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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:34It's the first semi-final of the Champion of Champions Tournament.
00:39And which of our two contestants here can ride that challenge to secure a place in Friday's grand final?
00:46I'm talking of riding.
00:48I read a very interesting article recently that may well interest Susie, Rachel and indeed Naga, a guest in Dictionary
00:54Corner, who all enjoy a little bit of cycling.
00:57Now, apparently, Rachel, the Italian town of Masarosa, just north of Pisa, has recently introduced a pilot scheme where cyclists
01:05are paid 25 cents for every kilometre cycled.
01:10Isn't that amazing?
01:11And the scheme is hoping to lead to less traffic in Masarosa and the streets will be clearer and the
01:19air, I guess, will be healthier.
01:21But if you're thinking you could ride around endlessly, endlessly, they've capped it.
01:26Mind you, they've capped it at 50 euros a month, which isn't bad.
01:31What do you think about that?
01:32That's OK.
01:33You cycle around time.
01:34So 25 cents per kilometre.
01:36Hmm, I'm not sure that's enough, actually.
01:39I think maybe if, I don't know, two of your favourite co-presenters were going to do Ride the Night
01:42and 100 kilometres cycle for charity, what do you think is a fair amount, Nick?
01:47100 kilometres, 60 miles?
01:49Just over 60 miles.
01:50Pound a mile, how's that?
01:51Pound a mile.
01:52Each.
01:53Each.
01:53Susie and I have got our sponsorship page up, so we'll give you the details.
01:56Please do, I'll do it.
01:57I will do it.
01:58Good for you.
01:58So a pound a mile?
01:59Yep.
02:00In old money, lovely.
02:01Well, maximum 60 pounds.
02:03I'm not having you doubling our ass.
02:04Maybe 62.
02:05Let's be very precise about this.
02:07I have made my commitment.
02:10Giles Hutchings joins us for today's semi-final, and he's joined by Dylan Taylor, two great players.
02:17Now, I know you're going to be neck and neck on this one.
02:20What happens?
02:21Giles played a tremendous game against Tom, the great Tom Kappelman, in the quarters, and you won on a crucial
02:27conundrum.
02:28I remember how quick you were.
02:30It was amazing.
02:31And Dylan, up against Giles today, our record holder, Dylan, had a fight on his hands in the quarterfinals when
02:37he played Andy Platt, with only two points between them.
02:40Yeah?
02:41You feeling strong?
02:42Quite strong, yeah.
02:43No, you're feeling very strong, Dylan, I'm telling you.
02:46Now, let's give them both a big, big round of applause.
02:49These are two great young players.
02:52Giles and Dylan.
02:58Brilliant stuff.
02:59And over in the corner to keep an eye on things, Susie and Naga, of course.
03:03Naga Manchetti, who's our BBC Breakfast star.
03:07And here, really, for your first sort of stint, your first week with Countdown.
03:12How's it going?
03:12Are you confident?
03:14Confident, no, but I'm really enjoying myself.
03:16Well, you weren't confident to begin with, and I reassured you, and you've proved to be a really great player.
03:22Very good indeed.
03:23Very kind.
03:24All right.
03:25Now, Giles, take us away on this letters game, will you?
03:27Hi, Rachel.
03:28Hi, Giles.
03:29Constance, please.
03:30Start today with T.
03:32And another.
03:35R.
03:36And a third.
03:38V.
03:38And a vowel.
03:40O.
03:41And another.
03:43A.
03:44And another.
03:45E.
03:46And a consonant.
03:48N.
03:49And a vowel.
03:51I.
03:52And a consonant, please.
03:55And the last one.
03:56L.
03:57And here's the Countdown clock.
03:59The Countdown clock.
04:30Yes, Giles.
04:31Eight.
04:32And eight.
04:33Dylan.
04:33Eight.
04:34Thank you, Giles.
04:35A relation.
04:36And?
04:36An interval.
04:37All right.
04:38Well done.
04:39Excellent.
04:43And Naga in the corner.
04:45Just one more we spotted, or Susie spotted, Oriental.
04:49Oriental.
