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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon and welcome to Countdown.
00:33Did you know that October is International Walk to School Month?
00:37It's an initiative encouraging school kids to walk to school
00:40rather than to be driven from the front door to the school gates every day.
00:44Better for the environment, they say, they also say it's better for your health.
00:48Hi, Rachel. Hello, Geoff.
00:50Did you used to walk to school? Sometimes.
00:53Used to cycle as well, a little bit.
00:55And when I was really lazy, I used to get my mum to drive me.
00:58Now, look, you know me, I don't like to get on my soapbox,
01:01but I have to tell you, with roads like racetracks out there
01:04and some unsavoury characters along the way,
01:06and my kids live ten miles away from their school,
01:08it's a barking mad idea to have International Walk to School Month.
01:11So I'm going to designate October International Do Not Walk to School Month.
01:16What about protest? I never used to like getting there anyway.
01:19I was always in trouble at school, particularly in history.
01:22I think the history master had it in for me for some reason.
01:25When he asked me where's Hadrian's Wall, I said,
01:27around Hadrian's Garden.
01:29Didn't go too well. Didn't go too well today, either.
01:34Let's meet our contestants, shall we? Both newcomers to Countdown.
01:37First of all, Chris Moore, who's from Stockport.
01:39He's a retired police officer and high flyer.
01:42He's held a private pilot's licence for 20 years,
01:46is a member of the Lancashire Aero Club
01:48and regularly flies from the city of Manchester Airport.
01:52So where do you fly to, Chris?
01:55I've flown to Ireland, France, Channel Islands.
01:59Do you still find it exhilarating after all this time?
02:01I love it. I never get bored of it.
02:03Never get bored. Do you get bored of running marathons?
02:06No.
02:07How many have you done now, marathons and Great North Runs?
02:10Two London marathons, ten Great North Runs.
02:13Ten Great North Runs. Fantastic.
02:15What's your best time in the Great North Run?
02:17About one hour 53, I think.
02:19Are you still getting quicker?
02:21No.
02:22Slowing down in age, yeah.
02:24Another feeling only too well.
02:26Chris Moore is up against Wayne Chadwick,
02:28who joins us from Braithwaite in Keighley.
02:30He's a dad of three, ranging from 20-year-old Thomas William,
02:33who's 11, and little Macy, who's 10.
02:35And apparently Wayne's actually sung with Rick Parfitt.
02:38Stateless quote for him. How did that come about?
02:40In Turkey, just in a bar, karaoke bar in Turkey.
02:44I sung Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
02:49and he did Eyehore Silver Lining.
02:52Oh, Jeff Beck.
02:53Yeah, it was quite good.
02:55I was better than him though.
02:57Of course.
02:59Wayne Chadwick then up against Chris Moore.
03:05And teaming up again with Susie Dent in Dictionary Corner,
03:08it's the woman we're more used to seeing running than walking,
03:11of course, the energetic treasure hunter Annika Rice.
03:19Do you let your kids walk to school?
03:21Bus. Bus stop right outside the house.
03:24Bus. Two buses, actually, so it's quite a big journey,
03:27and they did it from quite a young age.
03:30But not ten miles away. That's a trek.
03:34What about you, Susie?
03:36Usually bike.
03:38Or if Lucy's on her scooter, I try and keep up with her on another scooter,
03:41but the results are a bit embarrassing.
03:44I can't scoot like this.
03:46It's like screwing down the roads in Oxford.
03:48I know. It has to be seen to be believed.
03:50Quite a sight. We'll have to try and get our cameras there
03:52and just get that on tape for posterity's sake, I think.
03:55OK, let's press on with the contest, shall we?
03:57As I say, two new contestants, so there has been a toss.
04:00Chris won the toss and so he gets first pick of the letters.
04:03Afternoon, Rachel.
04:04Afternoon, Chris.
04:05Could I have a consonant, please?
04:06Thank you. Start today with F.
04:09And another.
04:12D.
04:14One more, please.
04:16M.
04:18Vowel.
04:20A.
04:22And another one.
04:24E.
04:26And a consonant.
