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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio on the first quarterfinal day of the current series.
00:38So brace yourselves because battle will commence today for the next six shows and the grand final next Friday.
00:47This is it. This is it, ladies and gentlemen. The best of the best. So pay attention.
00:53Now, this show, of course, is all about letters and numbers, too, of course.
00:58And the other day I read a quote from E.M. Forster, who said, interestingly, one always tends to overpraise
01:05a long book because one has simply got to get through it.
01:09And I began to think of all those sort of films and books that you sat through and actually just
01:14had to break, you know, really struggle to get through.
01:16And I suddenly realised, Rachel, why bother?
01:21And now if I lose interest in a book, I walk away. And the same with a film. Isn't that
01:26the right sort of attitude, you think?
01:27Well, sometimes if you're watching a film and it's really bad, you think there must be some redeeming part of
01:32it and you want to just get to the end.
01:34And then when there's not, it's an even bigger disappointment.
01:35It's a big disappointment, too.
01:37You can't think of it. I must be missing something. Something must happen one of these days.
01:40Yeah. But a book, too. I mean, you get into a book and it's got to drive you on.
01:45It's got to be some sort of page turner and not some sort of work of labour. Don't you agree?
01:50Well, I like to read on holiday. And if I haven't finished the book by the end of the holiday,
01:55it kind of sits there until the next holiday.
01:57Exactly.
01:57And if you're in the sunshine, sometimes I get a few pages in and fall asleep.
02:00So I've got quite a few unfinished books.
02:01You've got a few stacked up.
02:03Yeah. These are more holidays.
02:04More holidays for you. More holidays indeed.
02:07Now, we talked about our quarterfinalists. We've got Dylan Taylor with us.
02:10Dylan, welcome back.
02:11Thanks.
02:12In the quarterfinals, after winning eight games and becoming the highest scoring Octo champion countdown history with 974 points, a
02:21fantastic achievement.
02:23And you're very welcome back from Malpass in Cheshire.
02:26So how does it feel to be back with us?
02:27Good.
02:28Good?
02:29Good. Very good.
02:30Very good.
02:31Very, very good.
02:32Well, listen, you're a very, very good competitor.
02:35And today you're up against Gemma Church, who earned her place in the quarterfinals after winning six games and scoring
02:41a total of 602 points.
02:43A web designer. We enjoyed you when you last here, Gemma.
02:47A web designer and a jewellery designer from Huntingdon.
02:50And you're a lifetime countdown viewer. Is that right?
02:54Yes.
02:54A fanatic.
02:55Well, it's been on ever since I've been around, I think.
02:57Really?
02:58Yes.
02:59That's wonderful.
02:59Three generations watching it.
03:01Two of you are tremendous competitors and may the best countdown fanatic win. Excellent stuff.
03:08Big round of applause. Come on. Our first quarter finalists.
03:13Well done. And over in the corner, of course, Dr. Dent and the great Dan Walker, a young man, but
03:20he's already talking to the world through the BBC World Service.
03:24Every now and again. I'm looking forward to this today, by the way. This is big, isn't it?
03:27This is very big.
03:27State. This is what it's all about.
03:29Exactly. And you're on your metal, too, you know. We expect you to be on your peak performance.
03:35Okay. I shall loosen up.
03:37Exactly. Let's see how we get on. Dylan, would you be good enough to kick things off? Let us game.
03:41Thanks, Nick. Hi, Rachel.
03:43Hi again, Dylan.
03:44Start with the vowel, please.
03:45Thank you. Start the quarterfinal with I.
03:49Consonant.
03:51L.
03:52Another consonant.
03:53H.
03:55Another.
03:56K.
03:58Vowel.
03:59A.
04:00Consonant.
04:02T.
04:03Vowel.
04:06O.
04:07Consonant.
04:09R.
04:10Final consonant, please.
04:12And a final V.
04:14And here's the countdown clock.
04:46Yes, Dylan.
04:47Six.
04:48Six.
04:49And Gemma?
04:49Six as well.
04:50So, Dylan.
04:51Troika.
04:52Troika and Gemma.
04:53Taylor.
04:55Happy enough?
04:56Very happy with this.
04:57Very good.
