Countdown | Tuesday 13th January 2015 | Episode 6063
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00:32Good afternoon and welcome to the countdown studio.
00:34I read a very interesting article recently concerning rock star riders.
00:39Now, what is a rock star rider?
00:40I'll tell you.
00:41The Oxford dictionary says a rider is a supplementary clause in a performer's contract specifying
00:47food, drink, etc. to be provided in the dressing room.
00:50And in the past, of course, riders were full of demands.
00:53I guess the most famous one, Rachel, was, and I don't know who it was, some nutter,
00:57specifying they must have Smarties in their dressing rooms,
01:00but only the blue ones.
01:02Oh, M&M's, Separation of Colours. Was it M&M's?
01:04I think it was M&M's. Who was it? Can you remember?
01:06I've absolutely no idea. I wonder if it's an urban legend,
01:08or if it was a real person. If it was a real person,
01:10then they're very spoiled and they need a smack.
01:12Start it here first. What would I have?
01:14I've got a ride, a weenie ride,
01:16but I've got a computer and a printer in my room.
01:19Have you got anything special?
01:21I've got a computer. What are you printing? What are you doing?
01:23Whatever it is I need to print.
01:26I've got a business to run here.
01:28And if I were out on the road
01:30and I could have anything I wanted in the whole world,
01:35what would I have?
01:37More importantly, what would you have?
01:39Well, instead of towels, you could have fluffy white kittens.
01:43I've heard rumours of things like that.
01:46I think it's always related to Mariah Carey.
01:48I wonder which ones are true.
01:50I could have this many roses cut to this exact length
01:53and this exact temperature in my room
01:55and water it from this country and all the rest of it.
01:58But anybody that makes silly demands actually deserves a smack,
02:01don't you think?
02:02Like a printer and a computer.
02:04No, that's very sensible.
02:06Now, who have we got with us? Andy Noden is back.
02:08And this young man is determined to become an OctoChamp.
02:12He's on six wins, seven wins now, actually.
02:14One more and you're there.
02:16Well done, Andy. You've played a blinder.
02:18But there's always somebody who pops up to steal your thunder.
02:23Will it be Mark Bainon,
02:25a financial advisor from Kingston-on-Thames
02:28whose nickname is Peanuts?
02:30Now, I hope your clients don't get peanuts
02:33for all your financial advice. I'm sure they don't.
02:35Of course not, no.
02:36But why are you called Peanuts?
02:37It's my lovely colleagues at work.
02:39Something to do with the shape of my head, apparently.
02:41LAUGHTER
02:43I can see what they mean.
02:45I can see that, yeah. Brilliant stuff.
02:47And the most peaceful place you've ever been was tubing,
02:51this is new language to me,
02:53down the river in Vang Vieng in Laos.
02:56What's tubing, first of all?
02:58So, tubing, you have a kind of, yeah, rubber tube,
03:00the whole middle, so you're kind of like a doughnut,
03:02so you're just kind of sitting...
03:03Like the inner tube of a tractor or something?
03:05Yeah, exactly, yeah, just like that.
03:06Oh, OK.
03:07And you're kind of just sitting there, relaxing,
03:09and you're floating down the river.
03:11Absolutely lovely. So peaceful, so quiet.
03:13No, not a soul around, you're in the...
03:15Do you know, I think you've given me an idea,
03:17I fancy a bit of that. Yes, I think you'll like it.
03:19Tubing, absolutely.
03:21Let's have a big round of applause for Mark and Andy.
03:24APPLAUSE
03:28And in the corner, of course,
03:30Susie and, once again, David Emanuel,
03:33fashion designer, TV personality.
03:35And are you a tuber?
03:37I have been known to tube, yes.
03:39Yeah? Have you seriously done it?
03:41I have seriously, yeah. Brilliant.
03:43All right, let's have a letters game with Andy Noden.
03:47Good luck to you, Andy.
03:48Hi, Rachel. Hi, Andy.
