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Originally broadcast on Friday 22nd January 2016; but this episode's repeat was broadcast on Friday 17th July 2020.
Originally broadcast on Friday 22nd January 2016; but this episode's repeat was broadcast on Friday 17th July 2020.
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00:17Thank you very much.
00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio and the Champion of Champions Grand Final.
00:38We've seen some amazing matches over the last three weeks, all played to an extraordinarily high standard.
00:46But one by one, these champions have been knocked out until eventually today we're left with just two.
00:54One of whom will emerge from this studio later on this afternoon as the Champion of Champions.
01:01And so we'll join an elite group of Champion of Champions champions.
01:06And here is the little trophy, priceless piece of kryptonite mixed with diamonds and all the rest of it that
01:13they will take home with me.
01:15Priceless, I can't tell you.
01:16But it's been a wonderful few weeks and the people that really stand out in my mind, many, many young
01:22people, but not all as young as our two contestants today.
01:26People like Giles, he's a young chap.
01:28Antoinette from Nina in County Tipperary.
01:31Samir, originally from Bosnia, who has the most extraordinary vocabulary.
01:37And of course, Jen, who lost in the semis, a charming, fun girl with the bow.
01:44Absolutely.
01:44I'm going to add George to the list as well because his numbers are amazing.
01:48Yeah.
01:48Out of everyone, yeah, he gets my vote for his number skills.
01:51Yeah.
01:51It's been a real pleasure to watch them.
01:54A real pleasure.
01:54And I think Salford's Bars have really enjoyed having our contestants back as well.
01:58And our production team who have made full use of them while they've been back for the Champion of Champions.
02:02Indeed.
02:03Now, who have we got?
02:04We've got Dylan, who's proved his worth time and time again, having won two very, very close rounds.
02:10In our semis, you beat Giles Hutchings and proved you had a quick, quick finger than him on that final
02:16conundrum.
02:17My word.
02:18How much do you want to win this title today?
02:20Words can't describe it.
02:22All right.
02:22Because, of course, you have, I think you have the highest score ever as an Octa champ.
02:27Am I right?
02:27So far.
02:28Remind me what it was.
02:30A 9-7-4.
02:31A 9-7-4.
02:32Imagine you're joined today by Cool Dan McCollum.
02:36And Cool Dan played in our semifinals yesterday, beating Jen Stedman.
02:42Always there, blonde Jen Stedman with something in her hair.
02:45She never actually wore her tiara, which I saw her wear in the audience once or twice.
02:50There we are.
02:51Are the gloves off today, Dan?
02:53Will we be seeing you a little bit hot under the collar?
02:55No, I'm just really, I didn't expect to make it to the final, so I'm just going to enjoy it.
02:59I hope you'll both enjoy it.
03:01And I hope you'll both enjoy this round of rapturous applause.
03:09And over in the corner, of course, Susie once again joined, and, you know, for the last
03:13time until we can persuade her to come back, the wonderful Naga Manchetti from the BBC
03:17News Studio.
03:18Welcome back.
03:20I loved it this week.
03:22Absolutely.
03:22Really enjoyed it.
03:23Well, you've been a very, very good player, too, as well.
03:26I have.
03:26Oh, Susie.
03:27Yeah.
03:27No, I'm really impressed.
03:28All right.
03:29Now then, Dylan, take us away on this Champion of Champions final.
03:34Off you go.
03:35Thanks, Nick.
03:36Hi, Rachel.
03:36Hi, Dylan.
03:37Start with the vowel, please.
03:38Good luck to both.
03:39Start the final with I.
03:41A consonant.
03:43D.
03:44Another.
03:46F.
03:46Another.
03:48S.
03:49Vowel.
03:50O.
03:51Consonant.
03:52K.
03:54Vowel.
03:55E.
03:56Vowel.
03:58A.
04:00A consonant, please.
04:01And lastly, T.
04:03And here's the countdown clock.
04:36Yes, Dylan.
04:37Seven.
04:38A seven.
04:39Seven as well.
04:40Two sevens, Dylan.
