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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to another week of Countdown's unique brand
00:35of afternoon escapism from whatever the world is throwing at you right now.
00:39My name is Colin Murray. I'm a British psychiatrist,
00:42an author of many books and an OBE,
00:45and even though she doesn't need an introduction,
00:47over there, there stands Rachel Riley,
00:49young Canadian gymnast, brilliant on the vault, not bad in the beam.
00:53Just don't confuse her with the 13th series winner of US Big Brother.
00:57Hi, Rach. I get messages for her all the time.
01:00She's got a lot of interesting fans.
01:02The reason for such a nonsense intro is that you and I are so excited
01:06about this week's Dictionary Corner guest.
01:08We'll get to him in just a second.
01:10But serious question for you, cos I was looking last night.
01:13Do you have your own clothing range?
01:16I get asked that all the time.
01:18There is a wonderful children's designer called Rachel Riley,
01:21who I've actually met, and she's brilliant.
01:24And I think a lot of people first heard of her when Catherine
01:27had her first baby, Prince George,
01:29because he was wearing a Rachel Riley outfit,
01:31and people said, I didn't know Rachel had gone into clothing design.
01:34But the other Rachel Riley has been doing it for years.
01:36Well, listen, in keeping with the namesake introduction so far,
01:40let's head to Dictionary Corner,
01:42and please welcome the Head of Solutions Development
01:44at the Higher Education Statistics Agency, Susie Dent.
01:50And beside her, the reason for all the namesakes,
01:52for you, Dave Gorman, one of just many of his brilliant, brilliant works.
01:56It is, of course, Dave Gorman.
02:00Let's get to our champion, who's making a name for himself.
02:03Picked up his first win on Friday.
02:0521-year-old Louis Castlemore is here.
02:08Welcome back. Thank you.
02:10Now, I didn't want to do this on your first show,
02:12cos you were nervous, and then it would have made you feel worse.
02:15What's this about you supporting two football teams?
02:17You need to have a good reason. They're both in the same division.
02:20Well, my excuse is they weren't when I started supporting one of them.
02:23So, when I was younger, I got into football
02:26and I was just looking at Premier League teams,
02:28and as every ten-year-old child does, I picked Stoke City.
02:34So, funnily enough, the area I'm from in Coventry is called Stoke,
02:38so, you know, my family thinks it came from there,
02:40but then my other team is Coventry, cos that's where I'm from,
02:43and it's easier to get to games.
02:45Well, the only name you need to worry yourself with today
02:48is that of Alex Cook.
02:50He's our challenger today from Altrincham,
02:52the only football team he supports, because he's sensible that way.
02:55Welcome to the show, mate. Thank you very much.
02:57We were talking about you had a really good football story
03:00before we came on air, so tell us about that.
03:02Going back a few years ago now, when I was a kid,
03:04my mum and I thought we saw Roy Keane in a chip shop.
03:07Yeah, as you do. Yes, as you do.
03:09And we went in, and my mum, being quite embarrassing, said,
03:12-"Are you Roy Keane, or do you just look like him?"
03:14And then, in his cork accent, he said,
03:16-"I just look like him." It was a bit of an awkward stand-off,
03:19but then he agreed to sign my fish and chips on the paper.
03:22So, yeah, he ultimately did the right thing.
03:24100% was Roy Keane, then? Yes.
03:26100%. OK, right, fantastic stuff.
03:28Well, listen, good luck to you both today. Lewis and Alex.
03:33And, champion, you're up first, so let's have nine minutes.
03:36Hi, Rachel. Hi, Lewis.
03:38Can I have a consonant, please? You can indeed.
03:40Start the week with P.
03:42And another.
03:44R.
03:46And another.
03:48C.
03:50And a fourth.
03:52N.
03:54And another consonant.
03:56P.
03:58And can I have a vowel?
04:00I.
04:02And another.
04:04E.
04:06And another.
04:08Another E.
04:10And a consonant, please.
04:12At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:43How did you get on, Alex?
04:45Six. And Lewis?