04:28H.
04:30And another vowel.
04:33O.
04:35And a consonant, please.
04:38V.
04:41And one last vowel, please.
04:43And the last one.
04:45I.
04:46And for the first time today, here's the Countdown Clock.
05:12MUSIC
05:20Wayne, how many?
05:21Six.
05:22And Chris?
05:23Five.
05:24OK, what's the five, Chris?
05:25Video.
05:26And the six, Wayne?
05:27Phoned.
05:28Phoned, yeah, very good.
05:29Yes.
05:30Phoned for six.
05:32Hannock and Susie, does it get any better than that?
05:34I got exactly the same, phoned.
05:36And that's it?
05:37One six, I'm afraid, yeah.
05:38Yes, well spotted, Wayne.
05:39Off and running straight away with six points on the scoreboard for phoned.
05:43And, Wayne, it's your pick this time.
05:45Hello, Rachel.
05:46Hiya, Wayne.
05:47Could I have a consonant, please?
05:48Thank you.
05:49D.
05:50Vowel.
05:52E.
05:53Another vowel.
05:54A.
05:56Consonant.
05:58T.
05:59Vowel.
06:02E.
06:03A consonant.
06:05G.
06:06Another consonant.
06:08P.
06:10Another consonant.
06:12K.
06:14And a final consonant, please.
06:17And a final R.
06:19And your 30 seconds starts now.
06:36MUSIC PLAYS
06:52Chris, what have you got?
06:53Six.
06:54And, Wayne?
06:55Seven.
06:56Chris, what's the six?
06:57Depart.
06:58And the seven, Wayne?
06:59Predate.
07:00Predate.
07:02Fantastic.
07:03So you have predate in the sense of existing before, earlier than something else,
07:06or in the sense of a predator, what a predator would do to its prey.
07:09Very good.
07:10It's an excellent seven, isn't it?
07:12Any other sevens?
07:13Tapered.
07:15Hmm. Also very good.
07:17Otherwise, lots of sixes there.
07:19Predate and tapered, then, two sevens available.
07:22Wayne, again, spotted one of them.
07:24He's moved on to 13.
07:26Let's see if Chris can get on the scoreboard now.
07:28Chris, it's your selection.
07:29Consonant, please, Rachel.
07:30Thank you, Chris.
07:31T.
07:32And another.
07:34S.
07:36And another one, please.
07:38R.
07:39And a vowel.
07:41A.
07:43And another vowel.
07:45O.
07:47A consonant.
07:49L.
07:51Another consonant.
07:53R.
07:55Vowel.
07:57Another A.
07:59And one more vowel, please.
08:01And finish, I.
08:04Time starts now.
08:32MUSIC STOPS
08:36Wayne?
08:38Six.
08:39And Chris?
08:40Six.
08:41OK, Chris, what's your six?
08:42Ratios.
08:43And yours, Wayne?
08:44Rotors.
08:46OK.
08:47Rotors?
08:48Are you selling rotors?
08:49R-O-T-E-R-S.
08:51Oh, it doesn't have that final R on the phrase,
08:53it would just be a five.
08:54Bad luck, Wayne.
08:55OK.
08:56Ratios is fine for six.
08:58You look very pleased with yourself over there, you two.
09:01You've got a crap of Susie, haven't you?
09:03Well, there is a nine there.
09:05It comes from the Latin sartor, meaning tailor,
09:08and it's sartorial.
09:09Sartorial, superb.
09:15Very good indeed.
09:16But ratios is good enough to get Chris off and running.
09:18He's on the scoreboard.
09:19He has six, Wayne has 13.
09:21Wayne, it's you to choose.
09:23Consonant, please.
09:24Thank you, Wayne.
09:26G.
09:27A vowel.
09:29E.
09:30Another vowel.
09:32O.
09:33Consonant.
09:35S.
09:36Another vowel.
09:38A.
09:39Consonant.
09:41W.
09:42Another consonant.
09:44R.
09:45Another consonant.
09:47C.
09:49And a final consonant, please.
09:54And a final W.
09:57And here's the countdown clock.
