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00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to a rare, prestigious, majestic moment in Countdown history.
00:37Yes, we have our regular series. Yes, we have our series champion.
00:41But once in a blue moon, we bring the best of the best together and we bestow on one of
00:47them the title of champion of champions.
00:51We haven't had one in five years. We will get one today.
00:5516 reduced to two and the culmination of three weeks of some of the very finest countdown there has been
01:02in over four decades.
01:04Without a doubt, the standard.
01:05The last three weeks, I don't know how you've managed to control your bodily functions, Colin.
01:11This has been loads of fun and today I think it's going to be no exception.
01:14I'm going to keep my money in my pocket for sure. I'm just going to enjoy it.
01:18But I do feel those four numbers rounds could tell the story today.
01:23I think so. I mean, I think, Ahmed, it's pretty hard to beat on any words round.
01:27But if there's any small chink, it could be the numbers. But we will see.
01:32We will see. Well, you'll take care of the numbers.
01:34Make sure that's above board.
01:35And all the words will be taken care of, as usual, by our guardian of the dictionary, Susie Dent, and
01:41by Rick Edwards in Dictionary Corner.
01:46Right. So let's meet the stars of the show.
01:49He lives within walking distance of the studio.
01:54But if he becomes a champion of champions, he'll demand a limousine back, no doubt.
01:58James Houghton is here.
02:00And in all honesty, did you think you'd be sitting here in the final?
02:03No, no. One win was my target.
02:07So three years far surpassed it.
02:10I'm delighted to be here.
02:11Delighted to get the chance to play against Ahmed.
02:13And I would sum you up as follows.
02:16On the outside, hugely nervous.
02:18On the inside, though, we haven't seen that.
02:21There's actually a real inner steel there, isn't there?
02:24Yeah, unless it's a conundrum.
02:25Or one large with a 25 as the big one.
02:29Then, yeah, I've been impressed how I've played over the last couple of days.
02:34Brilliant.
02:34And listen, I think Ahmed Mohamed is the opposite of that.
02:39You seem like you don't have a car in the world.
02:41Very relaxed.
02:42That's not true.
02:43No, it's not true.
02:44We've had a chat, you know, off-air in between episodes, and you really do have to steady those nerves.
02:51Yeah, I'm not sure if it comes across or not, but literally every game I play, I am bricking it
02:57internally.
03:00And how are you feeling ahead of this?
03:02You played a good friend in the semi-final.
03:05How do you see this going?
03:06I mean, it's champion of champions.
03:09The level that each player is at, you can't really be sure of how it's going to go at any
03:14point.
03:14So, I'm just happy to be here.
03:16So, yeah, just going to enjoy it.
03:18Good.
03:18Well, there's one more speech to be made.
03:20That will be the victory speech, just before three o'clock.
03:23So, good luck to James.
03:24Good luck to Ahmed.
03:30Good luck, Nervousia.
03:31Here we go.
03:32Hi, Rachel.
03:33Hi, James.
03:34Could I start with a consonant, please?
03:35Start the final with R.
03:38And another.
03:39S.
03:41And another.
03:42P.
03:43And another.
03:45S.
03:47A vowel, please.
03:49E.
03:50And another.
03:51O.
03:53And another.
03:59A vowel, please.
04:03E.
04:05And finish with a final vowel, please.
04:10Fishing for something.
04:12A final I.
04:13At home and in the studio.
04:15Let's play Countdown.
04:16No.
04:44A vowel, please.
04:46Open in salvo. James?
04:48Risk an eight.
04:50Ahmed?
04:50An eight, I think.
04:52OK, so both the nervy start. What's the eight, James?
04:56Espouser.
04:57Right, and Ahmed?
04:58I'll go with that as well then.
05:00Yeah.
05:02Yep.
05:03Espouse kind of jumped out early, but can you put the R in the A?
05:06Yeah, we just got that too at the final moment,
05:08so you can be an espouser. Well done, both.
