Countdown | Friday 15th August 2014 | Episode 5975
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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:03CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon, good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35On the day that exactly a century ago, back in 1914,
00:39the Panama Canal was opened, the Americans built it,
00:42they took a lease, I think, from the Panamanians and built this canal
00:46so that ships wouldn't have to surge round the Cape Horn,
00:49which was a particularly nasty passage in the old days,
00:52but still saved time. So there we are.
00:54But you have to pay some dues going through the canal.
00:58And a cruise ship called the Norwegian Pearl
01:01ploughed through the Panama Canal
01:03and they got a bill at the other end for £222,000.
01:08Amazing.
01:09Presumably, they sort of got it off the passengers on a bit of a whip round.
01:12£222,000 for 50 miles.
01:15Work that out per mile. That's unfair.
01:18Now then, that's the figure anyway.
01:20I've never been down there.
01:22Are you fond of canals?
01:24Any stories about canals?
01:26I've been on a canal boat through Little Italy in London.
01:29That was lovely.
01:30Had a nice day.
01:31And you get to go through the park as well on the canal.
01:34One of those narrow boats.
01:36Yeah, but I'm kind of fascinated by yachts.
01:38I went to Portofino over the summer
01:41and the size of those super yachts, they're just incredible.
01:44They're like huge mansions.
01:46These are sort of personal yachts.
01:48Yeah, and you can get two helicopter pads on some of these yachts.
01:52I mean, they must be worth a small country.
01:54Now, who have we got?
01:55Rachel, we've got Mark Davies, who's back from Widness.
01:58But more importantly, he's got five wins under his belt.
02:01Highest score, 111.
02:03Lowest, 85 on yesterday, Thursday, wasn't it?
02:07Yesterday, yes.
02:08And you're joined today by Keith Myers-Slight from Quakers Yard in South Wales.
02:13And apparently, you're shortly to take part in a World Bog Snorkelling Championship.
02:20Now, I'm fascinated by this.
02:22How does it work?
02:24Basically, it's in Mid Wales.
02:25We hold it every year.
02:26And it's the first year I'll be taking part.
02:28But it's something I'm going to tick off my bucket list.
02:30And you've got to go 60 yards there and 60 yards back in about two feet of bog water.
02:35I can't imagine why you put it on your bucket list.
02:38It's brown bog water.
02:42Brown bog water.
02:43You can do it in fancy dress if you want to.
02:45There's a whole array of people who take part for different reasons.
02:48I'm doing it for charity.
02:49Oh, good for you.
02:50Which charity is that?
02:51It's for my little nephew, Rudy, for Rudy's Trust.
02:53He suffered a brain injury shortly after birth.
02:55So we do what we can for him.
02:57Good for you.
02:58Well done.
03:00Big round of applause then.
03:01Come on.
03:02For Keith and Mark Davies.
03:04And over in the corner, of course, as ever on this Friday,
03:07looking forward to the weekend, the wonderful Susie Dent,
03:10joined today by the bright, shining talent that is Angelica Bell,
03:16TV presenter and, of course, a reporter on The One Show.
03:19Yes, right.
03:20You were at the beginning of that show.
03:21Yeah, I've been on The One Show since it started,
03:24its inception, say, in 2007.
03:26So I feel really part of the family.
03:29And it's brilliant. I love it. Absolutely love it.
03:31Well, we get some stories about that shortly.
03:33But now, Angelica, it's time for Mark Davies to take us away
03:37on a letters game. Mark.
03:39Hi, Rachel.
03:40Hi, Mark.
03:41Can I start with a consonant, please?
03:42You can indeed. Thank you.
03:43Start today with N.
03:45And another.
03:47C.
03:48And a third.
03:50R.
03:52And a vowel.
03:54E.
03:55And another.
03:57O.
03:59And another.
04:01A.
04:02And a consonant.
04:05S.
04:07And a vowel.
04:09I.
04:12And a final consonant.
04:14And a final T.
04:16And a countdown clock.
04:47Well, now, Mark.
04:49Nine.
04:50A nine. Keith?
04:52Nine.
