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00:30Hello, everybody.
00:32Time to gather our nerve, find our heart and use our brain
00:36as we navigate our way through 15 rounds of letters or numbers.
00:40Some will be kind, some will be wicked,
00:42but one thing we won't do is click our heels.
00:45Let's get on with it and introduce our wizard of numbers.
00:48It's Rachel Riley. Hello.
00:49You know, I've nearly got ruby slippers on.
00:52You do? By accident.
00:53Which have nothing to do with what I'm going to talk about.
00:56Oh. Ruby slippers.
00:58Oh, can't we change it?
00:59No, because you put two and two together
01:01and for the first time ever in your life, Rachel Riley,
01:04you got five.
01:05Because we're not talking about the Wizard of Oz.
01:07Can't we just talk about, I mean, anything that goes to shoes?
01:10Shoes is like your penguins to me.
01:12Well, we're talking about one word makes a big difference,
01:15the wonderful Wizard of Oz,
01:17which was published in 1900 by L. Frank Baum.
01:22The film was 1939.
01:23And that's actually, get ready to be bored,
01:26one of the key differences.
01:27Because the ruby slippers were brought in
01:29because the silver slippers look so dull in Technicolor
01:32and they wanted it to dazzle.
01:34But anyone who loves the film, which is everybody,
01:37if you haven't read the book, you're really missing out.
01:39And after that, there's 13 other books written by L. Frank Baum
01:42and then it was taken over after that
01:44and a whole lot of other ones as well.
01:45Well, you know what?
01:46I mean, one of the parents' worst jobs
01:48is the repetitive nature of getting your kids to sleep every night.
01:50And if you could just, you know,
01:52tell them any part of that story you've just told them,
01:54they'd be straight off.
01:56Just put me on...
01:57Not reading the book, the book they'd love.
01:59Could you just tell them weird little facts about it?
02:01Yeah.
02:01Yeah.
02:01Just put me on videophone, kids.
02:03Let me tell you about the second instalment
02:06of the wonderful...
02:06Right, there you go.
02:09You know what?
02:09I went easy as well.
02:10I've got so many other facts.
02:11Just pretend to be asleep just to get rid of you.
02:13We can sneak out.
02:14It'll be fine.
02:14Do you know what?
02:15Let's move on over to the merry old land of Dictionary Corner
02:18and Susie Dent all week.
02:20Well, listen, it's been home sweet home for you
02:22and rounding off her debut week in D.C.
02:25Well, we've loved having our actress and presenter,
02:27Sinatra Sarkar.
02:30I love being here.
02:32And I have to say,
02:33I feel like I'm witnessing a very special record week in Countdown.
02:38I feel like there's some special ingredients going on
02:40in the contestants today.
02:41And today it gets even more strange, more special,
02:44whatever way you want to say it,
02:46because let me introduce the junior of today's show,
02:49first of all, which is our Arthur Page,
02:51who's just done fantastic.
02:53Got over a century yesterday, 97 on his debut,
02:56just 16 years old.
02:57He's back looking for his third win today.
03:01Lovely to have you back, mate.
03:03Yeah, I'd like to have you back.
03:04Excellent.
03:04Good stuff.
03:04Tell us a bit about the family then.
03:06So, is there brothers, sisters watching, mum, dad?
03:11Who have we got watching?
03:11Yeah, so I've got, I mean, my whole school's watching.
03:14Yeah.
03:15And I've got my brother, my mum, my dad,
03:17and some other, like, cousins and stuff.
03:19Well, here's the thing.
03:20Arthur, of course, is 16.
03:21He's going to be the junior on today's programme.
03:24Sam Lawrence is the seasoned veteran.
03:27Meet Sam from Liverpool, who's 19 years old.
03:31How you doing, young'un?
03:32I'm all right.
03:35It's crazy, because you're thinking you're going to come on.
03:37You're going to be the baby of the family.
03:38Look at this.
03:39Yeah, I was Googling, like, the age of countdown contestants,
03:42and I come here expecting someone a bit older than me,
03:45and then I walk in and I'm playing a 16-year-old,
03:47so not feeling perfect.
03:49Well, listen, you are a budding sports journalist.
03:51You're studying it at John Moore's University.
03:54There's so many different parts you can get into,
03:56and obviously I've dabbled in it,
03:57so is it presenting?
03:58I suppose it could be podcasting in your world,
04:01YouTube, commentary, where are you at?
