Countdown - Tuesday 25th October 2022
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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. Welcome to your Tuesday episode of Countdown,
00:35a weekday occurrence every single day since day one of Channel 4
00:40and approaching, of course, that 40th anniversary celebration.
00:44Starting next week, more of that as we get towards Friday.
00:47Rachel Riley, just to put that into context,
00:50The Simpsons, which has been around forever,
00:52of course, a staple on Channel 4,
00:54first broadcast in the UK almost to the day,
00:5714 years after Countdown first started.
01:00Wow, you have to make a show feel old.
01:02Yeah, exactly. We're older than Bart Simpson.
01:04We are.
01:05The voice provided by Nancy Cartwright, and it's her birthday today.
01:09Can you do any impressions?
01:11I think anyone that can do voices, it's a skill.
01:14It's not quite comedy, you know, it's something else.
01:16Can you do any? Have you got an impression for me?
01:18Not that I'm going to give you.
01:20Can you do me?
01:21Colin, oh, do you like my jumper, Rachel?
01:23Oh, it's the same one I've worn all the time.
01:25The ladies are going to love this.
01:28Listen, if you're watching from my part of the world,
01:30you know the Channel 4 complaints number.
01:34Get right on it.
01:35You brought it on yourself, Maru.
01:37Listen, you and I are absolutely terrible at impressions,
01:39we can say that.
01:40I think we might get better in Dictionary Corner,
01:42where Susie Dent's alongside a man
01:44who made a brilliant first impression yesterday,
01:46it's Dave Gorman.
01:47APPLAUSE
01:49Right, let's welcome back our young champion, two wins,
01:52and a fantastic, crucial Countdown conundrum yesterday,
01:55it's Lewis Castling-Moray.
01:57Right, Lewis, tell us, we get to know you properly now,
02:00you've been here for a bit.
02:01So you're just out of university, tell me a bit about that.
02:04Yes, I've just finished university, just gone May,
02:08and I did primary education.
02:10Yeah, I went to the University of Gloucestershire,
02:13so I lived in Cheltenham for a little bit,
02:15and, yeah, I managed to pass my course, which is a good start.
02:20And then, yeah, on my final placement of teaching,
02:23I managed to get top marks for all of my bands, so very proud.
02:27There you go, so now it's just a case of finding your foot
02:30in the big bad world out there and get earning money?
02:32Yeah, definitely.
02:33Good stuff, best of luck to you.
02:34Well, listen, you're up against Louise Campbell from Wishaw,
02:37home of course, Snooker fans will know of John Higgins,
02:40the Wizard of Wishaw,
02:41so you could be the second most famous person from Wishaw
02:44after the show today.
02:45You never know.
02:46We'll see what happens, but listen, Countdown, as we say,
02:49has been around for decades,
02:50and you do fall in and out of love with it,
02:52depending on your job, and it's, like, always there,
02:55so you can take it for granted.
02:56The way that you fell back in love with Countdown recently,
02:59what a story.
03:00Would you mind telling us?
03:01Yeah, I used to watch it after school,
03:04like, years and years and years ago,
03:06and then during Covid, when everybody else got a puppy,
03:10I got a new heart, and I was off work for ages and ages and ages,
03:14and, yeah, I got back into watching Countdown
03:17while I was recovering from my transplant.
03:19Well, listen, you're recovered now and all on...
03:21Yeah, totally brilliant.
03:22..full cylinders.
03:23Mm-hm, it's great, yeah. A whole new life.
03:25A story to swell the heart. Wonderful stuff.
03:27Louise, best of luck today.
03:28Good luck, Lewis, you're a champion. Let's do it.
03:30APPLAUSE
03:32I'm sure our heart rate will climb with every round,
03:35but let's start nice and easy, Lewis, with nine letters.
03:37Hi, Rachel. Hi, Lewis.
03:39A consonant to start, please.
03:41Thank you. Start today with Q.
03:43And another.
03:45S.
03:46And a third.
03:48S.
03:49And another consonant.
03:52P.
03:53And another consonant.
03:56T.
03:57And a vowel, please.
03:59E.
04:00And another.
04:02A.
04:03And another.
04:06E.