04:58Difficult start, that one, yeah.
04:59Taylor's the best we could get as well, yeah.
05:00Nothing else?
05:01No.
05:01All right.
05:02Six all, and we turn to you, Gemma, for a letters game.
05:05Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:07Thank you, Gemma.
05:08C.
05:09And another.
05:12M.
05:13And a vowel, please.
05:14U.
05:16And another.
05:18A.
05:19And a consonant.
05:21P.
05:22And another.
05:24S.
05:25And a vowel, please.
05:28E.
05:29Another vowel.
05:32O.
05:33And finish with a consonant, please.
05:36And finish with H.
05:39Stand by.
05:40And a vowel.
05:43And a vowel.
05:44And a vowel.
05:56And a vowel.
05:57And a vowel.
05:58And a vowel.
05:58And a vowel.
05:59And a vowel.
05:59And a vowel.
05:59And a vowel.
06:00And a vowel.
06:08And a vowel.
06:10Yes, gentlemen?
06:11Seven.
06:12A seven, Dylan?
06:13Yes, I mean.
06:14Two sevens, Gemma?
06:15Poaches.
06:16Yes, Dylan?
06:17Pouches.
06:18Pouches.
06:19Pouches and poachers.
06:20Yes.
06:20Happy enough?
06:21Good enough.
06:22Cheapos.
06:22You can have a cheapo in there as well with an S on the end.
06:24A cheapo?
06:25Yeah, something you can get on the cheap.
06:27A cheapo.
06:28Yes.
06:28All right.
06:29If it's in the dictionary, it's good enough for us.
06:31We've checked in and everything.
06:3213 all.
06:3313 all.
06:34We turn now to Dylan for our first numbers game.
06:37Four large, please, Rachel.
06:38Four large, straight in there to try to separate you two.
06:41Four large numbers, two little ones.
06:43Here we go.
06:44First quarter, final numbers round.
06:45And the little ones are ten and six.
06:48And your large ones, as you know, 50, 75, 125.
06:53And the target should reach 351.
06:56Three, five, one.
07:27Three, five, one.
07:28Yes, Dylan?
07:29Yeah, 351.
07:30And Gemma?
07:31Three, five, one.
07:32Not written down.
07:32All right.
07:33So, Gemma?
07:34I did 50 plus 10.
07:3850 plus 10, 60.
07:4060 times the six.
07:43Times the six, 360.
07:46And I've gone wrong.
07:47Sorry, Gemma.
07:48No, I don't know.
07:49Bad luck.
07:50So, Dylan?
07:51I did 100 over 25.
07:53Yeah, 100 over 25 is four.
07:5550, take that four.
07:5750, take four, is 46.
07:59Times it by the six.
08:00Times it by the six for 276.
08:02Add the 75.
08:03Well done.
08:04Three, five, one.
08:05Well done.
08:08Well done.
08:10Give you a ten-point lead there, Dylan.
08:12Excellent stuff.
08:13And 23 to 13 as we go into a tea-time teaser.
08:16First of the day, which is Seek a Man.
08:19And the clue, Seek a Man with the same identity as you, perhaps.
08:23Seek a Man with the same identity as you, perhaps.
08:41Welcome back.
08:42I left you with the clue.
08:43Seek a Man with the same identity as you, perhaps.
08:46And the answer is namesake.
08:49Namesake.
08:50So, 23 to 13.
08:52Dylan, 10 points in the lead.
08:53Gemma, your chance.
08:55Let us game.
08:56Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
08:58Thank you, Gemma.
08:59J.
09:00And another.
09:02C.
09:03And another.
09:06S.
09:07And a vowel, please.
09:09E.
09:10And another.
09:13A.
09:14And a consonant, please.
09:16N.
09:17And a final consonant, please.
09:29And a final R.
09:30Stand by.
09:31inc
09:50And a consonant, please.
09:56Bye-bye.
09:56Bye-bye.
09:56Bye-bye.
10:02Yes, Gemma?
10:03A seven.
10:03A seven, Dylan?
10:04Seven.
10:05Gemma?
10:06Loners.
10:07Loners and cajoles.
10:09Cajoles.
10:10Very nice.
10:11Happy enough?
