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00:00This programme contains strong language and adult humour.
00:05APPLAUSE
00:31Good afternoon, good afternoon, and welcome to the Countdown Studio.
00:35On the very day just one year ago,
00:37that great city of Harbin in China was brought to a grinding halt.
00:41Why so? Smog.
00:43It absolutely closed the city down.
00:45The schools were closed, the roads were closed, the airports were closed.
00:49And the city authorities put this down
00:52to firing up the city's central heating system.
00:56Can you imagine? It was a particularly cold day.
00:58Everybody said, oh, it's a bit chilly, I'll switch on the central heating.
01:01Boom. The fumes came out and down came the smog.
01:04And I remember when I was on a mountain...
01:08You might be able to follow this if you listen closely.
01:11I found myself in a blizzard, which in a sense was a bit like smog.
01:14And it's terrifying because I was in a blizzard on my own
01:18and the thing is you become completely disorientated.
01:21You don't know where you are. It was actually very frightening.
01:24But enough about me. What about your foggy story?
01:27Well, you don't notice it until... Have you been to LA?
01:30Mmm. Sort of once for about an hour.
01:33Well, I was in LA and you don't notice how smoggy it is,
01:36but I drove towards the coast and there's a moment just on the road
01:39where you can suddenly breathe.
01:41And that's when you realise how smoggy it is there
01:43because you suddenly get fresh air and you can suddenly smell the sea and flowers.
01:46But just LA is just a city of smog.
01:50Yeah. Actually, I'm glad you've mentioned that
01:52because I do, I have been in a pea souper.
01:55May I offer you Calcutta?
01:57Why, thank you.
01:59It's got like a yellow cloud over it.
02:02That's what I like about it. Calcutta's very, very polluted.
02:05Southend-on-sea, you get nice fresh sea air, it's lovely.
02:07Everybody go. Let's all go to Southend.
02:09Leave Calcutta, go to Southend. Exactly.
02:12Now we've got to get down to business.
02:14We've got with us today Johnny Rye, a student from Loughborough
02:17studying politics and friendship, Southampton keen cricketer.
02:20Is that right, Johnny? Very.
02:21From Southampton University Cricket Club.
02:23And he's a big fan of Friends. You've watched every episode?
02:27Yeah, I love it. It's brilliant. Good for you.
02:29Now you're joined today by Richard Cowling,
02:31comes just down the road from Rochdale,
02:33full-time dad to daughter Emma and son Samuel, rugby league match official.
02:38And I'm told, Richard, that you officiated in the 2009 Challenge Cup final at Wembley.
02:43Yeah, phenomenal experience.
02:45And what was your role there?
02:47I was the reserve touch judge, so I didn't get to be on the pitch,
02:50but just to be involved in the game and put on the occasion, it was fantastic.
02:54Well, next time maybe.
02:55Let's have a big round of applause then for Richard and Johnny Rye.
03:05Now, what about Susie? Do you have any little foggy stories for us?
03:09I haven't really got a foggy story,
03:11although fog on the river when you're out rowing is not very nice,
03:14especially if you're sculling, you have to look backwards, as it is,
03:17and if it's foggy, you can hit a tree.
03:20Which sounds funny, but it's not fun, I can tell you that.
03:23But an early morning mist on the river, what could be better?
03:25Absolutely beautiful mist, yeah.
03:27And next to you, of course, today we have the wonderful Dave Myers.
03:31He's a biker, he's hairy, and he's just bought out a new book.
03:35Dave, I'm going to talk to you about this later on, called The Hairy Dieters.
03:39Yes, it's just good eating, Nick.
03:41Indeed.
03:42Now then, Johnny, take us away on the wonderful Countdown Letters game.
03:47Hi, Rachel. Hi, Johnny.
03:49Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you. Start today with T.
03:53And another one, please.
03:55P. And another.
03:58S. And a vowel, please.
04:01E. And another.
04:04A. And another.
04:07E. And a consonant, please.
04:10N. And another.