05:10Fantastic.
05:11APPLAUSE
05:14I'm surprised that it's eight points each.
05:16To start Ahmed another letters round.
05:18Hello again, Rachel.
05:19Hi again, Ahmed.
05:20Could I start with a consonant, please?
05:22You could start with W.
05:24And another.
05:26R.
05:27A vowel.
05:29E.
05:30Vowel.
05:31A.
05:32Consonant.
05:34N.
05:35Vowel.
05:37E.
05:39Consonant.
05:40D.
05:41Consonant.
05:43R.
05:46And the final consonant, please.
05:49Final M.
05:5030 seconds.
05:59Thearrive Wrap specifically to noise for journalists.
05:59We'll get a moment and finish french lässt.
05:59Thanks for having me take a moment.
06:04I'll be walking I'll make a moment, you know it,
06:15MUSIC PLAYS
06:21That's time. Ahmed?
06:22An eight. Yes, and James?
06:24Erm, I'll go with an eight then.
06:26OK. Ahmed? Wanderer.
06:28Yes, and James? I'll try Remander.
06:32Remander and Wander.
06:33We'll just check those first.
06:35Not in, I'm afraid, James. I'm so sorry.
06:38Anything else, anything to add?
06:40No. I'd Wanderer.
06:41I'd Wanderer within about five seconds.
06:43OK. Yeah.
06:44First numbers then. It's on you, James.
06:47I'm going to end my flirtation with one large
06:50and go back to four large, please, Rachel.
06:52I thought you might, because Ahmed favours the one large,
06:55so you've got to do something different,
06:56and this is certainly different.
06:58The two little ones, nine and two,
07:01and the big four, 75, 100, 50 and 25,
07:06and the target, 642.
07:096-4-2, numbers up.
07:23You're welcome.
07:24You're welcome.
07:25Healthy music.
07:25Sweet music.
07:33With all kinds of music.
07:34Everything is watching this.
07:34Yeah, we'll be there.
07:39Love, Matt.
07:40In the meantime.
07:40So now.
07:406-4-2, the target. James?
07:43No, just 6-4-3, not written down.
07:45OK, one away. Ahmed?
07:476-4-1, not written down.
07:49James?
07:49OK, so 75 plus 2.
07:5275 plus 2, 77.
07:54Multiplied by 9.
07:56Multiplied by 9 is 693.
07:59And take away the 50.
08:01And the 50 gets you one away, yep.
08:03One the other way. Ahmed?
08:04100 over 50.
08:06100 over 50, 2.
08:09Divide by 2.
08:10Over the 2 is 1.
08:12Take that off, 75.
08:1474.
08:15Times 9.
08:16Times 9 is 666.
08:17And take away the 25.
08:19And the 25 that way.
08:20One the other way.
08:22You've got seven points each.
08:24Was it possible, Rachel?
08:25I'm sure it is, but you're going to have to leave it with me.
08:27OK, good timing.
08:28We'll head to the break then with our first T-Town teaser,
08:30Champion of Champions Grand Final,
08:32Evil Reel.
08:34Evil Reel.
08:35Double E.
08:36Wake up to an early morning horn.
08:38Wake up to an early morning horn.
08:40T-Town.
08:55Welcome back.
08:56Wake up to an early morning horn.
08:58Evil Reel becomes Revalet,
09:00but it's spelled R-E-V-E-I-L-L-E.
09:04Susie?
09:04Yes.
09:05Straight from the French Reveil.
09:06A signal sounded, especially in a bugle or drum,
09:09to wake personnel in the armed forces.
09:11Good.
09:12A lot of housekeeping to be done here.
09:136-4-2, Rachel.
09:15Yep, I'm awake now, finally.
09:16If you say 50 times 25 for 1,250.
09:23100 minus 75 is 25.
09:26Add the 9 for 34.
09:28Add those together for 1,284 and divide it by the 2.
09:336-4-2.