04:07And one more vowel, please.
04:09And A.
04:10That whole man in the studio. Let's play Countdown.
04:16ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
04:43Lewis?
04:45Six. And Louise?
04:46Six. What's the six, Louise?
04:48Pastes. Yes. And Lewis?
04:50Yep, same word. There you go.
04:52Cut and paste it over the dictionary corner.
04:54Dave Gorman. Storming Dave Gorman yesterday.
04:57So many big words. Let's see if it was a fluke.
04:59Well, I didn't get this, but there is a bigger one.
05:02Seven letters. Pesetas.
05:04Pesetas, there you go. Old monetary currency of Spain
05:07before switching to the euros.
05:10Anything better?
05:11No. Perfectly cromulent word.
05:13On the money.
05:15Let's get your first letters of the day.
05:17And it's Louise.
05:18Can I get a consonant, please, Rachel?
05:20Thank you, Louise.
05:21B.
05:22And another.
05:24M.
05:25And a third.
05:27Z.
05:29And a vowel.
05:31E.
05:33And another.
05:34O.
05:36And another.
05:37U.
05:39And a consonant.
05:41T.
05:43And a consonant.
05:46V.
05:47And another consonant.
05:49And a final.
05:50D.
05:5230 seconds.
06:12MUSIC STOPS
06:23Louise?
06:24Just a five.
06:25No worries. Lewis?
06:26Yeah, five.
06:27Cool. Lewis, what's your five?
06:28Doubt.
06:29And Louise?
06:30Voted.
06:31Voted and doubt. No doubt about those.
06:33What have we got better?
06:35We both got six at exactly the same time.
06:37Devout.
06:38Very good. Anything better? That's it.
06:40I think better than that.
06:41Difficult round, as Louise knew when she was calling out those letters.
06:45But let's get our first numbers of the day.
06:47Lewis, you're going to pick them.
06:48Can I get three large, please, Rachel?
06:50You can indeed. Three from the top.
06:52And three little ones coming up.
06:54Possibly a challenge.
06:55First numbers of the day.
06:56Seven.
06:57Nine.
06:58And nine.
07:00And the big ones.
07:0125, 75 and 100.
07:03And the target.
07:05359.
07:07359. Numbers up.
07:09Let's go.
07:39359, Lewis.
07:40Yeah, 359.
07:41Got it. And Louise?
07:42I haven't got it.
07:43No worries.
07:44Lewis, let's have it.
07:45OK, so nine take away seven is two.
07:48Yeah.
07:49Then 100 plus 75 is 175.
07:52Here it is.
07:53Times them together.
07:55350.
07:56And then add the other nine.
07:57Well done. 359.
07:58APPLAUSE
08:01Very good indeed.
08:03Only the numbers separating Lewis and Louise today.
08:06Let's have our first teatime teaser.
08:08Edna Tent. Edna Tent.
08:10Neil and David lived in a rented property.
08:12Neil and David lived in a rented property.
08:23APPLAUSE
08:30Welcome back.
08:31Edna Tent became tenanted.
08:33Neil and David lived in a rented property.
08:36It's a sin if you didn't get that.
08:38Let's get some more letters now.
08:39Louise, you're up.
08:40Our West End girl.
08:41A consonant, please, Rachel.
08:43Thank you, Louise.
08:44N.
08:45And another.
08:47T.
08:48And a vowel.
08:50A.
08:52And a consonant.
08:54R.
08:56And another.
08:58G.
08:59And a vowel.
09:01E.
09:03And another.
09:05U.
09:07And another vowel.
09:10I.
09:12And a final consonant, please.
09:14Looks more promising. A final T.
09:17What have we done to deserve this?
09:31MUSIC PLAYS
09:49It's an intriguing set of letters, isn't it?
09:51Let's find out what's going on.
09:52Louise?
09:53Seven.
09:54Yes, and Louis?
09:55Seven.
09:56OK, Louis, what's your seven?
09:57A rutting.
09:58And Louise?
09:59Rutting.
10:00Rutting and ratting.
10:02Wow, so many possibilities here.
10:05Let's find out what Susie and Dave have.
10:08There are a couple of eights.
