actually came on the back of some Dutch research,
14:04which suggested that one of the reasons we're all getting larger is because of global warming.
14:09So, if you're a bit colder, you shiver more, and that burns off your brown fat.
14:13And if you're too hot, there's a tendency to put on the weight.
14:16So, the idea behind opening a window is that it lowers your body temperature by one or two degrees,
14:20makes you shiver more, could actually make you thinner,
14:22and reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes.
14:24And also, they found that diving into cold water,
14:26so the first thing in the morning, you submerge yourself into cold water,
14:28it wakes you up, it makes you shiver, and it improves your mood.
14:32People often find that a cold dip, whoop, they get up, they're awake, they're happier.
14:35So, lots of reasons to get yourself a bit cooler.
14:37However, rather depressingly, just today, I noticed on my phone, here's the latest headline,
14:41people from the north are more likely to die from diseases of despair.
14:46And this gap has grown up over the last 50 years.
14:48So, the death rates in young people between north and south used to be very similar 50 years ago.
14:52Now, there's a 40 to 50% difference in young people either taking their lives
14:56or suffering from drug addiction and alcoholism and dying prematurely.
15:00That's a huge issue for us.
15:02So, how do you get purpose and meaning in your life when your life is tough?
15:04I think that's the hardest question ever.
15:06However, if we ask baby Dr. Phil, baby Dr. Phil will say,
15:09even if your life is tough, try to do your daily clangers.
15:12So, I use that with a lot of my patients who have really awful lives with chronic fatigue syndrome.
15:16They feel terrible, and I try to get them to do their daily clangers.
15:20Just little things, five portions of fun a day that give you joy and purpose and meaning.
15:23They can be simple things that don't necessarily cost the earth.
15:26I think it's really important.
15:27So, I'm saying clangers coaching for all.
15:29I want to go into schools and teach people their daily clangers,
15:31and I think that will give them more joy and purpose in life than they might have at the moment.
15:34Thank you very much.
15:35Good man.
15:37Very good.
15:40Always on message there.
15:4142 plays 27.
15:42Stuart on 27.
15:44And it's Owen's letters game.
15:46Yes, sir.
15:47Thanks.
15:47Could I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
15:49Owen, C.
15:51And a vowel.
15:52E.
15:53A consonant.
15:55R.
15:57And a vowel.
15:58I.
16:00A consonant.
16:01J.
16:03And a vowel.
16:04E.
16:06A consonant.
16:08T.
16:09And a vowel.
16:12O.
16:14And a final consonant, please.
16:16And a final N.
16:18Stand by.
16:20Stand by.
16:20BELL RINGS
16:22BELL RINGS
16:23もっと.
16:26All right, custom.
16:27terrorism.
16:27future.
16:28hacer.
16:28What do you have,urtção?
16:28And a vowel.
16:36The A consonant.
16:37new computer.
16:38I 국민ario.
16:38The A consonant.
16:39And a vowel.
16:40And a vowel.
16:41allesところ out.
16:41And a vowel others.
16:41And a vowel.
16:41And a vowel.
16:42And a vowel.
16:42And a vowel.
16:42Good employers.
16:43And a vowel.
16:47And a vowel.
16:47I got the nine.
16:54You got the nine. Stuart?
16:56Nine also.
16:57Both of you. Very good.
16:58It's rejection.
17:00Rejection and...
17:01Cool.
17:02Rejection.
17:08And Dr Phil?
17:10Susie has a really interesting eight that I'd not heard of.
17:12What's that word?
17:14Neoteric.
17:15Neoteric.
17:15Neoteric.
17:16Two meanings. As an adjective, it just means new or modern.
17:20But as a noun, it's a modern person, so somebody who advocates new ideas.
17:24Very good.
17:25And rejection.
17:2760 plays 45, Owens in the lead, but not by a million miles.
17:31Stuart, haul him in. It's your letters game.