04:41Foisted.
04:43Foisted.
04:44Stifado.
04:45And stifado.
04:46Yes, that is a Greek dish of stewed meat and vegetables.
04:52Onions and sometimes tomatoes.
04:54Yep.
04:55Very good.
04:56And naga.
04:57Anything there?
04:58Just a few sixes, actually.
05:00Staked, skated, stoked, but no sevens.
05:03All right.
05:03Well done.
05:04Now then, Dan, off you go.
05:08Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:09Thank you, Dan.
05:11G.
05:11Consonant.
05:14S.
05:15Consonant.
05:17L.
05:18Vowel.
05:20U.
05:21Vowel.
05:22E.
05:23One more vowel, please.
05:25I.
05:26Consonant.
05:28T.
05:29Vowel.
05:32O.
05:34And, um, finish with A consonant, please.
05:39And finish with J.
05:40Stand by.
05:41violoped.
05:45Técnik.
05:48Técnic.
05:51Técn.
06:12Well, Dan.
06:13Seven.
06:14Dylan.
06:15Eight.
06:16Yes, Dan.
06:17Ouchies.
06:19And Dylan.
06:20I'll try a eulogist.
06:21And a eulogist.
06:23Yes, a deliverer of a eulogy is a eulogist, which is there for eight.
06:29Very good.
06:34That's very good.
06:35And who will our eulogist be today?
06:37All right.
06:37That's excellent.
06:38It goes back to the Latin elogium, which was an inscription on a tomb.
06:42Is that right?
06:43Yep.
06:43Very good.
06:44Now then, Naga.
06:46Couldn't beat that.
06:46Had glutes and ugliest.
06:49All right.
06:50Very good.
06:50Nothing else, Susie?
06:51Eulogist for me.
06:52Okay.
06:53So, Dylan on 15.
06:54Early lead there.
06:55Dan on seven.
06:56As we go to a numbers game for Dylan.
06:59Can I have six more, please?
07:01You can, indeed.
07:02Your favourite pick.
07:03Thank you, Dylan.
07:03Six little ones coming up.
07:05And for the first time in this final, the numbers are three, six, nine, three, five, and seven.
07:15And the target, 929.
07:17Nine to nine.
07:18Nine to nine.
07:24On 1010.
07:25Yeah.
07:33Yeah.
07:41Bye.
07:42Bye.
07:44Bye.
07:45Bye.
07:46Bye.
07:47Bye.
07:48Bye.
07:49Yes, Dylan?
07:509.30.
07:51One away.
07:53No, it's 9.27.
07:559.27.
07:57Dylan?
07:577 times 3 times 9.
07:597 times 3, 21 times 9, 189.
08:05Subtract the other 3.
08:07Minus 3 for 186.
08:09Times 5.
08:10Yeah, times 5 for 930.
08:12One away.
08:13Well done.
08:149.29.
08:15Can you manage that, Rachel?
08:16Well, there are more ways for one away, but that was the best.
08:19That's it?
08:19Yeah, it was impossible.
08:20Well done, Dylan Taylor.
08:22All right.
08:22So 22 plays 7 as we turn to our first Tea Time Teaser, which is Cod Chest.
08:28And the clue, put an end to the rumours about his liking for whiskey.
08:33Put an end to the rumours about his liking for whiskey.
08:51Welcome back.
08:52I left you with a clue.
08:53Put an end to the rumours about his liking for whiskey.
08:57And the answer is Scotched.
09:00Scotched.
09:00Although, interestingly, Scotch whiskey doesn't have an E in whiskey.
09:05Only the Irish and American.
09:07So there we are.
09:08Whiskey drinkers, of course, will have spotted that.
09:10Now, if you'd like to become a Countdown contestant, you can email countdown at channel4.com to request an application
09:18form or write to us at Contestants Applications, Countdown Leads, LS 3, 1, J, S.
09:27Now then, where are we?
09:2822 plays Dan's 7, and it's Dan's letters game.
09:32Good luck.
09:33Have a consonant, please, Rachel.
09:34Thank you, Dan.