04:13P. And a final vowel, please.
04:17And a final I.
04:19And here's the Countdown Clock.
04:41CLOCK TICKS
04:52Yes, Johnny? Seven.
04:54A seven. How about Richard? A seven.
04:56Two sevens. Johnny? Nappies.
04:58Thank you, Richard. I've come for panties.
05:01Well, that's closely connected there.
05:04Panties and nappies.
05:06Anything else there?
05:09Dave? Well, we got quite excited, didn't we?
05:11Cos we thought we had an eight that was totally Dave.
05:13Appetise. What could be better coming from you?
05:16No, but Paris, you just said it's not allowed.
05:18Appetiser or appetite, but not appetise, unfortunately.
05:21We're talking about appetising, obviously. Yeah.
05:24So there is a seven sapient from us.
05:26Thank you. Very good.
05:28All right, so seven points apiece. Richard's on now, then.
05:32Richard? Hi, Rachel. Hi, Richard.
05:34Can I have a consonant, please? Thank you.
05:36D. And another.
05:39R. And another.
05:42D.
05:44And can I have a vowel, please?
05:46O.
05:48And another vowel.
05:50U.
05:52And a consonant.
05:54Y.
05:56And another consonant.
05:58S.
06:00And a vowel.
06:02I.
06:04And I'll finish with another consonant, please.
06:06I'll finish with T.
06:08Stand by.
06:36Well, Richard?
06:38A six.
06:40Six, Johnny? Six.
06:42So, Richard?
06:43Sturdy.
06:44Sturdy and?
06:45Odours.
06:47Happy enough?
06:48Say the word again.
06:49Odours.
06:50Odours.
06:51You need to...
06:52Yeah, I know.
06:53Unfortunately. Sorry.
06:54Bad luck. Now, then, Dave?
06:56Yeah, we've got two more sixes.
06:58We've got studio. Yes.
07:00And sordid. Very good. That's it.
07:02We have toddy as well, if you want something nice and warm.
07:05I would indeed. A hot toddy. All right.
07:08Richard on 13, Johnny on seven.
07:10And, Johnny, your numbers game.
07:12Can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
07:14Thank you, Johnny. One from the top and five little ones.
07:17And the first numbers game today is...
07:20five, nine, ten, six, four,
07:24and the large one, 50.
07:26And the target, 493.
07:29493.
07:31MUSIC
08:01Yes, Johnny?
08:02493.
08:03Thank you very much, Richard.
08:05Yeah, 493.
08:06Johnny?
08:0750 times ten.
08:0850 times ten, 500.
08:10Minus six.
08:12Yeah, 494.
08:13And then five minus four is one. Take that away as well.
08:16Lovely. 493.
08:18And Richard?
08:19Just to make us all slightly different, 50 times ten is 500.
08:22Yeah.
08:23And then six minus four is two.
08:25Yeah.
08:26Add that on to the five and then subtract it.
08:28Same, pretty much.
08:29Well done.
08:35Very good.
08:36So, Richard's still just in the lead, 23 points to Johnny, 17.
08:39Plenty of time, though.
08:41Let's have a tea-time teaser.
08:43Ember Man.
08:44And the clue?
08:45It's not a big movie, it's just a small film.
08:48It's not a big movie, it's just a small film.
09:00APPLAUSE
09:07Welcome back. I left with the clue,
09:09it's not a big movie, it's just a small film.
09:12And the answer is...
09:14Membrane.
09:15Membrane.
09:16Very witty. Membrane.
09:1823 points to Johnny, 17. Richard in the lead.
09:21Richard's letters game.
09:23Hi, Rachel. Can I have a consonant, please?
09:25Thank you, Richard. S.
09:27And another?
09:29K.
09:31And another?
09:33B.
09:35And another?
09:37H.
09:38And a vowel, please?
09:40U.
09:42And another?
09:44E.
09:46And another?
09:48I.
09:50And a consonant?
09:52R.
09:53And a consonant, please?
09:54And the last one?
