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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Bonjour, mon ami, it's Friday, it's Countdown,
00:34last show of the week, and everyone is in great spirits.
00:37None more so than my la dame de fer.
00:40Rachel Riley, what's that mean? Have a guess.
00:42La dame de fer, I'd say, is the woman of iron.
00:45Very good, very good indeed.
00:47It is the Iron Lady, which is actually originally
00:50the local nickname for the Eiffel Tower.
00:53Oh, I thought you were calling me Margaret Thatcher.
00:56That'll be some start to this show.
00:58So, way back in 1889, of course, the Eiffel Tower was seen
01:01as a monstrosity, and I saw it, and obviously now,
01:04it's an absolute epicentre of romance.
01:07And we know, listen, we know that Patch is not the most romantic
01:10partner in the world, but... Ew!
01:12He's not, come on, he proposed. He is.
01:14He proposed in front of the Benz. He does it every day,
01:16just not for the proposals. OK.
01:18How many people do you think propose every year
01:21at the Eiffel Tower? Too many.
01:23It's actually, although they can't say exactly,
01:26but between 7,000 and 10,000.
01:29Have some originality.
01:31How many people propose by the Benz in Market Street every day?
01:34I take it all back. Patch is a genius.
01:36We can all learn from him. Original, one of a kind.
01:39Well, there you go. Romance blossoms at the Eiffel Tower.
01:42A quick look towards Dictionary Corner, and all week it has been
01:46Je T'aime, the perfect couple to keep things ticking over,
01:49keeping us informed and entertained.
01:51It's our G of the day, Susie Dent,
01:53and the man who puts the rhythm in her barbecue sauce,
01:56it's Levi Routes.
01:59You jumped in to celebrate as well, Gavin Finlay,
02:02a man of the world.
02:04But he said on his debut that he would retire,
02:07all things being even, to New Zealand.
02:10What's your best memory of New Zealand?
02:12Well, actually, I proposed to my lovely wife, Anna,
02:16at Eastern Cape, on a very remote beach that had a pier,
02:20at the end of the pier.
02:22The stars were so bright, you could see the Milky Way,
02:25and since then we've got married and had three children
02:28in the last six years.
02:29Worked out well. Listen, it's as if we planned it.
02:31Lovely. That's why we like to have a natter before the show starts.
02:34And Danny Jessop joins us. He's from Hull.
02:37He's lived in Germany, just like Gavin,
02:39but it's pure Hull accent still.
02:41You didn't lose it at all, did you?
02:43No, it just got worse.
02:45I became more Hull-esque when I lived in Germany.
02:49Now, listen, you love the music,
02:51and we've obviously got Levi Roots here,
02:53who's a music encyclopaedia, but it's the blues.
02:55Tell me all about your band.
02:57Oh, it's something that I do with my dad.
03:00It started off during Covid,
03:02just a bit of a way to spend time and get out of the house.
03:05I love playing anything, though.
03:07I've been a fan of this guy when he was doing stuff with Maxi Priest.
03:10Yeah, he's some pop, isn't he?
03:11And the blues, what's your favourite blues tune of all time?
03:14Have you got one?
03:15Oh, no.
03:16I'm asking Susie a favourite word.
03:18Exactly. Well, actually, don't ask Susie for a favourite word.
03:22We'll be here until about half past four,
03:24so definitely don't do that.
03:26Danny and Gavin, good luck.
03:30All right, what a performance. A century-plus on his debut.
03:33Let's see if he can emulate it.
03:35Gavin, let's get some letters.
03:37Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:39Thank you, Gavin. Start today with T.
03:42And another consonant, please.
03:44P.
03:45And a vowel, please.
03:47I.
03:48And a consonant, please.
03:50R.
03:51And a vowel, please.
03:53E.
03:54And another consonant, please.
03:59M.
04:00And a vowel, please.
04:02A.
04:04And a consonant, please.
04:06N.
04:07And a final consonant, please.
04:10Looks like a nice start. A final S.
04:13At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:16MUSIC PLAYS
04:44MUSIC STOPS
04:46Time's up. Gavin?
04:48Eight.
04:49And Danny?
04:50Eight.