04:47Six. OK, what's a six, Lewis?
04:49Recent. Yeah. And Alex?
04:51Prince. Right. Loads of sixes, bags of sixes.
04:54Let's get to Dictionary Corner to see if Dave and Susie can go any better.
04:58Yeah, I had a seven, I think, with precept.
05:01Excellent. And there's an eight of prentice.
05:04Yes, it means the same as apprentice, so it's simply a variation on that.
05:08There you go. Well done.
05:10Dave off to a flying start in Dictionary Corner,
05:13but Alex, old on his own, and it's your first letters.
05:15Hi, Rachel. Hi, Alex.
05:17Can I start with a consonant, please? You can indeed.
05:19S. And another.
05:21J.
05:23And another.
05:25T.
05:27And another.
05:29D. And a vowel.
05:31A.
05:33And another.
05:35O.
05:37And another.
05:39E.
05:41And another.
05:43I.
05:45And a final consonant, please.
05:47A. Final K.
05:4930 seconds.
06:09MUSIC PLAYS
06:21Alex? Dodgy seven.
06:23A dodgy seven, and Lewis? A six.
06:25What's the six? Back to the football. Stoked.
06:28Yeah, I sort of thought you'd have to get that.
06:30What's the dodgy seven, Alex? Jokiest.
06:33Jokiest, too, is the jokiest. Very nice.
06:35Yeah, no problems. Yep. What about Dave?
06:37I had jokiest as well. There's another seven.
06:39Okiest. Okiest. Yeah.
06:41As in a nice whisky. Yeah.
06:43The okiest whisky. The okiest of them all.
06:45OK, good stuff. Alex, well done to you,
06:47but let's see if you can manage those numbers.
06:4940 points over one episode of Countdown.
06:52Maximum. Lewis, you're picking the first.
06:54Can I have three large, please, Rachel?
06:56You can indeed. Three large.
06:58And by default, three little.
07:00And the first numbers of the week are...
07:0775 and 100.
07:09And the target...
07:11Oh, no. 173.
07:13And it's a Monday. Numbers up.
07:37MUSIC PLAYS
07:45It's actually exactly what you want when you're the challenger.
07:48You want the first numbers to be easy,
07:50cos it is the nerve-wracking round.
07:52As you know, Lewis, from Friday, what did you get?
07:54173. Yeah. And Alex?
07:56173. OK, Lewis, off you go.
07:58100 plus 75, take away the two.
08:02No ink wasted. Same way.
08:05Let's get a tea time teaser,
08:07so Rachel can calm down a bit after she's outraged.
08:10Ran cabin. Ran cabin.
08:13Do wrongdoers drink here? Take it as red.
08:16Do wrongdoers drink here? Take it as red.
08:19MUSIC PLAYS
08:27APPLAUSE
08:34Welcome back. I can't be the only person that didn't get that one.
08:37Cinnabar. Ran cabin becomes cinnabar.
08:40Do wrongdoers drink here? Take it as red.
08:43Let's head over to the Oracle for an impromptu explanation.
08:46Yes, cinna spelt slightly differently than the clue suggests.
08:49It's a bright red mineral, sometimes used as a pigment,
08:52or it is that bright red colour. OK, fantastic.
08:55Alex, the challenger, he's seven points to the good
08:58as we get more letters. Consonant, please, Rachel.
09:00Thank you, Alex. S.
09:02Another.
09:04R.
09:06Another.
09:08H.
09:10Another. S.
09:12And a vowel.
09:14O.
09:16And another.
09:18E.
09:20Another.
09:22O.
09:24Another.
09:26U.
09:28And a consonant, please.
09:30And lastly, N.
09:32Thanks, Rach.
10:01How do you get on, Alex? Six.
10:04And Lewis? Seven.
10:06Alex, what's the six? Shores.
10:08Yes, and what's the seven, Lewis? Honours.
10:10Honours. Wonderful, wonderful.
10:12No worries there. Shoreshot, we're back level pegging Mr Gorman.
10:16How do you get on? There is an eight.
