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00:30Hello, everybody. It's Tuesday afternoon. Welcome to another episode of Countdown and a special hello to all of our canine friends. Unfortunately, you don't show up in the viewing figures, but we know you watch in your tens of thousands because, Rachel, I don't know about you, I'm forever getting social media videos of dogs barking at the theme tune and all sorts of stuff.
00:51Yeah, they're my favourite. People come in. Well, funnily enough, Rach, it's the anniversary of the first airing of Lassie today and tomorrow the first airing of Scooby-Doo. So who's your favourite fictional TV or film pooch?
01:07I mean, at the moment, I mean, the kids watch a lot of TV and Bluey. Do you know Bluey?
01:12No.
01:13Well, Bluey is a little Australian dog who lives with her mum and her dad and her little sister, Bingo.
01:17You see, it's good to know because I wouldn't know what the kids are watching today, but it's timeless, isn't it? Through every era, you go back to Pluto and Goofy and you come through into my personal favourite, Dog Tanyan.
01:29Oh, yeah.
01:30You know, Dog Tanyan and the Three Musker Hounds. Randomly, my lady was a cat that we all fancied. Don't even want to get into that. But there's so many, absolutely loads of them.
01:41Well, let's head over to Dick's journey corner where we find, as always, Countdown's little helper.
01:46Oh, Pippin, Pippin from Come Outside.
01:48Pippin, you see, so many. Susie Dent is here alongside, it has to be said, our steady Eddie. There's another great dog from Frazier.
01:56Justin Moorice is here.
01:57Do you know why so many dogs watch this programme?
02:01Yeah.
02:02Because if you say Countdown enough times, you're saying down, aren't you? Down.
02:05The dogs are stopping going, what? What am I doing?
02:07Countdown, boy.
02:08Yeah.
02:09Very good. Well, listen, we have a new champion in Lorraine Conway. Wasn't she brilliant yesterday?
02:14Rarely did I see somebody hit the ground running like that with very few nerves. I'm sure there were a few, though, Lorraine.
02:20There were.
02:21Listen, you work in IT, but you used to have a summer job looking after celebrities at big sporting events.
02:27Like, Ascot and Wimbledon, where only the most famous people get into those, you know, corporate boxes. So you've met Rachel before.
02:36Who did you meet there?
02:40Gordon Banks, we met.
02:41Nice.
02:42There was a couple of the former champions that came in and out as well. It was mainly corporate hospitality for big companies, but they had their celebrity guests with them.
02:52And so, and yeah, one particular day when they were in watching the tennis, two guys come in, sat down asking for coffee.
03:01I served them coffee or tea or whatever. And when I turned around, about a foot away from me was Marty Pello standing there.
03:08And he went, all right then. And I went, ah! And just turned and ran.
03:14For people that don't know from wet, wet, wet. Popped in, sold out. Very underrated record. I love that.
03:19Did he have angel eyes?
03:20Oh, yeah.
03:21Well, listen, you're up against Sunil Palmer. That's our challenger today. He lives in Benford, a Kent lad, who is a housing officer, but another sporting connection. Tell me about London 2012.
03:34Yeah, so I was a games maker, the medal flower bearer. So gave out medals to Team GB on the Super Saturday at the rowing.
03:42Oh, with the rowing, because people always think about Jessica Ennis Hill and Greg Rutherford and Mo Farah.
03:49Yeah.
03:49So you would have given them out to the Coxless Fours.
03:52Yeah, Eton Dorney. So, yeah, gave out gold medals.
03:56So that would have been Gregory, James, Reid and Triggs Hodge, who, because of Redgrave and Pinson, we really underestimate the job that we've done in recent years,
04:05because between them, they've ten Olympic gold medals to date.
04:09What a thing to do, eh?
04:10I'm just very honoured to be part of that team, to do that.
04:12I love that.
04:13Yeah.
04:13Listen, gold and silver up for grabs today. Sonil and Lorraine, best of luck.
04:20Lorraine, you're not used to this, because champion picks first.
04:23Hi, Rachel.
04:24Hi, Lorraine.
04:25Can I get a vowel, please?
04:26Thank you, Lorraine.
04:27Start with E.
04:28And a consonant.
04:31L.
04:31And another consonant.
04:34T.
04:35And a vowel.
04:37U.
04:38And a consonant.
04:40D.