09:34Very good.
09:37Ahmed, with a slight leap of just eight points.
09:41Blink, and that could change.
09:42Ahmed, nine more letters.
09:44Can I start with a consonant, please?
09:45Thank you, Ahmed.
09:46V.
09:47And another.
09:49R.
09:50A vowel.
10:14Thanks, Rachel.
10:16Thanks, Rachel.
10:46Inspector Nines.
10:48Ahmed.
10:48I'm going to have to try a five.
10:50James?
10:52I'm going to try a seven.
10:54Wow.
10:55Ahmed, the five.
10:56Arabi.
10:57Yes, and James?
10:59A bravura.
11:00B-R-A-V-U-I.
11:03Bravura, definitely in.
11:04Great technical skill and brilliance.
11:06And Arabi is not there, I'm afraid.
11:09Sorry, Ahmed.
11:10Anything else?
11:11We just had airbag, the six.
11:14Let's get nine more letters, James.
11:16Consonant, please, Rachel.
11:18Thank you, James.
11:19N.
11:19And another.
11:21And another.
11:22And another.
11:24P.
11:26And another.
11:28F.
11:29A vowel, please.
11:31I.
11:32And another.
11:33O.
11:34And another.
11:36A.
11:38And a consonant, please.
11:41T.
11:43And finish with a final consonant, please.
11:50A final L.
11:51Half a minute.
11:52A vowel, please.
11:56A vowel, please.
11:57A vowel, please.
12:23Mr Houghton? Eight. Mr Muhammad? Eight. Yes, what do we have, James?
12:28Floating. Yes, Ahmed? Same word.
12:31Yeah. Anything else? No, just floating.
12:35We will leave it at that, we'll get our second numbers round.
12:38Maybe the most predictable part of today is Ahmed pick six.
12:41One large, please.
12:42I'm guessing you want it to be a 25. See what I can do.
12:46One large... I don't like 25s either.
12:48Oh, both of you don't like it, fair enough.
12:50Ethan Stephens. Right, well, you get what you're given,
12:53which are three, seven, four, four, six, and 25.
13:00Yay! Hooray.
13:02The target... Oh, no, it's small.
13:03One, seven, one.
13:05One, seven, one, numbers up.
13:37Ahmed. One, seven, one. Yeah, James. One, seven, one. And off you go, Ahmed.
13:4225 times seven, take four.
13:43One, seven, five. And that's all there was to it. Yeah.
13:46James? Believe it or not exactly the same way. Yeah.
13:49No, it's actually not the same.
13:51LAUGHTER
13:52Well done, James. I knew you had it because you checked it six times
13:55after getting it in three seconds. That's what's at stake right here.
14:00OK, Rick Edwards has been in Dictionary Corner all week.
14:04The randomness of what's going on in your head. I love it.
14:07But this time, we get to pick inside your brain ourselves this time.
14:10Pick away. Mine's dead simple because you've just got so many random stories.
14:13What have you ever won?
14:15So, we're here, you know, this is what's at stake right here.
14:19Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:21So, what have you ever won?
14:22What was your moment that James and Ahmed are having right now?
14:25Well, I mean, Mastermind, but the celeb version, which is easier, I think.
14:31I've done OK on a few of those sort of quiz shows.
14:34I've won Mastermind and Pointless and The Chase.
14:40That was good. That was actually good.
14:42Like, we won a lot of money.
14:44Like, we won, like, £120,000 for charity on The Chase.
14:47That was good. Yeah.
14:48But I've never done it on a proper version of a show.
14:51Never done it in real life?
14:53Never done it in real life.
14:53Not even a 100-metre race, school sports thing?
14:57No, I mean, no, I mean, I guess that, you know,
14:58I mean, if you're really trawling through the archives,
15:01I think there's, like, there's going to be some swimming races
15:04and things like that that I've won.
15:05But we can't start digging out our swimming badges, can we?
15:09Much as I might like to.