10:18I think you'd be quite brave to go for this one.
10:20Unhorses.
10:22And onshores.
10:24Onshores again. Unhorses, is it to be thrown off a horse?
10:28Are you unhorsed?
10:30Yes, you are unhorsed.
10:32So rather than unsaddled, you're unhorsed.
10:34You're unhorsed. Brilliant work.
10:36Look, the man are born in Dexter and Corner, isn't he?
10:38Right, Lewis, let's get more letters.
10:40Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
10:42Thank you, Lewis. R.
10:44And another.
10:46H.
10:48And a third.
10:50M.
10:52And a fourth.
10:54S.
10:56And another consonant.
10:58G.
11:00And a vowel.
11:02I.
11:04And another vowel.
11:06E.
11:08A vowel.
11:10A.
11:12And a final vowel, please.
11:14A final E.
11:16Half a minute.
11:26MUSIC PLAYS
11:48Lewis? A six.
11:50Alex? Six.
11:52OK, what's your six, Alex?
11:54Gamers.
11:56Masher and gamers.
11:58Two standard Countdown words.
12:00We know that they're in.
12:02I think Dave Gorman might need to apply to be on Countdown,
12:04because his little face is buzzing again.
12:06I know you've got some.
12:08Well, no, I got six as well,
12:10but there are sevens out there.
12:12Regimes.
12:14And mishear.
12:16Mishear. Regimes.
12:18Anything above that, Susie?
12:20Nothing beyond seven.
12:22Right, Alex, let's see what your numbers game is all about.
12:24You're choosing six.
12:26Two large, please, Rachel.
12:28Brilliant. Two large ones.
12:30Four little.
12:32And hopefully more of a challenge this time.
12:34Come on, numbers.
12:36We have three, six,
12:38eight, nine,
12:40125,
12:42and the target to reach, 590.
12:44Numbers up.
12:52MUSIC PLAYS
13:14Lewis?
13:16Yeah, 590.
13:18Got it. And Alex?
13:20OK, Alex, off you go, my friend.
13:22So 100 minus 3.
13:24100 minus 3, 97.
13:26Times 6.
13:28Times by 6 is 582.
13:30Plus 8.
13:32Well done. 590.
13:34Myself, Lewis?
13:36Yeah, same way.
13:38APPLAUSE
13:40All right, well, listen, let's head over to Dictionary Corner.
13:42We've never been in safer hands.
13:44He's one of the greatest on-stage orators of a generation.
13:46Piling the pressure on, Colin.
13:48Yeah, that's the intention.
13:50I know what we're going to talk about with you today
13:52will be particularly applicable to the Riley.
13:54Yeah.
13:56Yeah, well, I...
13:58People always ask, sort of, how you started and what happened.
14:00I was at university and I dropped out.
14:02I was in Manchester.
14:04I was studying mathematics,
14:06which I guess is why you think Rachel might be interested.
14:08I'll explain why I dropped out.
14:10Basically, we were studying these things called perfect numbers,
14:12and perfect numbers are numbers
14:14where the proper divisors add up to the number itself.
14:16So, an easy example,
14:18the divisors of 6 are the whole numbers that divide into 6,
14:20so it's 1, 2 and 3.
14:22And if you add 1, 2 and 3 up, they make 6.
14:24The next perfect number is 28,
14:26because 1, 2, 4, 7 and 14 add up to 28.
14:28These were discovered hundreds of years ago.
14:30For a long time, they couldn't find any more.
14:32They tried to apply some kind of deep religious significance to it,
14:34because they thought God took six days to make the Earth,
14:36the Earth takes 28 days to turn,
14:38but that turned out to be a load of rubbish.
14:40Anyway, we were studying these perfect numbers,
14:42and then we started also studying these things called friendly numbers,
14:44which are a bit like perfect numbers,
14:46you'll know about this, Rachel,
14:48except they come in pairs.
14:50So, the divisors of the first one add up to the second one,
14:52and that one's divisors add up to the first one.