04:51The eight is?
04:52Primates.
04:53Primates.
04:54And Danny?
04:55Painters.
04:56Painters.
04:57All week I've been teasing Dixonry Corner,
05:00they haven't delivered me a nine yet.
05:02Can I stand on it? Can I stand up when I do this?
05:05Stand up, stand up, Levi. Stand up, let's hear it.
05:08Spearmint.
05:09Yes!
05:10APPLAUSE
05:13What a start. Eight points each, a nine from Dixonry Corner.
05:16The only way is down, Danny. Let's get your letters.
05:19I'll take a consonant to start, please.
05:21Thank you, Danny.
05:22G.
05:23And another.
05:25T.
05:26And another.
05:28R.
05:30And a vowel.
05:32O.
05:33And another vowel.
05:35I.
05:37And a consonant.
05:39H.
05:41And another.
05:43R.
05:45And a vowel.
05:48E.
05:50And a consonant.
05:52Lastly, J.
05:5430 seconds.
06:11MUSIC
06:25And that's time. How did you get on, Danny?
06:27Just a five.
06:28A five, and Gavin?
06:29A six.
06:30A six. What's the five, Danny?
06:32Right.
06:33Right, and Gavin for six?
06:35Goiter.
06:36Goiter over to Dixonry Corner.
06:38Yes, good old Countdown word, that one.
06:40And we had a seven as well.
06:42Yeah, we've got a seven, which you missed out there.
06:44It could be an E-R and the end of right.
06:46So, writer.
06:47Ah.
06:48If that's OK.
06:49Yes, a writer of wrongs, for example.
06:51There you go.
06:5214, eight at the end of our first two letters round.
06:55So, let's get our first numbers.
06:57And, Gavin, as champion, you're choosing.
06:59One from the top and any of the five, please.
07:01Thank you, Gavin. One large.
07:03Five littles.
07:05And the first numbers of the day.
07:07Two.
07:08Three.
07:09Five.
07:10Seven.
07:11Five.
07:12And the big one, 75.
07:14And the target for you, 124.
07:17124, numbers up.
07:39MUSIC PLAYS
07:49Low target. Did you hit it, Gavin?
07:51Yes, 124.
07:52And Danny?
07:53124.
07:54Well done, both of you. Gavin, let's hear it.
07:56Five plus two is seven.
07:58Five plus two, seven.
08:00Times seven is 49.
08:02Yep.
08:03Plus 75 is hopefully 124.
08:05It is indeed 124.
08:06There are many roads to travel.
08:08Danny, did you take the same one? No.
08:10Let's hear it.
08:11So, 75 times two?
08:12150.
08:13Three times seven?
08:15Is 21.
08:16Plus five?
08:1726.
08:18And subtract that from 150.
08:20Perfect. Well done.
08:21APPLAUSE
08:24Very nice.
08:25Maximum each in the first numbers round of the day.
08:28Let's get our first tea time teaser, then.
08:30Fred, true. Fred, true.
08:33Patch was put down, but by a gardener, not a vet.
08:37Patch was put down, but by a gardener, not a vet.
08:57Welcome back.
08:58Patch was put down, but by a gardener, not a vet.
09:01Fred, true, becomes re-turfed.
09:04And what a game we have today.
09:0524-18.
09:06Very close indeed.
09:08Slight lead for our champion.
09:10But, Danny, you're picking these letters.
09:12I'll start with a consonant, please.
09:14Thank you, Danny.
09:15P.
09:16And another.
09:18C.
09:19And another.
09:21G.
09:22And a vowel.
09:24U.
09:25And another.
09:27O.
09:28And another.
09:30E.
09:31A consonant, please.
09:33L.
09:35And another.
09:37S.
09:40And a final consonant, please.
09:43Final M.
09:45Thanks, Rich.
10:04MUSIC
10:17Time's up. How did you get on, Danny?
10:19Seven.
10:20And Gavin?
10:21The six.
10:22The six is?
10:23Pogues.
10:24So here we go, Danny.
10:25Glucose.
10:26Oh, very good.
10:27Excellent spot.
10:28Very good indeed.
10:29Yes, pogues, good.