03:50Consonant, please. Thank you. Start the day with N.
03:53Vowel, please.
03:55A. Another vowel.
03:58O. And another.
04:00A. Consonant.
04:03L. Another consonant.
04:05G. And another, please.
04:08F. Final vowel.
04:10B. And a consonant, please.
04:13And the last one, R.
04:16And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:40CLOCK TICKS
04:50Andy?
04:51Er, 37.
04:53Mark?
04:54Er, a safe six.
04:56And your six?
04:58Golfer.
04:59Thank you.
05:00Flanger.
05:02Flanger. Susie?
05:03Yes, it is there.
05:05It's an electronic device which alters a sound signal
05:08and it's used especially in pop music to alter an instrument's sound.
05:12Excellent. I see, yeah.
05:14Is gopher in there?
05:15Yes, G-O-F-E-R, cos it means go for something.
05:18That's right, a gopher.
05:19Gopher, G-O-F-E-R.
05:21All right, seven points to Andy.
05:23And Mark's on now with his first letters game. Mark?
05:26Can I have a consonant, please?
05:28Thank you, Mark.
05:30Y.
05:31And a vowel.
05:33A.
05:34And a consonant, please.
05:37D.
05:38Another consonant, please.
05:41R.
05:42Another consonant, please.
05:45Q.
05:46And I'll have a vowel.
05:48E.
05:50And another vowel.
05:54A.
05:55Another vowel, please.
05:58O.
05:59And a consonant.
06:00And the last one, W.
06:02Stand by.
06:07MUSIC PLAYS
06:34Mark?
06:35I have a six.
06:37Andy?
06:38A six.
06:39Mark?
06:40Drawer.
06:41And?
06:42Adware.
06:43You need to ask for drawer, Mark.
06:45And you've only got one there.
06:47Of course, yeah.
06:48Sorry.
06:49And adware, yep, that is computing software
06:52that automatically downloads advertising material
06:54such as banners, pop-ups, everything you don't really want
06:57when you're online.
06:58Exactly.
06:59Well, you're trying to avoid... David?
07:01I got a ward for five.
07:03Very good.
07:04Susie, anything else?
07:05There was a seven there.
07:07Roadway.
07:08It's just a synonym for road.
07:10Roadway, all right.
07:12And the first numbers game's popped up
07:14and it's got Andy down for it.
07:17Andy, off you go.
07:18One large, please.
07:19Thank you, Andy, stick to what you know.
07:21Always one large and five little ones.
07:23And for the first time today, the numbers are
07:26ten, eight, seven, three, another ten
07:31and the large one, 50.
07:34And the target, 420.
07:364-2-0.
08:05Andy?
08:07Yeah, 420.
08:08Mark?
08:09420.
08:10Andy?
08:1150 minus eight...
08:1250 minus eight, 42.
08:14..is 42 and times it by the ten.
08:16Times it by the ten, 420, nice and easy.
08:18And Mark?
08:19Yeah, same.
08:20Same way, just for good form.
08:22There we are, well done.
08:23All right, so Mark's ten plays Andy's 23
08:27as we go into a tea time teaser, which is frog legs.
08:32And the clue,
08:33are these salespeople good at whipping up business?
08:36Are these salespeople good at whipping up business?
08:40BELL
08:55Welcome back.
08:56I left with the clue,
08:57are these salespeople good at whipping up business?
08:59And the answer is floggers.
09:02A flogger.
09:03Susie, is that the same as a chugger, a charity mugger?
09:06Oh, it can be, yes, as well as somebody who whips,
09:08because it comes from the Latin flagellare, to whip,
09:10which is where we get flagellate from.
09:12Yeah, a chugger is a charity mugger,
09:14so somebody who tries to... Yeah.
09:16Bit of an unpleasant one.
09:17And a flogger could also be a chugger.
09:19Somebody who tries to sell you something.
09:21To flog it. To flog it.
09:23Exactly.