09:56M.
09:57Time, time.
10:28Yes, Richard?
10:30I've got a six.
10:31Six, Johnny?
10:32Seven.
10:33So, Richard?
10:34Busker.
10:36A busker and...?
10:37Mushier.
10:39Mushier.
10:40Yep.
10:41Well spotted.
10:42And in the corner, Dave?
10:44We've got, on the ER things, we've got a huskier and a bushier.
10:49Susie?
10:51There's a nice six there, hubris.
10:53Hubris.
10:54Yes, excessive pride.
10:55Indeed.
10:5624 points to Richard's 23.
10:58One point to the lead for Johnny there.
11:01And it's Johnny's letters game.
11:03Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
11:05Thank you, Johnny.
11:06S.
11:07And another?
11:09T.
11:10And another?
11:12D.
11:14And a vowel, please?
11:16A.
11:17And another?
11:19E.
11:20And another?
11:22I.
11:23And a consonant?
11:25M.
11:26And another?
11:28X.
11:29And a final vowel, please?
11:31And a final E.
11:34And here's the Countdown Clock.
11:56CLOCK TICKS
12:07Yes, Johnny?
12:08Eight.
12:09An eight?
12:10I've got an eight.
12:11Two eights, Johnny?
12:12Mediates.
12:13Mediates and?
12:14Yeah, the same word, mediate.
12:15Well done.
12:17Very good.
12:20Good stuff.
12:22What eight in the corner have we got there?
12:25Whoops.
12:26We got mediate as well.
12:28Yes.
12:29For a seven, it was quite personal.
12:31We got steamed.
12:33Steamed.
12:34Always on the lookout.
12:35And anything else, Susie?
12:36Just using the X, we'll only give you a five.
12:39Maxed, as in you maxed out.
12:41Are you allowed that?
12:42You are.
12:43Maxed.
12:44Well, well.
12:45All right.
12:4632 to 31.
12:47Johnny's still in the lead by a point.
12:49Now it's Richard's numbers game.
12:51Hi, Rachel.
12:52Can I have one large and five small, please?
12:54You can indeed.
12:55Thank you, Richard.
12:56Another one from the top row.
12:57And five from the other ones.
12:58And this time, the five little numbers are four, ten, six, two and nine.
13:04And the large one, 25.
13:06And the target to get to, 482.
13:09482.
13:22THEY CONFER
13:42So, Richard.
13:44481.
13:45481. Yes, Johnny?
13:47482.
13:48482. Come on, Johnny.
13:50Two times ten is 20.
13:52Times 25.
13:53Times 25 is 500.
13:55And six minus four is two.
13:57Yep.
13:58Times nine.
13:59Is 18.
14:00And take it away from 500.
14:01Perfect. 482.
14:02Yeah, well done.
14:03APPLAUSE
14:04Well done.
14:05Gives you a bit of a cushion there, Johnny.
14:0742 to 31.
14:08But now let's turn to Dave.
14:10Dave Myers.
14:11Before you became one of the wonderful hairy bikers,
14:14enthralling us with your cooking tips and writing books,
14:18you were in a very different profession.
14:21Yes, I worked still in film and television,
14:24but I was a make-up designer.
14:26I used to do a lot of special effects make-up
14:28and, you know, I was responsible for the look of people in films.
14:31But one of the nicest things was meeting some of my heroes,
14:34you know, as the years went on.
14:36I was very, very lucky.
14:37I mean, I worked with Roger Moore, for instance,
14:39but I think for me the highlight was
14:41I did a film in South Africa with Dennis Hopper
14:44and he nearly got me the sack.
14:46He turned up one night.
14:48He was, like, two days from shooting
14:50and he had the most wonderful kind of Hollywood haircut
14:53and ever since the days of Born To Be Wild I was in awe of him
14:56and he said he wanted to shave his head.
14:59So I said, well, I haven't heard this, Dennis.
15:02I said, I think we'd better check that with the producers.
15:05He went, no, no, no, no, you need to shave my head.