14:54So, the first friendly numbers are 220 and 284,
14:56because the divisors of 284,
14:58it's 1, 2, 4, 7, 1 and 142,
15:00and the divisors of 284,
15:02it's 1, 2, 4, 7, 1 and 142,
15:04and the divisors of 284,
15:06it's 1, 2, 4, 7, 1 and 142,
15:08add up to 220,
15:10and the divisors of 220,
15:12it's 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 20, 22, 44, 55 and 110,
15:14add up to 284,
15:16but you don't need me to tell you that.
15:18As well as those,
15:20we started studying these things called sociable numbers,
15:22and sociable numbers are a bit like friendly numbers,
15:24except they're in gangs of three or more,
15:26so it's a chain.
15:28The first one's divisors add up to the next one,
15:30that one's divisors add up to that one, and so on,
15:32until you get to the end of the chain,
15:34and that one's divisors add up to the first number.
15:36They come in really big chains.
15:38I think the longest anyone's found so far
15:40is a 28-number chain,
15:42starting at 14,316.
15:44Anyway, that's what we were studying,
15:46and at the end of one of the lectures,
15:48the lecturer kind of turned to the group,
15:50being a bit sort of sardonic or whatever,
15:52he said,
15:54Maybe you'll try being a bit sociable yourselves tonight.
15:56And I turned to the rest of my classmates
15:58and said,
16:00Does anyone fancy going to the pub?
16:02And they all went,
16:04And that's why I dropped out.
16:06LAUGHTER
16:08Fantastic stuff.
16:10Best decision you ever made, right?
16:12Absolutely, yeah. I started doing stand-up
16:14about two weeks later, and I've been doing it
16:16for more than 30 years now.
16:18Brilliant. It's seen me all right.
16:20Dave, fantastic. Thank you.
16:22APPLAUSE
16:24Well, Lewis, thank goodness it's not a numbers round now,
16:26because after that, our heads would be frazzled,
16:28nobody would get it,
16:30not even that first round today, so let's get some letters.
16:32Can I get a consonant, please?
16:34Thank you, Lewis. F.
16:36And another.
16:38S.
16:40And another.
16:42N.
16:44And a fourth.
16:46T.
16:48And another.
16:50B.
16:52And a vowel, please.
16:54A.
16:56And another.
16:58E.
17:00U.
17:02And a final vowel, please.
17:04And a final E.
17:06Here we go.
17:30MUSIC PLAYS
17:38Time's up. Lewis? A six.
17:40And Alex? Six. What's your six, Alex?
17:42Fasten. Fasten your seatbelts.
17:44And Lewis? Beaten.
17:46Yeah, beaten and fastened, no worries at all.
17:48What about Dave?
17:50We have loads of sixes out there,
17:52unfast, unsafe.
17:54There is a butane,
17:56and I thought you might have a seven with butanes,
17:58but Susie is telling me...
18:00No, it says mass noun, I'm afraid.
18:02Flammable hydrocarbon gas, but we can't stick the S on.
18:04Disappointed nobody got unbeefs,
18:06which is what you do when you become a vegetarian,
18:08you unbeef, it's in the dictionary.
18:10Look it up, everybody. We don't have time to confirm it,
18:12so let's move on. Alex, let's get some more letters.
18:14A consonant, please, Rachel.
18:16Thank you, Alex.
18:18T. And another.
18:20L.
18:22And another.
18:24R.
18:26N.
18:28And a vowel.
18:30I. Another.
18:32E.
18:34Another.
18:36O.
18:38Another.
18:40I.
18:42And a consonant, please.
18:44Lastly, R.
18:46Start the clock.
18:56CLOCK TICKS
19:16Alex.
19:18Six. Lewis.
19:20Yeah, six too. Can't separate them. Lewis.
19:22Loiter.
19:24Alex. Same word.
19:26Same word.
19:28Solid sixes is what we're getting
19:30from both Lewis and Alex.
19:32Dave. There are better words out there.
19:34Retinol.
19:36Apologies to you, Lewis and Alex, but there are better words out there.
19:38I'm not claiming I got these.