04:03I'm sort of trying to find that at the minute,
04:04because I'm only in my first year doing this,
04:06so we sort of explore all the different ventures
04:09within sports journalism in my course,
04:11so I'll figure it out over the next couple of years.
04:13Well, listen, whatever you do,
04:14I'm sure you'll be a success.
04:16Enjoy today.
04:16We've got to blow the whistle and kick off.
04:19Good luck to Sam and Arthur.
04:21APPLAUSE
04:21My goodness me, 35 years of life between them.
04:27Let's get our first letters, Arthur.
04:29Thanks.
04:29Hi, Rachel.
04:30Can I get a consonant, please?
04:32Thank you, Arthur.
04:32Start today with R.
04:35And another.
04:36L.
04:38Another.
04:40G.
04:41A fourth.
04:43N.
04:44A vowel.
04:45I.
04:47Another.
04:49E.
04:50Another.
04:51U.
04:53Um, one more.
04:55A.
04:56And another vowel, please.
04:59And lastly, E.
05:01At the hall, man, in the studio, let's play Cone Dome.
05:34Arthur.
05:35Seven.
05:36Seven from you and Sam.
05:37Seven.
05:38Good start, Arthur.
05:39General.
05:40And Sam.
05:41Learing.
05:42General and learing, DC.
05:44Yep, both very good.
05:46I had realign.
05:48Nice.
05:49Very nice.
05:49Another seven.
05:50Excellent.
05:50Sam, you're picking letters.
05:52Hi, Rachel.
05:52Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:54You can indeed start with L.
05:56And another, please.
05:58W.
05:59One more.
06:01N.
06:02And a vowel.
06:04A.
06:05And another.
06:07O.
06:08And another.
06:10E.
06:11And a consonant, please.
06:13R.
06:14And another.
06:17S.
06:17And a vowel, please.
06:21And lastly, O.
06:23And 30 seconds.
06:24R.
06:26And a vowel, please.
06:26I'll see you next Sunday.
06:27R.
06:27MUSIC CONTINUES
06:57And Arthur?
06:58Eight.
06:59And eight. Sam, what have you got?
07:00Lona's.
07:02Arthur.
07:03Er, Renazole.
07:05And Susie.
07:06Mm-hm.
07:06Fingers of flames.
07:07Er, well, what can I say?
07:09We didn't get this.
07:10It's brilliant.
07:10It's from Soil Science, and it describes a soil of a type consisting mainly of sand found in deserts and tropical regions.
07:17Welcome.
07:19APPLAUSE
07:19Well, I mean, yes, and that's everything, yeah?
07:23Yes, that is.
07:24We had one more seven, didn't we?
07:25Yes.
07:26Aerosol.
07:27It's tough.
07:28Arthur, let's get our first numbers.
07:30Er, can I get three large, please?
07:32You can indeed. You never know what you're going to pick. You don't have a regular yet.
07:35Three large, three little this time around.
07:37First numbers of the day.
07:38Two, three, seven, 25, 150.
07:45And the target to reach 619.
07:47619.
07:48Numbers up.
07:49And the target to reach more...
07:58Um, I think this goes up.
08:03619, our first target this Friday afternoon, Arthur.
08:24Yeah, 619. And Sam? 615.
08:27Just missed it. Arthur, off you go.
08:29Seven times 100. 700.
08:32Minus a 50 and the 25. 625.
08:34And three times two is six.
08:36Yeah. 619. Lovely.
08:38APPLAUSE
08:41Two-time teaser. It's a trap. It's a trap.
08:44Dad moves on steadily to these pieces of music.
08:47Dad moves on steadily to these pieces of music.
08:51Well, I say partitas.
08:53And you say.
08:54I say partitas.
08:55What is it?
08:56They are suites, musical suites.
08:57They are suites, musical suites, s-u-i-t-e-s, usually for a solo instrument or for a chamber ensemble.
09:12Absolutely. Beautiful things. Beautiful things. Right.
09:14Sam, just really the numbers was the issue, wasn't it? First time around. So these are the letters. Let's do it.
09:27Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:30Thank you, Sam. D.
09:31And a vowel, please.
09:32A.
09:33And a consonant.
09:34N.
09:35And another, please.
09:36S.
09:37And another.
09:38D.
09:39And a vowel, please.
09:40O.
09:41And another.
09:42E.
09:43And another.
09:44I.
