Countdown | Friday 14th October 2016 | Episode 6446
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00:30Good afternoon and welcome to the Countdown studio.
00:33On the very day that way back in 1926, 90 years ago,
00:38something special happened in the literary world
00:41that went on to have huge impact amongst generations of children.
00:45It was about A. A. Milne's Winnie the Pooh.
00:48It was first published today, back in 1926.
00:52Alan Alexander Milne was inspired, really, by the love of his sons,
00:57his beloved sons' love of stuffed toys.
01:02It was an extraordinary thing, really.
01:04His son, of course, was called Christopher Robin,
01:06and so a great generation of kids growing up
01:09learnt all about Christopher Robin and his wonderful bear,
01:13known as Winnie, Winnie the Pooh.
01:15And Winnie, actually, apparently, Rachel,
01:18was named after a Canadian mascot, Winnipeg.
01:21It was shortened to Winnie. Where the Pooh came from, I'm not sure.
01:24That remains something of a mystery.
01:27But anyway, there we are, Winnie the Pooh.
01:29So, visiting the zoo.
01:32And I remember when we were kids, because we lived fairly near Bristol,
01:35we used to trail off to Bristol Zoo
01:36and ride on the back of Rosie the Elephant.
01:40I remember as a child, Rosie the Elephant, yeah.
01:42And if we were sort of, you know, very adventurous,
01:44we'd go to London Zoo and see Guy the Gorilla,
01:47who I think they've both gone, I'm sure.
01:49This, I'm talking about 60 years ago or more.
01:52But riding on Rosie's back was always a pleasure.
01:56What about your visits to the zoo?
01:59I like a good petting zoo.
02:00I don't think they'd let you go to the zoo and ride elephants anymore.
02:03I think 60 years ago is where it's going to stay.
02:05But, yeah, it's nice when you get to go and you can feed them.
02:08I always just used to enjoy a good trip to the pond and feed the ducks.
02:11But you used to feed them bread and you're not allowed to feed them bread anymore.
02:13They like corn and peas.
02:14Wow. All right.
02:16Rachel, who have we got back with us?
02:17We've got Andrew McLeod, a business analyst,
02:20originally from Peterhead, now living in Edinburgh.
02:23Welcome back, Andrew.
02:24Three good wins.
02:25How are you feeling?
02:27So-so.
02:29You performed tremendously well.
02:32But, anyway, good luck to you, Andrew.
02:33You're joined today by Adam Bevan,
02:35a supermarket project manager from Potter's Bar.
02:38Now, interestingly, Adam, at your brother's wedding,
02:41what's your brother called?
02:42Darren.
02:43You gave a speech and your speech centred on what, exactly?
02:48It was a tribute to somebody.
02:50It just so happened to be that his wedding fell on the same day
02:53as Lionel Richie's 60th birthday.
02:56So I opened with, hello.
02:59I obviously coined that the bride looked once, twice, three times a lady,
03:03and he can bet by the end of the day that we were all dancing on the ceiling.
03:05Well done. It worked well.
03:07It did. Clever stuff. Well done.
03:08Let's have a big round of applause for Andrew and Adam.
03:11APPLAUSE
03:16And in the corner, Susie. How are you, Susie?
03:18Very well, thank you.
03:19Sitting next to the wonderful Brendan Cole,
03:22Strictly Come Dancing dancer and choreographer.
03:25Welcome back. Thank you very much.
03:27Good to see you. Lovely to see you.
03:28How long, how many years have you been doing Strictly now?
03:32Way too many. 14 series over 12 years.
03:35You look at it and you go, it's over a quarter of my life.
03:39I've sat in the audience down in the studio when Rachel was there.
03:42Never have I seen such extraordinary energy and athleticism.
03:47It is amazing.
03:49It is all the emotion. It is all of the emotion.
03:51It is the intensity, the work.
03:53It all comes together to make something really special.
03:55I don't know why that is, but you've seen it first-hand.