09:24Flog it, all right.
09:25Thank you, Susie.
09:26Thank you, Susie.
09:2723 plays Mark's ten,
09:29and let's go to Mark.
09:31Letters game.
09:33Can I have a consonant, please?
09:35Thank you, Mark.
09:36G
09:37Another consonant.
09:39R
09:40Another consonant, please.
09:42W
09:43And a vowel.
09:45E
09:47Another vowel.
09:49O
09:51A consonant, please.
09:54T
09:55And a vowel.
09:58A
10:00A consonant.
10:03C
10:05And I'll finish with a consonant, please.
10:08And finish with R.
10:11Stand by.
10:25MUSIC PLAYS
10:43Yes, Mark?
10:45Seven, I think.
10:46Seven. Andy?
10:47Yeah, seven.
10:48Mark?
10:49Creator.
10:50Creator and...?
10:51Reactor.
10:52Reactor.
10:54Very good words.
10:55Very good words.
10:56What else have we got? David?
10:58I haven't any different that I had created, too.
11:01Right. Susie?
11:02Yes, ditto, but you can also have towage for six.
11:05Towage?
11:06Towage, the charge that you make for towing a boat,
11:09towing a car, sort of.
11:10Yeah, sure.
11:11Yeah.
11:12Towage, 30 plays 17. Andy, you're back. Letters.
11:15A vowel, please.
11:16Thank you, Andy.
11:18U
11:19Another vowel.
11:21O
11:22Another vowel.
11:23E
11:24And another vowel.
11:25O
11:26Another vowel.
11:28E
11:29Consonant.
11:30P
11:31Consonant.
11:32K
11:33Consonant.
11:34S
11:35And another, please.
11:36And the last one.
11:37X
11:38And the clock starts now.
11:40MUSIC PLAYS
11:53MUSIC CONTINUES
12:11Andy?
12:12Six.
12:13A six, Mark.
12:14Same, six.
12:15Andy?
12:16Expose.
12:17Yeah, expose as well.
12:18Same thing, both of you.
12:21Can you expose anything else there, David?
12:23Expose, I'm afraid. Six, yep.
12:25I had spook for five.
12:27To spook a horse?
12:29Yes. And sadly, the origin's unknown.
12:31I thought it might have a nice story behind it, but we don't know.
12:34All right. 36 plays Mark's 23. Numbers are up again, Mark.
12:38Can I have two large and four small, please?
12:42You can, thank you, Mark.
12:43Two large ones, four little ones to change things up.
12:46And this time, the four small ones are one, two, ten and seven,
12:51and the two large ones, 75 and 50.
12:54And the target, 889.
12:56889.
12:58MUSIC PLAYS
13:17MUSIC STOPS
13:30Yes, Mark?
13:31889.
13:32889. Andy?
13:34889.
13:35So, Mark?
13:36OK, so seven times two...
13:39Seven times two, 14.
13:41Plus 75.
13:42Plus 75, 89.
13:44Times ten.
13:45Times ten, 890.
13:47Take it for one.
13:48Lovely. 889.
13:50Very good.
13:51Yes, Andy?
13:52It was a lot different.
13:54It was 50 plus 75 plus two.
13:5750 plus 75 plus two, 127.
14:00Times seven.
14:01Perfect. 889 again.
14:03Well done, both of you.
14:08Still quite close round, but now we turn to David.
14:11And, David, I suppose if we all close our eyes
14:14and visualise Diana's wedding dress, we can all do it.
14:19We can all do it, and that was one of your great triumphs.
14:22But it wasn't the only wedding dress that you were involved with.
14:25No, I've designed several brides,
14:27but one bride in particular was quite different.
14:30She was new, she'd never had something made before,
14:33she'd never had a couture service.
14:35She rang my assistant and an appointment was made,
14:37and she came in, and she said she was getting married,
14:40and I said, marvellous.
14:41So, do you have a theme?
14:43OK. Any particular colour? No.