04:49Well done.
04:50All right.
04:51Eight apiece, and it's Dylan's letters game.
04:53Dylan.
04:53Hi, Rachel.
04:54Hi, Dylan.
04:55Have a vowel, please.
04:56Start with O.
04:58A vowel.
05:00E.
05:01A consonant.
05:02B.
05:03Another.
05:05N.
05:06Another.
05:08T.
05:09Another.
05:10M.
05:12Vowel.
05:14U.
05:16Erm.
05:18Vowel.
05:20E.
05:21A final vowel, please.
05:22And a final.
05:24O.
05:25Tone-to'em.
05:27Tone-to'.
05:27Tone-to'.
05:27Tone-to'em.
05:53Tone-to'.
05:57Yes, Dylan?
05:58It's a six.
05:59A six?
06:00Yeah.
06:01Giles?
06:01Six as well.
06:02So, Dylan?
06:03I don't know if I'm practicing it, but Albuet.
06:05Albuet.
06:07Mm-hmm.
06:08Giles?
06:08Entoom.
06:10Entoom, somebody.
06:11Entoom is excellent.
06:13Can you spell your spell?
06:14O-U-B-O-E-T.
06:16Yes, it is quite hard to pronounce.
06:18I can absolutely see that.
06:20I think Albuet, probably.
06:22South African informal.
06:23It's used as an affectionate way of addressing an older brother or male friend.
06:27Very good.
06:28Very good.
06:29Well done, Darren.
06:34Albuet.
06:35Albuet.
06:35Albuet.
06:36How funny.
06:37What have we got, Naga?
06:38We could do no better.
06:39Nope.
06:40Susie, and then...
06:41Entoom.
06:41Curious.
06:42Entoom.
06:43What a terrifying thought.
06:44Entoom.
06:45Goodness, Steph.
06:46Very nice.
06:4714 apiece, and it's a numbers game for Giles.
06:49Giles?
06:50Just two large, please.
06:51Thank you, Giles.
06:52Two large and four little ones to kick us off today, and these numbers are 6, 4, 1, 8, and
07:01the big one's 50 and 75.
07:03And the target, 617.
07:06617.
07:07617.
07:08717.
07:09717.
07:19717.
07:22717.
07:23617.
07:24717.
07:25Now, 617.
07:25Yes, it's a number.
07:27717.
07:38Well, Giles?
07:39617.
07:41617, Dylan?
07:42617.
07:43Sir, Giles?
07:4475 plus 6 minus 4 is 77.
07:4775 plus 6, yep, minus 4 is 77.
07:49That's by 8.
07:50616.
07:51Add 1.
07:52617, lovely.
07:53And Dylan?
07:54Same way.
07:55Same way, just show, Giles.
07:57Yeah, yeah.
07:57Well done.
07:57All right.
08:01So, 24 piece, head-to-head here,
08:04as we go into our first Tea Time teaser,
08:06which is Let's Trap.
08:08And the clue, he lets his trap run away with itself.
08:12He lets its trap run away with itself.
08:31Welcome back.
08:32I left you with a clue.
08:33He lets his trap run away with itself.
08:35And the answer is that he prattles.
08:38Prattles.
08:38Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown Contestant, you can email Countdown at Channel4.com to request an application
08:46form,
08:47or write to us at Contestant's Applications, Countdown leads LS31JS.
08:55So, 24 piece, and Dylan.
08:59Let's this time.
09:00Can I have a vowel, please?
09:01Thank you, Dylan.
09:02U.
09:03Another.
09:05I.
09:06A third.
09:07A.
09:08Consonant.
09:09S.
09:10Another.
09:12L.
09:12Another.
09:14G.
09:15Another.
09:16D.
09:17A consonant.
09:19T.
09:21And a final vowel, please.
09:25And a final E.
09:27Stand by.
09:29Stand by.
10:01D.
10:02Dillon.
10:02Just seven.
10:03A seven.
10:04Charles?
10:05Seven.
10:06Thank you, Dylan.
10:07Details.
10:08Details and?
10:09Saluted.
10:11Very good.
