Countdown - Monday 16th May 2022
Transcript
00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Hello and welcome to Countdown.
00:33On this day in 1929, the first Academy Awards took place.
00:39There's been 3,000 Oscars since then,
00:43which is a lot of crying, a lot of pre-rehearsed speeches.
00:47I quite like a bit of the Oscars.
00:49I've worked on them a couple of times from London.
00:51And it's brilliant because they send you all the DVDs of all the films
00:55and you just get to watch everything that you haven't watched
00:58and it's a big binge fest.
01:00I like the bit where they don't know who's actually won in their category
01:05and all their acting skills come into place
01:08because they've got to look pleased for that person
01:11who's taken the prize off them.
01:13Well, I worked on the one where they actually announced the wrong winner
01:16for the final main film award.
01:18And that, you know, that really requires some acting skills
01:20to look diplomatic once you've been on stage celebrating
01:23and then have to get quickly shushed off.
01:26Let's meet our contestants.
01:28Ryan is back from Glasgow.
01:30He's a big deal banker who's got a first in finance.
01:34And he's clever enough to have married a doctor.
01:38Now, Tony, hello.
01:40Hello.
01:41From Devon.
01:42What do you do?
01:43I'm an accountant.
01:44OK, make that fun.
01:47Yeah, I'm not a stereotypical accountant.
01:52I like to get involved in what's going on in the manufacturing process.
01:55OK, and what does the factory do?
01:57They make sensors for cars and aeroplanes.
02:01What sort of sensors?
02:03Temperature sensors.
02:05They go on wing mirrors and things.
02:07And the heating?
02:09Yes.
02:10The heating that is too hot one minute and too cold the next?
02:14Well, if you get hot flushes on, yes.
02:16I don't get hot flushes.
02:18Round of applause for our contestants.
02:20APPLAUSE
02:23Hi, Susan.
02:24Hi, Anne.
02:25And look who we've got in Dictionary Corner.
02:28Nicky Chapman, music business guru,
02:32mastermind just as much as Simon Cowell,
02:36pop idol judge.
02:38And now you persuade poor people
02:40that they want to live in Australia, don't you?
02:42I do, yeah.
02:43I seem to do well at that.
02:45Most of them want to go.
02:46I'll talk to you later.
02:47Let's get on with the first game.
02:49Ryan.
02:50Hi, Rachel.
02:51Hi, Ryan.
02:52Can I start with a vowel, please?
02:53Thank you.
02:54Start the week with I.
02:56And another.
02:57A.
02:58And another.
02:59O.
03:00A consonant.
03:02D.
03:03Another consonant.
03:05L.
03:06Another one.
03:08G.
03:09A consonant.
03:11R.
03:12And a final consonant.
03:14Y.
03:16And a vowel.
03:17And a final O.
03:20Let's play Countdown.
03:51Ryan.
03:52Nine.
03:53Very good.
03:54Tony?
03:55Just a five.
03:56What's your five?
03:57Glory.
03:58Ryan?
03:59Radiology.
04:00Well done.
04:01Excellent.
04:02Very good indeed.
04:06He does have a wife who's a doctor.
04:08Fair enough.
04:09That was the best, actually.
04:11Nine for nine.
04:12Yeah, well done.
04:13Very impressive.
04:14Tony, your letters.
04:16Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
04:18Thank you, Tony.
04:20S.
04:21And a vowel.
04:23U.
04:24And another vowel.
04:26E.
04:27A consonant.
04:29G.
04:30And another.
04:32D.
04:34A vowel, please.
04:36A.
04:38A consonant.
04:40F.
04:42Another consonant.
04:43B.
04:45And a vowel, please.
04:47And lastly, I.
04:50Time starts now.
05:18Tony?
05:19I'll try seven.
05:20Good.
05:21Ryan?
05:22Seven as well.
05:23Tony, your seven?
05:24Budgies.
05:25Also budgies, but I hadn't written it down.
05:28Oh, Ryan, I'm really sorry.
05:30Perfectly good word, but you do have to write it or declare
05:33that you haven't written it down.
05:35I'm sorry.
05:36That's fine.
05:37Sorry.
05:38Can we do better than budgies?
05:40We did have budgies and Susie's got another one,
05:42haven't you, for seven?
05:44Oh, I just like this one from my childhood.
05:46Bagsy'd.
05:47As in I bagsy'd the biggest donut.
05:49Oh, bagsy?
05:50Yeah.
05:51Oh, I didn't know that was a word.