17:34A coincident, please, Rachel.
17:36Thank you, Stuart.
17:37R.
17:38And another.
17:40M.
17:42A vowel.
17:43A.
17:44And another.
17:46E.
17:48Consonant.
17:51S.
17:52Consonant.
17:54T.
17:56A vowel.
17:58U.
18:00Another vowel.
18:02E.
18:04And a final consonant, please.
18:06And a final G.
18:09Stand by.
18:09BELL RINGS
18:10And a vowel.
18:12And a vowel.
18:12And a vowel.
18:13You have a vowel.
18:14And a vowel.
18:31Do you?
18:32Bye.
18:32Do you?
18:33A vowel.
18:33One closerожно.
18:34The vowel.
18:35Do you?
18:36Do you do?
18:37Do you?
18:37Do you do it?
18:38Do you do it?
18:38Do you do it?
18:39Stuart?
18:42Just six.
18:43A six, Owen?
18:45A seven.
18:46And a seven.
18:47Stuart?
18:48Master.
18:49Owen?
18:49Matures.
18:51Yeah, very nice.
18:52Master and matures.
18:54Anything better?
18:55Can we match it?
18:56You've got an eight.
18:57Yeah, a gamester.
18:59A gamester.
19:00A gamester?
19:00Yeah.
19:01It's a game player?
19:02It can be also somebody who plays a little bit on the side, if you like.
19:06A bit of a lag.
19:07A bit of a lag.
19:0867 to 45.
19:10And now it's a numbers game.
19:12Owen?
19:13Thanks.
19:14Would it be OK to say the usual?
19:15The usual.
19:16Two from the top and four not from the top.
19:19Thank you, Owen.
19:20And for the last time from you for a while, they are six, two, four, ten.
19:27And the large two, 25 and 75.
19:30And this target, 103.
19:33One, oh, three.
19:37One, oh, three.
19:53Owen. I got that. Thank you, and so did Stuart. One with the Enoch, yes. Yes, Owen.
20:13My three was six over two, and then add the 25 and the 75. Not a challenge, that one.
20:17Yeah, exactly. Of course. There we go. So, 77 to 55 as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser, which is As You Curl.
20:29And the clue, as you curl up on the sofa, you hear people behaving very loudly outside.
20:34As you curl up on the sofa, you hear people behaving very loudly outside.
20:47Welcome back. I left you with the clue. As you curl up on the sofa, you hear people behaving very loudly outside.
21:02They're behaving raucously. Raucously. Hmm. 77 to 55. Owen's in the lead, and it's Stuart's letters game. Yes, Stuart.
21:12Yeah, I'll start with a consonant, please. Thank you, Stuart. D. Another consonant. V. And another. C. One more. T.
21:27And a vowel, please. I. Another vowel. E. Another vowel. O. A consonant. M.
21:40And a vowel. And a vowel, please.
21:44And a final I.
21:47Stand by.
21:48And a vowel, please.
21:49And a vowel, please.
21:49And a vowel, please.
21:50And a vowel, please.
21:51And a vowel, please.
21:52And a vowel, please.
21:53And a vowel, please.
21:54And a vowel, please.
21:55And a vowel, please.
21:56And a vowel, please.
21:57And a vowel, please.
21:58And a vowel, please.
21:59And a vowel, please.
22:00And a vowel, please.
22:01And a vowel, please.
22:02And a vowel, please.
22:03And a vowel, please.
22:04And a vowel, please.
22:05And a vowel, please.
22:06And a vowel, please.
22:07And a vowel, please.
22:08And a vowel, please.
22:09And a vowel, please.
22:10And a vowel, please.
22:11And a vowel, please.
22:12And a vowel, please.
22:13And a vowel, please.
22:14Stuart?
22:21Er, seven.
22:23Owen?
22:24Also a seven.
22:25Yes, Stuart.
22:27Edession?
22:28And Owen?
22:29Diction.
