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00:31Good afternoon. Good afternoon. A warm welcome to the Countdown Studio. Seems like an age ago, but in fact, it
00:39was only eight years ago. Only eight years ago, Rachel, that Twitter was publicly launched. Extraordinary phenomenon started just eight
00:48years ago. Now, what's your feeling about Twitter? You're on it. You've got a big following. I think 200,000
00:54odd.
00:54Something like that. Yeah. Yeah. I'm on it slightly less. I'm on 190 and it's stuck. It's sort of stuck.
01:02OK. What have I done? What am I doing wrong? Not going on eight out of ten cats to the
01:06Countdown.
01:06Is that what it is? Is that what it is? But it's an extraordinary thing.
01:10I started, I think, a couple of Christmases ago because I was bored and I put out a tweet and
01:16I really wanted the answer. And maybe the Countdown audience will send the answer.
01:21And the question was, who said so young and already a Romanian? And nobody gave me the right answer.
01:28And I will give £500 to your favourite charity if somebody in the audience, in our television audience, comes up
01:35with an answer that I'm satisfied with.
01:37How's that? Great.
01:39So, who have we got with us today? Ian Linton's here. Two wins. You beat Katie Bold, 105 to 57.
01:46Very good win. Well done, Ian.
01:47Ian, clergyman from Drumcliffe in County Sligo. And you're joined today by Damon Bramwell, or to give him his proper
01:55title, Lord Bramwell.
01:56Lord Bramwell, a media studies teacher at Eccles Sixth Form College. Now, where's this title come from? It's a long
02:03family title.
02:05No, I was reading the Sunday papers one morning and came across a site where you could buy a Lord
02:12title.
02:12Oh, right. So, I looked into it and I thought it'd be a bit of fun and could have a
02:17laugh with it.
02:17So, yeah, sent off and got my title through the mail and I'm now Lord Damon Bramwell.
02:23Brilliant. How much did it cost you? It cost you thousands.
02:26Oh, it was, um... Yeah, it cost me £20.
02:29Very good. Let's have a big round of applause for Lord Damon and Ian Linton.
02:37APPLAUSE
02:39Very good. And over in the corner, of course, Susie, who refuses to go on Twitter.
02:43What's... Why? What's wrong with Twitter?
02:45I'm just too private for Twitter.
02:46You're too private?
02:47But I have, because I now have a laptop. I've cheated a little bit here, because I've looked up for
02:51you in a particular search engine's book results.
02:55So, young and already a Romanian.
02:57Yes.
02:57Um, according to this book, it was said by Napoleon, who thought Romanian was a profession rather than a nationality,
03:05and in French he said,
03:05Quoi si jeune et déjà roumain? Which means, so young and already a Romanian. Does that make sense?
03:11That's amazing.
03:12Can I have £500?
03:13That's worth £500, yeah.
03:15Did I really say that?
03:18Um, yeah, I'll show it to you afterwards.
03:20Well, I'll come back to you shortly.
03:22OK.
03:22We've also, of course, got Dan with us. Welcome back, Dan.
03:26Now then, let's go down to business here.
03:27Ian, take us away. Let us get in.
03:30Thanks, Nick.
03:31Hi, Rachel.
03:31Hello, Ian.
03:32I'll start today with a consonant, please.
03:35Thank you. Start today with G.
03:37And a vowel.
03:40I.
03:41Consonant.
03:43F.
03:44Vowel.
03:46U.
03:47Consonant.
03:49N.
03:50Vowel.
03:52E.
03:53Consonant.
03:55S.
03:56Vowel.
03:58A.
03:59And a consonant, please.
04:01And lastly, Z.
04:03And here's the countdown clock.
04:06We'll be with you, Nick.
04:36Yes, Ian.
04:36Six.
04:37A six.
04:38How about Damon?
04:39A seven.
04:40A seven.
04:41Now then, Ian.
04:42Unsafe.
04:43Yes, Damon?
04:45Guineas.
