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00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown, the end of another epic week.
00:35It is our champion of champions. Today is our second quarterfinal, but Rachel Riley, we must take it one step
00:41at a time.
00:42This day next week is the grand final, and then we will be back to square one.
00:48And that's the phrase I want to talk to you about to kick off the show, because in this day
00:51in 1927 is the disputed origin of the phrase, back to square one.
00:57And you'll love this because I love football on the radio, not just because of who I work for, but
01:02I love it.
01:03You know, when you put the radio on and you can imagine what it was like. Sport on the radio
01:08is fantastic.
01:09Do you get it? Do you like a bit of sport on the wireless?
01:11Yeah, especially when you're driving and you need to know the football scores.
01:14Yeah, they get they're more descriptive, aren't they?
01:16Yeah, exactly. You have to. You have to paint the picture. When radio is good, it should paint the picture.
01:20But back on this day in 1927, when they broadcast the first live radio commentary of a football match, they
01:26were like, well, how are people going to know where the ball is?
01:28So the Radio Times printed a football pitch and all the squares were numbered and the goalkeeper was number one.
01:35So on the commentary, when it was on the right wing, they'd say six, James, and then the passer go.
01:42And then went back to keeper, back to square one. But it's disputed.
01:47I'm sure Susie's been bristling at that.
01:49I know, you're doing my job for me now.
01:51Have I overstepped my mark?
01:52Let's ask her.
01:53Am I in trouble? Am I going back to square one career-wise after that? I might be.
01:56Sorry about that, Susie.
01:58That's OK.
01:59I couldn't steal your thunder with all the lightning in the world, so don't worry about that.
02:03Our day of the day is ready to upstage us all.
02:05And alongside her, a woman with a voice that can make you fall in love and shatter your windows all
02:11at the same time.
02:12Heather Smalls here.
02:16Our search for a hero continues.
02:19Let's introduce first young Elliot Mellor.
02:21Revenge in the round of 16 over the very player Ardenos, who beat him in that series.
02:26AD final.
02:27Does that feel just psychologically, Elliot, sort of a monkey off the back, if we're being honest?
02:32Yeah, a little bit.
02:33It was very nice when it was actually going into the conundrum and I could actually think I've actually won
02:37this time.
02:39So that was a riding of a wrong, I suppose.
02:41So good luck to you today.
02:42Thank you very much.
02:43You're up against Dan Byron.
02:45Dan, and I mean this with such affection because we get on well, you look like you're ready to go
02:49surfing, not play countdowns.
02:50Beautiful. Your hair looks great.
02:51Oh, thank you.
02:52Well, I just, I'm really grateful to be here and want to enjoy this experience.
02:57It's my first match where I'm the underdog and it could be the last one.
03:02I'm going to try my best to make sure it's not.
03:05But either way, I want to be free and enjoy it to the maximum.
03:09Nothing to lose, except for this game against Elliot, if we're being honest.
03:13Okay.
03:13Good luck to Dan.
03:14Good luck to Elliot.
03:18Shall we begin?
03:20Here we go.
03:20Elliot.
03:21Good afternoon, Rachel.
03:22Afternoon, Elliot.
03:23Can I start with the vowel, please?
03:25We can indeed.
03:26Start with E.
03:27And another.
03:29U.
03:30And another.
03:31I.
03:32And a consonant.
03:33R.
03:34And a second.
03:35K.
03:36And a third.
03:37T.
03:38And a fourth.
03:39M.
03:40And a vowel.
03:41A.
03:43And a final vowel, please.
03:46A final E.
03:47At the home man in the studio.
03:49Let's play kind time.
04:21Elliot, how did you get on?
04:22Seven.
04:22And Dan?
04:23Seven as well.
04:24OK, what have you got, Elliot?
04:25Emirate.
04:27And Dan?
04:28Meerkat.
04:29Back to Susie, all good?
04:30Yes, Emirate is the sort of province of an Emir.
04:33Very good indeed, yeah.
04:35Brilliant.
04:35Anything else, Heather?
04:36I've got a nice six, Eureka.
04:38Oh, beautiful.
04:39Yeah.
04:39Beautiful word.
04:40Right, seven points each.
04:42Dan, your first time picking the letters in this quarterfinal.