04:53That's a way to start, isn't it? Come on, then, Mark.
04:56Reactions.
04:57Reactions. And?
04:58Creations.
04:59Excellent stuff. Well done.
05:01Look at that.
05:04Straight off to 18 points apiece.
05:07But what nine has our talented corner got, Susie and Angelica?
05:14Nothing else, but you have those nines.
05:15Well, great start. All right, then.
05:17Now, then, Keith, your letters game.
05:19Hi, Rachel.
05:20Hi, Keith.
05:21Start with a consonant, please.
05:22Thank you. Start with P.
05:24Another one.
05:26D.
05:27A vowel.
05:29O.
05:31Another vowel.
05:32E.
05:34And another one, please.
05:36E.
05:37And a consonant.
05:39N.
05:41Another consonant.
05:43T.
05:44And another consonant.
05:46D.
05:48And so I'll end with another consonant, please.
05:51And end with L.
05:53And it's Countdown.
06:14MUSIC
06:27Keith?
06:28Six.
06:29A six, Mark?
06:30Seven.
06:31Keith?
06:32Depend.
06:33Depend. And?
06:34Pentode.
06:36What do we think about that?
06:37Pentode, fantastic, yes.
06:38Turned from electronics.
06:40A pentode valve that has five electrodes.
06:42Course.
06:43Hence the pent. Very good.
06:45Very good. And the corner?
06:47This one of the seven that we could find, which was denoted.
06:51Denoted. All right, well done.
06:5325 plays, Keith's 18.
06:55Into the numbers.
06:57Into the numbers, Mark.
06:59Hi, Rachel.
07:00Two large and four small, please.
07:02Thank you. Back to the usual, thank you, Mark.
07:04Two big ones, four little ones.
07:06And the first numbers game today is one...
07:10..six, three, nine,
07:13and the large ones, 100 and 25.
07:16And the target to reach, 940.
07:18940.
07:20MUSIC
07:40MUSIC
07:52Yes, Mark?
07:53940.
07:55940. And Keith?
07:56940.
07:57Thank you, Mark.
07:58100 plus one.
08:00100 plus 101.
08:02Times nine.
08:03Times by nine, 909.
08:05Plus six, plus 25.
08:06Well done, 940.
08:08Keith?
08:09Slightly different, nine times 100.
08:11Nine times 100, 900.
08:13Plus a 25.
08:15925.
08:16Six minus one times a three, 15.
08:18Add them together.
08:19Well done again, 940.
08:21Well done.
08:22APPLAUSE
08:24Well done indeed.
08:26So, Mark, 35 on Keith's 28, plenty of time to go,
08:30but here's a teatime teaser for you, which is,
08:32Brat earned, and the clue,
08:34the brat earned a reputation for this sort of behaviour.
08:37MUSIC
08:53Welcome back.
08:54I left with the clue,
08:55the brat earned a reputation for this sort of behaviour,
08:58and the answer is aberrant.
09:01Or aberrant, as I prefer to call it.
09:04Give me a strange look there, Nick.
09:06Yeah, it comes from the Latin aberrare, meaning to stray away.
09:10To stray.
09:11To stray from straight and narrow.
09:12All right, very good.
09:13So, Mark on 35, Keith on 28.
09:15Let's turn to Keith for a letters game, OK?
09:17Can I have a vowel, please, Rachel?
09:19Thank you, Keith.
09:20U.
09:21And another one.
09:23O.
09:24And another one.
09:26U.
09:27And a better one.
09:29I'll try.
09:31And a better one.
09:33I'll try.
09:34A.
09:35And a consonant.
09:37X.
09:39And another one.
09:41S.
09:43And another one.
09:45R.
09:47And another consonant, please.
09:49T.
09:51And a final vowel, please.
09:53And a final E.
09:55Stand by.
09:57MUSIC
10:02MUSIC
10:28Yes, Keith?
10:29I'll risk a six.
10:30A six.
10:31How about Mark?
10:32Six.
10:33Two sixes.
10:34Keith?
10:35Suture.
10:36Suture.
10:37And?
10:38Roots.
10:40A suture.