10:31Glucose, fantastic.
10:33Yeah, couldn't beat seven, though. Couples.
10:36And just to remind you, a pogue is a kiss.
10:38It is indeed.
10:40At just the one point in it, the lead changes hands.
10:43More letters from Gavin.
10:44Can I start with a consonant, please?
10:46Thank you, Gavin.
10:47K.
10:48And a vowel, please.
10:50A.
10:51And a consonant, please.
10:53L.
10:54And a vowel, please.
10:56E.
10:57And a consonant, please.
10:59S.
11:00And a consonant, please.
11:02F.
11:03And another consonant, please.
11:06N.
11:07And a vowel, please.
11:09O.
11:10And a consonant, please.
11:12Lastly, R.
11:14And here's your half a minute.
11:33CLOCK TICKS
11:46How are you going on, Gavin?
11:48Eight.
11:49And what about you, Danny?
11:50Seven.
11:51Seven. It's back and forth, isn't it, Danny?
11:53What's the seven?
11:54Loners.
11:55Right, and let's find out what this eight might be.
11:57Flankers.
11:58Flankers. There you go. Good rugby term.
12:00Yes, wing forwards. Excellent, well done.
12:02That's got to be as good as it gets.
12:04Yes, eight was the best that we could do.
12:06Yeah, Forsaken is another eight.
12:08Yeah.
12:09Couldn't beat that.
12:10All right, let's switch back to the numbers.
12:12Danny, it's your first time choosing.
12:14I'll go two large and four small, please.
12:16Thank you, Danny.
12:18Two from the top, four... No messing about.
12:20The little numbers.
12:22Five, two, eight, four.
12:25And the big two, 50 and 25.
12:28And the target to reach, 597.
12:31597, numbers up.
12:59MUSIC STOPS
13:03That's time. Danny, how did you get on?
13:05Five, nine, eight, not written down.
13:07One away. Gavin?
13:08597.
13:09Right, here we have it, then.
13:11So, eight plus four is 12.
13:13Yep.
13:14Times 50 is 600.
13:16600.
13:17Five minus two is three.
13:19600 minus three is 597.
13:21Cooly done.
13:22There you go.
13:23APPLAUSE
13:26Nice couple of rounds for a champion.
13:28Long way to go yet.
13:30And our Danny Jessop here, the data analyst,
13:33is a big fan of Levi Roots, as am I.
13:35Been loving our chats this week.
13:37Where are you taking this, this Friday afternoon?
13:39Yeah, as it's a programme about words,
13:41I wanted to bring a bit of language in as well, too.
13:45I've got a nice poem here, which, again,
13:47it would be great to read this poem.
13:49And it's actually a poem in Patois.
13:51Yes.
13:52In Jamaican dialect of Patois.
13:54It's written by perhaps Jamaica's greatest writer of all time.
13:58Her name is Louise Bennett Coverley.
14:01And she's pretty much well-known across the Caribbean
14:04as a sort of a poetess.
14:07And she's written this beautiful poem.
14:09It's actually about a young lady who fell in love
14:12with somebody who came to Jamaica
14:14and they left and went back to America.
14:17And she's now writing a letter to him.
14:19She's giving the letter to a gentleman that she knows
14:22to the person she fell in love with.
14:24Is this a heartbreaker?
14:26It's a heartbreaker.
14:27But she's asking the gentleman,
14:29she's asking her lover to pretend that the man is her
14:33and put the ring on his finger.
14:35Oh.
14:36So this is what she says.
14:37It's called Love Letter.
14:39I'm going to say it in Patois.
14:40I'm going to read it in Patois.
14:42Me darling love, me little dove, me dumpling, me guisada.
14:46Me sweetie Sue, I goes for you like a fly goes for sugar.
14:51As me put pen to paper and me pen nib start fi fly,
14:55me remembrance remember the first day you catch me eye.
15:00You did just come off a tram car and a bus was to your right.
15:05A car swish past your ears and you turn up stiff with fright.
15:10Your jaw drop, your mouth open,
15:12just like when jackass start fi yawn.
15:15Me heart go boogoo boogoo and me know when me born.
15:20You no scan me letter, no laugh after me here.