04:45Good afternoon, Rachel.
04:46Afternoon again, Dan.
04:47Could I start with a consonant, please?
04:49Start with S.
04:51And another consonant.
04:53G.
04:54And another.
04:55T.
04:57And another.
04:59G.
05:01And a vowel.
05:03A.
05:04And another.
05:06I.
05:08And another.
05:10A.
05:12And another vowel.
05:14E.
05:17And a consonant, please.
05:19Lastly, C.
05:2030 seconds.
05:24And then we'll be quite a bit.
05:24And.
05:24And.
05:35And.
05:52Talk to me, Dan.
05:53Seven.
05:53Elliot.
05:54Seven.
05:55Toe to toe.
05:55Dan.
05:56Cagiest.
05:57Elliot.
05:58Exactly the same.
05:59Anything but a cagey start.
06:0014 points each.
06:02Probably just keeping up a bit here, unless, unless, let's find out.
06:06We also had cages, but there's a lovely six, though.
06:09We're talking about children's games, Aggies.
06:11And Aggies were highly prized marbles.
06:15So any true marble aficionado will know all about Aggies,
06:18because they resemble agate, that's why.
06:20Brilliant.
06:21Let's get our first numbers round of the day.
06:23And, Elliot, you are up.
06:25Six small, please, Rachel.
06:26Six little ones said very confidently.
06:29How do you feel about that, Dan?
06:30On a normal day, I like six small, but today I'm nervous.
06:34Against Elliot, everything's scary.
06:36The first numbers, nine, five, four, seven, nine, and five.
06:43And the target for you, 709.
06:46709, numbers up.
07:05And the target for you, 709, numbers up.
07:05And the target for you, 709, numbers up.
07:05And the target for you, 709, numbers up.
07:06And the target for you, 709, numbers up.
07:07And the target for you, 709, numbers up.
07:07And the target for you, 709, numbers up.
07:08And the target for you, 709, numbers up.
07:09And the target for you, 709, numbers up.
07:09And the target for you, 709, numbers up.
07:11And the target for you, 709, numbers up.
07:16And the target for you, 709, numbers up.
07:18That's time up, Elliot.
07:207-11, not written down.
07:22Two away. Dan.
07:24I've got it, but not written down.
07:26Go.
07:27Five times five times four.
07:30Five times five times four is 100.
07:32Times by seven.
07:33Yep.
07:34Add nine.
07:35Was a very friendly target for these numbers.
07:377-09, good spot.
07:40Dan takes a ten-point lead,
07:43so a very suitable first tea time teaser
07:45because the word is underdog, underdog.
07:49Down to earth, but not allowed out.
07:51Down to earth, but not allowed out.
08:08Welcome back.
08:09Down to earth, but not allowed out.
08:11Underdog becomes grounded.
08:13A word I'd use to describe all it.
08:15of our quarter-finalists of this champion of champions.
08:19Let's get back to it, then,
08:20with our two friends, Elliot and Dan.
08:22And, Dan, you're up.
08:23Can I start with a consonant, please?
08:25Thank you, Dan.
08:26R.
08:28And another one.
08:29L.
08:31And another.
08:32T.
08:34And another consonant.
08:36X.
08:37And a vowel.
08:39A.
08:40And another.
08:41I.
08:42And another.
08:44O.
08:45And another vowel.
08:48E.
08:50And a consonant, please.
08:52And lastly, N.
08:54Thank you, Rachel.
08:55Thank you, Rachel.
08:56Thank you, Rachel.
09:04Thank you, Rachel.
09:09Thank you, Rachel.
09:11Thank you, Rachel.
09:12Thank you, Rachel.
09:12Thank you, Rachel.
09:12Thank you, Rachel.
09:13Thank you, Rachel.
09:13Thank you, Rachel.
09:13Thank you, Rachel.
09:14Thank you, Rachel.
09:14Thank you, Rachel.
09:14Thank you, Rachel.
09:14Thank you, Rachel.
09:15Thank you, Rachel.
09:15Thank you, Rachel.
09:15Thank you, Rachel.
09:16Thank you, Rachel.
09:16Thank you, Rachel.
09:16Thank you, Rachel.
09:17Thank you, Rachel.
09:19Thank you, Rachel.
09:20Thank you, Rachel.