04:46Guineas.
04:46Yeah.
04:48Brilliant.
04:48Well supported.
04:49Very well done, yeah.
04:50So called because they were first minted in 1663 from gold imported from West Africa.
04:56Really?
04:56From Guinea?
04:57Yes.
04:58Really?
04:58Gold from Guinea.
05:00Well, I'm finished.
05:00Not for always.
05:01I think only at the beginning.
05:02Guinea.
05:03Seven points to Damon.
05:05Now then, letters came.
05:07Hi, Rachel.
05:08Hi, Damon.
05:09Consonant, please.
05:10Start with T.
05:12And another one.
05:14W.
05:15And a vowel.
05:17O.
05:17And a consonant.
05:20N.
05:21And a vowel.
05:22E.
05:23And a consonant.
05:26R.
05:26And another.
05:29And another.
05:30And a vowel.
05:33O.
05:35And a final consonant, please.
05:37And a final S.
05:40Stand by.
05:40Okay.
05:57Here we go.
06:12Yes, Damon?
06:13A seven.
06:13A seven, and?
06:15And seven.
06:15Two sevens.
06:16Yes, Damon?
06:17Wonders.
06:19And?
06:19And wonders.
06:20Two wonders.
06:21Any more wonders?
06:22Yes.
06:23Quite a few sevens in there, weren't they?
06:24A swoon you could have had.
06:26Very good.
06:26Anything else?
06:27Uh, there's, uh, worsted, as in, uh, the, the fine, smooth yarn, worsted cloth.
06:32The cloth, yeah.
06:33Yeah.
06:33All right, seven to, uh, Damon's 14, and it's Ian.
06:37You're back on with a numbers game.
06:39Ian.
06:40Six little ones, please, Rachel.
06:42Six more small ones.
06:43Thank you, Ian.
06:44We'll go for a six-pack in the middle.
06:47And for these six smalls, they are ten, five, one, eight, another eight, and four.
06:56And the target, 302.
06:58Three-oh-two.
07:00Three-oh-two.
07:04Three-oh-two.
07:16Three-oh-two.
07:18Three-oh-two.
07:20Three-oh-two.
07:21Three-oh-two.
07:22Three-oh-two.
07:24Three-oh-two.
07:25Three-oh-two.
07:26Three-oh-two.
07:28Three-oh-two.
07:29Three-oh-two.
07:29Three-oh-two.
07:29Three-oh-two.
07:29Three-oh-two.
07:31Ian.
07:33301.
07:35301. How does that sound, Damon?
07:37301.
07:38Both of you.
07:38Yeah.
07:39So, Ian.
07:4110 times 8.
07:4310, 8s are 80.
07:45Minus 5, 75.
07:4775.
07:48Times 4.
07:49Times 4 for 300.
07:50Plus 1.
07:51301, one away.
07:54And, Lord Damon?
07:56Quite different.
07:578 times 8 is 64.
07:598, 8, 64, yeah.
08:00Take away the 4 is 60.
08:02What 4?
08:03Oh, yeah, the 4, 60.
08:04Times 5.
08:06Yeah, 300.
08:07Plus the 1.
08:07Lovely.
08:08301.
08:08One away again.
08:10But one away.
08:11Good, but no cigar.
08:12What does 302 look like?
08:14It looks like 4 times 8 is 32.
08:18Minus 1 is 31.
08:20Times by 10 is 310.
08:23And take away the other 8 for 302.
08:25Yes.
08:28So, Damon, on 21 to Ian's 14 as we turn to a tea time teaser, which is 10 tries.
08:35And the clue has a keen desire to learn about financial gains, perhaps.
08:39Has a keen desire to learn about financial gains, perhaps.
09:01Welcome back.
09:02Welcome back.
09:02I left you with a clue.
09:03Has a keen desire to learn about financial gains, perhaps.
09:07And the answer is interest.
09:10Interest, indeed.
09:1121 to Ian's 14.