15:24Me learning not to grin, so what me can't spell, me withdraw.
15:29The thing inna the corner with the freckles is me heart
15:33and the plate with the yam and salt fish mean that we will never part.
15:38See how me draw the two face them and look upon one another.
15:42Well, one is me and one is you.
15:45Which one you rather?
15:47It's not a cockroach foot this.
15:49It's a finger with a ring.
15:51And it means me want fi marry you.
15:54This line is a piece of string.
15:57Take it, put around the wedding finger of your wedding hand.
16:01Careful fi get the right size and then give it to this man.
16:06The man is me.
16:08No sweet rice.
16:10Keep swell till I see you next.
16:12Accept me young heart while I close with love and bands of X.
16:18APPLAUSE
16:22I thought, I'll write down every word I don't get.
16:24There was only one.
16:26No, there was only one and it was right near the start.
16:28I wonder how you spell it.
16:29Was it gisada?
16:30Oh, gisada, gisada.
16:32It's a cake.
16:33It's a cake made out of coconut.
16:35Ah.
16:36Good spot.
16:37We were there every way.
16:38It was just that one word.
16:39I didn't get it.
16:40Gisada.
16:41It's lovely, by the way.
16:42Really nice cake.
16:43It was written in the language of love.
16:45That's what it was.
16:46It was indeed.
16:47Fantastic.
16:48Well done, Levi.
16:49Sensational.
16:50Thank you.
16:51Back to the game then.
16:52With big smiles on our faces, more letters from Gavin.
16:55Can I start with a consonant, please?
16:57Thank you, Gavin.
16:58T.
16:59And another consonant, please.
17:01G.
17:02And a vowel, please.
17:04I.
17:06And a consonant, please.
17:08T.
17:09And a vowel, please.
17:11O.
17:12And a consonant, please.
17:14S.
17:16And a vowel, please.
17:18E.
17:20And a consonant, please.
17:22W.
17:24And a final consonant, please.
17:27A final.
17:28Another T.
17:29Let's play Coin Time.
17:46MUSIC PLAYS
18:00Time's up.
18:01Gav?
18:02Oh, Christ.
18:03A seven.
18:04And Danny?
18:05Oh, just a five.
18:06Well, that was the least confident seven I've ever heard,
18:09so the five might count, Danny.
18:10What is it?
18:11Twigs.
18:12Twigs.
18:13I think I know what you're going for.
18:15Totties.
18:16Totties, Gavin.
18:17Aesthetically desirable people?
18:19Desirable people, yes.
18:21There you go.
18:22Yeah.
18:23Tread carefully with that, maybe, but it's in the dictionary.
18:25Any other words?
18:26Egotist is there for seven.
18:27Egotist.
18:28Egotist.
18:29Wonderful.
18:30There you go.
18:31Two sevens in there.
18:3249, 25.
18:33Let's get on with it, Danny.
18:34Every round's a joy.
18:35Let's get more letters.
18:36Start with a vowel, please.
18:38Thank you, Danny.
18:39I.
18:40And a consonant.
18:42B.
18:43And another consonant.
18:45T.
18:46And a consonant.
18:48R.
18:50And another consonant.
18:52V.
18:53And a vowel.
18:55E.
18:57And another vowel.
18:59U.
19:01And a consonant.
19:03L.
19:04And another vowel.
19:06And, lastly, E.
19:08And here we go.
19:13ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
19:39That's time, Danny. How did you get on, my friend?
19:41Six.
19:42Six.
19:43A six and Gavin?
19:44A seven.
19:45And a seven. He's on form today, Danny.
19:47What's a six?
19:48Belter.
19:49Gavin?
19:50Rebuilt.
19:51And rebuilt.
19:52Didn't see that. Did you see that, Suze?
19:53I did not see that one.
19:54No.
19:55Very well done.
19:56Anything else, Levi Roods?
19:57Yeah, there's revulet.
19:58I'm sure Suze will tell us more.
20:00Yes.
20:01Oh, I love the way you give it a French twist.
20:03Revulet. Really, it's just a small stream.
20:05Oh.
20:06Every time I say revulet from now on, I will call it a revulet.
20:10A revulet.