09:58And finish with a consonant, please.
10:02And finish with W.
10:03Stand by.
10:04And finish with W.
10:34Well, Dan.
10:35Seven.
10:36Seven, Dylan.
10:37Seven.
10:38Dan.
10:38Yes, Suramin.
10:40And Dylan.
10:41Samurai.
10:42Samurai.
10:43Samurai, yes.
10:44Members of the powerful military cast in feudal Japan.
10:48Suramin, also very good.
10:49In medicine, synthetic compounds derived from urea, used to treat various ailments.
10:55Thank you very much.
10:56In the corner, Naga.
10:57The only other one we could find, seven marinas.
11:00Pretty good.
11:01Marinas.
11:02Anything else, Susie?
11:03Samurai for here.
11:04Samurai.
11:04Five, seven samurai.
11:05Seven, Samurai.
11:06Okay.
11:0629 plays 14.
11:08And it's Dylan's letters game now.
11:11Dylan.
11:11Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
11:12Thank you, Dylan.
11:13I.
11:14Another.
11:16O.
11:16Consonant.
11:17B.
11:19Another.
11:21R.
11:22Another.
11:23F.
11:24One more.
11:26T.
11:27A vowel.
11:28E.
11:30Vowel.
11:31A.
11:33Let's have a final vowel, please.
11:37And a final O.
11:39Countdown.
12:10Yes, Dylan.
12:12Eight.
12:12And down.
12:13Yeah, eight as well.
12:14Two eights.
12:15Thank you, Dylan.
12:16Ropes.
12:16Robotise.
12:18Robotise and?
12:19Same.
12:19Both of them.
12:20Yeah.
12:21Robotise, indeed.
12:22Now there, Naga.
12:23I didn't get an eight.
12:24Susie got the eight.
12:26Yes, it means to convert a factory accepted to operation by robots.
12:29Yes.
12:30Yes.
12:31You've got a good one.
12:32Go reboot and boaster.
12:35Very good.
12:35Reboot and boaster.
12:36Yes.
12:36Well done.
12:3737 to 22.
12:39And now, Dan, it's your numbers game.
12:41Can I have one last, please, Rachel?
12:43You can.
12:43Thank you, Dan.
12:44One from the top row and five little ones still staying cool under pressure.
12:48And these five smalls are four, five, ten, two, seven, and the big one, 50.
12:55And the target, 786.
12:58786.
12:59686.
13:01686.
13:02686.
13:19786.
13:21686.
13:22686.
13:28786.
13:30Yes, Dan?
13:31No, 7, 8, 4.
13:337, 8, 4, 2 away.
13:34Dylan?
13:357, 8, 6.
13:377, 8, 6.
13:39Shoot.
13:4010 out of the 5.
13:4110 out of 5 is 50.
13:43Times 50.
13:43Is 750.
13:457 or 2.
13:46Is the 9.
13:47Times 4.
13:4736.
13:48Add it on.
13:49Well done.
13:497, 8, 6.
13:51Very good.
13:55Very good indeed.
13:5647 plays 22 as we turn to Nagin.
14:00You spoke earlier this week about competitiveness, golf.
14:03You've got to win and your handicap is dropping.
14:07And also you ran the marathon just to prove that you could.
14:09And you hated it.
14:11I did.
14:11And you'll never do it again.
14:12But sometimes that winning mentality can get the better of you.
14:16Yeah, it's an ugly trait sometimes.
14:18It's an ugly trait.
14:20But it reminds me of when Bill Turnbull, who you're familiar with here on Dictionary Corner,
14:25and I were presenting.
14:27And we were interviewing this wonderfully accomplished 7-year-old who had just beaten a 14-year-old
14:35at table tennis.
14:37So we'd set up in the studio a table tennis table, ready to play him.
14:41And we were going to interview him twice.
14:43And Bill, it was Bill's fault, this.
14:45Bill in the morning said, come on, we've got to play.
14:48We've got to give him a proper game.
14:50So I said, OK, fine.
14:51So every time we went to the regional news, you get a three-minute break.
14:54So we'd practice.
