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00:31Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown Studio this weekend.
00:35Big decisions are to be made.
00:36Oh yes, it's Christmas tree time.
00:40What are we going to do?
00:41Will it be big? Will it be small?
00:42Will it be real? Will it be fake?
00:44What are we going to do?
00:44What are we going to do?
00:45Now Rachel, I've got some facts about Christmas trees.
00:47These may well have some influence on people.
00:50Apparently Prince Albert, and I think it's a pretty well-known fact actually,
00:53husband of Queen Victoria is said to have a popularised tree,
00:56who wants to bring a little bit of Germany into British homes at the time of Christmas.
01:00Although apparently George III's German wife, none other than Queen Charlotte,
01:07apparently brought Christmas trees into the UK in 1800.
01:10But the tallest, the tallest Christmas tree ever recorded was a Douglas fir.
01:15It was erected in Washington way back in 1950, and it was 221 feet tall.
01:21Now that is a big tree.
01:22That's a big tree.
01:24We decided we were fed up at home with chucking the Christmas tree out at the end of Christmas.
01:30There were pine needles all over the floor, and against everything that I stand for,
01:35I bought a fake one, and I'm absolutely delighted because it's terrific.
01:39But the Christmas lights, they're always something of a disappointment
01:42because they never quite work as well this year as they did last year,
01:46and it's always the traipse out to get another set.
01:48Are you a tinsel man?
01:50Not really.
01:51No.
01:51Not really.
01:52I like shiny balls, but I'm not wild about the tinsel.
01:57Now then, who have we got with the fridge?
01:59We've got John Shores back with four great wins.
02:02121 points last time.
02:04Brilliant stuff.
02:05Well done, John.
02:06Now you're joined by Shirley Robb, a self-employed teacher of drama.
02:10Comes from Matt Stoke Poges.
02:12Used to work as an entertainment officer on ships, which is where you met your future husband.
02:19Now what was all that about?
02:20At the start of each new cruise, part of our job was to wander the lounges and say hello, greet
02:26the new passengers on board.
02:27And I walked into one particular lounge and was drawn to a gentleman the other side of the room who
02:34was chatting to a fellow entertainment officer, another lady in the team.
02:38And I was just overcome with jealousy.
02:41I just really felt jealous.
02:43And I walked over to him and offered him a drink.
02:45I mean, I was allowed to offer new passengers a drink, so it wasn't that extreme.
02:50And the funniest thing of all, though, is that I was actually as blind as a bat at the time.
02:54I've had a laser op since, so I can now see better.
02:57But at the time, I call it love at short sight.
03:00Brilliant.
03:00Because I genuinely couldn't have seen him from that distance.
03:03Well, there was a good instinct there somewhere.
03:04Good instinct.
03:05There we are.
03:06All right.
03:06Big round of applause for Shirley and John.
03:12And over in the corner, of course, Susie Dent.
03:14And he loves a bit of Countdown.
03:16It's TV and radio presenter Colin Murray.
03:20Welcome back, Colin.
03:21I do love it.
03:21It's one or two weeks here I do this.
03:24I love it.
03:25I can read your story, Shirley, because every time I see Susie with another man in Dictionary Corner, like Giles
03:30Brandrith, I'm just awash with rage and jealous.
03:35You and millions of other men, am I telling you?
03:38All right.
03:39Now then, John, let's get down to business.
03:41It's a letters game.
03:42OK.
03:42Hi, Rachel.
03:43Hi, John.
03:44Can I grab a consonant, please?
03:45Start with S.
03:47And a consonant.
03:49Q.
03:50And a vowel, please.
03:52I.
03:53And a vowel.
03:55U.
03:56And a consonant.
03:58M.
04:00Consonant.
04:02L.
04:04And another consonant.
04:06P.
04:07A vowel, please.
04:10E.
04:13And a final consonant, please.
04:15And the last one.
04:16T.
04:17And here's the countdown clock.
04:50Yes, John?
04:51Seven.
04:52Seven.
04:53Shirley?
04:53Eight.
04:55John?
04:56I have impulse.