10:28Chris, what have you got?
10:30Just another six, Geoff.
10:31Another six.
10:32Wayne?
10:33Six.
10:34What's yours, Wayne?
10:35Wages.
10:36And yours, Chris?
10:37Graces.
10:38OK, graces and wages.
10:40Yes.
10:41Goes fine.
10:42A couple of Ws make it tricky.
10:44I was really hopeless that round, I'm afraid.
10:46Got nothing, really.
10:47Well, there is cargos for seven.
10:49You can spell it O-E-S as well as O-S,
10:51so that will push you to the seven, but nothing beyond, I'm afraid.
10:54OK.
10:55Chris moves on to 12, Wayne on to 19.
10:58And time for us to move on to our first numbers round of the day.
11:01Chris, it's you to pick those numbers, please.
11:03I'll have one from the top, please, Rachel, and any other five, please.
11:07Any other five. Thank you, Chris.
11:09One large one and five little ones coming up.
11:12And for the first numbers game today, they are five, two, five,
11:17nine, another nine, and 75.
11:21And the target, 344.
11:2430 seconds then to reach 344.
11:55344 then.
11:57Wayne, how close?
11:59No, I lost it.
12:01342, Geoff.
12:02342, Chris.
12:03Let's have that 342, please.
12:05OK, nine.
12:08Nine minus five is four.
12:11Yep.
12:1375 plus the nine.
12:17Plus the other nine.
12:1984.
12:2184 times that by four is...
12:24332.
12:26Six.
12:28And add five and add two, and I've gone wrong, haven't I?
12:32The other five and the two...
12:35What did you... 343.
12:37So did you declare 342?
12:39Yeah.
12:40One away, I'm afraid.
12:41Oh, not to worry.
12:42Bad luck.
12:44But you got it.
12:45Yeah.
12:46I think I've got it.
12:47I didn't know what was wrong with you or what was going on then.
12:50It's a cruel, inane pose, isn't it?
12:52You've finally lost it.
12:53Well, look, I might have got it, I'm not absolutely sure,
12:55but look, 75 minus nine is 66.
12:5775 minus nine is 66.
12:59Multiply it by five.
13:00330.
13:01And then you've got the other nine and the five,
13:03you add them together and add them on.
13:05You do indeed, well done, Geoff.
13:11So Chris stays on 12, Wayne stays on 19 at the moment.
13:15Annika Rice is our guest in Dictionary Corner this week.
13:18Annika, what are you going to tell us about her?
13:20Well, I thought about nine months ago I made a documentary for ITV
13:25called Home is Where the Heart Is,
13:27where I had a young homeless girl who came to live with me for two weeks,
13:31and I thought people might want to know what's happened to her,
13:34because, you know, there's a lot of, you know, fuss when the crew are there,
13:38and then obviously they disappear, but the project obviously goes on,
13:41as far as I'm concerned, because I'm her mentor now.
13:44And I just wanted to tell you how she was doing, which is amazing,
13:48because if you saw the documentary, she arrived very vulnerable,
13:53had been in and out of the welfare system all her life,
13:56was in a hostel on benefits, no self-confidence
14:00or feeling of self-worth or anything.
14:02And anyway, she came to live in our mad family, and we all embraced her,
14:07and I got such a noisy house with lodgers and suns everywhere.
14:13There's a sun, you know, there's just so many of them.
14:16And she just kind of loved it, and I could just see
14:19she just was absolutely relishing being part of a team
14:23and having people around her who were interested in her,
14:26sort of almost all she needed.
14:28But it's been wonderful, and she's now got a proper job,
14:30I mean, a proper nine-to-five job.
14:32She's off all benefits, she's signed off completely, all off her own back.
14:36She took that big, big, brave step, because it's very easy to stay on benefits,
14:41as I'm sure people will understand.
14:43She's made that commitment to get rid of her debts.
14:46I helped her with a few, but she's largely paid off all her debts.
14:50She's working, she's in her own flat, she's an independent woman,
14:54and she just feels part of this adult life, which is what, you know,
14:58all I wanted her to feel, part of a team and loved.