10:12Yes.
10:12What about Dan?
10:13We had another seven in there, which is a Cornell, pluralised.
10:17It's Cornell's, which is?
10:19It is a dogwood, especially of a dwarf variety.
10:23Thank you very much.
10:24Well done.
10:2430 points to 20.
10:26Dylan, you're back on.
10:28Letters game.
10:29Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
10:30Thank you, Dylan.
10:32E.
10:33Consonant.
10:35T.
10:36Another.
10:37M.
10:38Vow.
10:40O.
10:41Consonant.
10:42S.
10:43Vow.
10:45I.
10:46Consonant.
10:48N.
10:49Consonant.
10:51S.
10:53Final consonant, please.
10:55And a final Y.
10:57Countdown.
11:01We'll see you next time.
11:03We'll see you next time.
11:05We'll see you next time.
11:07We'll see you next time.
11:08We'll see you next time.
11:10We'll see you next time.
11:11We'll see you next time.
11:12We'll see you next time.
11:13We'll see you next time.
11:14We'll see you next time.
11:15We'll see you next time.
11:16We'll see you next time.
11:17We'll see you next time.
11:17We'll see you next time.
11:19We'll see you next time.
11:19We'll see you next time.
11:21We'll see you next time.
11:29Yes, Dylan. Eight.
11:31Eight. Well done, Gemma.
11:32And eight, not written down.
11:34And Gemma.
11:35I got... I got smogiest, but there's no idea. Sorry.
11:40No. All right, we're letting go of that.
11:42Yes, Dylan. Moistens.
11:44Moistens. Moistens, yes.
11:46My least favourite words, but it's a very good eight.
11:49Moistens. All right.
11:51Well done.
11:54We extend your lead, 38 to 20 now,
11:57as we go into a numbers game for Gemma.
11:59Gemma.
12:00Let's go for four big ones again. Why not?
12:02Four big. Why not? Gambling time.
12:05Thank you. I like it. Be bold.
12:07Right, for the second time in this quarterfinal,
12:09two little ones. One and six.
12:11And the four large, 25, 100, 75 and 50.
12:15And this time around, the target, 583.
12:20583.
12:51So, Gemma.
12:53583 again, not written down.
12:56583 and... Dylan?
12:57583 written down.
12:58OK. Come on, Gemma.
13:00Sorry. 75 over 25 is 3.
13:0275 over 25, 3.
13:04100 minus 3.
13:05100 minus 3, 97.
13:07Multiply by the 6.
13:09582.
13:10And the 1 to add on.
13:11Perfect. Well done. 583.
13:12Well done. Dylan?
13:14Completely different.
13:15Oh.
13:15Completely different.
13:1675 plus 1.
13:1775 plus 1, 76.
13:20100 divided by 50.
13:22100 over 50 is 2.
13:246 plus that 2.
13:258.
13:26Times it by the 76.
13:28For 608.
13:29Take the 25.
13:30And take the 25.
13:32Well done.
13:325 victory.
13:34Two good results.
13:35Well done indeed.
13:37So, score stands at 48.
13:40Two Jemmers, 30 as we turn to Dan.
13:43And Dan, you must have met any number of football players and, I guess, big names in sport.
13:50Are there stereotypes, do you think?
13:52I mean, footballers have an unfortunate reputation on the sort of cerebral front.
13:56They do indeed.
13:57Is it fair?
13:58Well, I often get asked that.
14:00Are those footballers you meet, are they actually, some of them, are they as dense as they sometimes come across?
14:05And I think there's a, it's a little unfair, really.
14:07There are, I think there's a stereotype that most footballers wouldn't know that, you know, erudite they might think is
14:12a type of glue rather than the word you might use in an intelligent sense.
14:15But I think I've met some very clever people over the years and sat down and interviewed them and they,
14:19you know, they go against the stereotype very much so.
14:23Having said that, there are some fantastic footballing phrases that have been produced over the years which often appear in
14:29newspapers and various magazines.
14:32They often make me giggle as well where things are either slightly misconstrued or have come out not quite as
14:38those have intended.
14:39I remember there's a famous one, a footballer was asked about his enjoyment of the game and he said, I've
14:45loved football my whole life, perhaps even longer than that, which is not technically possible.