04:41And a consonant.
04:44C.
04:46And a vowel.
04:47E.
04:49And a vowel.
04:51A.
04:53And a consonant, please.
04:56And lastly, S.
04:58At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
05:14MUSIC PLAYS
05:31Lorraine?
05:32Seven.
05:33Sunnell?
05:34Risky seven.
05:35A risky seven. Lorraine?
05:36Closed?
05:37Closed.
05:39And Sunnell?
05:40Cleated.
05:41And cleated.
05:42So you're spelling that with the E-A.
05:44OK.
05:45Yes, I think cleater will be fine.
05:47Claused is not there as a verb, just a noun, unfortunately, Lorraine.
05:52But, yeah, you have cleated shoes when you ride those shoes that you clip into the pedals when you're cycling.
05:59But that is absolutely fine, not closed.
06:01Also, in American sports, they don't use the word studs, so they use the word cleats.
06:05Cleats.
06:06Cleats on.
06:07Good start for our challenger.
06:09Exactly what Lorraine did yesterday.
06:11Anything better than a seven?
06:12There's a nice little...
06:13Can I just check a seven-letter word with you?
06:15Dulcets.
06:16Oh, dulcet.
06:17I think dulcet tones.
06:18Um...
06:19Bet you can't.
06:20No.
06:21No.
06:22That's my six.
06:23I'm glad you said that, Susie, cos for eight, it educates.
06:26Yes.
06:27APPLAUSE
06:28Well spotted, Justin.
06:31Well spotted indeed.
06:32Well done.
06:33If you got that at home, more letters.
06:34Nice.
06:35Sunnell, you're choosing for the first time.
06:36Can I have a consonant, please?
06:37Thank you, Sun.
06:38I'll start with...
06:39V.
06:40And a vowel.
06:41E.
06:42And another.
06:43I.
06:44And a consonant, please.
06:46M.
06:47And a vowel.
06:48O.
06:49And another consonant.
06:50R.
06:51And another.
06:52M.
06:53And a vowel.
06:54E.
06:55And a consonant, please.
06:56And lastly, D.
06:57D.
06:5830 seconds.
06:59D.
07:00D.
07:01D.
07:02D.
07:03D.
07:04D.
07:05D.
07:06D.
07:07D.
07:08D.
07:09D.
07:10D.
07:11D.
07:12D.
07:13D.
07:14Sonal, give me a number.
07:39Seven. Lorraine? Seven.
07:41What a battle. Off you go. What's the word?
07:43Removed. Removed.
07:45Removed. Got to be the same, hasn't it?
07:47Yes. Was there anything else?
07:49Well, there is a one for eight there,
07:51which I've never heard this word used.
07:55Memoried. Memoried.
07:57Yes, lovely. It's poetic.
07:59And it's obviously full of memories.
08:01But you can also be long-memoried, short-memoried.
08:04Of course, yeah. Memoried.
08:06OK, 14-7. Challenger with the early lead.
08:09Lorraine, first numbers round of the day you're choosing.
08:12Thank you. I'll get one from the top and five little again, please.
08:16Yeah.
08:17Your first favourite, one large five little.
08:19And the first numbers of the day are seven, two, eight, nine, three.
08:26And the large one, 100.
08:28And the target, one, three, seven.
08:31Yeah, one, three, seven.
08:32Numbers up.
08:33Attray of Death mode.
08:34Number five, four.
08:36monkey &tapewielding,
08:40nuencaise.
08:41Yeah, it's the East.
08:42You need it right?
08:44I'm, you need it right?
08:45You need it, you need it.
08:46I'm, you need it.
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09:00It's a different kind of pressure when it's a small number like that,
09:06cos you feel like you have to get it, you're on national TV.
09:10Did you get there, Lorraine? Yes, 137.
09:12Sonho? 137. Good work. Off you go, Lorraine.
09:159 times 3 is 27. Yep.
09:188 plus 2 is 10. Yep.
09:2010 plus 100. 137. Well done. Sonho?
09:23Yeah, same. Same way. Yeah.
09:26APPLAUSE
09:2810-point seats as we get our first tea-time teaser of the day.
09:31It's clean wrap. Clean wrap.
09:34The wrap was clean in a way of speaking.
09:37The wrap was clean in a way of speaking.