15:01And so I just wanted everyone to take home that thought of being a team
15:05and maybe thinking how they could maybe form a team themselves.
15:09And, you know, put out a hand to someone who might need help,
15:12might be an elderly person in your village who just needs some help with shopping,
15:15or someone at the end of the phone.
15:17You don't have to do very much at all.
15:19It just makes such a big difference to feel that people are rooting for you.
15:22Thanks very much indeed, Annika.
15:24APPLAUSE
15:30Chris on 12, Wayne on 19.
15:32Time for our first teaser of the day.
15:34The words are SEAFRUMP.
15:36SEAFRUMP.
15:38And the clue, COMMON SENSE, might lead you to this answer.
15:41COMMON SENSE might lead you to this answer.
15:59COMMON SENSE might lead you to this answer.
16:01Perfumes is the word we were looking for.
16:04Two new contestants on Countdown today.
16:06Chris Moore on 12 at the moment and Wayne Chadwick on 19.
16:10Wayne, it's your selection.
16:12Consonant, please.
16:14Thank you, Wayne.
16:16N
16:17A vowel.
16:19E
16:20Another vowel.
16:22A
16:23A consonant.
16:25R
16:26A vowel.
16:28U
16:29Another consonant.
16:31D
16:32Consonant.
16:33G
16:35Consonant.
16:37S
16:38Finish with a vowel, please.
16:40And finish with E.
16:42And here's the Countdown clock.
17:04CLOCK TICKS
17:15Chris, what have you got?
17:16Seven.
17:17And Wayne?
17:18Seven.
17:19What's yours then, Wayne?
17:20Enraged.
17:21And yours, Chris?
17:22Candors.
17:23Excellent.
17:24Very good.
17:25We're feeling quite smug, though, actually.
17:27Yes.
17:28With apologies.
17:29Why are you feeling smug?
17:30That elusive nine is not always easy.
17:32I started with grease for a long time and then realised there's un-greased.
17:36Yes, which is in the dictionary, believe it or not.
17:38It's just about limpsing.
17:40One which is a little bit more familiar is dungarees for another nine.
17:44Dungarees.
17:45APPLAUSE
17:50Chris, it's your choice.
17:52Consonant, please, Rachel.
17:54Thank you, Chris.
17:55N
17:56And another.
17:58D
18:00And another consonant, please.
18:03L
18:04Vowel.
18:06I
18:07Another vowel.
18:09A
18:10Another vowel.
18:12U
18:14Consonant.
18:16T
18:18Vowel.
18:20I
18:22And one more consonant, please.
18:24And lastly, R.
18:26And your 30 seconds starts now.
18:57Er, Wayne, what did you make of that?
18:59Five.
19:00And Chris?
19:01Five.
19:02What's your five, Chris?
19:03Drain.
19:04And yours, Wayne?
19:05Tallied.
19:07Sounds good.
19:08It sounds good.
19:09Unfortunately, it's not in, though, I'm afraid.
19:12The tally, numerous, sort of similar-sounding words, but not that one, I'm afraid.
19:16Hmm.
19:17Bad luck.
19:18OK, so just five to beat.
19:20You can see the pen come out, which is interesting.
19:22What have we got, something spectacular?
19:24Nautili.
19:25N-A-U-T-I-L-I, at least from the world of science and the sea.
19:29It's a mollusk with a spiral shell and numerous short tentacles around the mouth.
19:33Hmm.
19:34OK, very good.
19:36Getting very close here.
19:37Chris on 24, Wayne on 26.
19:40Just two points to the gap at the moment.
19:42Wayne, it's your pick.
19:44Consonant, please.
19:45Thank you, Wayne.
19:46N
19:47Vowel.
19:49O
19:50Another vowel.
19:51T
19:52Vowel.
19:53Another vowel.
19:55E
19:56Consonant.
19:58M
19:59Vowel.
20:01O
20:02Consonant.
20:04T
20:05Another consonant.
20:07Z
20:09A vowel.
20:12U
20:14And a final consonant, please.
20:16And a final B.
20:19Time starts now.