09:26Mr. Barham?
09:27Eight.
09:28Mr. Miller?
09:29Eight.
09:30Very good.
09:30Dan?
09:31Relation.
09:32Elliot?
09:33Relation.
09:34There you go.
09:35Eight each.
09:36What else do we have in there?
09:37And I'm not looking anymore for longer words,
09:39just words we can enjoy, I think, at this stage.
09:42I'm saying Lixian or latex.
09:44Latex?
09:45Yeah.
09:45There's a word everybody can enjoy.
09:47Thank you very much for that.
09:48There are a couple of retinols as well.
09:50It was retinol and retinol as well,
09:51if you want to go down to seven,
09:52but we had relation as well.
09:53Yeah, I'll take latex and we'll move on to the next round
09:56and the letters are picked by Elliot.
09:58Vowel, please, Rachel.
09:59Thank you, Elliot.
10:00O.
10:01And another.
10:02U.
10:03And a third.
10:04I.
10:05And a consonant.
10:06P.
10:07And a second.
10:09S.
10:09And a third.
10:11F.
10:11And a fourth.
10:13C.
10:14And a vowel.
10:16E.
10:16And a final vowel, please.
10:18And a final.
10:19You.
10:20Yes.
10:21Our worst.
10:36I.
10:50We have a Roman.
10:52And that is time Elliot try a seven what about you done seven okay
10:57Well, we got Elliot pick yes, and done. Yeah, I have the same word
11:02Yeah, you are both in luck. It's absolutely brilliant
11:06It's from entomology said to do with insects of a brownish black color any other seven
11:10There's absolutely brilliant. Let's move on then get more numbers done. Could I have two large ones, please?
11:16You can indeed playing it cautious too large and for little one nil and the numbers rounds and the little
11:23ones six
11:24Nine seven to the big ones 75 and 25 and your targets
11:32168 168 numbers up
12:04One six eight done yeah one six eight yeah and Elliot yeah one six eight don't mind that coming up
12:09in your ten points
12:10Ahead do you done off you go 75 plus 9 75 plus 9 84 and times way to times
12:17It's one way to get there. Yep. Many other ways Elliot
12:21Same way ten points each
12:26Well all this week we've been getting a great insight into the life and career of Heather small when we
12:32get to turn the tables now
12:33Take the mic off you and ask our own questions, which is great. Well go first shows. Yeah
12:38I can ask us suppose a fairly obvious one really and I hope you don't mind me asking it
12:42But how do you feel generally about songs being politicized?
12:46When you have no input into that tool so harnessed by one group or another is that just sort of
12:52natural process of music making?
12:54I think when you write and record and when it's out there you don't have much say unless they're going
13:00to use it in a way that
13:02You do can you can legally find them to say yes or no or that they pay a fee
13:10But when somebody takes it upon themselves to just use a song out of the blue that you don't agree
13:17with their sentiment that can be frustrating
13:20Very very frustrating
13:22But if they want to use it in a commercial sense to promote something
13:26Then they have to usually ask your permission. Yeah, thank you
13:32Rachel I've got a completely different question because well Colin mentioned it earlier this week
13:36I can't sing a note he can't sing a note, but they always say that you can sing something everyone
13:40can sing something
13:41So if you are rubbish at singing, what are your top tips for making yourself slightly more audible?
13:49Singing just by yourself somewhere in the like the bathroom. So no one else has to hear you because you
13:54always you always sound great
13:58I would say to you Rachel think for yourself yourself only not those not those children that you have can
14:04I just second that if you're gonna sing
14:05Please sing in the bathroom alone. I'd like that. My question's a bit strange. Um in a way
14:11There's one thing about you that I that I suppose the phrase by greatly admire
14:16I have so much respect for you because I think your definition of success is maybe different than a lot
14:23of people
14:23It's not all about just singing and music is it?