10:41That's absolutely right.
10:42Correct spelling.
10:43S-U-T-U-R-E.
10:44Very good.
10:45Very good.
10:46And the corner.
10:47Angelica?
10:48We've got extras.
10:49Yes.
10:50Yeah.
10:51And roots.
10:52And you also got a uterus.
10:53Uterus.
10:54Yeah, another six.
10:55A uterus.
10:56All right.
10:5741 plays to 34.
10:58Mark's shot at the letters game.
10:59Consonant plays, Rachel.
11:00Thank you, Mark.
11:01L.
11:02And another.
11:04R.
11:06And another.
11:08D.
11:10And a vowel.
11:12U.
11:13And another.
11:15A.
11:17And a third.
11:19I.
11:21And a consonant.
11:23M.
11:25And a vowel.
11:28E.
11:30And a final consonant.
11:33And a final L.
11:35Countdown.
11:59Yes, Mark?
12:00Seven.
12:01A seven and?
12:02Just a six.
12:03And that six?
12:04Mailer.
12:05A mailer and?
12:06Rallied.
12:08What else have we got?
12:09I've got derail.
12:10Yes.
12:11Very good.
12:12Yeah.
12:13Very nice and just rallied for me, too.
12:14Very good.
12:15All right.
12:1648 plays to 34.
12:17Numbers.
12:18Numbers for Keith.
12:19Rachel's shot at the letters game.
12:20Consonant plays.
12:21L.
12:22And another.
12:23R.
12:24And another.
12:25M.
12:26And another.
12:27Rachel, can I have one large and five small, please?
12:29You can, indeed.
12:30Thank you, Keith.
12:31One big one and five little ones coming up.
12:33And this time the numbers are three, one, another one, nine, seven,
12:40and the large one, 50.
12:42And the target, 646.
12:45646.
12:58KEYS CLACK
13:17Keith?
13:18646.
13:19And Mark?
13:21644.
13:22644.
13:24Keith?
13:25Um, 50 minus one is 49.
13:30Yeah.
13:32Um, nine plus one plus three.
13:34Nine plus the other one plus three is 13.
13:37Times them two together.
13:38Times them together for 637.
13:41I've gone wrong, then.
13:42Sorry.
13:43Oh, bad luck.
13:44Sorry.
13:45Bad luck.
13:46I was going to add the other seven, but...
13:47Beginning to rock the Mark Davies.
13:48Now then, Tiny.
13:49That's what I did.
13:50So you added the other seven for two away?
13:52Yeah.
13:53Yep.
13:54Very good.
13:55All right.
13:56So what does that do for the stake of being 55?
13:59Now to 34.
14:01But, Rachel, 646, please.
14:04Um, it was there.
14:05If you say 50 times seven is 350.
14:10Three times nine is 27.
14:13Take it away for 323.
14:16And then one add one is two.
14:18And times the two together for 646.
14:20Terrific.
14:21Rachel, as ever.
14:23Terrific.
14:24But now it's our chance to talk to Angelica Bell,
14:27who started her career way back in 2000 on CBBC,
14:32your big break.
14:33Yeah.
14:34What's happened since?
14:35Well, quite a bit.
14:36Do you know what?
14:37CBBC was fantastic.
14:38And a lot of people say to me,
14:39oh, do you have to smile all the time and talk to children?
14:42But CBBC was more than that.
14:44It was where I learnt how to do a lot of live television
14:47and I worked on different programmes.
14:48And most of the time we were in the studio
14:50without children being there, in fact.
14:52But it was really strange.
14:54For one minute you were just Angelica who walks down the street
14:57and does a normal thing
14:58and then you're presenting to, like, five, six million people on BBC One.
15:02So it did change my life drastically.
15:04I bet.
15:05Yeah.
15:06And plus I met my husband there as well.
15:07So that then led on to a great career, really,
15:10because I think within that,
15:12as part of the presentation team you got involved with,
15:14That's Genius, Exchange, 50-50.
15:17Yeah.
15:18And Short Change.
15:19What was Short Change about?
15:20So Short Change was, it was almost like the mini Watchdog.