09:14Lord Damon in the lead.
09:16And Lord Damon's back with a lettuce game.
09:19Just a consonant, thanks.
09:20Thank you, Lord Damon.
09:22N.
09:23And another, thanks.
09:25P.
09:26And a vowel.
09:28I.
09:29And another.
09:31A.
09:32And a consonant.
09:34D.
09:36And another.
09:38S.
09:39And one more.
09:41L.
09:42And a vowel.
09:45E.
09:48And a final consonant, thanks.
09:50And a final R.
09:52Stand by.
09:54And a vowel.
09:54And a vowel.
10:12And a vowel.
10:13And a vowel.
10:13And a vowel.
10:13And a vowel.
10:13And a vowel.
10:14And a vowel.
10:14And a vowel.
10:14And a vowel.
10:14And a vowel.
10:15And a vowel.
10:21And a vowel.
10:24Yes, Damon.
10:25Just a seven.
10:26A seven.
10:27Ian.
10:28Eight.
10:29Damon.
10:30Pilsner.
10:31Yes.
10:32And Ian.
10:33Pralines.
10:35Pralines.
10:36I love pralines.
10:37Unfortunately, Pilsner, because it comes from Pilsen in the Czech Republic,
10:41has got a capital P, so we can't have that, I'm afraid.
10:45I'm sorry, Zim.
10:46Sorry.
10:47I don't know what we've got this, is it, Dan?
10:49A couple of eights in there, actually.
10:50Islander, you could have had as well.
10:52And there was a seven to send a shudder down the spine of every parent.
10:56Diapers is in there as well.
10:58Diapers.
10:59Yeah.
10:59Nappies.
11:0122 plays 21.
11:03And Ian, you're back on.
11:05Letters game.
11:07Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:08Thank you, Ian.
11:09T.
11:10And another.
11:13L.
11:14Vowel.
11:16O.
11:17And another.
11:18E.
11:20Consonant.
11:21N.
11:23Vowel.
11:24A.
11:25Consonant.
11:27X.
11:28Consonant.
11:30P.
11:31And consonant, please.
11:34And lastly, H.
11:36And here's the clock.
12:08Ian just five five how about Damon um I'll go with a seven fine in ex-pat ex-pat
12:20that's somewhere before now then Damon um Peloton okay it's always tricky the spelling on this one
12:27um how are you spelling it Damon p-e-l-a-t-o-n it's o-t-o-n rather
12:33than a-t-o-n I'm afraid
12:35Peloton oh that's bad luck yeah very bad luck sorry there that's the group that hunts down
12:43the leading riders isn't it very exciting yeah yeah um a few cheeky sevens in there yes beginning
12:49with p you could have had polenta yes or phaeton was in there as well oh the old phaeton yeah
12:54indeed now then 27 to Damon's 21 and it's a numbers game for Damon Damon there's Rachel
13:01um can I have two large and four small things you can thank you Damon two from the top and
13:06four
13:07little ones coming up and for this round the four small numbers a seven one four and ten and large
13:14two one hundred and seventy five and the target 155 one five five
13:26so
13:37so
13:53yes Damon one five five one five five yes in one five five thank you Damon um 100 plus 75
14:02100 plus 75 is 175 and then seven minus four minus one is two yep
14:08times 10 is 20 perfect and take it away 155 lovely and Ian excited to see him
14:15happy enough Damon all right there we are
14:2037 playing 31 and now let's turn to to Dan and Dan I guess that the words hero and icon
14:28um in in the sporting world are much overused phrases but have you got one hero that you think absolutely
14:36deserves that to accolade
14:37yeah because I work predominantly in football I suppose people assume that my heroes are people who sort of lace
14:44their boots for a living but
14:45there was a gentleman who's actually a Japanese gymnast who I remember hearing about for the first time when I
14:50was at school and goes by a great name of Shun Fujimoto
14:53and Mr Fujimoto took part in um the Olympic Games in 1976 in Montreal
15:00and he was a Japanese gymnast as I said and Japan were going toe-to-toe with Russia for the
15:04gold medal they were the two favorites for the gold medals
15:06and Mr Fujimoto broke his knee during the floor exercise which is a really you know back then as well
15:12a really serious injury it sounds very grim