04:58And Shirley?
04:59Lumpiest.
05:00Well done, Shirley.
05:02Well done.
05:05Well done.
05:06All right.
05:07And Colin and Susie, what have you conjured up?
05:10Yeah, that's the it.
05:11I do like limpets, which was quite an easy one early on, and that's...
05:14Yeah, but when I think limpets, I think of a limpet mine.
05:17Oh, okay.
05:18This is one of Richard Whiteley's favourite words, actually.
05:20A limpet is a marine mollusk.
05:22It's not the one that you'll think of.
05:24A limpet.
05:25A limpet.
05:26Yeah.
05:26Yeah.
05:27Stuck to a rock, like a barnacle.
05:28Exactly.
05:29Indeed.
05:30All right.
05:30Barnacle geese.
05:32Eight points to Shirley.
05:34Well done.
05:34And it's now Shirley's letters again.
05:36A consonant, please, Rachel.
05:38Thank you, Shirley.
05:39N.
05:40And another consonant.
05:42V.
05:43And another.
05:44D.
05:45And one more, please.
05:48S.
05:49And a vowel.
05:50O.
05:51And another vowel.
05:53A.
05:54And another vowel.
05:57I.
05:59A consonant.
06:00B.
06:01And a final vowel, please.
06:03And a final E.
06:06Stand by.
06:07And a vowel.
06:25And a vowel.
06:26And a vowel.
06:26And a vowel.
06:26And a vowel.
06:26And a vowel.
06:26And a vowel.
06:27And a vowel.
06:27And a vowel.
06:28And a vowel.
06:32And a vowel.
06:38Shirley.
06:39Seven.
06:40Seven, John?
06:41Seven.
06:42Shirley.
06:43Bandies.
06:45And bovines.
06:48Bovines.
06:50OK.
06:51Let's see whether it's there as a noun.
06:53It is indeed, yeah.
06:54We know mostly in terms of bovine tuberculosis, etc., as an adjective,
06:58but it's also an animal of a cattle group as a noun.
07:01Well done.
07:02All right.
07:03Now, 15 plays seven.
07:05Shirley in the lead, and it's John's numbers game.
07:07OK.
07:07Can I have four large and two small, please?
07:09You can indeed.
07:10Thank you, John.
07:11Four from the top row, two little ones.
07:12And the first numbers game of this contest is 10, 8, 100, 50, 25, and 75.
07:21And the target to reach 950.
07:25Nine, five-er.
07:26One, five-year-old.
07:57Yes, John?
07:599.50.
08:00And Shirley, too.
08:02All right, John.
08:03Okay, I did 100 times 10 and minus 50.
08:069.50, straightforward.
08:07There we go.
08:08And...
08:08The same.
08:09Nothing too strenuous about that.
08:1125 plays 17.
08:13John on 17 as we turn to our first tea time teaser,
08:15which is his garden.
08:17And the clue, he decorated his meal
08:19with some parsley from the garden.
08:21He decorated his meal with some parsley from the garden.
08:41Welcome back.
08:43And after the clue,
08:44he decorated his meal with some parsley from the garden.
08:47In fact, he garnished it.
08:48He garnished it with some parsley from the garden.
08:52So, 17 for John.
08:53Shirley on 25.
08:54It's Shirley's letters game.
08:56Shirley.
08:57A consonant, please.
08:58Thank you, Shirley.
09:00And another.
09:02G.
09:03And a third consonant.
09:05T.
09:06And one more, please.
09:08S.
09:09And a vowel.
09:11U.
09:13And another, please.
09:15O.
09:16Another.
09:18A.
09:20A consonant.
09:23X.
09:24And a final vowel, please.
09:25And a final.
09:26I.
09:28Stand by.
09:30A ich.
09:32A Zoolong.
09:32Aektion.
09:52A jumpscare.
09:52A encountered.
09:53A.
09:53A.
09:53A.
09:53A.
09:53A.
09:53A.
09:58A.
09:58A.
09:59A. A. A. A. C.
10:00Shirley.
10:01I hope a six.