14:51I remember interviewing a sportsman once and he was talking about a team that were playing some beautiful football and
14:55he, in his own words, he said, look at the way they're playing.
14:58They're almost trying to paint a Picasso on the pitch, which I'm not sure is quite as expensive as a
15:04Picasso.
15:05A manager, when it all went wrong after a heavy defeat, he said, I don't blame individuals.
15:09There's only one person to blame and that's me, which is, of course, an individual.
15:13Sport does encourage the odd mixed metaphor as well.
15:17But there was a footballer who got quite confused when he was talking about pressure and he said, if you
15:21can't stand the heat in the dressing room, you've got to get out of the kitchen.
15:26If you've ever wondered how footballers view being sold by a club, one famously says, as one door closes, another
15:33one shuts, which is a negative way of looking at things.
15:36And my own personal favourite, when asked whether this particular footballer thought that England could win the World Cup, he
15:43sort of looked as if to say, don't ask me silly questions like that.
15:45I never make predictions and I never will.
15:50But as you say, there are some very clever, intelligent ones out there as well.
15:54And Susie was asking me about the sort of the most interesting footballer that I'd ever interviewed.
15:59And I think it would be Eric Cantona, because I remember the phone call.
16:03It was on a Tuesday and a phone call came through and said, would you like to interview Eric Cantona
16:06tomorrow?
16:07And I said, yeah, no problem.
16:08Where is it?
16:09And they said, New York.
16:10Right, OK, let me see if I can get there.
16:12So we managed to book a flight, waited for four hours in this hotel room.
16:16And you've probably met some very famous people in your time as well.
16:19I know all of you have.
16:20And there's a there's very few people you meet who have that real presence when they walk in a room.
16:24And Cantona was certainly one of them.
16:26It helped that he was holding a gigantic apple.
16:29And he walked in and he went bonjour and took this huge bite out of an apple that only a
16:33man who's confident his own skin can do.
16:35And we spoke for about sort of an hour and a half.
16:38And he was it was brilliant.
16:39Really?
16:39Of course, he's famous for those extraordinary sort of sayings of his.
16:44Do you remember?
16:45When the seagulls followed the trawler.
16:46But he said at the time, I asked him about that in that actual interview.
16:50And he said at the time, I couldn't think of anything to say.
16:53And I thought, I'll just come up with some gibberish.
16:55And all of a sudden, the papers say, oh, this great philosopher.
16:58And he looked at the back of it and laughed his head off.
16:59He said, I didn't mean that at all.
17:00But you take it as you like.
17:02Brilliant stuff.
17:03And of course, dear old private eye that we all love so much.
17:06Yes.
17:06Are they still running that column called Coleman Balls?
17:09Yeah, some of those are from Coleman Balls.
17:10Are they?
17:10Some of those I've picked up myself.
17:11Hilarious stuff.
17:12Well, it's always when, as you well know, when the camera's on you or the microphone's under your nose,
17:16sometimes you say things in a way which you didn't quite intend.
17:19But thankfully, there's humour in there all the time as well.
17:22Great stuff.
17:22Thank you so much indeed, Dan Walker.
17:27With the score standing at 48 points to 30.
17:30Dylan, you're in the lead.
17:32And it's a letters game for you.
17:34Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
17:35Thank you, Dylan.
18:00And a final R.
18:03Stand by.
18:13Bye.
18:15Bye.
18:16Bye.
18:17Bye.
18:17Bye.
18:19Bye.
18:25Bye.
18:27Bye.
18:29Bye.
18:30Bye.
18:32Bye.
18:35So, Dylan.
18:36A seven.
18:36A seven.
18:37Gemma?
18:38I'll stick with a seven, yeah.
18:40OK, Dylan.
18:41Overrun.
18:42And Gemma?
18:44Operant.
18:45Operant.
18:46Yes.
18:46Yes?
18:47Good countdown word, that one.
18:49It's a term from psychology.
18:50It's all to do with spontaneous behaviour.
18:53It's quite complicated, but it's a very good word.
18:55Very good.
18:55Now then, Dan, any news?
18:57I'm afraid nothing more to offer there, yeah.
