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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:04APPLAUSE
00:31Hello, everybody. The weekend is here, and yet again,
00:34it's an honour that we can launch it for you
00:36with another episode of Countdown.
00:38Let's hope it's a rollercoaster ride
00:40through 15 rounds of letters and numbers.
00:43Rachel Riley, question for you on rollercoasters, theme parks.
00:48Are you a thrill-seeker or a coat-holder?
00:51I think you should know me well enough by now. What would you say?
00:54Thrill-seeker every day of the week.
00:56Every day of the week. I love a rollercoaster. How about you?
00:58I've got various phobias, as you know, heights,
01:02and I've got vertigo and all sorts.
01:05So I can't go upside down, because I'd get close to passing out.
01:09So what I do is I'll go a place, it was at Euro Disney,
01:12if it doesn't have a loop-de-loop,
01:14I can go on, like, Space Mountain and stuff.
01:16You know what I mean? A little easy one.
01:18So I'm definitely a coat-holder. OK.
01:20Well, me and the little girls, the two-year-old,
01:22will be off on the fast ones while you're holding hands.
01:24You know, they've got a new theme park these days
01:27You can get an app and it tells you how long each ride's queue is.
01:30I don't need an app to hold coats, don't worry about that.
01:33I'm excited about it.
01:34Right, we're going loopy for Dictionary Corner this week.
01:37What a joy it's been, Susie Dent,
01:39alongside our newest Countdown ride, Dave Gorman.
01:45Right, big news, our champion, Lewis, he's won five so far.
01:49He's just finished a course at university
01:51where he got a degree in primary education.
01:54He actually missed a job interview to be here on Countdown
01:57and, of course, you've stayed for so long.
01:59We've got some breaking news.
02:01OK, yeah, so about a week ago, I had a job interview,
02:05kind of first phase, where I had to teach a group of children
02:08for half an hour.
02:10So then you get fed through to a second phase if you do well enough.
02:13So I got a call that night telling me
02:15that they'd kind of invited me to an interview today.
02:18So I kind of had to say, sorry, is it OK if we can...
02:22I've got something a bit more important to...
02:26So they've rescheduled OK?
02:28Yeah, I'd like to apologise to the school and the headteacher,
02:31but I shall see you in a few days.
02:33Listen, drop the Countdown mic drop any time that you want.
02:36If that doesn't get you a job, I don't know what will.
02:38But, Lewis, we wish you the best for that.
02:40Thank you. Fantastic stuff.
02:42Well, listen, the reason for all the rollercoaster chat
02:44is our challenger today, Josh Coyston, who is originally from Surrey.
02:48How are you doing, mate? Yeah, good, thank you.
02:50Right, now, listen, tell us all about your love of rollercoasters.
02:53This is fanaticism.
02:54So, I guess my love started when I was six weeks old,
02:57which is when I went to my first theme park.
02:59And I've been going ever since.
03:01I travel all around the world to go to different theme parks.
03:04I've been to 54 different theme parks
03:06and ridden 290 different rollercoasters, as things stand.
03:10Ever-growing number.
03:12What's the best rollercoaster in the world?
03:14Best one in the world is at a theme park in Germany
03:18and the rollercoaster is called Taron.
03:20Yeah, you can keep it.
03:21Let's see if you can reach the desi heights of Countdown success today.
03:25Josh and Lewis.
03:28Right, strap yourselves in, Lewis. Let's get some letters.
03:31Hi, Rachel. Hi, Lewis.
03:33A consonant, please.
03:34Starts today with N.
03:36And another.
03:38H.
03:39And a third.
03:41T.
03:43And another.
03:45L.
03:46And another consonant.
03:48Y.
03:49And a vowel, please.
03:51O.
03:52And another.
03:54E.
03:55And another.
03:58A.
03:59And a final vowel, please.
04:01A final O.
04:03At home and in the studio, let's play Countdown.
04:15MUSIC PLAYS
04:36How did you get on, Josh?
04:37Just a five.
04:38And Lewis? Yeah, five.
04:40Yeah, one of those rounds.