09:45And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
09:47Finish with G.
09:48Thanks, Rachel.
09:49Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
09:50Thank you, Sam.
09:51D.
09:52And a vowel, please.
09:53A.
09:54And a consonant.
09:55N.
09:56And another, please.
09:57S.
09:58And another.
09:59D.
10:00Finish with G.
10:01Thanks, Rachel.
10:02Thanks, Rachel.
10:30Sam.
10:31Risky seven.
10:32Risky seven.
10:33There's a few of them in there.
10:34Arthur.
10:35Nine.
10:36Just the nine.
10:37Well, let's have the risky seven first.
10:38Dingoes.
10:39Yeah, because using the O.E.S.
10:40Yeah.
10:41OK.
10:42And Arthur, the nine.
10:43Diagnosed.
10:44Yeah.
10:45That's it.
10:46That's it.
10:47It's seven counts.
10:48It does.
10:49It does.
10:50O.E.S.
10:51is absolutely fine.
10:52And, yeah, that's absolutely brilliant.
10:53Well done.
10:54So impressive, honestly.
10:55And within diagnosed, we found adenoids in there.
10:56Could have diagnosed some adenoids.
10:57Yeah.
10:58Yeah.
10:59But the nine, if you didn't get the nine, everything else just sticks in the throat, don't it?
11:00I know.
11:01Yeah.
11:02All right.
11:0343-7.
11:04More letters.
11:05Let's do it.
11:06Arthur.
11:07Can I get a consonant, please?
11:08Thank you, Arthur.
11:09S.
11:10Er, and a vowel.
11:11E.
11:12Uh, consonant.
11:13L.
11:14Another.
11:15N.
11:16Uh, vowel.
11:17O.
11:18Another vowel.
11:20I.
11:21Er, consonant.
11:23C.
11:24Er, to be a little bit.
11:25Oh.
11:26Um, a tongue.
11:27It's a little bit.
11:28Oh, a tongue.
11:29You will remember.
11:30It's a little bit.
11:31So, everything else just sticks in the throat, don't it?
11:32Yeah.
11:33All right.
11:3443-7, more letters.
11:36And the last one, S.
11:38In half a minute.
12:06And the last one, S.
12:16Arthur.
12:18Eight.
12:19Slipping.
12:20Sam.
12:21Risky eight.
12:22Arthur.
12:23In closers.
12:24OK.
12:25I'll tell you if it's the same word, it's not risky.
12:26It's not.
12:27It's clownies.
12:28Clownies.
12:29I love it.
12:30It should be in there.
12:31Thanks.
12:32Clowns a little bit friendlier.
12:33They're not in, I'm afraid.
12:34I'm sorry.
12:35You've got to risk every word you write down.
12:38OK.
12:39In closer says there.
12:40So following the nine up with an eight is excellent young man.
12:43Well done.
12:44Well done.
12:45Yes, you can spell it with the I.
12:46Absolutely fine.
12:4751 plays seven.
12:48Not quite reaching for the record books just yet do we keep track.
12:52But we are only, what, five rounds in.
12:5451 already.
12:55Wow.
12:56Ten more up for grabs now.
12:58And Sam, you're picking the numbers.
12:59Can I have one from the top and any of the five, please?
13:01You can indeed.
13:02We'll do that one from the top and a random selection of five.
13:06And the five smalls are four, eight, eight, three and one.
13:12And the large one this time, 100.
13:15And the target should reach 675.
13:17675.
13:18675 numbers up.
13:20675.
13:211-515.
13:22675.
13:23775.
13:24975.
13:25975.
13:26775.
13:27675, Sam.
13:52675.
13:53Well done. Arthur?
13:54Yeah, 675.
13:54I am not surprised without you getting this. Off you go, Sam.
13:588 minus 1 equals 7.
14:007.
14:01100 take 3 is 97.
14:03Yeah.
14:04Times together for 6, 7, 9.
14:066, 7, 9.
14:07Take away the 4.
14:08Well done.
14:09Same way, Arthur?
14:10No, I did differ.
14:118 plus 1 is 9.
14:12Yep.
14:13Times it by 3.
14:1427.
14:15Times it by 100.
14:16Times it by 100 is 2,700.
14:19Divide it by 4.
14:20Perfect. 675 again.
14:22Sensational.
14:22APPLAUSE
14:2361 plus 17.
14:2761 points.
14:28And we're only at this moment having our chat with Sunetra.