05:53Yeah, it's in the dictionary.
05:55So, you know, you bagsy the front seat, for example.
05:58I'm sure it wasn't in the dictionary when I was saying it at school.
06:01No, I agree.
06:02I'm glad it is now.
06:04Ryan, your numbers.
06:06Let's have six more, please, Rachel.
06:08Thank you, Ryan.
06:09First one of the week, six little ones challenge.
06:12Let's see how hard this might be.
06:14They are six, three, two, five, another two and seven.
06:21And the target...
06:23344.
06:25344.
06:44MUSIC PLAYS
06:56Ryan.
06:57344.
06:58Good.
06:59Tony.
07:00Nothing.
07:01Ryan.
07:02So, three plus two.
07:04Three plus two is five.
07:06Multiply it by two.
07:07Ten.
07:08By five.
07:0950.
07:10By seven.
07:11350.
07:12And take off the six.
07:13Perfect.
07:14344.
07:15Well done.
07:16Well done.
07:17APPLAUSE
07:18First teaser.
07:20Pony clue.
07:22Pony clue.
07:23And the clue.
07:25They bought their daughter a pony for Christmas.
07:27Such was their wealth.
07:29They bought their daughter a pony for Christmas.
07:33Such was their wealth.
07:35See you in a minute.
07:36MUSIC PLAYS
07:43APPLAUSE
07:50Welcome back.
07:52I left you with the clue.
07:53They bought their daughter a pony for Christmas.
07:56Such was their wealth.
07:58And the answer is opulency.
08:01Extravagant wealth.
08:02Yeah.
08:03Essentially.
08:04Right.
08:05The scores are 28-7.
08:07Letters for Tony.
08:09Consonant, please, Rachel.
08:11Thank you, Tony.
08:12And a vowel.
08:14A.
08:15And a consonant.
08:17S.
08:18And a vowel.
08:20U.
08:21A consonant.
08:23C.
08:24And another, please.
08:26T.
08:27A vowel.
08:29E.
08:32A vowel.
08:34E.
08:36And a consonant, please.
08:38Lastly, F.
08:41Start the clock.
08:42CLOCK TICKS
09:11MUSIC STOPS
09:13Tony.
09:14Six.
09:15Ryan.
09:16Six.
09:17Tony, your six.
09:18Barson.
09:19Ryan.
09:20Seance.
09:21Yeah, both absolutely fine.
09:23We could go one better, couldn't we?
09:25We can. We can get nutcase for seven.
09:27Yes. Not so nice, but faucets are there as well.
09:30The taps.
09:31OK, thank you.
09:32Ryan, your letters.
09:34A consonant, please.
09:35Thank you, Ryan.
09:36P.
09:37And another.
09:38M.
09:39And a third.
09:41T.
09:42A vowel.
09:44O.
09:45And another.
09:46U.
09:47And another one.
09:49E.
09:50A consonant.
09:52R.
09:54A vowel.
09:56O.
09:57And a final consonant.
09:59A final L.
10:0130 seconds.
10:03MUSIC PLAYS
10:09MUSIC STOPS
10:35Ryan.
10:36Seven.
10:37Tony.
10:38Six.
10:39Your six.
10:40Looter.
10:41Your seven, Ryan.
10:43Promote.
10:44Both absolutely fine.
10:45In the corner.
10:47We also had tremolo, but Susie's going to explain what that means.
10:50Oh, I'm sure some of your bands have this.
10:52It's that kind of wavering effect of the voice when you're singing.
10:55Yeah.
10:56Yeah.
10:57OK.
10:58Tony, your numbers.
10:59One large and five small, please, Rachel.
11:01Thank you, Tony.
11:02One from the top and five little.
11:05Any more standard choice? Let's see what we have this time.
11:08They are two, ten, one, five, ten, and a large one, 50.
11:14And the target to reach, 574.
11:17574.
11:19MUSIC PLAYS
11:36MUSIC STOPS
11:49Tony.
11:50571.
11:52OK. Ryan.
11:53575.
11:55OK, Ryan.
11:5650 plus five plus two.
11:5850 plus five plus two, 57.
12:01Times ten.
12:02Times ten, 570.
12:04And then ten divided by two.
12:06You've already used this two, I'm afraid. Sorry, Ryan.
12:10Yep, sorry.
12:12Tony.
12:13OK, so 50 plus five.
12:1555.
12:16Times ten.
12:18Times ten, 550.
12:20Ten times two is 20.
12:22And the other ten times two is 20.