14:56We'd get up, we'd unplug our microphones and practice.
14:58And in the first hour, Bill played him.
15:01And they had an honourable draw.
15:03Well, I liked table tennis.
15:05And in the second hour, I played him and wouldn't give in.
15:10And his parents were standing at the side going, let him win one point.
15:13And I was like, no.
15:15No.
15:17Children need to learn to win.
15:19And I did win.
15:21But the problem was, when I won, I then decided to stand up with my hands,
15:25aloft in the air, and prance around the table.
15:28And then just realised what an awful person I must have seemed.
15:31And many of the viewers did let me know that it wasn't very charitable to do that.
15:35So I tried to do, say, let's do it again and have another one.
15:38But by this time, the kid had had enough of me and just walked away.
15:41Did you make him cry?
15:43No.
15:44I hope not.
15:45I don't think so.
15:46I hope not.
15:46And I'm sure he's got a brilliant career ahead.
15:48And he will come back and absolutely annihilate me.
15:51Very good.
15:52I love this story.
15:53Brilliant.
15:54But competitively, you can add on to the show to you.
15:57Very good.
16:00All right.
16:01Now, where shall we go?
16:0247 to 22.
16:03Dylan in the lead.
16:04And it's letter's time for you.
16:07I can have a vowel, please.
16:07Thank you, Dylan.
16:09E.
16:09Consonant.
16:11G.
16:12Consonant.
16:13T.
16:14Vowel.
16:16I.
16:17Vowel.
16:18A.
16:19Consonant.
16:20R.
16:21Another.
16:23V.
16:24Vowel.
16:26E.
16:27Final vowel, please.
16:29And the last one.
16:30I.
16:32Stand by.
16:33Stand by.
17:04Yes, Dylan.
17:05A seven.
17:05A seven, Dan.
17:07I'll try seven, not written down.
17:09OK.
17:11Yes, Dan.
17:11Everate.
17:13And Dylan.
17:14Vergate.
17:15Vergate.
17:16Yes, Vergate is a historical term for a measure of land, usually about 30 acres.
17:23And Naga.
17:25Failing again.
17:25I got a six.
17:26Grieve.
17:27All right.
17:28Well done.
17:29Anything else, Susie?
17:30No, just let you know.
17:31Everate is to castrate a man or a male animal.
17:35Wait.
17:36Throw that one in.
17:36Yes.
17:37Or it can be used figuratively in the sense of emasculating somebody.
17:40Yes, yes.
17:42Everate.
17:42Yes.
17:44Keep well clear about them.
17:4654 to Dan's 29.
17:49Dan, let us go.
17:50Can I have a consonant, please?
17:51Thank you, Dan.
17:52N.
17:53Consonant.
17:55C.
17:56Consonant, please.
17:58D.
17:59Vowel.
18:00E.
18:02A vowel.
18:03O.
18:04A vowel, please.
18:06I.
18:07Consonant.
18:09T.
18:10A vowel.
18:13A.
18:14And a final consonant, please.
18:17And a final M.
18:20Countdown.
18:20A vowel.
18:21A vowel.
18:24A vowel.
18:28A vowel.
18:51Well, Dan?
18:52Nine.
18:53Dylan?
18:54Just eight.
18:55Mm-hmm.
18:56Your age?
18:56I dominate.
18:57Now then, Dan McCollum.
18:59Metaconid.
19:00Can you spell that for me?
19:02M-E-T-A-C-O-N-I-D.
19:07C-O-N-I-D.
19:09Metaconid is in the dictionary, and it means a cusp on the posterior lingual corner of the lower molar of
19:19a mammal.
19:28Well done.
19:30Well done, Dan.
19:32A cracker, if you don't mind me saying so.
19:35Did you know what it meant?
19:36I actually looked that one up, yeah.
19:38Really?
19:39Just as one does, really.
19:4247 to 54.
19:43Well, I think you're back in the game, that's for sure.
19:45Now, what have we got there?
19:46Naga and Susie?
19:47Excellent.
19:48I had a seven noticed, and we had actioned as well.