10:03A six, John.
10:04A six.
10:05Shirley.
10:06Axioms.
10:08I've got the same one.
10:10John hopes so, too.
10:13Two axioms.
10:14Axioms.
10:15Can we beat it?
10:16Very, very nice.
10:17Axiom being a pithy saying, obviously.
10:19I like that one.
10:20We have one seven.
10:22Agoutis are there.
10:24Yeah, bit of a countdown word.
10:26Large, long-legged, burrowing rodents
10:29related to the guinea pig.
10:31Indeed.
10:31Isn't it amazing how often they come up?
10:33They do.
10:34Goaties.
10:34They're useful.
10:36Very useful, I suppose.
10:3823, page 31.
10:39And John, your letters game.
10:41Can I have an A consonant, please?
10:42Thank you, John.
10:44S.
10:45And consonant.
10:47P.
10:48And a third, please.
10:50H.
10:51And a vowel.
10:53E.
10:54And another vowel, please.
10:56A.
10:57And a third vowel.
10:59U.
11:01And a consonant, please.
11:03T.
11:04Consonant.
11:06D.
11:10And a final consonant, please.
11:13And a final F.
11:15Stand by.
11:16The.
11:38Bye.
11:47Yes, John?
11:48Seven.
11:48A seven, Shirley?
11:50Six.
11:51And that six?
11:53It's phased.
11:54John?
11:55Updates.
11:57There we go.
11:58Excellent.
12:00Very, very good.
12:01So, just one point in it now, and it's Shirley's 31 to 30.
12:05But in the corner?
12:07Well, we like updates, we add updates.
12:09There's a beautiful word in there for a dust heap.
12:13A dust heap, really?
12:14A dust heap.
12:15Well done.
12:19Well done.
12:20All right.
12:21Numbers time, then.
12:23Shirley, off you go.
12:25One from the top, please, Rachel, and any other five?
12:28Thank you, Shirley.
12:28One large and five little this time.
12:31And these five small ones are one, five, eight, three, and nine.
12:37And the big one, 75.
12:38And the target, 717.
12:41Seven, one, seven.
12:57One, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
12:59seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
12:59seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
12:59seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
12:59seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven,
12:59seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven, seven
13:13Shirley.
13:14Lost it.
13:15Sorry.
13:16Too far.
13:17And John?
13:17717.
13:19717.
13:20Yes, John.
13:22Carried 75 plus 5 is 80.
13:2580.
13:26Multiplied by 9.
13:27720.
13:28And minus the 3.
13:29717.
13:30Perfect.
13:30Well done.
13:31Well done indeed.
13:36Bounces you into a 9-point lead.
13:3840 plays 31.
13:39As we turn to Colin.
13:41Now then, Colin.
13:41What sporting stories have you got for us today?
13:44Well yesterday I brought you the curse of the billy goat.
13:47So I thought I'd move on to dead chickens today.
13:49It was a natural progression.
13:50I'm going to take you back to 1969.
13:53And to the Australian football team, the Socceroos.
13:56There's another animal connection there.
13:58They were heading to Rhodesia in 1969.
13:59Then called Rhodesia.
14:01For a qualifying game for the 1970 World Cup.
14:04And if they won it, they'd all but qualify.
14:06Not quite.
14:07And the team get there quite a bit of time before.
14:09And the rumours start spreading about it of a witch doctor in town who can put a curse on the
14:14home team.
14:14And ensure that they win.
14:16So the Australian players decided to go and see this witch doctor.
14:20Under the cover of darkness, they sneak him into the ground that they're going to be playing this game.
14:23And he casts his spell in their favour and plants bones beside the goalpost.
14:29Lo and behold, they win easily.
14:313-1.
14:32And the witch doctor says,
14:34Fantastic, that's $1,000.
14:36And they laugh at him.
14:37We're not giving you a penny.
14:39We're not paying you for this.
14:40And he said, I will reverse this curse.
14:43It will be on your team.
14:46The very next game, they play Israel, who they're expected to beat.
14:49And they lose.