15:23Yeah.
15:24And I presented it with my best friend Otis Dealy,
15:27who Rachel knows, and also a guy called Roger E.
15:31And it was almost like empowering young children
15:33to know their rights and what to do.
15:35And I remember I met Anne Robinson once
15:37and she goes, I love that show.
15:39It's just like Watchdog for children.
15:41And I was like, yes, it's brilliant.
15:42So I enjoyed working on that a great deal, a great deal.
15:46It's a good thing, isn't it, for young children
15:48to sort of just make sure they sort of understand a bit.
15:51Yeah.
15:52You know, about how to react in situations.
15:54No, definitely.
15:55And I think sometimes, you know, they don't feel empowered.
15:59And I think we need to empower young people as well
16:01to know what they can do, what they can say,
16:04and when they are out and about and they're presenting themselves,
16:07know what rights they do have as well.
16:09Brilliant stuff.
16:10Thank you so much.
16:11More later.
16:12There we go.
16:1355 points to 34 for Keith and we're back with Mark.
16:17Mark, letters game.
16:19Can I start with a consonant, please, Rachel?
16:21Thank you, Mark.
16:22P.
16:23And another.
16:25W.
16:27And a third.
16:29M.
16:30And a vowel.
16:32A.
16:34And another.
16:36O.
16:37And another.
16:39E.
16:41And a consonant.
16:43V.
16:45And a vowel.
16:48A.
16:50And a final consonant.
16:52And a final G.
16:54Countdown.
17:11MUSIC PLAYS
17:27Now then, Mark.
17:28Five.
17:29Five. Yes, Keith?
17:30Six.
17:32Yes, Mark.
17:33A gape.
17:34A gape. And?
17:35Ampage.
17:36Ampage.
17:39Ampage?
17:40No, not there, I'm afraid.
17:42The nearest is rampage, but not ampage.
17:45Sorry, Keith.
17:46Is it amperage?
17:47Amperage, yes.
17:48OK, bad luck there, Keith.
17:49Yes.
17:50Good shot.
17:51You gave old Mark the shivers there for a second.
17:53What have we got in the corner?
17:55Difficult choice, I think.
17:56I got four.
17:57Meow.
17:58Meow?
17:59Meow.
18:00Very good.
18:01What else have we got over there?
18:02Anything else?
18:03Well beaten by Mark there.
18:04I got a four.
18:05Vamp.
18:06Vamp.
18:07Yes.
18:08Let's say something about you.
18:09You had meow, I had vamp.
18:12Excellent.
18:1360 plays 34 now.
18:15Keith?
18:16Consonant, please, Rachel.
18:17Thank you, Keith.
18:18T.
18:19And another one.
18:21G.
18:22And another one.
18:24F.
18:25And a vowel.
18:27E.
18:28And another one, please.
18:30U.
18:31And another vowel.
18:33I.
18:34And a consonant.
18:36R.
18:38And a vowel.
18:40A.
18:42And a final consonant, please.
18:44And a final T.
18:46Stand by.
19:08Yes, Keith?
19:09A seven.
19:10A seven, Mark?
19:11Seven.
19:12Yes.
19:13Very good.
19:15And Mark?
19:16Tuftia.
19:17And what news from the corner?
19:18Tuftia is lovely.
19:19Tuftia, tuftiest.
19:20Yes, comparatively.
19:21I used to have a pet called Tuftie.
19:22So I like that word.
19:23Very good.
19:24What was it?
19:25I don't know.
19:26I don't know.
19:27Tuftia.
19:28Tuftia.
19:29Tuftia.
19:30Tuftia.
19:31Tuftia.
19:32Tuftia.
19:33Tuftia.
19:34Tuftia.
19:35Tuftia.
19:36Tuftia.
19:37Very good.
19:38What was it?
19:39It was a spring espanol.
19:41Called Tuftie?
19:42Yes.
19:43It could be a rabbit's name, but spring espanol?
19:45I didn't name him personally.
19:47Oh, OK.
19:48I was very little.
19:49Passing the blame on somebody else.
19:50And Bianca?