14:27I don't think I have a unique perspective, but I think that success is something that makes you feel good
14:34about yourself and
14:35When I wasn't in people and I thought I'd do something solo people said well, you're in a successful band
14:42Yeah, it was successful in one regard, but I was then a mother and I wanted to be a successful
14:47mother
14:48Yeah, I wanted to look after my son so it was easier to do a solo project rather than
14:56A band thing where it was always to the vote and sometimes the vote would go against you and it's
15:02harder when you have you have a child
15:03So like I said success was that I was I got pregnant and I was gonna have this beautiful baby
15:09So success comes in many guises and sometimes if you go down a path of just about money and fame
15:15You'll you'll lose yourself the perfect answer isn't it perfect answer. Thank you, Heather
15:23Right, let's get back to the game just the ten points in it Elliot you're playing catch-up and it's
15:28the letters
15:29Val, please, Rachel. Thank you, Elliot. E. And another
15:33I
15:34I
15:36And a constant sorry
15:38R
15:39And a second
15:40P
15:41The third
15:42L
15:44The fourth
15:45M
15:46And a vowel
15:48E
15:48And a final vowel, please
15:50A final O
15:52Half a minute
15:54I
15:55I
16:07I
16:08I
16:22I
16:24I
16:24I
16:24I
16:24And that is time Elliot just seven
16:26Don seven as well. There you go
16:28Even Stevens what he got lumpia. What are you saying? Also lumpia? Yeah, good another shared word lumpier
16:35Anything else takes recording? We have the same lump here. Okay lumps everywhere. We'll just move on ten points in
16:41it more letters
16:42Loving every minute of this down. Let's go a consonant, please. Thank you, Dan T
16:48Another consonant
16:50J
16:51And another
16:53M
16:53And another
16:55S
16:58And a vowel
16:59A
17:01And another
17:03E
17:05And another
17:07A
17:09And another vowel
17:11O
17:11And a consonant, please. Lastly, M
17:16Here we go
17:47How many, Dan?
17:49Six.
17:49How many, Elliot?
17:50I'll stick on six.
17:52OK, Dan, what's the six?
17:53Osmate.
17:55And Elliot, same word.
17:57Osmate.
17:57Going to be asking questions soon.
17:59Same word again.
18:00Suze, happy?
18:01I am happy.
18:02It's a term from chemistry, and it's basically a salt of osmic acid.
18:09I don't need to go further than that, I think.
18:11So most of us were sitting in fours and fives.
18:13Heather, what did you get?
18:14Yes, no, no, I was sitting in five.
18:16Yes.
18:17So, no need for me to repeat it.
18:20OK, let's get another numbers round, then.
18:23I agree totally.
18:24I'm not saying anything that's written down in this bit of paper.
18:26I would embarrass.
18:27Elliot, let's get some numbers.
18:29I'll have to try six more again.
18:31Trying six more once more.
18:33Try to get rid of that gap.
18:36Let's see if it works.
18:37Six, these little ones.
18:38Three, nine, five, two, five, and ten.
18:44And the target to reach, 783.
18:47783, numbers up.
18:48Welcome back.
18:59I'll see you next time.
19:09Bye.
19:10Bye.
19:11Bye.
19:14Bye.
19:15Bye.
19:16Bye.
19:19Did it work out for Elliot?
19:20Yeah, 783.
19:21You've got it.
19:22Dan.
19:22Also 783.
19:24Elliot, off you go.
19:2510 times 5.
19:2750.
19:27Take 5.
19:2845.
19:29Times 2.
19:3090.
19:31Take 3.
19:3287.
19:33Times 9.
19:34Perfect.
19:34Well done.
19:357, 83.
19:35Fantastic.
19:36What about yourself, Dan?
19:375 plus 3 is 8.
19:395 plus 3, 8.
19:40Times the 10.
19:4280.
19:42Add the 5 and the 2 for the 87.
19:44And the second 5 back to 87.
19:46And then 9 at the end.
19:48Wonderful.
19:52Absolutely sensational.
19:54Let's take a breather.
19:55Our second Tea Time teaser is Mail Comb.
19:58Mail Comb.
20:00Does the lion like to play this?
20:02Does the lion like to play this?
20:10MUSIC PLAYS
20:20Welcome back.
20:20A musical Tea Time teaser.
20:22Nothing to do with the Lion King.
20:24Mail Comb becomes Symbolum.
20:26Does the lion like to play this?
20:28Well, we've got musicians all over the studio that don't know what this is.
20:31Dan, no?
20:33Nah.
20:34There you go.
20:34Heather, Symbolum on any of your records?
20:36No idea.
20:37Susie, you're going to have to tell us.