14:50And didn't qualify for World Cup time after time after time.
14:54No matter how many times they were favourite, they didn't qualify for the World Cups.
14:58So fast forward into the 21st century.
15:00And a comedian called John Safran decided that he would journey back to the stadium and see what he could
15:06do.
15:06Hunt down this witch doctor who'd cursed the Australian national team.
15:10Turns out he was dead.
15:12But he met his mate who said, I can channel his spirit.
15:15So again, they sneaked back into the ground.
15:17They sat in the centre circle.
15:19And this mad witch doctor started chanting.
15:22Sacrificed a live chicken.
15:24And spread this comedic journalist with the blood.
15:27Absolutely crazy.
15:29That was in 2005.
15:30Susie, I've got three questions for you.
15:33What do you think happened when Australia tried to qualify for the 2006 World Cup?
15:38It works, hopefully.
15:40What do you think happened when they tried to qualify for the 2010 World Cup?
15:43Qualified.
15:44And what do you think happened in 2014?
15:45Qualified.
15:46So listen, I am not advocating not hiring witch doctors out there.
15:49Everybody watching.
15:50Just make sure you get the money to pay them.
15:53Very good.
15:59Oh dear.
16:00Oh dear.
16:00Makes you think, doesn't it?
16:01Well.
16:02All right.
16:0340 please.
16:0331.
16:04And John.
16:06John Shaw.
16:06Letters game.
16:07OK.
16:08Can I have A consonant, please?
16:09Thank you, John.
16:11R.
16:11And a consonant.
16:13M.
16:14And a third.
16:16T.
16:17A vowel, please.
16:19E.
16:20A vowel.
16:21I.
16:22And a third vowel.
16:24U.
16:26A consonant.
16:27W.
16:29Consonant, please.
16:31V.
16:32And a final vowel, please.
16:35And the last one.
16:36A.
16:37Stand by.
17:10Yes, John.
17:11A seven.
17:11A seven.
17:13And Shirley.
17:14A six.
17:14And your six.
17:16Waiter.
17:17Waiter.
17:17Now then, John.
17:18Matured.
17:19Yes.
17:20Nice one.
17:21Matured.
17:22Very nice.
17:23Now, Colin and Susie.
17:26We've kind of got to the stage where we know what he's got when he says the letters.
17:29Oh yeah, he'll have that word we come up with.
17:30A couple of nice ones in there.
17:32I'll leave Muriel to you.
17:33But I do like wartime as another seven in there.
17:36Well done.
17:37Some people might have thought they could have as one word.
17:39Yeah.
17:39And Susie?
17:40Yes.
17:40Muriate is a derivative of muriatic acid, which is a very old term for hydrochloric acid.
17:46Very good.
17:47Well done.
17:4747, please.
17:4931.
17:49And it's Shirley's letters game.
17:51Good luck, Shirley.
17:53It's a consonant, please, Rachel.
17:54Thank you, Shirley.
17:56L.
17:56And another consonant.
17:59N.
18:00And another.
18:02C.
18:03And one more, please.
18:05T.
18:07A vowel.
18:07O.
18:09Another vowel.
18:11E.
18:12Another.
18:15A.
18:16A consonant.
18:18H.
18:19And a final vowel, please.
18:21And the last one.
18:22E.
18:24Count.
18:56Shirley.
18:57I'm getting worse. Five.
18:58A five to John's.
19:00Five. Five. Now then, Shirley.
19:03Teach. Teach and?
19:05Cheat. And cheat.
19:08Now then,
19:09we must be able to beat
19:10five, Shirley. Yeah, it's always good when you can beat him
19:12in a round.
19:14Obviously, clothed, just for
19:16a six in there. Yeah.
19:18And seven, chelate.
19:20C-H-E-L-A-T-E.
19:22Another chemical term. It's
19:24all about bonded atoms.
19:26Quite a complicated definition, but that will give you a seven.
19:28It'll do. Thank you very much.
19:31Thank you. 52 to
19:3236. And John,
19:34we're back with the numbers again. John.
19:36Can I have four from the top again, please?