09:40MUSIC PLAYS
09:46APPLAUSE
09:48APPLAUSE
09:50APPLAUSE
09:53Welcome back. The wrap was clean in a way of speaking.
09:58Clean wrap becomes parlance. Parlance.
10:01Which I'd imagine would be a good origins of words for Susie at some stage.
10:04We shall see. Let's get back to the game.
10:07Sunil, early lead for you as challenger and your picking.
10:10Grab a consonant, please, Rachel.
10:11Thank you, Sunil.
10:12L.
10:13A vowel.
10:14I.
10:15A consonant.
10:16N.
10:17Another vowel.
10:18A.
10:19And another.
10:20O.
10:21And a vowel.
10:22A.
10:23A consonant, please.
10:24T.
10:25Another consonant.
10:26N.
10:27And another consonant, please.
10:28And the last one. R.
10:30Thanks, Rich.
10:39MUSIC PLAYS
10:41MUSIC PLAYS
10:43MUSIC CONTINUES
10:46MUSIC CONTINUES
10:49MUSIC CONTINUES
10:51MUSIC CONTINUES
10:58SONIL
11:10SONIL
11:11Eight.
11:12An eight. And Lorraine?
11:13Eight.
11:14I bet it's the same words. Let's find out. SONIL
11:16I'll go for rational.
11:17Rational.
11:18National.
11:19There you go. Why not? A silly letter can separate you.
11:22National and rational, wonderful stuff.
11:24Excellent.
11:25It's what we got. Nothing better, nothing worse.
11:27They'll need anything better than that. That's fantastic.
11:30Eight points. Well done if you got that at home.
11:3225 plus 32. Let's roll on, Lorraine.
11:35Thank you. I'll get a vowel, please, Rachel.
11:37Thank you, Lorraine.
11:38E.
11:39And another.
11:41I.
11:42And a vowel.
11:43A.
11:45And a consonant.
11:46Q.
11:47A consonant.
11:48H.
11:49A consonant.
11:50G.
11:51A consonant.
11:53D.
11:54A consonant.
11:58A consonant.
12:00A consonant.
12:02S.
12:03Consonant.
12:04L.
12:05And a final consonant, please.
12:36Seven.
12:37And Sonnell?
12:38Seven.
12:39Very good. What have we got?
12:40Haggles.
12:41Haggles.
12:42Same.
12:43Haggles. You have to haggle.
12:45Haggles is good, and similarly for seven, higgles.
12:48It means the same thing, but it's from an older time, isn't it?
12:51OK, yeah.
12:52I didn't get beyond haggis, so let's move on.
12:54Numbers, your first time choosing.
12:57Sonnell, what's the tactics?
12:58One from the top, please.
12:59Another one large.
13:01Five little combo.
13:02That disappointment in your face.
13:04I'm smiling through it.
13:05Right, let's have a look.
13:07They are one, two, two, three, seven, and 25.
13:13And the target, ooh, 687.
13:16687.
13:17Number's up.
13:18.
13:30.
13:47The target, 687.
13:49Sonnell?
13:50Just 678.
13:51That's 908.
13:52Lorraine?
13:53696.
13:54Is nine the other way?
13:57Sonnell, off you go.
13:58Seven plus two is nine.
14:00Seven plus two, nine.
14:01Times three is 27.
14:0227.
14:03Times 25, 675.
14:05Yep.
14:06That's the two plus the one.
14:07And the second two and the one.
14:09Six, seven, eight, yep.
14:10And Lorraine, the other way.
14:11So, three plus one is four.
14:12Yes.
14:13Times 25 is 100.
14:15100.
14:16100.
14:17100.
14:18Times seven is 700.
14:19700.
14:20And then take off the final two twos.
14:22And the two twos.
14:23Yep.
14:24Yeah.
14:25Nine the other way.
14:26Rachel, 690 is the best I could manage.
14:29Can we get to 687?
14:30We can.
14:31I started vaguely this way, went to the 28.
14:34But if you say two plus two is four, then you can say 25 times seven is 175.
14:42Take away three for 172.
14:45Times that by the four that we just made for 688.
14:49And you have one left over for 687.
14:56Commit me to punch the desk.
14:58Well done.
14:5937-44.
15:00A treat this week.
15:01Really close games yesterday and today as we break and have a chat with Justin Moorhuis.
15:08We were talking about never meeting your heroes yesterday.
15:10What about today?