15:14and normally you would have your retirement forced upon you from the competition but despite the horrendous injury
15:19he said he didn't want to let his teammates down so he didn't tell his teammates he didn't tell the
15:24doctors or anything
15:25and he continued by keeping it a secret and went on to the next event which was a pommel horse
15:31routine
15:31so with a broken kneecap he scores 9.5 out of 10 on the pommel horse with a perfect dismount
15:37and as he lands he further rips the knee apart I mean the pain that he says was excruciating but
15:45again he suffered in silence
15:47told no one and carried on the next event for him was the rings so you can imagine he's eight
15:52feet off the ground
15:54he completes what is a near perfect routine he does a triple somersault and lands perfectly
16:00he later described that the pain as he hit the floor is almost unbearable but he kept his balance
16:05he gritted his teeth and he was awarded the highest score he'd ever got for a ring routine of 9
16:09.7 out of 10
16:11but the problem was as as he landed the kneecap was already broken dislocated and he also ripped
16:18the ligaments across the knee as well it was only when the judges said okay you can now stand down
16:23that he collapsed in a heap on the floor but that tiny margin his 9.7 was enough eventually to
16:29get
16:30Japan the goal by the smallest margin that's ever existed in Olympic gymnastic history and his teammates
16:36still love him for it is still a bit of a sporting hero in Japan I remember hearing about that
16:40at school
16:41I thought you know that is a the prime example of taking one for the team I mean you know
16:45in modern
16:45sport you see footballers going over with the faintest push or people collapsing in a heap I mean
16:51that for me that that is true sporting skill at the very highest level when it really matters
16:56yeah and but landing oh I think it's in the audience
17:01certainly a wince over here brilliant stuff thank you Dan great great story 37 points to
17:06Damon's 31 and Ian you're back on with the letters game consonant please Rachel thank you Ian
17:12n and a vial you consonant consonant consonant G vial oh and a vial a another vial e consonant L
17:35and
17:37consonant please and lastly T and here's the countdown clock
18:13ian seven yes and Damon eight so ian out lean out lean and Damon um gauntlet oh gauntlet fantastic
18:28it's been running the gauntlet brilliant hadn't seen that one very good well done
18:35puts you two points ahead as well Damon well done but in the corner what have we got over there
18:39just to say no out lean as you suspected sorry ian tangelo was another seven and glutton for seven
18:46which is also gluttony one of the seven deadly sins indeed yeah indeed very good 39 to um ian's 37
18:54where should we go let's go to damon again letters um a consonant please thank you damon
18:59m and a vowel a and a consonant ah and another one s and vowel u and another vowel e
19:15and a
19:18consonant d and a vowel o and a final consonant please and a final consonant please and a final
19:29Standby.
20:01Well, Damon, I'm just a seven.
20:03A seven, how about Ian?
20:04I'm seven.
20:05So, Damon.
20:06I'm aroused.
20:08Aroused, thank you.
20:09Ian.
20:10Detours.
20:11Detours.
20:13Detours.
20:14And the corner.
20:15Sorry, we're going to get a little food fight over here.
20:20You can have mustard, which is obviously English, but you can also have mutade as well, which isn't allowed.
20:26It isn't allowed, but it would be a nine if you could have different kinds of French mustard.
20:30Absolutely.
20:31So, Ian, numbers game.
20:34We'll try three from the top, please, Rachel.
20:36Three from the top, going away from the six more.
20:38Yeah.
20:38Tight contest, thank you.
20:39In three large and three little ones.
20:41And this time, the little ones are four, three and one.
20:46And the large ones, 25, 75 and 100.
20:50And the target, 901.
20:53901.
21:24Yes, Ian.