10:10Once you've got the I-N-G, it's very hard to look past it.
10:13We've got uttering... Yeah.
10:15..and treating.
10:16Uttering and treating.
10:17You've got the I-E-R there as well.
10:19There's loads of different endings for it.
10:21Yeah.
10:22Wonderful. Right, 28 plays 18.
10:24Let's get some more letters now from Louis.
10:27A consonant, please.
10:28Thank you, Louis.
10:29R.
10:31And another.
10:33L.
10:34And a third.
10:36D.
10:37And another consonant.
10:39G.
10:40And another consonant.
10:42W.
10:43And a vowel, please.
10:45O.
10:46And another vowel.
10:48A.
10:50And a third vowel.
10:52O.
10:53And a final consonant, please.
10:55And a final L.
10:57Thanks, Richard.
11:29Any more time, Louise?
11:30Six.
11:31And Lewis?
11:32Yeah, six.
11:33OK, what's the six, Lewis?
11:34A dollar.
11:35Dollar. And Louise?
11:36Gallo.
11:37Gallo.
11:38I looked at that one.
11:39Unfortunately, it has to be in the plural, the gallows.
11:42So I'm really sorry about that.
11:43All right.
11:44Apologies, Louise.
11:45Right, Dave, anything better than a six?
11:47No, I think dollar's probably the best you can get.
11:49We've gotten foreign currency is going to be the theme of the show.
11:52We've had to say to Dollar, look out for the others.
11:55Keeps everybody watching, right? Absolutely.
11:57Things like that, you just can't do, right?
11:59Right, Louise, you're going to pick the numbers for the first time today,
12:03so let's find out what your tactics are.
12:05Can I get one large and five small, please?
12:08You can indeed.
12:09Thank you, Louise.
12:10One from the top, five not.
12:11And the second number, selection of the day,
12:14is two, four, five, seven, six, and the large one, 25.
12:20And the target to reach, 759.
12:23759, numbers up.
12:27MUSIC
12:29MUSIC
12:56759.
12:57759. Louise?
12:59758.
13:00One away, Lewis?
13:01756.
13:03Three away, so, Louise, seven points if you're right.
13:06Seven times four is 28.
13:0828.
13:09Plus two is 30.
13:11Yep.
13:12Times 25 is 750.
13:15It is indeed.
13:16And then add the six and the two.
13:18You've already used your two, I'm afraid.
13:20Oh, no.
13:21Just missed out, so, Lewis, slow, steady wins the race.
13:24Off you go.
13:25Seven minus four is three.
13:27Seven minus four, three.
13:29Times that by the 25, 75.
13:3175.
13:32Five times two is ten.
13:34Yep.
13:35Times them together and add the six.
13:38Yep, that gets you to three away, 756.
13:40Very good.
13:41Take me to 759, if possible, Rich.
13:43You know what, Mr Pure Maths and Dictionary Corner today,
13:46I think you might have it.
13:48Six times five.
13:49Six times five gets you your 30.
13:51Times 25.
13:53750.
13:54Seven and a two left.
13:55You do indeed.
13:56Yes.
13:57Ten points to Dave.
13:58Yes!
13:59APPLAUSE
14:00Give me numbers.
14:01Grit on the letters, grit on the words.
14:03And it's not just Countdown, right?
14:05No, so, I've always done cryptic crosswords all through my life
14:09and during lockdown, long story short,
14:12I've become a professional cryptic crossword setter.
14:14So, I now set cryptic crosswords for The Independent
14:18and The Guardian and The Telegraph, occasionally.
14:21And I thought I'd try and engage...
14:23I thought I'd explain to people how they work a bit
14:25and I thought I'd engage you, because, like you, I'm a Liverpool fan.
14:28And I'd like to try and sneak in a few references to Liverpool
14:31in the clues, if I can.
14:32So, I thought I'd explain how they work
14:34by giving you some clues involving Liverpool legends, OK?
14:37Right, here we go.
14:38So, the first clue is,
14:40TODAY CLOP IS LACKING FINISHERS
14:43BUT LOOKING TOWARDS THE TOP SPOT.
14:46And it's 5-3.
14:48Now, the key thing to know about cryptic crosswords
14:50is there's basically two clues.