15:11Before then, when you said a treat this week, I thought he meant me.
15:15Then he reintroduced me.
15:17I was thinking about giving out some advice most of this week.
15:21Just because I feel an elder guy now.
15:24And here's one for you.
15:25Here's one for you.
15:26Never trust a bargain.
15:28Never trust a bargain.
15:30There's always a hidden cost.
15:31Nearly 20 years ago, I went with a comedian called Mandy Knight to Shanghai in China to do some comedy.
15:37Now I can't speak any Mandarin or Cantonese, but we were doing it to the expats.
15:42There's quite a bit of downtime in between shows.
15:45So you go around and have a look around places.
15:47Shanghai, I don't know if you know this, has got the exact same waterfront as the Graces in Liverpool.
15:52It's a carbon copy of Shanghai.
15:54Wow.
15:55It's an interesting thing to see.
15:56Our tour guide, our host said to us, the massages in Shanghai are to die for.
16:03So I go, and the bargain is incredible.
16:06That's the thing about China.
16:07Some things are so cheap, some things are so expensive.
16:10This massage was, say, 25 pence.
16:12And I said, I feel really guilty about paying somebody such a little thing to do a job.
16:16He went, they don't mind.
16:18If you give them a pound, it will make them incredibly happy.
16:22Yeah.
16:23That's all.
16:24Can't remember the exact figures.
16:25Have this massage.
16:26It's incredible.
16:27This guy's gone to town on me.
16:30And my back's gone in different ways.
16:32Anyway, it finishes.
16:33I was so grateful.
16:34I'd handed the money over.
16:35And he said to me, sir, I need to have a word.
16:38I said, what's that?
16:39He said, I'm going to have to charge you more.
16:41And I thought, why?
16:43And I said, why is that?
16:44And he said, because you're a lot fatter than you sound.
16:47So he charged you based on body mass?
16:50Yeah.
16:51That kind of makes sense, doesn't it?
16:53Really?
16:54He didn't stop my heart breaking into 50 pence.
16:57How much did you spend?
16:58£78, I was the...
17:03And, but good, good massage.
17:05Great massage, great city, Shanghai.
17:07It was a long time ago since I went and it was an incredible expanding place.
17:11It was just, you know, growing and growing and growing and growing.
17:13And worth the money.
17:14Everything was worth the money, yeah.
17:16I'm very blessed to have gone to some of these places and travelled the world, yeah.
17:20All's well that ends well.
17:21Thank you very much.
17:26Not sure how this one's going to end.
17:27Our challenger with a slight lead at the moment, Sunil.
17:30Great start, Lorraine.
17:31She'll have some big words in her though, before we say goodbye today.
17:34And it's your letters.
17:35Thanks.
17:36Vowel, please.
17:37Thank you, Lorraine.
17:38E.
17:39And a consonant.
17:40T.
17:41And a consonant.
17:42S.
17:43And a vowel.
17:44O.
17:45And a consonant.
17:46J.
17:47A consonant.
17:48S.
17:49A vowel.
17:50A.
17:51A consonant.
17:52B.
17:53And a final consonant, please.
17:55And a final R.
17:56Start the clock.
17:57T.
17:58T.
17:59And a final consonant, please.
18:00And a final R.
18:01Start the clock.
18:02A consonant.
18:03A consonant.
18:04A consonant.
18:05A consonant.
18:06A consonant.
18:07A consonant.
18:08A consonant.
18:09A consonant.
18:10A consonant.
18:11A consonant.
18:12A consonant.
18:13A consonant.
18:14A consonant.
18:15A consonant.
18:16A consonant.
18:17A consonant.
18:18A consonant.
18:19A consonant.
18:20A consonant.
18:21A consonant.
18:22A consonant.
18:23A consonant.
18:24A consonant.
18:25A consonant.
18:26A consonant.
18:27A consonant.
18:28A consonant.
18:29A consonant.
18:30Time's up. Lorraine.
18:36Try an eight.
18:37And Sunil.
18:38Also try an eight, yeah.
18:39Lorraine.
18:40Boasters.
18:40Boasters.
18:41And Sunil.
18:42Same.
18:43Boasters.
18:44Nice.
18:45Yep.
18:45Matched again.
18:46Yeah, not risky at all, that one.
18:48I know.
18:49You don't need to show off.