04:41Josh, what did you get?
04:42Looney.
04:43Looney. Lewis?
04:45Hotly.
04:46Right, good start. Five each. Anything beyond that, Susie and Dave?
04:50There are some sixes.
04:52Loathe is in there.
04:54Loathe is in there.
04:55Etalon also, which is a device in physics which measures wavelength.
05:00Best we can do.
05:01Let's get our second letters game of the day.
05:03Josh, you're picking first time.
05:05You're right, Rachel. Hi, Josh.
05:06Could I start with a consonant, please?
05:08You can, indeed. R.
05:10And another one.
05:12P.
05:13And a third.
05:15L.
05:16And a vowel.
05:18I.
05:19And another one.
05:20U.
05:21And another one.
05:23E.
05:25And a consonant.
05:26P.
05:28And another one.
05:30S.
05:32And a final consonant, please.
05:34A final G.
05:3630 seconds.
05:42ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
06:07How's it going, Lewis?
06:08Seven.
06:09And Josh?
06:10Seven as well.
06:11Yes, Lewis, what have you got?
06:12Slipper.
06:13Slipper.
06:14And Josh?
06:15Same, yeah. Slipper.
06:1612 points each.
06:18Susie and Dave?
06:19Supplier for eight.
06:20Supplier.
06:21Supplier, brilliant.
06:22One better.
06:23Supplier for eight.
06:24Best we can do.
06:25Champion, then.
06:26Let's get our first numbers round.
06:28Lewis, you're picking six.
06:29Three large, please, Rachel.
06:31Don't really need to ask at the moment, do we?
06:33Your favourite choice.
06:34Three large, three little.
06:36And the first one of the day is five.
06:38Three.
06:39Seven.
06:40The big ones, 50, 75 and 25.
06:44And the target, 161.
06:46161.
06:47Numbers up.
06:49ELECTRONIC MUSIC PLAYS
07:10Right, Lewis?
07:20160.
07:22One away, Josh?
07:23160 as well.
07:24Wow, OK, go ahead, Lewis.
07:26OK, so 25, add 75.
07:31100?
07:32Add 50.
07:33150.
07:34Add seven.
07:36Add three.
07:37Add three, lots of adding.
07:39Josh?
07:40Slightly different.
07:4150 times three is 150.
07:43Yep.
07:44Add the seven for 157.
07:46Then 75 over 25 is three.
07:50And add that one.
07:51Yep.
07:52One away again.
07:53There you go.
07:54Right, 161, Rich?
07:56Yes, well, you could have said five minus three is two.
08:0025 minus two is 23.
08:02And 23 times seven, 161.
08:05Very good, well done.
08:06APPLAUSE
08:09For ten points, let's do our first T-Town teaser
08:11of this Friday afternoon on Channel 4.
08:13Rash Feet.
08:15Rash Feet.
08:16You'll see lots of these if you count down.
08:19You'll see lots of these if you count down.
08:29APPLAUSE
08:31APPLAUSE
08:36Good one, that.
08:37Rash Feet becomes Feathers The Down, a reference to your quilt.
08:41Right, let's get our first letters of part two.
08:44And, yeah, Josh, you're up.
08:46Start with a consonant, please.
08:47Thank you, Josh.
08:48S.
08:49And another one.
08:51R.
08:52And another one.
08:55J.
08:56And a vowel, sorry.
08:59U.
09:00And another one.
09:01I.
09:03And a third.
09:04O.
09:06And a fourth.
09:08A.
09:10And a consonant, please.
09:12G.
09:14And a final consonant, please.
09:17A final T.
09:18Thanks, Rachel.
09:31MUSIC CONTINUES
09:49Painstaking, please, Lewis.
09:51A six.
09:52Yeah, and Josh?
09:53Stick with a six.
09:54Can't split them, Lewis. What's yours?
09:56Groats.
09:57And Josh?
09:58Gators.
09:59Gators and groats.
10:01What have you got there, Mr Gorman?
10:03There are some sevens.
10:04Ragoos.
10:05Guitars.