14:52The definition will be at one end or the other of the sentence
14:55and the rest of it is your cryptic wordplay
14:58and they both arrive at the same answer.
15:00I'm so bad at it,
15:01but I'm only going to do basically pure on the first name and second name.
15:06Sammy Lee would fit in. I've no idea...
15:08Yeah, it's not to do with that, OK?
15:10Right.
15:11So, can I show you on the board? Yes.
15:13OK, I'll show you on the board.
15:14Oh, nobody's ever left a seat in the History Countdown.
15:17Oh, no, it's happening. It's massive, everybody, it's massive.
15:20Use your real estate for a moment. Go for it.
15:22There we go.
15:23So, the clue is TODAY CLOP.
15:25Yeah, OK.
15:26I'm going to write TODAY CLOP. It's a down clue.
15:28So I'm going to write TODAY CLOP downwards.
15:30But it's lacking finishers.
15:32TODAY CLOP IS LACKING FINISHERS.
15:34So instead of writing TODAY CLOP, I'm going to write...
15:37TODA...
15:41..CLOP WITH ONE P.
15:42So it's lacking its finishers.
15:44But it also says BUT LOOKING TOWARDS THE TOP.
15:47And if you look at it towards the top...
15:50..you're spelled POLKADOT, which is SPOT.
15:53So you had your definition there all along at the end of the clue.
15:56SPOT, POLKADOT. There you go.
15:58Wow.
15:59I'll give another Liverpool legend in a clue.
16:01LITTLE SWEEPER TURNED IAN RUSH
16:04INITIALLY LEFT BACKS TAKEN IN.
16:08Nine letters.
16:09So it's Ian Rush and LB.
16:11Yeah, it's going to be in there. I'm learning.
16:13You're learning, exactly.
16:14So we say TURNED IAN.
16:16So we're going to TURN IAN the other way around.
16:18NILE.
16:19N-A.
16:20N-A-I, yeah.
16:21Rush is exactly what it was. It's just there in the clue all along.
16:24NAILBRUSH.
16:25NAILBRUSH LEFT BACK INITIALLY IS TAKEN IN.
16:29Yes!
16:30NAILBRUSH A LITTLE SWEEPER.
16:31Yes!
16:32You got it, you got it! I love it!
16:34I love Colin getting these.
16:35I've never been able to say this before
16:37because everyone always stays in their seat.
16:39Dave Gorman, take a bow.
16:43Absolutely fantastic.
16:44I know loads of people at home.
16:46They're brilliant at cryptic crosswords, are frustrated at them,
16:49so that was a nice little lesson, right?
16:51Let's get back to it.
16:52Lewis, your letters.
16:54A consonant, please, Rachel.
16:55Thank you, Lewis.
16:56N.
16:57And another.
16:59C.
17:00And another.
17:02S.
17:03And a fourth.
17:05R.
17:07And another consonant.
17:09T.
17:10And a vowel, please.
17:12U.
17:13And another vowel.
17:14I.
17:15And a third.
17:17E.
17:18And a final vowel, please.
17:21Final E.
17:23Start the clock.
17:45MUSIC PLAYS
17:55OK, Louise.
17:56Six.
17:57And Lewis?
17:58I'll go with a seven.
17:59Risky seven.
18:00You've got a bit of space to do that.
18:02Louise, what's the six? It could score.
18:04Tuners.
18:05Tuners, yes, of course.
18:06Lewis?
18:07Retunes.
18:08I think you can retune, yeah.
18:10Absolutely fine, well done.
18:12Back in a seat, Dave Gorman.
18:14There's a couple of eights.
18:15I think retinues is in there.
18:17Insecure.
18:18I wanted to get a ten-letter word.
18:20I wanted another R and have scrutineer.
18:23There isn't another R, can't do it.
18:25But there is, I think, a nine.
18:26Centuries.
18:27Fantastic.
18:33Let's get some more letters now as we move to Louise.
18:36A consonant, please.
18:38Thank you, Louise.
18:39F.
18:40And another.
18:42F.
18:43And another.
18:44R.
18:45And a vowel.
18:47O.
18:49And a consonant.