15:10Yeah, that's about it. Brilliant. Yeah, yeah, join me in that.
15:13Oh, bowling trophies. I've got quite a few bowling trophies.
15:15There you go.
15:16That wasn't really the big climax we were open for.
15:18No, no, sorry. It wasn't.
15:20Join the club.
15:21Certainly we don't have anything like this. Susie.
15:25Well, I'm a huge fan of Rick and Rachel Burden on Five Live Breakfast.
15:29Listen to it every day.
15:30Do you have a favourite moment?
15:31I'm always asked this about Countdown. I know it's tricky.
15:34I think there was quite a good moment for us where Grant Shapps,
15:40who was then the transport secretary, had been in the studio
15:44and we'd been interviewing him, or Rachel had been interviewing him,
15:47and it was quite sort of, you know, quite a fractious interview.
15:50And as Grant Shapps was leaving, Rachel was just shouting at him
15:54about zip merging, which is her sort of pet...
15:57Oh, I know her big thing.
15:58..her pet thing about how you're supposed to zip merge
16:00when you come up to a junction.
16:03And poor old Grant Shapps, I mean,
16:04he couldn't escape that studio quick enough, it was amazing.
16:08Yeah. Yeah.
16:09Very good. Rachel?
16:10Yes, people, young people especially,
16:12always ask how you get into presenting,
16:14and I can't really give any advice,
16:16cos I did a maths degree and fell into it.
16:18But you're kind of a proper presenter, so what advice would you give?
16:22Er, well, I mean, I started a maths degree
16:24and couldn't finish it too hard, didn't it?
16:27LAUGHTER
16:28And then, well, I started working as, like, a junior researcher,
16:32so I was just, like, on a grad trainee scheme at a production company,
16:36and then every now and again they'd sort of stick me in front of the camera,
16:38and go, yeah, maybe, maybe this will work out.
16:41Would you be at home in front of your mirror, practising lines and...?
16:43No, no.
16:45I mean, I don't know if that is a vibe or if that's a useful thing to do,
16:47but I never, no, I never really did that.
16:49I just sort of, yeah, started behind camera
16:51and then gradually worms my way in front.
16:54And then worked your way into radio.
16:55Yeah.
16:56So none of us started with any ambition to be on screen then,
17:01so I was a print journalist, lexicographer...
17:03It's hard to give advice to someone who does want to do it,
17:06because what do you say?
17:07Yeah, it's just that...
17:08Fall into it with a bit of luck.
17:09It can just happen.
17:10Yeah.
17:11You can get lucky.
17:12OK, Rick, fantastic. Thank you so much.
17:17Right, we're back within a point here,
17:19and our champion of champions grand final, that one point,
17:23well, listen, it counts for something, but not too much at this stage.
17:27James, more letters.
17:28A consonant, please, Rachel.
17:30Thank you, James.
17:30James, C.
17:31And another?
17:33S.
17:34And another?
17:35T.
17:37And another?
17:38Q.
17:40Vowel, please.
17:42E.
17:43And another?
17:44A.
17:45And another?
17:47E.
17:48And another?
17:51E.
17:52And finish with a final vowel, please.
17:55Finish with another E.
17:58Good luck.
17:58Good luck.
18:11Good luck.
18:14Good luck.
18:15Good luck.
18:17Good luck.
18:19Good luck.
18:21Good luck.
18:22Good luck.
18:22Good luck.
18:24Good luck.
18:25Good luck.
18:25Good luck.
18:25Good luck.
18:27Good luck.
18:28Good luck.
18:28Good luck.
18:29That's your lot. James? Seven. Ahmed? Seven.
18:32Very good indeed. James? Acetose. And Ahmed? Same words.
18:37Over the dictionary corner, Susie, Rick? Coaties.
18:41Coaties. Yeah, like a little coat. Yes.
18:44Several little coats. Well, yeah, booties.
18:46Yes, with a double E, you can, I'm sure, especially for kids.