20:11I just made my life better.
20:12Beautiful.
20:13We'll mess about with that a little bit.
20:16Gavin, numbers, please, my friend.
20:18One from the top and any other five, please.
20:20Thank you, Gavin.
20:21One big E.
20:22Five, not this.
20:24Next numbers round is as follows.
20:27Seven, six, ten, three, nine.
20:31And the big one, 75.
20:33And the target to reach, 633.
20:36633, numbers up.
20:39♪♪
20:49♪♪
20:59♪♪
21:09633 the target, Gavin.
21:12I think I've got 633.
21:14He only thinks, Danny.
21:15639.
21:17Well, let's see if this 633 holds up, then, Gavin.
21:21Nine times 75 is 675.
21:24Yep.
21:25And then seven times six is 42.
21:30And I'm hoping 675 minus 42 is 633.
21:34Ew, no, it is, it is.
21:36APPLAUSE
21:39Very good indeed.
21:40Right, second tea time teaser, last of the week.
21:43Have a go at this or go and make a cup of tea, it's up to you.
21:46Nitrogen.
21:47Nitrogen.
21:48Call Anthony to hear his mobile go off.
21:51Call Anthony to hear his mobile go off.
21:53BELL RINGS
22:01APPLAUSE
22:09Welcome back.
22:10Nitrogen becomes ringtone.
22:12Call Anthony to hear his mobile go off.
22:15I don't know why Anthony is in that clue.
22:17Somebody... Tone.
22:18Ring, ring, tone.
22:19Oh, tone, come on!
22:21It's been a long week.
22:22Thankfully, it's up to Gavin and Danny to entertain,
22:25so let's get back to it.
22:26Danny, your letters.
22:27I'll start with a consonant, please.
22:29Thank you, Danny.
22:31T
22:32And another.
22:34R
22:35And a vowel.
22:37O
22:39And a consonant.
22:40B
22:42And another vowel.
22:44A
22:45And another.
22:47I
22:49And a consonant.
22:51N
22:53And another vowel.
22:55O
22:57And a final consonant, please.
22:59A final M.
23:00Start the clock.
23:14BELL RINGS
23:32How do you get on, Danny?
23:33Just a five again.
23:34And Gavin?
23:35Eight.
23:36Wow, OK. Danny, what's the five?
23:38Abort.
23:39Oh, you've already kicked yourself before I said it,
23:42cos this is Gavin's eight.
23:44Abortion.
23:45Yeah, the I-O-N on the end of there.
23:47Fantastic eight.
23:48Trying to work out whether we could use that M,
23:50but I don't think we can, unless you're going to wow me.
23:53Not that we could see.
23:54That's it, isn't it? There you go.
23:56There you go. Listen, it happens. Danny did the best of us.
23:59It's best to draw a line under it and move on.
24:01So, Gavin, here we go.
24:03I'll start with a consonant, please.
24:05Thank you, Gavin.
24:06N
24:07And another, please.
24:09S
24:10And a vowel, please.
24:12E
24:13And a consonant, please.
24:15X
24:16And a vowel, please.
24:18I
24:19And a consonant, please.
24:21P
24:22And a vowel, please.
24:25E
24:26And a consonant, please.
24:29T
24:30And one final consonant, please.
24:33A final S.
24:36Kein Dein.
24:40CLOCK TICKS
24:41CLOCK TICKS
24:42CLOCK TICKS
25:07It's if anyone moved beyond the obvious.
25:11Gavin?
25:12Seven.
25:13Yeah, Danny?
25:14I'm going to stick with a five.
25:15The five is?
25:16A sense.
25:17Sense.
25:18And, well, this is an attractive one from Gavin.
25:21Sexiest.
25:22Yeah, there you go.
25:23Sexiest is there for seven.
25:26Anything beyond sexiest?
25:28Oh, well, we did find an eight there.
25:31It's not particularly nice.
25:33Septines.
25:34If you think of the sept as in septicemia, et cetera,
25:38it is a compound that is believed to be the cause
25:42of things like septicemia,
25:44and it's all about putrefying material
25:46and blood-borne infections, essentially.
25:48Septines.