19:38You can indeed. Thank you, John.
19:40Hopefully something trickier than the last four large.
19:42Right, these two smalls are
19:44seven and three, and the large
19:46four, 25, 100,
19:4875, and 50.
19:50And the target,
19:51352.
19:53352.
19:54Mm-hmm.
19:55Mm-hmm.
20:04Yeah.
20:22Yes,
20:23yes.
20:23And the target,
20:24,ности,
20:26John.
20:273, 5, 3.
20:283, 5, 3, Shelley.
20:303, 5, 3.
20:32John.
20:333 times 100.
20:353 times 100, 300.
20:36100 plus 50.
20:38350.
20:39And 75 over 25 is 3.
20:41It is indeed for one away.
20:44And Shelley.
20:4550 times 7 is 350.
20:4850 times 7, 350.
20:50Plus the 3.
20:51Plus the 3 for one away.
20:53Now, can you get us spot on there, Rachel?
20:563, 5, 2.
20:57I think John spotted it.
20:58Yeah, this is goal hanging.
20:59Because if you then say 100 minus 75 is 25.
21:03Divided by the 25, you get one and you can take it away from Shelley's method.
21:10So, John.
21:12John on 59, Shelley on 43.
21:15As we turn to our second tea time teaser, which is solo mints.
21:19And the clue, my word, you don't have to dash.
21:21Use this instead.
21:23My word, you don't have to dash.
21:25Use this instead.
21:43Welcome back.
21:44I left with the clue.
21:45My word, you don't have to dash.
21:47Use this instead.
21:48And the answer is semicolon.
21:52Semicolon.
21:53So, John on 59, Shirley 43.
21:56You're still in touch there, Shirley.
21:58As we go through a letters game.
22:00Shirley.
22:01A consonant, please, Rachel.
22:02Thank you, Shirley.
22:04Y.
22:04And another one.
22:07N.
22:09And another.
22:11R.
22:12And one more, please.
22:14N.
22:15A vowel.
22:17I.
22:18And another vowel.
22:20O.
22:21And another.
22:23A.
22:24A consonant.
22:26A consonant.
22:27R.
22:29And a final vowel, please.
22:32And a final.
22:34E.
22:35Countdown.
22:36A consonant.
22:39A consonant.
22:52A consonant.
22:53A consonant.
22:53A consonant.
22:53A consonant.
22:53A consonant.
22:53A consonant.
22:53A consonant.
23:06Yes, Shirley?
23:07Just a five.
23:08A five, John?
23:09Five as well.
23:11Now then, Shirley?
23:13Rainy.
23:14And anion.
23:17An anion, absolutely fine.
23:18Yeah, that's a negatively charged ion as opposed to a cation.
23:22OK, and we're happy with Rainy.
23:25It was a rainy Sunday.
23:26Yes, very British.
23:28Colin?
23:29People?
23:30Well, this was easy for me to get this one because it's what I am to Susie for five days
23:35in a row.
23:35Annoyer.
23:37I'm not sure.
23:39An annoyer.
23:40And Susie?
23:41I'm sure.
23:42It's a very good time.
23:44Joking.
23:45Seven, yeah.
23:46That was our best.
23:47All right.
23:48Very good.
23:49So, 64 plays, 48.
23:51John?
23:52Letters go.
23:53OK, hi, Rachel.
23:54Can I have a consonant, please?
23:56Thank you, John.
23:57D.
23:58And a consonant.
24:00K.
24:01And a third, please.
24:03P.
24:04And a fourth.
24:06R.
24:07A vowel.
24:08A.
24:10A vowel.
24:11I.
24:12And a third vowel, please.
24:15U.
24:17OK, a consonant, please.
24:20T.
24:22And a final vowel, please.
24:25And a final E.
24:28Don't, don't.
24:29And a meantime, please.
24:57Tant to the best.
24:58We'll be in par front.
24:59So, man.
24:59Yes, John. Seven. A seven and? A risky seven. John? Pirated. Oh, yeah. Of course. And? Torpia. As in the
25:13colour torpish. Yeah, I think that would be topo rather than top. Torpia. Um, because I don't think torpia would
25:19be there as an adjective. It's not, I'm afraid. Sorry. Bad luck.