12:24And one, and up and together.
12:26Yep, that'll do. Three away, 571.
12:28Rachel.
12:29I found one way for this one.
12:31If you say ten plus one is 11.
12:3450 plus two, 52.
12:37Times those together for 572.
12:41And you have left over a ten divided by five
12:44for two to add on for 574.
12:46APPLAUSE
12:51Did you get that, Nicky?
12:53Couldn't have done any of it. I was lost on the first line.
12:56I mentioned Pop Idol at the top of the show.
13:00I'm really interested because that was the start, wasn't it,
13:04of the talent competition.
13:06It was. I mean, I grew up,
13:08and I remember the talent shows that were around
13:11when I was a little girl, and they sort of fell out of favour.
13:14And then with Pop Idol, it came back,
13:16and a whole new generation discovered it as well.
13:18It was like family viewing.
13:20So it was brilliant for me to be involved.
13:22But both you and Simon had a long career before
13:26in the music business.
13:28Yeah, I used to work with Simon. I was a publicist,
13:31so it was my job to get the acts on television or onto radio,
13:34and he was an A&R man.
13:36And Simon used to specialise in, well, how can I put this politely,
13:40more the novelty side of the music industry,
13:42and was really successful.
13:44So it would be Zig & Zag, Power Rangers, Robson & Jerome,
13:48and I worked with him on that,
13:50and it became, I think, the biggest-selling single of the year.
13:53And then from that, we did Pop Idol.
13:55I love that Robson & Jerome. What was it called?
13:58Unchained Melody, because they were in a big drama
14:01called Soldier, Soldier.
14:03They didn't want to be pop stars,
14:05and he managed to, like, put their arms behind their back
14:07and said, you just have to do it once,
14:09and I think he managed to get two or three albums out of them.
14:11Yeah, it didn't do them any harm.
14:13Didn't do them any harm at all. They did very well from it, yeah.
14:16And looking back, I mean, people think sometimes
14:20talent shows now are quite cruel.
14:23Was it softer?
14:25You're absolutely right, it was.
14:27It was. When people came in, we were...
14:29Most of us, not all, Simon was a bit rude,
14:32but we weren't as aggressive as it has got.
14:34And I think now it's gone full circle.
14:36I think people are much more caring
14:38because it has such a profound effect.
14:40But when we did Pop Idol,
14:42we really didn't know how big that show was going to be
14:45and the effect it would have on the people that took part.
14:48And it was life-changing, absolutely life-changing for Will
14:51and also Gareth, who came as the runner-up.
14:53And then that format has gone around the world.
14:57As you know, it's created sort of huge stars globally
15:00but also generated billions of dollars
15:03for the music industry and the TV company as well.
15:06What came after Pop Idol?
15:08So, after that, we did... Well, they had X Factor. Yeah.
15:12And then we did a second series of Pop Idol
15:14and then X Factor just carried on after that.
15:16And then we've had so many spin-offs since then.
15:19X Factor took in a lot more sort of talent, didn't it?
15:22Yeah, I think it was sort of...
15:24You know, when you watch Pop Idol back,
15:26it now looks so sort of small and cute, if you like,
15:30in comparison to Britain's Got Talent and these big shows.
15:33I think Britain's Got Talent is probably a format
15:36that has continued and does so well.
15:39And it is family entertaining.
15:41And there's very few things that you can watch as a family
15:43and really enjoy. Yeah, you're quite right.
15:45And have an opinion.
15:46And your opinion is as valid as the person sitting next to you.
15:49So, good days. I was really proud to be part of it.
15:52And when you look at the winners over the years,
15:56could you spot who had a longevity as a career afterwards
16:01and who probably wouldn't?
16:03Well, we all think we can.
16:05But in actual fact, you never know.
16:07The people that sometimes we thought should win
16:09or do really well didn't,
16:11because at the end of the day, it was down to the public.
16:14And the public have to support them.
16:16So they might pick somebody,
16:17and we've seen this in latter years with talent shows.
16:20The public have loved somebody, changed their lives,
16:23put them up there,
16:24but they don't actually want to listen to their music.
16:26They've just become someone who's won a talent show.
16:29It hasn't translated into a career in the music industry.
16:32So sometimes you can get it right.
16:34Sometimes you don't see it happening at all.
16:36Will Young, we didn't spot at all.
16:38We only put him through because we'd run out of boys.
16:40We needed more boys in the competition.
16:43When you saw Susan Boyle, what did you think?