25:49Any other sevens?
25:50Yeah, there's a cheeky one.
25:52Venuses.
25:53Yeah, medical term, counts.
25:55It's fine, isn't it?
25:56Yeah, if you've got that.
25:57Shoo!
25:58Well done, well done.
25:59What an interesting round that was.
26:0181 plays 25 as we take a break before the final furlongs.
26:05And, Susie, it's time for your origins of words.
26:08Well, I've loved looking through all our viewers' emails this week,
26:12and this one comes from Sue Watson,
26:14who asks about the expression,
26:16I've got a bone to pick with you, which is a great one.
26:19And I'd also had an N email,
26:21which I was storing from Jed Harris from a while ago,
26:24to make no bones about something, not to hesitate in doing something.
26:27So where do these expressions come from?
26:29Well, I'll start with making no bones about something.
26:32Some people believe that it has its origin in dice games,
26:35because actually dice have been called bones since the 14th century,
26:39because they were originally carved from bones.
26:42So the image is probably that the player just doesn't hesitate,
26:45doesn't perform any rituals, whatever, just rolls the dice
26:48and will go with the flow.
26:49Exactly, thank you.
26:51But much more likely is it actually comes from the dinner table,
26:54because there's a really old version of this expression,
26:57which is to find bones in something,
26:59which is essentially to find difficulties in the course of action.
27:03And so you might guess that this probably comes from
27:06finding bones in your soup, which is never a good thing.
27:08It stops you eating it or actually chokes you when you're eating it.
27:11So to find no bones in something means you have no problems
27:14or difficulties with it, and you just do it without hesitation.
27:17But back to Sue's question of having a bone to pick with somebody,
27:20probably a bit more transparent this one,
27:22and it's probably connected with the way that dogs will fight
27:25over a very meaty bone.
27:26You will be quarrelling and fighting to get to the food.
27:29And a bone of contention also looks back to the same idea.
27:32Beautiful. Thank you.
27:3681 plus 25, then, four rounds left.
27:39Listen, Danny, the pressure's off,
27:41so let's enjoy it together and get some more letters.
27:44I'll take a consonant, please.
27:45Thank you, Danny.
27:47Y.
27:49And another.
27:50M.
27:52And another.
27:53D.
27:55And another.
27:57F.
27:59And a vowel.
28:00I.
28:02And another.
28:03A.
28:05And another.
28:06I.
28:08And a consonant.
28:10N.
28:12And a final vowel, please.
28:15A final A.
28:17Time down.
28:25MUSIC PLAYS
28:48Time's up, Danny.
28:49Four. That's all right.
28:51Gavin? Five.
28:52Five.
28:53You're just showing off now, Gavin, as far as we're concerned.
28:56What's the four, mate?
28:57Main.
28:58Yeah. And Gavin?
28:59Mania.
29:00Oh, yeah. Difficult letters.
29:02Yeah.
29:03But mania is there as in WrestleMania.
29:06Anything else?
29:07Yeah, we've got a seven, a nice seven.
29:09Damnify.
29:10It's actually a legal term, quite rare now in English law,
29:13and it means to cause injury to a party.
29:16OK. Interesting enough.
29:18Let's get some more letters from you now, Gavin.
29:20Can we start with a consonant, please?
29:22Thank you, Gavin. G.
29:24And another consonant, please.
29:26S.
29:27And a vowel, please.
29:29U.
29:30And a consonant, please.
29:32N.
29:33And a vowel, please.
29:34E.
29:35And a consonant, please.
29:37S.
29:38A vowel, please.
29:40O.
29:42And a consonant, please.
29:44N.
29:45And one final consonant, please.
29:47Lastly, H.
29:49Last letters.
29:50MUSIC
30:20Oh, tricky again.
30:22How do you get on, Gavin?
30:23Six.
30:24And Danny?
30:25Six.
30:26Yeah, what's the six, Gav?
30:27Unseen.
30:28Unseen.
30:29There'll be stewards on that.
30:31And Danny?
30:32Houses.
30:33Yeah, safest houses, but unseen, not the right letters.
30:36Two Es, yes.
30:37Sorry about that, Gavin.