14:32Wow, what a show.
14:33But good to catch our breath.
14:35And we're going to talk about words today because I've sort of been...
14:38All this week we've been at you about casualty and Brookside and everything like that.
14:42So we're going to talk a little bit about words and connections.
14:46Yeah, a little bit of culture.
14:47So I bring a bit of my Indian culture with me for today's chat.
14:50I thought there are so many words out there that we use which maybe we don't know quite what the origins are.
14:56And India having like over 700, I think it might be 780 languages in that one subcontinent.
15:02Wow.
15:02And we use some of the words from there which we don't probably know originate from there.
15:08We know the obvious ones like yoga and pyjamas and veranda, Kashmir.
15:12You could probably guess they were from India.
15:14But there are some phrases that I was even surprised to hear came from India.
15:18Did you know the cummer bund?
15:21You know the cummer bund that you wear in tuxedos?
15:23Well, in Hindi, cummer means waist and bund is band.
15:28So it came originally from the Hindi language.
15:31And then this one was a fascinating one, right?
15:33Indian royals wanted, if they wanted a head massage,
15:36they would ask their servants to shampoo their scalps.
15:40So shampoo, C-H-A-M-P-U, was what they'd do.
15:43And the Brits took that and made the word shampoo.
15:46So we have shampoo also, which is a word from India.
15:50And the last one that I think is really fascinating,
15:52my mum told me this and I didn't believe her at first
15:54because I thought I think she might be getting muddled up.
15:56But actually, there is an Indian god called Jagannath
16:00who is the lord of the universe.
16:01And back in the day when the Brits were over there,
16:05they attended one of the Jagannath festivals for this god.
16:09And in the midst of it, the massive 45-foot chariot,
16:12which weighed a tonne, came crashing down
16:15and almost caused a stampede of people running away from it.
16:18And as a result of Jagannath, they called a juggernaut a juggernaut.
16:23And so that's another phrase, another word that we use a lot
16:26that stems all the way back to India.
16:30And of course, really posh people call champagne shampoo, don't they?
16:35Oh, champagne, glass of champagne.
16:36Really posh people.
16:37We're more Prosecco here, let me tell you.
16:39Thank you very much.
16:43Well, you said juggernaut, that's definitely what we have on Arthur Page.
16:46So let's get this train back in the track and get more letters, Arthur.
16:49Can I get a consonant, please?
16:50Thank you, Arthur.
16:51And a consonant, please.
17:05And a final T.
17:08And here we go again.
17:22We'll see you next time.
17:53Arthur?
17:54Eight.
17:55Yeah, Sam?
17:56Er, just a seven.
17:58Yeah.
17:58It's not just, though, is it?
18:00Seven, what is it?
18:01Plotted.
18:01Yeah, plotted indeed.
18:03What have you been plotting there?
18:05Er, tabletop.
18:06Oh, is it one word?
18:07Oh, is it one word?
18:08I think Arthur knew it was one word right from the start.
18:11It is.
18:12Well done.
18:12Excellent.
18:13APPLAUSE
18:13Another minding try.
18:17Tabletop, well done to you.
18:18What else we got there?
18:19We didn't climb that table.
18:20We just had sevens.
18:22OK, more letters, Sam.
18:24Keep it up.
18:24Can I start with a consonant, please?
18:26Thank you, Sam.
18:27D.
18:28And another.
18:30S.
18:31And another.
18:31X.
18:33And another.
18:35T.
18:36And a vowel.
18:38I.
18:39And another.
18:40E.
18:41And one more, please.
18:44A.
18:45And a consonant.
18:47V.
18:48And a consonant, please.
18:49And lastly, G.
18:52And start the clock.
18:53VivoCatconnect.
19:04The.
19:05And a consonant.
19:07exit.
19:08Do.
19:09And a consonant is about a device.
19:10So you want to be sure safe adopted?
19:12MUSIC
19:24Sam? Six. Six from you and Arthur? Seven. And a seven. What's the six, Sam?
19:29Staged. Staged. And Arthur? Datives. And datives.
19:33Yes, the dative case in German and other languages,
19:36it governs nouns and pronouns in a particular way. Yeah, very good.
19:40Well, Arthur speaks fluent German, as do you,
19:42so no need to look that up at Sinatra in English.
19:45Well, I got visaged, which is a seven, but I, like, taxied,
19:50but then I counted and it was just six.