18:50I'm assuming you're not boasting a nine with the other men being J.
18:53That J was so errant, wasn't it?
18:56It was just in the middle of the...
18:57It spoiled everything, didn't it?
18:58Yeah, that's it.
18:59OK.
19:00As we were, more letters.
19:02Sunil.
19:03Have a consonant, please.
19:04Thanks, Sunil.
19:05T.
19:06And a vowel.
19:07I.
19:08And another.
19:10A.
19:11And a consonant.
19:13G.
19:14And a vowel.
19:16I.
19:17Another.
19:19E.
19:21And a consonant.
19:22C.
19:23And another.
19:24S.
19:25And another consonant, please.
19:28B.
19:29Here we go.
19:29Here we go.
19:30Here we go.
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19:59So long risk seven not written down and Lorraine six the six bisect it could
20:06count what's the risky seven sightages as inciting a quotation maybe not there I'm
20:14afraid so no sightage isn't even in in the singular so well that what did you
20:19have dictionary corner I had a six that I really liked which was begat yes
20:25begat I think in without the s is absolutely fine you know begats is
20:30lovely I've got like in the Bible yes but but it's it's not there it's not he
20:36begats get where he begats and then I think he begat yeah anyway Justin she's
20:42always right so it's like a biblical version of Julio Iglesias forgets but
20:47for a classic a classic countdown word I think isn't it yeah cageist yes yeah
20:53like this game it could get very kids you know the pressure will start to tell
20:57one more round before a second tea time teaser it's numbers Lorraine and your
21:02choosing I'll go six more please oh oh I like it gambling twist away from the one
21:08large and this time your possible challenge five seven seven nine ten and
21:17eight and the target to reach five hundred and seventy two we weren't
21:21expecting that five seven two numbers up
21:47five seven two Lorraine five seven two Sunil just five six eight it will have paired off if you're
22:00right ten times eight is 80 80 80 times seven is 560 yep take the seven and five and add it on well done
22:09five seven seven nice little twist Lorraine takes the lead as we get our second tea time teaser
22:17which is Ed Street Ed Street full of loathing for the perfume sample full of loathing for the perfume sample
22:25the smell of victory in the nostrils of both Lorraine and Sunil just nine points in it and it's our
22:41challenger picking these letters I have a continent please Rachel I have a continent please Rachel I have a
22:47a continent I have a continent I have a continent of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of the name of
23:17D.
23:18And another consonant, please.
23:20N.
23:21Let's play.
23:47Sona.
23:52Er, I'll risk an eight.
23:55He's risking an eight. Lorraine.
23:57Seven.
23:58The seven is?
23:59Downier.
24:00The risky eight.
24:01Draw line.
24:02Ooh.
24:03Oh, Sona, we've not had much luck with the dictionary today.
24:07It's not in, I'm afraid. I'm sorry.
24:09Downier, all good?
24:11Very good indeed, yes.
24:12Anything else?
24:13Nothing more than seven.
24:15Seven, a nice word.
24:16Dariol.
24:17It's a cooking pot, a bit like a ramekin.
24:19Right.
24:20And it's flower pot-shaped.
24:22Lovely stuff.
24:23Lorraine, letters, please.
24:25I have a vowel, please, Rachel.
24:26Thank you, Lorraine.
24:27I.
24:28And another.
24:29U.
24:30And a consonant.
24:32T.
24:33And a consonant.
24:35Y.
24:36A consonant.
24:37S.
24:38A vowel.
24:40A.
24:41A consonant.
24:42R.
24:43A consonant.
24:45N.
24:46N.
24:47And a vowel, please.
24:48And the last one.
24:49I.
24:50Let's play.
24:51Let's play.
24:52In a vowel sound.
24:53I don't have an vowel sound.
24:55In a vowel sound.
24:57I still want to know the lenght.
24:58Tying thing.
24:59To the end.
25:00Leave two sounds.
25:01To the end.
25:02We're going toow.
25:03There's a vowel sound.
25:04I'm going toow.
25:05I'm going toow.
25:06I'm going toow.
25:07To the end.
25:08To the end.
25:09To the end.
25:10TRICKY
25:23Tricky, Lorraine?
25:24Six.
25:25Sonnel?
25:26Seven.
25:27The six?
25:28Strain.
25:29The seven.
25:30Unitary?
25:31Unitary.