18:49Just to fill you on on acetose, just to remind you, it's the same as acetic,
18:53it means containing vinegar. Not as good a word as coaties,
18:55though, so bonus point for wrecking that front.
18:5747 plays at 48. Ahmed, let's get more letters.
19:01Could I get a consonant, please? Thank you, Ahmed.
19:04H. And another. T. Vowel. A. Vowel. E. Consonant. D. Vowel. A. Consonant. S.
19:23B. And final vowel, please. A final I. Good luck.
19:33Absolutely.
20:01T. Vowel. A. Scenic.
20:03That's time. Talk to me, Ahmed.
20:05I'll stick with a seven.
20:06OK, and James?
20:08I'm going to try an eight.
20:09Ahmed, what's the seven?
20:11Bastard.
20:11He's going for it again.
20:13Abatised?
20:14Straight over to Susie.
20:16Yes, or abatised in the dictionary.
20:18It basically means having an abatis,
20:21and if you look that up in the dictionary,
20:23it's a defensive obstacle formed by fell trees,
20:27so you face the enemy with the sharp branches facing out.
20:30Anything else?
20:31Nothing from us, I don't think.
20:32No, we were literally just searching for that one,
20:34so no better at all.
20:36Oh, it's fantastic stuff.
20:37More numbers now.
20:38James, you're picking.
20:39Four large, please.
20:41Four large.
20:42Four from the top and two little.
20:44See if this can extend your lead.
20:47Right, nervy.
20:48The little ones, one and one.
20:50Uh-oh.
20:51And the big ones.
20:5250, 75, 100, 25.
20:56Let's see if this one's possible.
20:59288.
21:00288, numbers up.
21:01High care.
21:29The last one in the box,
21:322-8-8. James?
21:342-90, not written down.
21:362-90, not written down. Ahmed?
21:382-92, I think.
21:402-92. So this would be seven points for James if he's right. Go.
21:45OK, 75 minus one, minus the other one.
21:5074 minus the other one, 73.
21:53Multiply by 100 for 7,300.
21:57Multiply, yeah, 7,300.
21:58Take away the 50, the 7,250.
22:04Yep.
22:05And then hopefully if you divide by 25, that's 2-90.
22:09Divided by 25, 2-90.
22:12Is that the best?
22:12It is the best, yeah. It's those two ones, it always kills the game,
22:16but that was absolutely fantastic, especially under the pressure. Ridiculous.
22:19Wasn't it just... It needs to be otherworldly to take home this trophy.
22:24And James has a 14-point lead as we get our second tea-time teaser.
22:28Not glass. Not glass. Just like our trophies, not glass.
22:33It's not glass, but it definitely helped with transparency.
22:37It's not glass, but it definitely helped with transparency.
22:55Welcome back. It's not glass, but it definitely helped with transparency.
22:59Not glass becomes glasnost. Glasnost.
23:02Well, here we are. Six rounds left, then it will all be over.
23:06Our first champion of champions in Countdown for five years.
23:09So let's get back to it.
23:11Ahmed, another letters round.
23:12Thank you. Could I start off a consonant, please?
23:15Thank you, Ahmed.
23:15Thank you, Ahmed.
23:15Thank you, Ahmed.
23:15R.
23:16And another.
23:17N.
23:19A vowel.
23:20E.
23:21Another vowel.
23:23I.
23:24Consonant.
23:25L.
23:26Vowel.
23:28A.
23:29Consonant.
23:30S.
23:32Consonant.
23:33H.
23:36And the final consonant, please.
23:38A final T.
23:39Start the clock.
23:40R.
23:41Assuet.
23:56N.
23:56Zoforo.
23:56das ist auch gut.
24:03R.
24:04Wenn man damit fl Miller S comum.
24:06Will nur noch malmen.
24:07co Haare.
24:08Grubber.
24:09Haare.
24:10That'll be it. Ahmed?
24:12Eight. James? Eight.