19:40These are out there, though.
19:42Retinol, which is one of those words where you go,
19:44I know it's a word, I've no idea,
19:46personally, quite what it means.
19:48No, retinol, which I think is a chemical.
19:50Yes, it's not retinol.
19:52Retinol is vitamin A, essentially,
19:54so it's quite good for your skin.
19:56And the one that makes you kick yourself
19:58for you should have seen it and you didn't is interior.
20:00Eight.
20:02There you go. The inside tick from Dictionary Corner.
20:04If you got that at home, very well done indeed.
20:06There was nothing better
20:08in the Oxford English Dictionary than interior for eight.
20:10Right, let's get some more numbers now.
20:12And, Lewis, you're back up.
20:14Can I have four large, please?
20:16You can indeed.
20:18Taking the game on.
20:20Two little and hopefully something to separate you two.
20:22The little ones are three and seven.
20:24And the big, as we know,
20:2615, 75,
20:28125.
20:30And your target...
20:32Oh, 993.
20:34Numbers up.
20:50MUSIC PLAYS
21:04993 before Biggins.
21:06Lewis?
21:08997.
21:10Four away. Alex?
21:12996, I think.
21:14Three away. So, Alex?
21:16So, seven plus three is ten.
21:18Times 100.
21:20Times 100 is 1,000.
21:22Oh, no, I've gone wrong.
21:24This would be a huge seven points.
21:26Lewis?
21:28Yes. So, seven plus three is ten.
21:30Times by 100...
21:32Is it 1,000? Yep.
21:34And 75 divided by 25...
21:38...is three. Take it away.
21:40Yep. 997. Well done.
21:42Very good. Rachel Riley.
21:44I'm convinced it involves dividing 25 into 75
21:46or some crazy witchcraft like that.
21:48But how do we get to 993?
21:50Well, you're going to have to leave it with me, Colin.
21:52Right, there you go.
21:54I spent 30 seconds floundering. Excellent.
21:56I've got it. I've solved it. Come on, then, Dave.
21:58I haven't, really. I just wanted to see your faces.
22:00LAUGHTER
22:02Right, let's just all calm down a bit
22:04and get our second tea-time teaser of the day.
22:06It's Couple It. Couple It.
22:08After a couple of minutes, it could help with a swelling.
22:10After a couple of minutes, it could help with a swelling.
22:12After a couple of minutes, it could help with a swelling.
22:30Welcome back. After a couple of minutes,
22:32it could help with a swelling.
22:34Couple It becomes poultice.
22:36And the score, 58 plays 51.
22:38Alex, let's get some letters.
22:40Thank you, Alex.
23:06And a final vowel, please.
23:08A final O.
23:10Tying time.
23:38MUSIC PLAYS
23:42Alex. Six.
23:44And Lewis. Risky six.
23:46It's a risky six, Lewis.
23:48Arisen. Arisen.
23:50Alex. Senior. And senior.
23:52Arisen and senior. All good.
23:54All good. Absolutely fine, yeah.
23:56What about you? Lots of sixes out there.
23:58There's an anagram of senior. You've got nosier.
24:00Yeah. Reason.
24:02Lots of others out there. Nothing bigger, I don't think.
24:04Nothing we can find. Brilliant stuff.
24:06We've got more letters, Lewis. It's on you.
24:08A consonant, please. Thank you, Lewis.
24:10T. And another.
24:12G.
24:14And a third.
24:16R.
24:18And a fourth.
24:20S. And another consonant.
24:22F.
24:24And a vowel, please.
24:26A.
24:28And another.
24:30O.
24:32And another.
24:34A. And a final consonant, please.
24:36And a final T.
24:38Let's play.
24:40MUSIC PLAYS
25:04MUSIC STOPS
25:10Lewis? A six.
25:12And Alex? Yep, six.
25:14What's yours, Alex? Groats.
25:16And Lewis? Gators.
25:18Susie, happy enough with the two sixes?
25:20Absolutely fine, yes. Brilliant. Anything better?
25:22Susie thought she had a nine-letter word.