14:47What about the venue?
14:50We haven't decided yet, haven't decided.
14:52So there's a lot of indecision.
14:54So I'm kind of designing blind, as it were,
14:56because you know you can get married absolutely anywhere these days.
14:59So I said, OK.
15:00She went off, I obviously prepared sketches,
15:02she came in, I went through the sketches,
15:04and she said, oh, that one.
15:06And I said, well, have you made your mind up yet?
15:09You know, time is marching on.
15:11Have you made your mind up yet about the venue?
15:13No, not yet.
15:14OK. Music?
15:16Any music you have in mind?
15:18No, no, not yet.
15:19I said, well, where is this going?
15:21So I said, well, look, I can finish the gown,
15:23but have I got a deadline? What date?
15:28No.
15:29I said, well, what...
15:32Oh, I haven't got a man.
15:34Didn't have a groom, there was no groom to be.
15:37Yeah, so she wanted...
15:38So I said, why do you want the gown?
15:40It's an investment I want to buy now,
15:42so by the time I get married, my prices will have gone up.
15:48So she got the gown.
15:49And stuck it in a cupboard.
15:51Absolutely. I'd never heard from her again.
15:53I don't know if she got married or not, but that was quite bizarre.
15:56That's very odd, isn't it?
15:58You sometimes get them, Nick.
16:00My word.
16:01Don't do it, girls.
16:03Have the man first.
16:04What an extraordinary thing.
16:06It was very odd.
16:07There's a certain sort of business sense, isn't there?
16:09She's in the futures business.
16:10Absolutely. She's thinking ahead.
16:12Yeah, in the futures business.
16:14She doesn't want to be caught by inflation.
16:16Exactly, yeah.
16:17She won't be caught by a man if she carries on like that.
16:20Brilliant stuff. 46 plays Marks 33.
16:23Thank you, David.
16:24And we'll go to Andy for a letters game.
16:26Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:28Thank you, Andy.
16:29N
16:30And a vowel.
16:33A
16:34Another vowel, please.
16:35E
16:36Consonant.
16:37P
16:38Vowel.
16:40A
16:41Consonant.
16:42B
16:43Vowel.
16:45I
16:46Vowel.
16:48E
16:49And a final consonant, please.
16:51And a final M.
16:53Stand by.
17:07MUSIC PLAYS
17:26Andy?
17:27Six.
17:28And Mark?
17:29Six.
17:30Andy?
17:31Pie men.
17:32Pie men and Mark?
17:34Ape men.
17:35Ape men!
17:37I wonder if they know each other.
17:39Now, then, David?
17:41I think it's right. You'll have to check the spelling.
17:43A beanie. You know the pull-on hat?
17:45Beanie.
17:46Oh, the beanie hat. Very good. Yes, that's a nice six.
17:48I don't think you see Beckham wearing a pull-on hat.
17:50A lot of people wear them, don't they?
17:52I've seen Rachel Riley wearing a beanie.
17:54Oh, have you?
17:55Yes. Very good-looking she is, too, when she's wearing it.
17:58Now, then, Susie?
18:00I was with the pie men. Simple Simon.
18:02Yep. All right. Well done.
18:0452, 39 Mark letters.
18:07Can I have a consonant, please?
18:09Thank you, Mark.
18:10H.
18:11And a vowel?
18:13A.
18:14And a consonant?
18:16S.
18:18Another consonant?
18:20J.
18:22Another consonant, please?
18:24L.
18:26A vowel?
18:28O.
18:30Another vowel?
18:32E.
18:34A consonant?
18:36B.
18:38And a vowel?
18:40And the last one?
18:42U.
18:44Countdown.
19:02MUSIC PLAYS
19:16Yes, Mark?
19:18I've got a six.
19:20A six. Andy?
19:21Seven.
19:22Right. Mark?
19:24Jewels.
19:26And Andy?
19:27Jealous.
19:28Jealous. Jewels and jealous.