18:59That's it?
19:00All right.
19:00Had a bad round.
19:0155 to 37, and Gemma, back with you.
19:05Letters game.
19:06Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
19:08Thank you, Gemma.
19:09T.
19:10And another.
19:12D.
19:13And another.
19:16W.
19:17And another.
19:19N.
19:20And a vowel, please.
19:22E.
19:23And another.
19:25O.
19:26And another.
19:29U.
19:31And a consonant.
19:33R.
19:35And another consonant, please.
19:38And the last one.
19:39G.
19:40Here's the countdown clock.
19:43I.
19:44A.
19:44A.
19:45To.
19:50A.
20:11Maybe.
20:14Yes, Gemma.
20:15I'm risking eight.
20:16An eight.
20:17How about Dylan?
20:17Eight.
20:18So, Gemma.
20:19Undergot.
20:21Undergot.
20:21And?
20:22Dylan.
20:23Undertow.
20:24There's no underget as a verb here, I'm afraid, Gemma,
20:28so no can do on undergot, sorry.
20:32Undertow, certainly there.
20:33It's another term for undercurrent, isn't it?
20:35Yeah.
20:36Couldn't be very dangerous.
20:38It is not, yeah.
20:38Dragged down by the undertow.
20:40Absolutely.
20:4063 to 37, and we're back with you, Dylan, for your numbers game.
20:46Dylan.
20:48Can I have six more, please, Rachel?
20:49Six more, the other end of the spectrum.
20:51Thank you, Dylan.
20:52We've had four large, now six little ones.
20:54Another challenge right this round.
20:56They are eight, one, nine, six, another one, and two.
21:03And the target to reach 167.
21:07167.
21:10One, six, seven.
21:10They are one.
21:10They're four large cars.
21:10They're one.
21:10They're four.
21:20They're four.
21:38Dylan? 167. 167. And Gemma? Yep, 167. Very good. So, Dylan? I did 8 plus 1. 8 plus 1 is
21:469.
21:47Times it by 9. Times it by 9 is 81. Times it by 2. Times it by 2 is 162.
21:53Add 6 minus 1.
21:55And add 6 and the other one to take away. Hold on. Thank you, Gemma. Same route.
22:00Well done. Well done, both of you. Very good. 73 days of 47 as we go to a tea time
22:09teaser.
22:10Which is rich gain? And the clue, presiding over the meeting about furniture.
22:15Presiding over the meeting about furniture.
22:33Welcome back. I left you with the clue, presiding over the meeting about furniture.
22:38And the answer is chairing it. Chairing. 73 to 47. Dylan in the lead. Gemma, now it's your letters game.
22:49Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel? Thank you, Gemma.
22:52D. And another.
22:55S. And a vowel.
22:58E. And another.
23:01I. And another.
23:04I. And a consonant, please.
23:07P. And another.
23:09R. And another.
23:13M. And final vowel, please.
23:17And a final A.
23:20Countdown.
23:20Typehalf.
23:21D. mä.
23:23D.
23:34P. E.
23:36A Kenya.
23:37Dome.
23:37D.
23:37D. D.
23:52Gemma?
23:52Eight.
23:53And eight.
23:54And Dylan?
23:55Eight.
23:55Two eights.
23:56Gemma?
23:56Impaired.
23:57Impaired.
23:58Also impaired.
23:59Two impaired.
24:00Both impaired.
24:02Anybody impaired over there?
24:03Yes, always, but we couldn't bet to that.
24:07I had a couple of sevens.
24:07Paired and diapers, but impaired is very important.
24:10Diapers, yeah.
24:12Indeed.
24:1281 to 55.
24:13Now then, Dylan, we're back with you.
24:15Back with you for a letters game.
24:17Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
24:19Thank you, Dylan.
24:20O.
24:21And a consonant.
24:23T.
24:24A vowel.
24:26I.
24:27Consonant.
24:29T.
24:30Consonant.
24:33Q.
24:34A vowel.
24:36U.
24:37Consonant.
24:38F.
24:39Consonant.
24:41X.
24:43Final consonant, please.
24:44And a final N.
24:48And here's the clock.
24:51A.
24:51A vowel.
25:19A vowel.