10:12Saluted.
10:13Can we improve on that?
10:14Mager?
10:15I just got dilates or dilutes yes sevens there is an 8 CZ there is an 8 I think you
10:22might kick
10:22yourselves in fact I think I've both just seen it gaudiest gaudiest very good 31 a piece and
10:30Giles letters constant please anchor Giles L and another X and another P and a vowel
10:42oh and another I and another E and another you and consonant T and a final consonant please
11:00and a final K and the clock starts now
11:34yes Charles seven and Dylan seven thank you Giles exploit and exploit
11:42Susie anything else well now I got exploit within a couple of seconds I was very impressed
11:47so that was our seven all right well then I go and 38 apiece numbers time Dylan six more please
11:55thank you Dylan six little ones see if this game can separate the two of you these little ones are
12:00eight another eight one two ten and five and the target 906 906
12:14so
12:26so
12:27so
12:41Dylan
12:42nine oh five not written down one away Giles 95 905 also Dylan okay so eight plus eight plus two
12:50eight plus eight plus two eighteen times it by the ten
12:55one hundred and eighty add one add one times five four one hundred and eighty one and times it by
13:00five yet
13:01905 108
13:02and Giles yeah similar um eight plus two is ten eight plus two ten times the other ten
13:07one hundred eight plus one is nine
13:09yep
13:10times those all together and nine hundred and five for one away
13:14but one away is one away
13:17can it be done well no space on the board is a clue now can't be done
13:20no one away all right well done forty five points apiece as we turn to Naga Naga
13:26I guess we know you really for
13:30the news
13:31television news
13:33but you've got a secret passion I understand
13:35yeah it's not so secret anymore
13:37I love playing golf
13:39love it I play about five times a week
13:41in all kinds of weather
13:43yes
13:43and my job is perfect for it because even though I start very very early
13:47I finish early
13:49so I can get out on the golf course and enjoy myself
13:52do you play Nick?
13:53no I don't
13:55never quite understood my son is a fanatic
13:57but not I don't never quite understood it
14:00he hasn't persuaded you
14:01well perhaps this might sway you
14:03the joy of a hole in one
14:04because I had one three and a half months after I started playing
14:07oh that's very special
14:08on a par three and I was with my husband and he teed off first because the tradition is generally
14:12the men tee off first
14:13and he put one in the trees so he was sulking and I hit one and I was so inexperienced
14:18I thought there was a ditch
14:19in the middle of the green because I said oh mine's gone in a ditch and then while he was
14:23shuffling around in the trees
14:25I walked up saw this in the hole and I started running around the green and screaming jumping for joy
14:31which is totally against golfing etiquette
14:33right right
14:33and I looked over and on the next tee on another hole there was this lovely French man who went
14:37ah!
14:38eul in one!
14:39because it's a common phrase
14:40lovely
14:41it breaks all barriers
14:42and so I had my first hole in one there
14:44went back to the bar and the tradition is that you buy everyone a drink in the bar
14:49no one was in there
14:50so we showed a bottle of champagne so it was a cheap round a hole in one
14:53but the problem is when it happens that early you expect it to happen all the time
14:58it's never happened since
15:00eight years never happened since
15:01for many it never ever happened
15:03I know I am lucky
15:04so what helped you?
15:06your husband was a golfer and he sort of took you with him?
15:11no I refused to play for quite a while
15:12I refused to play
15:14and then I took it up and I just decided that if I was going to do something I was
15:17going to do it properly
15:18took lots of lessons and refused to have a lesson unless I'd managed to practice that week
15:22went out and was never really an outdoorsy type in the slightest
15:26it's like Rachel and Susie cycling
15:29not me I would be stuck in front of the fire you know on a cold day
15:33but I just it's the battle against yourself
15:35because you're playing the course you're playing against yourself
15:38so even if you're in a competition it's about you and developing yourself
15:41so it's quite a selfish hobby
15:43but it's one that I do find enriches me
15:46so you've played in France you've played in other countries abroad?
