Countdown - Tuesday 26th July 2022
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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to Countdown.
00:33And what we can truly say is a Ruby Tuesday.
00:35I'm your street-fighting man, Colin Murray.
00:37And over there, well, she's a rainbow.
00:39Every day, Rachel Riley. Obvious references.
00:42Yes, I've come more kind of Krista Berg than Mick Jagger today.
00:46Yes, it's his birthday, isn't it?
00:4879 years young. Here's the problem.
00:51I have a few rich friends. Not many, but a few.
00:54I mean, Mick Jagger's worth as much as Levi Roots.
00:58What do you buy him as a present when he can have anything he wants?
01:02I think I'd just give him vouchers
01:04and then he could choose something nice for himself.
01:06I'd get him a snooker queue.
01:08It's the only way.
01:09Rolling Stones are huge snooker fans,
01:11so much so that backstage they often have a snooker table set up.
01:14I mean, the two slates put together professionally.
01:16It costs a lot of money and they play.
01:18And I was once covering the snooker in an industrial park
01:22in this building beside a Royal Mail depot.
01:24I was sitting with Jimmy White and the door opened
01:27and Loud walked in to sit down with his friend Jimmy
01:30and spent all afternoon watching the snooker.
01:32Oh, I quite like a bit of snooker as well.
01:34Who doesn't like a bit of snooker?
01:36Rock and roll. Rock and roll, that's what I say.
01:38Right, let's head over to Dictionary Corner.
01:40As always, my honky-tonk woman, Susie Dent...
01:44Gathers no moss.
01:45..is here.
01:46And we know what this man gets his sticky fingers from.
01:49A certain sauce. It's Levi Roots.
01:51I would buy Mick his birthday.
01:54I'd bring him a bag of moss and say to him
01:57that you've been trying to find this for a long time.
02:00Very good, very good.
02:02Right, let's say hello to our champion.
02:04We've had seven champions in eight shows so far.
02:07Let's see if Sue can make this stick.
02:09But you didn't read about your first win in the paper yesterday, did you?
02:12No, no. I would never pick up a newspaper, Colin.
02:15Why? I've got a newspaper phobia.
02:18Really? The way they feel.
02:20And if I see people folding newspapers
02:22and I rub their hand to fold it in half, it drives me mad.
02:24Sue, you can't get on the underground trains.
02:26No.
02:27Can you pass corner shops?
02:29Yes, quickly.
02:30Just very quickly.
02:31You must be happy when they put them inside the plastic thing.
02:34It's funny, I am allergic to a lot of newspapers as well.
02:38Anyway, you're up against our challenger.
02:41Joining us for the first time today, Luke Richardson's here.
02:44Hi, Luke.
02:45Hi, Colin. How are you doing?
02:47You're a huge music fan and you travel for it.
02:49Tell me about your favourite.
02:51I used to go to Ibiza for big festivals and go to see a lot of DJs.
02:55So a proper party.
02:57Yes, a proper party, yeah.
02:58Fancy a bit of that, Sue? A trip out to the White Island?
03:00Yeah, definitely.
03:01Good stuff. There you go. Excellent stuff.
03:03Well, listen, best of luck today.
03:05Let's see who's in tune as we get our first letters round, and it's Sue.
03:09Hi, Rachel.
03:10Hi, Sue.
03:11Can I have a consonant, please?
03:12You can indeed. Start with N.
03:14And another consonant, please.
03:16F.
03:17And a consonant, please.
03:19R.
03:21And a vowel, please.
03:22O.
03:24And a consonant.
03:26B.
03:28And a consonant.
03:30D.
03:31And a vowel.
03:32I.
03:34And a vowel.
03:36A.
03:38And another vowel, please.
03:40And the last one, E.
03:42At home in the studio, let's play Countdown.
03:51CLOCK TICKS
04:14Sue?
04:15Six.
04:16And Luke?
04:17Yeah, six.
04:18There you go. Good start, Sue.
04:19Pained.
04:20Pained. And Luke?
04:21And friend.
04:23Two sixes, Levi?