25:32Oh, that is absolutely brilliant. That is in the dictionary. Well done.
25:37Anything else?
25:38They had raisiny, raisiny biscuit.
25:40Something's a bit raisiny.
25:41Yes.
25:42Susie will stay with you.
25:43Origins of words.
25:46Well, I had an email from Bernard Baker in Reading,
25:50and he's not asking about Reading,
25:52he's asking about a place that his daughter's recently moved to in Durham,
25:56which is Pity Me, the village there.
25:59And he's saying, where on earth did it get that name?
26:02And this one had me searching everywhere.
26:05Oxford dictionary place names, et cetera.
26:07And there are lots and lots of theories.
26:09That's north of Franwellgate-Moor.
26:11And it looks really, really pretty, I have to say.
26:15But one theory is that it derives from miserere me,
26:18which was a prayer perhaps chanted by pilgrims who passed through it.
26:24So that means pity me itself.
26:26Another one suggests that St Cuthbert, after he died,
26:30his coffin apparently was dropped by monks at the burial site.
26:34So it's quite possible that perhaps he, if you believe in that kind of thing,
26:39all the monks themselves whispered, pity me.
26:41Another is that there's a gallows on the site and that prisoners might have said this.
26:45Or even that pity refers to abundance of coal mines that were once their coal pits.
26:49There is involving the water as well.
26:52So a French petit mare or little sea.
26:55Certainly quite marshy and swampy around there, apparently.
26:58I haven't been, so I can't vouch for that.
27:01But, and there was a large medieval fish pond as well.
27:04So that's possible.
27:05However, the Oxford Dictionary place names and the most reliable sources,
27:08I have to say, throw all of that out the window.
27:10And they're very unmoved by all of this.
27:12And they think it actually just goes back to really exposed or desolate locality
27:17that was then chosen for either farming land or to build upon.
27:21And that actually because it was so desolate, it was called pity me.
27:25And that does absolutely make sense because there are four other localities in Durham,
27:29also called pity me.
27:31And they all did begin as very kind of, you know, desolate tracts of land
27:35before housing came upon them.
27:37So I love that.
27:38But looking at the pictures, it doesn't look, it doesn't look desolate at all.
27:41It looks lovely now, but we think that's where it goes back to.
27:43Lovely. Great emails.
27:44Thank you very much, Bernie Baker.
27:46APPLAUSE
27:48All right, what a game today.
27:50Four rounds left.
27:51Sonal, steady your nerves and give us more letters.
27:54Can I have a consonant, please?
27:55Thank you, Sonal.
27:56F.
27:57And another.
27:58T.
27:59And another.
28:00F.
28:01A vowel.
28:02O.
28:03And another.
28:04E.
28:05And another.
28:06A.
28:07A consonant.
28:08P.
28:09And another.
28:10W.
28:11And another consonant, please.
28:12And lastly, T.
28:13Time down.
28:14T.
28:15And another.
28:16T.
28:17Time down.
28:18T.
28:19And another consonant, please.
28:20And lastly, T.
28:21Time down.
28:23T.
28:24T.
28:25T.
28:26T.
28:27T.
28:28T.
28:29T.
28:30T.
28:34T.
28:36T.
28:37Sonal? Six.
28:55And Lorraine? Five.
28:57Just the five. The five is?
29:00Opaque. And Sonal, what's your word?
29:01Teapot.
29:04He's got his eye on the teapot.
29:07Can't believe you missed that, Lorraine.
29:09Can't believe you missed that.
29:10Yeah, very good.
29:12Opiate is in, not opaque, unfortunately.
29:14But, yeah, teapot is about as good as it got for us to.
29:16Perfect word at the perfect time.
29:18Just three points in it. Lorraine, you're choosing these letters.
29:21A vowel, please. Thank you, Lorraine.
29:23O. And another.
29:25E. And a consonant.
29:28N. A consonant.
29:31G. A consonant.
29:34D. A vowel.
29:35I. And a vowel.
29:39E. A consonant.
29:42H. And a consonant.
29:45Lastly, P.
29:47Last letters.
29:48H. And a consonant.
29:49H. And a consonant.
29:50H. And a consonant.
29:50H. And a consonant.
29:51H. And a consonant.
29:51H. And a consonant.
29:52H. And a consonant.
29:52H. And a consonant.
29:53H. And a consonant.