03:57Rachel's done it first-hand.
03:59All right, then. Let's get down to business, shall we?
04:02Andrew, how about a letters game?
04:04Hi, Rachel. Hi, Andrew.
04:05Can I start with a consonant, please?
04:07Thank you. Start with T.
04:09And another?
04:11L.
04:12And another?
04:15S.
04:16And a vowel?
04:18U.
04:19And another?
04:22E.
04:23And another?
04:25I.
04:26And a consonant?
04:29D.
04:30And another?
04:32M.
04:33And a final vowel, please?
04:35And a final A.
04:38And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:51CLOCK TICKS
05:11Andrew?
05:12Nine.
05:14Adam?
05:15Seven.
05:16And a seven?
05:17Delete.
05:18Andrew?
05:19Simulated.
05:21Fabulous.
05:22Well done.
05:23APPLAUSE
05:2918 points. Not a bad way to begin the day.
05:32Now, your nine in the corner.
05:35Brendan and Susie?
05:36Oh, definitely.
05:37We have simulated.
05:38You have, all right.
05:40We have... What else have we got?
05:42Missed out. We'll be there for eight.
05:44And then down to two sevens with saluted, that kind of thing.
05:47Well done. All right.
05:4918 points for Andrew, and it's Adam's letters game.
05:52Good luck, Adam.
05:53Good afternoon, Rachel.
05:54Afternoon, Adam.
05:55Can I start with a consonant, please?
05:56Thank you. Start with P.
05:58A vowel.
06:00E.
06:01A consonant.
06:03S.
06:04Another consonant.
06:07H.
06:08A vowel.
06:10O.
06:12A vowel, please.
06:15E.
06:16A consonant.
06:18Q.
06:20A consonant.
06:22R.
06:23And finally, a vowel, please.
06:26And finally, A.
06:29Stand by.
06:48MUSIC PLAYS
07:00Adam?
07:01A six.
07:02A six and...?
07:03Seven.
07:04And a seven. Adam?
07:05A posher.
07:07Posher and...?
07:08Reshape.
07:10What do we think about that?
07:11We think both very good, and we had them both.
07:14Did we have anything else?
07:17We didn't.
07:18There we go. Well done. 25 points, and it's Andrew's numbers game.
07:22Andrew?
07:23Can I have two large and four small, please?
07:25You can indeed. Thank you, Andrew. Two from the top row and four little ones.
07:29And the first numbers game of the day is four, nine, seven,
07:34another four, and the large to 150.
07:38And the target, 352.
07:40Three, five, two.
07:48MUSIC PLAYS
08:12Yes, Andrew?
08:13352.
08:14And Adam?
08:15Yeah, 352.
08:17Take it away, Andrew.
08:19Four times 100 is 400.
08:20Yeah.
08:21Minus 50 is 250.
08:25And nine minus seven is two, and add it on.
08:27Lovely. 352.
08:29Adam?
08:30Exactly the same method.
08:31There we go.
08:32APPLAUSE
08:34So, 35...
08:3635 plays ten.
08:38Now, let's have our first tea time teaser, shall we?
08:40It's Hail Lace.
08:42And the clue, this plant sounds like it contains healing properties.
08:46This plant sounds like it contains healing properties.
08:50BELL RINGS
08:52MUSIC PLAYS
08:58APPLAUSE
09:06Welcome back.
09:07After the clue, this plant sounds like it contains healing properties.
09:11And the answer is that it's achillea.
09:14Achillea?
09:16Yeah, lovely history, this one.
09:18It's a plant, Eurasian and North African.
09:21Includes the yarrow, with small, white or yellow flowers.
09:24And it was supposedly used medicinally by Achilles.
09:28Hence the name.
09:30Yes.
09:31So, 35 plays ten.
09:32Adam, letters.
09:34A consonant, please, Rachel.
09:36Thank you, Adam.
09:37D.
09:38And a vowel.
09:41O.
09:42And another.
09:44E.