04:24Yeah, well, we started really hot.
04:27Profane for eight.
04:29Oh, wow. Fantastic. Well done.
04:31APPLAUSE
04:34Yes, if you treat something with disrespect, to profane it.
04:37To profane it.
04:38None of that around here as we get some more letters.
04:40Your first time to say hello to Rachel.
04:42Hi, Rachel.
04:44Consonant, please.
04:45Hi, Luke.
04:46Start with T.
04:48And another one.
04:50B.
04:51And a vowel.
04:53A.
04:54And another one.
04:56E.
04:57And another one.
04:59E.
05:01And a consonant.
05:03S.
05:04And another one.
05:06M.
05:07And another one.
05:09Y.
05:11And a vowel, please.
05:14And lastly, U.
05:15The longest word to be announced in 30 seconds.
05:46How did you get on, Luke?
05:48Er, six.
05:49Six for Luke again. Sue?
05:51Six.
05:52Go steady. Start for both of you, Luke.
05:54Er, steamy.
05:55Indeed. And Sue?
05:57Beauty.
05:58Beauty. And steamy.
06:00Two words used to describe Levi Roots regularly.
06:03Well, I wouldn't go anywhere other than that.
06:05I'll stick there. Steamy.
06:07Erm, buttes, otherwise, and a couple of buttes.
06:10There you go. Brilliant. 12 points each.
06:12First numbers of the day.
06:14And that always falls to the champions, Sue.
06:16Erm, one from the top and five from anywhere else, please.
06:19Thank you, Sue.
06:20One large, five little to kick us off today.
06:23And the numbers are...
06:256, 2, 9, 6, 1, 25.
06:30And the target to reach, 816.
06:33Numbers up.
06:43BUZZER
07:06816, Sue.
07:08No, nothing, sorry.
07:09OK, and Luke?
07:10Erm, 816, not written down.
07:12OK, go quickly.
07:146 x 6 is 36.
07:15Yes.
07:16Minus the 2, minus the 1 is 33.
07:19It is.
07:20Times that by 25 is 825, minus the 9.
07:24Nicely done, 816.
07:26APPLAUSE
07:29Let's have a break.
07:31Dean Rises.
07:32Dean Rises is our first Tea Time teaser of the day.
07:35Good luck with it.
07:36Good luck with it.
07:37Dean Rises early in preparation for his busy day ahead.
07:40Dean Rises early in preparation for his busy day ahead.
07:52APPLAUSE
07:59That was your leads by ten points.
08:01The Tea Time teaser was Dean Rises.
08:03Dean Rises early in preparation for his busy day ahead.
08:07In readiness.
08:09And we're ready for our first letters of Part 2.
08:11Luke, it's all on you.
08:12Yes, can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
08:15Thank you, Luke. N.
08:17And another one.
08:18P.
08:20And another one.
08:22G.
08:23And another one.
08:25L.
08:26And a vowel.
08:28A.
08:29And another one.
08:31O.
08:32And another one.
08:34I.
08:36And another one.
08:38O.
08:39And a final consonant, please.
08:41A final T.
08:42Thank you, Rachel.
09:03MUSIC
09:15Sue?
09:16A risky eight.
09:17Luke?
09:18Just a seven.
09:19OK, play on.
09:20Let's see if Luke, the challenger, with a ten-point lead,
09:22what have you got?
09:23Pooling.
09:24And the risky eight, Sue?
09:25Pootling.
09:26Pootling?
09:27Like pootling along.
09:29Please let it be in.
09:30Absolutely fine.
09:31Yeah!
09:32APPLAUSE
09:36That's amazing.
09:37Yeah, seven, platoon is perhaps the best.
09:39Yeah, but you look at those words, like looting and platoon,
09:42and then you get pootling.
09:44Pootling.
09:45It's that thing we talk about a lot.
09:47There's just some words that are beautiful.
09:49Yeah.
09:50And it's probably the image it puts into your head.
09:52Give us another example of that, Susie.
09:54A word that just conjures an image and makes you go, ah.
09:57OK, makes you go, ah.