15:48I have
15:49I've played in South Africa
15:54and when I played in South Africa we were playing a beautiful course Arabella
15:58and my husband puts his ball in the rough and there was a python there
16:02oh right
16:03in the rough and I just said and I'm so competitive I wouldn't give him a free drop
16:08I wouldn't let him drop out of the rough
16:10so he was obviously quite you know grumpy about it
16:14he went in and said no there's a snake I'm taking the drop
16:16and the next time mine went in the rough I didn't even bother to look for it
16:19so yeah I'm not always fair I suppose
16:21and what handicap are you playing off now?
16:23nine at the moment
16:24that's pretty good
16:25I hope to improve
16:26and your husband?
16:27six
16:30you keep going you keep going you'll catch him up I'm sure
16:33all right lovely
16:34well done
16:38well done Nigel
16:40now Giles back to business
16:4245 apiece
16:43who's going to make the break?
16:45letters again?
16:46constant please
16:47thank you Giles
16:48L
16:49and another
16:51R
16:52and a third
16:54V
16:55and a vowel
16:57A
16:58and another
16:59I
17:00and another
17:01O
17:02and another
17:03I
17:06and another
17:07A
17:09and a consonant
17:11yeah
17:12and lastly
17:13M
17:14Tone Tone
17:15there
17:16and another
17:45Yes, Giles?
17:46Seven.
17:47Seven.
17:48Dillon?
17:48Seven.
17:50Giles?
17:50Ravioli.
17:53And ravioli.
17:55And Naga?
17:57Exactly.
17:57Makes me hungry.
17:58Yes.
17:59Well done.
18:00Susie, anything else?
18:01A couple more sevens.
18:02Air mail is in there and also variola, which is another term for the smallpox.
18:07Oh, right.
18:08So, 52 apiece, my word.
18:11Who is going to make the break?
18:12Dillon, will it be you?
18:14Can I have a consonant, please?
18:16Thank you, Dillon.
18:17P.
18:17Another.
18:19T.
18:20Vowel.
18:21E.
18:22Vowel.
18:23I.
18:24Consolant.
18:25P.
18:26Consolant.
18:28N.
18:29Vowel.
18:30E.
18:31Vowel.
18:33U.
18:35The final vowel, please.
18:38And a final O.
18:40Countdown.
18:42Countdown.
18:43The final vowel, please.
18:45The final vowel, please.
18:47The final vowel, please.
18:53The final vowel, please.
18:54The final vowel, please.
18:57The final vowel, please.
18:59The final vowel, please.
19:00The final vowel, please.
19:00The final vowel, please.
19:00The final vowel, please.
19:00The final vowel, please.
19:00The final vowel, please.
19:00The final vowel, please.
19:01The final vowel, please.
19:01The final vowel, please.
19:03The final vowel, please.
19:03The final vowel, please.
19:04The final vowel, please.
19:12Yes, Dylan.
19:13Seven.
19:14Seven.
19:15Giles?
19:15Seven.
19:17Dylan?
19:18Pepton.
19:19Pepton.
19:20Giles?
19:21Poutine.
19:23Yes, both absolutely brilliant.
19:25Peptone is a protein that's broken down during digestion.
19:30Yes.
19:31Poutine is often eaten in Belgium, I think, and Canada.
19:35It's a dish of say-so chips with cheese curds and gravy on top.
19:40Really?
19:41Yeah.
19:41What else have we got?
19:42Naga, anything interesting?
19:44No, nothing.
19:44Opine, that's all I could get.
19:46Opine?
19:46Yeah, that's nice.
19:47He opined.
19:48Very good, 59 apiece.
19:50And now it's numbers time.
19:51Giles?
19:52Two large again, please.
19:53Another attempt to separate you two with the numbers.
19:56Two large, four little.
19:58And this time the little ones are three, four, six and five.
20:03And the big two, 75 and 25.
20:07And the target, 170.
20:10One seven zero.
20:11Two large, four, six and five.
20:12Two large, six and five.
20:16Two large, six and five.
20:31Two large, six and five.
20:31Two large, six and five.
20:32Two large, six and five.
20:32Two large, six and five.
20:32Two large, six and five.