19:52Well done.
19:52Yeah, and a comedian as well.
19:54All right.
19:55Well done, Dan.
19:56Well done.
19:5654, please.
19:5747.
19:58And Dylan, numbers game.
20:00Six more, please.
20:01Thank you, Dylan.
20:02Back to the six little ones.
20:03I will choose carefully.
20:04And they are one, five, four, nine, ten, and two.
20:15And the target to reach, very small, 149.
20:18One for nine.
20:19And the target to reach, very small, 149.
20:50Yes, Dylan.
20:51One for nine.
20:52One for nine, Dan.
20:53One for nine as well.
20:54Thank you, Dylan.
20:56I went nine plus four plus two.
20:58Nine plus four plus two, 15.
20:59Times ten.
21:01One hundred and take one.
21:02One for nine, very easy.
21:04Thank you, and Dan.
21:06I did five times ten.
21:07Five, ten's a fifty.
21:09Nine minus four minus two is three.
21:11Nine, yep.
21:12Times them together and take away one.
21:14One fifty, same again, one for nine.
21:16Well done.
21:19Well done.
21:21As we go into our second tea time teaser, which is mood tile.
21:25And the clue.
21:26If you spot this mineral, you might call it a triumph.
21:29If you spot this mineral, you might call it a triumph.
21:47One welcome back.
21:48I left you with a clue.
21:49If you spot this mineral, you might call it a triumph.
21:52And the answer is dolomite.
21:55You might remember the triumph.
21:56Dolomite, quite a nice little car, when there was a triumph motor car company.
22:01Yeah, translucent mineral, containing calcium and magnesium, usually iron as well, and named
22:07after Monsieur Dolomier, who was the French geologist who found it.
22:11Really?
22:12Yes.
22:12Did he also give his name to the Italian mountain range of the same name?
22:15Well, possibly.
22:16Let's leave that hanging there, shall we?
22:19All right.
22:20Dolomier.
22:2264 plays 57.
22:24Dan now on 57.
22:25It's Dan's letters game.
22:27Go, Dan.
22:29Thanks.
22:29Can I have a consonant, please?
22:30Thank you, Dan.
22:31Pete.
22:31Consonant.
22:33R.
22:35Consonant.
22:36D.
22:37Vowel, please.
22:39O.
22:40A vowel.
22:41E.
22:42A vowel.
22:44U.
22:45A consonant, please.
22:47S.
22:49A consonant.
22:52H.
22:53And a final vowel, please.
22:56And a final E.
22:58Stand by.
23:29Yes, Dan.
23:30Eight.
23:31An eight.
23:33Eight.
23:34Two eights down.
23:35Rehoused.
23:36Rehoused.
23:36And you're rehoused, too?
23:39Naga, what have you got?
23:41We got ushered for seven.
23:44Yes.
23:45We have the only eight that we could find, and no prehoused, in case you're wondering.
23:49And ushered, good word.
23:5072 to 65.
23:52Dylan, your letters game.
23:54Can I have a bow, please?
23:55Thank you, Dylan.
23:56O.
23:56A consonant.
23:58T.
23:59Another.
24:00S.
24:02Another.
24:03N.
24:04Vowel.
24:05A.
24:06Consonant.
24:08M.
24:09Vowel.
24:11O.
24:12Consonant.
24:13X.
24:15Final consonant, please.
24:17And a final H.
24:19Stand by.
24:51Yes, Dylan.
24:52Seven.
24:52A seven.
24:53And Dan?
24:53I'll try a seven then.
24:55Dylan?
24:56On a mast.
24:57And Dan?
24:58On a mast.
25:01How do we feel about that, Susie?
25:03I'm saying it.
25:03O-N-O-M-A-S-T.
25:05On a mast.
25:06Yeah, a person who studies proper names, especially personal names.
25:09Surnames, for example, isn't on a mast as well.
25:11Really?
25:12How unusual is that?
25:14And Naga?
25:15No better than that.
25:16We've got a six months, but that's as good as we could do.
25:19Yeah, pretty good.