09:58I was going to say plop.
09:59That definitely doesn't make sense.
10:03OK, well, I'm going to give you the word
10:05that I just am on a mission to bring back,
10:07and that is apricity,
10:08and that's the warmth of the sun on a winter's day.
10:11There you go.
10:12I knew you'd deliver.
10:13Not the plop.
10:14Not the plop.
10:15Apricity.
10:17Sue, let's get some more letters.
10:19A consonant, please, Rachel.
10:21Thank you, Sue.
10:22R.
10:23And a consonant.
10:25M.
10:26And a consonant.
10:28H.
10:29And a consonant.
10:31D.
10:32And a vowel, please.
10:34E.
10:36And a vowel.
10:37U.
10:38And another vowel.
10:40A.
10:42And a consonant.
10:44L.
10:46And a consonant.
10:47Lastly, R.
10:4930 seconds.
10:56MUSIC PLAYS
11:20OK, Luke, how many?
11:22Just a six.
11:23A six and Sue?
11:24And six.
11:25And six.
11:26What have we got, Luke?
11:27Harmed.
11:28Harmed.
11:29And Sue?
11:30Murder.
11:31Murder, harmed.
11:32We went from the most beautiful word, the murder, unharmed,
11:35let's throw in mauler,
11:37and loads of other horrible six-letter words.
11:40Yeah.
11:41Let's look nicer.
11:42Come on, give me a nice word.
11:44I'm not quite sure that it's...
11:46Demoral, for eight.
11:47Yeah, so someone who demurs, a demurrer,
11:49is somebody who's just a little bit reluctant,
11:52but you kind of stand back and you are, yeah,
11:55basically not too happy if you demur.
11:58Demurrer.
11:59Yes, a demurrer.
12:00That's great in an old Norse accent, a demurrer.
12:03I would literally pass out if I tried to say that word.
12:06I just can't do it.
12:07It's like asking a Scottish person to say Curly Wurly.
12:10It's just not going to help.
12:12Right, let's get more numbers.
12:13Luke, you're first time in this.
12:15You can have six from the bottom, please.
12:17You can indeed.
12:18You're obviously confident with the numbers.
12:20Six little ones coming up.
12:22And they are ten.
12:24Ten.
12:25One.
12:26Eights.
12:27One.
12:28Uh-oh.
12:29Five.
12:30500.
12:31The target...
12:32Oh, no.
12:33927.
12:34Numbers up.
12:50MUSIC PLAYS
13:06Strict pens down, please.
13:08Luke.
13:09925.
13:10Not written down.
13:11Not written down.
13:12Sue.
13:13920.
13:14925, then.
13:15Luke.
13:16Eight add the one is nine.
13:19Nine.
13:20Ten add the one is 11.
13:23Yep.
13:24Oh, no, sorry, I've lost it.
13:25Oh.
13:26Well, Sue, slow, steady wins the race here.
13:28Off you go.
13:29Ten times ten is 100.
13:31Ten times ten.
13:33100.
13:35Minus the eight is 92.
13:37Yep.
13:38One plus one is two.
13:39Yes.
13:40Times five.
13:41Yes.
13:42And multiply.
13:43Yep, seven away.
13:44Gets you some points.
13:45APPLAUSE
13:46Is it doable?
13:47You can get to 928.
13:48I could get you to one away, but that was impossible.
13:51There you go.
13:52Can't be done sometimes.
13:53Very, very rarely.
13:54So it means Sue, with seven away,
13:57picks up the points and goes back into the lead
14:01as we head back over to Dictionary Corner
14:04to the man dressed in salmon pink today.
14:07Well, this time it's about...
14:09It's something that I want to call a partridge in a pear tree.
14:12Absolutely.
14:13I remember planting a tree because I remember, again,
14:16Prince Charles was always saying to us to plant trees
14:18whenever we were at the sort of Prince's Trust and stuff.
14:21He said, plant trees.
14:22So in 2007, I brought back an avocado pear from Jamaica,
14:27scoffed the pear and planted the seed in my garden
14:30in Brixton in South London.