21:25Yep, 901.
21:26Thank you, Damon.
21:28Thank you very much.
21:29Ian.
21:3075 over 25 is three.
21:32Yeah.
21:34Times three times 100.
21:35Times three for nine, times 100, 900.
21:38And add the one.
21:39Yeah, nice and straightforward in the end.
21:41901.
21:42And, Damon.
21:43Four times three is 12.
21:44Four, three is 12.
21:45Times 75.
21:46Times 75, again, 900.
21:49And add the one.
21:49Lovely, 901.
21:51Very good.
21:54So, here we are.
21:56Still a very close one thing.
21:5756, face 54.
21:59Damon, just in the lead as we turn to a Tea Time teaser,
22:02which is actor Dez.
22:04And the clue, actor Dez started out in showbiz working with these.
22:09Actor Dez started out in showbiz working with these.
22:30Welcome back.
22:31I left you with a clue.
22:32Actor Dez started out in showbiz working with these.
22:37Working with redcoats.
22:39He was a redcoat.
22:40Redcoats.
22:41So, 56 to Ian's 54.
22:45Damon's just a couple of points ahead.
22:47Damon, letters.
22:48Consonant, please.
22:50Thank you, Damon.
22:51G.
22:52And another.
22:54B.
22:55And another one.
22:57R.
22:58And a vowel.
22:59Some patriotic.
23:01A.
23:02And another one.
23:04E.
23:05And a consonant, please.
23:08C.
23:08And another consonant.
23:12J.
23:13And a vowel.
23:16A.
23:17And a final vowel, thanks.
23:20And final O.
23:23Countdown.
23:25And a vowel.
23:42And a vowel.
23:43And a vowel.
23:43And a vowel.
23:43And a vowel.
23:43And a vowel.
23:44And a vowel.
23:44And a vowel.
23:44And a vowel.
23:45And a vowel.
23:55Yes, Damon?
23:56I'm just a five.
23:58A five. Ian?
23:59Five here, two.
24:00Two fives.
24:01Yes.
24:02Brace.
24:03Brace and Ian?
24:05Cobra.
24:06Cobra.
24:07Now then, what has the corner got to say?
24:09There's also a six there, a Jeboa, J-E-R-B-O-A,
24:13which is a desert-dwelling rodent with very long hind legs
24:16that enable it to walk upright and perform long jumps.
24:20There you go.
24:21An Olympic rodent.
24:22Yes.
24:23Brilliant.
24:23North Africa to Central Asia.
24:25Excellent.
24:26Long legs.
24:27Very good.
24:2759 to Damon, 61.
24:30Ian, letters game.
24:31Not long to go now, so the pressure's on.
24:35Vial, please, Rachel.
24:37Thank you, Ian.
24:38I.
24:39And a vial.
24:40E.
24:41Consonant.
24:43T.
24:44Consonant.
24:45Q.
24:46Consonant.
24:48L.
24:49Consonant.
24:50S.
24:51Consonant.
24:53N.
24:54N.
24:54Vial.
24:57I.
24:57And a vial, please.
24:59And lastly, A.
25:01Stand by.
25:02Vial.
25:04Vial.
25:05Vial.
25:06Vial.
25:06Vial.
25:07Vial.
25:07Vial.
25:07Vial.
25:07Vial.
25:07Vial.
25:08Vial.
25:33Ian.
25:34Seven.
25:34A seven.
25:35Seven as well.
25:36Two sevens.
25:37Ian, seven.
25:37And Teals.
25:38And Damon.
25:39And then Teals as well.
25:41Same.
25:42All right.
25:43And the corner.
25:44Now then, Dan.
25:45There was an eight in there.
25:46Yes.
25:47A little historical term.
25:48An alienist.
25:50Really?
25:51Yes.
25:51An alienist.
25:51Lady Dent, over to you.
25:53Yes.
25:54It was, particularly in America, it used to be another term for a psychiatrist.