19:51I thought that was quite difficult.
19:53I did get rife, gift.
19:55I thought about trife, but that is not a word, is it?
19:57No.
19:58You need the S.
19:59All right.
20:00Fatia is an alternative seven.
20:01OK.
20:02So, Mark, numbers game.
20:04Two large and four small, please, Rachel.
20:06Thank you, Mark.
20:07Two big ones, four little ones again.
20:09Your usual.
20:10And this time around, the four small numbers are seven, six,
20:14another six, and ten.
20:16And the large one's 150.
20:19And the target to reach, 633.
20:22633.
20:36MUSIC PLAYS
20:55Yes, Mark?
20:56633.
20:57And Keith?
20:58633.
20:59Both of you, well done.
21:00Mark?
21:01100 plus 6?
21:03100 plus 6, 106.
21:05Times 6.
21:06Times 6, 636.
21:08And then 10 minus 7?
21:10Is the 3.
21:11I'll take it away.
21:12Perfect, 633.
21:13Very good.
21:14Keith?
21:15Slightly different again.
21:16Sorry, 6 times 100?
21:176.
21:18100, 600.
21:19And then 50 minus 10 minus 7?
21:2150 minus 10 minus 7 for the 33.
21:23APPLAUSE
21:24Well done, both of you.
21:27So, 77 plays Keith's 51 as we turn to a tea time teaser,
21:31which is tin pairs.
21:33You might find tins of pairs stored in these.
21:36You might find tins of pairs stored in these.
21:40MUSIC PLAYS
21:48APPLAUSE
21:55Warm welcome back. I left you with a clue.
21:57You might find tins of pairs stored in these,
22:00stored in pantries.
22:0277 plays Keith's 51.
22:04Keith, you're back on Letters Game.
22:06Hi, Rachel, can I have a consonant, please?
22:08Thank you, Key.
22:10W.
22:11And another one.
22:13S.
22:14A vowel.
22:16I.
22:17Another vowel.
22:19E.
22:21A consonant.
22:23C.
22:25A consonant.
22:26T.
22:28A vowel.
22:30O.
22:31O.
22:32Consonant.
22:34S.
22:35And a final consonant, please.
22:37And a final N.
22:39Stand by.
22:41MUSIC PLAYS
23:01MUSIC STOPS
23:11Yes, Keith?
23:12Just a six.
23:13A six, Mark. I'll go for a safe seven, then.
23:16Thank you, Keith.
23:17Moist.
23:19And Mark?
23:20Modest.
23:21A modest.
23:23Yes, you could have put the S on the end.
23:25A modest was a fashionable milliner or dressmaker.
23:29It's a slightly dated, almost historical term.
23:33And was it moist, did you say, Keith?
23:35Yeah, M-O-I-S-T-S.
23:37The verb would be moistened, so it would be moist on its own.
23:40Couldn't put the S in the adjective, I'm afraid.
23:42Very good. 84 plays 51.
23:44Mark, we're with you.
23:46Letters.
23:47Consonant, please, Rachel.
23:49Thank you, Mark.
23:50B.
23:52And another.
23:54S.
23:56And a third.
23:58J.
24:00And a vowel.
24:03E.
24:04And another.
24:06I.
24:08And another.
24:10E.
24:12And a consonant.
24:14L.
24:16And a vowel.
24:19A.
24:21And finish with a consonant, please.
24:24And finish with N.
24:26Here's the clock.
24:57What luck, Mark?
24:59Seven.
25:01A seven. Keith?
25:03Seven also.
25:04Yes, Mark?
25:05Enables.
25:06Enables, both of you.
25:07Same here, Mark.
25:08Both enabled over here.
25:10And in the corner, Susie and Angelica.
25:14We got one that's quite appropriate for the tennis.
25:16Baseline.
25:17Oh, good shot, yeah.
25:18Yeah.
25:19Very good. Well done.
25:21Anything else?
25:23And there's a nice seven there.
25:25Basenji, which is a smallish hunting dog,
25:28Central African breed, which growls and yelps but does not bark.
25:33Really?
25:34Yeah.
25:35Well, I've never come across that particular breed.