18:51S.
18:53And another.
18:56N.
18:57And a vowel.
18:59I.
19:01And another vowel.
19:04E.
19:08And a consonant, please.
19:11And lastly, C.
19:13Here we go.
19:42How did you get on, Lewis?
19:44A six.
19:45And Louise?
19:46Seven.
19:47Brilliant.
19:48The six, Lewis?
19:49A censor.
19:50Louise?
19:51Cronies.
19:52Susie?
19:53Perfect.
19:54Yes!
19:55APPLAUSE
19:57Does X in the corner ride in high off that nine?
20:00Anything else?
20:01There is another nine.
20:02Oh, come on, back-to-back nines for Dent and Gorman.
20:05There's also eights as conifers, but forensic.
20:08Dave, Dave, Dave, nobody cares about your eight.
20:10All right?
20:11Get to the double nine.
20:12Forensics.
20:13Yes.
20:14APPLAUSE
20:16You know, hat-tricks in football happen all the time,
20:19but this would be more like a cricket hat-trick.
20:22Three deliveries, three wickets.
20:24Yeah.
20:25The worst part about it, though, is you're going to have to wait
20:28because it's tea, if you like another cricket analogy,
20:30because we've got to go to numbers now.
20:32And, Lewis, you're picking.
20:33Can I have four large, please, Rachel?
20:35You can indeed.
20:36Not taking your foot off the pedal one bit.
20:38Right, four large and two little.
20:40And the two little ones are three and six.
20:43And your biggies, 25, 100, 75 and 50.
20:47And the target...
20:49Oh, I'm going to sit down, 153.
20:52153, numbers up.
21:08MUSIC PLAYS
21:24153, Louise?
21:26153.
21:27Lewis?
21:28Yeah, 153.
21:29I'm contractually obliged to ask one of you to explain it.
21:32Louise?
21:33100 plus 50 plus three.
21:35Yeah.
21:37And, Lewis, pray tell, did you do it the same way?
21:39Yes, I did.
21:40Good.
21:41Because there's nothing more annoying when it's really easy
21:43and somebody does it a complicated way.
21:45It's just a waste of time, I'll be honest, Lewis.
21:47Ten points each.
21:48Right, All Guess is our tea time teaser.
21:50All Guess.
21:51They prefer their fish with butter on it.
21:54They prefer their fish with butter on it.
21:57MUSIC PLAYS
22:07APPLAUSE
22:12Welcome back.
22:13All Guess becomes seagulls.
22:15They prefer their fish with butter on it.
22:17An exciting game and an exciting moment.
22:20Dictionary Corner, the last two letters rounds in part two
22:23of Countdown produced nine, so they're on the hat-trick
22:26and choosing these nine letters.
22:28It's our challenger, Louise Campbell.
22:31Can I get a consonant, please?
22:33Thank you, Louise.
22:34N.
22:35And another.
22:37G.
22:38And a vowel.
22:41A.
22:42And another.
22:45E.
22:46And another.
22:48I.
22:49And a consonant.
22:52It's going well.
22:53T.
22:54And another consonant.
22:57L.
22:59And another.
23:01M.
23:04And another consonant, please.
23:08Final.
23:10S.
23:11It's on.
23:14MUSIC PLAYS
23:35MUSIC STOPS
23:44How many do you get, Lewis?
23:46An eight.
23:47Louise?
23:48Eight.
23:49OK, what's the eight, Lewis?
23:50A smelting.
23:51And Louise?
23:52Steaming.
23:53And steaming.
23:54Both are there.
23:55Both are.
23:56Both are fantastic scores.
23:58But have we got a hat-trick of nines from Susie and Dave?
24:02I want to do a lap of honour, Colin.
24:04I'm so excited.
24:05You've got to look past the ING, but it is there.
24:08Ligaments.
24:09Ligaments!
24:10APPLAUSE
24:15Wonderful. Well done, both of you.
24:1766 plays 43.
24:19And lest we forget, in this sideshow that's happening,
24:22in the real game, that was a big, big eight points each.
24:24Well done to both of you.
24:26Lewis, more letters.
24:27Consonant, please, Rachel.
24:29Thank you, Lewis.