20:39Yeah, it's a Hungarian dulcimer.
20:41Believe it or not.
20:42A dulcimer is an instrument with a sort of sounding board or box reading from the dictionary here.
20:48Trapezoid in shape over which strings of different lengths are stretched.
20:52And there's a lovely, if you want to look in the Oxford Dictionary, there's a lovely illustration.
20:55There you go.
20:56Something to do at five past three.
20:58Dan, let's get more letters.
20:59Could I start with a consonant, please?
21:01Thank you, Dan.
21:02R.
21:04And another.
21:05N.
21:06And another.
21:08L.
21:09And another.
21:11Y.
21:13And a vowel.
21:15E.
21:16And another.
21:18I.
21:20And another.
21:22O.
21:24And another.
21:27U.
21:30And another vowel, please.
21:34Lastly, E.
21:36Eyes down.
21:37E.
21:38And another vowel, please.
21:39And another vowel, please.
21:41And another vowel, please.
21:51And another vowel, please.
21:51And another vowel, please.
21:52And another vowel, please.
21:54And another vowel, please.
21:54And another vowel, please.
21:54And another vowel, please.
21:55And another vowel, please.
21:56And another vowel, please.
21:56And another vowel, please.
21:57And another vowel, please.
21:57And another vowel, please.
21:57And another vowel, please.
21:59And another vowel, please.
21:59And another vowel, please.
22:08Dan, how do you get on, Mick?
22:09I think I have to try a six.
22:11OK. And Elliot, what are you going to try?
22:13Six. And Dan?
22:15Onlyer. And what did you have, Elliot?
22:17Reline. Reline, reline the curbs, that's absolutely fine.
22:21Onlyer is not in, I'm afraid.
22:23I thought so.
22:24Six is as good as we can get, Susie, Heather?
22:27Yes. We have oilery.
22:29An oilery? An oilery, yeah.
22:31The business of a person selling oil.
22:33Very good. Back within four points.
22:35So crucial countdown conundrum territory with just five rounds left.
22:39Soon to become four, Elliot, as it's your letters.
22:42That'll please, Rachel.
22:43Thank you, Elliot.
22:44I. And another.
22:46E. And a third.
22:48O. And a consonant.
22:51S. And another.
22:53F. And a third.
22:56N. And a fourth.
22:58R. And a fifth.
23:02T.
23:02A. And a final vowel, please.
23:06A final A.
23:08A big 30 seconds.
23:10A final vowel, please.
23:10A final vowel, please.
23:13A final vowel, please.
23:20A final vowel, please.
23:28A final vowel, please.
23:28A final vowel, please.
23:28A final vowel, please.
23:28A final vowel, please.
23:28A final vowel, please.
23:28A final vowel, please.
23:30A final vowel, please.
23:31A final vowel, please.
23:31A final vowel, please.
23:36A final vowel, please.
23:38A final vowel, please.
23:39That'll be time. Elliot?
23:41Eight.
23:41Dan?
23:42Eight.
23:43Elliot?
23:43Seafront.
23:45Yes, Dan, same word here.
23:47There you go.
23:48Two seafronts for you to marvel at.
23:50Anything else?
23:51No, three seafronts.
23:53OK, four rounds left.
23:55Four points in it.
23:56The champion of champions living up this billion again today.
23:59But Origins of Words.
24:00Now, you've been taking us on a little virtual tour
24:02all over the UK this week.
24:05Yes, and looking at the different influences on place names,
24:09really, which are so steeped in history
24:12and give hints of these sort of secret pasts
24:14that I think we just pass by because they're no longer relevant.
24:18And I talked about the Romans.
24:21I talked about the Celts.
24:22And I'm going to talk about the Anglo-Saxons, really.
24:25And the Old English is based on their language.
24:29These are the Germanic tribes who came to England
24:32from the 5th century and left lots and lots
24:34of different place names for us.
24:36So the Angles, of course, gave us East Anglia
24:39and England itself, which was Angleland, really.
24:44Sussex, Middlesex and Wessex, originally,
24:47were South, Middle and West.
24:51Saxonland, if you like.
24:52So, again, we look back to those.
24:54But place names from around this time,
24:55it's got a lot of variety of different names.