20:23MUSIC
20:51Looks tricky again, doesn't it?
20:53Chris, how many?
20:54Five, Geoff.
20:55And Wayne?
20:56Five.
20:57What's yours, Wayne?
20:58Tomb.
20:59With an E.
21:00And?
21:01OK.
21:02And yours, Chris?
21:03Mount.
21:05No tomb with an E, I'm afraid.
21:07I think that's the most difficult letters we've had.
21:10It's very hard.
21:11Yeah, it was very hard.
21:12I give up.
21:13I'm going home.
21:14Well, you could have N-tomb, cos you might kick yourself.
21:17No, Wayne, that was there for a six.
21:19But that was our best bet.
21:20That mount is absolutely fine for Chris.
21:22I mean, he edges ahead.
21:24Chris, it's your selection.
21:27Consonant, please, Rachel.
21:28Thank you, Chris.
21:30V
21:31And another.
21:34T
21:36And another one, please.
21:39D
21:40Vowel.
21:42E
21:43Another vowel.
21:45O
21:46Another vowel.
21:48E
21:50Consonant.
21:52L
21:55Another consonant, please.
21:58C
21:59And one more vowel, please.
22:01And, to finish, A.
22:04And here's the countdown clock.
22:20CLOCK TICKS
22:37Wayne, how many?
22:38Six.
22:39And Chris?
22:40Six.
22:41OK, what's yours, Chris?
22:42Elated.
22:43And yours, Wayne?
22:44Devote.
22:46Elated and devote.
22:48Yeah, good sixes.
22:49Annika, Susie, what have we got?
22:50I got cleated.
22:52Nautical term.
22:54Very nice. Coveted.
22:55Located a few sevens.
22:57OK.
22:58So, a couple of sevens around, but good points for Chris and Wayne.
23:01A little breather for them right now off to Dictionary Corner.
23:03It's origins of words time with Susie.
23:05Well, I've talked before about words that exist for a particular concept,
23:09even when you might have thought it unnecessary to have one.
23:12And aglet was my favourite, which was the tag at the end of a lace.
23:15And also sesquipedalian, if you remember,
23:18which is somebody tending to use long words,
23:20and that's a long word in itself.
23:22So I thought I'd give you a few more.
23:24Batology is the study of brambles, not bats.
23:28Aristology is the art of dining.
23:32Sternutation, I think I've mentioned before, is the act of sneezing.
23:36A poor chess player is known as a patser, which is quite interesting.
23:40In rally driving, when you leave the ground, when going over a ridge,
23:43you are yumping.
23:45Finally, what we do a lot of on this show is logomachy,
23:48which is arguing about words.
23:50And finally, for all students out there,
23:52it sounds a little bit like lubrication, but it's not.
23:54It's lucubration, which is studying or composing late into the night.
24:05Chris, 35, then. Wayne, 32 at the moment.
24:07It's time for another numbers round.
24:09This time, Wayne, it's you to pick those numbers, please.
24:11I'll have the inverted T, please.
24:13Inverted T, thank you, Wayne.
24:15One from the top and five small ones for this round.
24:18And this time they are eight, another eight,
24:22five, two, seven, and a big one, 75.
24:27And the target, 529.
24:3030 seconds to reach 529.
24:42CLOCK TICKS
25:04Looking for 529 this time, then.
25:06Chris, how close?
25:07529.
25:08And Wayne?
25:09509.
25:1075 times 7.
25:1275 times 7, 525.
25:142 into 8.
25:17So, 8 over 2 for 4.
25:19Nod it on.
25:20529, well done.
25:21Yep, well done. Chris, same way?
25:23Slightly different.
25:257 times 75, and then 5 minus 8 over 8.
25:29For the other four, yeah, great.
25:30Gives you the 1.
25:31Well done.
25:32APPLAUSE
25:35Chris moves on to 45.
25:37Wayne moves on to 42.
25:39Good, close contest.
25:41Here's another teaser for you.
25:43The words this time are ICY STARS.
25:45ICY STARS and the clue,
25:47DISMISS TONY IN THE BACK ROOM OF THE CHURCH.