25:19All right, well done.
25:21Seventy-nine, playing 72.
25:22Still that seven-point gap as we turn to Susie and her origins of words.
25:29And today, Susie?
25:30Today, I am just going to ponder, I suppose, on the vocabulary of champions,
25:37because it's been a long campaign getting to be a champion of champions.
25:42I know everybody has worked incredibly hard.
25:44And the word campaign itself sums up that idea of combat.
25:49It goes back to the Roman words, campus, meaning the open countryside.
25:54And the connection, if you like, with combat was because armies tended to spend the winter in fortresses and in
26:01the walled cities, etc.
26:02And then in the summer, they would take the field to carry out their military manoeuvres.
26:08And so campaign took on this idea of a military campaign.
26:11And the person who emerged, the victor from some of these military campaigns, these manoeuvres, was, of course, the champion.
26:18And that, too, is related to the idea of the campus.
26:21The campus martius, of course, was the famous one in Rome, where the armies faked battles.
26:27Very often, many got slaughtered in the process.
26:30Obviously, that's not going to happen here, hopefully.
26:33And the champion, of course, another synonym for a champion is a conqueror.
26:37And I like the word conqueror because in there, the querere of Latin is seeking and striving.
26:43And it's linked to question.
26:45And it's linked to quest as well, which, of course, is very appropriate.
26:49And they are also contending.
26:51And there was a link between contending and being on tenterhooks because tendere is in there, again, another Latin word,
26:58which means to stretch or strive.
27:00And, of course, on tenterhooks is to be stretched in suspense.
27:04And I'll finish with prize because, of course, today the ultimate prize of being the champion of champions.
27:09That comes from a Latin word that actually developed into three separate English words.
27:14One was prize itself.
27:15One was price.
27:16But the other was praise.
27:18And it's linked to other words like precious and appreciate.
27:21And, of course, appreciation is what we all do because these people are so talented.
27:26And one that anyone can emerge champion, obviously.
27:29But we do very much appreciate your skills.
27:31Oh, well done.
27:32Absolutely.
27:38Great sentiment, too.
27:39Thank you very much.
27:4079 to 72.
27:42And Dan, penultimate letters game.
27:44Good luck.
27:45Can I have a continent, please?
27:46Thank you, Dan.
27:47G.
27:48Continent.
27:50R.
27:51One more.
27:53L.
27:54Vowel.
27:54E.
27:56Vowel.
27:58A.
27:59A vowel.
28:00O.
28:01A consonant, please.
28:03T.
28:05A vowel.
28:07E.
28:09And finish with a consonant, please.
28:13And finish with P.
28:15Don't, don't.
28:16This night.
28:29Anywhere.icional.
28:31No,
28:31No, no.
28:39No, no.
28:41No, no.
28:41No, no.
28:42No, no.
28:42No, no.
28:44No, no,
28:45no.
28:47Well, Dan.
28:48Just seven.
28:49A seven, Dylan?
28:50Seven.
28:51So, Dan.
28:52Pergola.
28:53Pergola and?
28:54Prelate.
28:55Very good.
28:55Absolutely fine.
28:56OK.
28:57Naga?
28:58A seven, which I think is quite apt when I think about how competitive I am.
29:02A gloater.
29:02A gloater.
29:03Bet you're not a gloater, really, at all.
29:06Susie?
29:06Lots of sevens.
29:07Protégés, another one.
29:09And a potager, you know, the kitchen garden.
29:11Yeah, yeah.
29:12All right.
29:1386-79.
29:14Final letters game.
29:15Dylan?
29:15Dylan Taylor.
29:17Go.
29:18Can I have a consonant, please?
29:20Thank you, Dylan.
29:20R.
29:21Another.
29:23S.
29:23Another.
29:25M.
29:26Another.
29:28N.
29:29A vowel.
29:30O.
29:31Vowel.
29:33E.
29:34Consonant.
29:35R.
29:36Vowel.
29:39A.
29:40Final.
29:42A vowel, please.
29:44And a final.
29:45Aye.
29:46Clock starts now.