24:30R.
24:31And another.
24:33G.
24:34And a third.
24:36N.
24:37And a fourth.
24:39M.
24:41And a fifth.
24:43N.
24:44And a vowel, please.
24:46A.
24:47And another.
24:49U.
24:50And a third.
24:52A.
24:53And a final vowel.
24:55I think the four is looking unlikely.
24:57A final E.
24:59Let's see.
25:01MUSIC
25:03MUSIC
25:05MUSIC
25:30Time is up.
25:32Lewis?
25:33A7.
25:34Yeah, and Louise?
25:35A6.
25:36What's the 6, Louise?
25:37Rummage.
25:38And Lewis?
25:39Manager.
25:40OK, manager will be the rummage.
25:42We need two M's, right?
25:43We need two M's, I'm afraid, yes.
25:45Oh, no, I'd gone it as well.
25:47I'm sorry.
25:48Unless on manager is in the dictionary, the run is over.
25:52The run is over.
25:53It's a 9997, manager, the best we could do.
25:56Fantastic.
25:57Well, Lewis is managing this game wonderfully so far.
26:00He's got a 30-point lead.
26:02We're not done, though.
26:03Four big rounds still to come.
26:05Stranger things have happened, but we'll take a break now
26:07and we head over to well.
26:09All the excitement has been in Dictionary Corner this afternoon.
26:12Let's get some origins of words.
26:14I feel like I should be talking about noble spirits
26:16in beginning things, but instead I'm going to talk about bread.
26:20Which, obviously, is a staple.
26:23Surprisingly, bread as a word hasn't been around for too long,
26:26so only since around the 13th century.
26:29Normally, in those days, you'd see us picking up the Norman French
26:32because that was so cool and fashionable,
26:34but instead we went for a Germanic word,
26:36and in German, brot is the word for bread.
26:39And bread, obviously, really important.
26:41It wasn't used for all food, but it was still very important.
26:45And you can get the sense of the importance of bread
26:48by looking at the etymologies of lord and lady.
26:51Because a lord was a chlafward,
26:54and that meant a loafward or a loaf-keeper.
26:58So, anybody who was in charge of the household, in charge of the bread,
27:02and obviously the most important thing, the foodstuffs,
27:05was then the lord of the manor.
27:07And the lady, that goes back to chlafdiger,
27:10which meant the loaf-kneader,
27:12because, of course, the woman was the one doing the menial work.
27:15Although, still, the lady was an important figure in the house.
27:18It's not quite as menial as it sounds.
27:21So, fascinating history, but lord and lady,
27:23one of the best etymologies in English, loaf-keeper and loaf-kneader.
27:26Yeah, it's a great one.
27:30Thank you, Susie. Two more letters rounds,
27:33then our final numbers, then a conundrum.
27:3630 points in it, close enough to still raise an eyebrow.
27:39Louise, let's see, you never know where the next nine's coming from.
27:42Let's get some letters.
27:43Can I get a consonant, please, Rachel?
27:45Thank you, Louise. S.
27:47And another?
27:48K.
27:50And a vowel?
27:52O.
27:54And a consonant?
27:55P.
27:57And another consonant?
27:59S.
28:01And a vowel?
28:04I.
28:06And another vowel?
28:08E.
28:10A consonant?
28:12X.
28:14And a consonant, please?
28:16And, lastly, M.
28:18Kind of.
28:25THEY CONFER
28:50Louise?
28:51Er, six.
28:52And Lewis?
28:53Yeah, six.
28:54Moxies?
28:55And Lewis?
28:56Spikes.
28:57Oh, well, moxie is there in the singular.
28:59One of my favourite words, it means force of character or nerve.
29:03But it is there as a mass noun, so we can't put the S on it, I'm afraid.
29:06Sorry, Louise.
29:07All right, Mr Gorman?
29:09There is an eight in there.
29:11Misspoke.
29:12Misspoke.
29:13Another good eight there from Dictionary Corner
29:16as we get our final letters round.
29:18And, Lewis, you're picking them.
29:20Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:22Thank you, Lewis. N.
29:23And another?
29:25S.
29:26And another?
29:28T.
29:29And a fourth?