24:57And, again, hat tip here to English Heritage,
24:59who've done such lovely work on sort of making it very accessible,
25:03the history of our place names.
25:05So some common elements, people's names,
25:08just to take a few West Midlands examples today.
25:11Birmingham.
25:12Now, I mentioned Ham yesterday was probably a hamlet
25:16or a borough, most often.
25:17And we were talking earlier tonight before we came on,
25:20actually, in terms of Oldham.
25:22And we were wondering what the old bit was.
25:24It was either an old hamlet, that was one that was existing already,
25:28or it was established by someone called Old,
25:31who may have had that nickname.
25:33In Birmingham's case, it was probably founded by a man called Burma.
25:37Dudley, by someone called Dudder.
25:40And Wolverhampton, it's a woman, actually, called Wolf Runa.
25:44And, as I was telling Elliot, Nottingham began as Snottingham,
25:48because it was originally set up as a hamlet by someone called Snotter.
25:51But, quite understandably, the S dropped off.
25:54Then we have animals in forming names.
25:56So, Oxford is a ford crossing for oxen.
26:00Swinton in Greater Manchester, that actually means pig village.
26:04Gateshead was the sort of the headland where goats would travel.
26:09And Hartford was the ford for hearts or deer.
26:14And wick, at the end, usually means a dairy farm as well.
26:18So, you've got animals coming in there.
26:20Then you have the fortified towns.
26:21The Saxons built burgs, B-U-R-G-S or B-U-R-H-S,
26:26to ward off the Vikings, a big threat.
26:29And so, burra comes from there.
26:32Likewise, burr at the end of something.
26:33And bury, it's like Shrewsbury, etc.
26:35They all relate to that original Anglo-Saxon settlement.
26:39Rivers and river mouths, particularly Moussa, means mouth.
26:43So, we have Exmouth, Plymouth, Yarmouth, etc.,
26:45at the mouth of the river.
26:47Burna gives us a brook.
26:49And then Ack, meant oak, Acton, etc.
26:53And we have Ashtrees and Ashton, Aston and Ashford.
26:57And so, it goes on.
26:58Religious settlements, we have all the minsters, etc.
27:00So, once you have these building blocks, as I say,
27:03you can just put your finger on a map and try and decode it.
27:06And it is, honestly, it's really good fun.
27:08And it's lovely teaching kids this as well,
27:10because I think, you probably think they won't be interested,
27:12but when you start explaining it, it's like, oh, light goes on.
27:15Brings them up to life.
27:16Yeah.
27:16Fantastic.
27:19Four rounds left.
27:20Dan, your letters.
27:22Could I start with a consonant, please?
27:23Thank you, Dan.
27:24B.
27:26And another.
27:27D.
27:29And another.
27:30P.
27:32And another.
27:34S.
27:35And a vowel.
27:37E.
27:38And another.
27:40A.
27:42And another.
27:43I.
27:45And another vowel.
27:48U.
27:49And a consonant.
27:51Lastly, R.
27:54Kind time.
27:54Go to 목 pad
28:05I?
28:16I?
28:19I?
28:20I?
28:22I?
28:24I?
28:25Declaration time. Dan?
28:26Eight. Elliot? Eight.
28:29Dan, what have you got? Subodari.
28:31And Elliot? Upraised.
28:33OK, one of those, I'm sure, is English.
28:37Yes, and I think Dan also knows that Subodari is in.
28:40It's another term for a subah-ship,
28:42which is the position or office of the government of a subah,
28:46and that is a province or district of the Mughal Empire.
28:49OK, Elliot, Dan, fantastic.
28:52Well done, both of you. And Elliot, last letters round now.
28:55That'll please, Rachel. Thank you, Elliot.
28:58E. And another.
29:00A. And a third.
29:01E. And a fourth.
29:03I. And a consonant.
29:05S. And a second.
29:07G. And a third.
29:09N. And a fourth.
29:11W. And a final consonant, please.
29:14A final R.
29:16Last letters.
29:47Time is up. Elliot?
29:49Eight.
29:49Eight.
29:49Dan?
29:50Eight.
29:51Who you got, Elliot?
29:52Swearing.
29:53Yes. And Dan?
29:54Yeah, I'll go swearing as well.
29:55There you go. Let's have a little look.