24:14OK, Ahmed, what have you got? Inhalers.
24:16Inhalers and James? Latrines.
24:18Kind letters that time. Anything else?
24:20No, we had inhalers, but no advance on eight, I don't think.
24:24Hairlets. Hairlets is nice.
24:27Better than inhalers and latrines, which I think James and Ahmed might need,
24:31both of those with the tension that we have in the studio right now.
24:34James, you're picking these letters.
24:35Consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, James.
24:39N. And another? T. And another? W. And another? S.
24:48And a vowel, please. E. And another? A. And another? U. And another? I.
25:02And finish with a final consonant, please.
25:10Finish with T. Kind time.
25:14Does it?
25:42I.
25:43OK, James.
25:45Eight.
25:46Ahmed.
25:47Eight.
25:47OK, James.
25:48Tawniest.
25:49Tawniest.
25:51Anything else?
25:52No.
25:53Aunties.
25:53Yeah, tetanus as well.
25:55Saddens for us.
25:56OK, let's take a little break then.
25:58Four rounds, champion of champions grand final to go still in the balance.
26:02Origins of words.
26:03Yes, I'll try and keep it short because I know the focus is not on dictionary corner at all.
26:09But I was just thinking about the beautiful trophy that the eventual champion of champions will win.
26:14And it looks like a shard of glass.
26:17I was thinking about the shard in London.
26:19And shard itself goes back to an old English word meaning to cut, which is fairly straightforward.
26:25But we used to spell it shard as well.
26:27So when potters talk about a pot shard, which is a fragment of pottery, that is what they're talking about,
26:33a sort of sliver.
26:34And then it went on to encumber sort of more intangible, you know, ideas, I suppose.
26:40So you have a shard of hope.
26:42You're clinging on to a shard of hope and that kind of thing.
26:44Anyway, and of course, the shard, the beautiful building, is just this wonderful sliver of glass.
26:48And I was also thinking about being so gobsmacked by the brilliance that we have seen over the course of
26:56the last few weeks.
26:57I mean, just incredible.
26:58And words that try and express that.
27:01And some of them you might not think.
27:03So if we muse on something, we, probably unbeknownst to us, are making a link with a muzzle of an
27:10animal.
27:10Because to muse, if you go back to its Latin, it's meant to be open-mouthed, to gape.
27:16And the idea is maybe that if you're thinking, you are perhaps sort of open-mouthed as well as kind
27:21of taking everything in.
27:22And there's three other words which I love.
27:25Blutter-bunged is to be just overwhelmed by surprise and just astonishment at what you are witnessing.
27:33Not so good as a gob moosh.
27:35And that's someone who's so gullible, their mouth is open, they will sort of believe anything.
27:39Because it goes back to the French for a fly swallower.
27:41And I think we are, all of us, a little bit gloppened by certainly Ahmed and James.
27:47I mean, they're absolutely brilliant.
27:48And again, that means just open-mouthed in utter amazement.
27:52So, yeah, hats off to you both.
27:53Exactly right.
27:56Love it.
27:57A final themed origins of words.
27:59OK, four more rounds left to pay.
28:01Two letters, one numbers and a countdown conundrum.
28:04Will it be crucial?
28:05We will find out.
28:06Ahmed, your nine letters.
28:07Can I start off a consonant, please, Rachel?
28:09Thank you, Ahmed.
28:10X.
28:12And another.
28:13G.
28:14Vowel.
28:16A.
28:17Vowel.
28:17I.
28:19Consonant.
28:21R.
28:22Vowel.
28:24U.
28:25Consonant.
28:27L.
28:28Consonant.
28:30M.
28:32And a final consonant, please.
28:35A final S.
28:37Let's play Kain'tine.
29:08And that's it. Ahmed?
29:09Seven. James?
29:11Just six.
29:13A moment. James?
29:14Murals? Yes. Ahmed?
29:17Magylus?