14:31Thought it would never grow.
14:33It's an evergreen tree, Caribbean tree,
14:35not supposed to grow in Brixton in South London.
14:38Now, 15, 16 years later, it's as high as a two-storey building
14:43and attracts all the local pets and birds
14:46and everything around my area.
14:48In winter, when everything else is molted
14:50and everything looks completely dead,
14:52this fantastic avocado tree is just bursting
14:55with green leaves around.
14:57It's attracted two squirrels,
14:59which my nine-year-old son is named Cyril and Beryl.
15:04It's attracted two wood pigeons, Woody and Spudy.
15:08Blame him for the names.
15:10And lo and behold, a few weeks, a few months ago,
15:13I saw Woody and Spudy started to build a nest in the tree.
15:17And there was this thing that we had always thought
15:19that nobody had ever seen a baby pigeon.
15:22So I got really excited and started to watch the tree
15:25and see these two lovebirds building a nest in the tree
15:28and thinking, please, God, don't let anything happen to it.
15:31And lo and behold, a few days ago, the eggs have hatched.
15:34And it's just absolutely amazing
15:36to see this happening right in front of my eyes.
15:39And I investigated to see whether or not
15:41wood pigeons are the family of partridges
15:45and to see whether or not I can claim
15:48to have the first partridge in a avocado tree.
15:53So I just can't wait for Christmas to come
15:56so I can sing, on the first day of Christmas,
15:59my true love sent to me a partridge in a avocado tree.
16:04APPLAUSE
16:08Beautiful story. And we're going to get some letters now with Sue.
16:12Consonant, please, Rachel.
16:14Thank you, Sue. C.
16:16And a consonant.
16:18P. And a consonant.
16:20M. And another consonant.
16:23S. And a vowel, please.
16:26I. And a vowel, please.
16:28I. And another vowel.
16:31O. And a consonant.
16:34T. And a vowel.
16:37And lastly, A.
16:40Good luck.
17:04MUSIC
17:13Sue? A six.
17:15And Luke? Just a five.
17:17The five is? Stamp.
17:19Sue? Scampi.
17:21There you go. Definitely nothing fishy about that.
17:23Six points. Let's go to Dictionary Corner. Levi?
17:26Yeah, I'm going to need your help on this.
17:28Simpatico. Yes. Love this one.
17:31Yes. He is very simpatico.
17:33Simple, easy to get on with.
17:35Comes from Italian and Spanish.
17:37Yeah.
17:39APPLAUSE
17:41Yeah, there you go, Bob. Levi's outdone us all.
17:44Luke, let's get more letters.
17:46Yep. Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:48Thank you, Luke. C.
17:50And another one.
17:52G. And a vowel.
17:55O. And another one.
17:58A. And a consonant.
18:01R. And a consonant.
18:04D.
18:06And a vowel.
18:08E.
18:10And a consonant.
18:12G. And a final consonant, please.
18:15A final F. Let's start the clock.
18:17MUSIC
18:31MUSIC CONTINUES
18:48Nine points in it. Luke?
18:50Six. Six. And Sue?
18:52Seven. OK, big moment, this, then. Luke?
18:54Dagger. Dagger. And Sue?
18:57Cragged. Cragged.
18:59Let's head over to Susie, Dan.
19:01Yeah, no, absolutely lovely. Love that. Very nice, indeed.
19:04Yeah, rough and rocky.
19:06Levi?
19:08Yeah, a seven is the best. Foraged.
19:11Does this word exist?
19:13Because if so, it should be taken out of the dictionary. Dogface.
19:16Yes, but it doesn't mean what you think,
19:18so it's not a horrible insult towards somebody.
19:20Or at least it might have started off that way,
19:22but it was a US infantryman. Right.
19:24Yeah, but you're still not going to call someone a dogface.
19:27You're going to take it as an insult to know
19:29that it's connected to US military.
19:31Still don't recommend it. I agree.
19:34Right, bigger gap opening up now.
19:36Our champion, Sue, has got 44. Luke has 28.
19:39And it's time for more numbers from Sue.