09:46L.
09:47A consonant.
09:49C.
09:50And another.
09:52M.
09:53A vowel.
09:55O.
09:57A consonant.
09:59S.
10:01And a final consonant, please.
10:03And a final F.
10:05Countdown.
10:07MUSIC PLAYS
10:16MUSIC CONTINUES
10:37Yes, Adam?
10:39Er, seven.
10:41Seven.
10:42Andrew?
10:43Seven.
10:44Adam?
10:45Stooled.
10:46And?
10:47Footled.
10:50Er, just check.
10:51Stooled.
10:52Er, absolutely fine, yes.
10:55Er, used in gardening to cut back a plant, for example.
10:58And footled, one of my favourite words,
11:00yes, to mess about or engage in fruitless activity.
11:03I didn't know.
11:04I didn't know, it sums me up perfectly.
11:06I had no idea.
11:07Footled.
11:08Yes.
11:09I'm a footler.
11:10Footling around.
11:11Well, yes.
11:12What else have we got there now?
11:15That's our best, actually, for seven.
11:17That's it?
11:18Footling.
11:19All right.
11:2042 plays 17.
11:21Andrew, letters game.
11:23Can I have a consonant, please?
11:25Thank you, Andrew.
11:26P.
11:27And another.
11:29S.
11:30And another.
11:32L.
11:33And another.
11:36N.
11:37And a vowel.
11:39I.
11:40And another.
11:42E.
11:43And another.
11:45A.
11:46And another.
11:49U.
11:51And a consonant, please.
11:53And the last one, J.
11:55Countdown.
12:15MUSIC PLAYS
12:26Andrew?
12:27Seven.
12:28A seven.
12:29Adam?
12:30Just a six.
12:31Your six?
12:32Plains.
12:33Now, then.
12:34Andrew?
12:35Spaniel.
12:36Spaniel.
12:37Very nice.
12:38Quite nice.
12:39We love spaniels.
12:40Yeah, excellent.
12:41Well done.
12:42Well spotted.
12:43Very clever.
12:45And in the corner, anything else?
12:47Well, I had plains, but Susie here has...
12:50Lupine.
12:51Lupine.
12:52Yes.
12:53Six.
12:54Wolf-like.
12:55As in the wolf, yeah.
12:56Yeah.
12:57Lupine.
12:5849, as I say, plays Adam.
12:5917.
13:00And it's Adam's numbers game now.
13:01Adam?
13:02Can I have two from the top and any other four, please?
13:05You can indeed.
13:06Same again.
13:07Two large, four little.
13:08Thank you, Adam.
13:09And this time around, your little ones are five.
13:11One, eight and two.
13:14And the big ones, 75 and 100.
13:17And the target, 545.
13:19545.
13:44Adam?
13:45Five, three, five.
13:46Ten away.
13:47Andrew?
13:48545.
13:49Now then, tell us how you did that.
13:50100 plus eight plus one is...
13:51109.
13:52Times five.
13:53Yep, you're straight there.
13:54545.
13:55Well done.
13:56Well done.
13:57Neatly done.
13:58Neatly done.
13:59Well done.
14:00Well done.
14:01Well done.
14:02Well done.
14:03Well done.
14:04Well done.
14:05Well done.
14:06Well done.
14:07Well done.
14:08Well done.
14:09Well done.
14:10Well done.
14:11Well done.
14:12Well done.
14:13And you see that hand in the cloud
14:15as we turn now to our Dictionary Corner guest, Brendan Cole.
14:19Now, Brendan, you're a very talented dancer and choreographer,
14:22but you've got other strings to your bow, apparently.
14:25I like to think so.
14:26One of the things about myself, I like adrenaline,
14:29adrenaline sports, and maybe to make up for the dancing side of things,
14:32where it's a bit less adrenaline-fuelled,
14:35I took up motorsport a few years ago, car racing,
14:39and I must say, there is nothing like it in terms of adrenaline.