26:00And in fact, also in London, I think in the 17th and 18th centuries, they would be called
26:04alienist.
26:04It comes from the Latin meaning another.
26:08So that sort of sense of alienation, I suppose.
26:10Well, it does.
26:11Of the self.
26:12But, yeah, psychiatrist and alienist.
26:14Really?
26:15All right.
26:1668 plays.
26:1766.
26:17But we're back with you, Susie.
26:19And your wonderful origins of words.
26:21Now, what have you got for us today?
26:23Well, I was talking about being happy yesterday, where happy came from when happen and hapless,
26:28et cetera.
26:29And one phrase that I'm often asked about is happy as Larry.
26:32And who was Larry in the first place?
26:35And it's a very good question.
26:36It's recorded, the expression, since about the early 1900s.
26:40But we think it's been around for much longer than that.
26:42A lot of spoken English wasn't recorded.
26:45So we're not completely sure when it first appeared.
26:47But the Larry in question might be Larry Foley.
26:51And he was a renowned 19th century boxer from Australia.
26:55And he retired at 32 and collected a purse of £1,000 for his final fight, which was a
27:01lot of money in those days, making him very happy indeed.
27:04That's one theory.
27:06But there is another, perhaps more plausible theory.
27:08And that goes back to the word Larry that in some parts of Britain meant a state of excitement
27:14or happiness.
27:15And it was common enough to be found in the novels of Thomas Hardy.
27:19And a larrikin also originated in Britain to mean a mischievous youth.
27:24And I stress the Britain here because it actually travelled to Australia, which is where it really
27:28took off.
27:29And amongst the early settlers, to be a larrikin was to be carefree and mischievous, sometimes
27:35even a bit of a rowdy.
27:36But it's possible that that sort of carefreeness inspired the modern phrase of as happy as
27:41Larry.
27:42And Australia and New Zealand have lots of fanciful similes for being happy.
27:46There's happy as a flea at a dog show.
27:50And also, happy, I think this is ironic, this one, happy as a boxing kangaroo in fog time.
27:54Or happy as a sick eel on a sand spit.
27:57It's my favourite one.
27:58But we also say that happy as a sand boy.
28:01We've described somebody as that.
28:02And just quickly tell you where that came from.
28:04Sand boys were boys and men who sold sand to taverns for soaking up any spillages of wine
28:09and beer.
28:11The sand was dug up from pits in Hampstead Heath.
28:13And these sand boys would hawk their wares literally for hours and hours and hours.
28:17Their lot was quite a miserable one.
28:19But they obviously took solace, if you like, in the alcohol of the taverns that they visited
28:25and sold their sand to.
28:26So their jolliness was probably the result of habitual tippling.
28:30So to be happy or jolly as a sand boy is not quite as good as it seems.
28:34Very good.
28:35Very good.
28:36There was an Irish poet called Thomas McDonough who wrote a play called Happy as Larry.
28:47Oh.
28:47Yeah.
28:47He was one of the signatories of the 1916 Declaration of Independence.
28:53You know, the GPO, Easter Rising thing.
28:56Thomas McDonough.
28:57Yeah.
28:57Happy as Larry.
28:59Well, well.
28:5968 plays Ian 66.
29:02And we turn to Damon.
29:04Letters game.
29:04Consonant, please.
29:06Thank you, Damon.
29:08R.
29:09And a vowel.
29:10E.
29:12And a consonant.
29:14V.
29:15And a consonant.
29:18S.
29:19And a vowel.
29:21I.
29:22And another vowel.
29:25O.
29:26And a consonant.
29:28D.
29:30And a consonant.
29:32T.
29:33And a vowel, please.
29:36And lastly.
29:37A.
29:38Stand by.
29:40A.
29:44A.
30:11Now then, Damon.
30:12I think I've got a nine.
30:15And Ian?
30:16Just seven.
30:17And that seven?
30:18Over a sat.
30:20Now then, Lord Damon.
30:23Deviators.