10:07And a word that comes up quite a lot in crosswords.
10:10I think it must have convenient letters to work things out.
10:13Agoutis.
10:14Agoutis.
10:15Burrowing rodents that look like guinea pigs.
10:17There you go.
10:18Agoutis for seven.
10:20As it is, cannot separate Lewis and Josh so far as we get another letters round.
10:25And, Lewis, you're picking them.
10:26A consonant, please, Rachel.
10:28Thank you, Lewis.
10:29H.
10:30And another.
10:32P.
10:33And another.
10:35R.
10:36And a fourth, please.
10:39L.
10:40And another.
10:43C.
10:44And a vowel, please.
10:47I.
10:48And another.
10:51E.
10:52And another.
10:54A.
10:55And a final vowel, please.
10:58A final I.
10:59Good luck.
11:29Ready all, Josh?
11:31Let's go with a seven.
11:32Let's do that.
11:33Lewis?
11:34Just a six.
11:35OK, the six, Lewis?
11:36Apacia.
11:37Josh, what do you get?
11:38Chappier.
11:39Chappier?
11:40No, it's not in, unfortunately.
11:42Also, I think it would have a double P if it was in, but, yeah.
11:45Was there anything better out there?
11:47There were a couple.
11:48Charlie, which I guess in the sense of made itself a right proper Charlie,
11:53doesn't have to have a capital C.
11:54No, it doesn't.
11:55And Caliper.
11:56Brilliant.
11:57That's fantastic work.
11:58Well done, Dave.
11:59As we get our second numbers round,
12:01we know we're championing these three big ones and three small ones,
12:04but let's see what Josh is going to do.
12:06I'm going to be unoriginal and go 50-50 as well.
12:08Three from the top, three from the bottom, please.
12:10I think that is fairly original.
12:12Not many people choose this as their preferred option.
12:15So let's see what we have this time.
12:16They are four, five, eight, and then the big ones, 50, 25 and 75.
12:22And the target?
12:24701.
12:25701, numbers up.
12:56That's 701.
12:59Josh?
13:00700.
13:01And Lewis?
13:02Yep, 700.
13:03Same. OK, Lewis, off you go.
13:05So five take away four is one.
13:07Five take four, one.
13:09Eight take away one is seven.
13:12Yep.
13:13Then 75 plus 25 is 100.
13:16It is indeed.
13:17Times them together.
13:18One away.
13:19One away, as was Josh. How do you do it?
13:21Four plus five is nine.
13:23Four plus five, nine.
13:25Times 75, 675.
13:27Sorry, 75, 675.
13:29Yep.
13:30And then add the 25.
13:31Yep, again, one away.
13:33There you go.
13:34I never want to see this one again.
13:36Rachel, off you go.
13:38I mean, you're going to have to see it again in a minute or so.
13:41Well, it's perfect timing, actually,
13:42because this is the moment we cross the dictionary corner
13:45and Dave Gorman has been giving us the runaround all week,
13:48which has been brilliant.
13:49But we're going to turn the tables now.
13:51I love a Friday.
13:52The answer to the question is to you.
13:54OK.
13:55So I know what mine is.
13:56Susie, do you want to go first?
13:57Sure.
13:58One of the things that you and I have in common, I think,
14:01is that we love listening to eggcorns, as linguists know them,
14:04so slips of the ear or slips of the tongue.
14:06Things like going into hammering thongs or on tenderhooks
14:09and that kind of thing.
14:10So Dave has done loads of fantastic collections of these.
14:13I just wonder what was your favourite.
14:15I think my favourite is, like, a bowl in a china shop.
14:18LAUGHTER
14:19Because it gets used by people
14:21and they mean different things by it now.
14:23So the phrase is kind of...
14:24I've seen one person saying,
14:25oh, my dad's so boring he's like a bowl in a china shop,
14:29which makes sense with the words
14:31but not with the phrase that you think it is.
14:34But other people are saying,
14:35I'm clumsy like a bowl in a china shop,
14:37which means what the phrase is meant to mean
14:39but not what the words mean any longer.