25:49DISMISS TONY IN THE BACK ROOM OF THE CHURCH.
25:52DISMISS TONY IN THE BACK ROOM OF THE CHURCH.
26:10DISMISS TONY IN THE BACK ROOM OF THE CHURCH.
26:12SACRISTY is the word we were looking for.
26:14SACRISTY.
26:16So, Tony, Christie, that's the Tony question.
26:18Is this the way to Amarillo, etc?
26:2145 at the moment, then. Wayne is on 42. Do you do that one in karaoke?
26:26Nah.
26:27No, yeah. Bit soft for you, that, is it?
26:29Yeah.
26:30More of a heavy metal boy.
26:31Not my sort of thing.
26:32Not your sort of thing, OK.
26:33Let's press on, shall we, for the moment, though, to Good Close Contest.
26:36Chris just got the lead at the moment.
26:37Chris, you've also got to pick up the letters.
26:39Consonant, please, Rachel.
26:40Thank you, Chris.
26:42G.
26:43And another.
26:45S.
26:46One more.
26:48R.
26:50Vowel.
26:52O.
26:53Another vowel.
26:55A.
26:57Another vowel, please.
26:59I.
27:02Consonant.
27:04T.
27:07Another consonant, please.
27:09D.
27:11And one more vowel, please.
27:12And one last A.
27:14And your 30 seconds starts now.
27:21CLOCK TICKS
27:46Wayne, what have you got?
27:48A six.
27:49And Chris?
27:50Dodgy seven.
27:51OK, let's have the six first of all, please, Wayne.
27:53Great.
27:54And the dodgy seven, Chris?
27:55Garotid.
27:56How are you spelling it?
27:57G-A-R-O-T-I-D.
28:00Garotid, as in to chop someone's head off, is double R, I think.
28:05But either way, it would be E-D at the end, not I-D.
28:07And great?
28:08Great is... How are you spelling that?
28:10G-R-A-I-T-S.
28:12No, unfortunately not.
28:14That would have been gratis as well.
28:15Gratis would have been fine, yes.
28:17Anything else we could have had?
28:18Asteroid.
28:20Asteroid, yes, which is a mathematical term, not the asteroid astronomical term.
28:23That's their seven.
28:25But no more than that, I'm afraid.
28:27OK.
28:28Wayne, it's your selection.
28:29Start with a consonant, please.
28:31Thank you, Wayne.
28:32Y.
28:33A vowel.
28:35E.
28:36Another vowel.
28:37A.
28:38Consonant.
28:41M.
28:42A vowel.
28:44U.
28:45Consonant.
28:47C.
28:48Another consonant.
28:51S.
28:52Another consonant.
28:55Q.
28:58And I'll have a final consonant, please.
29:01And a final F.
29:03And your 30 seconds starts now.
29:17MUSIC
29:36Chris, what did you make of that?
29:37Five.
29:38Five.
29:39And Wayne?
29:40Risky six.
29:41Chris, what's the five?
29:42Fames.
29:43And the six, Wayne?
29:45Queasy, fantastic word, yes, well done.
29:47Fames, unfortunately not, Chris, you can't put the S on it, it's a mass noun.
29:51OK.
29:52Was there anything more than that, Annika, Susie?
29:54Can't do better than queasy.
29:55Musk is their M-A-S-Q-U-E.
29:57But no more than that, I'm afraid.
29:59This is the final letters round.
30:01Chris, it's you to pick those letters, please.
30:03Consonant, please, Rachel.
30:05Thank you, Chris.
30:06N.
30:07And another one.
30:09X.
30:11And another consonant.
30:14T.
30:15Vowel.
30:17I.
30:18Another vowel.
30:20E.
30:22Consonant.
30:24P.
30:25Another consonant.
30:27T.
30:28Vowel.
30:31O.
30:33And one more vowel, please.
30:35And a final I.
30:37Here's the countdown clock.
30:391
30:402
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30:446
30:457
30:468
30:479
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30:4911
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31:0325
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31:09Wayne, how many?
31:10Eight.