25:24Now, what can we have? Susie, Colin? Is uprated, like upgraded? Yeah, it's not a particularly nice word. Sort of
25:32euphemistic business speak, but uprated would give you a seven. Very good. Very good. You could have prated. Can you
25:39have to prate? Yes. And prated? Yes. Prate and prattle? Yeah, talk foolishly at tedious length about something. Yeah. Yeah.
25:46Well, I can do that quite a lot, actually. 71 plays 48. John on 71. Susie, what have you got
25:52for us today in your wonderful
25:54origin of words? Well, I'm quite often asked about the origin of spitting image. So if you're the spitting image
26:01of somebody else, you are the exact likeness. We have an exact likeness to them. And it's a very curious
26:07expression on the face of it. But all becomes clear, really, when you look back to its original incarnation, and
26:13that was spit and image.
26:15And the idea was that you were literally looked as if you'd been spat out of the mouth, particularly of
26:23your mother or your father. So it was used very much in connection with family likeness. So one account of
26:291690, so even older still, speaks of, we are of our father as like him, as if spit out of
26:34his mouth.
26:36And from this, a noun sense emerged, and spit began to mean an exact image. And as you can imagine,
26:42when people are talking, spitting image, spitting image, at the next stage, if you like, was spitting, and then became
26:49spitting that we know today. So quite simple, really. And the idea, as I say, of being literally spat out
26:54of somebody's mouth.
26:55Another way of saying an exact likeness is a dead ringer. And that goes back to horse racing. When a
27:02ringer is still used today, actually, it's a horse substituted for another of similar appearance in order to defraud the
27:08bookies. So obviously entered under a false name. And that idea goes back to ringing the changes. It's a riff
27:15on ringing the changes, because of course, you change the horse.
27:19Then it was adopted into the language to mean any very close duplicates. And a ring has been used, in
27:25fact, to mean that sort of illegal exchange for many, many years. So that's the ringer bit. Dead is very
27:32simple. We don't use it too much in that sense these days. But if you think about a dead shot,
27:36a dead heat, for example, it's all, again, that idea of precision. So exact duplicates, whether it's a spitting image
27:43or a dead ringer, it will go back over a century or more.
27:46Oh, well done.
27:49Very good.
27:53Fabulous. So there we go. 71 plays 48. And it's Shirley's letters game. Shirley.
28:00Thank you. Consonant, please, Rachel.
28:03Thank you, Shirley.
28:04And another one.
28:06N.
28:07And another.
28:09S.
28:10And one more.
28:12G.
28:13And a vowel.
28:15O.
28:16Another vowel.
28:17E.
28:19One more, please.
28:22A.
28:23A consonant.
28:25D.
28:27And a final vowel, please.
28:28And a final.
28:30I.
28:31Stand by.
28:32And a.
28:34I.
28:44I.
28:48I.
28:52I.
28:55I.
28:56I.
29:03Shirley?
29:04Six.
29:05Six.
29:06John?
29:06Seven.
29:07Shirley?
29:08Signed.
29:09Now then, John, I've got demons with an A.
29:12Yeah.
29:13Yes.
29:14Very good.
29:15Any more demons over there, Colin?
29:17Yeah, I think demons, Anne, you'll agonise over it as well when you say it's there, agonised.
29:23You've got another one as well?
29:24Well, yeah, Domaine, with the E on the end, French vineyard, so you can put ES on actually to get
29:29eight.
29:32And mangoes are there as well, if you wanted something fruity.
29:35Yeah, I love a mango, absolutely.
29:3878 plays 48.
29:39Now then, John, final letters game.
29:41A consonant, please.
29:43Thank you, John.
29:44T.
29:44And another one.
29:47B.
29:48And another.
29:50N.
29:51And a fourth, please.
29:53C.
29:54And a vowel.
29:56E.
29:57And a vowel.
29:58A.
29:59And a third vowel, please.
30:01A.