16:46Well, I didn't actually work on that show,
16:48so I was like you.
16:49I was watching it at home.
16:51And she walked onto that stage.
16:53We all remember that moment, don't we, where you think,
16:55uh-oh, what's going on here?
16:57And then suddenly that voice came out.
16:59And it was such an incredible story,
17:02and I think that was probably...
17:04I don't think you're ever going to get that again in television,
17:07that moment where she opened her mouth
17:09and the whole audience were like, yeah, OK, let's have a listen.
17:12I mean, what a word.
17:13This woman has the most incredible voice.
17:16And she had global fame.
17:18America, she was huge over there.
17:20Yeah.
17:21She didn't have a trained voice.
17:23Just explain that to me,
17:25because a long-time singer, Elaine Page,
17:28they have a trained voice, don't they?
17:31Yeah, they do.
17:33She was...
17:34Susan Boyle was one of those ladies
17:36that always went in for singing competitions.
17:38Yeah.
17:39We since have found out.
17:41And she just loved singing.
17:43Absolute passion for her.
17:45No-one really took her that seriously
17:47until she stood on that stage,
17:49and she proved everybody wrong.
17:52Nicky Chapman, thank you.
17:53Thank you.
17:54APPLAUSE
17:57Ryan, the accountant's catching up on the banker.
18:00Your letters.
18:02Right, I'll start with the consonant, please.
18:04Thank you, Ryan.
18:05S.
18:06And another.
18:08C.
18:09And another one.
18:11R.
18:12A vowel.
18:14E.
18:15And another.
18:16I.
18:17And another.
18:18E.
18:19And another.
18:21O.
18:22A consonant.
18:24D.
18:26And another consonant, please.
18:28And final, H.
18:30Let's play Countdown.
18:32MUSIC PLAYS
18:39MUSIC CONTINUES
19:03Ryan?
19:04Seven.
19:05Tony?
19:06Eight, I think.
19:07What's your seven, Ryan?
19:08Decries.
19:09Tony?
19:10Cherished.
19:12I suspect to give you an ovation for that one.
19:14And then, see, there's only one H, I'm afraid, Tony.
19:16OK.
19:17I'm so sorry.
19:18Beautiful word, though.
19:19Sorry about that.
19:20In the corner?
19:21We can have cheerio,
19:22which is such a lovely word, isn't it, for seven.
19:24Yeah.
19:25I reckon you could put an S at the end of that,
19:27because if somebody utters a couple of cheerios,
19:29I think it's fine.
19:31And another eight, then, would be heroised,
19:33to hero-worship someone.
19:35Thank you, Susie.
19:37Tony, your letters.
19:39Consonant, please, Rachel.
19:41Thank you, Tony.
19:42T.
19:43And another?
19:45L.
19:46And a vowel?
19:48E.
19:49And a vowel?
19:51A.
19:53Consonant, please.
19:55B.
19:56And another?
19:58N.
19:59A vowel?
20:01A.
20:03Another vowel?
20:05O.
20:07And a consonant, please.
20:09Lastly, R.
20:11Good luck.
20:35MUSIC
20:43Tony?
20:44Six.
20:45Ryan?
20:46Seven.
20:47Your six, Tony?
20:48Banter.
20:49Ryan?
20:50Abalone.
20:52Yes, we're abalone.
20:53Very good.
20:54An edible mollusk with the warm seas.
20:56Very nice.
20:57In the corner?
20:58I hadn't heard of that one before.
21:00You can also have bloater.
21:02Much more my level.
21:04Ryan, your numbers.
21:06I'll take four large, please, Rachel.
21:08Thank you, Ryan.
21:09The other end of the mental agility spectrum,
21:11or something along those lines.
21:13So six small, four large.
21:14And these two little ones are seven and eight.
21:16And then the big four, 25, 75, 150.
21:21And the target to reach...
21:23Oh, 667.
21:24667.
21:26MUSIC
21:34MUSIC
21:56Ryan?
21:57668.
21:59Tony?
22:00667.
22:02Off you go.
22:03100 times seven?
22:04100 times seven, 700.
22:07Minus eight and minus 25.
22:10Yep.
22:11I think Ryan might be kicking himself.
22:13667.
22:14Lovely.
22:15APPLAUSE
22:18Second teaser.
22:20Glib Stan.
22:21Glib Stan.
22:23And the clue...
22:24Stan was very glib, he'd just had a telling-off.
22:27Stan was very glib, he'd just had a telling-off.