29:53H. And a consonant.
29:53H. And a consonant.
29:54H. And a consonant.
29:54H. And a consonant.
29:54H. And a consonant.
29:54H. And a consonant.
29:55H. And a consonant.
29:55H. And a consonant.
29:55H. And a consonant.
29:56H. And a consonant.
29:56H. And a consonant.
29:57H. And a consonant.
29:57H. And a consonant.
29:58H. And a consonant.
29:58H. And a consonant.
29:59H. And a consonant.
29:59H. And a consonant.
30:00H. And a consonant.
30:01MUSIC CONTINUES
30:31Nothing better for six, ponied?
30:35Ponied.
30:36Yes, to pay a sum of money so you pony up.
30:40But heeding was the best that we could do as well.
30:42So, 72-68, big numbers round, Sunil.
30:46This is where tactics really come into play.
30:49What's your choice?
30:50Four large, please.
30:51Four large!
30:52Taking your destiny into your own hands for the teapot.
30:56Two little ones, a two, one, and the big ones, 100.
31:0025, 50, 75, all the pressure.
31:04And the target, 596.
31:07Five, nine, six, last numbers.
31:09MUSIC CONTINUES
31:10MUSIC CONTINUES
31:12Five, nine, six.
31:41Drive your batty, that.
31:43Sunil?
31:44Five, nine, nine.
31:45Three away.
31:46Lorraine?
31:46Five, nine, nine.
31:47Wow.
31:48Here we go, Sunil.
31:4975 divided by 25 is three.
31:51Yes.
31:52Times two is six, times 100.
31:55600.
31:55Then take off the one.
31:57Five, nine, nine.
31:58Yeah.
31:59Lorraine?
31:59Same way.
32:00All right, so that's seven points each.
32:05Five, nine, six.
32:07Put most of the nation out of their misery.
32:10Well, this is a classic four large trick.
32:12If you say 100 times 75 is 7,500,
32:19take away the 50 for 7,450,
32:22and then divide it by 25,
32:24you get 298,
32:26and you can times it by two.
32:27Five, nine, six.
32:28Wow.
32:29APPLAUSE
32:30So there's just four points in it.
32:34You'll remember yesterday,
32:35nobody managed the countdown conundrum.
32:38That meant Lorraine moved from challenger to champion.
32:41The role's reversed today,
32:42because our challenger, Sunil,
32:43is the person that's got the slight lead.
32:46So the shoe's on the other foot.
32:49Will the Sunil come out tomorrow?
32:51Let's find out,
32:52as we reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:58Sunil.
32:58Detention.
32:59Let's have a look.
33:00See me after class.
33:03Wow.
33:05Fantastic.
33:06A new champion in town.
33:08The teapot was a key word.
33:10The teapot is now yours.
33:11I will say this, Lorraine,
33:13it is ridiculous that you're going away
33:15with only one win.
33:17You've ran into such a good competitor.
33:20You had octal champ written all over you,
33:22but this is the luck of the draw.
33:23Who comes out?
33:24Who comes out?
33:25In another week,
33:26you'd have absolutely stormed it.
33:27You happy enough?
33:28Yeah, very happy.
33:29Glad to be here.
33:30Yes, it's been lovely to have you here.
33:31Good luck with you.
33:32Tracing your family tree.
33:34If you come across the Murrays,
33:35let me know, OK?
33:37Sunil, you've moved house.
33:39You're staying right here.
33:40We'll see you tomorrow.
33:41Well done to you.
33:42Well done.
33:43All done, Justin, Susie, thank you.
33:45Yeah, thank you.
33:46Rachel, a couple of TV dogs
33:47we have to mention before we leave
33:49or we'll be getting loads of messages
33:50on social media.
33:51Really, really famous ones.
33:53Toto from The Wizard of Oz,
33:55arguably the first big famous...
33:57Yeah, to mention The Wizard of Oz, didn't you?
33:59Yes, what a great dog.
34:00But also, Muttley from Dastardly and Muttley.
34:03Can you do the Muttley laugh to finish?
34:05I think that's a no.
34:07The answer to that is indeed no.
34:09Well, let's quit while we're behind.
34:12Susie, Rachel and I, back tomorrow.
34:13You can count on us.
34:14You can contact the programme by email
34:18at countdown at channel4.com.
34:20You can also find our webpage
34:22at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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