19:30Unit of energy. Jealous is very good for seven.
19:33Excellent. Very good. And in the corner there, David, Susie?
19:36I've got a fashionable six.
19:38Blouse.
19:40Blouse. Blouse. All right.
19:42Now, then. Andy?
19:44It's numbers time and there's Rachel waiting for you.
19:46I think I'll mix it up a bit.
19:48One large.
19:49One large. Stick with your usual.
19:51Thank you very much, Andy.
19:53One large for the last time for a while.
19:55And they are one, nine, three,
19:58another nine, seven and the large one, 75.
20:02And the target, 770.
20:04Seven, seven, zero.
20:06MUSIC PLAYS
20:28MUSIC STOPS
20:37Andy?
20:38Yeah.
20:39770. You there? Yeah. Mark?
20:41Just seven, six, nine.
20:43One away. Andy?
20:45OK. Nine minus seven.
20:48Nine minus seven is two.
20:49Yeah. Plus the 75.
20:51Plus the 75 for 77.
20:53Nine plus one is ten.
20:54And the other nine.
20:55Nine times them together.
20:56770. Well done.
20:58APPLAUSE
21:00Takes you up to 69.
21:0369 to mark 39.
21:05Let's have a teatime teaser, which is Peter Dad.
21:09And the clue...
21:10Peter said goodbye to his dad and set off on his way.
21:13Peter said goodbye to his dad and set off on his way.
21:17MUSIC PLAYS
21:27APPLAUSE
21:30Welcome back. I left with the clue,
21:32Peter said goodbye to his dad and set off on his way.
21:35In fact, he departed.
21:37Departed.
21:38So, Andy on 69, Mark 39,
21:41and Mark's back with the letters game. Mark?
21:44Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
21:47Thank you, Mark. L.
21:49And a vowel?
21:51E.
21:53Another vowel?
21:55I.
21:56And a consonant?
21:59T.
22:00And another consonant?
22:03N.
22:04And a...
22:06vowel?
22:08O.
22:10And a consonant, please?
22:13T.
22:14Another consonant?
22:16G.
22:18And a...
22:20One more consonant, please.
22:22And the last one. N.
22:24Countdown.
22:26MUSIC PLAYS
22:29MUSIC CONTINUES
22:55Mark?
22:58I've lost it, sorry.
23:00I had a blank on that one.
23:02How about Andy? A seven.
23:04And your seven? Lentigo.
23:07Yes, Susie? Yes, Lentigo, Lentigo.
23:09A condition marked by small brown patches on the skin.
23:12You'll find it's part of the skin's ageing process.
23:15I know about this.
23:17OK. And what about David?
23:20He knows about it, but what have you got?
23:22Seven. Lotin?
23:24The verb to lot means in auctioneering
23:27it's to divide items into lots for sale.
23:30OK. Thank you, Susie.
23:32That was it. That's it. All right.
23:34Andy, time for your letters game.
23:36A vowel, please, Rachel. Thank you, Andy.
23:39E. And another?
23:41I. And another vowel?
23:43A. Consonant?
23:46R. Consonant?
23:48D. And another?
23:50V. And another?
23:53P. And the final consonant, please?
23:56T. A vowel, please?
23:58And the last one? U.
24:00Stand by.
24:24MUSIC STOPS
24:34Andy? Seven.
24:36A seven, Mark? Just a six.
24:38And the six? Varies.
24:40Andy? Private.
24:42Pretty good. Straightforward.
24:44And what of the corner? What news? David?
24:46I've got a seven, private, the same.
24:48Absolutely. Snap. Yep. Susie?
24:50Very last minute spot, pirated.
24:52Pirated? Yes.
24:5483 plays Mark's 39,
24:57but now it's Susie's wonderful origins of words.
25:03Susie?
25:04Well, I thought, in honour of David,
25:06I would look at the very rich vocabulary in English
25:09for textiles and fabrics and their beginnings.
25:12We were talking about chiffon, which is one of David's favourite fabrics.