25:24It's not a very pleasant word.
25:26And I think it's probably best if people at home
25:28play their own game and work out
25:30if there was another letter there,
25:32what could it have been?
25:34A good time to do that. It was filthy.
25:36I can only apologise. A good time to do that.
25:38You can redeem yourself now as we do more
25:40Origins of Words. OK.
25:42Well, I shall try. I had an email
25:44from one of our regular correspondents,
25:46I have to say, Helen Brown,
25:48who is talking about early doors,
25:50which is a phrase that we use a lot
25:52in football, at least commentators do.
25:54And Helen says,
25:56my understanding is that it means very early in the morning,
25:58around two or three o'clock. I also
26:00connect it with a pub lock-in.
26:02Is that where the doors come from?
26:04And she's saying, how are doors, in fact, involved?
26:06So the pub origin
26:08that Helen mentions is, in fact, widely believed
26:10because in the days before we became more liberal
26:12with our opening hours, pubs would reopen
26:14at 5.30 and then people would
26:16go for a quick one after
26:18work, before they went
26:20home. And so an early doors beer
26:22would be one that was grabbed as soon as possible
26:24after opening time. But actually,
26:26we have to go back over a century, really, to find the
26:28true origin. And it lies in the theatres,
26:30so nothing to do with the football pitch
26:32or the pub. And
26:34then, I suppose, as now, you would
26:36get a pretty last-minute crush
26:38to get in just before the
26:40performance started. And so
26:42show bills and ads that
26:44you would find around town would encourage
26:46customers to come
26:48early in order to avoid
26:50this crush. And around the 1870s,
26:52the idea grew of actually
26:54charging a little premium to members of the audience
26:56who did come early. And in return,
26:58they could choose their own seats. And this was
27:00quite important at the time because quite often
27:02seats would be obscured
27:04by pillars and all sorts, and you wouldn't want to be
27:06up in the gods. So this would give them
27:08a distinct advantage. You might be able
27:10to have a quick drink as well.
27:12And you will find lots and lots of quotes
27:14around the 1870s, as I say,
27:16including this
27:18one. It is with some degree of satisfaction
27:20that I welcomed a movement in the right
27:22direction adopted at most of our local theatres
27:24during the Panto season, namely that
27:26of providing special entrances or early
27:28doors for the convenience of those
27:30who would willingly pay a small extra
27:32amount. That was in the Liverpool Mercury.
27:34And that system continued well into
27:36the 20th century, but was eventually
27:38dropped. And early doors
27:40flew below the radar then for quite a
27:42long time until somebody, I think it
27:44was once attributed to Ron Atkinson, but I'm not
27:46sure, somebody then decided to resurrect
27:48it on the football pitch, and
27:50it has stayed there ever since.
27:54Alex, let's get some more letters.
27:56A consonant, please, Rachel. Thank you, Alex.
27:58G. And another.
28:00R.
28:02And another. D.
28:04And another.
28:06T.
28:08And a vowel.
28:10U. And another.
28:12A. And another.
28:14I.
28:16And another.
28:18E.
28:20And a consonant, please. Lastly,
28:22Y.
28:2430 seconds.
28:52Every round so, so
28:54important at the moment. Alex? Six.
28:56And Lewis? A seven.
28:58Alex, what's your six? Grated.
29:00And Lewis? A tragedy.
29:02Tragedy. Wow, fantastic.
29:04APPLAUSE
29:08Brilliant word from Lewis.
29:10Mark of a champion. What do you get, Dave?
29:12There's a seven dietary.
29:14Yeah. I think
29:16guitar-y might be a word.
29:18That sounds a bit guitar-y. As in
29:20Oh, sad sounds, yeah.
29:22And I wonder, is guitar a verb?
29:24And can you say guitar-ed?
29:26Ah.
29:28Probably not. No, it's not just there as a noun.
29:30Guitar-y is definitely in, but not guitar-ed, I'm afraid.
29:32So, just seven. Right.
29:34Three more rounds to go. Lewis, you're picking letters.