19:53Arthur, more numbers, please. Two large, please.
19:56Why not? Two large, two from the top row and four from the others.
20:00And these four are ten, one, eight and six.
20:06And the large two, 25 and 100.
20:08And this target, 549.
20:12549, numbers up.
20:13MUSIC PLAYS
20:15MUSIC PLAYS
20:47Five, four, nine.
20:47Well, spotted. Off you go, Arthur.
20:49100 times six.
20:51100 times six, 600.
20:5310 minus eight.
20:5410 minus eight, two.
20:55Times 25.
20:5650.
20:57Plus a one and take it away.
21:00Perfect.
21:01Five, four, nine.
21:02Love it. What about you, Sam?
21:03Same way.
21:06Yes.
21:09Ten points each in the back.
21:11Still six rounds to go.
21:12Don't go anywhere.
21:13Arthur has 86.
21:14Probably don't need to say this,
21:16but if Arthur was to get a maximum
21:18in the first round after the break,
21:19then it will be on.
21:20Highest score ever in a single episode
21:22of a 15-round countdown is one, five, four.
21:26A bit premature.
21:27No pressure on young Arthur,
21:28but you know there could be a maximum
21:29just around the corner,
21:30so don't go anywhere.
21:32Tea time teaser is fed limes.
21:34Fed limes.
21:36They fed on limes
21:37and created havoc for the farmers.
21:39They fed on limes
21:40and created havoc for the farmers.
21:42APPLAUSE
21:43Hello again.
21:57They fed on limes
21:59and created havoc for the farmers.
22:01It becomes a medfly.
22:02Medflies, Susie.
22:03What are they when they're at home?
22:05They are Mediterranean fruit flies
22:07and very pesky by the sound of it.
22:08Yeah, leave a bit of fruit out.
22:10They'll all be there for you the next morning
22:11in a hot country, yeah.
22:13Right, 86-27.
22:14Six rounds to go.
22:16And Sam, you're up.
22:17Can I start with a consonant, please?
22:18Thank you, Sam.
22:19C.
22:20And another.
22:21R.
22:22And a vowel, please.
22:23I.
22:24And another.
22:26A.
22:27And another.
22:28E.
22:29And a consonant, please.
22:31G.
22:32And another.
22:34K.
22:35And another.
22:37T.
22:38And one more, please.
22:39And lastly.
22:41M.
22:42All right, let's play.
23:13Not the easiest round.
23:15Sam?
23:15Six.
23:16Well done to you.
23:16And Arthur?
23:17Eight.
23:18And an eight.
23:19Sam?
23:19Tragic.
23:21Arthur?
23:23Dermatic.
23:24Dermatic is in of the nature of a germ cell or relating to egg cells.
23:31Yeah, very good indeed.
23:33APPLAUSE
23:34Well spotted.
23:36My word was much tackier than that.
23:38How did we get on?
23:39What was your word?
23:40Tackier.
23:40What do you have?
23:41Tracky.
23:42Track?
23:42Oh, the old trackies?
23:43The old tracky.
23:44Tacky bottoms.
23:45And grimace, which seems appropriate.
23:47Yes.
23:48Well done.
23:48Well, no, I'm all smiles watching this.
23:50I love this type of thing.
23:51Right.
23:5294 already.
23:53Five rounds to go on, Arthur.
23:55You're picking these letters.
23:56Can I get a consonant, please?
23:57Thank you, Arthur.
23:58G.
23:59And another.
24:01T.
24:02And a third.
24:04N.
24:06Vowel.
24:07I.
24:08And another.
24:09E.
24:10And one more.
24:11I.
24:13A consonant.
24:14R.
24:16And another.
24:18F.
24:20And one more consonant, please.
24:23And a final R.
24:25Countdown.
24:29I'm not taking anything for granted here.
24:58Arthur.
24:59Eight's not going down.
25:00And Sam.
25:01Very risky nine not written down.
25:03Oh, I love the fact you're going for it, though.
25:05Arthur, eight.
25:06Retiring.
25:07Retiring.
25:08And Sam.
25:09Rerifting.
25:10Rerifting.
25:11Yeah.
25:12Brilliant.
25:13No, regifting, we're not re-rifting.
25:15Still brilliant.
25:16I'm sorry.
25:16Still brilliant.
25:17Yes.
25:17What else have we got in dictionary corner?
25:19We had refiring, which is probably what I'll be getting at the end of this,
25:23because I'm not getting anywhere near what you're finding.