29:48The clock starts now.
29:49MUSIC PLAYS
30:18Dylan? Nine.
30:19And nine, and Dan? Nine.
30:22I think we know about this nine.
30:24Dylan? Rosemarine.
30:26And, um...
30:27Rosemarine. Rosemarine. There we go.
30:29Well done.
30:35APPLAUSE
30:36Well done, 97-104.
30:39And it's numbers for you, Dan.
30:42Make the best of it.
30:43I'll try one large again, please.
30:44Thank you, Dan.
30:45Trying one large and going for the crucial conundrum,
30:48which Dylan is notoriously good at.
30:49Good luck with those tactics.
30:51We shall see.
30:51OK, the last numbers game is one, six, two, another one, eight,
30:58and the big one, 25, and the target, 493.
31:024-9-3.
31:32MUSIC CONTINUES
31:33Yes, Dan?
31:35Can I only get 494?
31:364-9-4. One away, Dylan.
31:394-9-2.
31:41Wow, interesting.
31:42Dan?
31:44OK, I did 25 times 2.
31:4725 times 2 is 50.
31:50Then 8 plus 1 plus 1.
31:528 plus 1 plus 1 is 10.
31:54Times them together, take away 6.
31:56500 and 1 away.
31:584-9-4.
31:59Yes, and Dylan?
32:002 add 1.
32:022 add 1, 3.
32:04Times 25.
32:05Times 25, 75.
32:06Add 8.
32:08Add 8, 83.
32:10Take the other 1.
32:11Take the other 1 for 82.
32:12Times 6.
32:13And times it by 6.
32:141 away.
32:151 away.
32:16All right.
32:16Rachel, can you do it?
32:184-9-3.
32:18They straddle it.
32:19Can you give us a bullseye?
32:21A bit of a tricky one, so leave it with me.
32:23I certainly will.
32:24What we have now, of course, is a crucial conundrum, chaps.
32:29104 plays 111.
32:31So, Dylan and Dan, fingers on buzzers, please.
32:34Good luck to you both as we reveal today's crucial conundrum.
32:41Dylan?
32:42Intestacy.
32:44Intestacy.
32:47Remarkable young man.
32:58Fantastic.
33:01No true, he was absolutely right.
33:03Absolute lightning on the conundrums.
33:06Fantastic.
33:06Well done.
33:07A great winner.
33:08A great young winner.
33:10Well done.
33:10Dan, bad luck.
33:12I mean, you were there all the time.
33:14He's just too good?
33:15What can you do?
33:15He was just, at the end of it, he just beat you to it.
33:18Yeah.
33:18He beat you to the draw.
33:19I will.
33:20Brilliant stuff.
33:21Well done.
33:21Thank you very much for coming.
33:22You're a great, great player.
33:25And on the day, young Dylan Taylor takes this trophy.
33:29It's not actually made of kryptonite.
33:30And there are no diamonds involved.
33:32It's more valuable than that.
33:33Because what it says is that you, Dylan Taylor, are the Countdown Champion of Champions for 2016.
33:40Fantastic.
33:41Well done.
33:43Well done.
33:46I want to thank Naga for being such a delightful guest right through this.
33:51Thank you for having me.
33:52It's been a pleasure.
33:53And we shall see you, Susie, on Monday.
33:55Look forward to it.
33:55All right.
33:56Back to normal on Monday then, Rachel.
33:58Yeah.
33:58But I do like to have the final word.
34:00It's a shame with these champions.
34:01They've done so well.
34:02But I get to tidy up.
34:05If you say 25 plus 6 is 31.
34:09Times by 8 is 248.
34:13Minus 1 is 247.
34:16Times by 2 is 494.
34:20And you take away the other 1.
34:21Oh, well done.
34:22Well done.
34:24Well done.
34:29Shouldn't take away from these boys because they're incredible.
34:31You're not gloating.
34:33That was, you know, you're the best.
34:35That's the truth of it.
34:36See you on Monday, same time, same place.
34:37You be sure of it.
34:38A very good afternoon.
34:40Yeah.
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