22:30Diction.
22:31Dr Phil?
22:32Eviction is there for eight.
22:34Eviction.
22:40Now, Susie, anything else?
22:43Incited is another seven.
22:44Incited, all right.
22:46Thank you, Phil.
22:4784 to 62.
22:49Owen, your letters go.
22:51Thanks, Dick.
22:52Could I kick it off with a consonant, please, Rachel?
22:54Thank you, Owen.
22:55P.
22:56And then a vowel.
22:58E.
22:59A consonant.
23:00D.
23:01A vowel.
23:03A.
23:04A consonant.
23:06S.
23:07A vowel.
23:10O.
23:11Ooh, don't like that.
23:11A consonant.
23:14M.
23:16And a vowel.
23:18E.
23:20And a final consonant.
23:22And lastly, K.
23:25And the clock starts now.
23:27ор've.
23:27The.
23:28And another one.
23:28And the.
23:32hold.
23:38And a vowel.
23:39I only have a six.
24:00A six, Stuart?
24:01Six also.
24:03Mine is soaked.
24:04Soaked, Stuart?
24:06Mopeds.
24:08Yep.
24:09Mopeds.
24:10Can we beat six, Dr. Phil?
24:11No, I was mopeds.
24:12What were you?
24:13Masked.
24:13Masked.
24:14Can't beat six.
24:14No.
24:15Six it is, then.
24:17So, 90 plays 68.
24:19Susie, you're poised now for your wonderful origins of words.
24:23What have you for us today?
24:25Well, I don't know if you were a keen watcher of Love Island, Nick.
24:30Not at all.
24:31OK.
24:31Well, it was very, very successful.
24:33It was successful not just in TV terms,
24:35but also in bringing a few new terms into English or new senses of words.
24:41Grafting is paying a compliment to somebody, usually with an ulterior motive.
24:46There's muggy, taking someone for a fool,
24:49and melt if you're just a little bit soppy or idiotic.
24:54So, those words that came from then, it got me thinking, not that I was an avid viewer myself,
24:58but it got me thinking about words that have come from the arts,
25:01because there are so many in English that have come over from theatre, music, etc.
25:06So, I thought I would start with theatre, and some of our most everyday words began on the stage.
25:12Background, for example.
25:14Background was very firmly rooted in the theatre, simply referred to the back part of the stage.
25:20Barnstormers.
25:20We tend to think of that with American politics these days,
25:22but these were 19th century itinerant actors and performers
25:26who would travel around the American countryside and put on shows in big barns or open spaces.
25:31Hypocrisy? Hypocrisy simply meant acting.
25:36So, the first hypocrites were people who literally were on stage,
25:39and over time it came to mean to feign emotions, again with an ulterior motive.
25:44But my favourite, of course, has to be explode.
25:47The first explosions were on a stage.
25:50Explode is very, very much linked with applaud,
25:53because to explode somebody in Roman days was to jeer or slowly hand-clap an actor off the stage.
26:00So, it was to clap them off, ex, and then plaudere, to clap.
26:04So, if you hadn't put in a very good performance,
26:06you would literally be exploded out of the theatre, and you may never act again.
26:10But the first explosions, as they say, began on stage.
26:13Well, well.
26:15Very good.
26:19So good.
26:20I didn't watch any of this Love Island, but I understand that everybody was terribly toned.
26:25Were you ever toned, Nick?
26:27Did you ever have any sort of pack, six or otherwise?
26:30Oh, yes.
26:31Yeah.
26:32How long, how far back are we going now?
26:34We're going back, I think, probably 60 years.
26:38OK.
26:39Do you have a photo?
26:40No.
26:41OK.
26:41Did you bring one along for next time?
26:43No.
26:43OK.
26:44Glad we've sorted that out.
26:45Thank you very much.
26:46Thank you, Phil.
26:47Ninety plays 68.
26:49And Stuart, it's your letters game.