25:26But, yeah, I also found finger, fringe, all the basic parts of the body.
25:32Love it.
25:32Love it, Sinatra.
25:33Thank you very much.
25:34Arthur's broke the century with four rounds left.
25:37Sensational stuff.
25:38Let's get our origins of words.
25:40Well, I have been doing a little bit of work with the Peter Crouch team.
25:45They do a podcast where they talk a little bit about footballing terms,
25:49and they're very curious about the etymologies of words that you often find
25:52in football commentary, for example, or words such as nutmeg, etc.
25:57And they asked me about one the other day, which was panache,
26:01which I haven't heard so much in football commentary,
26:04but it's obviously there, someone playing with panache.
26:06And it's defined in the dictionary as flamboyant confidence of style or manner.
26:11I think everyone wants a bit of panache.
26:12It's charisma, isn't it?
26:15And it's quite some distance from the beginning of the word,
26:18which meant a plume or a tuft of feathers on top of the helmet or a hat.
26:22And it goes back to a Roman's word for a point or wing.
26:26And the wing was a pinna, P-I-N-N-A, hence the feather part.
26:31And the use of panache to mean a flourish of style or gusto
26:35developed from the swagger and the verve that was associated with such people
26:40who might wear a feather in their hat.
26:43And so from there it came to mean chivalrous or really heroic courage.
26:48Anyway, who would have panache?
26:50Well, I reckon a real dude would have had panache.
26:53And dude may have begun with Yankee Doodle Dandy, the famous song,
26:58who famously also had a flamboyant feather in his cap.
27:02And the original American dude was actually a 19th century dandy.
27:06So it may well have come from there.
27:08And according to one writer in the 19th century,
27:10the dude was marked by the extreme height of his round white cylinder of a collar,
27:16the spoon-shaped crown of his hard hat,
27:18the shortness of his fawn overcoat,
27:20and by such tightness of his trousers
27:22that no-one could explain how he got his feet through them.
27:26It's not an old school football word that you don't hear a huge amount now.
27:34Right, 102 plays 27.
27:36Sorry to keep reminding you, I have to say, Sam Lawrence,
27:39I think you're doing as well as anyone will do in that chair, you know?
27:41So well done to you and let's get more letters.
27:44Can I start with a consonant, please?
27:45Thank you, Sam.
27:46N.
27:47And another.
27:49M.
27:50And another.
27:52B.
27:53And another.
27:55P.
27:55And one more.
27:57S.
27:58And a vowel.
28:00A.
28:00And another.
28:02U.
28:03And another.
28:05E.
28:06And finish with a consonant, please.
28:09Finish with R.
28:10And good luck.
28:11Hey.
28:12Let's do it.
28:14sched.
28:17See you.
28:17Bye.
28:18Bye.
28:18Bye.
28:19Bye.
28:32Ooh.
28:33How's this?
28:33Bye.
28:34See you.
28:34Bye.
28:34Bye.
28:35Bye.
28:36Bye.
28:36Bye.
28:37Bye.
28:37Bye.
28:38Bye.
28:38Bye.
28:38Bye.
28:39Sam, how many?
28:43Seven.
28:43And Arthur?
28:44Nine.
28:45Yeah.
28:46And very early.
28:47He didn't do anything for about 27 seconds.
28:49I thought a nine was coming.
28:51What's a seven?
28:51Numbers.
28:52What in the world is the nine?
28:54It's quite risky.
28:55Penumbra's.
28:56What?
28:57Penumbra's.
28:58So, penumbra is the shaded or partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an object.
29:05Plural is either penumbrae or penumbra's.
29:08So, it's in.
29:09Very well done.
29:12Can I just say that the only eight that was in there that I was going to mention was Superman,
29:17which feels quite fitting for the man who came out with a number niner.
29:23If I could stand up, I would, but I can't.
29:25My microphone will fall off.
29:26But that is unbelievable, Arthur.
29:28Well done to you.
29:29Well done.
29:30A second nine on this show.
29:32I'm not going to put any pressure on you, but let's see what happens in the final letters.
29:36I don't know why I'm bothering, but you got anything else?
29:39No?
29:40OK.
29:40Right.
29:42Arthur, you're in charge of these letters.
29:43Best of luck.
29:44Can I get a consonant, please?
29:45You can.
29:46You need a nine for that max, so let's see what we've got.