22:30See you in a minute.
22:32MUSIC
22:38APPLAUSE
22:46I left you with the clue, Stan was very glib,
22:49he'd just had a telling-off.
22:51And the answer is blasting.
22:53The scores are 55-30.
22:56So the accountant is catching up.
22:59And, Tony, it's your letters.
23:01Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:03Thank you, Tony.
23:04S.
23:05And another.
23:07M.
23:09And a vowel.
23:11I.
23:12A consonant.
23:14T.
23:16A vowel.
23:18A.
23:20And another vowel, please.
23:22I.
23:24And a consonant.
23:26W.
23:28A consonant.
23:30V.
23:32And a vowel, please.
23:34And the last one.
23:35U.
23:3730 seconds.
23:39MUSIC
24:00MUSIC
24:09Tony?
24:10Five.
24:11Ryan?
24:12Five.
24:13Tony?
24:14Waits.
24:15Ryan?
24:16Waste.
24:17Yes.
24:18It's not easy, this one.
24:20No, it's that B and the U.
24:22And the M.
24:24Yes, and no E.
24:25All in all.
24:27What have you got over there?
24:29I could have got a six with autism
24:32and I think Susie's got an additional one.
24:34Yes, a bit more obscure, this one,
24:36but from Indian English, a SAMITI, S-A-M-I-T-I,
24:39which is a committee or society.
24:41OK.
24:42Ryan?
24:43Yeah, I'll have a consonant, please, Rachel.
24:45Thank you, Ryan.
24:46N.
24:47And another.
24:49L.
24:51And another.
24:53P.
24:55And a vowel.
24:56I.
24:57And another one.
24:59E.
25:00And another.
25:02I.
25:03A consonant.
25:05S.
25:07A vowel.
25:09A.
25:11And a consonant.
25:12And lastly, N.
25:15Start the clock.
25:17MUSIC
25:28MUSIC
25:47Ryan?
25:48Seven.
25:49Tony?
25:50A risky seven.
25:51OK.
25:52Ryan?
25:53Penial.
25:54Tony?
25:55Pennies.
25:56Pennies, not risky at all.
25:58Absolutely in the dictionary.
26:00And how are you spelling yours, Ryan?
26:02P-I-N-N-E-A-L.
26:05It's only got one N, I'm afraid.
26:08Penial, pea-sized, conical mass of tissue
26:11behind the third ventricle of the brain,
26:13but just one L. Sorry about that.
26:15No problem.
26:16In the corner?
26:17We also had spaniel.
26:19Oh!
26:20Yeah, beautiful.
26:21And asinine.
26:23Stupid, like an ass.
26:24Obviously, I think asses are not stupid, but that's the idea.
26:27OK.
26:28And over to Susie.
26:30Thank you.
26:31Well, I don't know if you've ever given any thought to this,
26:34but one of our viewers has, Anne,
26:36and that is whether there is an ancient link
26:38between carrot, C-A-R-R-A-T,
26:41and carrot, C-A-R-R-R-O-T.
26:43This is from Lynn Thompson.
26:45And the answer is no, but I quite like the history of both of them.
26:49So I'm going to start with the carrot as in 13-carat gold.
26:52And obviously it's a unit of weight that is used to measure gold,
26:56but also gemstones such as a diamond.
26:59And it just looks back, I think,
27:02to how civilisation basically proceeded
27:06hundreds and hundreds of years ago.
27:08So the idea that bigger is better has been around
27:11when it comes to precious stones since ancient times.
27:14But hundreds of years ago,
27:16when people needed some standard for weighing their gems,
27:19they turned to the carob tree, C-A-R-O-M-B,
27:23and the carob seed weighs approximately the same
27:26as the smallest gemstone that was around in those days.
27:29And so they decided that they would take a lot of carob seeds
27:33and use those as a kind of balancing weight
27:36when weighing up their gemstones.
27:39And eventually any stone that approximated the weight
27:42of one of those single seeds was deemed to weigh one carrot,
27:46which I think is quite nice.
27:48The carrot that we eat, the wonderful carrot,
27:50that goes back to the Greek karaton, so slightly different.
27:54And the plant was really important to the ancients,
27:57so they used it as an aphrodisiac,
27:59much as they used tomatoes, which used to be called love apples,
28:02and to prevent poisoning.
28:04And actually for a little while it was confused with the parsnip,
28:07but eventually the carrot took on a life of its own.
28:10And originally they were purple-rooted.
28:12I don't know if you've ever tasted purple carrots.