29:31B.
29:32And a fifth, please?
29:34N.
29:35And a vowel?
29:37I.
29:38And another?
29:40O.
29:41And another?
29:43A.
29:45And a final consonant, please?
29:47And a final L.
29:49Last letters.
29:54BUZZER
30:20Time's up, Lewis.
30:22And, Louise?
30:23Seven.
30:24And a seven.
30:25The five is...?
30:26Boats.
30:27Boats.
30:28And the seven is...?
30:29Nations.
30:30Nations.
30:31Very nice.
30:32Not quite enough to keep the game alive,
30:34but a brilliant seven nonetheless.
30:36Dave?
30:37Just another couple of sevens.
30:39Anagrams of each other.
30:40Bastion and obtains.
30:42Lovely. Let's go out with a bang now, Louise.
30:44It's the final numbers round.
30:45Can I get two from the top and four small, please?
30:48You can indeed. Thank you, Louise.
30:50The final numbers of this contest are...
30:59And the target to reach...
31:03296, last numbers.
31:21BUZZER
31:34How do you get on, Lewis?
31:36299.
31:37OK, three away, Louise?
31:39299.
31:40Three away. Go on, Louise.
31:425 minus 1 is 4.
31:445 minus 1 is 4.
31:45Times 75 is 300.
31:48Yeah.
31:50Lewis, same number, same way?
31:52Yeah, same way, but I've just seen how to get it.
31:54It's no good to me, Lewis.
31:5630 seconds, you know the rules. Rich.
31:58Well, you had all the right ingredients.
32:005 minus 1 is 4.
32:02And if you just take the 1 away from the 75,
32:05times 4, by a 74, you get 296.
32:07Yeah.
32:08APPLAUSE
32:11A really enjoyable afternoon. I hope you've enjoyed the show.
32:1486 players for 57 means no crucial countdown conundrum today,
32:18but a really good game.
32:20Fingers on buzzers as we reveal today's countdown conundrum.
32:48MUSIC PLAYS
32:53No dice.
32:54I'm going to go to Dictionary Corner,
32:56who have had just a day for the ages, to see whether we can get it.
32:59I'll start with Dave. You get first bite as our guest.
33:01Nightwear.
33:02Nightwear. Let's have a look.
33:04Yes.
33:05APPLAUSE
33:09I wanted a buzzer! I wanted a buzzer!
33:12Right, listen, Louise, 57 is no mean feat, by the way,
33:16as a challenger.
33:18You leave too early cos we didn't get to talk about your obsession
33:21with the sound of music. You've seen it hundreds of times.
33:24And I already have to say so long.
33:26Farewell. Farewell.
33:27Auf Wiedersehen to you.
33:28Is that right? Did I get it right? Something like that?
33:31Yes!
33:32Happy day. Safe trip home. We'll give you the goodie bag.
33:34Thank you. Thank you.
33:35Louis, three wins on the bounce.
33:37That's the only hat trick that matters today.
33:39We'll see you tomorrow, yeah? Yeah. Let's go.
33:41Right, Gorman and Dent and Riley,
33:44I've been working on this cryptic clue thing.
33:46Go for it.
33:47So I've written a Liverpool-themed cryptic clue.
33:49Maybe, right? OK.
33:50Let's see if I've learnt from you.
33:53Sala says, wait a second, he wasn't meaning to be late.
33:59Six letters.
34:02No, you've lost me.
34:03Well, I thought Sala, Mo. Yeah.
34:06Right, wait a second, a Mo. Yeah.
34:08So that's the Mo. He wasn't meaning to be late.
34:10He didn't... He meant to be on time.
34:12Moment. Wait a second is a moment.
34:14I meant. Does that work?
34:16Would that make one of your cryptic crosswords?
34:18Er, no.
34:19Thank you very much for that, Dave. It's lovely to have you.
34:22Thank you. Goodbye. Bye, Cole.
34:24Yeah, see you later.
34:25Rachel, Susie and I, maybe Dave, will be back tomorrow.
34:28You can count on us.
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34:56Here next this afternoon, preparing for a new life in Cyprus,
35:00a place in the sun coming up.
35:04APPLAUSE