29:57Yes, swearing.
29:58So there you go, swearing.
30:00Can you go wearings as a little...
30:02No.
30:02So swearing's the only way you can...
30:03Yeah, pretty much the only eight we could find.
30:05There you go.
30:06The last numbers round of this quarterfinal of our champion of champions.
30:10And Dan, you're picking them.
30:11I think I'm going to hope for an easy one and hope that the conundrum is as hard as some
30:16of the other ones have been.
30:17So I'm going to say one large.
30:19One large.
30:20I mean, I have not barely recognised any of the words.
30:23I wouldn't know which one was the conundrum and the anagram.
30:25So good luck.
30:27Right, you're hoping these will be easy.
30:29We have six, one, one, uh-oh, two, five.
30:34And the large one, 25.
30:36Let's have a look at the target.
30:38Ah, one, one, five.
30:40One, one, five.
30:41Last numbers.
31:13Let's just keep everything ship-shape and above board.
31:15Dan, one, one, five.
31:16Yeah, one, one, five.
31:17Elliot?
31:18Yeah, about a second to spare, but one, one, five.
31:20Go ahead, Dan.
31:2125 minus two.
31:2323.
31:23And then times by five.
31:24He's 115.
31:25How about you, Elliot?
31:26Yeah, exactly the same.
31:28You're not getting a round of applause for getting that,
31:30but you will both get a hearty round of applause for breaking 100 at the same time.
31:38Mr. Miller, please put your finger on the buzzer.
31:41Mr. Barham, please put your finger on the buzzer.
31:45As we reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
32:14Elliot?
32:15Candelada?
32:16For the win, let's have a look.
32:18It isn't, so it's a lab of honour for Dan.
32:25And he'll have a go.
32:27And al-acid.
32:30I'm saying not, but let's, yeah, because I'm right, it's not.
32:34Let's just reveal that crucial countdown conundrum.
32:38Dan Diacle, diabolical Dan Diacle, Susie Den.
32:42Good grief.
32:44Relating to or characteristic of a dandy.
32:47There you go.
32:48Of course it is.
32:49Of course it is.
32:50It was played in a brilliant, brilliant spirit today.
32:53Elliot, you're such an impressive young man.
32:54I've loved the chats we've had, fun and important over the two shows.
32:58It's been brilliant to have you here.
33:00I've got to point out, obviously, hindsight's 20-20,
33:03but the eight that you didn't go for.
33:05Yeah, I mean, it made a difference, but you can't really grumble at losing to a performance like that.
33:10And Dan is such a lovely lad.
33:12We chat a lot off screen, so I can't complain.
33:14Yeah, absolutely.
33:15Yeah, thanks for the game.
33:16I mean, yeah, I can't believe it, really, but it was a pleasure to play you.
33:20Elliot's a legend of the game, so for me, it's really special this moment.
33:24Listen, legends are born every day.
33:26You might just become one yourself.
33:28So thank you very much to Elliot and Dan.
33:30Congratulations.
33:35What a week, Susie.
33:36Oh, love that.
33:37And what a lovely time with Heather.
33:39Second time in Dictionary Corner.
33:41First time I've had the pleasure of your company.
33:43I meant what I said.
33:43I admire you so much and thank you for being here.
33:45I've had a wonderful, wonderful time, and it's lovely to see a game played with such a true, dignified spirit.
33:51Lovely.
33:51That's very, very true indeed.
33:53Rachel, usually when you work Monday to Friday, you love when the weekend comes.
33:57Not like, come on, just get it over with.
33:59I know, next week it's going to be huge.
34:01And am I allowed to say that your pick has now gone out?
34:04Yes!
34:05Oh!
34:06Yeah.
34:06My pick, who actually is going to play Dan, the winner, what, Luke versus Ahmed, is still in.
34:13So, you know, well, I'm a little Rachel.
34:14Elliot, there you go.
34:16It's out of the bag.
34:17You were the apple of my eye.
34:18Still my champion as far as I'm concerned.
34:21One of the best players we've ever had.
34:22Well done.
34:22But unlucky today.
34:24Two quarterfinals, two semifinals, the champion of champions final.
34:29That's next week.
34:30We'll see you on Monday.
34:31Rachel, Susie and I will be here.
34:32You can count on us.
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