19:41One from the top and five from anywhere, please, Rach.
19:44Thank you, Sue. One large, five little, coming up once more.
19:47And these little ones are...
19:53And the big one, 100.
19:55And your target, 714.
19:57Let's go.
20:26MUSIC STOPS
20:29Sue? 714.
20:31OK, and Luke? Yeah, 714.
20:33Yeah, Sue, you seem to be writing for 30 seconds, I'm assuming.
20:36I was making sure I got it written down.
20:38I think you were drawing a picture, just to fill the time.
20:41Sue, off you go.
20:43100 x 7 is 700.
20:45700.
20:47Plus 10, plus 3, plus 1.
20:49Very straightforward, this one. 714.
20:51Luke, do you want to show Sue your bit of paper, I'm assuming?
20:54See, that's what chocolate is made of.
20:56APPLAUSE
20:58OK, three-time teaser is It's A Giant.
21:00It's A Giant.
21:02It's a giant portion, and it's most definitely satisfying.
21:05It's a giant portion, and it's most definitely satisfying.
21:17APPLAUSE
21:24Welcome back to Countdown. Thank you so much for tuning in.
21:27The tea-time teaser, It's A Giant.
21:29It's a giant portion, and it's most definitely satisfying.
21:32The answer is satiating.
21:34And let's move on straight away to Luke.
21:36It's your letters.
21:38Yes, can I start with the consonant, please, Rachel?
21:40Thank you, Luke. T.
21:42And a vowel?
21:44E.
21:46And a vowel?
21:48U.
21:50And a consonant?
21:52And another one?
21:54G.
21:56And a vowel?
21:58A.
22:00And a vowel?
22:02E.
22:04And a consonant?
22:06H.
22:08And a final consonant, please?
22:10A final L.
22:1230 seconds.
22:22MUSIC PLAYS
22:42A bit tricky, that one, Sue.
22:44Six. And Luke?
22:46Em, a six. What's your em, a six?
22:48A gullet. See, I was just suspicious.
22:50Em, a six. That's you first. Sue?
22:52Legate.
22:54Gullet and legate. Susie?
22:56Yes, absolutely fine.
22:58A legate is often an ambassador attached to a church, for example.
23:01Very good. OK.
23:03I'm not sure there'll be more than six. Let's find out. Levi, Roach?
23:06Yeah, no, six is the best for me.
23:08Lethal is perhaps the best word I've got, yeah.
23:10And league? Yes. League, sir, yes. Thank you very much.
23:12Sue, it's your letters. That's it.
23:14Thank you. A consonant, please, Rachel?
23:16Thank you, Sue. D.
23:18And a consonant?
23:20N. And a consonant?
23:22S.
23:24And a vowel, please?
23:26E. And a vowel?
23:28O. And a consonant?
23:30W.
23:32And a vowel?
23:34E.
23:36And a consonant?
23:38B.
23:40And a consonant, please?
23:42And lastly, T.
23:44Good luck.
23:46MUSIC PLAYS
24:16Just a five.
24:18OK, and Sue? Eight.
24:20Oh, you'll kick yourself here, Luke. What's the five?
24:22Just weeds.
24:24OK, and Sue? Bestowed.
24:26Very good.
24:28APPLAUSE
24:30Well, Levi, you've had two nines so far. Have you got a hat-trick?
24:33No, I have not.
24:35No, I wouldn't be able to do anything better. They were great.
24:38Bestowed. As good as we can get.
24:40Right, well, we've got four rounds left,
24:42so it's not a lost cause yet.
24:44It's time for Luke to upset the odds,
24:47but it's time to pause for our origins of words.
24:50Apples, last time out, what are we doing today?
24:53I am going to talk about a few of my favourite dialect words,
24:56and I should just say that the one I'm about to say
24:58has nothing to do with Mick Jagger at all.
25:00I love Mick Jagger, so that is not the link.
25:03Even though I'm trying now to link into your tops of the programmes.
25:06But cram-bazzled.
25:08In Yorkshire, it means to be prematurely aged from excess drinking.