25:37I don't think I have either.
25:38Look at Mark. Look at Mark Davies.
25:4191 points to Keith's 58.
25:44As we turn to Susie and her wonderful origins of words.
25:49Where will you take us today, Susie?
25:51Well, I'm going to take you to expressions in English
25:54which we use completely figuratively these days
25:57but which had very, very literal beginnings.
26:00And the first one is bringing home the bacon.
26:03So being the breadwinner, in other words.
26:06There are two theories for this.
26:07One is a very ancient game which was apparently very popular
26:10at country fairs once upon a time,
26:12whereby men would chase a very heavily greased pig around a ring
26:16and whoever caught it would take it home.
26:19But the second theory is from a tradition known as the Dunmow Flitch Trials
26:23which were established in 1104 at Great Dunmow in Essex.
26:28And it was a challenge to all married couples to live for a year and a day
26:33in complete peace without arguing at all.
26:36So it says, if anyone not wished themselves unmarried again.
26:40I'm not quite sure how they proved this.
26:42And in fact, this tradition still goes on to this day.
26:44It was re-established in the 19th century.
26:46But the prize, if they had lived in peace, was a flitch of bacon.
26:51Another expression with a very literal beginning was the wooden spoon.
26:54We give somebody the wooden spoon if they finish last in something.
26:57This comes from Cambridge University,
27:00where each year three classes of honours degrees in maths,
27:03in the maths tripos, were awarded.
27:05Top class, they got a golden spoon.
27:07Second class got a silver spoon.
27:09And the third class just got lead spoons.
27:12And the last of the junior optimisers, they were called,
27:15with the very, very lowest exam result,
27:18had something very special saved for him.
27:20And that was a wooden spoon.
27:22It was made of wood, absolutely.
27:24And over the years, it grew bigger and bigger and bigger.
27:27And there are some extraordinary photographs that you can see
27:29where they're just well over 1.5 metres, almost 2 metres long.
27:33Very, very huge.
27:35And sometimes, apparently, they were dangled in a teasing way from the balcony
27:38and the poor graduate had to go up and accept his prize from the vice-chancellor.
27:42So it sounds like a fairly mean trick. I think it's been banned.
27:45But that, apparently, is the origin of the wooden spoon.
27:48Very good.
27:5291 to Keith, 58.
27:55Keith.
27:56Letters game.
27:57Vowel, please.
27:58Thank you, Keith.
27:59O.
28:00And another one.
28:02E.
28:03And another one.
28:05O.
28:06And a consonant.
28:08C.
28:09Consonant.
28:10D.
28:12Consonant.
28:13T.
28:15A consonant.
28:17R.
28:20A consonant.
28:22F.
28:25And a final vowel, please.
28:27And a final U.
28:29Stand by.
28:36MUSIC PLAYS
29:01Well, Keith?
29:02Seven.
29:03Seven, good. Mark?
29:04Nine, I think.
29:05Ooh.
29:06All right. Keith?
29:08Scoured.
29:09Scoured.
29:10Come on, Mr Davies.
29:11Outscored?
29:13Outscored.
29:14Absolutely fantastic. It's in the dictionary.
29:16Very well done.
29:17Well done.
29:21That's...
29:22That really is very, very good. Well done.
29:24But what news from the corner? Angelica, Susie?
29:27I've got doctors.
29:28Yep.
29:29Seven.
29:30Good.
29:31Apart from that nine, it was just sevens, really.
29:33Scored, outroad, outscored is fantastic.
29:35Very good indeed. Well done.
29:37All right. And we're back with you, Mark,
29:39for the final letters game of this Friday's countdown.
29:43Consonant, please, Rachel.
29:45Thank you, Mark.
29:46N.
29:47And another.
29:49P.
29:51And a third.
29:53T.
29:55And a vowel.
29:58A.
30:00And another.
30:02A.
30:04And another.
30:07I.
30:09And a consonant.
30:11C.
30:14And a vowel.
30:17E.
30:19And a final consonant, please.
30:21And a final S.
30:23And here's the countdown clock.