14:41And it's just mutating and it can now mean
14:45anything you want it to mean, effectively.
14:48I like that, I think it's very charming.
14:50I think that's brilliant.
14:51I also love it, it's a doggy dog world.
14:53Yes, absolutely.
14:55Carrying on from that a little bit, Dave,
14:57I would describe you as a forensic comedian.
14:59It's never just about going up on the stage
15:01and making people laugh.
15:03So many of your projects...
15:04I hope that's a by-product.
15:06Very funny, but they may start as a book
15:08and they may develop into a series.
15:10So you're at 120 miles an hour in your brain all the time.
15:14What comedian does what you can't?
15:17Like, you really admire because you go,
15:19I couldn't do comedy the way you do it.
15:21Yeah, so I think a lot of comedy pretends to be in the moment.
15:26But of the people who are largely pretending to make it up,
15:32there's a few people who actually are,
15:34and I think that's a whole other skill.
15:36Yeah.
15:37I would say modern-day Ross Noble is genuinely improvising
15:41and Billy Connolly is the absolute god.
15:46A friend of mine, when Billy was touring,
15:48he'd go and see him three nights running.
15:50It'd be like a three-hour show.
15:52There might be one hour that was the same from night to night,
15:55but about two hours of it would be completely different,
15:57three nights running.
15:58That is remarkable.
15:59Yes, that is unbelievable, isn't it?
16:01He's the king.
16:02Absolutely is.
16:03And I'm glad you mentioned Ross Noble as well.
16:05He's not that young these days,
16:07but the younger comedians never really get as much credit
16:10and he's fantastic.
16:11Yeah, absolutely.
16:12He's truly in the moment and playing, yeah.
16:15Rachel, would you like to solve the numbers and or ask a question?
16:19Shall I ask a question and then solve the numbers?
16:21I love that, the one-two punch.
16:22Well, my husband and I used to have Modern Life Is Goodish on record
16:25because we absolutely loved it and you did loads of pranks on that show.
16:28Which was your favourite?
16:30I think my favourite is actually one where it got turned against me.
16:36My darling wife, who is often featured in the show,
16:40there was one where she was watching a lot of those videos,
16:43very popular on social media,
16:45where it's just a pair of hands doing some craft or a recipe.
16:48And so we made one up and we planted it on some websites
16:52and we had her discover it.
16:54And the idea was that you could fill a balloon with cream
16:57and it would leave a piece of paper inside it
16:59and eventually you'd get a message printed on a balloon.
17:02And we thought, oh, this is brilliant, my wife has fallen for it,
17:05she's doing the craft, she's putting the balloon in the freezer,
17:08she's following all the instructions.
17:10But actually she'd somehow got wind of it
17:13and she made me think that it actually worked
17:17because she produced balloons that had been printed
17:20and I thought we'd stumbled on something
17:22and I ended up looking like the biggest idiot in the room.
17:25And I think over five series, it was really nice,
17:27we had an episode where she ended up on top in the end.
17:30Brilliant, wonderful, thank you.
17:35And here we go, Rich.
17:377-0-1, with three big and three small.
17:41Well, you could have said 50 divided by 25 is 2.
17:462 added to 75 is 77.
17:495 plus 4 is 9.
17:5177 times 9 is 693.
17:54And add on the 8 for 7-0-1.
17:57APPLAUSE
17:59Brilliant, very close game today, Lewis.
18:01Let's get back to the letters.
18:03Can I start with a consonant, please?
18:05Thank you, Lewis.
18:06R.
18:07And a second.
18:09B.
18:10And another.
18:12T.
18:13And another.
18:15M.
18:16And a fifth.
18:18N.
18:19And a vowel, please.
18:21E.
18:22And another.
18:23O.
18:25And another vowel.
18:27I.
18:28And a final consonant, please.
18:30A final R.
18:32Start the clock.
18:55MUSIC PLAYS
19:03How did you get on, Lewis?
19:04A six.
19:05And Josh?
19:06Just a six.
19:07Cool, what's a six, Josh?