25:12Wow. Cram-bazzled.
25:14Cram-bazzled. I just love it because the very...
25:16We're talking about words with amazing sounds.
25:18I just think it sounds just perfect for its meaning,
25:22that you are feeling a bit cram-bazzled.
25:24I think most of us have felt cram-bazzled at some point in our...
25:27or looked cram-bazzled at some point in our lives.
25:29It just feels so deliciously decadent, I think,
25:32and it's just got a kind of grisly feel to it.
25:34Anyway, a few others which I love,
25:36and you'll find all of these in Joseph Wright's
25:39wonderful English Dialect Dictionary,
25:41which is a 19th-century collection of dialect.
25:44And he set out to record what had largely just been spoken
25:49and unrecorded until that time.
25:52And he sent correspondents, as they were called,
25:54round to lots and lots of different houses,
25:56and he would have this questionnaire and he'd say,
25:58what do you call being hungry? What do you call being tired?
26:01What do you say when it's pouring down?
26:03And they would gather all these fantastic words.
26:06And quite often they say that the dialect across Britain
26:09can change within 15 miles,
26:11both in terms of pronunciation and vocabulary,
26:13which is quite something.
26:15And the wonderful news is that Leeds University,
26:18which have been probably at the forefront
26:20of collecting English dialect,
26:22they call it the Survey of English Dialect,
26:24they have once again announced that they're going on
26:26the Great British Dialect Hunt and they're going out
26:28and just recording all of these things, which is just wonderful.
26:31Anyway, another of the terms that I love from there is a yormogorp.
26:35Do you know what a yormogorp might be, Colin?
26:37Well, gorping. Is it someone who kind of slack-jawed, like a bit like...?
26:41Yes.
26:42Because gorping is a word. Yes.
26:44So it's someone who just looks a bit sort of like maybe
26:47as an underbite or something?
26:49No, it's essentially somebody who is constantly yawning
26:53or, as you say, just standing gaping.
26:55It's Rachel!
26:57I've got my own word!
26:59You're a cram-buzzled yormogorp!
27:01Oh, you're so kind.
27:04And actually, he also recalls the adjective vapoured
27:07for somebody who can't stop yawning, which I quite like.
27:10But there is also a wonderful description of the biggest lounger
27:13of the lot, and that's got to be a teenager.
27:15And defined as a clumsy or awkward youth, a hobbledy-hoy.
27:19Which I think is absolutely brilliant.
27:22But talking about yawning and talking about stretching,
27:25another of my favourite words, it's not in the English Dialect Dictionary
27:28because it's actually from Latin, but it's to pandiculate,
27:31and that's to yawn and make that really loud groaning stretch
27:34at the same time.
27:36That's what it is. Pandiculate.
27:38Brilliant stuff. Thank you, Susie.
27:42Yormogorp over there.
27:44Right, let's get back to the game.
27:47Luke, let's get your letters.
27:49Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
27:51Thank you, Luke. J
27:53And a vowel?
27:55A
27:56And a consonant?
27:58R
27:59And a vowel?
28:01O
28:02And another one?
28:04O
28:06And a consonant?
28:08S
28:09And another one?
28:11D
28:12And another one?
28:14S
28:16And a final vowel, please?
28:19Looks like a bit of a challenge. A final I.
28:22I's dying.
28:30BUZZER
28:53What do you find, Luke? Difficult?
28:55Yes, just a five.
28:57A five. And Sue? Six.
28:59A six. Just... Oh.
29:01Tiny margins. Luke?
29:03A rate.
29:04OK. Well, I think the start of that might be Sue's word.
29:07What have we got? Radios.
29:09Radios, Levi. We're radio heads, aren't we?
29:11We are, indeed, radio heads.
29:13Love it. Constant companion.
29:15But any other words there?
29:16Yes, there is.
29:18For seven, areosos,
29:20and they are forms of vocal music
29:22people find in opera, particularly.
29:24There you go. Areosos on Radio 3.
29:26Our classic FM. Other stations available.
29:28OK. Let's get some more letters from Sue.