30:38I'm not sorry, he's got such a big lead.
30:41I don't really care.
30:42I'm glad you made a mistake, Gavin.
30:44Well done, Danny.
30:45Anything better?
30:46Yeah, is there seven there?
30:48Showguns.
30:49Ah, showguns, very good.
30:51I spotted the guns, I couldn't add to it.
30:54And this is going back to the warriors, isn't it?
30:57Yeah, this is feudal Japan, commanders-in-chief, really.
31:00The real rulers, probably, in the end.
31:02Yeah.
31:03Fantastic word.
31:04Showguns.
31:05Well done.
31:06Well done, Levi.
31:07Final numbers round then, and Danny, the honour is all yours.
31:11Surprise me.
31:12Let's go for six little ones,
31:14just cos we've not had it for a while.
31:16Look how happy she is.
31:17Look how happy Rachel is.
31:19See, it's into a weekend, a nice, fun six little.
31:22They are 2, 8, 3, 9, 6 and another 8.
31:29And the target to reach, 786.
31:32Could regret this.
31:33Good man, Danny.
31:34786, last numbers.
31:44MUSIC PLAYS
32:06Danny's looking confident, isn't he, Lock?
32:087, 8, 3.
32:097, 8, 3.
32:11Three away.
32:12Gavin?
32:13Same, 7, 8, 3.
32:147, 8, 3.
32:16OK, Danny, let's have it.
32:18So, 9 x 8.
32:209 x 8, 72.
32:22Add 6.
32:2378.
32:258, add 2.
32:26The second 8, add 2, 10.
32:28Multiply.
32:29780.
32:30Add 3.
32:31And add the 3, 7, 8, 3.
32:33Three away, well done.
32:34Gavin?
32:35Same way.
32:36Same way, let's have a look.
32:38Here we go.
32:39Take me to 7, 8, 6, Rach.
32:42I'm going to try something, Colin, work with me.
32:449 x 8 is 72.
32:47Take away the other 8 is 64.
32:51Times that by 2 for 128, and then add the 3.
32:54This is what I wanted.
32:561, 3, 1, times it by the 6.
32:58786.
32:59Yes.
33:00APPLAUSE
33:02Love it, right?
33:0393 players, 38.
33:05Over is a contest, but can Gavin go back-to-back tonnes
33:09to kick off his Countdown residency, or will Danny stop him?
33:14Let's find out.
33:15Last round of the week, Gavin and Danny, fingers on the buzzers
33:18as we reveal today's Countdown conundrum.
33:25Go on, Danny.
33:26Patriarch.
33:27Let's have a look.
33:28Patriarch.
33:29Man, oh, man!
33:31APPLAUSE
33:33Come on.
33:34You know what, it was a bit of a rough ride, Danny,
33:36but getting the Countdown conundrum feels great, doesn't it?
33:38They're my worst bits as well.
33:41It's very different once you're sitting here.
33:43Have you had a good enough day?
33:44Oh, it's been great.
33:45I've wanted to come on this since I was a kid.
33:47It's sort of like my grandad used to force me to watch it
33:49when I wanted to watch cartoons.
33:50What do you mean, force?
33:51I know what you mean, and then you fall in love with it.
33:53That's the thing about it.
33:54Danny, it's been great to have you.
33:56Gavin, well done.
33:5793 today, averaging close to 100.
33:59We'll see you on Monday.
34:00Thank you so much.
34:01What a player.
34:02A shame we won't see you.
34:03What a shame that is, Levi, but it's been great to have you back.
34:06Well, I've had a brilliant time, Colin.
34:08Thanks so much for having me. It's been fantastic.
34:10Lovely. Suzie, Monday?
34:11Yes, you too.
34:12Rach, I will see you on Monday as well.
34:14Guess who's joining us?
34:15Are you going from music to sport?
34:17Steve Cram, you're living your best life, Colin.
34:19Yes, what about that?
34:20The Jarrow Arrow will be here, but we need to race off.
34:23We'll see you on Monday.
34:24Rachel, Suzie and I, you can count on us.
34:28You can contact the programme by email at countdown at channel4.com.
34:32You can also find our webpage at channel4.com forward slash countdown.
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