19:08Bonier.
19:09Lewis?
19:10Yeah, a mentor.
19:11Yeah, a mentor, bonier.
19:12There's a boatload of sixes in there.
19:14What else have we got in Dictionary Corner?
19:16There are some sevens.
19:17Bromine, or bromine.
19:19I don't know how you're meant to pronounce it.
19:21Yeah, bromine, I think.
19:22OK, and orbiter.
19:24Right, just six points in it.
19:26Josh, you're picking the letters.
19:28Let's start with a consonant, please.
19:30Thank you, Josh.
19:31T.
19:32And another.
19:34R.
19:35And another.
19:37X.
19:38And a vowel.
19:40E.
19:41And another one.
19:42A.
19:43And a third.
19:44O.
19:46And a consonant, please.
19:48S.
19:50And another one.
19:51L.
19:53And a final vowel, please.
19:56A final A.
19:57Here we go.
20:23OK, pens down, folks.
20:29Lewis?
20:30A six.
20:31And Josh?
20:32A six as well.
20:33Yeah, what have you got, Lewis?
20:34Slater.
20:35And Josh?
20:36Extras.
20:37Slater and extras.
20:39Any sevens, eights, nines?
20:41Let's head to Dictionary Corner.
20:42I've only got sixes.
20:44Extras, aortas, laxist.
20:47But I haven't got anything bigger.
20:49I think there is an eight there from Chemistry.
20:51Oxalate.
20:53O-X-A-L-A-T-E-S.
20:54Salt or esters of oxalic acid.
20:56Brilliant.
21:00Right, 15 players for 44 are champions.
21:02Going to pick some numbers.
21:04So, Lewis, off you go.
21:06Three large, please, Rachel.
21:07Your favourite.
21:08Thank you, Lewis.
21:09Three large, three little.
21:11And the three little ones this time are one, four and seven.
21:16And the large ones, 75, 25 and 100.
21:20And the target, 508.
21:23508, numbers up.
21:47508, Lewis.
21:49Yeah, 508.
21:50Yeah, and Josh.
21:51508, not written down.
21:52Off you go, then, Josh.
21:53100 times four is 400.
21:55100 times four, 400.
21:57Add 75, add 25, add one, add seven.
22:01Yep.
22:02There you go.
22:03I bet you're happy you saw that right at the desk.
22:05Lewis?
22:06Mine's quite similar, so I'm not sure.
22:08OK.
22:09I'm not sure.
22:10OK.
22:11OK.
22:12OK.
22:13OK.
22:14OK.
22:15Mine's quite similar, so I did 100 plus 25.
22:18Yeah, 125.
22:20Times by four.
22:21Gets you straight to the 500.
22:22And add the seven and the one.
22:23Lovely.
22:24It's 508 again.
22:25APPLAUSE
22:2760 plays 54, but we're used to that with our champion, Lewis.
22:31More than often, it's a close call.
22:33Big final part coming after this tea time teaser.
22:36Old again, old again.
22:38It's not about age, it's all about the lines.
22:41It's not about age, it's all about the lines.
22:44APPLAUSE
22:59Welcome back.
23:00Yes, it's not about age, it's all about the lines.
23:03Old again becomes diagonal.
23:05Well, our rollercoaster fanatic has given us a thrill so far.
23:09Just six points behind Lewis and Josh.
23:11You're picking the first letters of our final part.
23:14Let's start with a consonant, please.
23:16Thank you, Josh.
23:17S.
23:18And another.
23:20F.
23:21And a third.
23:23B.
23:24And a vowel, please.
23:26E.
23:28And another one.
23:30A.
23:31And a third.
23:33O.
23:35And a consonant, please.
23:37R.
23:38And another one, please.
23:40M.
23:42And a final consonant, please.
23:46Final S.
23:48Kite Dine.
24:10MUSIC PLAYS
24:19OK, Josh.
24:21Er, seven.
24:23And Lewis?
24:24I'll go with a risky seven.
24:26OK, Lewis, what have you got?
24:28Foamers.
24:29Foamers.