31:11And Chris?
31:12Six.
31:13Chris, what's your six?
31:14Tiptoe.
31:15Tiptoe, very nice.
31:16And the eight, Wayne?
31:17Petition.
31:18How are you spelling it? I'm pretty sure it's all there.
31:20P-E-T-I-T-I-O-N.
31:22Excellent.
31:24APPLAUSE
31:28Petition, which I don't think anybody had spotted here.
31:31We had point, which in ballet is standing on the tips of your toes,
31:34but we were nowhere near that, so well done.
31:36Well done, Wayne.
31:37Very good.
31:38Chris on 45, then.
31:39Wayne stretches a bit further clear.
31:41He's on 56.
31:43On to our final numbers round of the contest,
31:45and, Wayne, it's you to pick those numbers.
31:47Choice of yours, Rachel.
31:48My choice? OK, that could be dangerous.
31:50One from the top and any other.
31:52LAUGHTER
31:53My choice of one... Oh, I was going to go for four large.
31:56Just snipped in there.
31:58OK, thank you, Wayne.
31:59One large and five small. It's the last time today.
32:02And this time they are 9, 6, 7...
32:06..another 9, 2 and 50.
32:10And the target, 735.
32:1230 seconds to reach 735.
32:35MUSIC PLAYS
32:45Looking for 735, then.
32:47Chris, how close?
32:48736, Geoff.
32:49736, OK. Wayne?
32:51736.
32:52736 as well.
32:53OK, Chris, let's hear your version, please.
32:55OK.
32:569 and 6 is 15.
32:589 and 6, 15.
33:00Er, times it by the 50 is 50.
33:04Yep.
33:052 times 7 is 14 and take it away.
33:07Well, one away. Well done.
33:10Same method, Wayne?
33:11I didn't manage to write the last bit down.
33:13You haven't written it down, unfortunately, Wayne.
33:16We can't accept it, so...
33:17OK.
33:18So, 735, Rachel?
33:20Yeah, if you'd have done the same way here
33:23and then if you'd have said 2 add 7 is 9
33:27and divide it by the other 9 for 1,
33:31take it away here, and 15 times 49 is 735.
33:39So what that means is that Chris is on 52 and Wayne is on 56.
33:45It's come to that time where I ask you to put your fingers on your buzzers, fellas,
33:48as we reveal today's crucial Countdown Conundrum.
33:52Whoa.
33:53Chris?
33:54Prompting, Geoff.
33:55Let's take a look.
33:58It's not prompting, Chris, so, Wayne, you get the rest of the time.
34:06Wayne?
34:07Importing.
34:08Let's take a look.
34:10APPLAUSE
34:14APPLAUSE
34:21Yeah, well done, it was importing,
34:23and it means that Chris has finished on 52,
34:27Wayne on 66.
34:29So, Chris, commiserations.
34:31Hope you enjoyed it, though, it was a close-run thing.
34:34Absolutely loved it, Geoff.
34:35Good, well done.
34:36And Wayne, feeling a bit less queasy now?
34:39LAUGHTER
34:41You know what it means, you've got to do it all over again.
34:44Maybe a bit more relaxed.
34:46Very well played, indeed.
34:48And we'll see him again tomorrow, we'll see you again tomorrow, Annika.
34:51I just have to ask you a little more about the story of Bridget in Home Is Where The Heart Is,
34:55because is it true that as a result of that programme,
34:58you and she had matching tattoos as a mark of your friendship?
35:01Yes, she wanted to have the entire Challenge Annika logo on her back,
35:04with the names of all the lodgers around it in the house,
35:07and we managed to persuade her not to do that,
35:10and she had a little heart on my ankle.
35:12Wow. Annika, we shall see you tomorrow, and likewise, Susie.
35:15Rachel, of course, I failed to mention earlier in the programme
35:18that it's also National Walk To The Hotel Month.
35:21Better for the environment and the health, you know.
35:23I'll give you a toot as we drive past, OK?
35:26See you tomorrow, bye-bye.
35:28APPLAUSE
35:30APPLAUSE
36:00Thank you.