30:32CLOCK TICKS
30:56Yes, Mark?
30:57Eight.
30:58And eight, Keith?
30:59Eight also.
31:00Two eights, Mark?
31:01Captains.
31:02Captains.
31:03Same word again, Mark.
31:04Two captains.
31:05OK.
31:06Well done.
31:07Now then, what's the corner got to offer?
31:09We also got captains as well.
31:10You got captains very quickly.
31:11Yes.
31:12That's about the only eight that we can find.
31:13There's plenty for seven.
31:14Right.
31:15But couldn't find another eight, I'm afraid.
31:17Well done.
31:18All right.
31:19117.
31:20Your highest score yet in your six games.
31:24Well done.
31:25Well done indeed.
31:26As we turn to Keith for the final numbers game.
31:28Make the most of it, Keith.
31:30One small, please, Rachel.
31:31Thank you, Keith.
31:32Same again.
31:33One big one, five little ones, four.
31:34The last time this week.
31:35And these numbers are...
31:37Eight, one, four, another four, another one, and 75.
31:44And the target, 283.
31:46Two eight three.
31:48CLOCK TICKS
32:00CLOCK TICKS
32:19Yes, Keith?
32:20283.
32:21283, well done, Mark.
32:22283.
32:23Both of you.
32:24Keith?
32:2575 minus one.
32:2675 minus one, 74.
32:28Times a four is 296.
32:30296.
32:31Take off the eight, four and one.
32:32And the eight and the other four and the one for 13 to take away.
32:35Lovely.
32:36And Mark?
32:37Slightly differently.
32:3975 minus four.
32:4171.
32:42Times four.
32:43Times four, 284.
32:45Take away one.
32:46Perfect.
32:47283 again.
32:48Well done.
32:49APPLAUSE
32:51Very good.
32:53So, with the scores standing at a remarkable 127 for Mark,
32:58to Keith's very creditable 76.
33:00I can tell you, Keith, that's a great score.
33:02We move into the final round, conundrum time.
33:04Chaps, fingers on buzzers, let's reveal today's countdown conundrum.
33:12Mark?
33:13Specified.
33:14Specified.
33:16Remarkable.
33:18Well, let's see whether you're right.
33:21Specified.
33:26Well done.
33:27Wow.
33:29Wow, wow, wow.
33:30137, that's fantastic.
33:32That's fantastic.
33:33Six wins now, two more, and you'll be an OctoChamp.
33:37It's crossed.
33:38Yeah.
33:39Well, I think I might put money...
33:40Rachel, shall we put some money on him?
33:42I think so.
33:43Or is it too late?
33:44A score like that, 137.
33:45That's fantastic, isn't it?
33:46That's huge.
33:47Absolutely huge.
33:48It's a huge score.
33:49Keith, well done.
33:50Well done.
33:51But I tell you what, he's firing on all 15 cylinders.
33:54Look at him.
33:55So back to Quaker's Yard with your goodie bag and our real best wishes to you.
34:00And good luck on your bog snorkelling.
34:02Don't get lost down there, will you?
34:04I'll try not.
34:05Thank you very much.
34:06See you on Monday.
34:07See you on Monday.
34:08Fantastic stuff.
34:09Fantastic.
34:10See you on Monday.
34:11Have a good weekend.
34:12Angelica, welcome to Countdown.
34:13Have a restful weekend, and we'll see you on Monday.
34:15I'll rest my brain.
34:16Indeed.
34:17All right.
34:19See you on Monday.
34:20He's good, isn't he?
34:21He's fantastic.
34:22He is good.
34:23Excellent stuff.
34:24See how Mark Tiny Davies gets on then.
34:28You'll be sure of it.
34:29Good afternoon.
34:39And Countdown returns on Monday at the slightly later time of ten past three.
34:43Taking a break from appearing in the new Star Wars film,
34:45Carrie Fisher joins Adam Hills for the last leg tonight to give us a chance to ask,
34:49Is it okay to put your religion down as Jedi on a census?
34:52I'm guessing the answer will be no.
34:54The Force will be with us at ten.
34:56Next, though, it's Deal or No Deal.