14:43But a little story for you, one of the hazards of motorsport
14:46is obviously it's very, very dangerous, a lot of things can go wrong.
14:49So I'd taken part in three races, all for charity,
14:52which was a great thing to be a part of,
14:54you felt like you were doing something exciting and good stuff.
14:57So this particular day, I was driving along in the warm-up,
15:00about 15 minutes in, and doing 110 mile an hour
15:03down the back straight of the central circuit of Silverstone.
15:08The car was a Morgan, and I had a brake failure.
15:10Now, 100 mile an hour brake failure results in one thing,
15:13you cannot turn the corner, open top car,
15:15and unfortunately I had to put it into the tyre wall.
15:17Broke the car off, terrible thing there.
15:19You weren't hurt, thankfully.
15:21I was hurt very badly, I smashed my knee actually,
15:23very, very badly, and I started strictly on crutches.
15:26I think I've always had a love for doing things a little bit risky,
15:29and a little bit, you know, I've jumped out of a plane,
15:31I've done a few bungee jumps, but not so much anymore.
15:33So that's it for the moment then, motor racing-wise?
15:37Or do you do it in the off-season?
15:39Whilst my job is using my legs and my body to quite extreme levels,
15:43I can't really damage it to the point where I may not be able to dance again,
15:46and I think it was a bit of a wake-up call
15:48in terms of let's be sensible about what we do here.
15:52You know, I've got a family that I need to support,
15:54and I quite like my lifestyle, my job, I quite enjoy it.
15:57I want to keep doing it.
15:59I've never been involved in racing,
16:02but I did once drive a car around Castle Combe.
16:06Not very fast, and then somebody who was very experienced
16:09drove and I sat in the passenger seat, he went very fast.
16:11It was in my car too, so I was quite worried about it.
16:14That's fine, and then you suddenly realise
16:16that actually in a race you've got six blokes
16:18biting your exhaust pipe behind you, trying to get past.
16:21Well, it's terrifying.
16:23It's pushing it to the maximum, isn't it?
16:24And it only takes a small mistake.
16:26Absolutely.
16:27And my mistake luckily wasn't mine, it was a brake failure,
16:29but still the consequences were massive.
16:32And the poor old Morgan got written off.
16:35The poor old Morgan was no longer, but, you know,
16:37it's its own fault, it shouldn't have failed me.
16:41APPLAUSE
16:45All right, so 59 to Andrew, Adam on 17,
16:48and we turn back to you, Andrew, let us go.
16:51Can I have a consonant, please?
16:53Thank you, Andrew.
16:54S
16:55And a vowel?
16:57E
16:58And a consonant?
17:00R
17:01And a vowel?
17:02I
17:04And a consonant?
17:05T
17:06And a vowel?
17:08O
17:09And a consonant?
17:11R
17:12And a vowel?
17:14I
17:16And a final consonant, please?
17:18And the last one, L.
17:20Stand by.
17:33CLOCK TICKS
17:51Andrew.
17:52Seven.
17:53Adam.
17:54Seven.
17:55Thank you, Andrew.
17:56Reuters.
17:57And...
17:58Adam.
17:59Yeah.
18:00Seven.
18:01There we are.
18:02We beat that.
18:03Can we match it?
18:04We can match it.
18:05Match it, match it.
18:06Reuters, lorries...
18:07Yep.
18:08Oiliest?
18:09Oiliest.
18:10Toilers.
18:11Lots of sevens, but we couldn't find enough.
18:13Can't make the eight.
18:14All right, 66 to 24.
18:16Adam, your letters again.
18:18Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:19Thank you, Adam.
18:20V
18:21And a vowel?
18:23A
18:24And another?
18:26E
18:28And a consonant?
18:30S
18:32And another?
18:34P
18:35And a vowel?
18:37O
18:38And a consonant?
18:40M
18:42A vowel?
18:44A
18:46And a consonant at the end, please?
18:48And the last one, B.
18:50And here's the Countdown Clock.