29:18Straight to Susie. You're going to have to spell that for me.
29:20M-A-G-I-L-U-S.
29:22Oh, um, yes.
29:25It's an Indo-Pacific marine gastropod that lives with coral,
29:31essentially. It's symbiotic with coral.
29:33Very well done.
29:34What a word to pull out, Susie. What a word to pull out.
29:37Talk to me, both of you.
29:39Not got much to say.
29:43Grails, maybe, could you have?
29:44Yeah, grails.
29:45Yeah, but no.
29:46Two words like that. Seven points in it.
29:48Three rounds left.
29:50James, let's get our final letters round underway.
29:53Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:54Thank you, James.
29:55N.
29:56And another.
29:57J.
30:03A vowel, please.
30:06I.
30:07And another.
30:08E.
30:09And another.
30:10O.
30:11And another.
30:13E.
30:17And finish with a final foul, please.
30:23Finish with I.
30:25Champion of Champions, last letters.
30:55Thanks, James.
30:58Time is up. James?
30:59Eight.
31:00And Ahmed?
31:01Eight.
31:02Yes. James?
31:03Rejoined.
31:04Yes, and Ahmed?
31:05Rejoined.
31:06Yeah.
31:07Anything else for me?
31:09Absolutely thrilled to get rejoined over here.
31:11Fantastic.
31:12OK, two rounds left.
31:1420 points is the maximum James or Ahmed can score.
31:18Let's get on with the final numbers round,
31:20and Ahmed is in control of those numbers.
31:22For the last time, can I get one last piece?
31:26Yeah. All your eggs in the crucial conundrum.
31:29Hoping you get there.
31:31Well, in all likelihood, you will, but let's see, shall we?
31:34The final numbers of this final.
31:36One, nine, three, four, seven,
31:41and everyone's favourite, 25.
31:43And the target, 644.
31:466-4-4. Final numbers.
32:196-4-4, the target. Ahmed?
32:216-4-4.
32:22James?
32:236-4-4.
32:24Ahmed, off you go.
32:2525 times 4.
32:2725 by 4, 100.
32:299 minus 1.
32:309 minus 1 is 8.
32:32Take that off.
32:33For 92.
32:34And times by 7.
32:36And the play acting going on in studio.
32:39Wow.
32:40James?
32:41Exactly the same.
32:43Well done.
32:44APPLAUSE
32:48Both of you, please.
32:49Put your fingers on the buzzers
32:52as we reveal today's crucial countdown conundrum.
33:00Ahmed.
33:01Pulse of the tile.
33:02Let's take a look.
33:03He's done it!
33:05APPLAUSE
33:09APPLAUSE
33:13Ahmed, you are the champion of champions.
33:18So talk to me about how you can possibly sum that up.
33:21It's bloody difficult to...
33:25I just wanted to say, James is a brilliant, brilliant player.
33:28He's been so consistent.
33:30He's been spotting everything.
33:31So, it's amazing.
33:33No words, honestly.
33:33No words.
33:34Well, listen, one more time.
33:36Ahmed Mohamed is our champion of champions.
33:42APPLAUSE
33:47It's Susie.
33:48Rick, thank you so, so much.
33:49Thanks for having me.
33:50Lovely.
33:50Loved it.
33:51And there you go.
33:52I should have listened to you from the beginning.
33:53I hate to gloat, but, you know, my boy did it.
33:56If you can pick a winner out of the 16 champion of champions contestants,
34:01can you do my lottery numbers, please?
34:02What I want to do, I couldn't pick a winner between Ahmed and Conor Travers.
34:06That would be up there with Countdown.
34:09Well, maybe, just maybe, it's not your last appearance here.
34:12We'll leave you on that cliffhanger.
34:13And we will tell you this, Countdown will be back on Monday,
34:16the very first show of Series 87.
34:19Hopefully you can tune in.
34:20Have a great weekend.
34:21APPLAUSE
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34:35APPLAUSE
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