25:16That comes from the French,
25:18and strangely, it meant...
25:20Chiffre meant rags, so it's a real story of rags to riches.
25:23Expensive rags. Yes.
25:25Chiffon obviously became a bit of a status symbol.
25:28But from the 16th, well, 16th, 17th and 18th centuries,
25:32and indeed beyond,
25:34there was a massive influx of beautiful fabrics,
25:38both from Europe and the Middle and Far East.
25:41And many of these, all the garments that were made from them,
25:46the recognisable name was the place where they came from.
25:49So jersey was originally the name given to stockings
25:52and cloth items produced in Jersey.
25:54Then it became a sort of knitted tunic
25:56until it became a sort of sweater that we know today.
25:59Guernsey travelled a very similar route.
26:01A Guernsey frock or coat,
26:03obviously the cloth was first made in Guernsey.
26:06Damask.
26:07That was originally a really rich silk fabric
26:10woven with all sorts of very elaborate designs.
26:13And then later a very thick linen,
26:15which was often used at the table.
26:17That's still recognisable.
26:19That came from the town of Damascus.
26:21Kashmir.
26:23We've sort of anglicised the spelling a little bit,
26:26but that is not too far removed from Kashmir in the Himalayas,
26:29where the soft wool shawls and the fabric were imported.
26:33That was in the early 19th century.
26:35And there's calico, which is an alteration of calicut,
26:38and that's in southern India.
26:40And then they came from Mosul, which is now in northern Iraq.
26:43So they have made very, very long journeys to get to...
26:46That's extraordinary. ..the designers like David today.
26:49Wonderful. It's very exotic. I love the vocabulary of fabrics.
26:52Very interesting.
26:53APPLAUSE
26:56And I think, although it's not a place,
26:58but corduroy is corduroy.
27:00Yes.
27:01We're not completely sure where that comes from,
27:03but that's the most likely one.
27:05Was it from the king?
27:06There was some sort of royal connection.
27:08Is that right, David?
27:09Yeah.
27:10It's wonderful.
27:11I'll do a few more tomorrow.
27:13Excellent. Well done. Thank you, Susie.
27:1583 plays. Mark's 39.
27:17And we turn to Mark for a letters game.
27:19Penultimate letters game, Mark.
27:21Can I have a consonant, please?
27:23Thank you, Mark.
27:24R
27:25And a vowel?
27:27E
27:28And another vowel?
27:30I
27:31And a consonant?
27:34T
27:35And another consonant?
27:37S
27:38And a... And a vowel?
27:42O
27:43And a consonant?
27:46T
27:47Another consonant?
27:49R
27:52Er... Another consonant, please, to finish off.
27:55And to finish, D.
27:57Countdown.
27:59ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
28:09ELECTRONIC MUSIC CONTINUES
28:30Yes, Mark?
28:31I've got a seven.
28:33A seven to Andy's...
28:35Er, ropey...
28:37...eight.
28:38A ropey eight. Mark?
28:40Dotio.
28:41Now, then, ropey.
28:43Rortiest.
28:44How are you spelling that?
28:46R-O-R-T-I-E-S-T.
28:48Oh, like a note of an exhaust pipe?
28:50That's the one.
28:51A rorty exhaust pipe.
28:53I was going to say, it's hardly ever ropey from you, Andy.
28:56Yes, rortier, rortiest.
28:58From rorty meaning boisterous and high-spirited.
29:01Mm.
29:02APPLAUSE
29:03Andy Roar, well done.
29:07Well done, Andy. 91 points. Good stuff.
29:10And now, final letters game.
29:13Andy.
29:15Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:17Thank you, Andy. M.
29:19Another consonant, please.
29:21P.
29:22Another.
29:24C.
29:25A vowel.
29:27E.
29:28Vowel.
29:29O.
29:30Consonant.
29:32G.
29:33Consonant.
29:35S.
29:36Vowel.
29:38E.