18:52CLOCK TICKS
19:02CLOCK TICKS
19:22Adam.
19:23Just a five there.
19:24Five.
19:25Andrew?
19:26Seven.
19:27Adam?
19:28Nope.
19:29Now, then.
19:30Amoebas?
19:32Amoebas.
19:33Very nice.
19:34Yeah.
19:35Complicated spelling, but it's all there for seven.
19:37Very nice.
19:38Indeed.
19:39I've got a nice one for you.
19:40Samba.
19:41No?
19:42Anything else?
19:43No, nothing in that round.
19:44Amoebas for us for seven.
19:46Samba.
19:4773 to 24.
19:48And now, Andrew, it's Numbers time.
19:50Andrew?
19:51Two large, four small, please.
19:53Thank you, Andrew.
19:54For the third time today, we've got two from the top
19:56and four little ones.
19:57And this time, the numbers are six, ten, three,
20:02two, and the big ones, 100 and 25.
20:06And the target, 851.
20:08851.
20:10CLOCK TICKS
20:32CLOCK TICKS
20:41Andrew?
20:42851.
20:43Adam?
20:44855.
20:45855.
20:46Let's start with Andrew MacLeod.
20:49100 plus 6 is 106.
20:51106.
20:5210 minus 2 is 8.
20:54Yep.
20:56Multiply them.
20:57Multiply them together for 848.
21:00And add the 3.
21:01And add the 3.
21:02You've got left over.
21:03Well done.
21:04Yeah, well done.
21:05Well done.
21:06APPLAUSE
21:07We'll score 83 points to Andrew
21:09as we turn to our second Tea Time teaser,
21:11which is Sad Steel.
21:13And the clue,
21:14he'd run out of dried fruit and had nobody to go out with.
21:18He'd run out of dried fruit and had nobody to go out with.
21:24MUSIC
21:31APPLAUSE
21:38Welcome back.
21:39I left you with the clue,
21:40he'd run out of dried fruit and had nobody to go out with.
21:44In fact, he was, um...
21:46dateless, really.
21:47Dateless.
21:49So, 83 to Andrew.
21:51Adam on 24 as we turn to Adam for a letters game.
21:54Adam?
21:55Consonant, please.
21:56Thank you, Adam.
21:57T.
21:58And a vowel.
22:01I.
22:02And a consonant.
22:04N.
22:06And a vowel.
22:08A.
22:09Er, consonant, please.
22:11C.
22:13Consonant.
22:15L.
22:17Vowel.
22:19E.
22:21Er, consonant, please.
22:24S.
22:25And a final consonant, please.
22:27And a final N.
22:30Ta-ta.
22:31MUSIC
23:00Adam?
23:02I'll go with a safe seven.
23:04Seven and?
23:05Seven.
23:06Two sevens.
23:07Adam?
23:08Clients.
23:09And?
23:10Stencil.
23:11Stencil.
23:12Mm-hm.
23:13Very nice.
23:14Can we beat it?
23:15Can we make an eight?
23:17Indeed we can.
23:18Er, instance for eight.
23:19Very good.
23:20And another seven.
23:21Senecal, which is, er, I've just found out,
23:23a plant of the parsley family which has burr-like fruit.
23:27Who knew?
23:28Well done.
23:29Susie knew.
23:30Any ideas, Susie?
23:31Er, no.
23:32Instance was top for us.
23:33Well done.
23:34All right.
23:3590 plays 31.
23:36Andrew.
23:37Good score.
23:38And now it's your letters game.
23:39Er, consonant, please.
23:41Thank you, Andrew.
23:42K.
23:43And another?
23:45T.
23:46And another?
23:48R.
23:49And a vowel?
23:51U.
23:52And another?
23:54O.
23:55And another?
23:57I.
23:59And a consonant?
24:01N.
24:03And another?
24:05W.
24:07And a final vowel, please?
24:09And a final E.
24:11K.
24:28MUSIC PLAYS
24:44Andrew?