29:36A consonant, please.
29:38Thank you, Lewis. M.
29:40And another.
29:42S. And another.
29:44S.
29:46And a vowel.
29:48S.
29:50And a fourth.
29:52V.
29:54And one more consonant, please.
29:56C.
29:58And a vowel.
30:00I.
30:02Another. U.
30:04And a third.
30:06A.
30:08And a final vowel, please.
30:10And a final O.
30:12Last letters.
30:18MUSIC PLAYS
30:42Lewis?
30:44Only a four. Alex?
30:46Seven. With a four, Lewis.
30:48Miss. It was a miss, wasn't it?
30:50Alex, the seven?
30:52Mosaics. Mosaics!
30:54Very nice. Wow!
30:56APPLAUSE
30:58Over to Dictionary Corner.
31:00There is another seven of viscous.
31:02Mm-hm. Personally, I got into that thing
31:04as you were going through the vowels at the end.
31:06I was going, just give me an E, and I've got massive.
31:08And an E didn't come, and then my brain collapsed
31:10cos it wasn't there, so I was just looking for massive.
31:12Couldn't see anything else, but viscous is in there.
31:14There you go. And viscous ma,
31:16one of the best punk outfits there was
31:18in the mid to late 70s.
31:20Viscous ma. Absolutely fantastic.
31:22Do check them out. Right, no more joking
31:24because it's 77 plus 70.
31:26What an important numbers round if it stays like that.
31:28We will have a crucial countdown conundrum,
31:30and it's our challenger, Alex,
31:32in charge of what Rachel's going to pick now.
31:34Too large, please, Rachel.
31:36Too large. Big decision.
31:38Too large for little, and we're all hoping for that crucial.
31:40Let's see if we get it.
31:42Final numbers of the day.
31:448, 3, 2,
31:464, and the big ones,
31:4825 and 100.
31:50And the target to reach, 539.
31:52Last numbers.
32:12MUSIC PLAYS
32:24539,
32:26the target. Alex?
32:28540, I think.
32:30One away, you think. Lewis?
32:32533. Alex, for seven points,
32:34go. So, 100 plus
32:3625. 125.
32:38Times 4. Times 4,
32:40500. And then 2 plus 3.
32:42Is 5. Times by 8.
32:44Parity.
32:46Wow. Well done.
32:48APPLAUSE
32:50One of those ones, Rich, you think,
32:52no worries, going to get it. I've confined
32:54my 5, no worries, very
32:56difficult. How do you do it? I thought I'd have a break
32:58and get Dave to do this one.
33:00No, thank you.
33:02You might be waiting for Tuesday, Rich.
33:04I have found this one. If you say
33:06100 minus 25
33:08is 75.
33:10Take away 8 for 67.
33:122 times 4
33:14is another 8. Times those together
33:16for 536 and add on the
33:183. 539.
33:20APPLAUSE
33:22Well, what a start
33:24to the week it is. Our champion,
33:26Lewis, looking for a second win on
33:2877. Our challenger, Alex,
33:30looked like he was going to fall at
33:32the final hurdles, but he's clawed it back
33:34to 77
33:36points each. Put your fingers
33:38on the buzzers for today's
33:40crucial countdown
33:42conundrum.
33:54Lewis for the win.
33:56Is it Regulator?
33:58Let's take a look.
34:00APPLAUSE
34:02Second win.
34:04Second win for you. You can dedicate
34:06your first win to Stoke City, your second
34:08win to Coventry. So we're all good
34:10on that front. But Alex, we're going to have to
34:12send you to Coventry, I'm afraid.
34:14But overall, you've done yourself proud.
34:16Thank you very much.
34:18You've no choice, Dave. You'll be back here
34:20tomorrow alongside Susie. Can't wait.
34:22Rich will be here as well and myself.
34:24You can count on us.
34:26APPLAUSE
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34:44Helping the residents of a street in Birmingham
34:46unearth their local history tonight,
34:48the second episode of Tony Robinson's
34:50Museum of Us on Wall 4 at 9.
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