20:33Two large, six and five.
20:35Two large, six and five.
20:37Two large, six and five.
20:43Yes, Charles?
20:44170.
20:45And Dylan?
20:46Yeah.
20:47Thank you, Charles.
20:4825 times 6 is 150.
20:51Yeah.
20:51And then 5 times 4 is 20.
20:53So many ways for this one.
20:55There we go.
20:55And Dylan?
20:56Different way.
20:564 plus the 3.
20:587.
20:58Times the 25.
21:00175.
21:02Yeah, lovely.
21:03170.
21:04Well done.
21:0969 apiece as we turn to our Tea Time Teaser, which is Verb Code.
21:15And the clue.
21:15You can pull this off when things start to get hot.
21:18You can pull this off when things start to get hot.
21:37So, welcome back.
21:38I left you with the clue.
21:39You can pull this off when things start to get hot.
21:43You can pull off the bed cover.
21:45The bed cover.
21:4769 apiece.
21:48Dylan?
21:50Letters?
21:50Can I have a vowel, please?
21:52Thank you, Dylan.
21:53A.
21:53A consonant.
21:55Y.
21:56Another.
21:58R.
21:59Another.
22:00S.
22:01A vowel.
22:02O.
22:03A consonant.
22:05F.
22:06A consonant.
22:08T.
22:09A vowel.
22:11U.
22:12A final consonant, please.
22:15And a final D.
22:17And here's the countdown clock.
22:21A consonant.
22:28ORCHESTRA PLAYS
22:51A 6, Giles?
22:536 as well.
22:54Alright.
22:55Frosty.
22:56And Giles?
22:58Forays.
22:59Nice.
23:01And Naga?
23:02Yep, it was very frosty in this corner as well, wasn't it?
23:04Yes, it was.
23:06Just 6s.
23:06Forwards is another one.
23:08Alright.
23:09Very tough semi-finalist.
23:1175 apiece.
23:12And Giles, let's see whether you can make a move.
23:15Constance, please.
23:16Thank you, Giles.
23:17W.
23:18And another one.
23:20S.
23:20And a third.
23:22N.
23:24And a vowel.
23:25A.
23:26And another.
23:27A.
23:28And a consonant.
23:30G.
23:31And a vowel.
23:34I.
23:35And a consonant.
23:37R.
23:38And another...
23:40Consonant, please.
23:41And the last one.
23:43H.
23:44Countdown.
23:45is a
23:45first movie.
23:46Is there exactly what it's one dies?
23:55What are you doing?
23:57Oh, bro.
23:58Oh, yeah.
23:59Is there any Mango?
24:00Canaan I get you?
24:00I'll be here.
24:00Oh, man.ишie.
24:02That's it.
24:03I'll be
24:03here. I'll
24:03be there. Bye-bye.
24:16Giles?
24:17Seven.
24:18And Dylan?
24:20Seven.
24:21Inevitably, Giles?
24:22Sharing.
24:23Sharing and?
24:25Sharing.
24:25Indeed, sharing.
24:26And in the corner, Naga, I see your name is in there somewhere.
24:30It was.
24:30It was, yes.
24:31I didn't notice that.
24:33Kept it clean with washing.
24:35Washing, right.
24:36Very good.
24:36And Susie?
24:37Hangers, yes.
24:38Airplane hangers.
24:39Hangers.
24:40Not for the washing.
24:42No.
24:42Very good.
24:43All right, so 82 apiece.
24:45And now it's Susie's origins of words.
24:47Susie?
24:48I'm going to talk about shoes today, Nick, because I know Naga is a shoe aficionado, and I certainly
24:53know that Rachel is.
24:54I think you might be as well.
24:56You have some nice brogues in your collection.
24:59Anyway, I'm going to talk about the origin of some shoe names.
25:02I'll start with brogue, actually.
25:04It's a slightly prosaic origin in some respects, in that brogues were the traditional leather
25:09shoes worn in Ireland, particularly, and in the Scottish Highlands.
25:12And the idea of somebody with a brogue, a distinctive brogue or accent, probably came
25:17from the idea of somebody who wore those kind of shoes.