26:51Coincidence, please.
26:53Thank you, Stuart.
26:54B.
26:55And another?
26:57M.
26:58And another?
27:01D.
27:02A vowel.
27:04A.
27:05Another vowel.
27:06E.
27:08Consonant.
27:09P.
27:10Consonant.
27:13V.
27:14Vowel.
27:16I.
27:18And a final consonant, please.
27:22And a final L.
27:24Stand by.
27:24Vowel.
27:26Vowel.
27:26Vowel.
27:27Vowel.
27:27Vowel.
27:28Vowel.
27:28Vowel.
27:28Vowel.
27:28Vowel.
27:29Vowel.
27:29Vowel.
27:29Vowel.
27:30Vowel.
27:30Vowel.
27:30Vowel.
27:30Vowel.
27:30Vowel.
27:31Vowel.
27:31Vowel.
27:31Vowel.
27:31Vowel.
27:32Vowel.
27:32Vowel.
27:32Vowel.
27:33Vowel.
27:33Vowel.
27:33Vowel.
27:34Vowel.
27:34Vowel.
27:34Vowel.
27:34Vowel.
27:35Vowel.
27:35Vowel.
27:36Vowel.
27:36Vowel.
27:37Vowel.
27:38Vowel.
27:54A steward. A six. A six. Owen. A seven. And a seven. Stewart. A brimed. Owen. Impaled. Impaled. Very nice. Impaled. That's a word. Now. Dr. Phil. We can't beat it. We can match it. Piebald is there for seven. Piebald. Piebald pony. What does the pie stand for? Is it not to do with magpies? It is, yes. They're magpies. It's having magpie black and white plumage.
28:24But, yes, streaked with different colours, really. Or streaked with white. I think that was the original sense. Thank you. Thank you. 97 to 68. And it's Owen's letters game. Final one. OK, one last time. I'll go with a consonant. Thank you, Owen. R. And a vowel. A. A consonant. S. Vowel. E. A consonant. L. A vowel.
28:54O. A consonant. R. A vowel. E. And a final consonant. And a final W. Stand by.
29:08We'll be, in the next time.
29:12And a vowel.
29:25nos wad.
29:26We'll be, in the next time.
29:33Yes, Owen?
29:41I have a six, but not very good.
29:43Not a very good six, and Stuart?
29:45I'll try an eight.
29:47Good man.
29:48Owen, my six, I'm not sure it's in, it's sore-er.
29:52Erm, yep, absolutely fine.
29:54OK.
29:55Stuart, your eight?
29:56Re-lowers.
29:58Oh, re-lowers.
29:59Uh-huh.
30:00Oh, it's not there, I'm afraid.
30:02Re-flower, but not re-lower.
30:05Sorry.
30:06That's a sort of usage issue, is it?
30:08Yes, it would be frequency-based, yeah.
30:10Sorry.
30:11Bad luck.
30:12What can we have, I wonder?
30:13Dr. Phil, Susie?
30:15Wearers.
30:15I couldn't get beyond wearers, which is only seven.
30:17Wearers?
30:19Wearers is very good.
30:21And I just think you can be a lower-er, so you could have lower-ers.
30:26That would give you an eight.
30:27Oh, lower-ers.
30:28I have to say, I kind of stole that one.
30:30All right.
30:31What we have got here, though, is Owen on 103, Stuart on 6, David.
30:36103, you've passed that 100 mark again.
30:38As we go to the final numbers game.
30:40Stuart, it's yours.
30:41It's a numbers game.
30:43One large and five small, please.
30:44Thank you, Stuart.
30:45One from the top row.
30:46And five little ones for the final one of the week, which are 7, 10, 2, 9, 1, and the large one, 50.
30:57And the target, 483.
30:594, 8, 3.
31:001, 2, 3.
31:018, 3.
31:024, 9, 2, 3.
31:034, 8, 5, or 8, 5, as we get the number one.