24:45Seven.
24:46A seven.
24:47Adam?
24:48Just the five.
24:49Your five?
24:50Trike.
24:51And Andrew?
24:52Routine.
24:53And routine.
24:54Very nice.
24:55Well done.
24:56Yep.
24:57Brendan?
24:58Yes.
24:59Susie?
25:00Yes.
25:01What have we got?
25:02Er, well, routine, er, we did have, which was right up my street.
25:05Network.
25:06Yes, nice.
25:07Very good one there, Susie.
25:08And I liked a nice, simple three-letter word, win.
25:10It's always a good one.
25:11Why not?
25:12For a show like this, wouldn't you say?
25:13Well done.
25:14All right.
25:1597 plays 31.
25:16And now we turn to Susie for her wonderful origins of words.
25:20Now then, Susie, today?
25:22Er, well, I'm going to be looking at some of the emails
25:25from our lovely viewers, because it's great to get them in.
25:28Please do keep them coming.
25:30The first one comes from Audrey Jones,
25:32who asks a very good question.
25:34Why do we scream blue murder?
25:36It seems a very odd expression,
25:38so thank you, Audrey, for sending that in.
25:41In America, they cry bloody murder,
25:44which, in a way, is more expressive
25:46and slightly easier to understand.
25:48You're caught red-handed with blood on your hands.
25:51But either way, cry blue murder or cry bloody murder
25:54means to make a noise in extravagant protest.
25:56So it's become a little bit diluted.
25:58It doesn't mean to actually commit an act of murder.
26:01But using colours as metaphors for emotion
26:04goes back to almost as long as we've had language.
26:08It's a very, very cultural thing.
26:11It's embedded in English-speaking culture
26:13as well as in that of other languages.
26:15And if you think about it, in English, we have green with jealousy,
26:18white with rage, with tickled pink.
26:21We are green in our youth,
26:23so our salad days refer to us being green and slightly immature.
26:27But blue, slightly more complex in picture,
26:30that we use in lots and lots of idioms,
26:32but in slightly different ways.
26:34You can be a true blue.
26:35In other words, you are showing steadfastness and loyalty.
26:38You can be blue in the face through exerting a lot of effort.
26:42Or you could have the blues,
26:44which actually refers to the blue devils
26:47thought to attack people who had DTs.
26:50When they were withdrawing from alcohol.
26:52Very, very long-standing expression.
26:55But if you look at blue murder in the Oxford English Dictionary,
26:59it will show you that blue actually is often linked with hurtful things,
27:04particularly plagues or pestilences.
27:07And the idea was probably
27:09that candles were thought to burn blue as an omen of death,
27:13and the brimstone fire of hell
27:19was said to burn blue as well.
27:21So those ideas, those myths or legends, if you like,
27:24have been standing for a very long time.
27:27As for blue murder, it probably is used in exactly the same way.
27:31Also, if you have a blue funk, again, you're depressed and melancholy.
27:35So blue murder is simply probably linking into that idea
27:39of blue being linked with nasty things and very ill omens.
27:43Interest. Well done.
27:45APPLAUSE
27:49And poison is always kept in blue bottles.
27:53That's very true, yeah. Same deal.
27:55Yeah, that sense of evilness.
27:57All right, 97, please. 31. Andrew on 97.
28:01And it's Adam's letters game.
28:03I'll start with a vowel this time, please, Rachel.
28:05Thank you, Adam. O
28:07And a consonant?
28:09G
28:11A consonant?
28:13N
28:14And another?
28:16H
28:17And another?
28:19V
28:21And a vowel?
28:23U
28:24And another?
28:26E
28:28And another?
28:30I
28:31And a final consonant, please.
28:33And a final R.
28:35Don't, don't.
28:47CLOCK TICKS
29:07Adam?
29:08Eight.
29:09Andrew?
29:10Eight.
29:11Adam?
29:12Hovering.
29:13And you're both hovering.