25:21Clog.
25:22A clog was simply a block of wood, which explains why if you clog up the system, it's like throwing
25:28a block of wood in the works.
25:30And that explains, of course, the wooden shoes.
25:33Famously said to be behind a sabotage, because the story always goes that disgruntled factory
25:39workers actually threw their clogs into machines to stop them working.
25:42There's no real support for exactly that story, but certainly when French workmen took action
25:48against the introduction of new technology that undermined their own workforce, they
25:54were said in the 19th century to have destroyed tools and destroyed machines.
25:58And when onlookers saw them, the thing they noticed most of all were their clogs or their
26:02wooden shoes.
26:02That's probably where sabotage comes from.
26:05A mule.
26:06A mule is a backless, a slipper almost like shoe.
26:10And that actually goes back to mullus in Latin, because mules were reddish shoes that
26:16were worn by magistrates in ancient Rome.
26:19And sandals also have a very classical ancient origin.
26:22They were once worn by the ancient Greeks.
26:24And no surprise there, it comes from sandalon, which again meant a wooden shoe.
26:29Stiletto, of course, goes back to the Italian for a dagger, those sort of high tapering heels.
26:34So you can get the analogy that came about probably in about the 1900s.
26:39But one of my favourite words involving shoes is the hidden history, if you like, and that's
26:44scrupulous.
26:45Because scrupulous goes back to the Romans word for a pebble, and a particularly sharp
26:50pebble.
26:50And the idea today of us being painstaking and particularly careful about something is
26:54that if you had a very sharp pebble in your shoe, you'd have to walk very carefully indeed.
26:59Indeed you would.
27:03APPLAUSE
27:04I seem to remember it's a sort of a mafia thing, you know.
27:07If you've got a pebble in your shoe, something's really irritating you, and you're going to
27:11have to get rid of it.
27:13Yes, you've got misgivings.
27:14Yeah?
27:14Scruples, in other words.
27:16Yeah, exactly.
27:16And if you're unscrupulous, then you can just stomp ahead regardless.
27:19Yeah.
27:20No sharp pebbles involved.
27:21Brilliant.
27:21Well done, thank you.
27:2282 points apiece.
27:25And Dylan, it's your letters game now.
27:27Can I have a vowel, please?
27:28Thank you, Dylan.
27:29A.
27:30A consonant.
27:32S.
27:33Vow.
27:34E.
27:35Consolant.
27:36D.
27:37Vow.
27:39A.
27:40Consolant.
27:41M.
27:42Another.
27:44T.
27:47Erm...
27:48Consolant.
27:49G.
27:52A final...
27:53A vowel, please.
27:55And a final I.
27:58Countdown.
27:59Countdown.
28:00One.
28:00Two.
28:16One.
28:18Two.
28:18Two.
28:18Two.
28:21One.
28:30Yes, Dylan.
28:31Eight.
28:31And eight, Giles?
28:33Eight.
28:34Dylan.
28:34Diastema.
28:35Diastema.
28:36Thank you, Giles.
28:37Diastema as well.
28:39Susie.
28:40We'll tell you about diastema.
28:41They are, in zoological terms,
28:43faces separating teeth of different functions,
28:46for example, between the biting teeth
28:48and grinding teeth in rodents, etc.
28:51All right.
28:57And anything else?
28:59No, I added an extra tea.
29:01We thought I was doing really well,
29:03and I got stigmata, but I added an extra tea,
29:05which just makes you realise,
29:06just when you're on the spot here...
29:08Yes.
29:09...so different.
29:10You have so much admiration for these guys.
29:12Absolutely.
29:12You know, the way they compete
29:13and can think really clearly.
29:15Yeah.
29:15But a couple of others from Susie.
29:16Yeah, otherwise down to seven midgets damages,
29:19that kind of thing.
29:19Very good.
29:20All right, well done.
29:21So here we are, 90 points apiece,
29:23final letters game,
29:24and it looks as though we are marching inexorably
29:27towards some sort of crucial conundrum.
29:30Giles, do your best.
29:32It's a letters game.