29:48T.
29:50And another.
29:52S.
29:53One more.
29:54T.
29:56One more.
29:56Vowel.
29:57P.
29:59Vowel.
30:01U.
30:02And another.
30:04E.
30:05And another.
30:07A.
30:09And a consonant.
30:11Another T.
30:13Erm, and another consonant, please.
30:16And lastly, D.
30:18Goodness me, can you take it?
30:20Last letters.
30:20The.
30:22E.
30:23Which.
30:23The.
30:24Who.
30:24Which.
30:26Ah.
30:27Hmm.
30:29John.
30:30Nathan.
30:31That.
30:32This.
30:33You.
30:34You.
30:34You.
30:36Sorry.
30:37I.
30:39I.
30:39I.
30:42I.
30:44I.
30:45I.
30:45I.
30:49I.
30:50I.
30:51Arthur Page, how many?
30:53Seven.
30:54Seven. And Sam?
30:56Six.
30:56Six is?
30:57Pasted.
30:58And the seven?
30:59Updates.
31:01Updates. There you go. We'll update the scores with that.
31:04Please don't tell me there was a nine.
31:06Oh, no, there wasn't.
31:07There wasn't.
31:07Excellent.
31:08Not that we could see.
31:09Upstate?
31:10Yeah, that's the same, isn't it?
31:12Yeah.
31:12Letters-wise, yeah.
31:14Upstate and updates.
31:16One, two, seven to 27.
31:18Now, let me do some maths.
31:20There's 20 points left.
31:21Sam, you can't win at this stage, just so you know.
31:25Let's get the numbers, Mick.
31:26Can I have an inverted T, please?
31:27You can indeed.
31:29Inverted T for a little bit of fun.
31:31To finish off the week, last numbers are...
31:34One, two, eight, ten, five, and the large one, 25.
31:40And you need to reach 222.
31:43Two, two, two.
31:44Numbers up.
31:50All the twos, Sam.
32:16All the twos.
32:17Well done, and Arthur?
32:19Yeah, 222.
32:19Yeah, off we go, Sam.
32:21I've run around here a bit.
32:23Eight plus one equals nine.
32:24Eight plus one, nine.
32:26Times about 25.
32:27Two, two, five.
32:28And then 10 over five is two.
32:31Yeah.
32:32And then divide that by the other two.
32:35The other two.
32:35To get one.
32:36Yeah.
32:37And then, yeah, I've run out of numbers, sorry.
32:40Oh.
32:40OK, goes over to you, Arthur.
32:4325 minus two.
32:4525 minus two, 23.
32:47Times 10.
32:48230.
32:49And take the eight.
32:50Two, two, two.
32:52APPLAUSE
32:52Sensational.
32:56What a way to finish this week off, and we are not done yet.
32:59Sam and Arthur, let's get your fingers on the buzzers.
33:02Ten more points to grab.
33:04Let's do this and reveal today's countdown, conundrum.
33:17Sam.
33:18The jubilance.
33:19Let's have a look.
33:21Brilliant.
33:22APPLAUSE
33:22Oh, well done, Sam, to get the conundrum.
33:28Yes, what a way to go out.
33:3037 points.
33:31It just looks great against Arthur.
33:34It really does.
33:34You had a good day?
33:35Yeah, it's been all right.
33:37Oh, sorry.
33:38Sorry to be a hindrance for an hour.
33:41No, thank you so much for being here.
33:42Lovely.
33:43Arthur, I tell you what, I cannot wait to Monday because, I mean, it feels like you haven't
33:47broken sweat yet.
33:48No partying at the weekend, OK?
33:50Yeah, no more.
33:51Good.
33:52Bed by 10 o'clock every night, yes?
33:54Yeah.
33:54Because it's going to be some week.
33:56So, natural, we'll miss having you here.
33:57It's been great to get to know you properly.
33:59Thank you so much.
34:00I'll be tuning in to see the teenage hero on Monday.
34:04Susie, we'll see you on Monday.
34:06Just brilliant.
34:06Yes, we'll do.
34:07Rachel, see you then.
34:08I'll be back.
34:09Love it.
34:09We've got Pat Nevin in Dictionary Corner on Monday because it's FA Cup week, isn't it?
34:14So, that gives us the weekend to find a booster cushion.
34:16We'll see you back here Monday.
34:17Rachel, Susie and I, Ian, count on us.
34:19You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:26You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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