29:39And consonant, please.
29:40And the last one.
29:42N.
29:43Stand by.
30:03MUSIC
30:15Yes, Andy?
30:17Seven.
30:18A seven, Mark?
30:19Just a six.
30:20And that six?
30:21Sponge.
30:22Sponge. And?
30:23Congees.
30:24Congees.
30:26OK.
30:28In Chinese cookery, a congee is broth or porridge made from rice.
30:33Excellent.
30:34Really?
30:35And what have we got in the corner there? David?
30:37No, I actually got stuck on this, so I'm sorry.
30:40I bow to greater brave.
30:42All right. And Susie?
30:44Well, you can have pongee, but instead of congee,
30:47you can't put the S on it because it's a mass noun,
30:49but that is, we've been talking about fabrics,
30:51it's a soft, unbleached type of Chinese fabric,
30:53a thread of raw silk. It sounds quite beautiful.
30:56It comes from Mandarin, meaning home-woven.
30:59Well, well, well. Thank you very much.
31:0298, looking just on the brink of tipping over into 100 there, Andy.
31:07Will you do it on the numbers game?
31:09Well, let's see. But it's Mark's numbers game.
31:12Can I have four large, please, and two small?
31:15You can indeed, thank you, Mark. Out with the bang.
31:17Four from the top row and two little ones.
31:20And for the last time today, the numbers are four and seven.
31:23And as we know, big ones, 50, 100, 75 and 25.
31:29And the target, 210.
31:31210.
31:53MUSIC PLAYS
32:04Yes, Mark?
32:06Er, I think I've got 209, but I haven't written it down.
32:10Andy? Yeah, 210.
32:12210? Yeah. Come on, then, Andy.
32:14It was a 50 x 4.
32:1750 x 4, or 200.
32:19Out of the seven. 207.
32:2175 over 25 is 3. Yeah. And add it on.
32:24210. Yep, well done.
32:26Well done.
32:32That'll do.
32:34That'll do. 108 points as we go into the final round, conundrum time.
32:39So, Mark, Andy, fingers on buzzers,
32:42let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:45MUSIC PLAYS
32:52Andy? Guarantor.
32:54Guarantor. Let's see whether you're right. Guarantor.
32:58Very good. Well done.
33:05Well done, Andy. Well done.
33:07118 as you become an OctoChamp.
33:09Cracking stuff. Well done.
33:11But I'll come back to you in a moment when I've commiserated with Mark.
33:15Mark, back to Kingston with your goodie bag,
33:19but no shame there, because, you know,
33:21being beaten, not badly, by an OctoChamp is no shame there.
33:25Yeah, he's a worthy winner.
33:27Thank you very much. As I say, an OctoChamp, well done.
33:31And now you're going to have to hang around until the finals in June.
33:35Well done. Thank you. Well done indeed.
33:37And we shall see you tomorrow, you two over there,
33:40Susie and David, with two new contestants.
33:44Such fun. Excellent stuff. See you tomorrow.
33:47And Rachel. Seven shows in and we've already got our first OctoChamp.
33:50Not bad, eh? Not a bad start to the year.
33:52He did very well.
33:54And he, I think, basically cruised through, didn't he?
33:57Well, he's got a lot of training to do before June.
33:59That feels like a very long time away.
34:01I did get a clean sweep on the numbers, though, today.
34:03You did. Very well done. Is that worth a weep-weep?
34:05You're improving. It's a shame we have to retire you now.
34:07Is that worth a weep-weep? Go for it.
34:09No, from you. Me? I'll save it for the finals.
34:11There's a lot more than that to impress me.
34:14All right, you two. Flirting away.
34:18We shall see you tomorrow.
34:20Join us tomorrow, two new contestants,
34:22and Rachel will be here with Susie and David.
34:25Good afternoon.
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34:45At nine tonight, police intervention following a fight in a nightclub
34:49and a domestic argument.
34:51The accused are in custody for 24 hours
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