29:33Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:34Thank you, Giles.
29:35N.
29:36And another one.
29:37R.
29:38And another.
29:40L.
29:41And a vowel.
29:43E.
29:44And another.
29:45E.
29:46And a consonant.
29:48C.
29:49And another one.
29:51R.
29:52And a vowel.
29:54O.
29:55And another vowel, please.
29:57And the last one.
29:58I.
30:00Countdown.
30:01And a vowel.
30:19And a vowel.
30:20And a vowel.
30:20And a vowel.
30:20And a vowel.
30:20And a vowel.
30:20And a vowel.
30:20And a vowel.
30:20And a vowel.
30:20And a vowel.
30:21And a vowel.
30:21And a vowel.
30:30Yes, Giles?
30:32Eight.
30:33Yes, Dylan?
30:33Eight.
30:34And eight, Giles?
30:35A recoiler.
30:37Now then.
30:37A recliner.
30:39Wow.
30:41Phew.
30:41Wasn't sure about recoiler, but that one's in, and so is recliner.
30:44Both excellent.
30:45Very good.
30:46Well done.
30:50And now, Dylan, final numbers game.
30:53Good luck to you both.
30:54OK.
30:54Can I have six more, please?
30:56You can indeed.
30:57We've got a definite crucial conundrum.
30:58Let's see if anyone will have the advantage.
31:01Good luck.
31:02Do six more ones.
31:03A seven, ten, two, six, one, and eight.
31:10And the target, 904.
31:13904.
31:459F4.
31:469F4, Giles?
31:47904 as well, I hope.
31:49All right.
31:50Dylan?
31:5110 add six.
31:5310 add six, 16.
31:55Times seven.
31:56Times seven is 112.
31:58Add one.
31:59Add one for 113.
32:01Times eight.
32:02And times eight, yep, 904.
32:03Lovely.
32:04Well done.
32:05Giles?
32:0610 times six times two is 120.
32:0910 times six times two, 120.
32:10Minus seven.
32:11Minus seven, 113.
32:13Times eight.
32:14Yeah, it looks like lots of weight for this one.
32:15Well done.
32:16Very good.
32:23What a competition.
32:25Could not be closer.
32:26108 apiece.
32:28And here we are in the final round.
32:30With our fingers on our buzzers.
32:33Let's reveal that crucial countdown conundrum.
32:37Dylan?
32:38And here we are in the final round.
32:40That's it.
32:40And here we are in the final round.
32:41Dillon?
32:42Charlotte.
32:43Charlotte?
32:45Charlotte?
32:45Charlotte?
32:46Charlotte!
32:58Charlotte!
33:00well done both of you actually and dylan pips charles at the very last uh game on the conundrum
33:07fantastic show both of you charles yeah i didn't see it no no you weren't poised you weren't almost
33:16there listening to take this back home with you with our warmest regards and congratulations
33:20what a great young player what a great young guy too fantastic and so it is dylan taylor that we
33:27will see you in the grand final on friday rest up and we look forward to seeing you then i'll
33:32do my
33:32best such great character wonderful what do you think respect absolutely absolutely in absolute
33:40all fantastic just brilliant and what a nail-biting competition couldn't be better there's only one
33:45mistake in all of them well not a mistake even just that dylan was faster on the draw in the
33:49end all
33:50right but now before we go you spoke about golf earlier testing yourself you're really a sucker
33:55for punishment because then you went into the london marathon to test yourself how'd you get on i did
34:00i finished it which is what i wanted to do it was one of the things on my so-called
34:04bucket list
34:05um i trained really hard i took running lessons i hate running hate it and hate it even more now
34:14because i really injured myself during the marathon was very frustrated but i finished it but i haven't
34:19run a step since that's it well good for you it's one tucked away then isn't it big tick well
34:26done
34:26brilliant stuff we'll see you tomorrow well done see you tomorrow rachel weren't they great they were
34:33absolutely fantastic because i've always seemed to lose one of them i thought they were just genius
34:37see you tomorrow brilliant we have another semi-final tomorrow could it possibly be as close as today's
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