24:30And Josh?
24:31Might regret this. Refoams?
24:33Refoams and foamers.
24:35OK, well, at least I can say that they're wrong,
24:39but they're both wrong.
24:41So, yeah, neither of those are in the dictionary.
24:43Have you got anything that is, Dave?
24:45Six is the biggest we could get, I think.
24:47Breams.
24:48Yeah.
24:49Morass.
24:50All right, wonderful. 60 plays 54.
24:52And, Lewis, nine letters from you.
24:54Can I start with a consonant, please?
24:56Thank you, Lewis.
24:58V.
24:59And another.
25:01N.
25:03And another consonant.
25:05K.
25:06And another.
25:08D.
25:09And a fifth, please.
25:11T.
25:12And a vowel.
25:14A.
25:15And another.
25:16A.
25:18And a third.
25:20I.
25:22And a final vowel, please.
25:25A final E.
25:27Here we go.
25:38MUSIC PLAYS
25:58Time is up.
26:00Lewis?
26:01A six.
26:02And Josh?
26:03Six as well.
26:04OK, what have you got, Josh?
26:05Intake.
26:06Yeah.
26:07Tanked.
26:08Yeah.
26:09Not a good word to get, is it, when you're in such a close contest?
26:13Tanked.
26:14Six each, anything better?
26:16If I was playing, I'd be saying I've got a risky seven.
26:18Yes.
26:19With aviated.
26:20Let me check it with Susie.
26:21It is in.
26:22Yes.
26:23Yes, to aviate.
26:24Very good.
26:25APPLAUSE
26:26Right, 66 plays 64 rounds left after Susie's origins of words.
26:33Well, I had an email from Jay Bond.
26:36I don't think it's that Bond.
26:37I think it is.
26:38They live in Exeter, if so.
26:40But they are avid Countdown viewers as well, so thank you.
26:44Please can I explain the saying, I'll eat my hat?
26:47And I was talking about hats just the other day
26:49and how much they crop up in English.
26:52So I'm going to tell you the story of eating your hat.
26:55So go to the Oxford English Dictionary, always my first recourse,
26:58and it tells us that the first known example is from 1762,
27:02and it's from a satire, really, or a parody of Homer's Iliad.
27:07And in it you will find...
27:17That's where you'll find it.
27:18So that's the first example that we have.
27:20But we do know that it's thanks to Charles Dickens
27:23that I'll eat my hat gained really widespread acceptance.
27:26That was in the 1837 novel The Pickwick Papers,
27:29and you'll find the line...
27:33And there have been instances of people actually saying
27:36that they will eat their hat and then having to.
27:39I think Paddy Ashdown was one of the best examples,
27:42but unfortunately he was made of cake,
27:44which I think was slightly cheating.
27:46But anyway, we have Charles Dickens to thank for I'll eat my hat.
27:50APPLAUSE
27:52Well, it's a tale of two contestants here on Countdown today.
27:55Both of them brilliant, just six points in it.
27:58And our champion knows how to win close games,
28:01but will he come a cropper today?
28:03Josh, you're picking the letters.
28:05Could I get a consonant, please?
28:07Thank you, Josh.
28:08N.
28:09And another?
28:11L.
28:12And a third?
28:14T.
28:15And a vowel, please?
28:17A.
28:18And another?
28:20I.
28:21And another?
28:23U.
28:24And a consonant, please?
28:26G.
28:27And another?
28:29N.
28:30And a final consonant, please?
28:33A final T.
28:3530 seconds.
29:01OK, Josh?
29:03Eight.
29:04And Lewis?
29:05Yeah, eight.
29:06Yeah, what's eight, Lewis?
29:07Taunting.
29:08Yeah, and Josh?
29:09The same.
29:10Yeah.
29:11As good as we can get them, assuming.
29:13Absolutely, we've got nothing bigger.
29:15We've got taunting.
29:16There you go.
29:17Let's get some more letters.
29:18And, Lewis, you're picking them.
29:20Can I start with a consonant, please?
29:22Thank you, Lewis.