30:25Unbelievable.
30:27Well done.
30:29Brilliant.
30:34Well, well, well.
30:35Very good.
30:36Absolutely amazing.
30:37I have to just allow over that, Ian.
30:39You thought that was risky, I could tell.
30:41But that's not there.
30:42But yeah, absolutely brilliant.
30:43Well done, Damon.
30:44Very good.
30:44So, 86.
30:45Well done.
30:46Plays Ian 66.
30:48As we go into the final letters game, Ian.
30:51Consonant, please, Rachel.
30:52Thank you, Ian.
30:53M.
30:54And a vowel.
30:55Vowel.
30:57E.
30:58Consonant.
31:00F.
31:01Vowel.
31:02O.
31:03Consonant.
31:05R.
31:06Vowel.
31:07E.
31:08Consonant.
31:10D.
31:11Vowel.
31:13I.
31:14And a consonant, please.
31:15And finally, P.
31:18Stand by.
31:18OK.
31:21OK.
31:49Yes, Damon.
31:51Six.
31:52Six.
31:53Ian.
31:53And six.
31:54Damon.
31:55Formed.
31:56Formed and?
31:57And formed.
31:58Both formed.
31:59And in the corner, Dan Walker.
32:01A few other sixes.
32:02Deformed.
32:03Romped.
32:04Empire.
32:05And freedom is a seven in there as well.
32:08There is a seven.
32:09All right.
32:0992.
32:10Play 72.
32:12And here we are.
32:13Final numbers game.
32:14Damon.
32:15Just one large and five small, thanks.
32:17Thank you, Damon.
32:17One large, five small.
32:18And I guess you're hoping for a safe one.
32:20Yeah.
32:20We shall see.
32:21Not over the line yet.
32:23Right.
32:23For the last numbers game today, they are three, six, nine, four, ten.
32:29And the large one, 25.
32:31And the target, 290.
32:332, 9, 0.
32:46May I.
32:57Bye.
32:58Bye.
33:00Bye.
33:03Bye.
33:03Bye.
33:04Bye.
33:05Yes, Damon?
33:07290.
33:08Ian?
33:09Yep, 290.
33:09So, Damon?
33:1125 plus 4...
33:1225 plus 4...
33:13Times 10.
33:14Yep.
33:15Nice and straightforward.
33:16Thank you, Ian.
33:1725 times 4 times 3.
33:19For 300.
33:20Minus 10.
33:21Minus 10.
33:21I think we can do both those in our heads.
33:23All right, so 102.
33:25Well done, Damon.
33:26To Ian's 82 as we go into the final round.
33:29So, fingers on buzzers, please.
33:30Gentlemen, let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:37Pretty quick.
33:39Ian?
33:40A lighting.
33:41A lighting.
33:42Let's see whether you're right.
33:45Very good.
33:50And very fast indeed.
33:51That was very remarkable.
33:53But nonetheless, Damon takes it.
33:56102 to your 92.
33:58So, well played.
33:59But, you know, that's countdown for you.
34:02You had two good wins and then suddenly,
34:04along comes Lord Damon Bramwell
34:06and takes your crown away from you.
34:09So, it's your goodie bag and your teapot too.
34:12And back to Drumcliffe in County Sligo with you
34:14and your congregation,
34:15who I'm sure will have enjoyed your spot on countdown.
34:19And Damon, we'll see you tomorrow.
34:20Well done.
34:22Good win.
34:22Excellent stuff.
34:23See you tomorrow.
34:24See you tomorrow.
34:25See you tomorrow.
34:25And Dan?
34:26See you then.
34:26More stories tomorrow.
34:27It's great fun having you here.
34:28These stories of yours really light the place up.
34:31Thank you very much.
34:32All right.
34:33Rachel, see you tomorrow.
34:35See you then.
34:35We look forward to seeing you tomorrow.
34:36Same time, same place.
34:38We'll be waiting for you.
34:39You be sure of it.
34:40Good afternoon.