15:08And I thought, well, what do I do, you know?
15:10Because I was in South Africa, I thought they'd get sacked.
15:13So, anyway, Dennis Hopper asked you to shave his head,
15:16so I shaved his head.
15:18And when they did the reveal to the producers of the show and tell,
15:22Dennis, of course, is bald as a coot,
15:24which wasn't what he hired.
15:26And I nearly got the sack.
15:28But I think one of the nicest parts was
15:30we were filming in the Great Karoo for three weeks
15:33and we camped out there for the three weeks
15:35and on Saturday nights a band would come up from Cape Town
15:38and everybody would party around a bonfire.
15:40And about two o'clock in the morning,
15:42I was sitting there with Dennis Hopper
15:44and we were watching Shooting Stars together.
15:46And I thought, that's not bad for a lad from Barrow-in-Furness, really.
15:49Brilliant story.
15:51But tell me this.
15:53Because he was a bit of a character, wasn't he?
15:55Oh, yeah.
15:56So he waltzed in, said, I want it shaved.
15:58And what did the producers say?
16:00He didn't want to tell the producers.
16:02When the producer eventually saw this...
16:04Oh, I got the blame for it.
16:08And then Dennis said, no, no, no, I want it like this.
16:10Extraordinary.
16:11Just as well he said, look, I told him.
16:13Oh, yes.
16:14Otherwise you would have been in.
16:16He was great.
16:17He was lovely to just sit and talk with.
16:19But aside from all the wild stuff,
16:21he was a great art collector, had a great eye for the art.
16:24And he left, because he's dead now, poor old chap.
16:26Yeah.
16:27Good man, too.
16:28He was, he was fine.
16:29But when I knew him, he was very much a Perrier water-drinking golf player.
16:34He used to play golf with Alice Cooper.
16:36And he went back to America for his Christmas holidays.
16:39I stayed in South Africa.
16:41And they said there's a certain brand of aftershave
16:43that Dennis Hopper used to wear.
16:45And he left all his suits, all his luggage in my room,
16:48and his golf clubs.
16:49And so my room smelt of Dennis Hopper.
16:52And it's so funny, whenever I smell that particular cologne,
16:56which is a really popular one, I think it's Dennis Hopper.
16:59And I can't tell anybody, because you just think I'll be a Wall-E, really.
17:02But it's true.
17:04I tell you something, Dennis Hopper wasn't wearing that aftershave,
17:07whatever it was, in Apocalypse Now.
17:09Do you remember that?
17:10He was the wild photographer.
17:12No, he was mad.
17:13Crazy.
17:14Crazy.
17:15Crazy.
17:16Great to talk to you.
17:17Great to talk to you.
17:18So, 42 to 31, Johnny in the lead.
17:20Johnny's back with a letters game.
17:22Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
17:23Thank you, Johnny.
17:25J.
17:26And another one, please.
17:28L.
17:29And another.
17:32D.
17:33And a vowel.
17:35U.
17:36And another.
17:38E.
17:39And another.
17:40A.
17:41And a consonant.
17:43S.
17:44And another.
17:46P.
17:47And a final vowel, please.
17:49And a final U.
17:52Countdown.
18:03MUSIC PLAYS
18:24Well, Johnny.
18:25Six.
18:26A six, Richard.
18:28And a six.
18:29Johnny.
18:30Paused.
18:31And Richard.
18:32Paused.
18:33Paused and lapsed.
18:34Yeah, both good sixes.
18:36Any improvements, Dave?
18:38No, just got pleads on a six as well.
18:41Susie?
18:42Pulsed.
18:43Quite a few sixes there, Nick, but couldn't get beyond.
18:45Never mind.
18:4648 to 37, and Richard.
18:49Richard, letters.
18:50Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
18:52Thank you, Richard.
18:53R.
18:54And another.
18:57N.
18:58And another.
19:01E.
19:02And another.
19:04R.
19:06And a vowel.
19:08A.
19:10And another vowel.