25:19A vowel.
25:21Yes, Dylan. Six. A six. Gemma?
25:24Yeah, I'll risk a six as well.
25:25OK. Dylan, pin out. And Gemma?
25:29Out fix.
25:31Thank you. How does Susie feel about that?
25:34There is no out fix, Gemma. I'm sorry, there's out fix.
25:38Sorry, Gemma.
25:39Yeah. Sorry to do that to you again.
25:42And pin out is great. It's a term from electronics.
25:44It's a diagram showing the arrangement of pins on an integrated circuit.
25:48Very good.
25:49Very good.
25:50I feel piqued. What else have we got, Dan?
25:53Very little. We've got fount for five.
25:56That's all we can offer. So we've been Dylan'd.
25:58We have.
25:59All right. 88 to 55. And now, highlights.
26:03Highlight time. Susie's origins of words.
26:06Come, Susie. What have you got for us today?
26:08Well, I was talking to Stan earlier because we were comparing efforts at the gym.
26:14And do you remember I told you about dumbbells a little while ago,
26:17which started off as a copy of actual bell-ringing equipment?
26:21It was a very complicated contraption with weights and ropes and that kind of thing.
26:28And just to have a sort of slightly surprising story to it.
26:30Well, the treadmill does as well. Dan likes the treadmill, sort of.
26:34I find it a bit dull, though.
26:35It is a bit dull.
26:36It dates from the 1950s as a piece of exercise equipment.
26:40But it actually goes back much further to the English inventor, Sir William Cubitt, who was Norfolk-born.
26:46He was a millwright and a president of the Institute of Engineers.
26:50And his treadmill involved a very large cylinder with a number of boards or steps around it.
26:57And a person or a group of people or animals could tread on the steps to make it go round.
27:02And then the contraption was picked up, had a very wide industrial set of uses like raising water,
27:08grinding grain or rocks or that kind of thing.
27:12But it was also put to use in prisons.
27:15And it was used as a punishment.
27:17This is in the 19th century.
27:19And inmates were made to trudge away on this mill for hours.
27:22And often it wasn't linked to anything particularly useful.
27:24It was just that was their form of...
27:26I think Oscar Wilde was given stints.
27:28Exactly.
27:28Exactly.
27:29So he was in prison for grace and decencies, you know, in 1895.
27:32And he recounted being made to work on this treadmill.
27:35And that was in the Ballad of Reading Jail.
27:37And he said,
27:37We banged the tins and bawled the hins and sweated on the mill.
27:41But in the heart of every man, terror was lying still.
27:44So think of that next time you go on the treadmill.
27:46Yeah.
27:47Absolutely.
27:48Absolutely.
27:53Yeah.
27:53I must recite that poem to my little hamster.
27:56Spent a lot of time on the treadmill.
27:5987 to 55.
28:01Dylan's there and Gemma's back with a letters game.
28:03Gemma.
28:04Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:06Thank you, Gemma.
28:07L.
28:08And another.
28:10S.
28:11And another.
28:13S.
28:14And a vowel, please.
28:17E.
28:17And a consonant, please.
28:20H.
28:21And another.
28:22S.
28:23Another one.
28:24And a vowel, please.
28:27O.
28:28Another vowel.
28:30U.
28:33And a consonant, please.
28:35And the last one.
28:36B.
28:37And it's countdown.
28:38analyzed.
28:38Tone.
28:39Tone.
28:39Tone.
28:43Tone.
29:01Tone.
29:09Jemma.
29:10A seven.
29:11A seven.
29:12Dylan, seven.
29:13Two sevens.
29:13Jemma.
29:14Blushes.
29:15Blushes.
29:16Yes, Dylan.
29:17Blouses.
29:18Yes.
29:19Both absolutely fine.
29:20Bushels as well.
29:21You don't hide your light under one.
29:23Quite.
29:23Anything else?
29:24No, all the sevens beginning with B.
29:26Blouses, bushels and blushes.
29:28Yeah.
29:28Very good.
29:29All right.
29:30Thank you, Dan.
29:3094 to 62, and we come to the last letters game.
29:36Dylan, what have you got for us?
29:38Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
29:40Thank you, Dylan.