30:02A consonant.
30:04T.
30:08And a final consonant, please.
30:11And to finish, F.
30:14Stand by.
30:15And a vowel.
30:36And a vowel.
30:37And a vowel.
30:37And a vowel.
30:37And a vowel.
30:37And a vowel.
30:37And a vowel.
30:39and a vowel.
30:40And a vowel.
30:46Yes, John?
30:47A seven.
30:48A seven, Shirley?
30:49I've really lost this, haven't I?
30:51Six.
30:52And your six?
30:53A Bates.
30:54A Bates, and I've got batons.
30:58B-A-T-T-E-N-S.
30:59Yeah, batons down the hatches.
31:01Very good indeed, yes.
31:04Very good.
31:05Colin?
31:05Well, it's one of those rare occasions that the only seven that we were looking for was checking your words,
31:10so honestly, with all the might of the dent, we weren't able to find a seven before you did, so
31:17fantastic.
31:18Well done.
31:18All right, so 85 to 48 as we turn to Shirley for the final numbers game.
31:23Good luck, Shirley.
31:24One from the top, and any other five, please?
31:28Thank you, Shirley.
31:28One large, five little, and the final numbers game of the week is eight.
31:34Another eight.
31:35One, nine, six, and 75.
31:40And this target, 714.
31:42Seven, one, four.
31:43One, nine, six, and a half.
31:46One, nine, six, and a half.
32:01network in the first Nak Bjorn story.
32:01One, nine, six, and a half.
32:03One, nine, six, and a half.
32:06One, nine, seven, five.
32:13Yeah, Shelley.
32:15No, I haven't got it. Sorry.
32:16Too far?
32:17Yeah.
32:17Now then, John.
32:18714.
32:19John.
32:20OK, 75 plus 6 is 81.
32:2381.
32:24Multiplied by 9 is 729.
32:27It is indeed.
32:288 add 8 is 16.
32:31Minus 1 is 15.
32:34And take that away.
32:35Perfect.
32:36714.
32:37Well done.
32:41Well done, John.
32:43That's a real forte of yours, the numbers, I must say.
32:45Tremendous.
32:4695 to Shelley's 48 as we go into the final round.
32:49So, fingers on buzzers, Shelley and John.
32:52Let's roll today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:57That was fast.
32:59Yes, John Shaw?
33:01Is it paper?
33:01No, it's not.
33:02Sorry.
33:03Down to you, Shelley.
33:15Preparing?
33:16Preparing?
33:17I hope you're right.
33:19So do I.
33:20Let's roll it and see.
33:22You are right.
33:23Well done.
33:29You're pleased about that.
33:31Nice way to end.
33:32It is a very good way to end.
33:34But, um, John takes today.
33:3795.
33:38You held him down under 100, which is well done.
33:4058, not a bad score at all to somebody who's already won four times.
33:44So back to, um, Stoke Poges.
33:47And you take this goodie bag back.
33:48And best wishes to your husband and your son, whom I met at Merchant Taylor School, you told me.
33:53How's he getting on?
33:54Very well, thank you.
33:55It's a fine school.
33:56It's a fine school.
33:57Wonderful school.
33:57Brilliant stuff.
33:58Well done.
33:59And we shall see you, John, on Monday.
34:02Have a peaceful weekend.
34:03Have a peaceful weekend.
34:05See you then.
34:06And see you both.
34:06You're coming back on Monday, Colin, at home.
34:08Oh, yes.
34:09Another three days.
34:10Get your money's worth.
34:11Indeed.
34:12Well, you certainly deliver that.
34:13All right.
34:13We'll see you on Monday.
34:15And Susie, too, of course.
34:15Have a good weekend.
34:16All right.
34:17And, Rachel.
34:19So, he's good with the numbers, isn't he?
34:21By and large.
34:22He's very good.
34:22It's nice to have a four large selection for me.
34:25Something to do for a change.
34:26Indeed.
34:26All right.
34:27Well, we'll see you on Monday.
34:28See you then.
34:28Same time, same place.
34:30You be sure of it.
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