19:12I.
19:15And a consonant.
19:17L.
19:19And another consonant.
19:21S.
19:22And a vowel.
19:24And lastly, O.
19:26Stand by.
19:27MUSIC PLAYS
19:32MUSIC CONTINUES
19:57Yes, Richard?
19:58A seven.
19:59A seven, Johnny?
20:00Seven.
20:01Richard?
20:02Rations.
20:03Rations, and you're both rationed.
20:05Any more rations?
20:07Yes, we were rationing.
20:08Yeah, yeah.
20:09And nostril.
20:11And tailors.
20:12All right.
20:1355 to 44, numbers for Johnny.
20:17Can I have one large and five small, please, Rachel?
20:19You can indeed, same again.
20:20Thank you, Johnny.
20:21One large one, five more little ones.
20:23And this time, the selection is eight, nine, another eight,
20:28three, two, and 100.
20:31And your target, 906.
20:34906.
20:36MUSIC PLAYS
20:59MUSIC STOPS
21:07So, not too much of a struggle for you, Johnny, I imagine?
21:10No, 906.
21:11Yes?
21:12906.
21:13So, Johnny?
21:14Nine times 100.
21:15900.
21:16And then three times two is six.
21:17Yeah, I think we'll save the rainforest.
21:20All right, we'll let you off that, very good.
21:2265 days, 54.
21:24And the winner of our tea time teaser, which is Cabin Boy,
21:29and the clue, The Cabin Boy Enjoyed A Nice Hot Drink.
21:34The Cabin Boy Enjoyed A Nice Hot Drink.
21:37MUSIC PLAYS
21:45APPLAUSE
21:48APPLAUSE
21:51Welcome back.
21:52I left with the clue, The Cabin Boy Enjoyed A Nice Hot Drink.
21:55And the answer is a baby-cino, baby-cino.
21:59What is this baby-cino-cino?
22:01Baby-cino.
22:02What is it?
22:03So, it's a baby version of a cappuccino.
22:05So, if you take your child into a popular coffee shop,
22:08you can get just a cup of frothed milk,
22:11so they can sort of copy you and drink a cup of something frothy.
22:16For sophisticated toddlers.
22:18Sophisticated toddlers.
22:20How much are they charged for this sophisticated toddler cappuccino?
22:24I've never bought one, Nick, I'm not sure.
22:26I should hope not.
22:2765 days, 54. Richard, letters game.
22:30Can I have a consonant, please?
22:32Thank you, Richard.
22:33N
22:34And another?
22:37L
22:38And another?
22:40Z
22:42And another?
22:43R
22:45G
22:47And a vowel, please?
22:49E
22:50And another vowel?
22:52I
22:54And a consonant?
22:56T
22:58Another consonant?
23:00M
23:02And a vowel, please?
23:03And the last one?
23:05A
23:06Countdown.
23:13MUSIC PLAYS
23:38Richard?
23:39Just a five.
23:40A five, Johnny?
23:41Seven.
23:42All right, Richard.
23:44Maze.
23:45Maze, yes.
23:46Teeming.
23:48Teeming.
23:49Yeah, good seven.
23:50Teeming hordes.
23:51Yes.
23:52Yes, Dave.
23:54We managed an eight.
23:55We've got ligament.
23:57A ligament.
23:58Very good. Well done.
24:03A ligament.
24:04Susie, anything else?
24:05There's melting.
24:07And also, you'd probably prefer a gimlet to a babyccino.
24:11It's a cocktail.
24:12A gimlet. Oh, it is, isn't it?
24:14But it's also a little skewer thing, isn't it?
24:17It is a tool as well.
24:18Yeah.
24:19A gimlet. I'll take the drink.
24:2072 to 54.
24:21Johnny in the lead.
24:22Johnny's back.
24:23Letters game, Johnny.
24:24Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
24:25Thank you, Johnny.
24:26T
24:27And another?
24:29G
24:30And another?
24:33S
24:34And a vowel, please?