29:41I.
29:42A consonant.
29:44D.
29:45Another.
29:47G.
29:48Another.
29:49M.
29:50Vowel.
29:52E.
29:53Consonant.
29:55N.
29:56Vowel.
29:58E.
29:59Consonant.
30:00D.
30:03Final.
30:05Vowel, please.
30:06And a final A.
30:10Stand by.
30:11Stand by.
30:13T.
30:13I.
30:14D.
30:14A.
30:14D.
30:45Yes, Dylan.
30:46Deeming.
30:48And both of you?
30:51Very good.
30:52Happy enough?
30:54Yes, excellent.
30:55And Dan Walker?
30:57Demean for six.
30:58You could have had Endgame is in there as well.
31:00Endgame.
31:01Yes, that's stage of chess.
31:04Very good.
31:04All right.
31:05And what's happened?
31:06Dylan has crashed through the hundred.
31:08101 points.
31:09Well done, Dylan.
31:10To Gemma's 69.
31:11So, Gemma.
31:13The number's going.
31:14Last of the day.
31:16Let's go out with a bang.
31:17Four big ones again.
31:18You've done yourself very proud, especially with the numbers.
31:20Thank you, Gemma.
31:20Out with a bang.
31:21Four large.
31:22Two small.
31:22And for the last time of this quarterfinal,
31:24the two small ones are one and seven.
31:26And as usual, 75, 50, 125.
31:31And the last target for you, 556.
31:34Five, five, six.
31:35Five, five, six.
32:06And Gemma?
32:08I have got 557.
32:13557.
32:14How about Dylan?
32:15557.
32:15Not written down.
32:16Right.
32:17So, explain yourself to us, Dylan.
32:1975 plus one.
32:2175 plus one, 76.
32:24Times seven.
32:24Times seven is 532.
32:26Add 25.
32:27Another 25.
32:28Yep.
32:29557.
32:30Very good.
32:31And Gemma?
32:31Same way.
32:32That's right.
32:34All right.
32:34Well done.
32:38So, 108.
32:41But we're always after the number on the board.
32:44Five, five, six.
32:45What can you do with that, Rachel?
32:47Well, 557, in this case, towards perfection.
32:49So, well done to both.
32:50Well done.
32:51Very good contest.
32:52Jolly good.
32:52108 to 76 as we go into the final round.
32:56Conundrum time.
32:57Dylan and Gemma, fingers on buzzers, please.
32:59Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:17Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:18Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:18Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:19Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:20Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:20Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:20Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:23Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum Conundrum.
33:32My word, foxed. Our quarter-finalists are foxed.
33:36Do we have brilliance in the audience lurking there?
33:39We do.
33:40Let's go for that gentleman in the second row.
33:42Yes, sir?
33:43Is it hubristic, Nick?
33:45Hubristic. Let's have a look.
33:46I hope you're right.
33:48Yes, you are.
33:49Well done.
33:52I'd like you two to be foxed.
33:53But there we are, 108 to 76.
33:56Gemma, you're off home back to Huntingdon, but not alone.
34:00You're dragging a piece of very valuable kryptonite with you
34:03and a goodie bag and our very best wishes.
34:05And come and see us again one day, please.
34:07Thank you, I will. Thank you very much.
34:08And we shall see Dylan back with us on Wednesday the 18th of December
34:13for the semi. Well done.
34:14Another great performance. Well done.
34:16You take it easy now, but until the 18th.
34:20Very good.
34:21All right, Susie, we shall see you tomorrow.
34:24And we shall see you tomorrow, Dan.
34:26Very good.
34:26See you tomorrow.
34:27See you tomorrow, Rachel.
34:28Another week off with the calibre of these contestants, I think.
34:31Indeed.
34:31My feet up.
34:32Tomorrow, join us again in another quarterfinal.
34:35Same time, same place.
34:36Good afternoon.
34:42Half past three tomorrow for Countdown.
34:43George Clark in his treehouse.
34:45Tonight we get the big reveal.
34:46Well, let's hope.
34:47It's still standing by eight o'clock tonight.
34:49Amazing structure.
34:50Amazing space.
34:51Deal or no deal.
34:52What's coming next?
35:03What's coming next?