29:15Are you hovering?
29:20Brendan?
29:21We are hovering.
29:22And the others? Overhung.
29:23Yeah, we thought about hungover, but it's hyphenated, unfortunately.
29:26So a bit overhung is all right.
29:28All right, 105, Andrew. Well done.
29:31Adam on 39, as we turn to...
29:33Well, back to you, Andrew, for letters game.
29:36Can I have a consonant, please?
29:37Thank you, Andrew.
29:39T
29:40And another?
29:42P
29:43And another?
29:45G
29:46And a vowel?
29:48A
29:50And another?
29:52U
29:53And another?
29:55I
29:56And a consonant?
29:58Y
30:00And another?
30:02S
30:04And a vowel?
30:05And the last one?
30:07E
30:08And here's the Countdown Clock.
30:10COUNTDOWN CLOCK
30:40Andrew?
30:41Seven.
30:42Seven. Adam?
30:44Risky, six.
30:45Your six?
30:46Gayest.
30:47Gayest.
30:48Now then, Andrew MacLeod?
30:50Upstage.
30:51Upstage.
30:53Very good. Gayest also, absolutely fine. Yeah.
30:57And what news from the corner?
30:59Not a lot more than that. Susie's been upstaging me all day.
31:03And we have pasty and pigsty.
31:07Yes, or pasty, even.
31:09Sorry, pesty. See, I can't read, let alone look at what's in front of me.
31:14And pigsty?
31:15Pigsty is there for six as well.
31:17Well done. All right, 112, Andrew. Cracking performance.
31:20Adam on 39, and it's Adam's final shot at a numbers game. Adam?
31:25Can I go with an inverted T, please, Rachel?
31:27You can indeed, thank you, Adam. One from the top and five little ones this time.
31:31And his final selection is nine, three, five,
31:36another nine, eight and the big one, 75.
31:40And his target, 913.
31:429-1-3.
32:07Adam?
32:089-1-3.
32:109-1-3. Andrew?
32:129-1-3.
32:13OK, Adam?
32:15I've gone with nine plus three is 12.
32:17Yep.
32:18Times 75, 900.
32:20And then add the five and the eight.
32:22Yeah, fell nicely, this one, 9-1-3.
32:24Well done. Andrew?
32:26The same. There we go.
32:28Yep, well done.
32:29All right.
32:31APPLAUSE
32:33Final round, gentlemen, final round.
32:35Andrew's on 122 and Adam on 49.
32:39Fingers on buzzers, let's do this thing,
32:41let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:44MUSIC
33:03MUSIC
33:20No, we're stumped up here.
33:22In the audience?
33:24Mmm... Do I see a hand?
33:29Oh, I do see a hand. Rachel, what have you been up to?
33:31Is it another mug? Is it magnifier?
33:33Let's see whether you're right.
33:37Magnifier. Well done.
33:39APPLAUSE
33:44So, Andrew, well done. 122.
33:46But, Adam, hard luck, you came up against a tremendous,
33:49tremendous player there.
33:51And had he got it, actually, he would have been
33:53the highest scorer of the series.
33:55But he didn't, so there we are.
33:57Anyway, Adam, back to Potter's Bar with you.
34:00Take this goodie bag and our very best wishes.
34:02Thank you very much. Well done indeed.
34:04Andrew, tremendous stuff. We'll see you on Monday.
34:06Well done. See you, man.
34:08Next week, if it all goes well, who knows?
34:10So we'll see you on Monday. Brendan?
34:12Yes, yes, even after my dismal performance,
34:14I've still got my sidekick, so I'm OK.
34:16Indeed. See you on Monday, with Susie, of course.
34:19Have a great weekend. And Rachel, too.
34:21Brilliant conundrum. Well done.
34:23I just want the free mugs.
34:25Another Countdown mug for the collection.
34:27Indeed. Digital proof and everything.
34:29See you on Monday. Same time, same place,
34:31you'll be sure of it. A very good afternoon.
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