24:36U
24:37And another?
24:39E
24:40And a third?
24:42O
24:44And a consonant, please?
24:46L
24:47And a vowel?
24:50A
24:51And a final consonant, please?
24:53And a final F.
24:55Stand by.
25:10MUSIC PLAYS
25:27Yes, Johnny?
25:28Seven.
25:29A seven. Richard?
25:30Just a six.
25:31Sir Richard?
25:33Quotes.
25:34And Johnny?
25:36Outages.
25:37Outages. Our old friend, the outage.
25:39Yes, the power cuts. Absolutely, in North America.
25:41What else have we got there? Dave?
25:43Another seven. We've got foulest.
25:45Yes. Anything else?
25:46That was about it, actually. No, outages and foulest.
25:48All right.
25:4979 to 54.
25:51But now we're back with Susie.
25:53Susie's origins of words.
25:55Well, Nick, I had a nice email from Andy Davies in Ipswich, in Suffolk.
26:01And he asked where the expression, passing the buck, comes from.
26:04And he says, I assume its origins lie across the Atlantic.
26:07And he's absolutely right. It is American.
26:10But the original buck was not the American slang term for a dollar.
26:14But it was an article that was used in the game of poker.
26:17And that really took off in the second half of the 19th century.
26:20And to avoid any dirty dealing by players,
26:23the deal in a poker game changes hands in the course of a session.
26:26And the person next in line, if you like, to deal
26:29would traditionally be given a marker of some kind.
26:32And that marker was very often a knife.
26:34And it wasn't just any old knife.
26:36It was a knife that was made of buck's horn.
26:39And so originally you would pass the knife.
26:42And then eventually it got shortened to buck.
26:44So they would literally pass the buck on from one player to the next.
26:47And actually that might well be, a little bit later on,
26:50the origin of the American buck that is a dollar.
26:52Because for some time apparently they used to use silver dollars
26:55as the marker for the dealer in a game.
26:58But the British obviously loved poker.
27:00Because when you delve into the idioms that come from card playing
27:04or the poker game, it's unbelievable how many you come across.
27:07Just to give you a few, you can have your cards stacked against you.
27:10You can call someone's bluff. You can cash in your chips, unfortunately.
27:13Come up trumps. Be dealt a bad hand.
27:16For someone's hand, hold all the cards.
27:18You can be the joker in the pack.
27:20Lay your cards on the table. Load the dice.
27:22And play your cards close to the chest.
27:24And there are literally hundreds of them.
27:26So I don't know if you were a cards player, Nick, or a poker player,
27:29but certainly the British at some point in our history certainly were.
27:32Brilliant stuff. Very good.
27:37Wonderful.
27:3879 plays 54.
27:40Richard, I invite you to a letters game.
27:43Can I have a consonant, please?
27:44Thank you, Richard.
27:46C
27:47And another?
27:49N
27:50And another?
27:52T
27:54And a vowel, please?
27:56O
27:58And another?
27:59I
28:01And a consonant?
28:03Q
28:05And another?
28:07C
28:09And another?
28:12R
28:14And a vowel, please?
28:15And the last one?
28:16U
28:18Countdown.
28:31MUSIC PLAYS
28:51Yes, Richard?
28:53I think I've got a made-up seven.
28:56We shall soon find out. Johnny?
28:58Five.
28:59Five?
29:00Tonic.
29:01No, then, Richard?
29:02Eruption?
29:04Eruption?
29:05Yeah.
29:06Not made up at all.
29:07It's good.
29:08Yeah, it's a coral.
29:09That sort of thing. Absolutely brilliant. Well done.
29:11Created a hell of an eruption.
29:12Yeah.
29:13That's terrific.
29:14Very, very good.
29:15Well done.
29:16What have we got in the corner?
29:17What have we got in the corner?
29:18David?
29:19We've just had an eruption here.
29:21That's all, I think.
29:22Yes.
29:23Anything else?
29:24No, couldn't find anything else.
29:25All right, well done. Well done, Richard.