29:23D.
29:24And another?
29:25Q.
29:26And another?
29:27A.
29:28And another?
29:29Q.
29:30And another?
29:32N.
29:33And another consonant?
29:35M.
29:36And another?
29:37T.
29:38And a vowel, please?
29:40A.
29:41And another?
29:42B.
29:43And another?
29:45A.
29:46And a final consonant?
29:49A final M.
29:51Last letters.
29:59MUSIC
30:23Lewis?
30:24Only a five.
30:25And Josh?
30:26Er, yeah, let's stick with five.
30:28OK, what you got there, Josh?
30:29Tamed.
30:30Yeah, and Lewis?
30:31Mated.
30:32Mated and tamed.
30:34Anything beyond that, Susie and Dave?
30:36There is a seven.
30:37Mandate.
30:38Mandate for seven.
30:39Brilliant if you got that at home.
30:41Six points in it.
30:42One more numbers round to go.
30:44Josh, where are you going to go?
30:46We've got the same poison.
30:47Three from the top, three from the bottom, please.
30:49Three from the top.
30:50Three from the bottom.
30:51See who can have the edge with this one.
30:53Final numbers of the week.
30:55Three.
30:56Eight.
30:57Eight.
30:58Four.
30:5950.
31:00100.
31:01And 25.
31:03And the final target, 928.
31:05928, numbers up.
31:27MUSIC PLAYS
31:38928.
31:39Josh?
31:40Lost it, unfortunately.
31:41Lost it.
31:42Lewis?
31:43Nowhere near.
31:44Wow, there you go.
31:45That would have been all over it.
31:46Lewis got seven points minimum.
31:48But as it is, it will be a crucial Countdown conundrum.
31:51But 928.
31:52Rachel, the stage is all yours.
31:55Well, if you say 50 plus 8 is 58,
32:00times it by 4 for 232,
32:04and then 100 divided by 25 is 4,
32:08and times them together.
32:09Brilliant.
32:10928.
32:11APPLAUSE
32:14Wow, we've been here before, haven't we?
32:16Lewis has five wins,
32:17two of them have been via crucial Countdown conundrums.
32:20If he's to get the six wins,
32:22he'll have to do it for a third time
32:24against our rollercoaster fanatic, Josh,
32:27who's looking to send him crashing down to Earth with a bump.
32:31Fingers on buzzers as we reveal today's crucial Countdown conundrum.
32:39Lewis for the win.
32:40I'm bothered.
32:41He saw it straight away. Is he bothered?
32:43It's not. Rest of the time to Josh. Here we go.
32:52MUSIC PLAYS
33:16Oh, with a second left!
33:18Rebuffeted?
33:21Josh, it's definitely not that.
33:22I love your chutzpah, though.
33:24You've still got to try something, but that's...
33:26I think that was 17 letters.
33:28Let's have a look at what it is.
33:30Betrolled!
33:31APPLAUSE
33:33Listen, as a man who loves thrills,
33:35you must have loved being here today.
33:36Definitely, yeah.
33:37Full of ups and downs, but, yeah, I loved it.
33:40So, awesome.
33:41Well done. We'll give you a goody bag.
33:43Send you on your way.
33:44Lewis, six wins.
33:46Never a dull moment, were you?
33:47No.
33:48A heart-in-the-mouth moment there, but I got away with it.
33:51Right, there you go.
33:52What a week it's been to have your debut, Dave.
33:55I've absolutely loved it.
33:56Thank you, Lewis, for making so many of them close contests,
33:59because I genuinely love watching it.
34:01Thank you, Susie. Thank you so much.
34:04And, Rachel, the party begins now.
34:06It does. We'll see you soon, Colin.
34:08Four weeks.
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34:11It's 40th birthday, and as you may or may not know,
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34:17Starting with Baroness Foella Benjamin will be here on Monday,
34:21which will be a real treat for the week.
34:23It's going to be quite a party.
34:24I'm Irish, so I'll be the last one standing.
34:26I'm going to come back at the end of it.
34:28Have a really good weekend.
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