29:31A consonant, please, Rachel.
29:33Thank you, Sue. D.
29:35Consonant, please.
29:37N. And a consonant?
29:39S.
29:41And a consonant?
29:43K.
29:45And a consonant?
29:47P. And a vowel, please?
29:49U.
29:51And a vowel?
29:53I. And a vowel?
29:56E.
29:58And a final vowel, please?
30:01Final A.
30:03OK, last letters.
30:25MUSIC PLAYS
30:35Time's up. Sue?
30:37A six, not written down.
30:39A six for Sue. Luke?
30:41A six, written down.
30:43There you go, Sue.
30:45Unseat. Unseat.
30:47You won't be unseated today, but, Luke, what have you got?
30:49Paints.
30:51Six each. Think there's a few bigger ones in there, Levi.
30:54Yeah, punkiest.
30:56Punkiest? Can you be the punkiest?
30:58You can.
31:00A punkiest. Even better.
31:02That's for A.
31:04Something you're not likely to find with the Sex Pistols, possibly.
31:06Petunias.
31:08Petunias. And the Sex Pistols.
31:10There's never going to be a documentary, that one.
31:12Great stuff. 30 points in it, with just 20 points left to play for.
31:16So we know Sue's made it two wins in a row.
31:18But, Luke, 50. Respectable score.
31:20Let's enjoy the last two rounds, and it's your numbers, mate.
31:23Can I have six from the bottom, please, Rachel?
31:25You can indeed. Clearly good at the numbers.
31:27Let's try and find a fun one to finish the day off.
31:30These little ones are one, nine,
31:33nine, four, eight,
31:36and another four.
31:38And the final target of the day, 404.
31:41Let's do it.
31:53MUSIC PLAYS
32:13Six small ones, 404. Luke, get close.
32:17You didn't have to tell me. No.
32:19No, sorry.
32:21And the final, Sue?
32:23404.
32:25That's bang on, Sue.
32:27You said it like you were ten out. Let's have it.
32:30Nine minus four is five.
32:32Yes.
32:34Times eight is 40.
32:36It is.
32:38Nine plus one is ten.
32:40Times 40 is 400. Add the four.
32:42Yes.
32:44APPLAUSE
32:46Right, Sue, listen.
32:48Chance to get the big tonne up here
32:50when you're on 90.
32:52Oh, the glasses are on. She means business.
32:54Sue, your glasses coming on and off the whole way through
32:57intimidates me.
32:59I think you're going to shout at me every time you take them off.
33:02Right. So glasses will definitely be on for this.
33:05But, Luke, what a way to go out if you can get the conundrum.
33:08Good luck to you. Let's do it. Here we go.
33:10MUSIC PLAYS
33:20BELL RINGS
33:26Sue, for 100.
33:28Careering.
33:30Careering. Let's have a look.
33:32Yes.
33:34APPLAUSE
33:36Come on, Sue, happy?
33:38Very happy, thank you.
33:40Good stuff. Luke, you know, you faded away a little bit.
33:43Yeah, no, no, she was really good. Yeah, too good.
33:45I think I was a bit too confident on the numbers.
33:48I love, though, Countdown appeals to so many people
33:51and we get all sorts coming in here and I love the fact
33:53next time you're in Ibiza raving away,
33:56we'll know you're a Countdown fanatic for all of your life.
33:59Yes, of course.
34:01Really nice to have you here, Luke. Thank you so much.
34:03You'll get her goodie bag and her best wishes.
34:05Thank you, Colin.
34:07Right, Levi, Suzy, we'll see you tomorrow,
34:10where we could have Sue picking up a hat-trick of wins
34:14and the Colin Murray curse will be over.
34:16Yeah, she's kind of cracking the curse of Colin now.
34:18Two is the best anyone's done in the last couple of weeks,
34:20so go to crush it tomorrow, Sue.
34:22No pressure.
34:24I think she's feeling the pressure now.
34:26Let's see if she gets her hat-trick tomorrow.
34:28We'll be back here, Suzy, Rachel and I.
34:30You can count on us.
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