29:27Johnny's 79.
29:28We turn to Johnny for the last letters game today.
29:31Can I have a consonant, please, Rachel?
29:33Thank you, Johnny.
29:34B
29:35And another?
29:36R
29:38And a third?
29:40W
29:41And a vowel?
29:43E
29:45And another?
29:47I
29:48And a third?
29:50A
29:51And a consonant?
29:53N
29:54And another?
29:56F
29:57And a final vowel, please?
29:59And a final O.
30:02Stand by.
30:27MUSIC
30:35Johnny?
30:36Five.
30:38Yes, Richard?
30:39Seven.
30:40Johnny?
30:41Brain.
30:42Richard?
30:43Brownie.
30:44Brownie? As in a chocolate brownie?
30:46Yeah.
30:47Very good.
30:48Johnny's head sunk then.
30:50What have we got in the corner?
30:52We've got info war.
30:54There's a seven.
30:55Info war?
30:56Yeah.
30:57An information war?
30:58Yeah, it's another term for a cyber war,
31:00so it's the use of computers to disrupt the activities of a state or an organisation.
31:04I see.
31:05Or it can just generally be propaganda via electronic media.
31:08Absolutely.
31:09A lot of that going on at the moment.
31:11Anything else, Susie?
31:12No, that was our seven.
31:13Very good.
31:14All right.
31:1568, please.
31:16Johnny's 79.
31:17You're catching up there, Richard.
31:18Late, but it's sort of possible.
31:20Let's see how you get on with your numbers game.
31:23Can I get three large and three small, Rachel?
31:26Thank you, Richard. Gambling time.
31:28Right, three large, three little, and see if it pays off. Thank you.
31:31Right, the final numbers game is 6, 3, 1,
31:35and the large, 375, 100 and 50.
31:39And the last target, 527.
31:42527.
31:53MUSIC PLAYS
32:14Sir Richard.
32:16527, not written down.
32:19And how about Johnny?
32:21527, written down.
32:23Sir Richard.
32:25100 times 6.
32:27100 times 6, 600.
32:29Minus 75.
32:31525.
32:323 minus 1 is 2.
32:34Yeah.
32:35And then add it on.
32:36Perfect, 527.
32:37Johnny.
32:38Same way.
32:39Same way, yeah, of course.
32:40All right, so there we are.
32:42APPLAUSE
32:48Very good. So, Johnny on 89, Richard, 78,
32:51as we go into today's conundrum.
32:53So, gentlemen, fingers on buzzers, please.
32:55Let's reveal today's Countdown Conundrum.
32:58MUSIC PLAYS
33:13MUSIC CONTINUES
33:26BELL RINGS
33:28Johnny.
33:29I'm going to guess pulchrius.
33:31Let's see whether you're right.
33:34No. Down to you, Richard.
33:36MUSIC CONTINUES
33:39So, no, no answer here.
33:41We're stumped this time.
33:43Somebody, some bright spark, some courageous person.
33:46Yes, madam?
33:47Is it sulfuric?
33:49Sulfuric? You look familiar.
33:51I'm Johnny's mum.
33:53You're Johnny's mum?
33:54You'd better get it right, then. Let's have a look.
33:57APPLAUSE
33:58Well, you are. Well done.
34:00APPLAUSE
34:06So, there we are. Well done.
34:08So, Richard, thanks for coming back to Rochdale and the Kids.
34:11Thank you very much indeed for coming.
34:13You're not going empty-handed. You're taking your goodie bag with you.
34:17Good win, Johnny. See you tomorrow, chaps.
34:19Tomorrow I want to talk to you about your book.
34:21We mentioned it at the top of the show, The Hairy Dieters.
34:24I want to hear more about that tomorrow.
34:26Right-o, Nick.
34:27See you then. All right. See you tomorrow, Rachel.
34:29Same time, same place tomorrow. We'll be waiting for you.
34:31UbiApps?
34:32Absolutely sure of it. Good afternoon.
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