28:14They are absolutely delicious.
28:16And they were cultivated into the modern orange root
28:18that we know today,
28:20and that happened in the 16th century in the Netherlands.
28:23And so the colour carrot, if you're talking about hair, for example,
28:26that didn't emerge until quite late on.
28:29But the theory that carrot...
28:31I didn't know this until I researched it,
28:33that they're good for the eyesight,
28:35that may have begun in ancient times,
28:37but it was really embroidered and embellished in the Second World War
28:40because carrots were freely available,
28:42and so the consumption of carrots was really to be encouraged.
28:45The pilots of night aircraft, you know, so night pilots really,
28:49would consume vast quantities of these carrots to help them see
28:52and to help them in battle.
28:54And because of that, you were often told as a child,
28:56I certainly was, eat your carrots and you'll be able to see in the dark.
28:59A little bit of truth to it, but not nearly as much as we think.
29:02Thank you, Susie.
29:04APPLAUSE
29:07OK, the scores are 60 to 42.
29:12Tony really is catching up, and it's your letters.
29:16Vowel, please, Rachel.
29:18Thank you, Tony. E.
29:20And another. E.
29:23And a consonant.
29:25R. And another.
29:28D. And another, please.
29:31C. Vowel.
29:34U. Consonant.
29:37Q.
29:40Consonant.
29:42G.
29:44And a vowel, please.
29:46And a final. Another E.
29:48Time starts now.
30:10MUSIC PLAYS
30:21Tony. Five.
30:23Rhyme. Six.
30:25What's your five, Tony?
30:27Queer. Rhyme.
30:29Reduce. Yes.
30:32You can actually add...
30:34Queer is a verb, and you queer someone's pitch to kind of spoil it,
30:37so if you add on the ED, that will give you a seven.
30:40Anything better than a seven?
30:42Nothing better than a seven, no. Reduce was there for a six.
30:45Ryan, your letters.
30:47Have a vowel, please, Rachel.
30:49Thank you, Ryan. I.
30:51And another. A.
30:53And another.
30:55E.
30:57And a consonant. S.
30:59And another one.
31:01T. And another.
31:03N.
31:05A vowel.
31:07O.
31:09A consonant.
31:11G.
31:13And a final consonant.
31:15A final S.
31:17Off you go.
31:19MUSIC PLAYS
31:35MUSIC STOPS
31:47Ryan. Seven.
31:49Tony. Also a seven.
31:51OK, Rhyme. Tossing.
31:53Same word, tossing.
31:55In the corner.
31:57We also had agonises, and that's eight.
31:59Oh, gosh, good.
32:01There was giantess as well, which I quite like.
32:03Oh, yes.
32:05Tony, your numbers.
32:07OK, I'll try two large and four small, please.
32:09Thank you, Tony.
32:11Final selection of the day. We'll go for these two.
32:13And four littlens.
32:15And this last numbers game is seven,
32:17one,
32:19five, two,
32:21and the big ones, 25 and 50.
32:23And the target to reach,
32:25212.
32:27212.
32:29MUSIC PLAYS
32:33MUSIC STOPS
32:59Tony.
33:01Ryan.
33:03212.
33:05OK.
33:0750, take seven.
33:0943.
33:11Times five.
33:13Times by five is 215.
33:15And take away the two and the one.
33:17Lovely. Well done. 212.
33:19APPLAUSE
33:23We're into the final round.
33:25Fingers on buzzers.
33:27Please reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
33:31BELL RINGS
33:33Ryan.
33:35Debatably. Let's have a look.
33:37APPLAUSE
33:43Tony, the accountant,
33:45I'm afraid the finance man
33:47has beaten you,
33:49but thank you very much for being here.
33:51Thank you. Well done, Ryan.
33:53You're ready for your fifth show, aren't you?
33:55Yeah, I think I am. OK.
33:57Susie, thank you. Thank you.
33:59We'll see you again tomorrow. Yes. Lovely.
34:01Rachel. Well, I love that story about carrots.
34:03It's one of my favourites, and it was actually...
34:05I think it was an official example
34:07of the Ministry of Defence or someone.
34:09We invented radar during the Second World War
34:11and we didn't want the Germans to know
34:13how we could suddenly see the plains at night,
34:15so they made up this story about being able to see
34:17in the dark with carrots, and it's stuck ever since.
34:19So I like that one, Susie.
34:21It's brilliant. Thank you. Thank you for watching.
34:23See you again tomorrow. Bye.
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