31:05And then we're on Contemporary, right?
31:11We'll check you for that right now.
31:134, 8, 10, 2, 1, and the very first one.
31:21We'll be right here.
31:22See you.
31:23Yeah, we'll be right to you.
31:25Yes, Stuart.
31:324, 8, 3.
31:334, 8, 3.
31:35Yeah, 4, 8, 3.
31:364, 8, 3 from Owen, 2.
31:37So, Stuart.
31:39Yeah, 50, take it by 1.
31:4150, take 1, 49.
31:43Multiply it by 10.
31:444, 9, 10.
31:45And take the 7.
31:46Perfect, 4, 8, 3.
31:47There we go, Owen.
31:48That's a neat method.
31:49I didn't do it that way.
31:51I went 50 by 10 is 500.
31:54Yeah.
31:54And then 2, 9 is 18.
31:56They are.
31:58And then, yeah, take the 18 off.
32:01Yep.
32:02And then add the 1 on.
32:03Lovely.
32:03Well done.
32:08All right.
32:09So, 113 plays Stuart's 78 as we go into the final round.
32:15Gentlemen, fingers on buzzers.
32:16You know how it's done.
32:18We're about to roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:21Oh, it's affecting, I think.
32:32Affecting?
32:32Yeah.
32:33I can see Stuart nodding there.
32:34Let's roll it and see.
32:36Are you right?
32:37Yes, you are.
32:39Affecting.
32:39Well done.
32:40Well done.
32:46Fabulous stuff.
32:47Owen, I'll come back to you.
32:48Look at that.
32:49123.
32:49Your highest score today.
32:50Well done.
32:51Well done.
32:51Stuart, that's pretty good too.
32:5378.
32:54That's a good score.
32:55Thank you very much indeed for coming.
32:56No, thank you.
32:57You're up against an Octa champ.
32:59So, that's brave stuff indeed.
33:00Take this goodie bag back to Greenock.
33:03Thanks very much.
33:03With our best wishes.
33:04And thanks for coming.
33:05No, thank you.
33:05Have a good time.
33:06Have a safe journey home.
33:08There you go.
33:09You're an Octa champ.
33:10Brilliant stuff.
33:10Straight through.
33:11Ripped through it.
33:12118 first time out.
33:14Now 123.
33:15That's fantastic.
33:16We'll see you in the final.
33:18And back in Dunmore East.
33:21I'm sure you'll be treated to many a pint of the dark stuff.
33:24What's your local pub called?
33:25The Strand Inn.
33:26Down in Dunmore.
33:27Yeah, you get down there.
33:28They're stacking them up for you.
33:29Oh, it's a good spot.
33:31Brilliant stuff.
33:32We'll see you at the finals.
33:34Thanks.
33:34Congratulations again.
33:35Fantastic stuff.
33:38Excellent performance, Mulder.
33:39Owen there.
33:40It was.
33:40I love the lucky black sweater as well with the white.
33:43He looks like an extra on Father Ted.
33:45I should keep wearing that.
33:47I'll hire you.
33:48That's your lucky jumper.
33:49Indeed.
33:50Listen, it's Friday.
33:52We won't see you until Monday.
33:53Have a great time.
33:54And Suzy too, of course.
33:55Yeah, see you then.
33:56All right.
33:57Brilliant.
33:58So he's a great player, don't you think?
33:59Absolutely.
34:00He knocked out a potential Octo Champ fill in his first ever game.
34:03So he could get that rematch after all in the finals.
34:05Indeed.
34:06Just a few months to wait.
34:07Two new contestants on Monday.
34:10Yeah.
34:10We'll see you then.
34:10Hopefully you've sorted out your dry tongue by then.
34:12Good luck with the weekend.
34:14I'm glad you got it.
34:17See you on Monday.
34:18Join us on Monday.
34:19Same time, same place.
34:20You'll be very sure of it.
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